As someone who grew up in “Tornado Alley” it is hard for me to defile the likeness’ of Dorothy and Toto. But….it is time this guy goes back to Kansas, cyclone or no.
” If I were king of the fore-e-e-est / Not queen, not duke, not prince / My regal robes of the fore-e-e-est / Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz / I’d command each thing, whether fish or fowl / With a r-r-ruff and a r-r-ruff, and a royal growl – R-R-Ruff! / As I click my heels / All the trees would kneel / And the mountains bow / And the bulls kowtow / And the sparrow would take wing / If I, if I were ki-i-i-i-ng! / The rabbits would show respect to me / The chipmunks genuflect to me / Though my tail would lash / I would show compash / For every underling / If I, if I were king / Just ki-i-i-i-ing!”
ruh roh…..i think the Texas pups better come see about you Austin. i do believe you and El Jefe have been sampling the Tequila from the still again…tsk. tsk…how we pups gonna ever get rich if you guys keep sampling the product.
Back in hospital, and have been for a few days. So, this could be the med combo I am receiving, but does Mrs. Palin look more masculine than Mr. Miller? I have been noticing something of a creeping masculinity in her photographs over the past few months, but this really stands out in b&w.
Where the heck is Tawd anyway? I have been wondering that for a while. Any of you ever wonder if $P is looking for something on the side? Either from Miller or Beckerhead? She just seems to gush over those two like a grizzley in heat.
and don’t forget seany insanity, he drools over her. probably just the way he likes his women; dumb and with a big mouth. the way they interact is puke-worthy. I only watch from beginning to end when she’s on billo’s show. Billo tries to trap her and she gets all atwitter as he smirks at her discomfort.
Oh good heavens! Get better fast!
Don’t be damaging your recovery with paying any attention to whatzername…
and keep in mind that whatzizname may have something too:
2 pairs of flaming pants would melt it even faster than it is now with climate change !
We’ve already got melting permafrost and sinking villages, heavy wave action, where there used to be ice , washing away villages…
I vote for Oklahoma. He’d get along great with Senator Enhoffe – the baby boy who is holding up relief money for Haiti. They are two of a kind — all for me, nothing for anyone else.
My apologies to any progressives hiding in Oklahoma (there must be some, right? We never hear about them.)
We’re still here…..
And it’s Coburn, not Inhoff, that is secretly (?) holding things up. It’s what he is known for.
They are both a$$’s so it’s easy to confuse them.
Amy, you’re right. I was wrong by naming Inhoff (sorry I misspelled his name as well).
I can’t stand either one of your Senators – well, that’s not saying much because both of mine (KS) are a$$s as well. I think we are both in the wrong states. I am so tired of being a progressive in a red, red state. I bet you are as well.
So, AKM, though it fits in with the adorable Dorothy-Toto- You’re-Not-In-Kansas theme, please go easy when saying Joe Miller has to come back to Kansas. We, as does CO and OK, have way too many a$$s already. It may be tough to live in Alaska’s conservative political environment, but trust us, it’s worse here. Our guys just don’t make the headlines as much (not because they are not as stupid but somehow they stay out of them most of the time).
LOL. Your last sentence had me laughing. Sort of like up here, I would get a little upset at a politician from the Lower 48 in the news and realize… crap, we gave them Sarah Palin.
I feel extra-mean today. So, while he was out shopping for housing and measuring the drapes, do you think he made a point of looking for rugs that would go nicely with his mistress’s stockings? Goodness knows he spends enough time groveling at her feet.
$arah as dominatrix–not an imaginative leap. Joe certainly seems to have latched onto the role of submissive with ease.
“It is hard to imagine a lawsuit more dangerous to Alaska’s tripartite form of government than one that asks the courts to instruct the Legislature that there are certain executive actions that are off-limits to legislative inquiry, certain legislators who are too ‘partisan’ to be assigned responsibility in legislative investigations, and certain people whom the Legislature cannot employ as investigators. That is what this suit does,” wrote attorney Peter Maasen in his answer to Miller’s complaint. “Fortunately, under Alaska’s separation-of-powers principles and case law, the complaint is clearly meritless as a matter of law. The court should dismiss it.”
Mother Jones article is “Old Whine in New Bottles,” and here’s a little quote:
“But today, there’s virtually no one left in the party leadership who doesn’t at least claim to adhere to tea party principles. Recent polls by both Gallup and the Mellman Group (PDF) find that the views of self-identified tea party supporters are nearly identical to the views of self-identified Republicans across the board. Gallup’s analysis may go a little too far in saying that the tea party movement is “more a rebranding of core Republicanism than a new or distinct entity on the American political scene,” but not by much.”
At least 78 candidates for Congress oppose abortion even in the case of rape or incest. Is one of them running in your district? Please get the word out.
These good folks can oppose abortion all they like. That is their privilege. It is also, by law, their privilege to personally *not* have an abortion should they, their self, become pregnant. As for me and mine, we, too, will exercize our privilege to personally avail ourselves of the law and have –or not– an abortion should that be our decision. beth.
The state does not own my womb. What male body part does the state own? none? Thought so.
Yes, we can make babies, not alone, but we can.
I know that bugs men and they want to control this, but too bad.
Giving birth sucks and often, we die doing it, so it is not all good for us, but it is MY body.
Miller just like Palin..as phony as one can get…see they never get into any governing official position.
Vote McAdams…a person that is actually for the people.
It’s Cocchia and the head of a local SoFla consertvative group talking about SP’s visit to Miami.
Any Mudflatters fluent in Spanish? My two years of Spanish in Middle school have resulted in me being able to pick out words here and there, but not the real essence of the conversation. I got the impression that the two men didn’t completely agree with each other and that the host was asking pointed question, but that impression could be way off.
(BTW, I may not admire their views, but I admire those who are fluently bilingual.)
I also found a reference to The Ten in ’10, which is supposed to be their PAC (and it is), but here’s their FEC reporting:
Funny, hard to give money to campaigns when there is apparently … no money. And never has been. So …. what was the fundraiser in March for?
This is all still early and all the connections have yet to be made, but something hinky is going on. It may not be Iceberg Ahead! hinky, but hinky nonetheless.
Maria asks about Sarah Palin’s 30/48 approval/negative numbers in recent polls and Mr. Cocchea says it’s because the 48% are afraid of change (tiennen miedo). She later asks him about whether or not the tea party is splitting the Republican party (he answers that one in English, while she translates). The other gentleman is head of a South Florida Conservative group that is bringing Palin. He talks about how the tea party is not racist, only against the President’s policies. Both men are clearly conservative, and yes, the hostess is asking pointed (and well-informed questions).
I also listened to Mr. Coccia on an conservative radio program that was slanted toward security issues (read: scaring people) and when asked about Palin’s views on that, he often answered that he had never heard her say her views. I came away with the impression he did really not know Sarah Palin at all, just liked her talking points and of course, her leather jackets and short skirts.
Did anyone ever get a statistic on hispanic women’s view of SP (approva//negative)?
That would be interesting.
Please don’t tell me Cocchia is going to coach her in a few phrases of Spanish. She mangles English badly enough, I can’t imagine what unintended insult would come out if she tried it.
Still debating whether I should go down there Wednesday …
Yes——They said they were booing the judges—-but how do they explain that the judges gave the two dancers 8′s and positive remarks? Soooooo—–Why would they be booing the judges?
NOT true——they were booing the witch from Wasilla.
What — the residents of Oz, the Garland legacy, the Baum legacy, M-G-M/Warner Bros, and assorted Ozbots haven’t risen up in indignant arms over this “malicious desecration of an iconic image”?
Hey my fellow caring mudflatters — any of you also have children in university/college?
I have been broken-hearted over the Rutgers tragedy since I heard about it, so I sent an email to my daughter (she’s off at uni), and hope that those of you who have children in uni will do something similar. It’s strange that less than a week ago I sent a link to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” youtube site to a glbt friend, hoping that she & her mother (also glbt) would record something for it, so the Rutgers tragedy really hit me.
Anyway, here’s an excerpt of the email that I sent my daughter, and I hope other schools will do the same:
Anyway, I’m sending you this because I think that you & (boyfriend — edited out), together, should come up with some sort of candlelight vigil/ceremony/something to support this poor boy and all of the others like him that are still suffering. Of course you’d have to approach higher-ups, and think about what you’re going to say, who’s going to say it, but I think that this is really really important.
One of the reasons that I completely despise Sarah Palin with the intensity of a billion burning suns is that on the campaign trail back in 2008 she was full of hateful rhetoric and basically, by example, encouraged others to be hateful as well. It’s as though she did, and continues to, encourage hateful words & deeds. Of course the GOP has picked up that ball and run with it and it gets worse and worse. Who will lead by example, for all of those a-holes filled with hate, a more loving, truly Christian was of treating others? There must be a line that gets drawn regarding discourse and treatment of others, and there must be societal norms established and adhered to that make the sort of treatment that that boy was subjected to morally unacceptable. A vigil of some sort would send a message that humanity, whatever race or sexuality or belief, deserves care, respect & consideration from others. The university should be coming up with something like this on their own, frankly, but in the event that they don’t, I think you & (boyfriend – edited out!) should grab that bull by the horns.
“There must be a line that gets drawn regarding discourse and treatment of others, and there must be societal norms established and adhered to that make the sort of treatment that that boy was subjected to morally unacceptable.”
lovely, heartfelt words….yes SMR i have been discussing this same topic with my daughter who is a professor at a prestigious university. she teaches gender studies among other things and is very aware of this problem. thank you for this post.
I read about it on my face book page and IMO whoever taped this should be prosecuted to the fullest.This young mans rights were abused and IMO caused his death. Most states have computer laws now against bullying so hopefully something will be done.
You know, for someone who needed a low income hunting and fishing license, Joe had no problem donating to Huckabee’s campaign to the tune of $2300 in 2007, and another contribution in 2008. I wonder how many other causes he was able to contribute during that time. . .
Awww… isn’t little Jojo adawabow! Very funny picture. Whoever created that, thanks! Oh, and now someone neeeeeds to do Palin as the Wicked Witch. *Cackle*
It might have made you lol, scout, but I don’t approve of Lease-A-Murkowski and her write-in campaign, which is almost guaranteed to send Miller to the Senate. She’s an effin’ spoiler, and should have sat this one out.
I am a dog person. Joe Miller is not a dog. He’s not good enough to be a dog, not even close. I think he’s a lot more of a Sydney Funnel Web Spider, but I don’t know any graphics that could quite bring home the imporfudiation of sending this spider back to his funnel tunnel quite like Dorothy and Toto. Sigh.
Just announced, and sure to be used by the 1/2 Gov: YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter announced a merger today. The new social network will be called YouTwitFace.
Are you flying to DC or NYC, Irishgirl? A group of us are taking the HuffPo bus down to DC from SoHo, where Arianna is kindly providing us with buses to make the trip.
I saw that online last night. Thought it was a tad on the luke-warm side, but it does get his name out and let people know they have a choice other than same old, same old.
I particularly liked where they point out AFTER a Republican Poll was done, Lisa decides to do the write in… pointing out the split on moderate votors between Lisa and Scott, leaving Miller the ability to take the election… Gawd! the Repubs even eat their own base to stay in office !
Please, please, please do not send him back here to Kansas. We have plenty of crackpots as it is. How about Utah? Or west Texas? Anyone up for the Not-to-my-State hot potato game???
Please, please, please do not send him back here to Kansas. We have plenty of crackpots as it is. How about Utah? Or west Texas? Anyone up for the Not-to-my-State hot potato game???
So funny, CNN has a headline “Palin jousts with Rouse”, Obama’s new COS.
She says that Rouse had Obama steal the theme of “change” from her, and somehow was involved in the Troopergate investigation which started before McCain ever chose her, as though anyone knew who she was then. She is delusional. She must sit there in her mansion trying to get a rise out of anyone at all, as though this guy Rouse is going to pay any attention to her.
Has she jumped on Sharron Angle yet for making fun of the diagnosis of “autism”?
I just saw that…what a self important piece of…….sorry, I almost lost it. She’s been out of the news lately and my blood pressure went down. Now that she’s forced her way back in, it has shot back up. I may have to bring legal action against her for destroying my health (and sanity).
whatzername is trying , as usual, to pretend she’s on same plane as the Pres and Mr Rouse…
As she never rises more than 40 floors below them it is just more of the same old horsepunky.
She’s still mad Mr Obama was one of the folks who helped get the federal checkbook online thing going- another thing she was sure she thought of first…
The most hilarious part of the article is her contention that the Obama campaign stole “change ” from her…
One change we needed … and got, thank heavens.
The other needs to be dropped in the diaper pail where it/she belongs…
I posted this at the end of the Joe Miller thread but realized no one would see it, so I’ll post it again here.
According to Phil Munger (Progressive Alaska, 9-20-2010), Joe Miller told Munger that he, Miller, is “a severely disabled veteran.” I don’t believe Phil makes stuff up. Did Joe make this up? Or does Miller have a real disability, and, if so, what is it? His lying suggests a serious moral disability, but I doubt that’s what Miller was referring to. I’m waiting to see the spin put on this nugget when it hits the fan.
And thanks, Scout, for the link to Andrew Halcro and “Old Joe Miller’s Farm.” I hope he’ll be inspired to add new verses in the future.
In 2008 we bought a truck with a Murkowski sticker on it. It is our plow/work truck. It is pretty beat up. Never before have we had a issue with it. … Till this last month.
We don’t drive the truck into Wasilla very often. Maybe, maybe once a month. It has been scratched, mud spread on the windshield and the bumper sticker. A mickyD’s burger has been smashed under the wipers… But when the side mirror was knocked off… The sweetie reported the vandelizm (sp?).
I’ve a family member who had thier woodshed burned down and car oil speed about her property. And I won’t even talk about what they did to the dog… we believe this stuff happened because they had a sign that said “Thank God She Quit” on top of the woodshed… what can I say, my family member has a beef with Toad. sigh
Today I am inspired to be more polite about what I precieve to the the other side.
My inspiration comes from how McAdams is running a positive campaign and a opinion piece in the www. Frontiersman.com…
I’m gonna try to be nicer while expressing my opinion.
BTW, I think that Murkowski bumper sticker on the truck is from Franks campaign.
Go read the piece at the frontiersman and the one they talk about.
Now ya all are welcome to trash me for a Murky bumper sticker… But right now, it seems like the only place where the rust hasn’t taken over…
Miller is carrying a lot of unwanted baggage to November, and there will be more when he finally bring forth the required information. The true information;.
She hasn’t been in the news as much lately. Frankly, not only do people not like her, but it’s the same act you love to hate over and over. People can only watch Dumb and Dumber so often. And I think that her intimation that she’ll run for office in 2012 has taken away some of the mystery and allure. Remember those hair color commercials? “Does she or doesn’t she? Only her hair dresser knows for sure!” Well, now we know for sure, and the interest is gone.
Mudflatter D, that work of art is hilarious….really it is! Perfection. I am with others who would like to see her as the witch and he as one of the flying monkeys. Also, too….how about her as the “wizard” behind the curtain and Rupert/Rove/Koch Brothers as pulling the strings with Joe as the Scarecrow looking on?
I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking. (::cough:: half-wit former governor Sarah ::cough::)
Who thought someone like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?
Also, too, I just saw Dorothy’s ruby slippers on display at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. Will send to our Ms. AKM. (BTW, they looked a lot better in the film than in person, where they appeared to be merely covered in sequins.) Perhaps they can be photo-shopped onto Mr. Miller’s paws, er, feet.
Now that’s funny. I don’t care who you are. Click them heels three times baby!
Will he go “home” to Kansas if we do?
If they only had a brain……………………………………..
A heart wouldn’t go amiss either.
Ain’t it the truth?
nor would courage hurt. hiding behind fakebook and tweets is so courageous.
Any of ‘em, all of ‘em…
Even one to share between them would be an improvement!
That sounds more like sharing an entree (coeur–it’s what’s on the menu) than you intended.
But I can picture the two of them doing exactly that!
OMG!
” If I were king of the fore-e-e-est / Not queen, not duke, not prince / My regal robes of the fore-e-e-est / Would be satin, not cotton, not chintz / I’d command each thing, whether fish or fowl / With a r-r-ruff and a r-r-ruff, and a royal growl – R-R-Ruff! / As I click my heels / All the trees would kneel / And the mountains bow / And the bulls kowtow / And the sparrow would take wing / If I, if I were ki-i-i-i-ng! / The rabbits would show respect to me / The chipmunks genuflect to me / Though my tail would lash / I would show compash / For every underling / If I, if I were king / Just ki-i-i-i-ing!”
Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz
This is coming from someone who knows all the words to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” but I am a little concerned that you just did that.
ruh roh…..i think the Texas pups better come see about you Austin. i do believe you and El Jefe have been sampling the Tequila from the still again…tsk. tsk…how we pups gonna ever get rich if you guys keep sampling the product.
Wonderful….! I love every word…! Thank you…r-r-r-uff…!
Great image!
“Don’t make me release the flying monkeys”
(not original – from a bumper sticker I’ve seen from time to time up here. )
Never mind sunset……..I give you moonset.
http://i.imgur.com/GlrL4.jpg
Picture of Christine O’Donnell on the campaign trail.
http://i.imgur.com/TrwD7.jpg?4284
OMG…..frickin’ hilarious.
Is that for REAL??? Un-+++ing Believable!!!
Shopped.
Most definitely shopped, but that woman is made for comedy.
Back in hospital, and have been for a few days. So, this could be the med combo I am receiving, but does Mrs. Palin look more masculine than Mr. Miller? I have been noticing something of a creeping masculinity in her photographs over the past few months, but this really stands out in b&w.
rest and get well, young lady !
It’s that jawline. They keep pulling her skin back so the bone is prominent now.
And feel mo’ bettah. Fastah.
She must be skipping her meds without tawd to set them out for her. She needs her estrogen and anti-psychotic medication asap.
Where the heck is Tawd anyway? I have been wondering that for a while. Any of you ever wonder if $P is looking for something on the side? Either from Miller or Beckerhead? She just seems to gush over those two like a grizzley in heat.
and don’t forget seany insanity, he drools over her. probably just the way he likes his women; dumb and with a big mouth. the way they interact is puke-worthy. I only watch from beginning to end when she’s on billo’s show. Billo tries to trap her and she gets all atwitter as he smirks at her discomfort.
Oh good heavens! Get better fast!
Don’t be damaging your recovery with paying any attention to whatzername…
and keep in mind that whatzizname may have something too:
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Blooper says:
“It makes you wonder if Joe Miller has a staff infection. ”
http://www.themudflats.net/2010/09/30/the-arrogance-of-joe-miller/
Thanks for bringing that up – it was funny!
it’s the menopause..for both of them.
how you feeling this morning?
In Miller’s case, don’t you mean manopause?
Prayers for healing are coming your way.
Hope you’re okay!
Feel well, jimzmum! Health and peace to you and yours.
please, take care of yourself.
hugs
Jimzmum, get well and get out of that hospital. It’s no place for vital, spirited person such as yourself. We need you. You keep us on our toes.
Poppies…..Poppies….Poppies……
Please AKM, Kansas is way too close to Colorado. Isn’t there a nice glacier we can relocate him to where he couldn’t do any harm?
NO!
2 pairs of flaming pants would melt it even faster than it is now with climate change !
We’ve already got melting permafrost and sinking villages, heavy wave action, where there used to be ice , washing away villages…
How about a big chunk of ice ?
When it melted they could haul out with:
http://www.adn.com/2010/09/25/1471943/walruses-move-inward.html
Thanks for all that, Pi.
In Russia? I understand parts are visible from Alaska.
I vote for Oklahoma. He’d get along great with Senator Enhoffe – the baby boy who is holding up relief money for Haiti. They are two of a kind — all for me, nothing for anyone else.
My apologies to any progressives hiding in Oklahoma (there must be some, right? We never hear about them.)
We’re still here…..
And it’s Coburn, not Inhoff, that is secretly (?) holding things up. It’s what he is known for.
They are both a$$’s so it’s easy to confuse them.
And, and, hell. Yes, he would fit in here. damn.
Amy, you’re right. I was wrong by naming Inhoff (sorry I misspelled his name as well).
I can’t stand either one of your Senators – well, that’s not saying much because both of mine (KS) are a$$s as well. I think we are both in the wrong states. I am so tired of being a progressive in a red, red state. I bet you are as well.
So, AKM, though it fits in with the adorable Dorothy-Toto- You’re-Not-In-Kansas theme, please go easy when saying Joe Miller has to come back to Kansas. We, as does CO and OK, have way too many a$$s already. It may be tough to live in Alaska’s conservative political environment, but trust us, it’s worse here. Our guys just don’t make the headlines as much (not because they are not as stupid but somehow they stay out of them most of the time).
LOL. Your last sentence had me laughing. Sort of like up here, I would get a little upset at a politician from the Lower 48 in the news and realize… crap, we gave them Sarah Palin.
Aren’t they both global warming / climate change deniers? Glacier, great idea!
Love the picture but always thought that Palin would be well cast as the witch with Miller one of the monkeys.
Here’s a great post in praise of Obama from Andrew Sullivan:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/09/fired-up.html
Who knew that Dorothy wore red Naughty Monkeys… Huh.
and a stolen red leather jacket.
well, they were ruby RED
Oh my goodness what a horrific photo, but funny!
I feel extra-mean today. So, while he was out shopping for housing and measuring the drapes, do you think he made a point of looking for rugs that would go nicely with his mistress’s stockings? Goodness knows he spends enough time groveling at her feet.
$arah as dominatrix–not an imaginative leap. Joe certainly seems to have latched onto the role of submissive with ease.
I think the witch and the monkeys visuals are more appropriate to this duo and their buddies…
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/politics/7018-joe-miller-tried-to-block-troopergate-investigation
“It is hard to imagine a lawsuit more dangerous to Alaska’s tripartite form of government than one that asks the courts to instruct the Legislature that there are certain executive actions that are off-limits to legislative inquiry, certain legislators who are too ‘partisan’ to be assigned responsibility in legislative investigations, and certain people whom the Legislature cannot employ as investigators. That is what this suit does,” wrote attorney Peter Maasen in his answer to Miller’s complaint. “Fortunately, under Alaska’s separation-of-powers principles and case law, the complaint is clearly meritless as a matter of law. The court should dismiss it.”
certainly explains his endorsement by Palin …she’s returning the favor…hhhmmm wonder if they have religous affilation also…..
“hhhmmm wonder if they have religous affilation also…”
The Church of Hypocrisy
So painfully true!
And now it all makes sense. He scratched her back , and now, well… ah, you get the picture (and what a frightening picture that would be!).
What a photo!!! Help I’m melting with laughter!!
There’s nothing new under the sun, except the 24-hour media with nothing better to report on than BS:
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/history-of-the-tea-party?page=1
Mother Jones article is “Old Whine in New Bottles,” and here’s a little quote:
“But today, there’s virtually no one left in the party leadership who doesn’t at least claim to adhere to tea party principles. Recent polls by both Gallup and the Mellman Group (PDF) find that the views of self-identified tea party supporters are nearly identical to the views of self-identified Republicans across the board. Gallup’s analysis may go a little too far in saying that the tea party movement is “more a rebranding of core Republicanism than a new or distinct entity on the American political scene,” but not by much.”
At least 78 candidates for Congress oppose abortion even in the case of rape or incest. Is one of them running in your district? Please get the word out.
http://www.rnclife.org/pac/2010_Primary_PAC_Report.html
These good folks can oppose abortion all they like. That is their privilege. It is also, by law, their privilege to personally *not* have an abortion should they, their self, become pregnant. As for me and mine, we, too, will exercize our privilege to personally avail ourselves of the law and have –or not– an abortion should that be our decision. beth.
The state does not own my womb. What male body part does the state own? none? Thought so.
Yes, we can make babies, not alone, but we can.
I know that bugs men and they want to control this, but too bad.
Giving birth sucks and often, we die doing it, so it is not all good for us, but it is MY body.
They, the neo-christianists, want to own the males parts that interact with other male parts but not the state controlled uteri of women.
All three candidates in TN are on the list. We got the crazy covered here!
Miller just like Palin..as phony as one can get…see they never get into any governing official position.
Vote McAdams…a person that is actually for the people.
After some sleuthing with help of fellow sleuther Gimme-a-Break, I started a Liberty & Freedom Foundation File.
The exec. director is Victor Cocchia, so I did some hunting about him, and came up with this
http://blog.mariaelvira.tv/2010/09/29/sarah-palin-visitara-la-florida-en-octubre.aspx
It’s Cocchia and the head of a local SoFla consertvative group talking about SP’s visit to Miami.
Any Mudflatters fluent in Spanish? My two years of Spanish in Middle school have resulted in me being able to pick out words here and there, but not the real essence of the conversation. I got the impression that the two men didn’t completely agree with each other and that the host was asking pointed question, but that impression could be way off.
(BTW, I may not admire their views, but I admire those who are fluently bilingual.)
I also found a reference to The Ten in ’10, which is supposed to be their PAC (and it is), but here’s their FEC reporting:
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_10+C00478792
Funny, hard to give money to campaigns when there is apparently … no money. And never has been. So …. what was the fundraiser in March for?
This is all still early and all the connections have yet to be made, but something hinky is going on. It may not be Iceberg Ahead! hinky, but hinky nonetheless.
Maria asks about Sarah Palin’s 30/48 approval/negative numbers in recent polls and Mr. Cocchea says it’s because the 48% are afraid of change (tiennen miedo). She later asks him about whether or not the tea party is splitting the Republican party (he answers that one in English, while she translates). The other gentleman is head of a South Florida Conservative group that is bringing Palin. He talks about how the tea party is not racist, only against the President’s policies. Both men are clearly conservative, and yes, the hostess is asking pointed (and well-informed questions).
Oh, yes, and they claim that Sarah Palin is popular because she is one of “the people”.
Thanks so much Kate, that helps a lot.
I also listened to Mr. Coccia on an conservative radio program that was slanted toward security issues (read: scaring people) and when asked about Palin’s views on that, he often answered that he had never heard her say her views. I came away with the impression he did really not know Sarah Palin at all, just liked her talking points and of course, her leather jackets and short skirts.
Did anyone ever get a statistic on hispanic women’s view of SP (approva//negative)?
That would be interesting.
Please don’t tell me Cocchia is going to coach her in a few phrases of Spanish. She mangles English badly enough, I can’t imagine what unintended insult would come out if she tried it.
Still debating whether I should go down there Wednesday …
Good work! I was thinking to start a file but got sidetracked by other stuff. Glad you’re on it!
And I agree about the “hinky”…..
Not important in the BIG scheme of things – but worth a second of your time:
Poll: Was Sarah Palin booed on Dancing with the Stars?
http://approvalpolls.com/2010/09/30/poll-was-sarah-palin-booed-on-dancing-with-the-stars/
Yes——They said they were booing the judges—-but how do they explain that the judges gave the two dancers 8′s and positive remarks? Soooooo—–Why would they be booing the judges?
NOT true——they were booing the witch from Wasilla.
Over 97% say she was booed. Fewer than 3% say she was not.
What — the residents of Oz, the Garland legacy, the Baum legacy, M-G-M/Warner Bros, and assorted Ozbots haven’t risen up in indignant arms over this “malicious desecration of an iconic image”?
What slackers. beth.
For all you salmon fishers
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary
the cartoon?!
hilarious!
scary!!
passing on to salmon fishing friends!
thank you…
sorta, maybe…
THAT is special – thanks for sharing. Good way to start the day…with a salmon laugh!!
OMG, that picture of Missy Quittypants and her lap dog had me almost snorting snot out my nose this morning. What a great way to wake up.
Hey my fellow caring mudflatters — any of you also have children in university/college?
I have been broken-hearted over the Rutgers tragedy since I heard about it, so I sent an email to my daughter (she’s off at uni), and hope that those of you who have children in uni will do something similar. It’s strange that less than a week ago I sent a link to Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” youtube site to a glbt friend, hoping that she & her mother (also glbt) would record something for it, so the Rutgers tragedy really hit me.
Anyway, here’s an excerpt of the email that I sent my daughter, and I hope other schools will do the same:
Not sure if you’ve read anything about this, but it really breaks my heart. I have been choked up about this since I first read about it a couple of days ago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/01/tyler-clementis-suicide-i_n_746624.html
Anyway, I’m sending you this because I think that you & (boyfriend — edited out), together, should come up with some sort of candlelight vigil/ceremony/something to support this poor boy and all of the others like him that are still suffering. Of course you’d have to approach higher-ups, and think about what you’re going to say, who’s going to say it, but I think that this is really really important.
One of the reasons that I completely despise Sarah Palin with the intensity of a billion burning suns is that on the campaign trail back in 2008 she was full of hateful rhetoric and basically, by example, encouraged others to be hateful as well. It’s as though she did, and continues to, encourage hateful words & deeds. Of course the GOP has picked up that ball and run with it and it gets worse and worse. Who will lead by example, for all of those a-holes filled with hate, a more loving, truly Christian was of treating others? There must be a line that gets drawn regarding discourse and treatment of others, and there must be societal norms established and adhered to that make the sort of treatment that that boy was subjected to morally unacceptable. A vigil of some sort would send a message that humanity, whatever race or sexuality or belief, deserves care, respect & consideration from others. The university should be coming up with something like this on their own, frankly, but in the event that they don’t, I think you & (boyfriend – edited out!) should grab that bull by the horns.
Beautifully said, very touching.
“There must be a line that gets drawn regarding discourse and treatment of others, and there must be societal norms established and adhered to that make the sort of treatment that that boy was subjected to morally unacceptable.”
lovely, heartfelt words….yes SMR i have been discussing this same topic with my daughter who is a professor at a prestigious university. she teaches gender studies among other things and is very aware of this problem. thank you for this post.
I read about it on my face book page and IMO whoever taped this should be prosecuted to the fullest.This young mans rights were abused and IMO caused his death. Most states have computer laws now against bullying so hopefully something will be done.
You know, for someone who needed a low income hunting and fishing license, Joe had no problem donating to Huckabee’s campaign to the tune of $2300 in 2007, and another contribution in 2008. I wonder how many other causes he was able to contribute during that time. . .
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/joseph-miller.asp?cycle=08
Isn’t it great what you can find on the net???
And $2300 for Huckabee the year before.
Awww… isn’t little Jojo adawabow!
Very funny picture. Whoever created that, thanks! Oh, and now someone neeeeeds to do Palin as the Wicked Witch. *Cackle*
LOL, Andrew, e-i-e-i-joe
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/old_joe_millers_farm
very funny video.
I loved it to bad we couldn’t use it for Scott but if peopel see it Scott doesn’t have to say a word
It might have made you lol, scout, but I don’t approve of Lease-A-Murkowski and her write-in campaign, which is almost guaranteed to send Miller to the Senate. She’s an effin’ spoiler, and should have sat this one out.
GO SCOTT!!!!!
Mudflats is a regular treasure chest–oysters, pearls, and gems! May we copy and print this one?
Fair and balanced?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/Vox-News/2010/1001/Can-Fox-News-be-fair-and-balanced-if-News-Corp.-gives-to-Republicans
The governator back in the day………
http://i.imgur.com/lZGZv.jpg
A friend just emailed me the new McAdams “Tie Rack” ad. The little bit at the end made me cry.
Loved it: http: //www.scottmcadams.org/home/
Good one but I still think the Lisa one is funny and great. It puts Joein his place so to speak
NO NO NOT TOTO!
I am a dog person. Joe Miller is not a dog. He’s not good enough to be a dog, not even close. I think he’s a lot more of a Sydney Funnel Web Spider, but I don’t know any graphics that could quite bring home the imporfudiation of sending this spider back to his funnel tunnel quite like Dorothy and Toto. Sigh.
maybe this pair is a better fit??
http://www.worleygig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/witch-and-flying-monkeys.jpg
It’s what you see when the pancake theatre makeup comes off at night, both of ‘em, all of ‘em!
…maybe if it were a flannel funnel tunnel he’d hie on into it and leave us all the heck alone? beth.
Dogs try to be good. They know they are supposed to be good dog citizens and not chase the cats. Miller? Not so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSjYGWAmYHA
Just announced, and sure to be used by the 1/2 Gov: YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter announced a merger today. The new social network will be called YouTwitFace.
LOL!!!!!!!
Good article by Jack Tapper about new WHCOS Rouse:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/10/new-chief-of-staff-with-alaskan-roots-not-liked-by-sarah-palin.html
I’m going to the Stewart/Colbert rally……booked my ticket today….haven’t told hubby yet!
YEAH! I want to go! Muddy boots on the ground, wohoo! Bet fawnskin is going, too.
YAY!!!!!!
You are going to have so much fun, Irish!
he’ll forgive you if you’re taking him with ya !
Awesome!
Looking forward to your on-the-scene report…
Aren’t you a real Irish Girl?? As in living in Ireland??
We’re considering going…driving from Kansas.
Go…..I am living in Ireland. We can all meet up.
There must be some cafe in Washington that we can all meet up.
Too many to count…
Go to the Smithsonian. Everyone needs to go get their photo taken in front of the castle at least once. Not to mention the Sackler.
Good for you! Wish I could join you. This should be the rally of a lifetime as far as I am concerned. Take pictures and share please.
irishgirl…
i’m gonna be there too and also there…
a re meet-up, perhaps?
Yes!!!!
heh heh.. Whoda thunk it!? Perhaps we’ll run into each other! Everyone needs to bring cell phones and we’ll secretly share numbers….
Look for my sign: God talks to you? There’s medication for that.
I’d love to meet you, Fawnskin. Mayhaps it’ll happen.
Count us in! I think futurexpat? already told you.
See you all there.
I wish I could vote for McAdams.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4aL-GNjPas
I just love his ad! Go Scott! I’m voting in proxy for you, cause I’m voting FOR McAdams. To heck with Joke & Murky!
Yep….flying in from Ireland! Haven’t told hubby yet!!! I want to be there. I think this will be huge.
Are you flying to DC or NYC, Irishgirl? A group of us are taking the HuffPo bus down to DC from SoHo, where Arianna is kindly providing us with buses to make the trip.
Make sure you grab bubbles.
Last time we grabbed bubbles, someone got slapped! LOL
Don’t you worry, Austin. Bubs is covered.
Hurray Anchorage Press, it’s about time! More on Scott:
http://www.anchoragepress.com/articles/2010/09/30/news/doc4ca3b1a5312be052925266.txt
I saw that online last night. Thought it was a tad on the luke-warm side, but it does get his name out and let people know they have a choice other than same old, same old.
I particularly liked where they point out AFTER a Republican Poll was done, Lisa decides to do the write in… pointing out the split on moderate votors between Lisa and Scott, leaving Miller the ability to take the election… Gawd! the Repubs even eat their own base to stay in office !
Please, please, please do not send him back here to Kansas. We have plenty of crackpots as it is. How about Utah? Or west Texas? Anyone up for the Not-to-my-State hot potato game???
Please, please, please do not send him back here to Kansas. We have plenty of crackpots as it is. How about Utah? Or west Texas? Anyone up for the Not-to-my-State hot potato game???
Nope- thinking they need to be on shrinking sea ice… NOBODY needs or wants them…
Again, both are global warming / climate claim deniers…they’ll be just fine.
Utah, it is a lost cause for liberals there anyway. He has enough kids to be a Mormon!
how about Guam? he can still be part of th US , …. Just can’t run for office from there…
Brilliant idea! George W. Bush (that deep thinker) wanted to send an American to Mars! Let’s send Miller!
I suppose we can we expect a Twitter tweet from the WGE Witch….
Who was responsible for ‘ desecrating the iconic image ‘ of HER Little Guy?
He’s so precious…and Special.
I sent a Tweet… I don’t THINK there will be a Reply.
@sarahpalinusa,@JoeWMiller,@palingates,@Mudflats http://tinyurl.com/27uofqp Wil WGE defend ” desecration of Her Icon Image ” Her Baby? 24 minutes agoLatest:
lol honesty, the dog or Joe the Wacko?
Well, by $arah’s reasoning, this is a desecration of Toto. So shame on us.
That’s some GREAT Photoshop work!
Funny as hell, too!
And I thought the flying monkeys were scary!!!
So funny, CNN has a headline “Palin jousts with Rouse”, Obama’s new COS.
She says that Rouse had Obama steal the theme of “change” from her, and somehow was involved in the Troopergate investigation which started before McCain ever chose her, as though anyone knew who she was then. She is delusional. She must sit there in her mansion trying to get a rise out of anyone at all, as though this guy Rouse is going to pay any attention to her.
Has she jumped on Sharron Angle yet for making fun of the diagnosis of “autism”?
I’ve been waiting for her response to the autism comments, too. Perhaps Angle meant it satirically, just like Rush and his r-word.
I just saw that…what a self important piece of…….sorry, I almost lost it. She’s been out of the news lately and my blood pressure went down. Now that she’s forced her way back in, it has shot back up. I may have to bring legal action against her for destroying my health (and sanity).
whatzername is trying , as usual, to pretend she’s on same plane as the Pres and Mr Rouse…
As she never rises more than 40 floors below them it is just more of the same old horsepunky.
She’s still mad Mr Obama was one of the folks who helped get the federal checkbook online thing going- another thing she was sure she thought of first…
The most hilarious part of the article is her contention that the Obama campaign stole “change ” from her…
One change we needed … and got, thank heavens.
The other needs to be dropped in the diaper pail where it/she belongs…
Hard to mistake the fifth parking basement for a plane, but there it is!
Change, she can’t make change for a McDonalds.
BTW, since when can she “joust” with yet another person who ignores her? Doesn’t jousting take 2?
She does it with mirrors
Ha! (channeling Chris Matthews)
I posted this at the end of the Joe Miller thread but realized no one would see it, so I’ll post it again here.
According to Phil Munger (Progressive Alaska, 9-20-2010), Joe Miller told Munger that he, Miller, is “a severely disabled veteran.” I don’t believe Phil makes stuff up. Did Joe make this up? Or does Miller have a real disability, and, if so, what is it? His lying suggests a serious moral disability, but I doubt that’s what Miller was referring to. I’m waiting to see the spin put on this nugget when it hits the fan.
And thanks, Scout, for the link to Andrew Halcro and “Old Joe Miller’s Farm.” I hope he’ll be inspired to add new verses in the future.
In 2008 we bought a truck with a Murkowski sticker on it. It is our plow/work truck. It is pretty beat up. Never before have we had a issue with it. … Till this last month.
We don’t drive the truck into Wasilla very often. Maybe, maybe once a month. It has been scratched, mud spread on the windshield and the bumper sticker. A mickyD’s burger has been smashed under the wipers… But when the side mirror was knocked off… The sweetie reported the vandelizm (sp?).
I’ve a family member who had thier woodshed burned down and car oil speed about her property. And I won’t even talk about what they did to the dog… we believe this stuff happened because they had a sign that said “Thank God She Quit” on top of the woodshed… what can I say, my family member has a beef with Toad. sigh
Today I am inspired to be more polite about what I precieve to the the other side.
My inspiration comes from how McAdams is running a positive campaign and a opinion piece in the www. Frontiersman.com…
I’m gonna try to be nicer while expressing my opinion.
BTW, I think that Murkowski bumper sticker on the truck is from Franks campaign.
Go read the piece at the frontiersman and the one they talk about.
Now ya all are welcome to trash me for a Murky bumper sticker… But right now, it seems like the only place where the rust hasn’t taken over…
Miller is carrying a lot of unwanted baggage to November, and there will be more when he finally bring forth the required information. The true information;.
The true information or the I’ve-said-it-so-often-I-believe-it-myself information?
She hasn’t been in the news as much lately. Frankly, not only do people not like her, but it’s the same act you love to hate over and over. People can only watch Dumb and Dumber so often. And I think that her intimation that she’ll run for office in 2012 has taken away some of the mystery and allure. Remember those hair color commercials? “Does she or doesn’t she? Only her hair dresser knows for sure!” Well, now we know for sure, and the interest is gone.
At least I’m hoping.
Mudflatter D, that work of art is hilarious….really it is! Perfection. I am with others who would like to see her as the witch and he as one of the flying monkeys. Also, too….how about her as the “wizard” behind the curtain and Rupert/Rove/Koch Brothers as pulling the strings with Joe as the Scarecrow looking on?
BREAKING: Rick Sanchez Fired From CNN
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-rick-sanchez-fired-from-cnn/
Favorite quotes from Oz:
I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking. (::cough:: half-wit former governor Sarah ::cough::)
Who thought someone like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?
Also, too, I just saw Dorothy’s ruby slippers on display at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. Will send to our Ms. AKM. (BTW, they looked a lot better in the film than in person, where they appeared to be merely covered in sequins.) Perhaps they can be photo-shopped onto Mr. Miller’s paws, er, feet.
The one that comes to mind for me is:
“If I only had a brain”
Apply that where you will and where it is necessary.
LOVE the image! Just fabulous.
ugh..this photo could give ya nightmares