Comments on: Horserace addendum http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 03:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Greg http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255074 Greg Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255074 And...Biff wins an internets. Biff, it's in the mail. And…Biff wins an internets.
Biff, it’s in the mail.

]]> By: John http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255069 John Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:52:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255069 Once aboard the lugger the woman is mine......It get's Pythonesque doesn't it.......well Ruffini is somewhat Pythonesque as are many on the far right. Anyone wanting to indulge a Pythonesque portion of Schadenfreude should pay a fleeting visit to some of these far right sites like Free Republic or NRO where the fantasies fly like Swallows in Spring. My favorite so far, it was a tough choice, is the financial crisis is all manufactured, by George Soros I suppose, in order to assist Obama and hinder McCain. The sainted Jonah who is intelligent enough to understand the horror of it, faces years when the demand for far right journalism will be at a discount so he will have to shlep around speaking gigs at second rate universities to audiences many of whom will harbor a vague anti Semitism that has been passed down from their forbears. Some of these other characters face a long career in WalMart which should make them happy since they are always saying what a great employer it is. Once aboard the lugger the woman is mine……It get’s Pythonesque doesn’t it…….well Ruffini is somewhat Pythonesque as are many on the far right. Anyone wanting to indulge a Pythonesque portion of Schadenfreude should pay a fleeting visit to some of these far right sites like Free Republic or NRO where the fantasies fly like Swallows in Spring. My favorite so far, it was a tough choice, is the financial crisis is all manufactured, by George Soros I suppose, in order to assist Obama and hinder McCain. The sainted Jonah who is intelligent enough to understand the horror of it, faces years when the demand for far right journalism will be at a discount so he will have to shlep around speaking gigs at second rate universities to audiences many of whom will harbor a vague anti Semitism that has been passed down from their forbears. Some of these other characters face a long career in WalMart which should make them happy since they are always saying what a great employer it is.

]]> By: Kay http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255059 Kay Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:56:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255059 After raping the Constitution, stealing our wealth and transferring it to the most elite and corrupt, waging an illegal and immoral war based on lies, and borrowing from our enemies to pay for it etc. etc. it is time to throw the bums out! Republicans need to regroup and figure out its core principles. Is the 10 trillion national debt a good idea? How about no-bid contracts to donors and friends (same thing)? Remember the bricks of cash literally thrown around for sport by young Republicans in Iraq early in the game? Firing the generals who said we needed more troops and that it would cost more than advertised? The hiring or incompetent cronies? Katrina where the bulk of the people woh died were elderly,40% of that group white? Firing anyone who dissented against a White House run by the political wing? The outing of a CIA agent? The Rule of Law in general! If you love the Republican party you should vote for Bob Barr,sit it out or something else. Anybody but McCain, and his cynical sidekick Palin. After raping the Constitution, stealing our wealth and transferring it to the most elite and corrupt, waging an illegal and immoral war based on lies, and borrowing from our enemies to pay for it etc. etc. it is time to throw the bums out! Republicans need to regroup and figure out its core principles. Is the 10 trillion national debt a good idea? How about no-bid contracts to donors and friends (same thing)? Remember the bricks of cash literally thrown around for sport by young Republicans in Iraq early in the game? Firing the generals who said we needed more troops and that it would cost more than advertised? The hiring or incompetent cronies? Katrina where the bulk of the people woh died were elderly,40% of that group white? Firing anyone who dissented against a White House run by the political wing? The outing of a CIA agent? The Rule of Law in general! If you love the Republican party you should vote for Bob Barr,sit it out or something else. Anybody but McCain, and his cynical sidekick Palin.

]]> By: Robert http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255051 Robert Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:30:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255051 As we get closer to the election and it looks like Obama is going to win, I find it interesting how many Republicans I see talking about how important a divided government is. They say that since the Dems have the House and Senate, that people should vote for McCain so that "one party doesn't have too much power." I'd like to ask some of these people who they voted for in 2004. Obviously with divided government being so important, they should have voted for Kerry, but somehow I doubt it. Obviously Repubs think that divided government is only important when it's the Dems that are in power. As we get closer to the election and it looks like Obama is going to win, I find it interesting how many Republicans I see talking about how important a divided government is. They say that since the Dems have the House and Senate, that people should vote for McCain so that “one party doesn’t have too much power.”

I’d like to ask some of these people who they voted for in 2004. Obviously with divided government being so important, they should have voted for Kerry, but somehow I doubt it. Obviously Repubs think that divided government is only important when it’s the Dems that are in power.

]]> By: live http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255048 live Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:17:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255048 North Carolina isn't "teetering on the brink." Elizabeth Dole is going to lose. A GOP strategist has already been quoted as saying they shouldn't even bother counting the votes. North Carolina isn’t “teetering on the brink.” Elizabeth Dole is going to lose. A GOP strategist has already been quoted as saying they shouldn’t even bother counting the votes.

]]> By: Biff http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255045 Biff Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:04:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255045 <i> who to chuck out of the lifeboat before it breaches, and I wouldn’t advise McCain to be hanging around too close to the gunwales. The RNC probably wouldn’t cut him adrift</i> The nautical metaphors prove conclusively that Bill Ayers wrote this post. who to chuck out of the lifeboat before it breaches, and I wouldn’t advise McCain to be hanging around too close to the gunwales. The RNC probably wouldn’t cut him adrift

The nautical metaphors prove conclusively that Bill Ayers wrote this post.

]]> By: Davy http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-255009 Davy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:59:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-255009 Ah, I really have been enjoying the Republican meltdown. I can't wait to see the wailing and gnashing come election day. The only sad bit is I thought I was above such base schadenfruede. Oh, well... Ah, I really have been enjoying the Republican meltdown. I can’t wait to see the wailing and gnashing come election day. The only sad bit is I thought I was above such base schadenfruede.

Oh, well…

]]> By: central texas http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254937 central texas Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:04:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254937 It is certainly amusing to see a Republican True Believer worry about the consequences of "we are about to elect Obama with unchecked, unlimited power. Power corrupts..." given their 8 year concentrated assault on the U.S. Constitution and adulation of the power of the presidency. I would oppose Obama in abuses of the Constitution as do Bush and did Clinton, but it would be really nice to listen to Ruffini and all of his friends whining from a cell for just a little while. It is certainly amusing to see a Republican True Believer worry about the consequences of “we are about to elect Obama with unchecked, unlimited power. Power corrupts…” given their 8 year concentrated assault on the U.S. Constitution and adulation of the power of the presidency.

I would oppose Obama in abuses of the Constitution as do Bush and did Clinton, but it would be really nice to listen to Ruffini and all of his friends whining from a cell for just a little while.

]]> By: Cryptic Ned http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254936 Cryptic Ned Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:00:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254936 They should have run Vernon Robinson for the Senate. That would have livened things up, as compared to the stultifying boredom of Liddy Dole. They should have run Vernon Robinson for the Senate. That would have livened things up, as compared to the stultifying boredom of Liddy Dole.

]]> By: ed http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254934 ed Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:42:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254934 Indeed, <blockquote>In one case, I believe one of their independent expenditures tipped the outcome with their humorous, effective, and perfectly legitimate ad against Harold Ford in Tennessee. …</blockquote> is high comedy. Indeed,
In one case, I believe one of their independent expenditures tipped the outcome with their humorous, effective, and perfectly legitimate ad against Harold Ford in Tennessee. …

is high comedy.

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254932 nick s Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:20:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254932 Ruffini's fooling himself if he thinks that NC is a Senate seat the GOP ought not to lose. Elizabeth Dole has been AWOL for most of her term, and the state's shifting demographics matter less in this case than her disengagement and ineffectiveness: her most notable achievement of late was presiding over the NRSC's atrocious 2006 campaign. If the GOP didn't want to lose that seat, the grand poobahs should have eased Liddy into retirement; then again, recruiting someone in this climate is probably tricky. Ruffini’s fooling himself if he thinks that NC is a Senate seat the GOP ought not to lose. Elizabeth Dole has been AWOL for most of her term, and the state’s shifting demographics matter less in this case than her disengagement and ineffectiveness: her most notable achievement of late was presiding over the NRSC’s atrocious 2006 campaign. If the GOP didn’t want to lose that seat, the grand poobahs should have eased Liddy into retirement; then again, recruiting someone in this climate is probably tricky.

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254928 Matt Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:04:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254928 The amusing thing about the linked post is that it doesn't once mention the possibility of /positive/ campaigning. It's just taken as gospel that the only way the RNC can assist is by running negative ads against the opponent (though I guess sometimes they can be humorous ads, so that's all good). I guess it's revealing. Maybe it's something a few Republicans will ponder after they've been extinguished as a force in US government. The amusing thing about the linked post is that it doesn’t once mention the possibility of /positive/ campaigning. It’s just taken as gospel that the only way the RNC can assist is by running negative ads against the opponent (though I guess sometimes they can be humorous ads, so that’s all good).

I guess it’s revealing. Maybe it’s something a few Republicans will ponder after they’ve been extinguished as a force in US government.

]]> By: P O'Neill http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254927 P O'Neill Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:47:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254927 <em>Can anyone explain to me why McCain made it so obvious that he was giving up on Michigan? Surely it would have made more sense to keep up a at least a pretence of fighting on there?</em> Apparently the loons have the easiest time with this decision. I have heard of an e-mail circulating (although I haven't seen it myself), along with all the other Obama "rumours", that McCain had to leave Michigan because (a) Michigan is full of Muslims and since (b) Obama is a Muslim, McCain couldn't win there. Can anyone explain to me why McCain made it so obvious that he was giving up on Michigan? Surely it would have made more sense to keep up a at least a pretence of fighting on there?

Apparently the loons have the easiest time with this decision. I have heard of an e-mail circulating (although I haven’t seen it myself), along with all the other Obama “rumours”, that McCain had to leave Michigan because (a) Michigan is full of Muslims and since (b) Obama is a Muslim, McCain couldn’t win there.

]]> By: Kevin Donoghue http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254924 Kevin Donoghue Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:14:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254924 It calls to mind an old Private Eye caption (about Robert Maxwell AFAICR): The Rats are Leaving the Sinking Shit. Can anyone explain to me why McCain made it so obvious that he was giving up on Michigan? Surely it would have made more sense to keep up a at least a pretence of fighting on there? It calls to mind an old Private Eye caption (about Robert Maxwell AFAICR): The Rats are Leaving the Sinking Shit.

Can anyone explain to me why McCain made it so obvious that he was giving up on Michigan? Surely it would have made more sense to keep up a at least a pretence of fighting on there?

]]> By: MarkUp http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/12/horserace-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-254922 MarkUp Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:48:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=8088#comment-254922 Isn't Sen. Inhofe aiming for the new cabinet post of Sec't of Education, Management, and Environment {SeMe}? Isn’t Sen. Inhofe aiming for the new cabinet post of Sec’t of Education, Management, and Environment {SeMe}?

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