It Could Be Worse: On the Left, There's a Massive F*ckstorm Over the Alleged "BernieBro" Phenomenon

What is the "BernieBro" controversy?

Well, sit down before you hear this: It's lefties claiming other lefties are "harassing" and "abusing" them by employing "sexist tropes" to knock Hillary Clinton.

It is, I mean, overly sensitive feminist women claiming that Hillary Clinton is being mansplained to, or that her supporters are being mansplained to, from male Sanders supporters -- thus, the "Bros."

Breitbart excerpts Glenn Greenwald criticizing this made-up, lunatic new fiction that the SJWs have seized upon to add a frisson of drama and importance to their empty, bubble-headed lives.

There's a Social Justice Warrior circle jerk, of one SJW passing a fictitious claim on to the next, that's even now gotten coverage from the BBC.

One of the alleged "Bernie Bros" complained of turned out to neither be pro-Bernie nor a Bro. Nor a real person. There's an account on Twitter called Rep. Steve Smith. This account is supposedly a southern Republican congressman, and he tweets the sort of nonsense a liberal would think a southern Republican congressman would tweet.

He also doesn't exist. It's fake. It's a joke. There is no "Representative Steve Smith" (though, honestly -- how perfect is that name? It sounds like a real thing, I have to concede).

This left-leaning write (I assume) debunks this story, noting that a "BernieBro" story has been concocted out of whole cloth by a Satanic Quilting Bee of one feminist writer telling the next one about the indignities she's suffered -- all due to a fake account that has nothing to do with Bernie Sanders, nor any actually existing politician.

But they each passed their Captivity Narrative to the next, each citing each other. Tracing the Telephone Game back to its source, this writer finds the story concocted by:

1) Wonkette's Kaili Joy Gray is citing
2) The New Republic's Jamil Smith, who cited
3) Mashable's Emily Cohn, who cited
4) New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum, who credited to a Berniebro a quote from
5) A Republican Congressman's Twitter account, who turns out to not even be a Congressman, but rather
6) A random troll who created a character "based on J.D. 'Boss' Hogg from the classic TV show, 'The Dukes of Hazzard'".

So as bad as our current little bad family reunion is going, it could be worse.

Not much worse, but slightly.

But it's bad enough that the hard left is, get this, now criticizing the GamerGate thugs within it for being authoritarian witches.

I'm a lifelong liberal and I am so fucking sick of these fascist losers.
Arthur Chu's piece on The Guardian's "BernieBros" made me want to punch a wall (Not even worth archiving, spare yourselves the pain.). The web's media columnists are almost now entirely internet trolls with freelancing jobs like Chu, Sady Doyle, Elon James, Sarah Jeong, and other members of the anti-GG "intelligentsia."
For all of the left-wing values anti-GG SJW's supposedly preach, you'd think they'd believe in the candidate who wants to fight institutional racism, perpetual war; to end a corrupt political finance system, and put men and women on an equal footing.
But no, the Left has been invaded by these...things.
These self-flagellating hipster fascists who want speech policed, who want private institutions to take over our schools and police departments, who want to get paid to make the world to agree with them...Or else. A bunch of fucking Dolores Umbridges.
These people do not preach Liberal Values. They are authoritarian bullies. GG was just the start and now with the election in full swing they're ready to try to steal their moment in the sun, even if it means sabotaging the Left.
Worst of all, these attacks work. I've already seen one Bernie supporter switch over to Hillary for fear of being seen as sexist. Granted, he's a fucking moron with no principles and is just the type of dude to fall for this shit, but still.
I need to take a walk.

Oh, one more thing. There's apparently a fight on the left about the following proposition:

Is Bernie Sanders a racist, white-priveleged, mansplaining monster for only pushing hardcore socialism rather than, as the Hillary Maenads would prefer, a toxic brew of both hardcore socialism and war-of-all-against-all identity politics?

See, the SJW set doesn't want to talk about socialism; they really just want to talk about how they're Aggrieved. (It doesn't occur to them that socialism is nothing but butthurt economics for the malignantly aggrieved and economically useless.)

They don't like how Bernie Sanders pushes socialism without adequately talking up Black Lives Matter and White Skin Priveledge.

A right-leaning commentator was so distraught by the lunacy of this situation he felt he needed to come in and mansplain how socialism is really just State-Compelled Social Justice Warrioring For Everyone, and so they're really arguing about nothing.

I wouldn't have done that, but I guess no harm done -- they're not going to read him anyway.

Posted by: Ace at 01:46 PM

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1 Rubibro

Posted by: Backtoga at February 03, 2016 01:54 PM (pDf+p)

2 Well, in this game I'm rooting for injuries.

Lots and lots of injuries.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at February 03, 2016 01:54 PM (TZYqp)

3 I love it when the lefties eat themselves

Posted by: Backtoga at February 03, 2016 01:56 PM (pDf+p)

4 She's a Witch !!!!

Posted by: Bubblehead in Salem, circa 1600 ... at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (AoK0a)

5 I'd love to see this go nuclear. Wait 'till they go from BernieBros to BernieBrownShirts.

Posted by: Qoheleth at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (iIzG7)

6 Red on Red, so to speak.

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (rwI+c)

7 OUCH!

My Maenads!

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (b99VK)

8 The multi- special snowflake contingents that the Left has been building for themselves have the potential for a massive critical reaction of mutual destruction.

And they've all built their identities around being the specialest victim. Let's help them start stepping on each others toes as much as possible.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (oVJmc)

9 I voted for Congressman Smith, and that doesn't sound like something he would say.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (3GAnN)

10 I saw Sexist Tropes open up for AC/DC in '85. Mets hon Auditorium Columbus, Ohio.

Posted by: Bernie 2016 at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (Nhjuc)

11 I had a premonition.

Posted by: Fester Much at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (p4Kna)

12 Otherwise known as a circular firing squad.

Posted by: ALH at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (JrKKc)

13 But, binders!

Posted by: AE24 at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (sSKe8)

14 The plate lifts out of the floor of the bus and tilts upright, two red eyes glowing brightly.

HRC: "What devilry have you unleashed now you gnomish coward?"
Bernie yells back "I'm an American nationalist and socialist, not Swiss!"
The animatronic Shirley Jones steps towards the back of the bus, the red eyes scanning for Hillary and then calibrating.
ASJ: "Target acquired, threat analyzed. You have been very bad, Laurie; time for you to be punished."
Bernie: "Laurie?"
RK: "It sees everything in terms of the Partridge Family."
Bernie: "Laurie was the cute one! Hillary's uglier than a Guatemalan fruit bat! It must be blind!"
RK: "I couldn't afford better software! The music..."
Bernie: "I've heard, save it will you?"
Hillary backs away as the animatronic mother/bandleader advances. Flexing her fingers into the familiar talon form she snarls "Bring it to me you washed up D-lister!"
ASJ: "I am going to have to wash out your mouth with soap young lady."
The robotic hands shoot forward, slapping at Hillary's face as her talons deflect the attacks. Hillary lashes out with her orthopedic shoes, getting solid hits on the robot from the ankles down.
The animatronic Shirley Jones staggers backwards and Hillary senses her triumph and plans for an ambitious spin kick. In the fifteen seconds it takes her to lift her leg and spin the robot recovers and grabs the slowly approaching leg. The weight causes strains to the circuitry, small hydraulic lines parting as the animatronic Shirley Jones pushes towards the back of the bus, Hillary hopping on one foot.
Reuben yells "Hold on tight!" and pushes another button, the emergency door at the back opening. The sudden suction whisks out paper napkins, old soda cans and other litter. Screaming her hate, Hillary flies out the door and onto the pavement, the robot collapsing as Reuben pulls the door shut.
Bernie walks to the back of the bus saying "That was a close one."
RK: "Aren't you driving?"
Both yell as they frantically grab the wheel, tugging it this way and that, the bus staggering across the lanes of the highway, the parked Rascal on the roof tumbling off into a ditch and bursting into flames.

(To Be Continued?)

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - ReFit your Conniptions at the Outrage Outlet! at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (hLRSq)

15 socialism is nothing but butthurt economics for the malignantly aggrieved and economically useless.

I want this embroidered on a pillow.

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (rwI+c)

16 When the SHTF, these bitches need to be fired into a kitchen from a cannon.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (4ErVI)

17 I like this hippie on hippie infighting, but holy friggin crap...

Posted by: billygoat at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (INxoa)

18 >>Otherwise known as a circular firing squad.

Discordant Drum CircleJerk

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (b99VK)

19 Just trying to follow this crap is exhausting. I can't imagine actually living with this garbage as my reality.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (/tuJf)

20 13 But, binders!
Posted by: AE24 at February 03, 2016 01:58 PM (sSKe

Blinders for the Perpetual Children!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (zLP1L)

21 Ha,I hope they get into a slapfight.

Posted by: steevy at February 03, 2016 01:59 PM (8HTq1)

22 Apparently, the "many small tents" philosophy works well until they start launching missiles at each other.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 03, 2016 02:00 PM (r2qlt)

23 If republicans are going to step up our game in the family fighting we need to get in on some of this voter fraud and coin tossing. Ya know?

Posted by: Dang at February 03, 2016 02:00 PM (2oWD2)

24 Jamil Smith.

Jamil...Is that a chick or a dude?

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2016 02:01 PM (b99VK)

25 You'll be surprised. You're doing the French Mistake! Voila!

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 02:01 PM (rwI+c)

26 Hillary, you dipstick!

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:01 PM (BngQR)

27 Her-esises abound.

Posted by: mrp at February 03, 2016 02:01 PM (JBggj)

28 These people are allowed to vote? Restricting the franchise to people over 25 years old (apart from members of the military) would go a long way to saving this country.

Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:01 PM (Ypc8j)

29 Elephant's Child wants to know what is the working definition of 'working class'? Please forgive my tardiness, but could someone give me a definition of 'working class' that we can use for commentary? Economic, educational, job title, net worth?

Anecdotally, in the old days a coupon clipper was someone who lived off stock and did not 'work' for a living. A writer, accountant or lawyer is still working for a living -- the same as a carpenter or a 7-11 clerk.

Obviously, I am confused by using 'class struggles' descriptors, so I would appreciate a handy-dandy guide to current nomenclature.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 03, 2016 02:02 PM (MIKMs)

30 I'm surprised they haven't charged Bern with manspreading.

Posted by: ALH at February 03, 2016 02:02 PM (JrKKc)

31 These self-flagellating hipster fascists who want speech policed, who want private institutions to take over our schools and police departments, who want to get paid to make the world to agree with them...Or else. A bunch of fucking Dolores Umbridges.

Never be a Delores Umbridge.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:02 PM (kca06)

32 This is like the Girondist vs Jacobins!

It's the KRAAAAZY!

Posted by: mrp at February 03, 2016 02:02 PM (JBggj)

33 There's a Social Justice Warrior circle jerk,...

circle jerking

knee jerking

Piranhas in a fishbowl.

Watch your fingers when you feed them!
But, do enjoy the show.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:03 PM (qCMvj)

34 Was it Flounder who said: Oh Boy!!!?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2016 02:03 PM (ptqRm)

35 Butthurt Brown Shirts. Who knew that would become a thing?

Posted by: Dang at February 03, 2016 02:03 PM (2oWD2)

36 It's like at the end of the life cycle of a star, after it burns through all the easy fuel in hydrogen and helium it starts burning the heavier elements. Eventually, it's so dense that the entire thing explodes in a supernova and becomes a black hole.

The end point of this fight isn't pretty. Well, it's not pretty if you're too close. I suppose if you can observe it from a few light-years away it's a neat sight.

Posted by: joe at February 03, 2016 02:04 PM (KUaJL)

37

tbh, our side is looking pretty pitiful too (*maybe* not to this extent, tho)

I'm staying away from social media. It's a blood sport, the elections.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (qCMvj)

38 socialism is nothing but butthurt economics for the malignantly aggrieved and economically useless.

I want this embroidered on a pillow.

Close as I could do in 10 secs of effort:

http://tinyurl.com/zvtzrbf

Posted by: brak at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (xwPSp)

39 WTF? Quick, give them some fucking weapons!!!

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (xWW96)

40 Butthurt Brown Shirts. Who knew that would become a thing?
=============

What was the name of that SA guy?

Posted by: mrp at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (JBggj)

41 >>> It is, I mean, overly sensitive feminist women claiming that Hillary Clinton is being mansplained to, or that her supporters are being mansplained to, from male Sanders supporters -- thus, the "Bros."

So...Bronies?

*gets out the popcorn in prep for delicious left on left dem catfights*

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (hvf9s)

42 Close as I could do in 10 secs of effort:

Nice. I'll take it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (rwI+c)

43 >> There is no "Representative Steve Smith"

Nor is there a 15th congressional district in Georgia, as appears in his Twitter bio.

Good follow. Very funny.

Posted by: Andy at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (piD6/)

44
I would hate to live next door to either Hillary or Bernie.
You know their garbage is weird.
Youknow they don't pay any attention to the yard or home repairs.
You know conversations over the fence would be nightmarish.
You know they have boundary issues.

Yet there's a non-trivialchance one of them will be President. Whatever happened to the concept thatpeople vote for the candidate they'd like to hang out with.

Posted by: simplemind at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (JTwsP)

45 In fact, Ace should put that in this post.

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (rwI+c)

46 One could do far worse then to spend some time reading the comments from Ace's link

https://redd.it/43wrzm

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (ptqRm)

47 All of this hysteria for a horrible candidate who has ridden her rapist perv husband's coattails for 40 years with no true talent of her own?

Better put some ice on that.

Posted by: Cheri at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (oiNtH)

48 >>The end point of this fight isn't pretty. Well, it's not pretty if you're too close. I suppose if you can observe it from a few light-years away it's a neat sight.

SJWs schlonging each other not pretty? I want a front row seat.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (/tuJf)

49 Satanic Quilting Bee

===

Like the one from The Crucible?

Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (3ZtZW)

50 Well, sit down before you hear this: It's lefties claiming other lefties are "harassing" and "abusing" them by employing "sexist tropes" to knock Hillary Clinton.

-------

Remember 2008, and this same group of people pushing the "Sarah Palin Is A C**t meme? They even had t-shirts.

Remember Hillary Clinton enabling her husband's sexual harrassment and rape by trying to destroy his many victims' lives? And how she fondly recalled getting a guilty client off for rape by making his young victim crack under stress? These people don't remember.

Being stupid doesn't guarantee starvation like it used to. That's the problem. I think it will again in the near future, but not yet.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 03, 2016 02:06 PM (/f6Nd)

51 Santorum to drop out of the Preezy race. Most people say "Who?".

Posted by: Tim in GA at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (ZcjFY)

52 What was the name of that SA guy?

Ernst Rohm

Posted by: Grump928(C) intones ominously at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (rwI+c)

53 Dougherty has a good insight into what Hillary's supporters believe -- since she's a person of pussy she will belly-feel the plight of the oppressed -- versus what Bernie's supporters believe -- once we get socialism we won't have to worry about oppression because duh, no oppression in socialism.

Mind you, it's a profoundly frightening insight, like a profiler figuring out a serial killer's motivation, but it is an insight.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (RD7QR)

54 If I call Hillary a nasty cunt, do I get honorary BernieBro status?

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (0LHZx)

55 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:05 PM (qCMvj)

Our side is a Ladies Garden Club tea party compared to the Leftists.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - ReFit your Conniptions at the Outrage Outlet! at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (hLRSq)

56 Ooooh, the down twinkles are flying fast and furious.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (gyKtp)

57 I'm staying away from social media. It's a blood sport, the elections.

Better the elections be a blood sport, than real life, should the elections go the wrong way.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (kca06)

58 There's no way Hillary can get all of Obama's voters, so that's a problem for her. Oh, and she's ancient and unlikeable and corrupt and everyone knows it.

Between those negatives and Bernie's fans, it's popcorn time.

Posted by: Lance McCormick at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (zgHLA)

59 Just because it's a fake account doesn't mean all southern...well all men don't think and say the same things.

Sincerely,

SJW everywhere.

These people are in some dire need of some real mental health. Maybe that's why their pushing this single payer stupidity. We need bigger mental institutions.

Also, Santorum's OUT

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (Tqo9Y)

60 "It doesn't occur to them that socialism is nothing but butthurt
economics for the malignantly aggrieved and economically useless." - yes, in a nutshell.

Posted by: profligatewaste at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (+gatN)

61
Also, Santorum's OUT
Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (Tqo9Y)

Oooh, the herd is being thinned like caribou in a snowstorm.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:09 PM (RD7QR)

62 I would hate to live next door to either Hillary or Bernie.
You know their garbage is weird.
Youknow they don't pay any attention to the yard or home repairs.
You know conversations over the fence would be nightmarish.
You know they have boundary issues.

You know they would be the first one to report you to the HOA or City zoning commission.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (kca06)

63 He also doesn't exist. It's fake. It's a joke. There is no "Representative Steve Smith" (though, honestly -- how perfect is that name? It sounds like a real thing, I have to concede).

He's all too real. He's the former and fixing to be future drummer in Journey.

Great jazz drummer, too.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (LUgeY)

64 BUT, in the end, they'll go to the polls and mindlessly vote for the dem, whoever that might be.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (Fmupd)

65 "54 If I call Hillary a nasty cunt, do I get honorary BernieBro status?
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:07 PM (0LHZx)"

I don't think you want to pay the mandatory union dues.

Posted by: joe at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (KUaJL)

66 51
Santorum to drop out of the Preezy race. Most people say "Who?".

He ran a good primary campaign in 2012 but these guys always stick around for too many election cycles. It makes me think that you can make a good living being a candidate.

Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (Ypc8j)

67 61
Also, Santorum's OUT
Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (Tqo9Y)

Oooh, the herd is being thinned like caribou in a snowstorm.
Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:09 PM (RD7QR)

Maybe he and Huckleberry can go pick nits out of Trump's weave.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (zLP1L)

68 Good gawd, I'd hate to be them. What a frenzied bee hive of spinning insanity. The Left has cultivated an entire mass of humanity and made them batsh*t crazy.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:11 PM (pVkEV)

69 I feel pretty bad for Joe Biden right now. He could have just walked away with the nomination by now like a crazy guy just grabbing the entire tub of mac and cheese at a sizzler buffet. Instead he sat it out because of "Inevitable" and eating too much glue.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 03, 2016 02:12 PM (r2qlt)

70 Being stupid doesn't guarantee starvation like it used to. That's the problem. I think it will again in the near future, but not yet.

Thank the "37 Warning Stickers per Ladder" club.
Get rid of the stickers and let life reclaim a balance.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:12 PM (kca06)

71 I don't think you want to pay the mandatory union dues.

Posted by: joe at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (KUaJL)

It's not the dues so much as it is the mandatory meetings.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - ReFit your Conniptions at the Outrage Outlet! at February 03, 2016 02:12 PM (hLRSq)

72 66 It makes me think that you can make a good living being a candidate.
Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:10 PM (Ypc8j)

You know, you could make more money putting on a flop than you could with a hit!

Jeb Bush / Max Bialystock '16!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:12 PM (zLP1L)

73 war-of-all-against-all

How dares one characterize These People using Hobbes?
Hobbes had a much more limited view of the State and its power.
Either Dem candidate would have his Leviathan for lunch.
And then "move on."

Thanks for translating it out of Latin, though. Can't be Uppity.

To Europeans, once we-uns quit even thinking about Real Church v. Real State, and the divine right(s) of Kings, all our deliberations seemed trivial.

Here you see the partisans of the New Cities, and they are terrible in their anger. No more wasted thoughts of amendments, liberties, and their Author. It's all about the Man, -spreading and -splaining.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 03, 2016 02:13 PM (xq1UY)

74 This may last more than four hours.

Now where did I put my doctor's phone number?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:13 PM (LUgeY)

75 68 Good gawd, I'd hate to be them. What a frenzied bee hive of spinning insanity. The Left has cultivated an entire mass of humanity and made them batsh*t crazy.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:11 PM (pVkEV)

The Left has become a vehicle for revenge. It's peopled by those who believe that they have been wronged and want to use government to get the ones who harmed them.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:13 PM (RD7QR)

76 Ernst Rohm

==

"Never let a Krystalnacht go to waste!"

Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:13 PM (3ZtZW)

77 Yep, have to admire teh skillz of the troll who started it all. The paranoia of the left will be off scale for quite some time now that they realize they have been invaded by things.

Posted by: Fester Much at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (p4Kna)

78 76 Ernst Rohm

==

"Never let a Krystalnacht go to waste!"
Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:13 PM (3ZtZW)

Roehm was not around to witness or participate. He got the chop 4 years earlier.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (zLP1L)

79 You know, this makes me feel a lot better about our Trump/Cruz arguments. As rough as it sometimes can get around here, nobody is screeching about the sort of ridiculous shit the left pisses itself over.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (u0lmX)

80
"as the Hillary Maenads"

And everyone who knows their Ancient Greek mythology and Theater -- without googling -- smiles knowingly.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (kdS6q)

81 >>I feel pretty bad for Joe Biden right now. He could have just walked away with the nomination by now like a crazy guy just grabbing the entire tub of mac and cheese at a sizzler buffet. Instead he sat it out because of "Inevitable" and eating too much glue.

I don't know. The idea of a Joe Biden candidacy always seem to be better than the real thing.

He flat out sucks as a national politician.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (/tuJf)

82 Angry, embittered, man-hating women with no discernible knowledge of history or current events as they have and are really happening.

What pitiable creatures that live their lives in constant angst and with no self awareness of why they are always miserable.

Posted by: Cheri at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (oiNtH)

83 Palin has found a way to spin herself back into the spotlight. Way to go, Sweetcheeks!

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (BngQR)

84 If Hillary can't mansplain her position, she's not the man for the job.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 03, 2016 02:15 PM (iQIUe)

85 ha! perfect

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:15 PM (lVU49)

86 Being stupid doesn't guarantee starvation like it used to. That's the problem. I think it will again in the near future, but not yet.

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: The Burning Times at February 03, 2016 02:15 PM (BrQrN)

87 83 Palin has found a way to spin herself back into the spotlight. Way to go, Sweetcheeks!
Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (BngQR)

If Cruz wins the nod, she's going to have a shit ton of egg on her face. And boobs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:15 PM (zLP1L)

88 He also doesn't exist. It's fake. It's a joke. There is no
"Representative Steve Smith" (though, honestly -- how perfect is that
name? It sounds like a real thing, I have to concede).

Represenative Haven Monaghan?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:15 PM (oKE6c)

89 Geez this is like a 3rd grade girl fight with adults of both sexes. No wonder Daesh thinks it can win.

Posted by: Saml Adams at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (NQOgA)

90 Like I've said. This election cycle has been fun to watch. And I'm going to enjoy it because it might be the last fun thing to happen in the U.S.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (Fmupd)

91 "If breathing wasn't automatic there would be bodies everywhere"

Something my Marine Corps dad told me when I was a young'n just before I went into the Marine Corps. Boy was he right!

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (Tqo9Y)

92 Fake but accurate

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (xuouz)

93 Rush is doing this elaborate kabuki verbal dance where he talks up Trump/Rubio/Cruz in way that it is hard to pin down who he actually wants as the nom. Rather entertaining.

Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (hvf9s)

94 If Cruz wins the nod, she's going to have a shit ton of egg on her face. And boobs.

Kinky.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (kca06)

95
68 Existence make's people nuts if they don't learn to cope. Progressivism, liberalism, teach people they are victims. Not exactly a coping mechanism.
Basically the various behaviors of humanity are coping mechanisms which, depending,are functional or dysfunctional.
The world forces you do something. You can't just sit there and do nothing . . . unless the government subsidizes you.
But even that is a choice. Lot of kids voting for socialism because they've been subsidized their whole lives. . .

Posted by: simplemind at February 03, 2016 02:16 PM (JTwsP)

96 Yay 19th Amendment!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:17 PM (oKE6c)

97 Wow. I'm blocked from ARthur Chu's twitter account and I've never heard of him before. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 03, 2016 02:17 PM (iQIUe)

98 Anyone know what Helen Mirren thinks of all this....?

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at February 03, 2016 02:17 PM (PFy0L)

99 I voted for Congressman Smith, and that doesn't sound like something he would say.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at February 03, 2016 01:57 PM (3GAnN)

ISWYDT

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:18 PM (OrI3J)

100 He flat out sucks as a national politician.

Yeah, but would he be better than a more scandal laden than usual Hillary or a dyed in the wool socialist Bernie? I'm not saying that any of them would appeal to anyone outside of the blue spectrum, but he's probably closer to the middle of the two and he can tout that executive glue-eating experience as Veep.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 03, 2016 02:18 PM (r2qlt)

101 Is it wrong to enjoy this?

Fuggit. I don't care. I'm enjoying it anyway.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:18 PM (oKE6c)

102 economics for the malignantly aggrieved and economically useless.

Best description of socialism, ever.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

103 Time, as it passes, is only making it more obvious:

Jeb! can fix it!

Posted by: Jeb! at February 03, 2016 02:18 PM (ml1PM)

104
Roehm was not around to witness or participate. He got the chop 4 years earlier.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (zLP1L)

Yep. I think it was called the Night of the Long Knives. They got Roehm when he was in bed with a blond SA officer.

(I know the left makes a big deal about how gays were also sent to the camps. They have forgotten - or ignore - that Roehm and his followers were gay. Great uniforms. Those boots were to die for.)

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (u0lmX)

105 I'm rambling and drooling. No one notices.

Posted by: Bernie 2016 at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (Nhjuc)

106 there is also fictional commenter at reason.com named Steve Smith. according to the other commenters schtick, he's a Sasquatch rape enthusiast who likes rape.

Posted by: x at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (nFwvY)

107 The twitterverse and other social media brings us so many things. It can even bring back the dead and have Joe Cocker die every year.

Posted by: Hank at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (eb3ZQ)

108 *squirt*

And over at Reason.com, there be much wailing and gnashing of teeth too.

And can someone grab a pic of Nick Gillespie's tear stained leather jacket? I'd give a silver dime for that.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (gyKtp)

109 Sounds like much pissing is going on in their sandbox.

Posted by: tu3031 at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (YFFpo)

110 Not to worry. The democrats will fix it at the convention.

Posted by: Fester Much at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (p4Kna)

111 Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?

--

Yes. He did this yesterday, too.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (pVkEV)

112 Aaaand we've reached 100 comments.

In honor of Imam Obama's blathering at a Baltimore mosque today, I give you this:

http://tinyurl.com/gnv3dwv

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (FsuaD)

113 87
83 If Cruz wins the nod, she's going to have a shit ton of egg on her face. And boobs.

At the risk of starting a flame war, she really squandered her potential and is now pretty much a fringe figure. With the benefit of hindsight, her two big mistakes were agreeing to be McCain's VP, and then resigning after two years.

Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (Ypc8j)

114 Lets just call this "social justice vampiring".

1) they only come out at night, after their shift at their data entry job
2) they suck the blood out of anyone who gives a shit
AND
3) you cannot kill them!

Posted by: MTF at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (LISuA)

115 "Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?"

Reagan did, after all, enact a mass amnesty for illegal aliens.

So the parallel is exact in that regard.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (noWW6)

116 the layers of stupidity and willful ignorance that goes into liberal "thinking"...good g*d these people drag the mean IQ down some, don't they?

Posted by: Grad School Fool at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (A9KzJ)

117
"I feel pretty bad for Joe Biden right now. He could have just walked away with the nomination by now like a crazy guy just grabbing the entire tub of mac and cheese at a sizzler buffet. Instead he sat it out because of "Inevitable" and eating too much glue."
Worry not for the big F'n deal VP. He will waltz in without campaigning a lick and take the nom at the convention when Hillary bows out with thyroid problems/indictment problems.

Posted by: simplemind at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (JTwsP)

118 Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora - multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram, multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio; genus unde Latium Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae.

I sing of arms and the man who first from the shores of Troy, exiled by fate, came to Lavinian shores and Italy - having been tossed much on sea and land by the violence of the gods on account of the remembering wrath of savage Juno, having also suffered much in war, until he should build a city and bring his gods to Latium; from where comes the the Latin race, the father of Alba, and the wall of lofty Rome.

For Stringer, et al.

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (MIKMs)

119 Aaaand I screwed up the damned link.

It was a pic of Barry in his cute lil' turban.

*sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 03, 2016 02:21 PM (FsuaD)

120 Really, the Democrats are stuck with a choice between a shreiking, FBI-investigated, corrupt harpy with ghastly baggage from the past... or a radical leftist incompetent old man with no charisma or appeal to minorities, both of whom are without visible achievement or accomplishments and combine for an age over 140.

Yay?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:21 PM (39g3+)

121 >>> You know, you could make more money putting on a flop than you could with a hit! Jeb Bush / Max Bialystock '16!! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:12 PM (zLP1L)

So true. Gets you book sales at least! And speaking gigs forever.

*Ponders if this explains Trump*

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:21 PM (hvf9s)

122 Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?

_____

Well he does support amnesty.

Badum bum!

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:22 PM (0LHZx)

123 I don't know who this Michael B Dougherty is but this comment is all kinds of awesome.

"I find Jeb much easier to like than his brother.
Humiliation fits him handsomely.

And though he doesn't seem like a full Trump supporter he is definantely Trump-curious.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2016 02:22 PM (fKOdi)

124 111
Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?

--

Yes. He did this yesterday, too.

Well, Reagan did sign an amnesty in 1986. Let's not pretend was a monolithic, perfect conservative.

Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:22 PM (Ypc8j)

125 Can you imagine these people trying to navigate through life circa 1933-1945

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:22 PM (Tqo9Y)

126 The world forces you do something. You can't just sit there and do nothing . . . unless the government subsidizes you.
But even that is a choice.

Lot of kids voting for socialism because they've been subsidized their whole lives. . .

A lot of white kids are gonna find out that they are the wrong color to get subsidized when they become "adults". Not enough money to cover black, brown AND white.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:22 PM (kca06)

127 111 Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?
--
Yes. He did this yesterday, too.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (pVkEV)

I love Rush, but Gang of 8 Amnesty is poison. What the hell is he thinking/trying to pull?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (zLP1L)

128 "Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?"

He's not wrong. Reagan did give us the first wave of amnesty. And other than amnesty, Rubio is pretty darn conservative, at least fiscally speaking.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (39g3+)

129

#cointossesmatter

#berniebrosmatter

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (HSmrB)

130 Has anyone donned a hazmat suit and ventured into Salon lately?

I'm hoping they're having a yuuuge slap-fest over there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (FsuaD)

131 I'm really surprised they haven't been hammering Col Sanders harder on his articles about women like how they fantasize about being gang raped. Hillaryco is kinda letting me down.

Posted by: ryukyu at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (FuBZa)

132 At the risk of starting a flame war, she really squandered her potential and is now pretty much a fringe figure. With the benefit of hindsight, her two big mistakes were agreeing to be McCain's VP, and then resigning after two years.
Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (Ypc8j)

___

Had she not been Juan's VP, nobody would ever have heard of her.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (0LHZx)

133 he's a Sasquatch rape enthusiast who likes rape.

All rape, or just Sasquatch rape?

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (evdj2)

134 Reagan approved amnesty on the condition the border would be secured. The Dimowits schlonged him on that.

He got schlonged again by the Dimowits when he agreed to a tax increase on the condition of decreased spending.

Posted by: Hank at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (eb3ZQ)

135 Rush was implying Rubio was a Reagan conservative for his ideology. Not because of Reagan's amnesty mistake.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (pVkEV)

136 You know what Rush really likes?
Rush being very rich.

Posted by: tu3031 at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (YFFpo)

137 Also, Santorum's OUT

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (Tqo9Y)

Wait - he was IN?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (oKE6c)

138 butthurt economics

Maybe we shouldn't be suggesting any new chair titles at university?

Posted by: DaveA at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (DL2i+)

139 >>> Reagan did, after all, enact a mass amnesty for illegal aliens. So the parallel is exact in that regard.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (noWW6)

After which latinos enthusiastically voted en masse for republicans... oh wait never.

GOP, ignoring history like a muthah.

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (hvf9s)

140 115 "Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?"

Reagan did, after all, enact a mass amnesty for illegal aliens.

So the parallel is exact in that regard.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (noWW6)

It was a one-time deal predicated on strict enforcement of our laws and border.

He saw that he got burned and said never more.

Rubio actively participated with the Democrats in crafting a law that would have destroyed our national sovereignty and given the Democrat a permanent electoral majority.

That is a HUGE difference.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (zLP1L)

141 At the rate we're going complete cultural deterioration and disillusion is about 5 years away.

The US is literally becoming an insane asylum.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (fKOdi)

142
Well, Reagan did sign an amnesty in 1986. Let's not pretend was a monolithic, perfect conservative.

I'd hate to see how Reagan would be shredded in 1980 if the internet and this crowd was around. Some of the stuff he did in California would be deal breakers, for some, and they'd be vehemently, rabidly against him.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (39g3+)

143 137 Also, Santorum's OUT

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:08 PM (Tqo9Y)

Wait - he was IN?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:24 PM (oKE6c)

TWSS.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (RD7QR)

144 I'm really surprised they haven't been hammering Col Sanders harder on his articles about women like how they fantasize about being gang raped. Hillaryco is kinda letting me down.

--

I have yet to hear the MFM dutifully report to the masses about Sanders' cervical cancer belief...that it can be prevented with more orgasams.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:26 PM (pVkEV)

145 Reagan approved amnesty on the condition the border would be secured. The Dimowits schlonged him on that.

He got schlonged again by the Dimowits when he agreed to a tax increase on the condition of decreased spending.

*clinks glass*

*hic*

Posted by: Tip O'Neill at February 03, 2016 02:26 PM (BrQrN)

146 Lot of kids voting for socialism because they've been subsidized their whole lives. . .

Never realizing that their status is about to change from "subsidizEE" to "subsidizER."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:26 PM (oKE6c)

147 They're going full Umbridge. Never go full Umbridge.

2 movie memes in 1...

Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at February 03, 2016 02:26 PM (uiVGU)

148
And Rubio is a knucklehead interventionist / Democracy Project KoolAid drinker.

He's a RINO sellout all the way.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:26 PM (zLP1L)

149 132
Had she not been Juan's VP, nobody would ever have heard of her.

And
she likely would have been a successful, popular, two-term governor.
Then she could have thought about national office. She was brought up
too soon.

Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:27 PM (Ypc8j)

150 See how it works? Rush Limbaugh, the arch conservative, the ur-conservative of our times, the father of the modern conservative movement in new media, the man who contributed more to the entire principle and movement of conservatism than any single individual in history... now he's a filthy stupid RINO who only wants money.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:27 PM (39g3+)

151 109
Sounds like much pissing is going on in their sandbox.

Rooting around the sandbox and someone came up with a cat turd. And yes, it looks just like Hillary when she sits down for dinner

Posted by: Jock-Strap at February 03, 2016 02:27 PM (Tqo9Y)

152 117-If Biden were smart-paste eating notwithstanding-he would choose Jim Webb as his running mate-the guy in the first Dem debate who said that his enemy wasn't fellow Americans, unlike Hildebeast, Bernie and that other guy? Because that ticket would appeal to the middle class Ace was talking about in the previous thread, would still satisfy the libs (not the Uber libs, but they won't be satisfied with anything less than a bolshevik revolution in the US) and frankly, some Republicans who are tired of the wussification of the party.

I would still rather vote for a radish than a Dem, but with all the crap being thrown like a capuchin frat party that is the current Republican ticket, I am ashamed to say that the above appeals to me. A tiny, tiny bit.

Posted by: Moki at February 03, 2016 02:27 PM (7q2ch)

153 Bumped from the heresy thread (and grabbed from Instie):

Best tweet response on Trump's feed: "You must be a joy on family game night."

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (OrI3J)

154 When does Jeb join the Paul, Huckabee, Santorum parade?

Posted by: Hank at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (eb3ZQ)

155
Florida caller now hitting Rush about how Rubio is a sellout and phony.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (zLP1L)

156 >>>Had she not been Juan's VP, nobody would ever have heard of her.<<<

True. And Tina Fey would have never had a career.

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (BngQR)

157 Umbridge never taken is umbridge lost.

Carp diem, seize the umbridge, make it your own.

Fight, fight, fight for your right to take umbridge.

Posted by: Fester Much at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (p4Kna)

158 If Biden were smart-paste eating notwithstanding-he would choose Jim Webb as his running mate

I don't think we'll see a "two old white guy" ticket again in our lifetimes. You gotta have a boutique member from the special protected identity group in the ticket, preferably at the top now.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (39g3+)

159 @118 I suppose you know, but "Arms And The Man" used to be the title of American Rifleman. Those were certainly different times.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (xq1UY)

160 Reagan wanted to destroy the Soviet Union. Everything else was gravy.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (evdj2)

161 154 When does Jeb join the Paul, Huckabee, Santorum parade?
Posted by: Hank at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (eb3ZQ)

When he burns through what's left of Ken Langone's and Karl Rove's money.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (zLP1L)

162 Angry, embittered, man-hating women with no discernible knowledge of history or current events as they have and are really happening.

What pitiable creatures that live their lives in constant angst and with no self awareness of why they are always miserable.
Posted by: Cheri at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (oiNtH)

It's such a horrible cycle of anger they are in.
What a wasted life.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (qCMvj)

163 I'd hate to see how Reagan would be shredded in 1980 if the internet and this crowd was around. Some of the stuff he did in California would be deal breakers, for some, and they'd be vehemently, rabidly against him.

I'm too young for the era, but I always thought that part of the appeal of Reagan was that he got stuff done even when he was opposed by other parts of the government, not by ignoring them *cough* Obama *cough*, but by working with them and using his own strengths. One assumes that compromises need to be made in that instance. I think Ace has had many words on modern litmus tests, but I still don't think Reagan was any where near what they have today in the GOP.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (r2qlt)

164 Do not go gentle into that umbrage.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (evdj2)

165 111 Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?

--

Yes. He did this yesterday, too.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (pVkEV)

Just as an insight, Rush was explaining last week his hesitancy to criticize so many of the people that need criticizing because he has become friends with so many of them. I've become a bit disappointed with much of his analysis because of the now-known loyalties he has with them.

Calling Rubio a conservative makes him guilty of what he's accused many of doing; defining conservatism down.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (Fmupd)

166 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:21 PM (39g3+)

I expect they'll pull some shenanigans and get Biden in with Fauxchohantas as VP..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (w4NZ8)

167 Sometimes when I imagine the future, I picture Hillary stamping on a human face forever.
And I imagine the poor guy getting stomped will just be grateful Hillary never wears a skirt.

Posted by: hairless mule at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (EqmTZ)

168 I have seen some of Arthur Chu's work. Talk about a vile being...

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Whale Inc at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (+aCe4)

169 The US is literally becoming an insane asylum.
Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (fKOdi)

With the inmates running the asylum, sigh.
*fashions tinfoil hat cosy made of hemp to blend in with the natives*

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (hvf9s)

170 Steve Smith is a running gag on the Reason Hit&Run comment section . I'd love if one of the regulars there was behind this.

of course, that Steve Smith is inspired by IIRC a Sasquatch.

Posted by: DCPensFaan at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (xNplS)

171 Rage rage at the dying of the hate.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (evdj2)

172 Lot of kids voting for socialism because they've been subsidized their whole lives. . .

when their parents pass away, eye opener

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (qCMvj)

173 165 Calling Rubio a conservative makes him guilty of what he's accused many of doing; defining conservatism down.
Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (Fmupd)

I give Levin some credit. He was the one who initially supported Rubio's senate run in 2010 and he did not pull any punches with him on his show.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:31 PM (zLP1L)

174 They are driving themselves and each other insane. Tell me when they start howling and gnawing on each others thigh bones.

Posted by: Lester at February 03, 2016 02:31 PM (2UPXV)

175 Lots of kids vote for socialism because they don't even know what the hell it is.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (pVkEV)

176 (I know the left makes a big deal about how gays
were also sent to the camps. They have forgotten - or ignore - that
Roehm and his followers were gay. Great uniforms. Those boots were to
die for.)

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 03, 2016 02:19 PM (u0lmX)

Much of the top brass of the SA were fruits. That disgusted senior army officers, and that, along with the size of the SA (1 MM members, vs. the 100,000 limit on the army imposed by Versailles) made the army wary of the Nazis. Also, Roehm and the SA were really socialist, and that alarmed industrialists.

So Roehm Co. had to go.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (oKE6c)

177
What's an Arthur Chu?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (zLP1L)

178 True. And Tina Fey would have never had a career.

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (BngQR)

Fey's net worth - $45 million

Dah fuq?!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (fWAjv)

179 "Is right now calling Rubio a Reagan conservative. Seriously Rush?"

===

Well he's the one who keeps insisting the Reagan Era is not over.

Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (3ZtZW)

180 Fight, fight, fight for your right to take umbridge.

Rage, rage against the dying of the Umbridge,
do not go gentle into that good night,

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (kca06)

181 And
she likely would have been a successful, popular, two-term governor.
Then she could have thought about national office. She was brought up
too soon.
Posted by: Naes at February 03, 2016 02:27 PM (Ypc8j)

______

When's the last time anyone from Alaska rose to national prominence? Without Juan, she probably would have served two terms, become a US Sen and spend 20 years as an unknown senator from Alaska (quick without looking it up, name the 2 sens from Alaska right now).

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (0LHZx)

182 Yay !

I was really wanting a big bowl of popcorn !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez identifies as a wackobird hobbit at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (Z8DIA)

183 when their parents pass away, eye opener

most of the Occupy movement was driven by young peole hitting the real world and finding out things aren't so coddling, protective, and soothing out here. Finding out everyone expects you to pay your own way, nothing is free, and you can lose.

And they threw a huge tantrum.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (39g3+)

184 158-I guess that makes me a traitor to my gender-I have no problem with old white males if they are willing to put America's interests first, and American CITIZENS first. But that seems like a lost cause these days, with either party.

Posted by: Moki at February 03, 2016 02:33 PM (7q2ch)

185 What exactly would a "F*ckstorm" look like?

Did Ace made a portmanteau out of 2 different portmanteau (Sh*tstorm and Clusterf*ck)?

BTW, what is a portmanteau? I don't think I know the meaning if this word.

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:33 PM (CbGSW)

186 Santorum is out?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 03, 2016 02:33 PM (QPdNE)

187 when their parents pass away, eye opener

--

Reminds me of a giant billboard around here on I-85. "Your in-laws are not a retirement plan."

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:33 PM (pVkEV)

188 178 True. And Tina Fey would have never had a career.

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (BngQR)

Fey's net worth - $45 million

Dah fuq?!
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (fWAjv)

If you figure out how much went to agents, managers, lawyers and then the US government, you can multiply that number by about 20 to get the gross amount.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (zLP1L)

189 I'm hoping they're having a yuuuge slap-fest over there.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at February 03, 2016 02:23 PM (FsuaD)

They're sharpening their fingernails as we speak.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - ReFit your Conniptions at the Outrage Outlet! at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (hLRSq)

190 This is some of the best news since the Iran-Iraq War. As Henry Kissinger said about that war, we should hope for a long and bloody war with many casualties that ends in a stalemate.

Posted by: obnoxious ahole at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (JMAhP)

191 145 Reagan approved amnesty on the condition the border would be secured. The Dimowits schlonged him on that.

He got schlonged again by the Dimowits when he agreed to a tax increase on the condition of decreased spending.

^^^^^^!

This should be required to be tacked onto any Reagan did mass amnesty comments, .... automatically.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (zYV5P)

192 87: "If Cruz wins the nod, she's going to have a shit ton of egg on her face. And boobs."

Are you sure that's egg?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (4nmNX)

193 most of the Occupy movement was driven by young peole hitting the real world and finding out things aren't so coddling, protective, and soothing out here. Finding out everyone expects you to pay your own way, nothing is free, and you can lose.

And they threw a huge tantrum.

A huge rapey tantrum.

Posted by: Flyguy at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (r2qlt)

194 "I feel pretty bad for Joe Biden right now. He could have just walked away with the nomination by now like a crazy guy just grabbing the entire tub of mac and cheese at a sizzler buffet. Instead he sat it out because of "Inevitable" and eating too much glue."
Worry not for the big F'n deal VP. He will waltz in without campaigning a lick and take the nom at the convention when Hillary bows out with thyroid problems/indictment problems.
Posted by: simplemind at February 03, 2016 02:20 PM (JTwsP)

I heard rumors that Kerry is thinking about it too.

oh god

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (qCMvj)

195 How is Rubio *not* a Reagan conservative?

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (lVU49)

196 If you want some sweet feminist tears, read Melissa McEwan's blog. She, along with Amanda Marcotte, John Edward's candidacy back in the day.

She and others are in full melt down over Bernie Bros today.

She's also a fat advocate.

Don't miss out on this one.

Posted by: Who Knows at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (W+Itt)

197 192 87: "If Cruz wins the nod, she's going to have a shit ton of egg on her face. And boobs."

Are you sure that's egg?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (4nmNX)

Yes. Now, on the other hand if Trump gets the nod . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (zLP1L)

198
Yep - Santorum is out.

Sweater vests at half-mast.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (kdS6q)

199 195 How is Rubio *not* a Reagan conservative?
Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (lVU49)

Ask Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (zLP1L)

200
I expect they'll pull some shenanigans and get Biden in with Fauxchohantas as VP..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2016 02:30 PM (w4NZ

THAT is what gives me nightmares at night. I truly fear what that woman would do to our country. In some ways, she would be worse than Hillary.

Posted by: Moki at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (7q2ch)

201 141
Perhaps closer than 5 years. This is insane stuff. And presidential candidates no less. The Left is the worst, but the Republicans are not doing themselves proud either.

Posted by: gracepc at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (OU4q6)

202 What's an Arthur Chu?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (zLP1L)

Sometimes I was brainwashed very severely by some very corrupt types of murder cases that were committed by them from the 12 Galaxies. And also most of the former presidents of the White House were identified as guilities with murder cases. And I was brainwashed very severely. So i was countering that type of brainwashing, and that's why I was raising my voice.

-----
Oh sorry, that was Frank Chu

----

More advanced populations on other planets. They were using mostly flying saucers and space vacations and rocket societies instead of mostly using cars. The 12 Galaxies with Clinton stole my money as a movie star.
-----

Preach it brother!

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (fWAjv)

203 If forced to choose, I'm a Bernie-Bro before I'll ever be a Rubi-Bro.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (zmbEh)

204 most of the Occupy movement was driven by young peole hitting the real world and finding out things aren't so coddling, protective, and soothing out here. Finding out everyone expects you to pay your own way, nothing is free, and you can lose.

And they threw a huge tantrum.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:32 PM (39g3+)

The mass available drugs and sexual assault opportunities were a bonus, though.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (zYV5P)

205 160 Reagan wanted to destroy the Soviet Union. Everything else was gravy.

Posted by: Grump928(c) says Free Sooth! at February 03, 2016 02:29 PM (evdj2)

This.

I think many people, even on the right, have forgotten how central that issue was.

I remember thinking in high school that the Cold War would go on for the rest of my life - unless WWIII started and America and the USSR nuked the world into smithereens. Nobody - nobody - thought in 1979 that the Wall would come down 10 years later.

In fact, it looked like the Russkies were winning at that point, thanks to the weakling in the WH.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (u0lmX)

206 77 Yep, have to admire teh skillz of the troll who started it all. The paranoia of the left will be off scale for quite some time now that they realize they have been invaded by things.
Posted by: Fester Much at February 03, 2016 02:14 PM (p4Kna)

Yep. Some unsung genius got the entire left wing to start furiously chasing its own tail.

Beautiful.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (oKE6c)

207 You know what a shit barometer is, Bubbles? It measures the shit pressure in the air. You feel it? Listen, Bubs, hear that? The sound of the whispering winds of shit. You will, my sorry friend. when the shit barometer rises, you'll feel it too. Your ears will implode from the shit pressure....shit winds are a comin'.

Posted by: Jim Leahy at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (evdj2)

208 >>> Best tweet response on Trump's feed: "You must be a joy on family game night."
Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:28 PM (OrI3J)

Love it. Link? Can't find, and Trump's feed has about 20 posts on how Cruz stole the election.

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (hvf9s)

209 I kinda sorta was able to follow all that mansplaining from ace.

Baby steps.

Posted by: eleven at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (qUNWi)

210 204 The mass available drugs and sexual assault opportunities were a bonus, though.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 03, 2016 02:36 PM (zYV5P)

And public shitting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (zLP1L)

211 So what if Rubio is a Reagan conservative? The man turned on his constituents 2 seconds after going to Washington. No trust at all.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (LXJ1e)

212 A huge rapey tantrum.

That was totes the homeless guys crashing the occupy camps, bro

Posted by: Occupy Bro at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (39g3+)

213 This post begs a far-reaching question. Do zombies have enough self awareness to revolt against other zombies. Or is that sort of like the hunted becoming the hunted.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (Fmupd)

214 Reagan wanted to destroy the Soviet Union. Everything else was gravy.

Too bad for us it was only mostly dead.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (LUgeY)

215 She's also a fat advocate.

Don't miss out on this one.
Posted by: Who Knows at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (W+Itt)

Fat needs an advocate? It seems to be doing pretty well on its own.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (RD7QR)

216 I said yesterday that Santorum would stay in as long as he could milk the free stuff and still cover start up costs for his 2020 campaign.

His campaigns seem to be getting shorter and shorter though. 2020 may be the last we see of Ricky Sweater Vest.

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:39 PM (CbGSW)

217
Rush is making a very great speech and defense of Rubio.

Too bad it has absolutely zero resonance with me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:39 PM (zLP1L)

218 114: "3) you cannot kill them!"

Incorrect. That only applies to the Originals.

But rest assured, come the times of burning which must not be named, they will learn just how fragile they are.

And just like today's story, it will most likely be at the hand of those they once called ally.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (4nmNX)

219
She's also a fat advocate.

Don't miss out on this one.

It's Health at Every Size, you fat shamer!!

Stop forcing your patriarchal body standards on me!

Now if you need me, I'll be at Dunkin Donuts, empowering myself.

Posted by: Tumblr at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (xwPSp)

220 jonicelli --

hah

Posted by: eleven at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (qUNWi)

221 Yep - Santorum is out.

Sweater vests at half-mast.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (kdS6q)

I wonder who his two supporters are going to vote for?

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (OrI3J)

222 Umbridge never taken is umbridge lost.

===

I think it is in our interest to punish the first insult; because an insult unpunished is the parent of many others.

-- Stuff Thomas Jefferson Said, vol. 3

Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (3ZtZW)

223 216 I said yesterday that Santorum would stay in as long as he could milk the free stuff and still cover start up costs for his 2020 campaign.

His campaigns seem to be getting shorter and shorter though. 2020 may be the last we see of Ricky Sweater Vest.

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:39 PM (CbGSW)

Are you saying he'll try to primary Cruz or Trump?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (zLP1L)

224 Rush is doing this elaborate kabuki verbal dance where he talks up Trump/Rubio/Cruz in way that it is hard to pin down who he actually wants as the nom. Rather entertaining.

It's called Marco Polo.

Jump in!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (qCMvj)

225 I think the dims could save a lot of time and money by having Bernie and Shillery just check into a motel for the night. The one who emerges the next morning wins the dim nomination.

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (22uju)

226 I can't read their shit, I can't even hate-read it. It's designed to harm and infect the human mind.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (xuouz)

227 Jane asked about Salon upthread.

http://tinyurl.com/jreyye9

Bernie bros, stop this meme: Your dumb joke about Hillary's music taste isn't funny - it's predictably sexist

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (fWAjv)

228 Dang, for years, Rush has been tight-lipped on Rubio. I always thought he was disappointed about him following his (Rush's) glowing "he's gonna be big!" beliefs early on. Now, the floodgates of love have re-opened because...? Maybe I'm missing something.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (pVkEV)

229 And public shitting.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (zLP1L)

Heh....! That picture was in my head as I hit "post".

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (zYV5P)

230 Seriously --- have a look at Melissa McEwan's site.

She plumbs new depths.

Posted by: Who Knows at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (W+Itt)

231 221 I wonder who his two supporters are going to vote for?
Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (OrI3J)

Huckabee and Luap the Lesser.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (zLP1L)

232
Are you saying he'll try to primary Cruz or Trump?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:40 PM (zLP1L)

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OK, maybe 2024 will be the last time we hear from Ricky Sweater Vest.

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (CbGSW)

233 199
195 How is Rubio *not* a Reagan conservative?

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:34 PM (lVU49)

Ask Chuck Schumer.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (zLP1L)
Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits. Here is Reagan in 1984, two years before the amnesty law, expressly advocating for amnesty.
https://youtu.be/JfHKIq5z80U

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (lVU49)

234 214 Reagan wanted to destroy the Soviet Union. Everything else was gravy.

Too bad for us it was only mostly dead.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:38 PM (LUgeY)

Unfortunately he wasn't able to go after the fellow travelers in the US. Venona hadn't been declassifed yet, so those who knew that the US gov (especially State) was riddled with Soviet spies couldn't say anything, and they and Hollywood could go on claiming blacklist/witch hunt, evil McCarthyists were out to get poor, loyal Americans. So yeah, Reagan helped to destroy the Soviet Union, and its leavings set up camp here. They are seeing the fruits of their labor now.

Posted by: Moki at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (7q2ch)

235 225 I think the dims could save a lot of time and money by having Bernie and Shillery just check into a motel for the night. The one who emerges the next morning wins the dim nomination.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (22uju)

They stab it with their Bernie knives
but they still can't kill the 'beest

Posted by: hogmartin at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (NA5LM)

236

Prediction:

Jim Gilmore actually picks up a few votes in NH!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (zLP1L)

237 >>>I think the dims could save a lot of time and money by having Bernie and Shillery just check into a motel for the night. The one who emerges the next morning wins the dim nomination.<<<

Bernie would be decapitated before his head hit the pillow. No contest.

Posted by: Fritz at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (BngQR)

238 Rush is making a very great speech and defense of Rubio.

Too bad it has absolutely zero resonance with me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:39 PM (zLP1L)

I don't know why he's doing this.
And, so soon.

It's either anti-Trump, or pro-Rubio, but I'm not sure. He runs around the same circles as Trump I would suspect. So he probably has a better idea who he is, than us.

He can't be trying to "heal" the divide. It makes no sense.

Or is he in the "really hates Cruz" camp. Because Cruz keeps getting side-stepped.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (qCMvj)

239 Love it. Link? Can't find, and Trump's feed has about 20 posts on how Cruz stole the election.

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:37 PM (hvf9s)

I grabbed the quote from Instapundit but I think it came in answer to the Tweet where Trump actually called for the Caucus to be redone.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (OrI3J)

240 226
I can't read their shit, I can't even hate-read it. It's designed to harm and infect the human mind.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - WAR at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (xuouz)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Crazy is contagious. Look at Alex Jones and what he's managed to do with his paranoia and megalomania.

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (CbGSW)

241 about him = with him

Geez, proper sentence structure much?

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (pVkEV)

242 141 At the rate we're going complete cultural deterioration and disillusion is about 5 years away.

The US is literally becoming an insane asylum.
Posted by: Kreplach at February 03, 2016 02:25 PM (fKOdi)

---------------

Its twirling down the bowl.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (LXJ1e)

243 Sweater vests at half-mast.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 03, 2016 02:35 PM (kdS6q)

*turns on monitor wipers*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at February 03, 2016 02:44 PM (zYV5P)

244 I remember in early 2010 when Rubio was the long shot candidate against the Orange guy in the GOP primary. I heard an interview with him and thought, fuck yeah this is THE MAN!!

So I think there's still some of that in him 6 years later. At least I hope so.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:44 PM (0LHZx)

245 It's a well known fact 20% of all college women will be butt raped by Bigfoot. Rolling Stone did a yuuuge article on that.

Posted by: Hank at February 03, 2016 02:44 PM (eb3ZQ)

246 To quote a Salon commenter...

"This stuff makes even liberals hate liberals"

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 03, 2016 02:44 PM (fWAjv)

247 >>> Rush is making a very great speech and defense of Rubio. Too bad it has absolutely zero resonance with me. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:39 PM (zLP1L)

He makes Rubio almost sound compelling with the 'he sounds just like me' bit he just shared. Rubio is the son he never had? Has an ovious soft spot for the guy.

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (hvf9s)

248 "Steve Smith"

---

I think his cousin, John Doe, is also in politics, isn't he?

Posted by: gastorgrab at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (u6OFe)

249 233 Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits. Here is Reagan in 1984, two years before the amnesty law, expressly advocating for amnesty.
https://youtu.be/JfHKIq5z80U
Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (lVU49)

There is a very big difference. Reagan supported it as a ONE TIME deal, never ever to be brought up again. When he saw he got burned, he instantly regretted it.

Marco Rubio co-wrote the actual law that would have destroyed America and given the Democrats a permanent electoral majority, and here's the key - from the get go and full aware of it. And then he kept lying about it.

Sorry. That is very different from Simpson/Mazzoli 1986.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (zLP1L)

250 Unfortunately he wasn't able to go after the fellow travelers in the US. Venona hadn't been declassifed yet, so those who knew that the US gov (especially State) was riddled with Soviet spies couldn't say anything, and they and Hollywood could go on claiming blacklist/witch hunt, evil McCarthyists were out to get poor, loyal Americans. So yeah, Reagan helped to destroy the Soviet Union, and its leavings set up camp here. They are seeing the fruits of their labor now.

Yep. IMHO, the biggest mistake ever made was the failure to burn the Frankfurt School to the ground and hang everyone associated with it in any way the day after it opened.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (LUgeY)

251 235-golf clap

Posted by: Moki at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (7q2ch)

252 *the chorus sings*

SJ Wankers start to cry
Here are boys that mewl and whine
Whiny girls and whiny gays
SJ Wankers USA

On their shoulders a big chip
Make them each an American Dip
Angry each and every day
Sj Wankers USA

Money from a Dad they hate
Think Marxism's really great
Useless degrees that won't pay
SJ Wankers USA

Posted by: Zombie Barry Sadler at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (0cMkb)

253 "Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus,
either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified."

This is the tweet from Trump, LizLem

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:46 PM (OrI3J)

254 Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits.

--

But so much has changed between '84 and '16. I can't reconcile how any conservative would be for any kind of amnesty, given the economic and cultural toll. Not to mention, permanently changing the entire country for the worse, and at the expense of American citizens.

Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:46 PM (pVkEV)

255 New Thread.

Go, my corgis, go!

Go piddle on the new thread!

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - ReFit your Conniptions at the Outrage Outlet! at February 03, 2016 02:46 PM (hLRSq)

256
Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits. Here is Reagan in 1984, two years before the amnesty law, expressly advocating for amnesty.------ chemjeff

And according to Reagan's close friends he later considered amnesty to be a big mistake.

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Whale Inc at February 03, 2016 02:47 PM (+aCe4)

257 Or is he in the "really hates Cruz" camp. Because Cruz keeps getting side-stepped.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 03, 2016 02:43 PM (qCMvj)

Yes, this is the first time I remember everybody completely blowing off the winner to fluff up the third place guy...

Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits. Here is Reagan in 1984, two years before the amnesty law, expressly advocating for amnesty.
https://youtu.be/JfHKIq5z80U
Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (lVU49)

Yes, he supported it. The first time.With 30 years hindsight, seeing how well it worked out, seeing isis sneaking across the boarder and drunk drivers given a free pass, would he support it again?

Thing is, we have a damn good idea what the results of amnesty are. We have data he didn't have.

Posted by: Lea at February 03, 2016 02:47 PM (lIU4e)

258 >>> 225 I think the dims could save a lot of time and money by having Bernie and Shillery just check into a motel for the night. The one who emerges the next morning wins the dim nomination.
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at February 03, 2016 02:41 PM (22uju)

May the odds be ever in your favor! *flips a coin*

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:47 PM (hvf9s)

259 May the odds be ever in your favor! *flips a coin*

Six times!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (kca06)

260 Rush is defending Rubio after Rubio came on his show and sell the Gof8 bs with a raft of lies to his audience?

I'm not saying I don't believe you but what the hell is up with Rush?

Posted by: CozMark at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (CbGSW)

261 I grinned like the Joker reading this.

Posted by: Trimegistus at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (OLgc9)

262 We can learn from Reagan's mistake.

There is no reason to repeat amnesty just because Reagan unwisely did it.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (LXJ1e)

263 There's no point arguing with chemjeff over it. He's very big on theory and abstract comparisons and whatnot.

Rubio is very much in the Reagan mold. He presents ideas and ideals best suited for around 30 years ago. Satisfied? Can we get onto what might work in this era?

Posted by: Bigby's Fapping Hands at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (3ZtZW)

264 Rush is smart not to explicitly endorse anyone. Why have 70-80% of your audience mad at you? Besides he serves a better purpose informing his listeners (who are voters after all) about the pros/cons of all the candidates.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (0LHZx)

265 >>> Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 02:46 PM (OrI3J)

Thanks!!

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2016 02:49 PM (hvf9s)

266 Yep. IMHO, the biggest mistake ever made was the failure to burn the Frankfurt School to the ground and hang everyone associated with it in any way the day after it opened.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (LUgeY)

All we'd have had to do was deny them entry. Adolf would have done the rest.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:49 PM (oKE6c)

267 I know what socialism is. It is like shopping at IKEA. It's cool and hip and you do your part by bussing your own table after eating the Swedish meatballs.

Posted by: obnoxious ahole at February 03, 2016 02:50 PM (JMAhP)

268 In 1986 amnesty was 3M illegals. Today amnesty would mean 15M at least. So the scale of what Reagan supported vs Rubio is not the same.

Yes the population is higher today as well, but not 500% higher.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:50 PM (0LHZx)

269 259 May the odds be ever in your favor! *flips a coin*
Six times!
Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2016 02:48 PM (kca06)

The luck of the commodity futures trader!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 03, 2016 02:50 PM (oKE6c)

270 @132 Had she not been Juan's VP, nobody would ever have heard of her.
-------------------------

Not entirely true. She was mentioned in an NRO article discussing local figures who could potentially move to the national stage about a year or so before McCain picked her as his VP candidate. So while there wasn't widespread knowledge of her, there was a sense among the knowledgeable that she was someone who had potential.

With hindsight, she should have respectfully declined the pick from McCain, focused on finishing her anti-corruption sweep of the state government, and only then focused attention on the national level. A more cautious entrance into the national scene would have hopefully meant that she would have been better prepared, and wouldn't have had as many early foot in mouth moments that could be exploited by the media and people like Tina Fey. If people hadn't had cause to wonder about her actual statements, then the general public probably wouldn't have mistaken Fey's lines for ones that Palin actually uttered.

Posted by: junior at February 03, 2016 02:51 PM (2vC9U)

271 This depressing-The Rubio path to victory:

See legal Insurrection site on Ted Cruz being a Natural Born Citizen and this poster in comments:

rotten | February 3, 2016 at 2:13 pm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2016 02:51 PM (w4NZ8)

272
Would it be too much to hope the entire mess is an elaborately crafted plan to do exactly what you see, for no reason other than to create the reaction we see?

That would be way cool.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 03, 2016 02:51 PM (P/8aq)

273 228 Dang, for years, Rush has been tight-lipped on Rubio. I always thought he was disappointed about him following his (Rush's) glowing "he's gonna be big!" beliefs early on. Now, the floodgates of love have re-opened because...? Maybe I'm missing something.
Posted by: Lady in Black - Death to the Man Bun at February 03, 2016 02:42 PM (pVkEV)

---------------

I think, since the primary has already boiled down to three candidates, he's attempting to build all three up as much as possible to preclude any possibility that Bernie or the Hildebeast become president.

If this is the reason, then I agree with the tactic.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2016 02:51 PM (Fmupd)

274 Rush never endorses anyone before the primaries. I think in the past at least he recognized his power so he didn't want to shift the polls or voting one way or another. Plus, yeah, annoying some of your audience is bad business; something actors don't seem to get.

Rush favors Ted Cruz, I believe, but he'd be fine with Rubio and I think could stomach a Trump win even though he knows the guy is no conservative.

Posted by: Occupy Bro at February 03, 2016 02:54 PM (39g3+)

275 Link for the LI article

http://preview.tinyurl.com/jc2muxx

Rubio plan outlined by poster named "Rotten" about 3/4 of the way down

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 03, 2016 02:55 PM (w4NZ8)

276 Posted by: junior at February 03, 2016 02:51 PM (2vC9U)

__

I remember seeing her on The Larry Kudlow show around the same time. It sticks out in my mind because she was sitting in this huge chair and that image stuck with me I guess.

So yeah she was sort of known nationally, but I just don't think a governor from Alaska has the clout/money/exposure to make it nationally. Same goes for places like the Dakotas, Idaho, New Mexico, etc. It's not a coincidence that the powerful national politicians from both parties come from NY, IL, TX, CA, FL, etc. It's where the money/power is.

Yes, I know Bill Clinton is from Arkansas. But he's from Arkansas via Yale and Oxford, the kind of connections Palin doesn't have.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:56 PM (0LHZx)

277 I think, since the primary has already boiled down to three candidates, he's attempting to build all three up as much as possible to preclude any possibility that Bernie or the Hildebeast become president.

Possibly also trying to prevent a surge by someone else. I suspect he could stomach Fiorina the way he can deal with Trump, but none of the others.

Posted by: Occupy Bro at February 03, 2016 02:56 PM (39g3+)

278 Off, occupy sock!

You're really stinky. I mean... more stinky than socks usually get.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:57 PM (39g3+)

279 "With hindsight, she should have respectfully declined the pick from
McCain, focused on finishing her anti-corruption sweep of the state
government, and only then focused attention on the national level. A
more cautious entrance into the national scene would have hopefully
meant that she would have been better prepared, and wouldn't have had as
many early foot in mouth moments that could be exploited by the media
and people like Tina Fey."

Also, if Palin had stayed put in Alaska and kept her head down, the left would not have pursued their jihad against her with the ferocity which they later did. Her having spoken openly against Obama in 2008 painted a huge target on her back. The left will never forget and never forgive, and immediately set out for revenge.

Resulting in the blizzard of utterly bogus "ethics complaints", every single one of which was eventually dismissed without a finding of fault, but which made it financially untenable for her to remain in office.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2016 03:01 PM (noWW6)

280 Palin terrified the left. She absolutely made them crap their pants: they saw another Reagan, but a female one. Folksy, easy spoken, conservative, with executive experience, and attractive. Just this last year a bunch of them finally admitted it: she scared them witless. So they knew they had to destroy her, and so they did.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 03:04 PM (39g3+)

281 Off, occupy sock!

You're really stinky. I mean... more stinky than socks usually get.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 03, 2016 02:57 PM (39g3+)

Given that it is an occupy sock, you may need penicillin.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 03:04 PM (OrI3J)

282 Rush is afraid.

Posted by: eman at February 03, 2016 03:08 PM (mR7Es)

283 It appears that Zika virus is becoming more widespread, replicating in adults, and seeking Democrat brains that were already shrinking...kind of like the meiosis of the Dem cauci if seen from above.

This is one cray-cray election year, that is for sure.

I saw the sadz video of !jeb! asking the dazed and bored crowd to clap for him. !winning! Mommy!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at February 03, 2016 03:13 PM (7lqMl)

284 To add to original topic former mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter pulled the mansplained card on a full fledged leftist on CNN, it would seem a talking point for all Hildabeast backers

Posted by: Skip at February 03, 2016 03:16 PM (hk3Fb)

285 Yes, I know Bill Clinton is from Arkansas. But he's from Arkansas via Yale and Oxford, the kind of connections Palin doesn't have.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 03, 2016 02:56 PM (0LHZx)

Exactly. She has a journalism degree from the University of Idaho.
Never mind that she got in and finished on merit. Nor should we forget that she paid her own way, if memory serves me correctly, because she didn't claim to be an Indian, or a man, or black , etc. so that she could get a affirmative action scholarship.
So of course, that makes her stupid.

Posted by: Jen the original at February 03, 2016 03:16 PM (K0Iz7)

286 There is a very big difference. Reagan supported it
as a ONE TIME deal, never ever to be brought up again. When he saw he
got burned, he instantly regretted it.

Marco Rubio co-wrote the actual law that would have destroyed
America and given the Democrats a permanent electoral majority, and
here's the key - from the get go and full aware of it. And then he kept
lying about it.

Sorry. That is very different from Simpson/Mazzoli 1986.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 03, 2016 02:45 PM (zLP1L)
1. I know of no evidence that Reagan regretted signing the amnesty bill. If you do, can you share it?
2. If you just compare the two bills, Simpson-Mazzoli and Rubio-Schumer, the Rubio bill is actually tougher. Simpson-Mazzoli granted amnesty with only minimal conditions, none contingent on border security at all. Rubio's bill granted amnesty only conditionally on the certification of the border being "secure". Now you and I both know that the certification would have been a joke. But Reagan's bill didn't even have that! So it's kinda hard to argue that the Rubio bill's comparatively tougher amnesty would have "destroyed America" when a more liberal and generous amnesty in 1986 didn't.
3. I can't say this enough - Reagan did not reluctantly or begrudgingly support amnesty. He was a full-throated advocate of it. He even supported illegal immigration! His position is probably closest to Jeb!'s, today. This is what Reagan said in 1977(!):
"When the Labor Department is forced to relent and let these visitors do
this work it is of course all legal. But it makes one wonder about the
illegal alien fuss. Are great numbers of our unemployed really victims
of the illegal alien invasion or are those illegal tourists actually
doing work our own people won't do? One thing is certain in this hungry
world; no regulation or law should be allowed if it results in crops
rotting in the field for lack of harvesters."
https://storify.com/DigitalFirst/what-reagan-said-about-undocumented-immigrants
So by the Reagan standard, everyone on the right today is way more conservative.

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 03:20 PM (lVU49)

287 @285...other than raping and pawing and mauling women in Oxford, which he loves to brag about being a Rhodes Scholar (perv), he is of the 4% who did not graduate. ha.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at February 03, 2016 03:22 PM (7lqMl)

288 Reagan supported amnesty. He didn't just support amnesty reluctantly in exchange for promises of secure borders. He actually favored amnesty on its own merits. Here is Reagan in 1984, two years before the amnesty law, expressly advocating for amnesty.https://youtu.be/JfHKIq5z80U
Posted by: chemjeff

You say that as though if conservatives support many of the things Reagan did, they must support *ALL* of the things he did.

You say that as though economic conditions and voting demographics are the same now as they were in his time.

If you really have a phd in a hard science, then presumably you must be able to think with precision if you set your mind to it.

Why are you using these sloppy, dishonest arguments that conflate numerous concepts and convince nobody? Why have you made this a hill to die on when you obviously have not thought this through?

Posted by: angela urkel at February 03, 2016 03:27 PM (0AXi5)

289 It is obviously impossible to know what Reagan would have supported today.

But everything that Reagan actually said or did in his time is consistent with what was essentially George W. Bush's approach in 2006.

Evidently some of Reagan's associates later on claimed that he later regretted amnesty, but to my knowledge Reagan himself never said that.

Now I'm not advocating for amnesty or any of that. I just think the record should be set straight on who Reagan really was. *By today's standards*, he would have been on the W./McCain side of the immigration argument.

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 03:28 PM (lVU49)

290 You say that as though if conservatives support many of the things Reagan did, they must support *ALL* of the things he did.

I don't claim that at all. I don't even support amnesty or some of the other things Reagan did, but I still believe he was a great president.

Posted by: chemjeff at February 03, 2016 03:29 PM (lVU49)

291 BernieBros are worse than Adolf himself!

Posted by: Guy Who Thinks Things are Worse than Hitler at February 03, 2016 03:36 PM (diGp1)

292 Pl0x lord let them come to arms over this and slaughter each other.

Posted by: ChocoCheese at February 03, 2016 03:54 PM (sD1xU)

293 Rational dissection of grievance politics, so that Bernie and the Monstrosity lunatic followers can agree, won't work anyway.

Berniebros are socialist because they are losers who can't benefit from capitalism, like Bernie himself.

SJWs are SJWs because they are wymyn or racial/sexually-perversial "minorities", and are also losers, so they want to make their status higher than the guys who win in a no-setup world. Aka - the white straight guys.

Berniebros can never be wymyn and minorities, so they naturally defend their birthright as patriarchal males. But they are fine with socialism and even Maoist Communism. Liberals don't think. They act upon primal instincts, like your cat or hamster. They are, literally, not human.

Posted by: Rube the Lube at February 03, 2016 04:00 PM (XkIL9)

294 I like to go on social sites so I must be a socialist!

Posted by: VayjayJones at February 03, 2016 04:05 PM (jzFjy)

295 "Dolores Umbridges."

This is Stalin vs. Trotsky, kiddos - not second coming of Lord Voldemort.

Posted by: Wendy at February 03, 2016 04:06 PM (bpemY)

296 @285...other than raping and pawing and mauling
women in Oxford, which he loves to brag about being a Rhodes Scholar
(perv), he is of the 4% who did not graduate. ha.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at February 03, 2016 03:22 PM (7lqMl)

Really?!? I did not know that he did not graduate.

Posted by: redbanzai at February 03, 2016 04:16 PM (OrI3J)

297 Bernie 2016 : All of the Socialism, none of the guilt!

Posted by: Hikaru at February 03, 2016 04:39 PM (WDCYi)

298 They are trying to smear Sanders supporters the same way they smeared Tea Party supporters. But it won't work because some people in the media support Sanders.

Posted by: PC at February 03, 2016 06:48 PM (PEqlJ)

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