Kennedy's birthday party sounds like something I would have enjoyed. I'm glad Teddy is getting respect and admiration at the end of his life, as he was often pariah in his younger years.
Newt Gingrich was my most recent celeb sighting. I saw him in a restaurant and was like, "Hey, that guy's famous! Oh, but it's Newt." He smiled at me. I just kinda grimaced at him in return.
It was bad enough having Bush. If Newt Gingrich becomes president, that's it, America. It was fun while it lasted, but our relationship just isn't really working for me anymore.
Elliot Spitzer piece= awkward. My Dad represents the building that callgirl lived in. He got a call from someone on the board asking what they should do if the story was true. But I guess the Post just let the cat out of the bag...
@Sandicomm: Aha! That is presumably the thing Spitzer liked to do that the madam said some girls found unsafe. We all assumed it was barebacking. Or maybe it was barebacking too but also choking.
@ElleL: I won't -- Limbaugh is too easy a target. Let him attack some of the racists and obstructionists in his own party -- then I'll give him a pat on the back.
I know the health care industry has given millions, but so have AARP, unions and other organizations that have health care reform as their top priority.
Gupta will not quit brain surgery to be Surgeon General. Yet he will continue to do brain surgery.
Whenever I need to have any part of my body cut open, I prefer that the surgeon attend only to that. I can't imagine how starstruck a person needs to be, to submit to surgery with this dude.
Hmmmmmmm... this gives me a wonderful idea. I could run against him. I could do my best Colbert, beat him at his own game, become the Republican nominee, then utterly destroy the party from within!!!! Now that would be nefarious...
@sarah.of.a.lesser.god: However, it has been my practice never to take advantage of the brain-addled like that. I mean it would be totally unfair to crush the hopes and spirit of an entire party like that...
GOP Henchman 1: The party is in trouble! We've alienated an entire generation of young people! We've alienated non-whites! We've alienated women! GOP Henchman 2: We need some serious revamping. We need a new image, something that departs from old white Viagra spokesman image. GOP Henchman 1: I know! It will be perfect! It will be so perfect! Women and minorities will love us again! GOP Henchman 2: What?! What is it, Henchman number 1?! Tell me your brilliant plan! GOP Henchman 1: Let's have NEWT GINGRICH run for president. GOP Henchman 2: My word. You're brilliant. He's the perfect Republican face for the new generation! I love you so much right now that I want to quietly masturbate to you while my wife's in the other room, and then afterwards, start crying with guilt about my latent homosexuality! (they high five)
@morninggloria: I see what you did here. Are you a spy? You taking advantage of all those loopholes in the Patriot Act to listen in on people's convos?
@morninggloria: I imagine all of this said in some sort of secret, dimly lit underground lair where Dick Cheney now lives. Thanks for the morning hilarity.
Memo to the GOP: 2012 is going to look like a repeat of '06 and '08 if you keep acting the way you are now. 2012 is 4 years away. STOP LOOKING AT IT NOW! People have no jobs, no healthcare (which is not a fucking privilege you asshats!), no income, no houses, nothing. They don't fucking care what you plan on lying about doing 4 years from now, they want action NOW! So either get with the program that Obama has worked out or come up with one of your own that does not rely solely on tax cuts. If not, then I'll be happy to enjoy your presence in the political tundra. It's must-see entertainment watching you guys sink so low.
@EkaterinaBallerina: they really need some good alternatives. they have nothing that makes them look good. isn't every economist worth the paper his degree is printed on saying to spend money? the government has to do it. people and businesses won't, even with tax cuts because they all think they need to bank whatever extra they can get. i think the tax hike for business making more than $250K is not good. those are teeny tiny businesses. I think the income line should be raised to something like 2M or more.
@EkaterinaBallerina: Word. And you know, I'm no Republican, but I am totally frustrated with the way they are going. It's been nothing but attack, attack, attack, and they haven't brought a single idea of their own to the table (aside from 'cut taxes!' which doesn't count because they ALWAYS FUCKING SAY THAT). If I were all about partisan politics I'd think it was awesome, but the thing is, I actually care about what happens to this country and this world, and dammit, I want the Republicans to bring their A-game, because we need some good solid policy hammered out that everyone can get behind if we are going to even think about getting out of this stupid mess any time soon.
We don't need more of this bullshit political posturing about 'how we're gonna win in 2012,' because guess what? It won't fucking matter if everyone is broke and our institutions have fallen apart and society is crumbling.
@whynotshesaid: I want them to come with something meaningful because I don't want what happened to us (liberals) to happen to them (their supporters). I felt like because I wasn't one of them, I was shut out of the government and the ruling party preferred it that way. I want the government to work for as many people as it possibly can, which means getting as much support from whoever it takes to get things done. I know you can't please everyone, but Repubs didn't seem to try to unite the people when they were in charge and they don't seem to be trying to be productive now.
@linnyt is a walking cliché: Yeah, that's a good point about how anyone on the left-center parts of the political spectrum were totally shut out of the Bush administration. I'm not really interested in a repeat of those days, if only because I don't think I can take an amplification of the caterwauling of victimization coming from the right these days. (Honestly, they've been out of power for, what, forty days? You'd think they'd been shut out for the past eight years, the way they carry on.)
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God, his poor teenage daughters.
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I will give Newt props for blasting Limbaugh, this shall be the ONLY time I say that.
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1) Bash Limbaugh
2) Bash Palin
3) Check to see if bashing has made people forget about affairs
4) Find donors
5) Engage science in making hell freeze over
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7) Remember Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter actually didn't hurt him.
8) Do photo-op with lesbian sister while still denouncing gay marriage.
9) Pose for Playgirl under the sobriquet Nude Gingrich.
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Whenever I need to have any part of my body cut open, I prefer that the surgeon attend only to that. I can't imagine how starstruck a person needs to be, to submit to surgery with this dude.
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Hmmmmmmm... this gives me a wonderful idea. I could run against him. I could do my best Colbert, beat him at his own game, become the Republican nominee, then utterly destroy the party from within!!!! Now that would be nefarious...
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Eh, what the hell!!!
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And somewhere in America, ex-President Bush choked on a pretzel.
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Jesus.
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Or a Segway.
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GOP Henchman 2: We need some serious revamping. We need a new image, something that departs from old white Viagra spokesman image.
GOP Henchman 1: I know! It will be perfect! It will be so perfect! Women and minorities will love us again!
GOP Henchman 2: What?! What is it, Henchman number 1?! Tell me your brilliant plan!
GOP Henchman 1: Let's have NEWT GINGRICH run for president.
GOP Henchman 2: My word. You're brilliant. He's the perfect Republican face for the new generation! I love you so much right now that I want to quietly masturbate to you while my wife's in the other room, and then afterwards, start crying with guilt about my latent homosexuality!
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We don't need more of this bullshit political posturing about 'how we're gonna win in 2012,' because guess what? It won't fucking matter if everyone is broke and our institutions have fallen apart and society is crumbling.
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