Open Thread – A Funny from Fox.
4 11 2009
Oh, I do love this so.
It’s from FoxNews.com. (Where else?) It does make me wonder, though. You know how every time a Republican is caught in some awful sex scandal and they show them on Fox News with a (D) after their name, and then they say it was just an accidental typo? Do you think maybe it really was?
Nah.
[Hat tip to ChiCat for the great capture!]
November 4th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
59~ jc~ faux ws really bashing 0..last nite..not a word about $carah…pot calling the kettle..me thinks the luv affai may be over between suckup & paylin…lma0
November 4th, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Here is a Guy… who didn’t get the Memo last night.
He is asking FOR Sarah’s endorsement. Careful what you ask for.. it might come True.
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“Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk of Illinois is reportedly trying to get Sarah Plain to endorse his candidacy, which is not surprising considering the formidable sway the former Alaska governor seems to hold on the conservative movement.”
Ohhh>.. BTW… He was against Her last year when McCain picked her.
{ He has joined the “Sarah Flip-Flop Club ” it appears }
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/kirk-seeks-palin-endorsem_n_345811.html
November 4th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Hey Star, I don’t know, greta is one of the chosen ones for her “throw everybody under the bus” book tour interviews. There’s a story about winky’s going rouge book tour at adn but you can’t post comments. I don’t know if it’s a glitch or if adn doesn’t want to get plagued with palinistas. As I suspected the wack-a-doodles are acting like winning nj & va governorships is the news of the day and ignoring the NY23 loss. That’s cool, we gained another seat in the house, they gained a sexist pig in va and someone with mafia ties in jersey that have absolutely no say in national issues. The mikey steele confrontation with Lawrence O’Donnell clip at huffpo from morning joe is worth watching. It kind of embarrasses me to watch steele, it’s kind of like seeing someone you don’t even know fall down on the street, you feel yourself practically blushing for them…
November 4th, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Jon Stewart sums up the media hype leading up to the election in a very funny way. Watch for a good laugh, it’s comical.
BTW……Happy Election Anniversary Mudpuppies! Yes we did! one year ago today, wow time flies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/jon-stewart-revels-in-ina_n_345103.html
November 4th, 2009 at 12:44 PM
curiouser @94 – Dang – that’s quite a list of “Not Allowed!” items. Reminds me of …o, I dunno…. something a communist ruler might demand ? For gawdz sake, she’s supposed to the voice of a new America ! A maverick!! A Patriot! She’s BOLD! (but , sorry, the actual words coming from her mouth cannot be recorded in any shape, way or form). I suppose they’ll have those “Men In Black” memory erasers being used at the exit doors.
Didn’t see this posted yet so I’m tossing it out there. Seems Oscar from Sesame Street was doing a gig as a Pox News reporter on a recent episode and it didn’t sit well with a Mom who has extreme right leanings.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/sesame-street-trashes-pox_n_345510.html
November 4th, 2009 at 12:52 PM
jc~bwa-ha haha, yeppers steele is a real piece of work..just gotta love $arah it would be a truly dull day without her showing how really ignorant she is.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Hey Mudpups!
Saw this great article today via Firedoglake – http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/12726
It reminded me of some of AKM’s posts – when you read it, you will see what I mean.
The problem with Sarah Palin is that she has well and truly bought into her own spin. She honest to goodness believe she is a superstar and whenever she waves a magic wand (or stamps her feet) – things WILL happen. Trouble is, things do happen, but rarely in the way she envisioned.
This article brings together perfectly the reasons why Palin will not succeed in dividing people every time she sticks her nose where it doesn’t belong. It’s telling that she learnt nothing from her time in Alaska of alienating everyone but the staunchest (and most deluded) Palin-ite, burning her bridges, throwing people from both sides of the aisle under the bus, lying every moment she opens her mouth and when all else failed, bulldozing her way thru.
Palin paints herself as a maverick. She doesn’t seem to realise that there are actual people in this country who really possess a fiercely independent streak. No matter their political leanings, Sarah Palin would do well to learn and remember that people do not like it when outsiders swoop in and try to takeover.
A snippet:
“When you live in a place where 7 feet of snow falling in a g**-damn week is a fairly regular occurrence, where you have to depend on your neighbors to plow you out and dig out your second floor windows, and anyone caught with engine trouble in the middle of the night between December and March could freeze to death if they tried to walk home alone…when the major economic engine of the place is either power (up in Gouverneur) or the military (Fort Drum), to have someone as ignorant as Hoffman being inserted into the community conversation sort of..sticks in your craw.”
“Inserted”? Oh you’re too kind. I think “rammed” or “foisted upon” or “shoved” describes what Palin tried to do here with her endorsement of Hoffman.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:12 PM
jc in co:
I totally agree. Steele regularly makes a buffoon out of himself (no offense to buffoons…) both on and off the camera!
You know what I wonder sometimes? Do the blatantly dishonest and patently incompetent ever have a brief shining moment of clarity and think “Wow, I am COMPLETELY full of crap”??
They might – but it’s only seconds before the Darkness resumes…..!
November 4th, 2009 at 1:12 PM
CNN has a quote from Queen Hester here:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/04/palin-ny-23-race-just-postponed-until-2010/
It’s obvious that the intent was not to get Hoffman into NY-23 so much as to prevent Scozzafava from winning the seat.
So much for supporting other women in the Reckpublican Party….Sarah the Mysoginist is shining through.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:12 PM
It’s just about dinner time in Buffalo and I’m waiting for some potato/bean soup to cook down. I’m heading up to the chat/treehouse for about 1/2 an hour if anyone wants to share stories about election night.
http://www.themudflats.net/forum/index.php?action=chat
November 4th, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Happy dance for all of those New Yorkers who joined hands with Alaskans and slammed their screen doors shut on Palin’s behind, also too!
November 4th, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Rachel Maddow twittered this: Automotive Machismo
http://bit.ly/3YJqAs
November 4th, 2009 at 1:19 PM
BigSlick – yeh you know, it must be great to be wingnut. EVERY failure can be success if you wish hard enough and spin hard enough!
Yeh I can see the brain storming at Team Sarah HQ – “Hmm…..we just doubled down on Hoffman, recorded a robocall for him, ignited a brush fire of conservatives trashing Scozzafava and generally stirred up the base to a frenzy not seen since the good ol’ days of “pallin’ around with terrorists”! Result? NY-23rd now has a Democratic rep after 159 years of being a Republican seat. *crickets* VICTORY!! U-S-A! U-S-A!! U-S-A!!! WOO HOO!! WE WON!! *crickets* Ok, fine, we won A MORAL VICTORY!! YAY TEABAGGERS!!”
It boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
November 4th, 2009 at 1:24 PM
SKJ, just read your comment, Scarah wanted in the game at the last minute, stole the ball and threw it to the basket in the wrong direction, scoring the winning points for the opposite team. Love it! lol. (paraphrasing what you said)
I also heard a blip from Rushbo, he tried saying this didn’t hurt Scarah one little bit, only he sure didn’t sound very convincing, no enthusiasm there.
So, the humiliation begins, has Newt said anything yet? Can you imagine next Sunday talking heads going over this? lol. Oh, the blame goes to who? SCARAH!
She bravely in her mavericky rogue way took charge, leading the army to……. epic failure, defeat, crap that wasn’t supposed to happen. Did she misread her message from God? God let her down again! The shame, where is her mantle, her cloak? Maybe she has some confessing to do, cleanse her soul of wrong doings, her sins are blocking Gods blessings.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Forgot to add: I am still appalled at Rush’s comments about Dede and bestiality. I thought nothing that awful man said could surprise me but he outdid his disgusting self with this latest.
How anyone can associate with such a vulgar, crass, sexist lying pile of waste as Limbaugh is beyond my understanding.
November 4th, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Say No to Palin: I really love it when I see “Sarah Palin” and “Epic Failure” in the same sentence =)
It’s like peanut butter and jelly, apple and pie, Brian and Moose and my personal fave hot chocolate and marshmellows =)
November 4th, 2009 at 1:42 PM
102 honestyinGov – I wonder if Kirk meets Sarah’s religious wingnuttery test. I’ll be interested to see if she agrees to endorse him for his primary. And if he wins the primary, will he ditch her during the election?
104 SNTPIP – Happy Election Anniversary to you! To all! Palin’s almost daily antics are additional reminders of just how fortunate we are.
105 BuffaloGal – Men in Black memory erasers – good one!
Thanks for the Sesame Street story link and the laugh. If I understood the story, Oscar is also a reporter for GNN Grouchy News but they’re only complaining about his Pox Trashing News gig. Sheesh!
November 4th, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Couple things from around the web re”throw everybody under the bus” book interview tour. From wonkette, “palin being interviewed by glenn beck is like using your mom as a reference on your resume, only less crying.”
From huffpo, regarding list of who she hopes to do interviews with (primarily faux) “What a relief. I can watch my regular shows and hopefully never see her
talking about her ghost written book.”
November 4th, 2009 at 2:26 PM
109 BigSlick Says:
CNN has a quote from Queen Hester here:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/04/palin-ny-23-race-just-postponed-until-2010/
It’s obvious that the intent was not to get Hoffman into NY-23 so much as to prevent Scozzafava from winning the seat.
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Gee, I wonder how the GOP feels about her strategery to get a Democrat elected to a seat they have held for 150 years.
Plus, it makes no sense. If the intent was to make sure that Scozzafava didn’t win because she is a moderate and not anti-choice or isn’t anti-gay, how much sense does it make to get a Democrat elected? Did she think the Democrat would be more conservative than a moderate Republican?
Or, is her intent purely to purge the Party? If so, the GOP really has a problem.
That quote reminds me of a child who falls off a swingset and stands up and proclaims….I meant to to that, while blood trickles down their leg.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Really?
Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk of Illinois is reportedly trying to get Sarah Plain to endorse his candidacy, which is not surprising considering the formidable sway the former Alaska governor seems to hold on the conservative movement.”
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All that money, all that drama, all that activity of bussing people in to heckle voters, all that noise from Beck and Rush…..and SP’s movement lost! So, again, what formidable sway does she hold on the conservative movement? But hey, if he wants her help…bring it on!
November 4th, 2009 at 2:43 PM
For the most part, the comments are NOT kind to Scarah over at that CNN piece.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
I suspect that the real story here is the battle for the Republican “soul”. Sarah and company would rather have a Democrat win (temporarily) than a moderate Republican. Remember that seat will be back up next year when all of the House of Representatives face re-election. Unfortunately, Sarah appears to be making some headway in that people like the Senate Minority Leader and the RNC jumped on board for Hoffman instead of denouncing the tactics of the “conservative” wing.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:52 PM
There’s an interesting analysis in a Mother Jones article where Palin’s position is given a new name–at least one I’ve not heard before:
“Perhaps Palin does intend to keep her position as cannibal-in-chief. If not, she runs the risk of disappointing the true believers she inspired in the fight for NY-23. Alienating her fellow RINO poachers could cause serious difficulties for Palin in a presidential campaign—and leave an opening for other contenders to fill. “This is tricky stuff,” says a senior Republican strategist allied with another possible 2012 GOP presidential candidate. “She could be walking right into a breach.”"
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/11/sarah-palins-purity-problem
November 4th, 2009 at 3:11 PM
#121 Trisha, no they aren’t very kind but extremely accurate, thanks for the tip. I only hope one of winky’s minions scours all the blogs and is reading those comments. I guess she’s far too delusional to understand that she could possibly be one of the most reviled people in the history of the US. If you really think about it can you think of anyone in your lifetime that has as many horrible things said or printed about from both sides of the fence? I think she far surpasses W and tricky dick. I think for the sake of her family she should give up her twisted ambitions and drop out of sight. I can’t believe she would even want to be out in public anymore.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Well, that can’t blame it on not using spell check…
November 4th, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Since this is an open thread. Wanted to report an article by Andrew Halcro on Bailey’s book.
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/coming_monday_baileys_on_the_rocks
November 4th, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Oh my gosh, the trolls over at Huffpo just got me steaming. They are saying that, for an unknown third party candidate to get 45% of the vote was amazing and that Palin rocks.
Really? For all that money, attention, right wing celebrity radio plugs, national conservative leaders doing ads, bussing in supporters,etc…..it sure seems like they really didn’t get a bang for their buck. Owen’s wasn’t getting free national radio and TV plugs every day…..and he won!
One said, what’s the big deal, he got 45% of the vote…why are all you libs bragging? No joke. The kind huffpo readers had to gently explain to him that right now, Hoffman has 0 votes in Congress, because he LOST. A small point that seems to have slipped out of their tiny pea brains.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
I just have to share with you all this comment I seen at another sight. Warning do not be taking a drink when you read.
I was hoping we had heard the last of Sarah and the Wasilla Chillbillies but I guess she’s a bit like herpes…we got ‘er for life!
November 4th, 2009 at 5:02 PM
when did “Conservative” become an official political party? …like Democratic, Republican, Independant, Libertarian…as in the case of how Doug Hoffman ran in NY. Does that mean that anybody can jump in and run as, ahhh, Catholic Party, Fundamentalist Party, Methodist Party, Mormon Party??? …palin, party of one?
November 4th, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Geoff Dunn has just posted another good one on HuffPost:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-dunn/palins-bob-mark-show-sham_b_346345.html
He makes mention of her prior appearance on the Bob & Mark show when she giggled at their obnoxious comments regarding Leda Green and her cancer, etc.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:24 PM
#127 Trisha, I saw that, it p*ssed me off too. But let’s put things in perspective, a dem hasn’t won that district in over 150 years. There are tons of fringey repubs in that district and yet Owens got over half the vote. Tea party types are prevalent but winky & armey’s choice lost. Yes, it’s always mind boggling that so many wingnuts live among us. To be honest I was surprised hoffman lost, hubby is from western NY and he was more surprised than me. He swears his family would have voted for hoffman and never would have considered voting for a democrat.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:36 PM
And here I was, still tickled about the 23rd district Owens win, listening to the radio on the way home from work. And then the news came on.
Ohhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She’s coming here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quittypants will be in Rochester on November 21st. Unfortunately, while the city is reliably blue (just re-elected the Dem mayor who ran unopposed)
but many of the suburbs and more rural areas of the county tend to be on the red side.
Note to self: stay well away from Henrietta and all surrounding regions on that day. Contamination has been recorded in areas within several miles of the Toxic Attitude Zone.
Hey BuffaloGal…is she bringing her little LieFest to Buffalo too?
November 4th, 2009 at 6:51 PM
aussiegal77 maybe because Rusho practices bestiality himself he thinks others do
November 4th, 2009 at 7:22 PM
OK, #1 story on Countdown with Keith Olberman tonight is hysterical!!!
“Video” of Sarah’s concession speech…..
(must wipe eyes….)
November 4th, 2009 at 7:23 PM
and there’s the “victory speech”
bwahahahaaa!!!!!!!!
November 4th, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Oh, my favorite Fox News moment is:
Hurricane Katrina (D)
November 4th, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Palin and her deluded fans can spin the conservative loss in NY-23 race any way they please but all their rationalizations sound weak.
If Palin and the teabaggers can’t win in a Red District with 150 years of GOP representation, a million dollars plus in campaign funds, the endorsements of most of the conservative talking heads and leaders, and the withdrawal of the only other GOP candidate…….then it’s a darn big loss.
Giddy with her own self-importance when VP Biden mentioned the fallacy of Palin’s energy policies in his campaign stump for Owens, Palin was so certain of her “victory” in NY-23 that she laid down Hoffman as her sacrificial gauntlet by taunting “Hoffman, baby, Hoffman” as a response to Biden
No doubt about it……Palin has egg on her face. Her vaunted “influence” didn’t carry the day….instead her interference delivered an unexpected congressional seat to the Dems.
Egged, baby, egged……and everyone knows it.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:18 PM
@Lee323….well said! now somebody needs to explain this to palin via dick & jane…very simply and slowly
November 5th, 2009 at 4:12 AM
Is it time for the sock puppet show to explain to Palin that she LOST?