Comments on: Shorter Confederate Yankee

By: charles

charles — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:05:58 +0000

Boy it sure was fun trolling those freaks over at TIDOS Yankee.

Almost scary though, the echo chamber they have going.

And btw they have swallowed the ACORN thing hook line and sinker

By: Kadin

Kadin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:14:44 +0000

urban Democrats may riot

Urban. Not black. Urban.

By: rev.paperboy

rev.paperboy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:34:37 +0000

I particularly enjoyed the comments on TIDOSY giving a list of the weaponry these dipshits intend to deploy to defend their doublewides out in Weasel Piss Crick, Cornhole County. Especially the blowhard who bragged about being rated “expert” on crew served weapons. I guess that anti-tank gun he stole one part at a time is really going to come in handy when he gets all his old army buddies to come over and help him tow it to the ghetto for the riots. Most of them seem to be itching to shoots some rioters. I pity the poor pizza delivery guy who drives up next door to one of these dingbats with Kanye West blaring out of the car radio on election night.
What. A. Bunch. Of. Douchebags.

By: Grace Nearing

Grace Nearing — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:31:23 +0000

Perhaps CY should wait out the election results in Mexico if he's feeling so skittish.

By: SamFromUtah

SamFromUtah — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:40:44 +0000

I liked the absurd, baseless notion that internal polling is somehow more accurate than those from SUSA, Rasmussen, FOX (now apparently part of the evil liberal media elite who deliberately make their polls show an Obama lead), etc.

You’re forgetting Karl Rove’s the Math which contradicted the polls predicting a Democratic victory in 2006.

Oh, wait.

By: Another kiwi

Another kiwi — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:35:51 +0000

Well obviously Yankee-boy should be out telling people that there is no chance of an Obama win and thus avoiding disappointment in people. I would suggest driving through predominantly black neighbourhoods in a small car with loudspeakers on it, telling people to “relax” their guy is going to lose. He might have a confederate flag on the car to aid the disappointment avoidance.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:32:39 +0000

And how would someone in Homeland Security KNOW that Obama is going to lose big unless Homeland Security is deciding the outcome?

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:31:11 +0000

And the last riot in the US in which someone died was… Bueller, Bueller?

That’s right… the riot by white people in Boston after the Red Sox won the World Series.

By: christian h.

christian h. — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:10:26 +0000

…92 are considered tossups by RCP.

(Emphasis mine.)

Sorry RobW, but when you get your info from Bob Avakian, you are in trouble.

By: RobW

RobW — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:13:54 +0000

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/

RealClearPolitics, a way-conservative-leaning site, actually has a pretty useful electoral map. It currently shows NV, ND, MO, IN, OH, NC, and FL as tossup states- states where the average value of recent polls shows an advantage either way of less than 5%.

Right now, Obama has 286 votes solid or leaning and McCain has 160. 92 are considered tossups by RCP.

If McCain could win all of those tossup states he would still be 18 votes short. So, he has to take those from Obama. They’ve decided PA with its 21 votes is their best shot.

RCP shows PA as solid blue, with all recent polls averaging out to a 14% lead for Obama.

Let’s say that again: McCain has to overcome a 14% Obama lead and win in all 7 tossup states (5 of which Obama is currently narrowly leading) in order to win by an electoral count of 273-265.

In less than two weeks. Against a candidate who still has 150 million bucks to spend and has barely begun to go negative on him.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:03:03 +0000

I love that, after the initial post suggests it is absurd to think Republicans might become violent, the comments are full of people talking about how they’re going to hoard guns and shoot anyone that comes up their driveway.

By: Sophist FCD

Sophist FCD — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:50:01 +0000

“a much Presidential tighter race” scans beautifully but is not a conventional English construction. It belongs in song:

I want a lighter race
A brighter race
A much Presidential tighter race…

Tidos is a poet, and he is not aware of that fact.

Am I doing that right?

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:08:59 +0000

If they try to steal yet another election, *I’ll* be in the streets getting angry.

By: Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:04:12 +0000

“He intoned—but did not state directly—that internal polling from both the McCain and Obama campaigns see a much Presidential tighter race that is shown in most of the public polls (noted here, here, and here as well).”

CY: The Swankifying. Unless he means “implied,” in which case there’s no
reason to talk about “stating directly.”

“a much Presidential tighter race” scans beautifully but is not a conventional English construction. It belongs in song:

I want a lighter race
A brighter race
A much Presidential tighter race…

By: Hoosier X

Hoosier X — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:51:58 +0000

… does anyone really expect ~~women or Republicans~~ stupid, inbred fundie racists to riot if McCain and Palin aren’t elected?

Fixed.

By: N.C.

N.C. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:29:49 +0000

Frankly, I find this comments thread sickeningly grillist.

By: MzNicky

MzNicky — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:16:03 +0000

Hey, you guys aren’t objectifying and commodifying women with all those mail-order bride-vs.-grill “jokes,” are ya? Just checkin’.

By: actor212

actor212 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:11:30 +0000

Come to think of it, the “tranquillisers -in-water-supply” plan assumes that Obama voters actually drink tap water. Is that actually the case? Or are they strung out all the time on malt liquor and purple drank?

Some of them, but some of them drink bottled “eau” from France, and munch arugula.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:44:58 +0000

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:41:28 +0000

If [Obama] is elected, like with sports championships, people may go out and riot
Can’t you just put tranquillisers in the water supply for the inner cities, or whereever those Obama voters with their notorious lack of impulse control happen to live?