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Posts Tagged ‘quitters’

Michele Bachmann’s Underlings Express Love By Fleeing

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Fly away, little birds!How much does fluorescent light advocate and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s staff love her? So much that they are constantly quitting! New information reveals that Rep. Bachmann has lost two chiefs of staff, a district director, a press secretary, two legislative assistants, a staff assistant, a caseworker, an outreach and grants coordinator and a district scheduler since she hired them early last year. Is her insanity driving them away, or is it her penchant for playing footsie with her colleagues? MORE »


Al Gore, Jimmy Carter To Strangle Clinton Candidancy In 35-Year-Old Crib

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Those mean Nobel Peace Prize winnersAccording to some sources, nobody would be happier to throw Hillary Clinton under the vaunted Democratic bus than Jimmy Carter and Al Gore. As historical losers themselves — a single-term President and failed Presidential aspirant — they know a thing or two about what it takes to lose an election. That’s what gives them so much “street cred” with the Democratic Party, which is why Hillary Clinton will have to listen to them. But where’s John Kerry? Isn’t he a lovable loser, too? MORE »


Couric Out?

Thursday, April 10th, 2008


Katie Couric, having delivered the losingest ratings ever for two proud years at CBS Evening News, may leave after President McCain’s inauguration early next year. This would be far ahead of her scheduled departure date in 2011, but not a moment too soon for many aggrieved Bob Schieffer fans. [WSJ]


A Children’s Treasury Of Pundits Celebrating Mark Penn’s Downfall

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Farewell, sweet lardbot!You know who’s happy about Mark Penn finally quitting/getting fired from the Clinton campaign? Everyone except Barack Obama, who considered Penn his ace in the hole for winning this whole endless election. But now that we won’t have that old unctuous creep to kick around anymore, let’s see what the rest of the Internetosphere is saying about the Numbers Swami Who Fell To Earth. MORE »


Obama’s Smoking Ruins Special Bond With Jake Tapper

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

When will it be safe to love again?ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper was on to Barack Obama’s resurgent smoking habit months ago, but the Obama campaign covered for the ever-more-desperate candidate as he wove a web of deception that eventually ensnared the nation in cancer and betrayal. Way back in August Obama was wandering around the Capitol reeking of smoke, and what did Obama’s people say when Concerned Jake asked about it? MORE »


Farewell Alphonso Jackson, Latest Bush Official To Quit!

Monday, March 31st, 2008

How long before Hank steps down?Alphonso Jackson, the soon-to-depart Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, built a long and distinguished career on failure. He presided over a massive meltdown in the mortgage and lending markets by doing precisely nothing, even though the HUD oversees the Federal Housing Administration, which is supposed to ensure that poor people and first-time home buyers don’t end up impoverished and homeless when their loans go south. ANYHOW The Dumbocrats have been calling for his resignation, and now he is resigning. Not because he is terrible at his job, though! Because he needs to spend more time with his family, which does not yet hate him. That will change. MORE »


U.S. Immigration Director Whines About Liberal Media On His Blog

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Another loser official from the Bush Administration is stepping down to spend time with the family, but there’s something especially funny about the departure of Emilio Gonzalez from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency — because Gonzalez wrote a big whiny blog post (on the Department of Homeland Security blog, of course) about how the New York Times called him a loser! And then about a million people with varying degrees of English-as-a-Second-Language proficiency left hilarious comments! MORE »


Why Silda Wall Spitzer Is Really Pissed

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

See the sad wife’s face. See her marriage, her family, crumble. Is this why she is mad? Maybe that is a small aspect of it, but maybe she just wanted to be the First New York Lady for a while longer. According to the New York Times, “In the two days since news of Mr. Spitzer’s involvement in the prostitution ring surfaced, he has been engaged in an intense legal and family debate about whether to resign or, as aides said his wife was urging, to stay on.” Think of all the fine minks and Scottish smoked salmons that a First New York Lady must have! Now it’s back to TJ Maxx and Philadelphia “smoked salmon cream cheese” (a.k.a. Alcohol and Cougar McCain Pills). [NYT]