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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 12:58 PM

Elephantman will always be my hero.

What he says here is complete nonsense, of course. (Let me add a FY back at you, too). He is a bitter young man whose ticket lost and sees his party going down the tubes in every way.

But we owe him a debt of gratitude for Sarah Palin (who we are all terrified of apparently) because he was one of the movers and shakers that helped get her on the 2008 ticket. Yay, elephantman!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 07:05 PM
Original article: Tom the Dancing Bug

When the impossible answers have been excluded

the only remaining answer must be the right one. Should have guessed...Have you ever seen Palin and Cohen at the same place at the same time?

Oh yeah, and I want to see his birth certificate.

Monday, July 13, 2009 12:48 PM

Don't you know...

we progressives are supposed to be terrified that she is staying in the fight. We are masking our fear with insults I hear. I was genuinely afraid that McCain might actually get elected, die in office, and leave us with this trainwreck in charge. But afraid that she is a credible political threat? Please. She is, however, a black hole for neocon and evangelical money. Works for me.

Monday, July 13, 2009 09:58 AM

NP NP

Why so bitter? Were you turned down for the job?

Friday, May 29, 2009 12:19 PM

I agree that sounds more like a curse than a solicitation

That being said, it is sort of illegal to advocate the assasination of a head of state.

Monday, May 11, 2009 12:21 PM

elephantman doesn't remember why powell endorsed obama!

Ironic considering you are one of the folks we have to thank for the gift of Palin. Powell considered that choice of VP unserious and perplexing. McCain's further campaign antics convinced Powell that, even though he was a republican, that particular man and woman had no business being in the big house.

As for Cheney, write him all the love letters you wish. The man is a liar, a cheat, and has shown little love for our troops, the nation, or his own misguided political party.

Friday, May 8, 2009 09:47 AM
Original article: Stop "Hillary-care" now!

There is a reality based answer or justifiable snark to every line of Luntz's piece

Obama should have a news conference, where on the record for everyone, he goes line by line on Luntz's "advice". If the statement is BS, he can call BS. If it is manipulative shenagins that is advised, the president can look into the camera and state he thinks the American people are too smart to fall for that one. (They aren't, in fact, but everyone enjoys praise).

Monday, April 27, 2009 02:43 PM

Reallynow

I thought they stopped paying per blog post after the election? No?

Monday, April 27, 2009 12:44 PM

This is actually one of reallynow's saner posts

He/she/it belongs to the school of "If you repeat total crap enough times, it becomes true."

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:17 AM

Hey, hey, hey there!

I live in Texas. Parts of it are full of beautiful country and reasonable people, especially in the Hill Country where I live.

Giving them north texas and the panhandle is fine with me, though. They can have a bit of oil for their economy and can make Fort worth their capital.

Monday, March 30, 2009 12:59 PM

Stay on the trail Breitbart!

If my grumpy neighbor wants to shut down my noisy party, it's fine with me if he keeps calling the police to the wrong address. The RNC, conservative talk radio, and the right wing blogs continue to prove their cluelessness as to how they ended up where they did.

Ok fine. So today it's the evil lefty bloggers. Last week it was Pelosi's plane. Tomorrow it's...who knows; but it will be equally inane.

Of course if they actually figure out that it is their own faulty rhetoric, failed political philosophies, and bankrupt hypocrisy that has led to their minority status, they will have no choice but to implode and disappear.

Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:05 AM
Original article: Not your average tea party

Hey, Scomo

I wore my Obama inaugaration t-shirt to the shooting range the last week. Might have noticed a few stares but no one confronted me on it. Maybe it was the "Retired Air Force" cap I was wearing. Maybe it was the guns...

Don't threaten people; it makes you look small (if you know what I mean).

Monday, February 23, 2009 10:16 PM
Original article: This Modern World

Hmmmmm

The boy detective is starting to look an awful like like William Kristol.

Were Hitchcock still alive, he might use the detective/Kristol to do a third remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" entitled "The Man Who Was Always Wrong".

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:05 AM
Original article: Quote of the day

Lay off of elephantman.

He's one of the folks responsible for the Sarah Palin phenomena. For that we owe him an eternal debt of gratitude.

On the other hand, if the tinafeyhag thing screen name is an alter ego of his, he can drop that one now. No imagination. Just typical righty rudeness.

Monday, February 9, 2009 01:42 PM

Living in "the people's house"

I think that line all by itself illustrates the difference between #44 and all of his recent predecessors.

It's been a long time since there was a president that I actually felt was actually looking out for us rather than one who, in pursuit of their own personal or political agenda, might accidentally do us some good.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:47 PM
Original article: OPEC slashes supply

Bearpaw1

And it's Houston water, no less.

Did my adolescence in Germany decades ago but even then: Gas is expensive, most cars are small, public transportation is great, people walk and bike where they can.

Here I've moved to be closer to work (driving same nissan sentra since July 2008 and just crossed 10K miles), combine my trips better, and hope that gas goes back to $3/gallon before they reopen the Hummer line.

Monday, December 1, 2008 03:07 PM

I suspect it's more venal than just being goof-balls.

Set up your organization. Fire up the outrage and paranoia. Start collecting donations to fight the battle. Don't fight the non-existtant battle. Have a party with your "left over" donations. Find a new cause and repeat, repeat, repeat...

Monday, November 10, 2008 09:28 AM
Original article: GOP prospects for 2012

Who can beat Obama in 2012?

If he fails, anybody.

If he succeeds, nobody.

We need to make sure he succeeds.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 10:02 PM

And a special thanks toSalon's Elephantman

who I understand had a lot to do with Sarah Palin's ascendency to the VP slot. We owe you one, dude.

Monday, November 3, 2008 02:13 PM
Original article: Obama's grandmother dies

Don't go by any of the right wing sites

Unless you will have the opportunity to sterilize your computer afterwards.

They are already yukking it up and/or calling conspiracy (he went to Hawaii to kill her or she died weeks ago and they saved the news till now.)

I thought of linking them to some of the recent discussions about the death of the RNC and traditional conservative movement because they have distilled all that was bad to an evil paste. Instead I bailed before my eyes started to bleed.

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