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Failure Theater: Boehner Says Why Sure I'll Consider Raising the Debt Limit on the Way Out the Door, Clearing the Decks for My Very Conservative Friend Kevin McCarthy
We just wrapped the Jindal podcast, so for a quickie, how about that Hot Air button?
The idea is that Boehner will pass a host of unpopular measures, with support from the Democrats, which Kevin McCarthy can then pretend he objects to, while of course supporting Boehner's actions all along. I find Erickson's charges to be paranoid. Why, that sure doesn't sound like the GOP Establishment I know.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:37 PM (QFjNO)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at September 29, 2015 05:38 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 29, 2015 05:38 PM (FsuaD)
I expect something big this month...
Pelosi's legacy was Obamacare... Boneheads... Amnesty?
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 29, 2015 05:38 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2015 05:39 PM (WiU5D)
Posted by: The Scorpion at September 29, 2015 05:39 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:39 PM (QFjNO)
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:40 PM (QFjNO)
Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at September 29, 2015 05:40 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2015 05:40 PM (WiU5D)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 29, 2015 05:40 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: John Boehner at September 29, 2015 05:41 PM (tPytv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 29, 2015 05:41 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 29, 2015 05:42 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: JOE JOE BIDEN at September 29, 2015 05:42 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: Vic-we have no party at September 29, 2015 05:43 PM (t2KH5)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 29, 2015 05:43 PM (88fBD)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 29, 2015 05:43 PM (39g3+)
Ex/Im
Debt ceiling
Clean CR
I don't think amnesty's gonna fly on this one, but the others are almost assured.
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:43 PM (QFjNO)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at September 29, 2015 05:43 PM (LUgeY)
Posted by: JOE JOE BIDEN at September 29, 2015 05:42 PM (JmGFJ)
Tell us more.
Posted by: Doocy and Kilmeade, Inc., Rocket Surgeons at September 29, 2015 05:44 PM (vgIRn)
I suggested on the ONT last night that we start a betting pool on the size of the abrupt uptick once all of that pent-up deficit spending actually starts to show up and be properly accounted for in the debt figures. Once the dust settles, the total is going to be closer to $19T than $18T.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 29, 2015 05:44 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: eman at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (mR7Es)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (tema7)
Tell us more.
Posted by: Doocy and Kilmeade, Inc., Rocket Surgeons at September 29, 2015 05:44 PM (vgIRn)
Don't forget me!
--- Helium Barbie
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: pep at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (LAe3v)
"We just wrapped the Jindal podcast"
30 minutes of Jindal sobbing and trying to catch his breath.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (kdS6q)
A bright spot at the end of a miserable day.
Yay!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 29, 2015 05:46 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 29, 2015 05:47 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: Yo! at September 29, 2015 05:47 PM (VS25T)
We are definitely lost in the desert.
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:47 PM (QFjNO)
As if McCarthy actually disagrees with this strategy. Just saying so doesn't change the fact that is as reliable, if not moreso, to the establishment as the Asshole Boehner.
But, but, I said I oppose this. Therefore I must, right ? And all the knuckledragging tea party racists will believe me, right ?
Go fuck yourself. Trump or bust. It's that simple. These assholes have really pushed it to the very fucking edge. Unless something truly dramatic happens, I'm projecting I'll vote Trump or nobody.
Posted by: deadrody at September 29, 2015 05:47 PM (q72NU)
Posted by: Middle aged lounge lizard, adjusting his combover at September 29, 2015 05:47 PM (LAe3v)
Interesting photos of Mecca then and now. It looked bad then and it looks like shit now. You cant shove 2 million people into this tiny space. Check out the modern architecture. lol
http://goo.gl/nt1zQZ
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 29, 2015 05:48 PM (iQIUe)
Meantioned late in the other thread, but on topic:
Politico: Sen. Schumer in talks with Rep. Ryan on major tax, infrastructure deal. The two, along with Sen. Rob Portman, are trying to hash out a sweeping bipartisan package.
Gonna be a fun month.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 29, 2015 05:48 PM (kdS6q)
As noted by myself and others before, just what will the "rebels" in the House caucus do about a new Speaker?
Why push Boehner out, only to replace with McCarthy (or anyone like him)? Makes little apparent sense.
No better time to have a fight than now. With big action certain to happen in the next few weeks, why wait?
Give a battlefield commission to the new leadership based on their conduct in the fight *right now* - don't choose it through the conventional and far less reliable methods of horse-trading and political resumes.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 05:48 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: WOPR at September 29, 2015 05:48 PM (LTDSy)
Posted by: Hillary's alcoholic depression at September 29, 2015 05:48 PM (Z+7WE)
They didn't figure it out with Cantor, I'm not sure one more scalp will make that much difference.
I think they convinced themselves that Cantor was a one-off. Because poor constituent service.
It's a bit harder to dismiss #2, especially when #2 is #1 in the House.
Posted by: pep at September 29, 2015 05:49 PM (LAe3v)
What the GOP needs is a good negotiator who is willing to fight democrats. A guy who wants to fight them. A street riot cop to Obama's Alinskyte rabble rouser, somebody willing to launch tear gas and deliver a few thwacks to clear the street.
Is McCarthy that guy?
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 29, 2015 05:49 PM (88fBD)
"We just wrapped the Jindal podcast"
30 minutes of Jindal sobbing and trying to catch his breath.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 29, 2015 05:45 PM (kdS6q)
There is no Jindal, only Zuul.
Posted by: eman at September 29, 2015 05:49 PM (X+LRm)
Now I understand why big corporations call security and escort you to the door when they fire you.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at September 29, 2015 05:50 PM (FETr8)
Interesting that 125 years ago the women were dressed like women instead of tied up in trash bags.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at September 29, 2015 05:51 PM (vn2q2)
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I see lots of tents for refugees.
Posted by: WOPR at September 29, 2015 05:51 PM (LTDSy)
I'm at the point of wanting to primary all incumbents. Yeah, maybe you'd lose a couple good eggs, but overall it'd be worth it.
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 05:51 PM (QFjNO)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 29, 2015 05:52 PM (39g3+)
Posted by: wth at September 29, 2015 05:53 PM (wAQA5)
Of course Boehner is gonna screw us over!
Everyone got the story about Beohner resigning WRONG.
Beohner wasn't forced out by House Conservatives. Boehner is leaving because he is fed up with House Conservatives. What Boehner is doing is the ol' classic Fuck me? No, fuck you gambit.
Boehner got sick of the Conservatives in the House and in the country. So Boehner is quitting. He ALREADY set up his replacement. It is a Done Deal.
And Boehner is gonna give Conservatives The Finger on his way out.
Forced out of the Speakership, my ass. There aren't nearly enough Conservatives with juice in the House to do that.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 05:53 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 29, 2015 05:53 PM (oVJmc)
looks like shit now. You cant shove 2 million people into this tiny
space. Check out the modern architecture. lol
That's really a great set of contrasting photos. I especially like Big Ben surmounted by a crescent.
Posted by: pep at September 29, 2015 05:54 PM (LAe3v)
infrastructure deal. The two, along with Sen. Rob Portman, are trying to
hash out a sweeping bipartisan package."
A deal? How's this for a deal.
NOT A SINGLE GODDAMNED PENNY of "infrastructure" spending until we get a proper accounting of why the enormous 2009 Obama porkulus bill -- the size of Eisenhower's interstate highway program and Kennedy's Apollo program *combined* -- produced no measurable improvement at all in the state of America's infrastructure.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 29, 2015 05:54 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2015 05:54 PM (WcAm2)
If it's ahead of us, then the odds of us finding life will be very high.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle
Hey I just went back and looked that up. I was taught that the filter could have faulty premises or I decided it on my own at the time. That is why I remembered it as behind us = life ahead though according to the explanation I just read it only decreases the number of successful civilizations on a percentage basis. I never knew it was a real thing. I've also forgotten a lot.
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 05:54 PM (63X2H)
There is no interregnum when change-over in the Speaker's post occurs, I believe. Selection of the new Speaker coincides with replacement of the old one. So there shouldn't be any constitutional concerns on that score.
There's no apparent reason to wait until November, or passage of the big bills.
Why not find out who's where - without question - now? And choose based on that?
One major problem: not a group of people exatly over-flowing with talent and leadership potential. Very "representative" of the country, sadly. Second major problem: a fairly small minority is serious, and responsible (the guys forcing Boehner out). The caucus as a whole is exactly what you'd expect of a group that has presided over and even participated in the practical crippling and constitutional evisceration of the country you've all been watching for several years.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 05:54 PM (QDnY+)
Interesting photos of Mecca then and now.
I see lots of tents for refugees.
Posted by: WOPR
One sees the "Happy Fun Cranes" in the 2015 pictures, and it brings a smile to the face.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (63X2H)
I don't care why he leaves, I'm just glad he's leaving.
Posted by: pep at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (LAe3v)
Why push Boehner out, only to replace with McCarthy (or anyone like him)? Makes little apparent sense.
Ah, so someone else sees the illogic here.
Good.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (39g3+)
New Hotness: Thank god we have a great conservative hero like McCarthy to save us from liberal sellouts like John Boehner!
Posted by: El Kabong at September 29, 2015 05:56 PM (datdl)
I actually think Boner is a sacrifice to the base. Jeb! and the other establishment cocksuckers are going down hard, and the party needs to make it look like the old blood is being spilled.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 29, 2015 05:56 PM (oVJmc)
Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Posted by: Oliver Trump Cromwell at September 29, 2015 05:56 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 29, 2015 05:56 PM (FyNua)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 05:53 PM (H9gvv)
He wasn't forced out by conservatives in the house but by the appalling GOPe poll numbers. The GOPe has decided to shuffle some people around to make it look like they are listening and to get Jeb?, Rube, or Kate elected.
Posted by: WOPR at September 29, 2015 05:56 PM (LTDSy)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 05:57 PM (DiZBp)
Yeah, it's great Boehner is leaving. But he ain't leaving with his tail betwixt his legs. Boehner is leaving with a big Hard On for Conservatives.
Boehner is gonna give us many "gifts" on his way out.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 05:57 PM (H9gvv)
Oh and just for a bit of an aside. My class reunion was this weekend. It is part of Boehners district. The politically aware guys? All happy orange skin is on the way out.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 29, 2015 05:58 PM (z/Ubi)
No one who could possibly win the Speaker's chair or the Senate Majority Leader spot will shut down the government for nothing at all but a symbolic protest, and that's what the LIVs on our side demand. It's their only solution to every problem. One trick ponies.
The reality is we can't force Obama to do anything at all because he doesn't give a rat's rear end about the country, and enough Democrats will back his play to sustain his veto if we did pass something. So it always boils down to shutting down the government, which now even a clear majority of Republican voters opposes, so no sane leader will do it.
Posted by: Adjoran at September 29, 2015 05:58 PM (QIQ6j)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 05:58 PM (H9gvv)
only a fool would fail to recognize pope francis the retirer showed up and boehner retired. same thing happened with Benedict.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 29, 2015 06:00 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 29, 2015 06:00 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Killerdog at September 29, 2015 06:00 PM (LOUrI)
A ghey couple went to.Memories Pizza, that had previously gotten into trouble for declining to cater a hypothetical ghey wedding with a wedding pizza, ordered a pizza and took it to their ghey pretend wedding!
http://tinyurl.com/nsoutjg
Posted by: The Great White Snark at September 29, 2015 06:01 PM (Nwg0u)
Since they seem to be getting away with it so far, maybe we won't get a number until a Republican is in the White House, at which time it could be A Scandal instead of just another part of The New Normal.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2015 06:02 PM (S0bOl)
Posted by: Founding Fathers at September 29, 2015 06:02 PM (/j9PE)
Boehner, I believe, called McCarthy, and said hey you can have my job if you want because I'm sick of dealing with these idiots.
He wasn't forced out by nobody.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:03 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: Paladin at September 29, 2015 06:03 PM (LtaK3)
It was like when the rebels blew up the Death Star, only the shockwave was a giant rainbow.
Posted by: El Kabong at September 29, 2015 06:03 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 29, 2015 06:03 PM (PBG3Q)
So I have seen Hugh Hewitt talking on twitter about drafting Gowdy for speaker of the house.
Is this a real thing?
Posted by: dan-O at September 29, 2015 06:04 PM (ByqK7)
trouble for declining to cater a hypothetical ghey wedding with a
wedding pizza, ordered a pizza and took it to their ghey pretend
wedding!
Which means...
...absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 29, 2015 06:04 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 29, 2015 06:04 PM (BZAd3)
Posted by: Adjoran at September 29, 2015 05:58 PM (QIQ6j)
This has been explained many times so I will repeat it very slowly so you can process it.
THE....HOUSE....DOES....NOT....HAVE....TO....PASS....ONE....BIG....BILL. It can pass several small ones and leave the controversial ones for last. I know the process is confusing and requires 9th dimensional chess thinking, but I think you might get it this time.
Posted by: WOPR at September 29, 2015 06:05 PM (LTDSy)
http://goo.gl/nt1zQZ
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!
I posted a link on an earlier thread that showed them using bulldozers to pile up bodies. Not pretty.
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 06:05 PM (63X2H)
I want Sabers at dawn!
Posted by: Paladin at September 29, 2015 06:03 PM (LtaK3)
sabres are too quick. I wanna see em beat each other into the ground with nothing more than what is in the chambers with them when the doors are locked.
besides if you give em sabres someone will cut off pelosis head and run around turning everyone else into stone.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Chupacabras at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (QFjNO)
Is this a real thing?
Posted by: dan-O at September 29, 2015 06:04 PM (ByqK7)
Sure as hell would be better than McCarthey.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (BZAd3)
previously gotten into trouble for declining to cater a hypothetical
ghey wedding with a wedding pizza, ordered a pizza and took it to their
ghey pretend wedding!
http://tinyurl.com/nsoutjg
Posted by: The Great White Snark at September 29, 2015 06:01 PM (Nwg0u)
These people have nothing else better to do with their lives besides bother this place trying to make a living. Pathetic
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (DiZBp)
73 Such courage!
A ghey couple went to.Memories Pizza, that had previously gotten into trouble for declining to cater a hypothetical ghey wedding with a wedding pizza, ordered a pizza and took it to their ghey pretend wedding!
http://tinyurl.com/nsoutjg
Posted by: The Great White Snark at September 29, 2015 06:01 PM (Nwg0u)
Well isn't that nice to see that it's all about showing your love for each other and sharing it with your friends and family and not at all about your daddy issues and being able to stick it to the squares.
Posted by: Buzzion at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 29, 2015 06:06 PM (AC0lD)
Charleton Heston was appalled.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at September 29, 2015 06:07 PM (39g3+)
...absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 29, 2015 06:04 PM (oVJmc)
Because they are clueless idiots who don't understand principle.
Posted by: WOPR at September 29, 2015 06:07 PM (LTDSy)
There's nothing like a good piece of hickory cane for beating a scallywag Masshole like Charles Sumner.
Posted by: Preston Brooks (D) SC at September 29, 2015 06:07 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (H9gvv)
or Planet of the Apes?
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (H9gvv)
Is that right? At some point this morning Hewitt tweeted something about how a friend (unnamed) said that he would be interested.
Posted by: dan-O at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (ByqK7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (vb33c)
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (sj3Ax)
**whirrrrrrrrr**
**dumps tuna out on a paper plate**
There! I invented sushi!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon the inventin' dude at September 29, 2015 06:08 PM (NeFrd)
Oh nevermind, there is something on drudge about Gowdy himself making it official that he is not running. Bummer.
I guess he is too smart to want the job.
Posted by: dan-O at September 29, 2015 06:09 PM (ByqK7)
I pre-apologize to all obese, vertically challenged crustacious morons in this thread.
Posted by: se pa moron at September 29, 2015 06:09 PM (sI4OA)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 06:09 PM (DUoqb)
Just a rumor though nice if it were true.
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 06:10 PM (63X2H)
If this were actually true it'd be worth listening to another couple of weeks of AllPopeAlltheTime just for vacancies.
Posted by: DaveA at September 29, 2015 06:10 PM (DL2i+)
looks like shit now. You cant shove 2 million people into this tiny
space. Check out the modern architecture.
Hummmm...the new photo kind of look like a ... dare I say? Target, when look at from orbit...that you can .... what's the line from that movie?
Posted by: Paladin at September 29, 2015 06:11 PM (LtaK3)
Adjoran's analysis, as always, is impeccable, and reflects his long years of experience on the Hill and as an observer of the US govt. He has concisely explained why there have never been vetoes of bills in US history, and also why Congress has no role in the appropriations process (other than to comply with WH wishes, lest a shut-down cause political catastrophe for the opposition party, as it invariably has).
Also implied is the key insight that the only fights worth fighting are ones that are won easily, and that losing efforts can play no role in shaping the political landscape, motivating and organizing your base of supporters, and placing vulnerable opponents in jeopardy for the election cycle by creating potential new negatives for them.
It's really all right there. Kind of a civics course in a few paragraphs.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 06:11 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: Burke at September 29, 2015 06:11 PM (91yCk)
each other and sharing it with your friends and family and not at all
about your daddy issues and being able to stick it to the squares.
With all that thoughtfulness and maturity demonstrated by the couple, I expect they can call for take-out for their divorce party in about six months.
Posted by: HR trinken trinken trinken at September 29, 2015 06:13 PM (vn2q2)
Posted by: John Boehner at September 29, 2015 06:14 PM (0dcbp)
Yep, Adjoran is one smart cookie.
In fact, when I think of all bright and clever people who advise Republicans, I always think of our Adjoran.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:14 PM (H9gvv)
They don't understand the difference between 'catered' and 'take-out,' either.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at September 29, 2015 06:15 PM (oVJmc)
Maj Leader and Speaker are 2 different positions. Of course you all know that but I thought I'd just remind everyone..
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:15 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 29, 2015 06:16 PM (uhftQ)
McCarthy is currently the majority leader and will need to be replaced when he takes Boehner's gavel.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:17 PM (H9gvv)
Like letting 20 million aliens in the country and then opening the doors to 10 million more?
Right , Adjoran?
That 'Open borders' is working great. It has insured that my grandkids will be paying for EBT and free lunch for the Mexicans, South American, Indian and Syrian illegals for about , let's see , carry the one...EVER.
Got any more bright ideas you wanna share?
Posted by: John Boehner at September 29, 2015 06:19 PM (0dcbp)
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:20 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
I hate to be the one that tells you, but that ain't spit.
Posted by: JOE JOE BIDEN at September 29, 2015 06:20 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: Mortimer at September 29, 2015 06:20 PM (0dcbp)
I'm still predicting they will somehow resurrect the Ex-Im Bank, because no gubmint program can ever die. Especially one favored by crony capitalists with large donation checkbooks.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 29, 2015 06:20 PM (gyKtp)
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 06:11 PM (QDnY+)
I know that I get it now and feel like quite the fool for ever not "getting it" before.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes, the artist formally known as mynewhandle at September 29, 2015 06:21 PM (AkOaV)
Posted by: blaster at September 29, 2015 06:24 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 06:24 PM (srGED)
"I hate to be the one that tells you, but that ain't spit." -JOE JOE BIDEN
You found out after you ate a slice, right?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 29, 2015 06:25 PM (0x/TW)
and boehner retired. same thing happened with Benedict.
Wait, so the pope is going to replace Boehner as speaker?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 29, 2015 06:26 PM (4WhSY)
Lost Battalion, a movie from 2001 about an infantry battalion ordered to
take and hold a position in the Argonne forest during WW1. Based on a
true story starring little Ricky Schroeder all growed up as Major
Whittelsey. Not too many flix about WW1 out there that I'm aware of. If
you're interested...Sorry for the OT.
http://tinyurl.com/pnxu6g5
Posted by: dartist at September 29, 2015 06:26 PM (J/n2N)
You found out after you ate a slice, right?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
Nobody can eat just ONE!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 29, 2015 06:27 PM (W5DcG)
But if the GOP in the House allows Boehner's catspaw McCarthy to assume the 'leadership'--ie Speaker-- then ...just close the men's bathroom for the whole ball-less lot of them.
And these turds wonder why Trump exists?
Posted by: Lower Class person whose opinions need to be guided at September 29, 2015 06:27 PM (3ZttN)
Posted by: spypeach at September 29, 2015 06:28 PM (KTiWT)
I like him. He must have creased pants because that determines how competent a politician will be, right-David Brooks
Posted by: Hadoop at September 29, 2015 06:30 PM (2X7pN)
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 29, 2015 06:30 PM (E5UB0)
Posted by: Caliban at September 29, 2015 06:31 PM (3GFMN)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 29, 2015 06:31 PM (KCQo0)
Posted by: fluffy at September 29, 2015 06:32 PM (2iV3X)
"Had enough of politics today so I wandered over to YouTube and watched
Lost Battalion, a movie from 2001 about an infantry battalion ordered to
take and hold a position in the Argonne forest during WW1. Based on a
true story starring little Ricky Schroeder all growed up as Major
Whittelsey. Not too many flix about WW1 out there that I'm aware of. If
you're interested...Sorry for the OT."
Had a friend whose great grandfather fought in the Argonne. Said he wouldn't talk about it except for saying that except for him, everyone in his platoonwas killed in a single engagement.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 29, 2015 06:32 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: GBruno at September 29, 2015 06:33 PM (u49WF)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at September 29, 2015 06:33 PM (q20+R)
-----------------------------------------------------------
FIFY
Posted by: Caitlyn Jenner at September 29, 2015 06:34 PM (E5UB0)
Posted by: GBruno at September 29, 2015 06:33 PM (u49WF)
When you quit a job in the corporate world, they usually immediately walk you off the premises after strip searching you
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 06:34 PM (DUoqb)
take and hold a position in the Argonne forest during WW1. Based on a
true story starring little Ricky Schroeder
==========================
I think Little Winger bought the DVD of that. I never watched it. Maybe I should - it sounds interesting. And I like Rick Schroeder.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 06:34 PM (dFi94)
"The Model X should be what people want, but the buzz from dreamy electric cars is wearing off." (Yahoo Finance blurb on new Tesla car)
Note the "should be what people want".
Sounds better in Russian, or German. More culturally appropriate.
How are the "dreamy subsidies" to the idiotic electric car industry doing?
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 06:34 PM (QDnY+)
I'm beginning to think the GOP establishment types are all multimillionaires living in the dementia ward of an 'assisted living' facility. Time to wrench the keys from their hands before they will the entire party to Peta after listening to a Sarah McLaughlin commercial.
Posted by: se pa moron at September 29, 2015 06:35 PM (sI4OA)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 29, 2015 05:39 PM (WiU5D)
There's a reason why he's leaving at the end of October, bitchez.
Posted by: Golfman at September 29, 2015 06:35 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: freaked at September 29, 2015 06:35 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at September 29, 2015 06:36 PM (q20+R)
Posted by: Trumpzilla at September 29, 2015 06:38 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Yo! at September 29, 2015 06:39 PM (GwIKd)
wouldn't talk about it except for saying that except for him, everyone
in his platoonwas killed in a single engagement.
They were supposed to be supported on their flanks by the French, but surprise, surprise, they found themselves surrounded by Germans. Lieutenant who was captured said those guys are a bunch of Pollack, Jew, Dago and Mick gangsters from New York. They'll never surrender.
Posted by: dartist at September 29, 2015 06:39 PM (J/n2N)
Posted by: Trumpzilla at September 29, 2015 06:39 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: dartist at September 29, 2015 06:26 PM (J/n2N)
Have a copy and I enjoyed it. I learned thru the commentary how high the casualties from friendly fire back then. Last week the Brits memorialized the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, a major battle which few people have heard of.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 29, 2015 06:40 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 06:34 PM (DUoqb)
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Exactly. Yet they will allow him to keep steering the ship into G-d knows what catastrophic icebergs.
Clean out your office. You are done. Go. Now.
Posted by: GBruno at September 29, 2015 06:40 PM (u49WF)
Anybody here watch Bloodline? Another Netflix original that came recommended to me.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 29, 2015 06:41 PM (iQIUe)
This is really alarming. Not unexpected but alarming.
http://tinyurl.com/ngzc5fg
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 06:42 PM (OGm46)
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Alarming because of ISIS or alarming because of bi-partisan?
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 06:44 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: John Boehner at September 29, 2015 06:45 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 29, 2015 06:46 PM (PMlgt)
Lost Battalion, a movie from 2001 about an infantry battalion ordered to
take and hold a position in the Argonne forest during WW1. Based on a
true story starring little Ricky Schroeder all growed up as Major
Whittelsey.
Posted by: dartist at September 29, 2015 06:26 PM (J/n2N)
I remember seeing that years ago. It was pretty good, as I recall.
Posted by: rickl at September 29, 2015 06:47 PM (sdi6R)
Yes.
Posted by: t-bird at September 29, 2015 06:48 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JOE JOE BIDEN at September 29, 2015 06:48 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: Dave S. at September 29, 2015 06:48 PM (mhkbv)
Having effectively ceded almost all of their constitutional power ($$$$) without so much as a raised voice, much less a fight, by failing to get regular order in appropriations or (easily) force the "shut-down" sign onto the Senate Dems, the GOP Congress can hardly be expected to use the debt limit to get anything done. It's always been a dubious vehicle for policy fights anyway.
Posted by: rhomboid at September 29, 2015 06:48 PM (QDnY+)
I also heard that Trump floated his tax plan to fill the horizons of little media minds but that he really likes the Fair Tax but that is too drastic a change all at once.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 29, 2015 06:49 PM (ej1L0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 29, 2015 06:49 PM (S0bOl)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 06:51 PM (0LHZx)
I've been listening to Special Report tonight and it is essentially a compilation of everything that Obama has done in his presidency and how badly it has failed:
-Health coop in NY that was given $300 million tax dollars - fails
-Every freaking foreign policy decision that Obama has taken has been a monumental disaster putting the world at risk - ISIS growing astronomically (unprecedented is what it is called), Taliban takes over a city in A-stan while WE ARE STILL THERE. Russia takes over Syria right under our noses and now we are saying how great that is!
Six years is all it has taken for Obama to cause this much damage not only to the country, but to the world.
Unbelievable.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 29, 2015 06:52 PM (BZAd3)
The report said that over 7000 foreign fighters have joined ISIS in last year and that number includes 250 Americans. And they stressed that lots of them will be coming home.
And lots more you can see at the link above.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 06:52 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:52 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
I hate to be the one that tells you, but that ain't spit.
Posted by: JOE JOE BIDEN
No sabres, just the sword fight over the pizza.
Posted by: Aviator at September 29, 2015 06:53 PM (c7vUv)
McCarthy is gonna fight like the dickens!!
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 06:53 PM (H9gvv)
*hic*
Posted by: John Boehner at September 29, 2015 06:45 PM (8ZskC)
Not replacing Morganettes, I hope.
Posted by: blaster at September 29, 2015 06:54 PM (2Ocf1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 29, 2015 06:54 PM (JmGFJ)
"They were supposed to be supported on their flanks by the French, but surprise, surprise, they found themselves surrounded by Germans. Lieutenant who was captured said those guys are a bunch of Pollack, Jew, Dago and Mick gangsters from New York. They'll never surrender"
I can imagine the German radio message.
Ve are goink to need more men!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at September 29, 2015 06:55 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:55 PM (sj3Ax)
They believe they're WINNING!!!!
And who can say otherwise at this point?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 29, 2015 06:55 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 06:52 PM (OGm46)
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Yeah, I'm looking at that report in another tab. Obama is claiming that he's strengthening border security so that it will be harder for them to get back in to kill us.
I totally believe that.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 06:56 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at September 29, 2015 06:56 PM (x3GpS)
Posted by: Skip at September 29, 2015 06:56 PM (WcAm2)
And yes, he will pass through the House these items that have Erickson so exercised, he will "take the blame," and leave McCarthy a clean sheet. And you will accept it. Because you have no choice, and the members will fall in line and start thinking about re-election next year.
Rand Paul will drop out soon. Cruz has been nearly completely ostracized in the Senate and will soon seem to be a very marginal player in the presidential race, as well.
Enjoy Rubio/Walker 2016 or Rubio/Christie 2016.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 06:56 PM (ljZD2)
Putin outsmarts Obama. Go Putiy!
Posted by: Trumpzilla at September 29, 2015 06:39 PM (BO/km)
Neville Chamberlain could outsmart Prezzy Choom
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 06:57 PM (DiZBp)
We're flattered that you're flattened, but nope, not this time.
Posted by: Mossad at September 29, 2015 06:57 PM (8ZskC)
Eff Rand Paul!
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:58 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 06:52 PM (sj3Ax)
======================
You see it.I see it.What I don't get is this - why doesn't Congress see it?
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 06:58 PM (dFi94)
Let's give the guy who resigned because he was such a dismal failure the chance to choose his successor!
That'd be cool, right?
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 29, 2015 06:58 PM (BZAd3)
Posted by: dartist at September 29, 2015 06:26 PM (J/n2N)
Have a copy and I enjoyed it. I learned thru the commentary how high the casualties from friendly fire back then. Last week the Brits memorialized the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Loos, a major battle which few people have heard of.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 29, 2015 06:40 PM (iQIUe)
Pretty good movie.
In real life, Whittlesey would commit suicide less than 5 years later. Sad.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 29, 2015 06:58 PM (o98Jz)
Rahm Emanuel calling for more "gun control" in Chicago.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: turnippatty at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (dFi94)
The G-fund is down to zero (well, $50ishM) and the civil service retirement trust fund (this is the old grandfathered plan) is down around $200B (they can't completely wipe all of this out, only some. They can completely wipe out the G fund).
Don't worry if you (think) you have any "money" in those funds. You had special issue nonmarketable Ts, now you have IOUs for 'em. IOUs for IOUs, or IOU^2 (squared).
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 29, 2015 07:01 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:01 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Hardline Sanity Prod at September 29, 2015 07:01 PM (q20+R)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 29, 2015 06:59 PM (W5DcG)
Brilliant Rahm. Right up there with outlawing plastic bags, property tax increases and turning major streets into bike paths. Detroit here we come
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 07:02 PM (DiZBp)
Both.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 07:03 PM (OGm46)
My answer at the time. Ask for Boehner's and McConnell's resignation and their suggestions for replacements. I tell them they're out, too.
Posted by: Golfman at September 29, 2015 07:04 PM (48QDY)
It's to late for that now, Holmes. We've been supplanted. We might go into where the Kurds are holding out, but Iraq already essentially allied itself with Iran and Russia. We'd just be sending out soldiers over there to be pointed at and laughed at.
Posted by: Semper In Stercus at September 29, 2015 07:05 PM (BZAd3)
10...
9...
8...
1. (He was hungry)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2015 07:06 PM (pq97T)
This is a representative republic our reps (a few are doing the job) are busy passing things to please Chamber of commerce Wall Street.
Posted by: Carol at September 29, 2015 07:07 PM (sj3Ax)
Ah, trumpetdaddy, the only clear-eyed objective observer on the blog.
Remember when this brilliant mind confidently asserted that only Jeb and Walker were actually seriously running for President?
I wonder how crow tastes. I wonder if a person could choke on it.
Posted by: let us know, trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:08 PM (QdbsD)
i.e. The Weeping Boner will continue doing the same things he's been doing since a bunch of cowardly retards elected him Weeper ... again and again.
Anyone with a shred of integrity left in him would tape the Weeping Boner to his office desk, gag him, and weld the door shut. That'll give the collaborationist douchebag something to really cry about.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 29, 2015 07:08 PM (zc3Db)
Because the Republicans suffered the catastrophe of shutting down the government in 2013. The Dems wiped the floor with them in 2014, I tell Ya.
Posted by: Golfman at September 29, 2015 07:10 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Fritz at September 29, 2015 07:11 PM (3tjn4)
"I wonder how crow tastes. I wonder if a person could choke on it."
It tastes just like chicken, and most folks can't tell what they are eating until it is too late. Just get out of the way when t-diddy and company start to hurl themselves out of buildings. That investment that went bust was yuuuuggggge.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2015 07:11 PM (pq97T)
Don't know. The taste of ass covers it up.
Posted by: Strumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:12 PM (c7vUv)
Where's the Football?
Posted by: Rod Blageovich, Convict #3247854 at September 29, 2015 07:12 PM (7rAXc)
But, hey, you're probably right. The nation is just itching to go full "true con" and do all the things you have wet dreams about every night. Deporting people, eliminating taxes, nuking the Iranians, imprisoning Obama.
Yeah, I'm sure that's just about to happen...
Any day now...
Right around the corner...
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:13 PM (ljZD2)
It has become clear that it is more important to trumpetdaddy that conservatives, not the Democrats, lose in 2016.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:14 PM (H9gvv)
Every fucking EO by Barry would be countermand.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 07:15 PM (DiZBp)
Posted by: Golfman at September 29, 2015 07:15 PM (48QDY)
Not in this cell block, you're not. Want me to tell them about last night?
Posted by: Rod Blageovich, Convict #3247854 at September 29, 2015 07:16 PM (7rAXc)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at September 29, 2015 07:17 PM (EIFYf)
Deporting people, eliminating taxes, nuking the Iranians, imprisoning Obama.
================================
Go on .......
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:17 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: matthewjohn at September 29, 2015 07:17 PM (7pEow)
You're not right about anything. That's the ironic part.
Oh, you might be on the winning side, but you're not on the right side, trumpetdaddy.
You stand for nothing. All you want is the Easy Way. You just want to get along and go along and take the scraps the Democrats allow you to have. You have no principles. You have no balls.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:17 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: Weeping Boner at September 29, 2015 07:18 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:13 PM (ljZD2)
________
You were totes right when you predicted Jeb would be leading in the polls by now.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:18 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:19 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:19 PM (0LHZx)
Hey Mary, wanna do some belly button shots? *hic*
Posted by: Weeping Boner at September 29, 2015 07:20 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:17 PM (H9gvv)
You noticed that too, huh?
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at September 29, 2015 07:20 PM (7rAXc)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:20 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: Fritz at September 29, 2015 07:20 PM (3tjn4)
__________
Judging by the drunk rantings, I wouldn't be surprised if t-Daddy is the Boner himself.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:21 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hillary! at September 29, 2015 07:21 PM (mcm0N)
Nope. Not at all.
I just don't think the people who call themselves "conservatives," are in any way whatsoever actually conservatives as I've understood the term since Ronald Reagan. Hell, by the definitions some of you use, Ronald Reagan wasn't a conservative.
With the exception of Trump, the remaining serious presidential candidates are actually more conservative, as traditionally understood, than both Presidents Bush and some of them are more so than Reagan was.
Not that you'd know that from listening to the screeching on talk radio and in internet comments sections.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:21 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:19 PM (DUoqb)
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My Cubbies are garbage-free. At least until next Wednesday. Oh yes, I am fully prepared for total devastation after that. But, "post-season" sounds so good, even for a few days.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:22 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:22 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Trumpzilla at September 29, 2015 07:22 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: goatexchange at September 29, 2015 07:23 PM (Nd4YY)
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whu ?
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:23 PM (dFi94)
"You were totes right when you predicted Jeb would be leading in the polls by now."
I never predicted any such thing. Have fun trying to prove I did.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:23 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:22 PM (dFi94)
Bonehead is out...
We had a blood Moon...
Cubs are in Post Season...
And the Raiders have won TWO in a Row...
Truly signs of the Apocolypse...
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 29, 2015 07:24 PM (qh617)
Not that you'd know that from listening to the screeching on talk radio and in internet comments sections.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:21 PM (ljZD2)
________
Totally dude!! Carly Fiornia is the embodiment of conservatism what with her love of Obamacare, her desire to increase taxes, her promise to legalize 30M illegals and her history of firing Americans in exchange for slave labor Indians.
And Jebbie....the guy that have us common core! What's not to love.
And the fat man from NJ who never met an anti-gun bill he didn't love.
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:24 PM (0LHZx)
Since we are talking predictions here. I distinctly remember you saying the Republicans weren't going to take the Senate last election. On election night as the ballots were coming in.
Maybe just a bit of humility would work better.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 07:25 PM (OGm46)
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:26 PM (0LHZx)
the Senate last election. On election night as the ballots were coming
in."
You "distinctly remember" incorrectly.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:26 PM (ljZD2)
Maybe just a bit of humility would work better.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 07:25 PM (OGm46)
_______
Actually what I said and was 100% right, was that it wouldn't make a difference. I said this as I was watching McConnell give the "well we won, but we're going to work with Demcrats to get things done speech". And teh replies back to me were basically 'stop being so pessimistic, let's give them a chance'.
How did that work out?
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:27 PM (0LHZx)
Try reading correctly, oh sharp-eyed objective observer who's so rarely wrong about anything.
Posted by: reading comprehension at September 29, 2015 07:28 PM (QdbsD)
And just maybe your time would be better spent figuring out whom I was quoting than going on another tedious conservatives suck rant.
Or you could continue to look like a dope. Your call.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 07:28 PM (OGm46)
there are Conservative speeches...
and then Conservative ACTIONS...
The last two election cycles we got a lot of Conservative speeches.. which led to Electoral Victories for the Repubs...
Their actions however, have been somewhat different.
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 29, 2015 07:29 PM (qh617)
Posted by: BB Wolf at September 29, 2015 07:24 PM (qh617)
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Don't laugh. My daughter's cleaning lady pretty much thinks along the same lines. Well, maybe not the Raiders part. But the rest of it, yes. Plus some things about some military shenanigans around here - she's convinced something baaaaad is coming.
I'm ready.
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:29 PM (dFi94)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:29 PM (DUoqb)
Oh and Ronald Reagan was just like us too.
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:29 PM (0LHZx)
Sorry for not reading your comment more closely.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:30 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:26 PM (ljZD2)
________
You are "distinctly idiotic".
Posted by: Monsieur Mew Mew at September 29, 2015 07:30 PM (0LHZx)
Just where does such an astute observer of the political scene acquire such political acumen, outside of his interaction with the food service or residential cleaning industries?
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at September 29, 2015 07:30 PM (7rAXc)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:31 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:31 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Hillary! at September 29, 2015 07:31 PM (mcm0N)
We have been getting many of the Yankee games from the "Yes" network that didn't conflict with the Jays schedule which was kind of nice to watch.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 29, 2015 07:32 PM (AC0lD)
>>How did that work out
Dude, I was there. You were ranting about how the Republicans were blowing the race and going to lose until I pointed out that the polls had closed about 30 minutes before you started your rant and maybe it would be a good idea to let some of the votes come in before freaking out.
I think I'll go with my own memory on this one.
Posted by: JackStraw at September 29, 2015 07:32 PM (OGm46)
I predicted big R losses in 2014 on account of low turnout. The turnout was low, but D turnout was downright anemic, which I did not see coming.
We would be far better off today if the R's did lose big in 2014.
The R drubbing is coming in 2016.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:32 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:33 PM (dFi94)
No and no.
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:33 PM (0LHZx)
I think nativists, populists, and isolationists who call themselves conservatives suck.
Ronald Reagan wasn't a nativist, a populist, nor an isolationist.
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:34 PM (ljZD2)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:33 PM (dFi94)
A festivus for the rest of us?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 29, 2015 07:34 PM (DUoqb)
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:34 PM (0LHZx)
As bad as obama was 2009-2013, he wasn't nearly as destructive as he is now in his second term.
I'd love to go back to the early days of obama when he supermajorities in the chambers. The Democrats were skittish back then. Today they have the Republicans to use as cover and as fodder and do their dirty work.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:35 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: DaveA at September 29, 2015 07:35 PM (DL2i+)
Trump is more effective than all thise weenies put together. Times a trillion.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 29, 2015 07:35 PM (88fBD)
I'm actually kind of dumb.
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:36 PM (0LHZx)
AoSHQs the next guest host at Rush Limbaugh. Cheers.
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at September 29, 2015 07:36 PM (msVAP)
1. Elect Jeb
2. Legalize 30M life long Democrats
3. ??
4. Profit
Posted by: T-Daddy Mack Umpet at September 29, 2015 07:38 PM (0LHZx)
as in "Republican Front Runner Donald Trump", each and every time he posts.
His unfortunate nick causes him to die inside a little everytime he posts.
That makes me smile.
Posted by: Mortimer at September 29, 2015 07:38 PM (0dcbp)
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 29, 2015 07:38 PM (H9gvv)
Posted by: grammie winger, watching the fig tree at September 29, 2015 07:33 PM (dFi94)
I've been saying that for a few months now.
Maybe we never really were Republicans. I have a feeling that a lot of you were Reagan Democrats like my parents. You followed common sense across the aisle when it abandoned the old party, but it never took root in the new one. The Republican Party never wanted Reagan, and aside from a rare few, it's been trying to undermine his legacy ever since.
We can't ever be Democrats again and shackling ourselves to the suicidal, politically irrelevant Republican party is proving to be a road to failure. But you can win a 3-way race with as little as 34% of the vote, and we've got 25% practically baked into the cake, with a large number of sympathizers. If the Republic's a little more robust than we thought and doesn't collapse after this cycle, we should really think long and hard about it.
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at September 29, 2015 07:38 PM (HalrA)
And did this with one half of one third of the government at his disposal?
Hey sock puppet, math is hard, right?
Posted by: trumpetdaddy at September 29, 2015 07:40 PM (ljZD2)
want to meet with "The Donald"
hahahahahahaha
(per gateway pundit)
Posted by: newsucanuz at September 29, 2015 07:41 PM (CLsV8)
Posted by: Humpit,daddy at September 29, 2015 07:41 PM (0dcbp)
Posted by: DaveA at September 29, 2015 07:35 PM (DL2i+)
It sounds like Barry's choom van in high school
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 29, 2015 07:42 PM (DiZBp)
Just read an interview of Juan Pablo Raba, the actor who played Escobar's cousin in Narcos. He's Colombian and his uncle and cousin were killed on the Avianca flight. To me that role wd be difficult but he did an excellent job.
Would a Jew play Hitler or one of his many henchmen? I think it would be sort of an inside joke but it would still get to me, so if I were Jewish, no, I couldnt do it.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at September 29, 2015 07:42 PM (iQIUe)
https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/mthTreasStmt/mts0815.pdf
All the information to figure out the accounting tricks and figure how much is being hidden by the end of August is in there. Now, find it.
All of you need to learn Uncle Sugar's financial accounting. If any private company or business did this, they'd be under the jail now.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at September 29, 2015 07:46 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at September 29, 2015 07:48 PM (kTF2Z)
Posted by: Ronster at September 29, 2015 07:53 PM (0qASP)
I think I'm going to lie down now for a while.
Posted by: Daybrother Samurai Slacker and Life Coach at September 29, 2015 05:55 PM (63X2H)
Not a problem. There's a bed and a comforter in the barrel. Not sure if it's been washed lately, tho.....
Posted by: Bill H at September 29, 2015 07:56 PM (Baojj)
Well give me a hint. Is she solar powered, and does she have a Java wheel?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 29, 2015 07:57 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: dogfish at September 29, 2015 08:53 PM (0O2Lr)
Posted by: mojo at September 29, 2015 09:49 PM (OmBeX)
Posted by: Steck at September 29, 2015 09:57 PM (ibSYs)
"I've been saying that for a few months now.
Maybe we never really were Republicans. I have a feeling that a lot of you were Reagan Democrats like my parents. You followed common sense across the aisle when it abandoned the old party, but it never took root in the new one. The Republican Party never wanted Reagan, and aside from a rare few, it's been trying to undermine his legacy ever since.
We can't ever be Democrats again and shackling ourselves to the suicidal, politically irrelevant Republican party is proving to be a road to failure. But you can win a 3-way race with as little as 34% of the vote, and we've got 25% practically baked into the cake, with a large number of sympathizers. If the Republic's a little more robust than we thought and doesn't collapse after this cycle, we should really think long and hard about it."
Spot on analysis, with one quibble: that 25 percent probably will bolt this time if somehow Rubio survives (Jeb, Kasich and Christie already are dead). I don't see that oily little maggot Marco making it that far, though.
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at September 29, 2015 09:57 PM (pq97T)
Yeah, pretty sure the GOP is still Dead Party Walking. I'm not even sure it's walking anymore.
It is kind of relaxing to not give a ckuf about the parties anymore, however. Perhaps a Benevolent Kingdom will chance upon us after SMOD.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at September 29, 2015 10:10 PM (1CroS)
The USS Constitution? I mean it is a ship of the sail, but I think it is still commissioned?
Posted by: dIb at September 29, 2015 10:17 PM (HYAmq)
Posted by: Infidel at September 29, 2015 11:25 PM (AaEr0)
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