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Through the Looking Glass
A case of mass Obamanoia is raging through Wingnutistan and seems to have pushed some of our favorite wingnuts through the looking glass to that place where up is down, war is peace, and stupidity is genius. You know, that place where Jonah Goldberg is a model for Calvin Klein briefs, where Pastor Swank is a chaired faculty member of Yale, and where K-Lo’s latest book The Joy of No Sex is a runaway bestseller. Here are three recent examples, each presented without further comment.
And I’ll tell you something funny: I think there has been more partisan politics in New York concert halls lately than I notice in the offices of National Review!
Pastor David “Who Would Jesus Torture” Stokes:
In fact, it is commonplace for American personnel to be the recipients of abuse meted out by the Guantánamo detainees.
The idea that our nation’s Democratic leaders are anti-black, anti-minority, and anti-homosexual is an inconvenient truth. It is uncomfortable to read because it is uncomfortable to write. But, as an old adage goes, the truth will make you free. Only when Democrats confront their own bigoted demons can true progress begin, can we finally heal as a nation.
Till Eulenspiegel said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:03
Are we really, really sure that RenewAmerica isn’t a parody site?
Uh…
Where do you even begin?
henry lewis said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:04
Oooh. Dishing up The Corner, Town Hall and RenewAmerica all in one post.
It like a 3:30AM salad bar at the bus depot cafeteria with no sneeze guard.
His Grace said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:14
Wouldn’t intelligent design imply that
Godthe abstract, unnamed and totally non-religious designer created homosexuals?Mike said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:15
Oh, good grief. It’s like that scene from Hannibal where he forces Krendler to eat his own brain. This scene is being played out daily in the salons of wingnuts across America.
Metaphorically, anyway. I’d be horrified to think they were really eating each other’s brains, if not actually surprised.
El Cid said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:17
Have your laugh now, libruls, but when one of those Gitmo detainees is let loose and single-handedly destroys all of the West Coast, who will be laughing then?
Anonymous said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:18
Tabor:
Sadly No, it seems them white wimmen are undergoing a greater ‘genocide’ (as Tabor describes the effect of abortion.)
Including Till’s quote above, I’m sure we have prima faciae evidence Tabor’s a feckin idjit.
My irony meter is spittin sparks.
tata said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:21
Jay’s forgotten McCarthy’s little hissyfit that resulted in the Weavers at Carnegie Hall. Rumor has it gingko biloba helps one remember Pete Seeger lengthy career.
Willy said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:26
FYWP for eating my first attempt…
Tabor:
Sadly, no.
Along with Till’s quotes above my irony meter is spittin sparks.
Bonus: When Tabor talks of “confronting bigoted demons”, I’m pretty sure he’s referring to people like himself.
Simba B said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:29
I’d be horrified to think they were really eating each other’s brains, if not actually surprised.
This requires you to have a brain in the first place.
donuts said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:34
Nordlinger repeatedly compares exuberant liberal crowds to North Koreans; “People were almost North Korean in their robust unanimity.” I wonder if he ever accidentally tuned into a broadcast of Promise Keepers meeting or Creflo Dollar while trying to find Fox News on his cable box?
Seems like Wingnutz don’t want to go to an affair where their point of view may not be the unanimous one. I haven’t noticed a lot of dissent at the athletic events I attended in the past few years where the war was loudly and vigorously cheered and celebrated, and the maiming of our soldiers was lauded by thousands of fans. While I didn’t see the gory in a double amputee, I kept my peace, lest I disturb the serenity of those of Nordlinger’s mindset.
Honus said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:36
sorry, that should be “glory in a double amputee”
N__B said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:36
Metaphorically, anyway. I’d be horrified to think they were really eating each other’s brains, if not actually surprised.
Isn’t that how mad cow spreads?
Mike's Dumbmerica said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:49
I wanted to comment on this stuff–especially Tabor–but my brain melted. Where to begin? Next time, I guess.
Open Racism at the Inauguration said, said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:55
I pooped my pants.
Stephen said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:57
God, those fucking Guantanamo detainees. My cousin is a guard there, and he saw one lying bloody on the floor with his head pointed in the general direction of Mecca last week! Naturally he beat him further for this impudence. You can’t trust those Guantanamo detainees.
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 15:59
Nathan Tabor, what’s that log in your eye all about?
Seriously, what is this all about with the “Democrat sekrit racism”.
Like, no human is ever bigoted in any way, shape or form? The difference, Tamboring Man, is that Democrats are aware of their bigotry and try to look past it. Most of the time, we succeed, some of the time we don’t.
Republicans, on the other hand, couldn’t really give a crap about racism or bigotry, which is precisely why they lost the Hispanic vote in 2008.
Michael G said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:06
I’m getting the image from wingnuttia that guantanamo detainees are supervillains. Perhaps Batman could be persuaded to open up Arkam Asylum to house them? Plus, if they escaped, then only fictional Gotham city would be at risk and the dark knight could ka-pow them.
Michael G said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:13
The charge of Democratic racism comes from this liberal idea of measuring the world to see how to compares to our values. For instance, liberals believe in racial inequality. So when they measure and find that skin color is a strong predictor of how much money you make, they believe they’ve found a problem and start to look for solutions. This extends to other ideas — economic mobility, freedom of speech, etc.
The modern conservative moves in the opposite direction. From values come “truths”: a value for racial equality becomes “the races are equal”. Then measurement is not necessary. If statistics show that their truth may be flawed, then damn all of statistic.
Twoofie said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:14
Yesterday when I was walking to work at the Taco Bell some negro said “hello” to me. I dutifully informed the authorities that he was trying to steal my wallet.
GSD said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:15
It is a well known fact that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a shape shifter.
-GSD
Open Racism at the Inauguration said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:28
I eat my own poop!
Jennifer said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:30
I’m getting the image from wingnuttia that guantanamo detainees are supervillains. Perhaps Batman could be persuaded to open up Arkam Asylum to house them?
So, what you’re saying is, they’ve just now figured out that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to use radioactive spiders as an interrogation/torture technique?
Twoofie said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:31
After the inaguration I attempted to convince my “wife” that a 2 inch penis was, in fact, adequate.
gbear said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:37
OT. This essay contest sounds custom made for Sadlynauts.
http://minnesotaindependent.com/24473/what-government-service-would-you-give-up-not-to-eat-with-charles-krauthammer#more-24473
Mikey Kaus said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:41
Bi-goated demons? I’m listening.
Chris said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:45
Off topic, but I heard Jonah fucking Goldberg on the BBC this morning shilling that execrable book. Couldn’t fucking believe it.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:51
Darn those Demoncrats for introducing “free speech zones”!
Oh, wait…
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:52
Unless you’ve already heard the backlash, among lots of people who considered themselves semi-down with the new administration. Ah, don’t sweat it, liberals – after all, triumphialism is part of the game, right?
Bend over, Troofie. There’s a whole line of angry liberals waiting their turn at you.
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:53
Seems like Wingnutz don’t want to go to an affair where their point of view may not be the unanimous one.
I wonder how Nordlinger viewed the loyalty oaths people had to sign to attend Bush/Cheney ’04 events?
tigrismus said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:53
Yeah, Chris, I almost choked on my omelette. She was WAY too easy on him.
And I’ll tell you something funny: I think there has been more partisan politics in New York concert halls lately than I notice in the offices of National Review!
This just in: fish doesn’t notice water is powerful wet stuff! Details at eleven!
JoeBuddha said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:53
Actor212, I believe the difference is starker: Liberals tend to see their racism and work hard to overcome it, while the wingnuts see their racism and embrace it. The sputtering and justification is for other people; they’re just fine with it.
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:55
For instance, liberals believe in racial inequality
Now ain’t that a Freudian slip.
Po’ Troofie. Context is everything, pal. Michael’s point is spot on: we recognize it exists in America.
Sad little man.
Oops, I forgot: your fat as all fucking hell! You make Fat Bastard look like Kate Moss!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:55
Liberals tend to see their racism and work hard to overcome it, while the wingnuts see their racism and embrace it.
Joe, you’re probably right. I was trying to be kindhearted.
You know…liberal! :-D
kiki said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:57
I don’t know what the Truth Fairy’s so upset about. According to the stereotype, teh blacks want to steal white people’s jobs and women, and all indications suggest that he has neither of these things.
actor212 said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:58
Reading Nordlinger’s column, I wonder if he considers that, whenver Toby Keith gives a concert, or Lee Greenwood sings that egregious song, or Charlie Daniels, or anyone sings the National Anthem, they’ve pretty mjuch politicized an event?
The Miro Quartet spoke about their personal feelings. I don’t have a problem with that.
I DO have a problem with some jackass telling me I’d better like his song or I’m an Islamofascist.
Rusty Shackleford said,
January 27, 2009 at 16:59
Sure, Nathan – Democrats are the real racists. Not people like Keith Luke or the Massachusetts church arsonists.
Conservatives should be screaming denouncement of these anti-Obama racists from the rooftops, but they’re strangely silent. Perhaps these cases didn’t make WND or Drudge.
Legalize said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:01
But, kiki, it’s because black people EXIST that Twoofie has neither a job nor relations with women.
JGabriel said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:04
Wow, between Nordlinger, Stokes, and Tabor, that is some grade-A shit right there.
I know, when seeing shit like that, it’s tempting to say “Man, where I can get some”, but please God please God please don’t ever let me take anything that makes me that stupid. That’s like a bare 10 IQ points away from a persistent vegetative state.
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g said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:09
Toofie gets the vapors at the implied racism in a Soul Handshake.
Rusty Shackleford said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:09
Nerdlinger fops around at “a string-quartet concert at Weill Recital Hall” and then has the unmitigated nerts to accuse liberals of being elitist?
cowalker said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:10
Mr. Tabor is missing a lot of the hate exhibited by Democrats. Using this logic, Democrats hate all extinct species. If they hadn’t believed in natural selection all the species that ever existed would still exist. If only we had believed in intelligent design, we would still be able to appreciate the living glory of trilobites, T. Rex, wooly mammoths, eohippus and Neanderthals.
Because our thoughts control geological events on earth and its climate. And THAT is why Wingnutistan is not worried about global warming. If it happens, it will only be because a tipping point of humans BELIEVED it would happen.
I believe that the far right just went so far right that it met the far left in the form of New Age thinking.
Rusty Shackleford said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:20
Oh, there is always room for partisan politics — at any musical event. (But those politics are of the left-wing variety, only — make no mistake about that.)
That’s why I quit going to Toby Keith concerts. Too many damn hippies.
Binkyboy said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:31
Thankfully we have the horseshoe crab and David Brooks to remind us how wonderful trilobites were.
itwasntme said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:32
They’re all going “Blago” now. Hallucinations are next. Bring the popcorn.
Lurker said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:46
Who was it that said, “The only unsuccessful troll is an ignored troll”?
I thought that was pretty good.
Iason Ouabache said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:56
It is uncomfortable to read because it is uncomfortable to write.
What the hell does that even mean? Did someone actually pay him to write this shit? I’ve seen better essays written by 7th graders.
Right-Wing Moral Relativism said,
January 27, 2009 at 17:57
If a black man quotes an old blues song in public it is okay to kill him.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
January 27, 2009 at 18:04
How can there have been racism at Obama’s inauguration? McCain won.
Bookmark that, libs!
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
January 27, 2009 at 18:14
What the hell does that even mean?
Reading and writing are hard for him and cause him brain-hurt.
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2009 at 18:34
That would place homosexuals at the bottom of the chain, since they cannot procreate. Under evolution, they are destined to die out, forced out of existence by the heterosexuals who can procreate.
Hah, sez he! We’re still here, queer, et cetera in perpetuam, He may be thinking of the Shakers. Now the Shakers have learned the “recruit, hog, or die”, lesson the hard way.
pedestrian said,
January 27, 2009 at 18:35
It is uncomfortable to read because it is uncomfortable to write.
He laces all of his writing with anthrax by hand.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
January 27, 2009 at 20:07
Yeah, but I made sure Proposition Eight passed!
Dude, you’re so yesterday.
Andrew said,
January 27, 2009 at 20:18
“But, as an old adage goes, the truth will make you free.”
No, that would be “Arbeit.”
Re: Swank…
(Gitmo interrogator lubes up nightstick) “You know, Ahmed, this hurts me more than it hurts you, you sadistic bastard. Why do you make me do these things? Why won’t you let me stop? WHY?!” (Continues the “session” with tears cascading down his face, after which the detainee is served fillet mignon with red wine sauce.)
EnfantTerrible said,
January 27, 2009 at 21:44
Mr. Tabor is missing a lot of the hate exhibited by Democrats. Using this logic, Democrats hate all extinct species.
It’s true! For example, I hate passenger pigeons with the heat of a thousand suns.
jim said,
January 27, 2009 at 22:15
I’m simply DISGUSTED that the prisoners in Gitmo aren’t ALL nice to the folks who’ve kept them locked up for years without charges, beaten them, threatened their families & made repeated promises to kill them slowly … what a pack of fuckin’ ingrates.
Only when Democrats confront their own bigoted demons can true progress begin, can we finally heal as a nation.
Yeah, break out the bloody Band-Aids & slather on the Ozonol.
Bigotry: for the Democrats it’s a bug – for the GOP, it’s a feature.
This Just In: Herr Trout still in denial (remember, remember, the 4th of November?), still terminally allergic to his own name, still dedicated to being a killfile-dodging attention-whore, still unable to stay on-topic EVAR. No film at eleven.
OriGuy said,
January 27, 2009 at 22:19
I’m getting the image from wingnuttia that guantanamo detainees are supervillains.
Of course they are. Osama bin Laden is actually General Zod in disguise. They must be thrown into the Phantom Zone!
Ted said,
January 27, 2009 at 23:02
I’m not going to read the article, but how does the fact that even guys like Gore and Kerry got 90% of the black vote square with the Democrats being anti-black? Same thing for anti-gay and anti-minority. Are black, gay and minority voters too stupid to figure out that the Democrats hate them? Is that it?
Mr. Roarke's Brand Salad Dressing's Poops said,
January 28, 2009 at 0:39
You are killing me with that picture
John Dickerson said,
January 28, 2009 at 4:13
I would hate to get into a ‘pissing contest’ with that canine!
Nancy Irving said,
January 31, 2009 at 12:32
An “old adage”? Don’t these folks recognize the words of Jesus of Nazareth (John 8:32.)?