Partisan Stupidity

[classicman]

T'was The Night Before The Elections

'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.

When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys

They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!

He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink

He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!

" On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi"
He screamed at the pairs!

They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

So I leave you to think
On this one final note-
Don't be a slacker
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I agree with the last line and thats about it -
I know there is a McCain version out there.
Please post it. Its only fair.

[Shawnee123]

I shake Bruce's paradigms and unquestioned assumptions rather a lot. Bothers him.

Redundancy dun While-U-Wait

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This par·a·digm (pār'ə-dīm', -dĭm') Pronunciation Key
n.
One that serves as a pattern or model.
A set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical categories: the paradigm of an irregular verb.
A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Still ducking enlightenment after all these months? Why, for shame.

[Shawnee123]

Shhhh...remember, I'm shy and don't know how to flirt.

[DanaC]

- - she says flirtatiously.

[Shawnee123]

Busted!

[Urbane Guerrilla]

(Hastily grabs tub of ) Wow, this thread is suddenly getting like Questionable Content!

[Ibby]

...UG reads QC?
mind = blown.

[smoothmoniker]

Originally Posted by Ibram

...UG reads QC?
mind = blown.

Everybody reads QC. You're not allowed on the internet unless you can quote from that, and XKCD.

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by Ibram

...UG reads QC?
mind = blown.

Wanna get reblown? I got interested from finding it on Rule 34.

[classicman]

Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."

Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.

"That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."

Obama's comments about a national security force came during a speech in Colorado about building a new civil service corps. Among other things, he called for expanding the nation's foreign service and doubling the size of the Peace Corps "to renew our diplomacy."

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said in July. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

Broun said he also believes Obama likely will move to ban gun ownership if he does build a national police force.

Obama has said he respects the Second Amendment right to bear arms and favors "common sense" gun laws. Gun rights advocates interpret that as meaning he'll at least enact curbs on ownership of assault weapons and concealed weapons. As an Illinois state lawmaker, Obama supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on firearms generally.

"We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun said. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."

Obama's transition office did not respond immediately to Broun's remarks.

OMFG - Already??? C'mon people!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hey, Obama has one thing in common with all the past (& future) politicians... we gotta keep a eye on 'em, 24/7. Hold their feet to the fire, make 'em do what we want.

OK leader, lead us, we got your back... but remember, we got maps too.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by classicman

OMFG - Already??? C'mon people!

I've created a new thread to document deranged statements about Obama, and using my double-secret moderation powers, I've used this post to open the thread.

[classicman]

A senior fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence

It was among the juicier post-election recriminations: Fox News Channel quoted an unnamed McCain campaign figure as saying that Sarah Palin did not know that Africa was a continent.

Who would say such a thing? On Monday the answer popped up on a blog and popped out of the mouth of David Shuster, an MSNBC anchor. "Turns out it was Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser, who has come forward today to identify himself as the source of the leaks," Shuster said.

Trouble is, Martin Eisenstadt doesn't exist. His blog does, but it's a put-on. The think tank where he is a senior fellow — the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy — is just a Web site. The TV clips of him on YouTube are fakes.

And the claim of credit for the Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months. MSNBC, which quickly corrected the mistake, has plenty of company in being taken in by an Eisenstadt hoax, including The New Republic and The Los Angeles Times.

Now a pair of obscure filmmakers say they created Martin Eisenstadt to help them pitch a TV show based on the character. But under the circumstances, why should anyone believe a word they say?

They shouldn't.

[glatt]

The article is confusing to me.

We know that somebody leaked information to Fox news.

We know this guy claims it was him.

We know some sloppy news agencies fell for his trick and reported that it was him.

But we don't know if he really was the guy who leaked it to Fox news.

In other words, is his trick that he leaked information to Fox News and then legitimately took credit for it? Or is his trick that somebody else leaked the information to Fox News, and he falsely took credit for it?

What we need is a response from Fox news. Is he their source?