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A Wingnut’s Guide To Hate-Night TV
When we last saw Douglas MacKinnon, who used to be Bob Dole’s press secretary, he was over at Clown Hall pitching a fit because all the criminals shown on TV are white even though everyone knows that all criminals in real life are black. Well, he’s back at Town Hall again, all riled up at how mean Hollywood liberals are and how much time they spend “hating” things:
Chief among these “haters,” is late night talk show host, David Letterman.
Hey, Doug, back away from the TV and put down the remote before you hurt yourself. Everybody knows that Sean Penn and Barbra Streisand are the biggest haters in Hollywood. When it comes to hating, Letterman is just a pischer.
“Not so,” retorts MacKinnon, because Letterman was once rude to Bob and Liddy Dole:
When I served as former Senator Bob Dole’s press secretary, I got to see some of [Letterman's] strange behavior up close and personal. …
The segment between the Doles and Letterman went very well. Letterman was warm, respectful, engaging, attentive, and funny. It was after the segment, and after the taping of the show, that we got to witness some of the “quirkiness.” …
Soon after the program wrapped, those on the program and staff or representatives, were milling about inside or just outside of the green room. As we did this, a staffer for “Late Show” suddenly walked from the stage to the area of the green room and breathlessly announced that we would all have to get inside the green room and close the door behind us. When I asked why, I was told, “Dave does not like to be seen or touched by the guests or their staff when he exits the stage.” Okay.
Does such curious conduct help to explain Letterman’s non-stop Bush bashing?
Uh, no, Doug, it doesn’t.
Does Letterman somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt in his subconscious of such magnitude for not serving in Vietnam, that he punishes himself in the guise of the same-age President Bush?
Does MacKinnon somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt of such magnitude in his subconscious that he’s a dim-witted political hack that he punishes himself by cribbing an Internet term paper on Freud, garbling quotes from it and slipping them into a Clown Hall column?
Is he yet another, self-hating entertainer bouncing from the couch to the camera?
Please. Make. It. Stop.
Whatever the answer, Bush has clearly become the de-facto therapist for Letterman.
Just like a liberal, always trying to get free health care from the government.
Clif adds:
After bouncing from couch to camera, Letterman punishes himself by showing a video of Bush (then Governor and presidential candidate) wiping his glasses on the back of a producer’s shirt. This incident really troubled Letterman, because he doesn’t like any guest-touching business and became the reason that Letterman tells jokes about the President. Until after this horrifying incident, Letterman had never told any jokes about other U.S. President or presidential candidate.
ben said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:18
I suppose it could also be that most of the country really hates Bush, and Letterman knows this–maybe by reading the polls or something–and targets his jokes accordingly.
Eh, what am i saying. It’s probably that thing about Vietnam. Or sunspots.
Snowwy said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:20
What kind of drugs is this guy on? It’s not OK for liberals to be disgusted by and hateful of conservatives? Betcha my bottom dollar he totally pardons right-wing eliminationist rhetoric.
Hoosier X said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:22
I rather suspect Letterman hates Bush because Letterman loves his country and hates what the Repugs have done to it.
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:23
Shouldn’t he be digging in his diaper for some poo to smear on the walls?
STOP.
MAKE.
IT.
STOP.
Could it be the blatant Bush-Fluffers, in addition to harboring a throughly conscious wish to suck the prezidential ball sack, have become so enamoured of the Decideratist that they must imitate his speaking styl and so can not form a coherent sentence to save their fucking lives?
And yes, I noticed his pathetic attempt to contrast Letterman (no Vietnam service) with Bush (no Vietnam service either).
Cangrejero said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:25
Does Letterman somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt in his subconscious of such magnitude for not serving in Vietnam, that he punishes himself in the guise of the same-age President Bush?
So does that mean that President Bush is punishing all of us because of the unexpressed guilt in his subconscious for not serving in Vietnam?
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:26
Actually, it has never been a secret that Letterman can’t stand Bush. In Wingerworld, Bush haters should be living under bridges in huts made of tofu. That Letterman is stinking rich and hates Bush and has a great big megaphone to ridicule the Pretzledent blows every circuit in their tiny minds.
Worst. President. Ever. said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:27
Is it irresponsible to speculate? It’s irresponsible not to:
Does DOUGLAS MACKINNON somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt in his subconscious of such magnitude for not serving in Vietnam?
Because if he’s a Republican, the odds are about one in a hundred that he actually served in Vietnam.
fardels bear said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:30
That is some grade-A stoopid, right there.
Has this guy never seen the “Larry Sanders Show?” Does he really think talk show hosts are the guys he sees on the TV every night?
Or, alternatively has the any President in the past 50 years of talk shows ever been treated with respect by the host? Did Clinton and Carter get free rides from Johnny? Did Steve Allen treat Ike with hushed respect?
tigrismus said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:35
Letterman is the #1 hater because he doesn’t like to be accosted by folks when he’s done working and he didn’t give O’Reilly a reach-around? AMATEUR! What am I, chopped livah?! Hell, I’ve drawn Hitleresque mustachios on pictures of Bush AND made up rude songs about him. I DEMAND A RECOUNT!
Bookish said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:38
“Dave does not like to be seen or touched by the guests or their staff when he exits the stage.”
I used to work at a place and one of my colleagues was clearly a sociopath. He used to exit the elevator as soon as anyone got on, even if he’d just gotten on himself.
One day another coworker patted him on the back and said, “How’s my good friend, Bob?” at which point Bob began shrieking “DON’T YOU EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN…DON’T TOUCH ME…EVER!”
I don’t really think that Bob hated us for our beliefs or friends or anything else in particular. I think he was just insane.
D.N. Nation said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:40
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
President Bush has a 32-percent approval rating.
Thus, every column- EVERY SINGLE COLUMN- devoted to demonizing, dehumanizing, and strawmanisizing those who don’t support President Bush, EVERY SINGLE COLUMN that paints those who don’t support President Bush as somehow having their values/morals/ethics/priorities/belief system as the antithesis of everything America stands for, EVERY SINGLE COLUMN is baloney. Pure, 100% USDA Grade-A round-top baloney. Every. Single. One.
End of story.
Worst. President. Ever. said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:41
Over the last seven years, a large number of these liberal activists, actors, and entertainers, have professed their outright hatred of George W. Bush.
And that ain’t the worst of it, neither: three out of four Americans agree with those liberal activists, actors, and entertainers!
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:41
WPE, his bio at Sullivan & Worchester makes no mention of serving in ‘Nam and I don’t imagine he’d leave that out.
However, I dug up a nugget from his Parade o’ Fail – 2006 edition. In this article he is absolutely certain about who
won’t run for president in 2008.
Dagoril said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:41
I don’t know about Letterman, but I wouldn’t want any doughy pantloads feeling me up in the hallways either. With their miasmic clouds of cheeto stink mixed with perspiration, who would want to touch them?
fish said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:41
Letterman would be a much better Hollywood liberal if he didn’t, you know, live in Connecticut.
D.N. Nation said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:46
Hehindoozle!
Robert M. said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:47
You ivory-tower academics and your liberal fascist “geography”… Hollywood is a state of mind, not a physical location!
Bubba said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:48
Arky- nice find on the old MacKinnon article (“I made a lot of bets that Hillary wouldn’t run for Senate. While I lost those, I’m much smarter now, so I’m looking to recoup my losses by betting that Hillary won’t run for President!”).
Clif (et al.), don’t you worry about the heavy price reading all these articles has on your soul? I mean, sure, reading these are pretty funny, but after a while listening to a loud noise machine will make you either deaf or numb.
Nimrod Gently said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:48
Why would you be guilty for not serving in Vietnam?
actor212 said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:50
Lemme see if I get this straight:
Dickless here has a run-in with Letterman’s (well-known) paranoia…no later than 1996.
And that explains how he hates a man who won’t be President in another four years?
D-huh?
owlbear1 said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:54
Poor Dougie, it must be scary going through life being able to communicate but unable to form a coherent thought.
actor212 said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:54
Maybe Dave was just, you know, creeped out about that talon that Dole calls a “hand”?
Not to mention his war wound.
Jen said,
January 15, 2008 at 21:57
Arky, that was good. I like how he says the Dems chances at the presidency look good in ‘08, but that’s just simple party in power fatigue. Kind of like how every decade you just have to get a new comforter, you know? No offense to the old one, just a change of pace, a different look, that’s all. A new Congress is kind of like getting a couple of new throw pillows. Sheesh.
t4toby said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:09
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that Letterman was a bit off. that’s why his humor is funny, because its quirky.
How come Leno gets a pass? he makes fun of Bush in almost every monologue.
Oh, right, IOKIYAR.
Harry Cheddar said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:12
Letterman used to be a pretty caustic interviewer back in the early days. Plus he had crazies like Harvey Pecar and Brother Theodore on back then. He probably learned fairly quickly it wasn’t a good idea to interact with the guests after the show.
Candy said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:14
Let’s see . . . Letterman constantly rips on Hillary – making fun of her pant suits is one of his standard jokes. I don’t seem to remember him holding back on the Bill Clinton jokes either. Where was Dougie then? It’s Letterman’s job to skewer politicians in the public eye. What is wrong with this moron that he can’t grasp that?
As for Dave’s preference for not being touched, maybe the man has a phobia. Or not. It’s Dave’s show. If he doesn’t want to be accosted, that’s his affair, and if this offends people, the solution is simple – don’t appear on the show. I doubt Dougie’s had an invitiation lately, anyway.
Clif said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:20
Actually, what I worry about is how frustrated I get from time to time when I’ve been trawling the dark, slimy corners of the wingnutosphere for hours looking for something to ridicule and I can’t find anything. Is it me? Am I going to the dark side? Have the wingnuts gotten smarter. Has the ridicule made them more careful not to say ridiculous things? Then I’ll stumble on a truffle of wingnut stupidity and everything is okay again. . . .
D.N. Nation said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:27
You see, we’re dealing with the Bozellification of the arts, here. As in, the arts must support those in power. The arts must never be confrontational.
Until a Defeatocrat is in office. Then it’s game on, bay-bee!
kindness said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:30
Dave had seen Bob Dole’s Viagra commercials and simply didn’t want to be “touched” by blue pill Bob. Honestly, I wouldn’t want to be “touched” by him either.
g said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:33
Does such curious conduct help to explain Letterman’s non-stop Bush bashing?
Umm…. Speaking of curious condutct, Letterman might have a certain amount of contempt for Bush’s curious conduct because of the time Bush came on his show during the 2000 campaign, and during a break used the jacket of one of Letterman’s staff as his personal towel to clean his glasses.
Not sure I can find a link to this, but I sure do remember it well.
Bush was sitting on the couch, and during the break one of Letterman’s female staffers came up to talk to Letterman at the desk. Bush picked up the tail of this woman’s jacket – while she was wearing it, with her back turned to him – and used to clean his glasses.
It was one of the most amazing examples of pure narcissim I ever saw. Letterman ran the clip of it the following evening.
Smut Clyde said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:35
So he’s only punishing himself? That’s alright then.
bouncing from the couch to the camera
Never having seen the show, I had no idea that it included a trampoline act. Is there no end to Letterman’s talents?
g said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:35
I can’t go to YouTube from where i am, but its on Youtube –
See if this works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVYcWxvqaM
Galactic Dustbin said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:36
Does Letterman somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt in his subconscious of such magnitude for not serving in Vietnam, that he punishes himself in the guise of the same-age President Bush?
That might be a valid argument if W. hadnt been AWOL sampling WASPy secretaries during the war.
Five of Diamonds said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:38
Last time I used George Bush for therapy, I ended up with a third grade grasp of the English language and started throwing punches at people who had done nothing to me.
D.N. Nation said,
January 15, 2008 at 22:50
Wow. That Bush clip is insane.
Wanna know how you can tell when someone’s been coddled their whole life? Wellllllllll…
Silky Johnston said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:05
Letterman can kiss my ass. I am the number one hater. Won that one for calling in a bomb threat at the Special Olympics. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go put water in Jonah Goldberg’s mom’s dish.
Five of Diamonds said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:09
I thought you people were kidding about Bush cleaning his glasses. Holy hubris.
Jake H. said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:15
I guess it’s good that he didn’t have a runny nose.
Doctorb Science said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:18
That’s pretty gauche of Governor Drunky McDeathrow, but he’s worse later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUTwaSPcGno
robert green said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:21
i can tell you from specific experience that a certain type of movie or TV show absolutely will make every mugger or criminal/drug dealer type white. it’s safer.
what kind of show or film? any romantic comedy (please also note that at the end of pretty much every romcom or dramady there is a large group of people clapping. always) or any mid-range 8 PM TV hour or any 1/2 hour comedy.
what is exempt from this is a show like “The Wire” or Law and Order or The Shield, where “realism” is at least a goal. but those shows deal in context, and can therefore be seen as being fair-minded in their portrayal of crime and its perpetrators. generally i find when i or someone in my position is working on one of these shows, it’s just easier to go white when it comes to the criminals. seems safer. liberal guilt and all that.
i hate to support stupid right wing memes. i really do. but i’ve seen what i’ve seen.
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:22
Christ, someone actually had to point out to him that he was using that woman’s jacket as a hanky.
“Well shucks! I had no eye-dea she wuz a real human being!”
I’d hate to be a bathroom attendant when he takes a leak.
David in NYC said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:34
Arky –
Just remember to tell him this: “Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.”
islmfaoscist said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:39
Ahem.
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children,and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26
g said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:39
a certain type of movie or TV show absolutely will make every mugger or criminal/drug dealer type white
I see your point, Robert, but also, aren’t those type of shows, in general, pretty solidly white/upper middle class throughout? Even if there are actually people of color in those shows, they behave and live very much like white upper middle class suburban characters. All white show = all white criminals, unless you’re trying to make a story point about the difference, which is usually not the case in these shows.
You neutralize any social commentary in places where you don’t want it.
alone in the dark said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:47
Letterman is notorious for his obsession with his show. It’s his life (or was until his heart surgery and his son). He doesn’t do pre-interviews for fear it will sap the interview of spontaneity. Anecdotes abound of him going into his office after a taping and just breaking shit because he was so disappointed with a show that everyone else thought was brilliant. The character of Krusty the Klown (and his show-biz obsessions) on The Simpsons is based on Letterman.
So of course, his desire to be untouched is only directed at Bob Dole. MacKinnon, you’re a tool!
jim said,
January 15, 2008 at 23:48
Because if he’s a Republican, the odds are about one in a hundred that he actually served in Vietnam.
Just to clarify – there actually is a fair amoung of blue-collar Republican voters from the Viet Nam era, who tragically drank the Kool-Aid, thought their country could not betray them, and went to Viet Nam.
And there’s a lot of veterans who had hard times readjusting to the US afterwards; and this stress was successfully manipulated by conservatives to first ‘blame liberals’ and then transfer this to Democrats; with the result that a lot of Nam Vets came under the tragic conclusion that only Republicans can be trusted to make military decisions.
However, I definitely agree that this guy, in his role as a complete apologist and propagandist, almost certainly did not serve in Viet Nam.
robert green said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:04
g
yes, the shows that i’m referencing will of course have black middle and upper middle class characters, but that’s not what this is about: it’s borderline pathological how careful people are in hollywood not to offend when it comes to criminal characters. of course, those who remember the great “Hollywood Shuffle” (yes, virginia, robert townsend was once funny) know that this came about as a reaction to ridiculous portrayals of black and hispanics in TV and movies.
it’s complicated.
MzNicky said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:12
Wow. That’s one ugly baby you got up there.
actor212 said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:18
Robert,
Law & Order has what? Six incarnations on the air right now? It plays seven nights a week on cable? It’s one of the highest rated shows on TV?
ER? I think that shows a fair number of minority criminals, and gee, it’s an inner city hospital to boot!
MacKissmyass’s complaint was that ALL criminals on TV are white. How did he miss those shows? Or The Wire? Or The Shield? Hell, The Wire is syndicated on BET now!
Oh. Wait…
EnfantTerrible said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:27
Is he yet another, self-hating entertainer bouncing from the couch to the camera?
No, that would be Tom Cruise on “Oprah”.
robert green said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:33
actor212
i said quite clearly above that on shows that have any sort of “social realism” claim that they will indeed have minority roles in the criminal parts. and i know that this whole discussion is waAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too subtle for a monkon (it’s a monkey! it’s a moron! together at last!) like MacKinnon. just making a general observation, is all.
LFC said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:33
And yes, I noticed his pathetic attempt to contrast Letterman (no Vietnam service) with Bush (no Vietnam service either).
What’s the difference between Iraq and Vietnam? George W. Bush had an exit strategy for Vietnam.
Why would you be guilty for not serving in Vietnam?
Well, if you supported the war (like Bush did) but dodged real service (like Bush did), I could understand why you’d feel like a total putz.
Malignant Bouffant said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:53
I suspect that what McKinnon is really whining about (nagonna click & read) is that many tee vee shows have white upper middle-class businessman villains, & therefore put capitalism in a bad light. A common whine of the right, and certainly justified; most of the big corporate polluters (for example) who murder to cover up their nefarious schemes are black, or at least Hispanic.
Malignant Bouffant said,
January 16, 2008 at 0:56
P. S.: I’ve heard that Letterman donates to Republican candidates & causes. And lives in Montana ’cause he’s a militia sympathizer. (OK, not that last part.)
Dan Someone said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:03
The problem with movies and TV today — and certain elements on the left are significantly responsible for this problem — is that when you need a criminal, you have to be sure that however the part is written or whoever gets cast, someone is going to have a problem with it, because that someone is going to perceive the character and/or the casting as either an endorsement of a stereotype (if the criminal is non-white) or a weak-kneed capitulation to political correctness (if the criminal is white). I defer to Robert Green’s experience and expertise on the question of which choice is likely to lead to less heartburn for the producers.
To solve the problem for writers and producers, I suggest that from now on all criminal acts in film and television be written and cast to be performed by a multicultural ensemble of not less than four persons, one white, one black, one Hispanic and one Asian. Leadership of such a gang would rotate from scene to scene. I realize this doesn’t address the problem of past racism in criminal characterization and casting, but in this instance, I think we can be forgiven for starting over, tabula rasa.
bago said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:04
Has anyone read about the “virtual orgasmic rape simulator” on the “sex-box”?
Warning: This is stupid even by TownHall standards.
OB-GYN Kenobi said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:10
Given that the Veterans’ Administration started forcing the issue of means-testing retired vets and disabled vets before dispensing medical care in 2003 (I know this because I’m a disabled vet who makes too much to receive VA care for my disability), one could apply McKinnon’s logic to ask if President Bush harbors some sort of unexpressed guilt in his subconscious for fucking over the guys who did more in uniform than he ever did.
But clearly Mr. Bush doesn’t; I don’t believe that narcissistic little turd ever had sympathy for anything other than a non-empty liquor bottle or a patrician who actually had a tax liability.
LFC said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:20
bago said… Has anyone read about the “virtual orgasmic rape simulator” on the “sex-box”?
Oh … my … god. This asshat thinks that a video game that shows simulated sex should be a major issue of the Presidential race because an adolescent might see it? We have real torture going on with government approval and he’s afraid of a video game? To quote a Chuck Lorre comedy, “he’s nuttier than rat crap in a pistachio factory.”
Jennifer said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:31
RE: the incident where the Cretin in Chief used the woman’s clothing as a hankie: I said at the time, and still say, if that had been me, I would have turned around, grabbed the arm of his jacket, and blown my nose on it.
As for Letterman’s aversion to being touched: he’s a famous misanthrope, as are many people who are very smart and jaded by their daily interaction with the rest of humanity, which in general is not (smart, that is). That’s why he’s funny. And “smart” is why he “bashes” Bush. Because there’s no way a smart person can look at what he’s done or listen to the man without becoming ill. You’d have to be a retard to miss that and to think he’d want you touching him. Then again, this guy does write for Clownhall.
Bob Scum said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:44
“I suggest that from now on all criminal acts in film and television be written and cast to be performed by a multicultural ensemble of not less than four persons, one white, one black, one Hispanic and one Asian.”
Wasn’t that the standard in the ’80s?
And one of them usually had a mohawk.
the_millionaire_lebowski said,
January 16, 2008 at 1:45
The A Team were criminals?!?! Criminally awsome, maybe.
Smut Clyde said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:17
all criminal acts … to be performed by a multicultural ensemble of not less than four persons
Oh noes! The Teletubbies turn to crime!
Worst. President. Ever. said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:31
” I’m sure people view me as a war monger and I view myself as peacemaker,” the president said.
Yes, our beloved President’s unique peacemaking gifts will undoubtedly earn him a unique place in American history.
Worst. President. Ever. said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:35
Wow, this Huckabee moron makes Bu**sh** look sane:
“”[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it’s a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards,” Huckabee said, referring to the need for a constitutional human life amendment and an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman”"
MzNicky said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:39
I suspect that what McKinnon is really whining about is that many tee vee shows have white upper middle-class businessman villains
And Lard knows white upper-middle-class businessmen have had it up to HERE with being marginalized and demonized in the popular media.
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:45
The A Team were criminals?!?!
Um, I think he’s refering to the Mod Squad…
Dig that Police Brutality, Baby
mikey
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:47
…what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards…
And they go blithely on, shouting hatred of fundamentalist muslims and fear of sharia law.
If they ever have to actually realize that they are exactly the same, a lot of the world’s pain and misery will spontaneously end…
mikey
The Obnox said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:51
Yeah well. Bill O’Reilly screams at his guests. And threatens to send Fox Security after callers who mention Olbermann.
I hear Bob Bennet is rude to blackjack dealers.
And David Vitter only tips his prostitutes 10%.
And it’s all because Bill Clinton got a blowjob.
The Obnox said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:52
Several blowjobs, actually.
Jonah Foehammer !!! said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:53
I want to start by apologizing to all the SadlyNauts.
I just got back from seeing the Doughy Pantload (THE doughy pantload) at Borders. There were about a hundred and fifty very courteous audiencieri, (mostly formerly young Young Republicans) and he started by explaining his thesis. When he started comparing FDR to Mussolini (“…Mussolini looked around for a name for his movement and he saw Socialism…”), I had to go browse the Dean Koontz novels until the creepiness passed. He was wearing some camel blazer and perfectly coiffeed (and dyed) beard and hair. He really thinks this will gain him some academic/intellectual creds. I had three rude questions prepared but I left quickly after the questions started. I guess I’m not rude enough.
Doctorb Science said,
January 16, 2008 at 2:56
Note how Huckabee specifically says “the word of the living God”. He’s not on board with that Scalia/Thomas/Alito originalism. Now we just need to know if he’s into pragmatism or intent, and also if he favors a constitutional amendment requiring the President to tear the head off a bird and then set it on fire at the inauguration.
Just sayin’.
MileHi Hawkeye said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:13
“…but I believe it’s a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards,”
Everybody must get stoned…
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:15
a constitutional amendment requiring the President to tear the head off a bird and then set it on fire
I am SO down with the 28th Amendment, the Bird Rending and Torching Amendment.
So Ratified…
mikey
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:18
I cannot fathom how much intestinal fortitude, unless under threat of death, it takes to wade through this stuff.
As for Huck, can you say, “Vice President?”
That’s all that quote was about.
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:22
11 blow jobs, if you read the Starr Report, 2 amounting to satisfaction. One on the dress, which means she didn’t even swallow, which I personally doubt, meaning ol’ Bill got overcum at the last second.
Most men have been there, in one form or another. The most popular expression in the culture on this is, “I promise not to cum in your mouth.” Well, Bill Clinton actually DID it. Now that’s strength of character.
As I like to call said BJ’s, “the most expensive sex in the history of the world.”
J— said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:22
Rudy “11-S” Giuliani, ahora en español.
The Obnox said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:26
I would have preferred an even dozen. It all seems so…incomplete.
Jennifer said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:32
In Arkansas, Huckabee’s wife Janet is known as “Jethrene”.
Just thought I’d put that out there.
And also, since the topics have been kind of slow in coming around here the last few days, some of you might like to meet the stepfather of soul.
Don’t say I never gave you anything good.
Patkin said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:38
The “sex-box” article in Town Hall isn’t even close to the actual game being discussed, Mass Effect. Which is created by the same guys who did Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire. Which is an original sci-fi piece that’s mostly about crossing the Milky Way, fighting aliens and robots and doing quests.
It’s like someone took a bishoju game from Japan, taped “Mass Effect” to it, and sold it to this clown.
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:49
Is Nora O’Donnell wearing a lot of leather on MSNBC, or have I lost my mind, or perhaps never recovered my fashion sense?
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 3:52
I was working on a script, John, and half listening to Keith, and I glanced up and saw Norah there and immediately decided that the only thing to do at that point was to remove my pants.
I’m better for my decisiveness….
mikey
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:00
Good decision, mikey.
Maybe she’ll take off a piece in each segment. Ratings, you know.
GSV Very Little Gravitas Indeed said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:13
11 blow jobs, if you read the Starr Report, 2 amounting to satisfaction.
Now that’s just sad.
RobW said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:14
Never having seen the show, I had no idea that it included a trampoline act. Is there no end to Letterman’s talents?
Actually, it has included a trampoline. And Velcro. Behold, from way back in 1984:
http://thedailytube.com/video/434/dave-wears-the-velcro-suit
I’ll bet you thought you were making a joke…
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:15
Jeebus Krist, I had it exactly right.
Except I was wrong about how many questions.
Trilateral Chairman said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:15
Unrelated topic: Oh my God, but Huckabee is an entertaining Presidential candidate. He’s driving the Corner-cons absolutely batshit crazy. Here, for example, is Lisa Schiffren in response to Huck’s claim that “we need to …amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards”:
What do you think God’s standard is on anchor babies and birthright citizenship? (Manger!) Does Huckabee’s God believe in borders? What is God’s monetary policy? Is Jesus a capitalist? How much economic disparity will he tolerate? Wouldn’t God want us all to have health care? Nice shoes?
All excellent questions, and it’s quite telling that they’ve finally managed to penetrate the conservative mind. Of course, the conclusion isn’t exactly what one might want:
Mike Huckabee is going to force those of us who have wanted more religion in the town square to reexamine the merits of strict separation of church and state. He is the best advertisement ever for the ACLU. Even if you share his ultimate views on the definition of marriage, or the desirability of abortion on demand.
…because, of course, it’s fine to use religion to justify compelling women to have babies, and it’s fine to use it to oppress teh homos, but when someone starts talking about helping the poor, curing the sick, feeding the hungry–well, *then* it’s time to tell Jesus to fuck off and die (er, die again).
Now, perhaps we should overlook Schiffren’s gibbering; after all, she’s a former speechwriter for Dan Quayle, and that’s more than enough to drive anyone insane. But here’s Andy McCarthy, the former prosecutor, wingnut welfare recipient, and proud supporter of unchecked Presidential power:
Huckabee is made to order for the Left: his rhetoric embodies their heretofore lunatic indictment that we’re no better that what we’re fighting against. Let’s “amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards”? …Where has Huck been for the last seven years? Does he not get that our enemies — the people who want to end our way of life — believe they are simply imposing God’s standards?
Of course, Bush never said anything to create the impression that he believed that he was imposing God’s standards on the world at large. Never ever.
As they sowed, so do they reap. It won’t last, but it’s going to be a fun few months until they figure out how to get rid of him.
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:15
http://jonorato42.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/tim-russerts-first-question/
Lesley said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:19
This Huckabee dude needs to be put out to pasture
Sjofn said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:37
The best part about that Townhall about Mass Effect was getting to accuse my husband of playing an evil sex game. The filth! I won’t have it in my apartment! I have Rock Band to play!
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:43
Hokay.
Sorry, Sjofn. Some shit is just TOO meta…
mikey
lobbey said,
January 16, 2008 at 4:54
Unrelated topic: Oh my God, but Huckabee is an entertaining Presidential candidate. He’s driving the Corner-cons absolutely batshit crazy. Here, for example, is Lisa Schiffren in response to Huck’s claim that “we need to …amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards”:
Poor old man-tits Hewitt is also having a conniption fit about Huckabee and now McCain. I have been listening to his radio clips over that last few days (I know, sad), and he is approaching full meltdown. If Mitt loses in Michigan today, i think he will start crying on air.
Arky - Professional Peace Disturber said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:12
If you aren’t careful you’ll get to hear Spewitt do something else on air.
billy pilgrim said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:20
a constitutional amendment requiring the President to tear the head off a bird and then set it on fire
I am SO down with the 28th Amendment, the Bird Rending and Torching Amendment.
As long as it has a clause allowing Ozzy to become Preznit and Official Bird Head Renderer.
It could even be another level of RockBand.
D. Sidhe said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:30
The problem with movies and TV today — and certain elements on the left are significantly responsible for this problem — is that when you need a criminal, you have to be sure that however the part is written or whoever gets cast, someone is going to have a problem with it, because that someone is going to perceive the character and/or the casting as either an endorsement of a stereotype (if the criminal is non-white) or a weak-kneed capitulation to political correctness (if the criminal is white). I defer to Robert Green’s experience and expertise on the question of which choice is likely to lead to less heartburn for the producers.
I don’t want to be an asshole here, but I suppose someone has to.
If you’re going to be the default setting for Americana–and straight white males definitely are–you’re probably going to end up being the default for *everything*. Considering that normal or appealing characters are viewed as a compliment to special interest groups when they are anything other than straight white men (Look at how the AFA regards non-terminal non-dysfunctional–in other words “normal”–gay characters as part of the “pro-homosexual” agenda), it’s not unreasonable that they are viewed as an insult to those same special interest groups when they are unappealing or abnormal.
If you’re going to be the default setting for casting, you’re the bad guy default as well as the good guy default.
It’s not a good thing, but it’s also not a completely unexpected or irrational result.
Sjofn said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:32
It’s OK, Mikey, it makes me feel young.
g said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:35
I love it that MItt won! HAs anyone checked to see if it’s due to the Kos-ites?
Is Julie-annie going to stick around for Florida?
John O said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:47
Jeez, g, what a neophyte you are!
Rudy the Worse has ‘em right where he wants them! He only lost to Paul by half, and beat Uncommited’s ass by a full percentage point!
Boy, c’mon, start reading the blogs or something.
g said,
January 16, 2008 at 5:52
Aw, gee, John.
I’m spending too much time reading about Britney.
Joe Max said,
January 16, 2008 at 6:17
Has anyone read about the “virtual orgasmic rape simulator” on the “sex-box”?
Warning: This is stupid even by TownHall standards.
Yes, and here’s the gamer’s answer to it:
http://kotaku.com/344462/more-mass-effect-political-dickery
http://kotaku.com/344873/mass-effect-political-dickery-corrected
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 6:19
…what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards…
To teach uppity women a lesson, I demand that Leviticus Chapter 15 be added to the Constitution:
28 ‘But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
The womenfolk won’t act so much goddam smarter than we are when they have to carry those pigeons and turtledoves around with them!
moondancer said,
January 16, 2008 at 6:50
The worst beating falafel boy ever took was at the hand of Lettermen. When he wants, he can slice and dice.
atheist said,
January 16, 2008 at 6:56
Liberal Fasicist:
Trying to put the US Constitution in line with Christian Scripture could cause problems that make the ones brought up by the ‘Unitary Executive’ look tame. You’re absolutely right that trying to make the nation live according to Christian scripture could cause some major fuckin’ issues.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
January 16, 2008 at 8:03
I don’t want to be an asshole here, but I suppose someone has to.
Don’t worry, D. Sidhe.
I’ve made it back home from Tallahassee. I’ll take over the role, as soon as the shock wears off.
eataTREE said,
January 16, 2008 at 8:20
Oh my. The lead developer of Mass Effect is a friend of mine. He’s also just about the most moral person I’ve ever had the fortune to know. And here I am, having lived my life with as much immoral, dissipated excess as I could get away with, but does the lunatic wingnut fringe ever write a column denouncing me? Of course not. It’s just not fair, dammit!
I told him he should cross his fingers that this ‘issue’ actually generates some traction in wingnut-land: for every pearl-clutching column, several hundred thousand more units will sell…
eataTREE said,
January 16, 2008 at 8:27
Oh, and someone should probably inform Mr. McCullough that the developers of Mass Effect are Canadians and, as such, probably aren’t terribly concerned about what any given U.S. Presidential candidate does or doesn’t think about their work…
the_millionaire_lebowski said,
January 16, 2008 at 9:13
Un-Christian video games also disturb me. They disturb me to my very core.
A new game needs to be made. A game centered around Christ, that can teach out young people about the good word of our Lord.
And so, I present to you, who is not Ann Althouse, but is the Sadly, No! denizen: JESUS BALL!
The object of the game is frustrate and exasperate the opposing team so much that they don’t vote, either because they have given up on it or are so bewildered by your JESUS BALL SKILLZ that they forget.
For example, let’s say you get the ball. You have some options of what to do next: yell “TAXES ARE HERESY!” or simply “dribble” the ball by pretending that it is your unborn child that you are going to carry to term, no matter what the opposing team (Hollywood liberal fascists) says. If you decide on the latter, bonus points are awarded if someone tries to steal your ball-child. In doing so, they are trying to abort your child, and you may flagrantly foul them without fear of reprisal.
If the other team (gay communists) has the ball, a good defense is to surround the ball-carrier and shout “WHY ARE THERE STILL MONKIES?! WHY ARE THERE STILL MONKIES?!” Do not give up until you get an answer that Jesus would approve of.
Performance-enhancing drugs are banned, but if you do get caught smoking meth with a gay prostitute it’s no big deal. Just give an interview about the sodomy and/or meth in front of your family, ask the ball-carrier for forgiveness and accuse the other team of homophobia.
RobW said,
January 16, 2008 at 9:23
Is a ball-child anything like a womb-baby?
Gary Ruppert said,
January 16, 2008 at 10:09
The fact is, ohhh yeeahhh. mmmm.. mmmmm, ooooooohh yeah, that’s it.
Bistroist said,
January 16, 2008 at 10:27
Nothing to do with the subject of this post, but people who have hung out around here long enough to remember Marq may want to check some sad news over at Wo’C.
It’s 9.30 AM, and I need a drink.
owlbear1 said,
January 16, 2008 at 10:33
Explain ‘facts’ to a wingnut?
HAHA, how quaint…
lobbey said,
January 16, 2008 at 11:14
I love it that MItt won! Old Hugh is crowing like a drugged up owl (I know, mixed metaphors), but it will only mat Mitt’s eventual collapse and fall all the funnier. His over the top attacks on the other repub candidates are shocking, if I were McCain or Hukkers, I would challenge him to a fight.
Smut Clyde said,
January 16, 2008 at 13:08
a constitutional amendment requiring the President to tear the head off a bird and then set it on fire
Surely you mean an amendment requiring the President to bite off a goat’s scrotum (followed by the ritual consumption of its testicles by the Senate). This would bring the constitution into line with the word of Papa Legba.
This suggestion is dedicated to Marq, though it needs to be ruder.
saul said,
January 16, 2008 at 14:53
Shalom, gentlemen.
Samuel Horwitz said,
January 16, 2008 at 15:23
oy vey.
saul said,
January 16, 2008 at 15:41
The truth is, liberals are soooooo angry, especially David Letterman, they will insult and assult a sitting president to make their point, traiters they are, off with their heads!
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 15:47
It’s not the right-wing nuts that are diminishing this man’s legacy:
It Only Hurts When I Cry
(A Dr BLTribute to MLK)
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
http://www.drblt.net/music/ItOnlyDemo2.mp3
It’s not the right-wing nuts that are playing the race card and/or the gender card in the race towards the White House. You only have to turn to the democratic candidates for those special features. If they continue to pursue those sorts of avenues, the party will implode, and you’ll be left with one of the fine candidates on the right.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 16:17
Is this the same saul that admitted to being fake the other day (after hilariously anouncing “Shalom!” while in the guise of true-blue Christian lunatic Gary Ruppert), or a different one? And does anybody give a tiny rat’s wang?
Smiling Mortician said,
January 16, 2008 at 16:49
I do remember Marq, Bistroist. Sad news indeed. There’s a weird kind of emptiness in losing someone known only via the tubes, like when Steve Gilliard died. It’s like you’re halfway between mourning someone who’s really, physically in your life and the sort of vicarious mourning that happens when someone famous dies. I don’t know. Maybe it’s just a sad moment too early on a winter morning.
Jimmmm said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:03
The only “science” the right seems to believe in is that of remote diagnosis (qv: Frist and Schiavo; Krauthammer and Gore).
Funny thing, that.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:29
Science and the scriptures are not dichotomous realms or sources of truth. One does not cancel out the possibility of the other.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:32
The left dissing the right is like the left hand dissing the right hand, or the left hemisphere of the brain dissing the right hemisphere of the brain. As the Beatles once said in a great song, “Come together, right now, over me.”
The right is not the enemy, extremism is.
El Cid said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:34
The presence of the super-value menu at Burger King does not invalidate the scriptures, nor do the scriptures make the super-value menu at Burger King any less valuable.
pedestrian said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:48
As the Beatles once said in a great song, “Come together, right now, over me.”
That’s my favorite bukkake song!
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:55
Shorter BLT: “*Sniff* Why… why can’t we all just get along?”
“Now here’s a link to my latest high-larious song about what a bitch Hillary is!”
Arky - Chuthuhlusexual said,
January 16, 2008 at 18:00
pedestrian wins the internons.
And a lifetime supply of towels.
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 18:00
That’s my favorite bukkake song!
Your FAVORITE bukkake song? How many bukkake songs do you know?
mikey
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 18:01
The only “science” the right seems to believe in is that of remote diagnosis (qv: Frist and Schiavo; Krauthammer and Gore).
I’ve been having fun posting comments to the Douglas MacKinnon Clownhall article above, where he does some long-distance pychoanalysis of David Letterman:
Does Letterman somehow harbor an unexpressed guilt in his subconscious of such magnitude for not serving in Vietnam, that he punishes himself in the guise of the same-age President Bush? </I
I keep asking him about MacKinnon’s own Vietnam service— was it equally valorous as our president and vice-president’s Vietnam service?
Sadly, according to the other ClownHall commenters, this is totally off-topic, because the real topic is “mocking David Letterman”.
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 18:02
Stupid tags… that’s the first thing we eliminate when Hitlery takes power.
actor212 said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:02
Stupid tags… that’s the first thing we eliminate when Hitlery takes power.
But it says “Remove Under Penalty Of The Law”!!!!!!!!
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:04
Mikey!
Mikey, Mikey bo bikey bukkake fakke fo fikey
Fee fy mo Mikey, Mikey!
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:16
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bukkake
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:27
We don’t smoke marijuana in Bukkake;
We don’t take our trips on LSD
We don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin’ right, and bein’ free.
I’m proud to be an Ukkie from Bukkake…
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:36
Now this could only happen to a guy like me
And only happen in a town like this
And so I say to each of you most gratefully
As I throw each one of you a kiss
This is my kind of thing, bukkake is
My kind of thing, bukkake is
My kind of people too
People who, smile at you
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:37
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 17:55
Shorter BLT: “*Sniff* Why… why can’t we all just get along?”
“Now here’s a link to my latest high-larious song about what a bitch Hillary is!”
Not a “bitch,” kiki, just a cry baby and a MLK basher.
Johnny Cash, if you roll over in your grave over this Dr BLT parody of your first hit, it’s not a bad thing. It will get your circulation going:
Cry, Cry, Cry
http://www.drblt.net/music/CryCryHillDemo2.mp3
For more information:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/johnnycash117.shtml
pedestrian said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:43
*hands newly-won award over to Bubba and slips out quietly*
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:43
Welcome back Dr. Bukkake!
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:47
Y’know, with a new post I might lay of the bukkake.
One bukkake, two bukkake, three bukkake, four
Four bukkake make a bunch and so do many more.
Over hill and highway the bukkake buggies go
Comin’ to bring you the Bukkake Split show
Makin’ up a mess of fun, makin’ up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:48
“Lay off”.
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:49
Had something in my eye there.
tigrismus said,
January 16, 2008 at 19:57
RB, you are so going to Hell.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:18
God will forgive RB, tigrismus. God understands that those who are not blessed with a penchant for reason and logical argument feel they have no choice but to resort to name-calling and mindless mocking.
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:19
I really hate those extremists who are trying to force heterosexuals to marry within their own gender! And I really hate those extremists who are trying to force all women to abort their wanted children! And I hate those extremists who are trying to force the churches to teach evolution!
Are those the extremists you’re talking about?
RobW said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:20
On top of bukkake,
All covered with…
Forget it. I can’t do this.
J— said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:22
Liberal Fascism update, January 16, 2008.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:26
“Forget it. I can’t do this.”
A liberal with a conscience? There is a God! :)
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:27
Bukkakeme, bukkakeme mucho,
Como si fuera esta noche la última vez,
Bukkakeme, bukkakeme mucho,
Que tengo miedo a perderte, perderte despues
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:28
A liberal with a conscience?
Says Dr. Bukkake, who shills for the bombs and torture party.
J— said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:29
Keep ‘em coming, Righteous Bubba, at least until they open a new damn thread.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:34
That was a joke, Bubba, though I see your criticism was directed at Dr Bukkake, and not me.
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:47
Dr Bukkake Loves Torture = Dr. BLT
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:47
See you managed to shoehorn in another link to your crappy “satire”, BLT.
And if you do believe in God, I hope He makes sure you get your just deserts for even mentioning yourself and Johnny Cash in the same sentence.
You really are a tiresome little fucker, even compared to the other trolls here.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:49
And, if any of you are hoping Hillary will bring an end to bombs and torture, you’ll be woefully disappointed. A vote for Hillary is a vote for more of the same.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:52
kiki, don’t you know who you’re talking to? If you haven’t heard…
I’m the…
Fan in Black
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
from the album, Blackout: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
http://www.drblt.net/music/fan.mp3
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:54
A vote for Hillary is a vote for more of the same.
Didn’t you get the memo about the New Liberal Fascism?
As soon as Hitlery is elected, Tomorrow Belongs To Us.
So you’d better sing all your crappy songs in a hurry, muthafucka, cause you’ll be headin’ off with Jonah Goldberg to Fat Camp on Jan. 21, 2009.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:55
I suspect BLT’s definition of “troll”, which he genuinely believes, is similar to DoughLoad’s defintion of “fascist”, i.e. anyone who says things he doesn’t like and isn’t polite enough about it for his delicate sensitivities.
So we have the tubby little fascist who’s going to save us all from fascism, and the smug, cretinous troll who’s going to slay all the trolls. Whatta woild.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:59
Let’s all try to get a little more friendly. This thread is supposed to be about right-wing hate, but I’m not feeling any love at all from any of you.
So I propose a truce. I’ll take back my quip about liberals with consciences being a rare phenomena if the rest of you take back all of your insults and agree to stop hating on me.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:00
…a rare “phenomenon” rather.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:02
STOP THE HATE! UNITE WITH THE RIGHT!
Righteous Bubba said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:02
Let’s all try to get a little more friendly. This thread is supposed to be about right-wing hate, but I’m not feeling any love at all from any of you.
If gangs of metal defectives and reprobates squirting their goo all over Dr. Bukkake’s face isn’t love I don’t know what is.
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:03
Dr. BLT:
The smiling face and happy voice behind the war, death, torture and greed.
You really are the worst of the worst, Dr. Bukkake, for your dishonesty runs so deep it’s almost meta…
mikey
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:04
So, that explains it. All of the love is going over to this Dr Bukkake character, therefore, there is no love left for me.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:04
Well, if you’d stop whoring your infantile crap on every fucking post, I could at least tone it down to viewing you with the same amount of ridicule and derision as saul or Gary. That’s the best you’re going to get, seeing as I have never claimed to “love” conservatives.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:07
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:03
“Dr. BLT:
“The smiling face and happy voice behind the war, death, torture and greed.”
Every party has its weaknesses and shortcomings. If you think the Democrats are the opposite of all things war, death and torture, I’d suggest taking a second look at American history.
“You really are the worst of the worst, Dr. Bukkake, for your dishonesty runs so deep it’s almost meta…”
Well, you’ve criticized both of us. I may be in recovery, but I haven’t got a co-dependent bone in my body. I’ll have to let Dr. Bukkake defend himself.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:09
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:03
Dr. BLT:
The smiling face and happy voice behind the war, death, torture and greed.
He’s the Liberal Fascism smiley-face-with-Hitler-mustache!
Except with a, y’know, suspicious white blob, Watchmen-style, over the eye.
thelogos said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:10
rofl.
Kevin at Clownhall has managed to get pwned by gamers.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:13
Kevin at Clownhall has managed to get pwned by gamers.
That was pretty funny. I like Penny Arcade.
Oh, and FH2 I5 T3H PWNZ!!!!
*blush* Sorry.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:15
Remember, kiki, insults are for the quickest and cheapest weapons available for those bereft of reason and intelligence.
And, BTW, Hillary is more of a hawk than Huckabee. So you can’t throw all Republicans into the same box.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:15
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 20:47
Dr Bukkake Loves Torture = Dr. BLT
Dr Bukkake Lacks Talent.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:17
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:15
Remember, kiki, insults are the quickest and cheapest weapons available when conversing with those bereft of reason and intelligence.
Fixed, and I agree entirely.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:18
Fuzzy math, kiki. Now you can add that to your resume, while you subtract skillful debating skills.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:19
Now, how about that truce? Are you going to let a Republican out-love a bunch of liberals?
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:22
Are you going to let a Republican out-love a bunch of liberals?
But Republican’s ain’t “out” with their love, widestance boy.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:24
It’s not the Republicans, but the ACLU that are coming to Craig’s defense, Liberal Fascist.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:25
Gosh, I really thought my skillful debating skills were much more skillfully skillful than that.
Dude, you don’t get it. I have no interest whatsoever in ny kind of debate with you, because your every post shows you to be a fairly loathsome person, and I don’t waste my time having good-faith discussions with loathsome people. You’re a troll, and trolls are for prodding for a moment’s entertainment, then ignoring at will.
I just wish you’d stop the whoring, because it’s kind of painful to watch. You’re like a guy at a party who’s putting his own god-awful self-made CD on the stereo for the seventeenth time, after he’s been repeatedly told to fuck off by every single person in the room.
jim said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:27
This thread is supposed to be about right-wing hate, but I’m not feeling any love at all from any of you.
Actually I thought this thread was about mocking Douglas MacKinnon’s ridiculous statements, because they’re so bereft of all facts, reason and sanity that they reveal deep, fascinating pockets in his psyche which are filled with poo.
This fitting into the larger context of a website that’s about relentlessly mocking right-wing pundits and/or their statements, which exhibit same.
So, feel free to join in there.
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:30
Hey, Dr. Bukkake! Speaking of ignorant asshats, your GOP-peeps are making big news in the world of science.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/16nsf.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Many Americans remain ignorant about much of science, the board said. Many are unable to answer correctly when asked whether Earth moves around the Sun (it does).
They are not noticeably more ignorant than people in other developed countries except on two subjects, evolution and the Big Bang. Although these ideas are organizing principles underlying modern biology and physics, many Americans do not accept them.
“These differences probably indicate that many Americans hold religious beliefs that cause them to be skeptical of established scientific ideas,” the report said, “even when they have some basic familiarity with those ideas.”
ITMFA said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:35
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30775
Bush Admin. admits to destroying e-mails from start of Iraq War, Leak of Valerie Wilson’s name and DOJ investigation of leak
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:37
Though I don’t take delight in seeing anybody mercilessly attacked in blog communities like this one, there is a very admittedly selfish part of me that says, “Great, keep attacking Dr Bukkake. The more time spent attacking him, the less time there will be left to attack me.”
And kiki, concerning the music, the cognoscente understand that my music is an acquired taste. Usually people don’t start to like it until they hear the CD at least 18 times. If you hear it 18 times, and still haven’t acquired a taste for it, I’d suggest having another beer.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:39
Liberal Fascist,
It’s interesting that the article separated the “earth revolving around the sun” issue from the more ideologically driven ones. Haven’t they heard about the evil conspiracy started by that godless liberal fascist Copernicus?
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:41
I miss Bruce.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:41
Thanks for ending your attack on my music, kiki. You must have listened to those CDs for the 18th time. I’m telling you, the 18th time is the charm! Welcome to my fan club!
actor212 said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:43
So, that explains it. All of the love is going over to this Dr Bukkake character, therefore, there is no love left for me.
Maybe if you tipped before you left…
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:44
I tip with tunes, actor 212.
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:44
the cognoscente understand that my music is an acquired taste.
So is coprophilia.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=544583
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:46
Are you speaking from experience?
Liberal Fascist said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:48
Listen, why don’t you just ran along to the airport restroom and wave at the guy in the next stall and show him your shoe?
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:50
If the shoe fit, I’d wear it, Liberal Fascist, but it looks to be more your size.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:51
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:44
I tip with tunes, actor 212.
…and that’s the story of how BLT was barred from every restaurant, bar and taxi in the state.
g said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:52
PUh-LEEZE can we get another thread?
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:53
So, it’s a wonder that my music found it’s way into your heart, kiki. Though doth protest too much.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:54
g’s having a hard time witnessing liberals psychologically water-boarding me. A liberal with compassion. Yes, there is a God!
Gary Ruppert said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:04
The fact is, ohhh yeeahhh. mmmm.. mmmmm, ooooooohh yeah, that’s it.
Snowwy said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:04
I’m torn.
I’d like to say we don’t need a new thread so as to sate my deep-seated liberal fascist need for cruelty – but this idiot doesn’t appear to be suffering.
I’d like to say we need a new thread because I hate watching the delusional indulge their illness – but then I run right into that cruelty thing again.
Somebody help me!
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:07
Snowwy, you’re much too kind. you make bleeding hearts look like blood clots.
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:10
“Psychologically waterboarding”?
Hey, waterboarding’s not torture, so no problem, right?
Let’s call it a “psychological fratboy prank”.
Brandi said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:10
I tip with tunes, actor 212.
I wonder how much spit and snot you’ve ingested at your favorite restaurants…
5thKolumnisto said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:12
bago said: “Has anyone read about the ‘virtual orgasmic rape simulator’ on the ’sex-box’?”
“Warning: This is stupid even by TownHall standards.”
I had assumed the caveat was just boilerplate. “Stupid even by TownHall standards” struck me as a ‘how much stupid can dance on the head of a pin’ kind of thing. No moar. That was stupid even by persistent-vegetative-state standards.
I’m not a gamer, but reading all those gamers handing McCullough his ass was worth wasting all morning. (OK, I admit to a weakness for the give-and-take lunacy of Jack Thompson vs. Gamerz threads, but Thompson was clever at least.) Is there any hope that Bioware will haul TownHall into court for libel? I’ll testify that I am not going to buy the game after reading McCullough’s ‘review’. That’s a USD60 loss for Bioware. I’d sue TownHall over a $60 loss (magnified by how many TH drones?)
Fuck censorship, generally, but who can argue with using existing laws to censor those that advocate censorship via new laws/novel interpretation of existing laws?
mikey said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:13
Actually, it seems to thrive on the attention. Must be one sad little fuck in real life…
mikey
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:15
Yes. Of course. Voluntarily going to a Web site and being an ass and then enduring well deserved ridicule is – psychologically – the exact same thing as being pointed out to US agents by a family enemy, kidnapped, blindfolded, imprisoned, beaten and subjected to simulated drowning without any recourse to the legal apparatus that we are allegedly fighting for in the Middle East.
Just like universal health care, proper diet, environmental protection and civil rights (and unwanted hugs!) are exactly the same thing as big piles of bodies in the aftermath of World War II.
I can always identify the conservatives by their unassailable logic.
I miss Bruce.
Moonbat Rising said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:16
This is OT – but some Repuke just got busted for being involved with Terrorist Or. (AQ) fund raising. All over the wires
S
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:18
kiki said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:10
“Psychologically waterboarding”?
Hey, waterboarding’s not torture, so no problem, right?
Let’s call it a “psychological fratboy prank”.
I prefer skateboarding. But if my music is being used as the soundtrack for your “psychological fratboy prank,” I suppose I really have no business complaining.
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:20
Moonbat Rising, that’s not news. Republican foreign policy has been helping Al-Qaida fundraising since Sept. 11, 2001.
OH! You mean that the traditional media is reporting it!
That is news!
El Cid said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:21
The involvement of a former Republican Congressman in lying about money laundering relating to funding an Al-Qa’ida- and Taliban-linked charity only goes to show that only Rudy Giuliani can save us from Nancy Pelosi’s desire to surrender to Syria.
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:26
You’re a pathetic parody troll, El.
You spelled all the words correctly.
You didn’t call her “Witchy” Pelosi.
No reference to Hitlery.
And you correctly identified Syria as the nation Pelosi visited whereas most of the conservatives I know who commented on that episode thought it was either Iran or Iraq or Jordan.
And your ersatz reasoning, while flawed, is much superior to that of the average conservative.
Dr. BLT, can you help us out with another example?
tigrismus said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:31
I wonder how Siljander’s indictment will impact his book due to be released in June: A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman’s Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide. Knowing beforehand how he bridged that gap kind of ruins the suspense, you know?
El Cid said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:39
Hoosier X: If you don’t watch it, I will begin sharing with you my voluminous, brilliant, yet apparently unknown musical satire. I’m just saying.
Hoosier X said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:42
Gasp!
Sorry, El, I didn’t realize I had gone that far over the line in fascistically repressing or psychologically waterboarding you.
Please spare us.
Are we still friends?
(Unwanted hugs all wround.)
the_millionaire_lebowski said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:43
Did anyone else see this?
Swift Boat Verteran founder; “I’d be appalled if anybody questioned [McCain's] war service.”
Very few people know what the sound of karma beating one’s ass sounds like. This guy is one of them.
Smut Clyde said,
January 16, 2008 at 22:54
What is the sound of one ass-cheek being beaten by karma?
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 23:24
“Dr. BLT, can you help us out with another example?”
Sorry, but Dr BLT has left the building. All it takes to get rid of a troll (or a recovering troll, in this case) is to get back on track with the topic at hand. We hate when that happens.
J— said,
January 16, 2008 at 23:58
Did anyone else see this?
Yeah, I saw that. The Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain web site has this at the bottom:
The group is “organized and managed” by Jerry W. Kiley, who, according to a quick Great Gazoogle consultation, also ran now defunct Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry.
actor212 said,
January 17, 2008 at 0:19
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 16, 2008 at 21:44
I tip with tunes, actor 212.
See, there’s your problem!
If you use tunes, people naturally assume you’re busking and begging for money.
And from what I see, you’re a mother busker.
Hoosier X said,
January 17, 2008 at 0:33
Excellent use of the red-herring tactic, Dr. BLT. You get extra points for disguising it as a Sour Grapes ploy
Thanks for obliging my request for an example!
El Cid, take note.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 17, 2008 at 0:36
No more crying, people. Leave that job to Hillary. I’ve officially left this thread and I’m not coming back, not even with the tempting bait you’ve now provided.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 17, 2008 at 2:20
Hey, what happened? Just because I leave doesn’t mean the party has to end!
Batocchio said,
January 17, 2008 at 20:49
I have to wonder how much of this is hackdom and how much is ignorance of show biz, since conservatives demonstrate both. I guess Daniel Day-Lewis staying in character on set is due to his Bush hatred, too. That’s not to mention that MacKinnon quotes Letterman out of context to make him look bad.
kiki said,
January 17, 2008 at 22:35
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 17, 2008 at 2:20
Hey, what happened? Just because I leave doesn’t mean the party has to end!
Nah, that’s what happens when you arrive.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 17, 2008 at 23:43
Well, kiki, now that you’ve become a fan of my music (the evidence is that you’ve stopped hating on it), I won’t object to this most recent comment of yours.
Dr BLT, Recovering Troll said,
January 17, 2008 at 23:44
I told you the 18th time was the charm!