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Hindy, Toss’d Like A Music Point With Harmony
John Hinderacker, Butt Propulsion Laboratories:
Voters Unimpressed By Dems’ “Torture” Theme
- Notably accurate are Rasmussen surveys, for they correct for the liberal bias among polling respondents.
‘Shorter’ concept created by Daniel Davies and perfected by Elton Beard. We are aware of all Internet traditions.™
Notes:
1- After witnessing Hinderaker and others wave away the great consensus of polls before the election, choosing Rasmussen for results they liked better and riding that outlying firm straight down to bitter, eleventh-hour mortification — with us being all we told you so, and laughing in their faces, and so forth — we had hoped that they would learn.
And then we hoped that this would embarrass them more.
But the problem of embarrassment has been a statistical one. ‘More’ of the quantity -∞, or negative infinity, is not necessarily > 0.
2- Title cf. George Chapman, The Gentleman Usher (1605), a ‘gentleman usher’ being a servant such as cough-cough ahem.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:51
oh. my.
I had to fight not to laugh. The elephant is just too damn perfect.
N__B said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:51
Is he having a strike or are his eyes naturally different sizes?
N__B said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:52
Stroke, damnit, stroke.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:53
Gee whizzers, Hindy, don’t you know real leaders aren’t poll-driven?
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:53
Is he having a strike or are his eyes naturally different sizes?
They’re aiming in different directions, too. Too bad we didn’t get a shot of when his tongue flicked out and caught a fly on the wing.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:53
If you read the Rasmussen questions carefully, you’ll see they asked the wrong questions.
Instead of asking “should the Bush administration be investigated for torture”, they asked “should the Obama administration be investigating who authorized the torture”, which allows for people like us who already KNOW who authorized the torture to say “no”.
N__B said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:55
Stroke, damnit, stroke.
Let me be the first to say: unveiled, exposed, active, self-actuated PENIS reference.
LittlePig said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:57
you’ll see they asked the wrong questions.
Well, “wrong” if the idea is not to produce a predetermined result.
Sometimes false confession is the goal (see Cheney, Richard Bruce)
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 20:59
Well, “wrong” if the idea is not to produce a predetermined result.
Point taken. I was playing fair.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:05
Stroke, damnit, stroke.
You sound like my ex.
N__B said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:06
You sound like my ex.
She was a baritone, too?
D.N. Nation said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:07
Substitute the IBD poll in for Rasmussen. I swear, every day you’d have Gateway Pundit or the Korner updating the oh-so-totes-awesome IBD poll, then get linked by Ye Olde Perfessor, then get linked by Bob Owens, then become the top story at Drudge and Pajamas, then get referenced by Troofus here and other trolls across the librul blogoswebs. The IBD poll never actually showed McCain winning, but it did show a result within the margin of error doubled, and that was good enough what with media bias and the Bradley Effect and Joe The Plumber Is WORKING! and all.
The IBD poll, of course, was completely bogus, over-relying on the Southern Evangelical vote to a baffling degree. Nate Silver slapped it down early, but none of the leaders in wingnut opinion-giving bothered to do the damn research. And so they went into that Tuesday, thinking that the IBD was correct and they had it all won. And then what happened happened, and Obama became the illegitimate usurper and all, as how could anyone have voted for him, IBD poll said this that and the other.
And no, they haven’t learned. Quick trip to RCP shows Obama’s popularity remains high, but nah, Rasmussen says THIS, libruls! Bookmark it, plz.
Righteous Bubba said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:08
I must say being a guard at the reeducation camps is not going to be fun without torture.
PeeJ said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:08
The new GØP logo is perfect. Perfect.
Is there a term for a groom of the stool who does it by tongue? I seem to recall there being a neologism …..oh yes, shitbox tonguejacker. Don’t know why I would think of that in this context…*
*mildly ominous ellipse
D.N. Nation said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:11
Oh, and as for this, wingnut comebacks du jour were as follows:
1) Ignore the survey completely.
2) Freak da fuk out, chalking up America’s imminent downfall as evidenced by the poll to the great gaze of the Obamatron.
3) Heh indeed the fact that Obama had less numbers in the ‘08 election than capitalism had in the poll, plus capitalism doesn’t have, um, media bias for it. Yes, GlennBot did attempt this.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:11
I must say being a guard at the reeducation camps is not going to be fun without torture.
Overlord Hussein X has promised plenty of latitude for “enhanced guarding.”
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:14
You sound like my ex.
She was a baritone, too?
She said it was because of her dropsy. I’m not sure. I always suspected, since we met by the docks, that she wasn’t completely honest with me. The stubble was a clue.
Dr. BDH said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:16
4* Does the release of CIA memos on interrogation techniques help the image of the United States abroad or does it endanger the national security of the United States?
What kind of question is this? Is it supposed to be either/or? If so, it’s analogous to, “Would you like roast beef for supper or apple pie for dessert”? It could be yes to one or the other, or yes or no to both. If this is the quality of Rasmussen polls, Hinderaker could get as accurate results by interpreting the direction his shit swirls when he flushes.
PeeJ said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:17
OT but too hilarious to miss. Via TPM, another R congresscritter picks a fight they’re bound to lose. I’m so happy they haven’t learned to veer off, abort the attack when the witness starts laughing at your question.
PeeJ said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:18
What makes you think he flushes?
N__B said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:20
What makes you think he flushes?
I’m wondering how he keeps the chunks from interfering with the rocket’s methane flow.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:22
I’m wondering how he keeps the chunks from interfering with the rocket’s methane flow.
Pulse cannon propulsion system.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:25
OT but too hilarious to miss. Via TPM, another R congresscritter picks a fight they’re bound to lose. I’m so happy they haven’t learned to veer off, abort the attack when the witness starts laughing at your question.
Not just the witness but the crowd, when Rep. Whatsit claimed she wasn’t making accusations. Gore schooled her.
PeeJ said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:29
Gore schooled her.
“We all know what you’re doing.” Shame she’s too st00pit™ to know how firmly she got slapped.
Rightwingsnarkle said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:33
Groom o’ the stool, eh? Nice gig.
The Frenchies, as always, had a more melodious name for it, says teh Wiki – Porte-coton, with ‘porte’ looking to me like a variation of the verb ‘carry,’ and ‘coton,’ well, let’s just say that those are often brown, and squishy.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:36
I thought it was the Groom of the Privy Chamber, not Groom of the Stool.
PeeJ said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:37
I just have to say it again, that flaming heffalump may be the funniest thing I’ve seen I’ve seen this year.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:38
Now if we could just somehow combine the flaming heffalump with Teh Sntochos.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:39
uh, “Snotchos”
kenga said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:39
I suspect it’s a rendition of a “steely glint”.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:43
Shame she’s too st00pit™ to know how firmly she got slapped.
Right after the TPM video cuts off she said “well, you’re fat” and declared victory.
J— said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:47
Marsha Blackburn, celebrating Earth Day 2009.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:51
government intervention is often counterproductive; picking winners and losers rather than allowing the market to reward the most efficient approaches
Sigh.
She just don’t get it, do she?
Axel Oxenstierna said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:52
How does it feel, dear Sadlynauts, to have your prezzydent’s admin taken to task for every little slip-up, no matter how trivial (e.g. Napolitano’s Canada remark)?
Just as you did to Bush, so we do to Obambi. Expect this for the next four years (like Carter, Obambi will be a one-termer).
Payback’s rough, eh kiddies?
Mark Hemingway said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:53
government intervention is often counterproductive; picking winners and losers…
Credit where it’s due…it’s not spelled as “loosers”.
Oh, this was in a speech you say…never mind then.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:54
Axel, we kicked your ass out of Sweden for being an old dolt. It’s nice to see you haven’t changed.
Mark Hemingway said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:54
Payback’s rough, eh kiddies?
Just please, please, don’t throw us in dat briar patch…
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:55
How does it feel, dear Sadlynauts, to have your prezzydent’s admin taken to task for every little slip-up, no matter how trivial (e.g. Napolitano’s Canada remark)?
I’ll admit, my sides are really starting to hurt.
Jennifer said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:56
Damn that Mark Hemingway-as-Jabba-the-Hut persona for stalking me into this new thread! Damn it to HELL!
Meanderthal said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:56
I’ll admit, my sides are really starting to hurt.
It really is like being tortured with the comfy chair, isn’t it?
Stuart said,
April 24, 2009 at 21:57
That Gore video was a thing of beauty. What a righteous smackdown.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:04
Just as you did to Bush, so we do to Obambi.
Hey, cool, so we get to imply for the next four years that you’re anti-American terrorists and subversives, all the while defending any goddamn thing Obama does as Churchillian/Lincolnian/Roosevelitan, no matter how stupid, feckless, destructive or counterproductive.AND we get to pepper-spray you guys any time more than ten of you get in one location! Wheeee!
I’m going to LIKE the next eight years.
J— said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:05
No, no. Blackburn gets under Gore’s skin. I know this because it was tweeted, and tweets are more reliable than Wikipedia.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:14
BTW, may I say “Obambi” is just SO inspired. I’m sure it took you a whole evening and an entire box of Sugar-Flavored Xox to come up with that one.
MzNicky said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:16
Gore schooled her.
Marsha “MarshmallowHead” Blackburn (R-Retardoland) is just one of the many, many, many, many pols that are so unbelievably stupid that even we here in the glorious border state can’t stand them so we send them to DC.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:20
BTW, may I say “Obambi” is just SO inspired. I’m sure it took you a whole evening and an entire box of Sugar-Flavored Xox to come up with that one.
Can’t remember if it was here or elsewhere, but the other day I saw a troll say something about “Ahmadinnerjacket (or however you spell his name)” as if he right at that moment, when faced for the very first time with the difficult spelling challenge of Ahmadinejad’s name, came up with that particular funny. I actually kinda felt sorry for the guy after that.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:21
“Ahmadinnerjacket”
I think Imus used that a few years back.
The Cat said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:25
I love it when wingnuggets attack Al Gore. I remember that the group who “exposed” his high energy bills, when told that Gore actually buys green power from the TVA, responded along the lines of “durrr, snort, but he has the same uhlecktrisitty lines as everyone else.”
That Girl said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:27
“Ahmadinnerjacket” has been part of Stephanie Miller’s lexicon for years. I always thought she came up with it herself (she also claims credit for “Caribou Barbie”). I thought the use of it by the troll was maybe a “tell” that he or she was not really a troll.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:28
That Girl, it wouldn’t be the first time Imus ripped someone else off.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:28
I’m sure Axel heard it on the Pigman’s show and decided it was just too amusing. I know a lot of the dribble that passes for Repug “wit” comes from there.
You know, though, they’re all straining like a basset hounds trying to pull a cart full of fat doughy Republican to not use THE WORD to refer to Obama. I sincerely doubt they’ll be able to make it through the next eight years without it popping out at an inconvenient moment.
cowalker said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:29
I know what would really hurt me. If Obama invaded another country pre-emptively under false pretenses, resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, wasting billions of dollars, losing the U.S. the good will of allies all over the planet and miring U.S. troops into a situation with no good choices for an exit, I’d be suffering.
What I’d do would be: protest that war in the streets and send money to political organizations that opposed that war and donate time and money to Democratic opponents of the war and I’d so vote vote against Obama. What I wouldn’t do is justify Obama’s huge mistake with a series of lame excuses and vote for him to continue making bad judgments in a second term.
I know what doesn’t hurt me. It’s watching the Republicans party do things like drafting resolutions to tell the Democrats what they ought to call their party or watching them tap themselves on the cheek with their fingertips while ranting that they’re being tortured. Well, except for the sore ribs.
Dain Brammaged said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:29
Every time Marsha “the Teabaggin’ Barbie” Blackburn (R-North Missabama) speaks, I am almost convinced that Global Warming is caused by cows.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:30
hum. maybe I should proofread my posts BEFORE hitting the “Submit” key.
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:31
they’re all straining like a basset hounds trying to pull a cart full of fat doughy Republican to not use THE WORD to refer to Obama
You mean how like Dick Armey referred to Barney “Fag” that one time?
Gavin M. said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:34
Oh man, I forgot about that one. Powerline was in on it too? Lemme check.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:36
You mean how like Dick Armey referred to Barney “Fag” that one time?
*sigh* Yeah, but hopefully there’d be more outrage about it in this case.
That Girl said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:37
O/T, but didn’t we have a “bookmark THIS, libtards” moment with regard to Tedisco/Murphy recently?
If so, can I just take a moment to say neener, neener, neener?
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:37
You mean how like Dick Armey referred to Barney “Fag” that one time?
Barney got him back by referring to him as “Dick Armey.”
Joe Max said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:37
Of course they haven’t learned to veer off. In fact, Ms. Southern Fundie Blonde-highlights-and-botox Uberbitch Congresscritter begins twittering how she, like, totally pwned that fat Al Gore in 3… 2… 1…
actor212 said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:38
That Girl,
I got that email from Murphy, but I’ll believe it when I see it on my TeeVee.
That Girl said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:40
actor212,
Gotcha. But, to me, the statement from Tedisco’s camp looks legit.
J— said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:44
Tennessee Congresswoman Exposes Al Gore
Rightwingsnarkle said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:46
being a guard at the reeducation camps is not going to be fun without torture.
No, we will NOT torture. It’s simply wrong. It won’t be done. We won’t do it. We’re better than that.
But we will be serving up many tasty platters of snotchos and burgers with special sauce over at the internee lounge. Oh, yeah.
Big, Loveable Al Gore said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:47
“Tennessee Congresswoman Exposes Al Gore”
Nonsense. I exposed myself to this congresswoman. And she liked it.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:49
special sauce over at the internee lounge
At first I thought you said “internet” lounge and thought that sort of defeated the point. Why round them up in reeducation camps if you’re just going to let them yak their hairballs all over the innertrons?
cowalker said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:51
Thanks for the link J–
It’s really easy to comment there. . . .*
*suggestive ellipses
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:52
Who is John Galt?
He’s the guy over there with the double helping for snotchos.
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:52
“for” = “of”
I got a 700 on my English SATs, really I did.
Rusty Shackleford said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:56
It’s really easy to comment there. . . .*
Damn, that IS easy.
James K. Polk, Esq. said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:57
You know the new SATs go to 11?
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:59
You know the new SATs go to 11?
You mean I’m 63.63 times more literate than kids these days?
Actually sounds about right, quite frankly.
zombie rotten mcdonald said,
April 24, 2009 at 23:19
#
Pere Ubu said,
April 24, 2009 at 22:30 (kill)
hum. maybe I should proofread my posts BEFORE hitting the “Submit” key.
what fun would THAT be?
She said, She said,
April 24, 2009 at 23:38
So is that supposed to be Malkin falling from the sky behind Hindy? I never realised how small she is. That or the CNN studio is simply enormous.
Rightwingsnarkle said,
April 24, 2009 at 23:47
It’s really easy to comment there. . . .*
Ah, ha ha ha ha.
So many fish, and such a tiny barrel.
Smut Clyde said,
April 24, 2009 at 23:54
Is there a term for a groom of the stool who does it by tongue?
“Equerry daiquiri” is all I can think of.
PeeJ said,
April 25, 2009 at 0:08
“Equerry daiquiri” is all I can think of.
Which makes you the equerry daiquiri doc?
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
April 25, 2009 at 2:04
Re: Tedisco and neeners and bookmarking, hereabouts we have the Troofie crowing stuff.
Xecklothxayyquou Gilchrist said,
April 25, 2009 at 2:05
Complete with “Where’s your messiah NOW libs, Hmm? The Porkulus has failed.”
DICKERSON3870 said,
April 25, 2009 at 3:06
Oh, to be a ‘Groom of the Stool’ and member of the ‘Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber’. Those were the days!
Big Bad Bald Bastard said,
April 25, 2009 at 4:34
I’m wondering how he keeps the chunks from interfering with the rocket’s methane flow.
And the rocket’s red glow
The big butt’s methane flow,
Gave proof to the libs,
That Assmissile’s a schmo.
OneMan said,
April 25, 2009 at 8:56
“Stroke, damnit, stroke.
You sound like my ex.”
What, nothing about the upstroke?
Lurking Canadian said,
April 25, 2009 at 17:16
Thank you to whomever posted the Gore/Blackburn interchange, but it has baffled me. What is she trying to get at?
Let us stipulate, for the sake of her argument, that Gore is in it entirely for the money. Let’s say his ONLY motivation is to get legislation passed that will profit him. Let’s say he takes the money he makes from green initiatives and spends it on cocaine, hookers and fried chicken.
How, exactly, does that make him different from 99.999999% of the lobbyists and hacks who testify in Congress on behalf of banks, car companies, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies and airlines? Is there a rule that says Congressional testimony is to be discarded if you can show the witness has a vested interest in the outcome?
Not only is she wrong because she’s wrong, she’s wrong because even if she’s right, she’s still wrong.
Kip W said,
April 26, 2009 at 5:00
I looked at jammie’s trainwreck, and read the comments on the Gore/Blackburn mismatch, and it’s instructive in the usual way. Nobody pwns rightwingers until they themselves produce a notarized statement that says they were pwned, and then they shut their eyes and clutch their familiar old security-blanket words “hypocrite,” “Al’s carbon footprint,” and “he flys in a airplain, haw haw.” It’s enough to help them go back to sleep, and along with the shards of their delusion of superiority over somebody — anybody — that’s all they really want.
Turbine Yukon Palin said,
April 28, 2009 at 1:17
From “Ahem”
That’s not outrage. That’s projectile vomiting. But I realize the distinction is largely opaque to you, Stool-Groomer.
A Stool said,
April 28, 2009 at 1:17
A little off the sides, please.