Comments on: Broder’s on a roll, baby

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:09:07 +0000

When citing the Democratic congressional approval numbers, remember that one of the reasons they were so low was NOT that they weren’t supporting Bush but that their base was frustrated that they were not taking action fast enough to get US troops out of Iraq. (People who comment on low Democratic congressional numbers frequently misinterpret those numbers, claiming they are low because Democrats are not supporting Bush’s Iraq policy.) I would suspect as they challenge that more, their numbers would increase.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:58:39 +0000

Love the one on the moon, Roi Ubu.

By: ifthethunderdontgetyaâ„¢Â³Â²Â®Â©

ifthethunderdontgetyaâ„¢Â³Â²Â®Â© — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:21:00 +0000

I thought this was pretty good. Funny how you run into fellow travelers on the inner+00bz!

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:15:13 +0000

Oof! All hail the sammich master.

[genuflects]

I am truly not worthy.

By: kingubu

kingubu — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:37:35 +0000

Showing off? Moi? Piffle.

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:25:47 +0000

Kingubu’s a showoff. Plus I don’t see a hall pass. Where’s Principal Blackman when you need him?

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:24:26 +0000

Ceci n’est pas une sammich. Urp.

By: kingubu

kingubu — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:08:17 +0000

One GIANT SAMMICH comin' up!!! What, too arty?

By: ifthethunderdontgetyaÂ®Â©Â³Â²

ifthethunderdontgetyaÂ®Â©Â³Â² — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:16:22 +0000

Make that a giant submarine sammich!

By: billy pilgrim

billy pilgrim — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:09:48 +0000

No, Snag, hold a sammich

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:58:24 +0000

Snag, maybe you should try to hold a giant sandwich when you make your jokes next time.

By: Retarded Donut

Retarded Donut — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:50:55 +0000

the most eloquent defender of Bushâ€™s current strategy in Iraq

My irony detector just exploded.

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:36:46 +0000

The anti-Bush would be a mixed race lesbian daughter of illegal immigrants raised on welfare who rose to the top on sheer talent and willpower. And sheâ€™s a nun, tho atheist.

William Tenn’s story “Null-P” comes to mind. As I recall it (can’t find a copy on-line), the only way the opposition party can counter the popular incumbent (â€œBack to Normal with the Normal Man!â€?) is to run a hunchbacked dwarf as their candidate, with the slogan “An abnormal man for an abnormal world!”

By: His Grace

His Grace — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:30:25 +0000

But I give Jose a B- in Wingnuttery. He takes one WSJ poll which has Bush at 28% popularity (and 48% disapproval) and uses it to argue that Bush is popular or something. This one poll of course discounts pretty much every other poll on the planet which has Congress being favoured over Bush. Such disconnect earns him a passing grade. What’s missing though is some sort of bizarre tie in to something completely unrelated to the topic at hand. For instance, “Harry Reid is less popular than Bush, but the other polls were biased because they counted illegal immigrants.” Bonus marks would be awarded if some six degrees of separation argument could be made to tie in Hugo Chavez, the Chinese, and Al Qaeda.

By: kingubu

kingubu — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:51:01 +0000

Crap, i was still wearing my ovine sock.

By: billy pilgrim

billy pilgrim — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:50:25 +0000

At least give him an F in statistics….

By: billy pilgrim

billy pilgrim — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:49:54 +0000

Umm, Jose, the most recent ABCNews poll puts Reid’s approval ratings at 46%.

By: Lamb Chop

Lamb Chop — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:49:24 +0000

Oooooo, mikey’s gonna get it now. Totally moded.

By: mikey

mikey — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:45:27 +0000

Smiling Mortician – Sadly, No’s hall monitor.

I think you should write Jose up, Mort. He oughta get detention…

mikey

By: Smiling Mortician

Smiling Mortician — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:32:18 +0000

Northern Observer: Snag already explained that the earlier comment was teh irony. Don’t make him/her explain again or I’ll stop this car.

Jose: Hush.

Some Guy: Mr. Peabody and Sherman absolutely rock. I smiled at the reference before registering that you compared them to Bush. And then I was sad. *sigh*