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"Without running, Palin stays near top of GOP field"

And that’s even with Perry in the field, which seems increasingly likely.

Pikachus wept.

Having said that, if Perry gets in my bet is that Palin does not. Which would be a shame. Obama is planning on running on the idea that all the problems in the economy were inherited from a former Texas Governor. Giving him a Texas Governor to bounce that off of might not be the best strategy. And frankly, it frightens me that many of the establishment GOP types are high on this guy.

Whereas, re-introducing Palin, who instantly takes us back to the 2008 election and the choice of Obama which has led to this fiscal nightmare, is quite a powerful reminder that reversing course with a pro-growth capitalist is probably the better bet than going all in with a Marxist whose record has since revealed him as such. And that this time, there’d be no McCain to gum up the works.

238 Replies to “"Without running, Palin stays near top of GOP field"”

  1. happyfeet says:

    run run rudolph sarah save the christmas!

  2. Joe says:

    We live in interesting times.

  3. Squid says:

    If a pikachu cries hard enough, it electrocutes itself.

  4. Joe says:

    I can think of quite a few conservative pundits and commentstors that don’t even belong on the Island of Misfit Toys–instead Santa and Lord Moonraker should send them off on a melting ice flow.

  5. pdbuttons says:

    i have a sting-ray bike with big banana spokes[ up front]
    i got the gangster lean yo
    and i have enuff room in the back for a palin bumper sticker
    no bike helmet, i’m an outlaw!

  6. cranky-d says:

    If a pikachu cries hard enough, it electrocutes itself.

    If only.

  7. cranky-d says:

    Perry might be waiting for Palin. If she’s going to run, she’ll announce around the end of the month, once she can’t be attacked any more about her “misdeeds” as governor (of which there weren’t any, but that never stopped a progressive).

  8. dicentra says:

    Ready to place bets on how long this thread gets because of ‘feets anti-Pailinism?

  9. Ernst Schreiber says:

    she’ll announce around the end of the month, once she can’t be attacked any more about her “misdeeds” as governor

    At least not legally. Politically? Most. Ethically. Challenged. Governor. Evah!

    ten gajillion complaints can’t be wrong.

  10. pdbuttons says:

    i come on this site for among other things
    happyfeets comments
    he, she , it is kinda funny
    just saying

  11. happyfeet says:

    In the end, while “The Undefeated” did manage $10,000+ grosses in some of its theaters, its actual gross was $65,132 for a per-theater average of $6,513.

    a little early to greenlight the sequel I’d say

  12. happyfeet says:

    Mr. buttons I already messaged out two of your comments on messenger today

    you have many fans!

    I just send out the comments and people reply back and say…

    buttons!

    or

    buttons?

    and I say yup

  13. cranky-d says:

    Yeah, Ernst, I meant legally. Politically they will attempt to shred her to teeny tiny itty bitty bits. If she’s not tough enough to survive it, she should stay out, because fair or not it would come.

  14. cranky-d says:

    Ready to place bets on how long this thread gets because of ‘feets anti-Pailinism?

    At least he has a place to vent vent vent vent vent about his issues. I guess that’s sort of a good thing.

    Help, Mr. SBP, I don’t wanna be buried in comments from the electric hamster!

    Drizzle, drazzle, drozzle, drome, time for this one to come home.

  15. pdbuttons says:

    she should make a porn movie- cha ching
    just like introduce it
    no, never mind
    i’m an- as my sisters call me
    an asshole
    my sister brenda still thinks highly of me
    karen and audrey, not so much

  16. Jeff G. says:

    Wait, so a documentary marketed through social media didn’t outperform Harry Potter in its limited theater release, therefore…what?

    Oh, that’s right. Nothing.

    I’d think you should be more concerned with the poll numbers. And the fact that the real target marketing of that movie was always meant to be DVDs being passed out and around, PPV, online streaming, and whatever vids are cut from it, should Palin run.

    But hey: so long as you’ve got your li’l nishi fallback argument — namely, that you can’t succeed unless you pleasure the Hollywood liberal set — you can keep telling yourself that the mean old Christian with the weird speech won’t be able to get some of her hick on you.

  17. happyfeet says:

    well it was just interesting to me how they raised expectations that they had this big hit on their hands and then the box is kinda ho-hum even with maximally cherry-picked venues

  18. Squid says:

    Giving him a Texas Governor to bounce that off of might not be the best strategy.

    I think Perry would eat Barry alive. Just on the “Each of us inherited a government from Dubya; guess who did better?” angle. Or the “Texas created more jobs than the rest of the country put together. Wouldn’t you like to share that kind of success in your states?” angle.

    And Palin can bring considerable energy to any campaign she wants, whether it be her own or not. I’d love to see her swing through California, enjoying cupcakes all across the state, perhaps starting a “Cupcakes Are Life” campaign. But then, I’m known for inflicting cognitive dissonance on those who annoy me.

  19. pdbuttons says:

    what is messenger? quicksilver messenger is
    i’m so old and impotent my galfriend left me
    for a chiropractor
    me so horny not so computer tard
    jeff/ can i leave my e mail
    i’m gonna
    mpitts2@gmail.com
    snausagle@yahoo.com
    anyway, bring it- i don’t care [ yes i do!]

  20. cranky-d says:

    well it was just interesting to me how they raised expectations that they had this big hit on their hands

    Cite? Or are you making shit up again?

  21. happyfeet says:

    yahoo! messenger is what I use mostly and sometimes people message me interesting things but mostly no one tells me anything

  22. cranky-d says:

    Blockquote fail.

  23. irongrampa says:

    I welcome Palin running–not just for the obvious reasons, but mostly to see the failshit pikachu’s cranium detonate, after the verbal meltdown.

    I assume y’all keep it around for comic relief or as an example.

  24. happyfeet says:

    here is a link for you Mr. cranky

    lots of fizzy fuzzy big and buzzy tweeters and links for to see

  25. pdbuttons says:

    sarah got the screech very few woman have the low tones
    laura ingram/ sally kellerman

  26. BT says:

    The revolution is about Main Street.

    I can see Palin pushing a shopping cart in Krogers. Not so much Perry.
    With him you think evil corporations and big oil with folks who look and sound like Larry Hagman pulling the strings. And i’m sure that isn’t fair to Perry but that is how he will be portrayed.

    Romney is yesterday. Bachmann is too socially conservative for my liking. I know zip about Pawlenty and that is very telling. I wish Cain the best of luck but i don’t think he’ll make the cut.

    So if i had to choose today, I’d go with Palin, reserving the right to change my mind if one of the Governors like Christie, Walker or Kassich get in.

    Bristol worries me though.

  27. Squid says:

    You’re citing the marketing tweets as evidence? They’re marketing! You’re (allegedly) in marketing!

    Congratulations, ‘feets — you’ve gone from obscuring your intelligence to insulting mine. Go choke on a cupcake already.

  28. happyfeet says:

    the only point is that there was a lot of build-up that they had a big hit… but the reception was fairly mild as these things go

    they raised expectations but didn’t deliver

  29. McGehee says:

    Of those known to be in the race, the only one I actively don’t want is Romney. Warmed-over 2008 also-rans need not apply.

    Oh wait — there’s Huntsman too. Him either. Sorry, Jon, how could you expect anyone to see you there if you insist on standing in Obama’s shadow?

    Other than that I really don’t know of anyone I absolutely would not support in November against Obama. Either Cain or Palin would be a pleasure to vote for. I could imagine going to vote for Rick Perry with a bit of a spring in my step too, assuming he doesn’t start qualifying his claimed conservatism with words like “compassionate” or “pragmatic.”

  30. pdbuttons says:

    i bought sarah a tambourine so she can do a susan dey impersonating
    i wish she would buy a bus though
    hey, mrs tambourine man
    sing a song for me
    in this jingle jangle world
    i’ll come
    following you

  31. happyfeet says:

    for example Mr. Squid look at how another recent propaganda film performed – this one did more business in one theater on its opening weekend ($68,969) than Sarah’s did in ten theaters

  32. cranky-d says:

    Twitter? Really?

    You’re a tool.

  33. Jeff G. says:

    Moore had major studio distribution. But you just keep advancing the fail narrative, Mr Staunch. And building up the left.

    It won’t make the vajayjay any less scary, but you’ll have a nice support group to fall back on.

  34. cranky-d says:

    Someone creates a twitter account to sell the move and that’s “raising expectations they had a big hit on their hands?” You are deranged.

  35. happyfeet says:

    mr. Cranky on the twitter there are a ton of links to articles – admittedly, mostly from Stacy McCain – what build up expectations that this movie was gonna be a big hit with lots of people flocking to theaters to see Sarah’s triumphant story – note what Mr. McCain says he very specifically says “This movie constitutes a 2012 straw poll.

  36. Jeff G. says:

    The American people have chosen. It’s Michael Moore they want!

    Theater receipts prove it!

  37. “The only point is that there was a lot of build-up that they had a big hit…”

    Sure, but not as big a build-up as, “This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.”

  38. Jeff G. says:

    Plus, anything positive said about Palin that Palin isn’t involved in is “propaganda.” Whereas anything negative is just sober, unvarnished truth telling.

    Staunch!

  39. happyfeet says:

    that’s not what I’m saying the point is that her movie’s box office performance throws cold water on any rah rah talk about the film being some kind of huge hit what she could build a campaign launch around

  40. Carin says:

    Of course, the big difference between the two movies, if comparing them is somehow relevant, is that I don’t know anyone that was terribly interested in seeing a flick about Palin, the leftoids will go to anything that confirms the narrative.

    They’re like fucking zombies.

  41. happyfeet says:

    Sicko is on netflix now but I haven’t clicked on it

  42. pdbuttons says:

    dip a toe
    holy water

  43. Crawford says:

    Sicko is on netflix now but I haven’t clicked on it

    Why bother? You live it.

    Jeff? What’s the point of trying to discuss this with the malignant retarded pikachu twat in the room?

  44. Jeff G. says:

    No point, really.

  45. guinsPen says:

    toadyfoot
    buttonholer

  46. pdbuttons says:

    me and u and a dog named boo
    sonny burnetts alias is sonny doughnut

  47. cranky-d says:

    Okay, so Stacy McCain, one blogger, is the voice of big promotion. I’m not sure he gets a huge amount of traffic, but okay, he’s a frelling genius and what he says reflects on everyone, according to you.

    I happen to like his writing, but what he wrote is one man’s opinion.

    And, you take that opinion as building up a huge expectation that has now been dashed. Right.

    Your ability to reason is apparently non-existent. You are the best shill the left could hope for around here.

  48. Squid says:

    Every smear about Palin, it defends. Every defense of Palin, it smears. Could you be any more transparent, ‘feets? Why don’t you change your avatar to a pane of glass? Better yet, why don’t you seek help for your issues with scary conservative women?

  49. Squid says:

    Next thing you know, ‘feets will be crowing about how Palin’s biggest promoter may or may not be a racist. Just asking questions. Airing things out.

    Fucking rodent.

  50. cranky-d says:

    From now on, I’ll just assume everything the electric hamster says is bullshit, because so far, that’s all it has ever been.

  51. pdbuttons says:

    u could cut off sarah palins feets and with her nose she would nudge the winning fieldgoal cuz she is notre dame and touchdown jesus is smiling
    f**k usc

  52. guinsPen says:

    the pika bites
    the pika chews it
    u2

  53. Frontman says:

    Not a speck of cereal…

  54. JHoward says:

    lots of fizzy fuzzy big and buzzy tweeters and links for to see

    Are you on the wrong blog?

  55. serr8d says:

    Undefeated the movie hasn’t hit the DVD market yet. I’ll bet it’ll do very well there.

    The poll numbers are encouraging. We’ll see if they get better after she floats banning gay pickachu sex in Los Angeles, and sending Kevin Jennings off as ambassador to Greco-Roman spas in Amsterdam.

  56. JHoward says:

    I can see Palin pushing a shopping cart in Krogers.

    Thanks for sharing. I can see Obama pushing a lie in Chicago.

  57. happyfeet says:

    when does the dvd come out?

  58. BT says:

    JHoward

    That was meant as a compliment. Speaks to her realness, much like most people would have rather had a beer with Bush than either Kerry or Gore.

    For Obama to push a lie in Chicago he would have to take a stand, when has he done that?

  59. pdbuttons says:

    i made a home movie and it’s called undeafeated
    i have a mop on my head and i borrowed my neighbors pregnant teenage daughter and if u stick around
    till the end we sing an awesome “o canada”
    fin

  60. pdbuttons says:

    soundtrack-[ i’m still working on rights]
    back-door man
    motor city is burning
    when i think of u, i touch myself
    holiday in cambodia
    holiday in the sun
    holiday[ madonna]

  61. […] “Without running, Palin stays near top of GOP field” Whereas, re-introducing Palin, who instantly takes us back to the 2008 election and the choice of Obama which has led to this fiscal nightmare, is quite a powerful reminder that reversing course with a pro-growth capitalist is probably the better bet than going all in with a Marxist whose record has since revealed him as such. And that this time, there’d be no McCain to gum up the works. […]

  62. Joe says:

    Happy Roadside Attractions:

    If only I could pick Mitch,
    over the snow bitch!
    But randy wife says no,
    because she strayed long ago,

    Burma Shave.

  63. Blitz says:

    The Pikachu is wearing thin. My daughters loved Pokemon, and I enjoyed their love of it but I’m about to go all Godzilla on his sexist ass.

    Palin is not exactly my cuppa,( although I love her to death ) but neither are anyone else at the moment. Anyone but Romney will be fine.

  64. McGehee says:

    Hopenchangeyfeet, is there anyone actually running for president that you like?

  65. happyfeet says:

    I can live with Perry Mr. McGehee cause of Texas is being raped and pillaged by the EPA something piteous.

    But I wouldn’t take a bullet for him or anything.

  66. Dave in SoCal says:

    But I wouldn’t take a bullet for him or anything.

    Who would you take a bullet for? Just so’s we know where to aim.

  67. Blitz says:

    Feets, I have a hunch you wouldn’t take a bullet for anything but a fucking Red Velvet cupcake….that’s not what we OUTLAWS need. Why don’t you just go play with nishi and leave the conservation of this failshit little country to the actual conservatives, mmmkay?

  68. newrouter says:

    how about a swiss cake roll?

  69. Blitz says:

    Nah New, not into pastry…..a BBQ brisket? I’d take on the whole of Amyndas commentariat!!

  70. dicentra says:

    Three figures?

    I say we get into three figures before midnight MT.

  71. happyfeet says:

    no swiss cake roll me and NG went for tasty pancakes this morning

    Mr. Blitz the thing about bullets is that even if you want to take one it’s tricky cause of they move very very fast. Faster than the eye can see even. Like cheetahs!

    off topic:

    Two of the five largest offshore rig contractors expressed concern on Thursday about a systemic rise in downtime due to greater complexity and more scrutiny of equipment, even as their 2012 outlook brightens.

    Noble Corp, after reporting disappointing profits due to service interruptions, said while its second-quarter delays would have occurred regardless, they were a reminder that the regulatory pressure following last year’s disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill would mean higher costs.

    “The operator will bear some of that and we will bear some of it. The ultimate saddle for this is riding on the backs of the consumer,” Noble Chief Executive David Williams said. “Ultimately it is going to cost more to drill these wells.”

    this is all about feather-nesting government union whores

    it’s very bad for America

  72. geoffb says:

    when does the dvd come out?

    Shortly after the theatrical release ends.

  73. happyfeet says:

    I bet it will have lots of extras

  74. Blitz says:

    Feets? RE your #71. I know more about ballistics than you know about cupcakes OR cheetahs, but I digress…

    Bumblefuck SAID he was going to do this to the energy companies again and again and again…WHEN THE FUCK is the general low info voter going to wake up and say ” OW!! My wallet hurts “?

    Until then? I think it best that you reconsider your sexist approach to Presidential politics. Palin and Bachman are serious contenders. In fact? I’d love to see a Palin/Bachman ticket.

  75. Blitz says:

    I’m a gonna sign off before I go all TLD here.

  76. geoffb says:

    Opens in more cities tomorrow.

  77. sdferr says:

    Nobel Corp gets a mention over here too. Seems they can’t even escape.

  78. happyfeet says:

    they say Greater Los Angeles and then you click and it means they want you to drive your ass out to Ontario which is almost like going to Riverside

  79. cranky-d says:

    Why would they open such a failshit movie in more theaters? It’s as if it were actually doing okay.

  80. cranky-d says:

    Yeah, no one lives in Ontario.

  81. happyfeet says:

    I bookmarked that for tomorrow that looks like it could be a bad bad situation Mr. sdferr

  82. happyfeet says:

    NG says Ontario is like halfway to Palm Springs cause of how the traffic starts thinning out the further east you go

  83. cranky-d says:

    How the fuck could Ontario support a 30-plex theater? No one lives there, and no one would go there.

  84. sdferr says:

    Here’s a short video worth watching. Could be a vision of our future one day, even. At least it’s easy to see why Obama ignores them.

  85. guinsPen says:

    Me?

    ima
    sitta
    flagpoe

  86. Dave in SoCal says:

    How the fuck could Ontario support a 30-plex theater? No one lives there, and no one would go there.

    Are you kidding? Take a short 2 minute walk across the parking lot from that 30 screen theater (AMC Ontario Mills 30) and you’re at a 22 screen theater (Edwards Ontario Palace Stadium 22). 52 screens combined within a 1/4 mile radius (and I believe the latest Harry Potter movie is on 34 of those 52 screens).

  87. cranky-d says:

    Start at 79, Dave in SoCal, and decide if I’m serious or not. You might want to read 39 and 78 as well.

  88. geoffb says:

    Could be an interesting test case.

    In the state legislature Ontario is located in the 32nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Gloria Negrete McLeod, and in the 61st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Norma Torres. Federally, Ontario is located in California’s 43rd congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +13 and is represented by Democrat Joe Baca.

  89. Caecus Caesar says:

    Who gives a fuck about Canada?

  90. cranky-d says:

    Damn Canadians. We’re going to have to invade them one day, you know. It’s too dangerous to leave them to their own devices.

  91. cranky-d says:

    Besides, they have a lot of oil, and we have this reputation to protect of only invading countries because they have oil. Plus, they’re close, so travel time is cut way down.

  92. Caecus Caesar says:

    Make no mistake, more hockey movies is the answer.

  93. sdferr says:

    Where’s the curling movie? They’ve got the low cost production services. Fucking Canada let us down.

  94. guinsPen says:

    My favorite uncle’s gone missing.

    If spotted, please ring 905-1138.

    No reward.

  95. McGehee says:

    guinsPen, THX for the alert.

  96. pdbuttons says:

    i pray to the los angels of anaheim that the people ontario will one day sip from lord stanleys cup

  97. pdbuttons says:

    roll out the barrel
    we’ll have a barrel of fun
    nicuraga has nice falls
    better than the poopy american side
    poopy americans suck

  98. pdbuttons says:

    glen campbell would i think write a bitchin
    song about mom grizzly and it would maybe have a banjo lick
    mama’s got a squeeze-box!

  99. B. Moe says:

    Am I the only one on here who likes Jeff and Darleen and J Howard and feets and buttons and JD and al and sdferr and McGehee and cranky and Stephanie and Abe and all you other fuckers like serr8d I almost forgot.

    Don’t let them divide and conquer. Volly downrange!

    Danger, Bob Reed, and our oldest and bestest buddy LTC John need to give some shootin’ lessons.

  100. happyfeet says:

    I like you too!

    you know what else?

    this too shall pass

    it’s just a thing – this whole Palin thing and this whole America has lost her way thing and this whole president bumblefuck thing

    one day we’ll look back and just find it all very confuzzling and aberrant like how we ever let Aaron Spelling get so goddamn rich

  101. pdbuttons says:

    free dave keon!
    wave the maple- leaf of justice
    hi kathy shaidle
    hi tim blair
    i will not rest until dave keon is released or dead, which i think he might be but
    that does not stop me from stamping my feet
    stamp-stamp

  102. happyfeet says:

    National Soros Radio jumps out there with a very odd odd odd defense cuts are a foregone conclusion so deal with it piece

    Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when the Pentagon asked for money, it got it — a lot of it. Now reining in that spending is going to force the country to ask some basic questions, says American University professor Gordon Adams, a longtime defense budget analyst, both in and out of government.

    click for to read sober-minded dulcet-toned National Soros Radio analysis like:

    Harrison has some guesses as to who those losers may be. First up: the Army and the Marines.

  103. bh says:

    Am I the only one on here who likes Jeff and Darleen and J Howard and feets and buttons and JD and al and sdferr and McGehee and cranky and Stephanie and Abe and all you other fuckers like serr8d I almost forgot.

    No, you’t not the only one.

    I hate that B. Moe guy though.

    I kid, I kid.

  104. bh says:

    you’t=you’re, wasn’t just unveiling a new contraction all of a sudden

  105. pdbuttons says:

    only me can stamp out forest[forrest tucker!]
    forest fires
    stamp stamp stamp

  106. pdbuttons says:

    never 4get guinsPen and pablo

  107. pdbuttons says:

    mike the heteronormative mackerel snapper is also way cool

  108. guinsPen says:

    Me?

    I’m out of here.

  109. bh says:

    Mike is not only cool, he’ll teach you history. Like Ernst and SW sometimes.

    Like SBP and di.

  110. bh says:

    Nah, you remind each of us of the magic in our lives, guins.

    Okay, I’m kidding. You’re the surreal and dryly-humored curmudgeon. That’s sort of your thing. Along with a freakishly encyclopedic knowledge of music.

  111. bh says:

    Also trains, guins.

    Me? I know that you like trains. As well as why you go by your handle.

    That’s probably a few steps better than anyone you live within blocks and blocks of.

    Physical reality ain’t no better.

  112. happyfeet says:

    thank you for the magic guins

  113. bh says:

    This is why it all goes to hell online. You can’t just grab people and look them in the eye. Buy them a bourbon.

    It’s all misunderstandings and problems. Even though that only happens every year or so in real life.

    Here, we’re just supposed to believe it’s normal that it happens every couple weeks.

    I say no. I protest.

  114. bh says:

    I do. I protest.

  115. sdferr says:

    Kippers for everyone.

  116. cranky-d says:

    The problem online is people don’t behave as they would in person. In person, a man always knows that if he crosses the line he might get punched in the face. Online, one can say some vile shit and never pay a price for it.

  117. bh says:

    That’s a huge part of it, cranky.

    There’s another part, too. Where if people pretended to be offended by something their friends would just call them pussies. And another part, where if people say overly bombastic crap to a shit talker they’d also have to stand out in the parking lot and deal with it.

    None of this normal. It’s not simulcra. It’s just weird bullshit.

  118. bh says:

    “their friends said we’d just call them pussies”, that should be

  119. Slartibartfast says:

    Happyfeets writes nearly intelligently as you’d expect a marketing puke to write. I’m not saying anything about buttons because I’m afraid blather might be catching.

  120. bh says:

    (Should be said that I find our pw Minnesotans to be rather well balanced. These things should always be stated and it’s lost in the context because lots of people aren’t from the uppper midwest. But, yeah, you purple sons of bitches aren’t the worst thing that ever happened to this planet. Possibly not even the second worst thing.)

  121. Stephanie says:

    Bmoe: Smooches! to you, too. And everyone else. But mostly Bmoe.

  122. happyfeet says:

    there’s not even any such thing as a marketing puke you made that up!

  123. sdferr says:

    Too cool pic of Atlantis away off coming home.

  124. sterlinggray says:

    I hate to say it but Romney seems almost inevitable at this point. There are too many “teaparty” candidates and they are going to tear each other apart like crabs trying to crawl out of a bucket. Palin v. Bachmann v. Cain v. Perry will split the vote four ways, while Romney will pick up 100% of the so-called RINO vote. You may not like RINOs but they still vote, especially in New Hampshire. My official prediction – Romney/Bachmann 2012.

  125. happyfeet says:

    down go space shuttle down go space shuttle

    we will have to remember for so we can tell the children

    Americans used to soar into space!

    For reals!

  126. bh says:

    We should sometimes decide if we’re going to be honest or not.

    Let’s imagine that I was out with Roddy and all of a sudden Crawford said something like Roddy should die of a shotgun accident?

    Let’s imagine that.

    ‘Cause, we think about ‘feets quite a bit.

    What do you think happens there? How do you think that goes down?

    Let’s imagine this. Because we’re objective.

  127. Pablo says:

    Well, I don’t want to speak for the room, but I can’t tell you how glad I am that you’ve called it for us, Sterling. Thank you ever so much.

  128. sterlinggray says:

    It’s just a gut feeling. I may be wrong I may be right, I may be black, I may be white. oh, wait, that makes me gray. :)

  129. It’s just a gut feeling.

    coming from a doof who admits voting for Obama.

    whatevs

  130. Pablo says:

    What do you think happens there? How do you think that goes down?

    Let’s imagine this. Because we’re objective.

    I’m guessing everybody gets to drinking at some point.

  131. Pablo says:

    They put a hotwire to my head
    ‘cuz of the things I did and said.
    They made these feelings go away,
    but those feelings get in every way.*

  132. bh says:

    I’m guessing everybody gets to drinking at some point.

    It’s just a thought I have sometimes, Pablo. When nr talks shit to Bob. When Crawford talks like he’s tough?

    Are these things we’re taking seriously?

    ‘Cause, I sometimes take things like this seriously.

    Who knows though, maybe I didn’t get the list.

  133. happyfeet says:

    and then we would all say Mr. Crawford that is not the path. No it’s not. Pray with us, Robert, and let the lord fill you with his spirit of forgiveness and love.

    And together we would pray and pray.

    Then after that we would pray some mores. Cause of the Catholics always want to do their own fancy prayers.

    Then it would all be as a ripple passing along the surface of a pond in a verdant meadow. Only stillness and beauty would remain.

  134. Bob Reed says:

    My advice, lighten up; cut your friends plenty of slack, and your enemies none

    People have different points of view, and there’s a continuum of social skill and politesse; and there’s definitely something to the whole, “not having to look someone in the eye while saying it”, and the corresponding lines one dare not cross in meatspace. And face it, I suspect that online there are a lot of folks that aren’t so adept, socially, in real life, nor anywhere near as swaggering or aggressive.

    And there’s also the pathos of those crying out for attention, and willing to suffer any level of insult as an acrid substitute for the sincere love and fellowship they never seem to find in the world around them.

    There are myriad reasons why people’s lack of ability to consider any form of compromise, think rationally, extend common courtesy, or admit that they could possibly be wrong, are horribly amplified; and most of that revolves around the anonymity of cyberspace.

    We had many of the same kind of ego clashes in the Navy, but we always kept those personal struggles subordinate to the common good; mostly owing to the firm, sure hand of the Skipper when we were JOs, and later because we came to realize fully the important life lesson that for all our individual swagger, bluster, and colorful actions that there were other people, who deep down you loved and respected like family, as well as a whole lot of folks back home, that were depending on your skill and dedication; on you fulfilling your role, and not any of the posturing or your brilliance as a self-aggrandizing raconteur.

    That was all saved for later, after a job well done, when we could all laugh, poke, rib, prod, tease, goad, and recollect embarrassing anecdotes; like any close knit family does at gatherings on any given day. Or pehaps as imposrtantly, realize when all that was inappropriate; when a brother needed the support and reassurance of the fold.

    A lot of times in forums like this, the crew balkanizes based on who they “like”. And when people complain about “their boy”, or gal as it were, in a sense it’s like questioning their judgement, beliefs, and in extreme cases their committment to the common cause. And all too often, the person being subject to that treatment responds by conjuring up things to “fight back” against the person that his critics support. It’s a not unlike tribal squabbles, or folks arguing about butter sports rivalries. And really, it’s counterproductive…

    The primaries is the time to weed out the weak candidates, and pick someone who’d be a good leader and standard bearer for our shared ideals. It’s not the time for bitter acrimony building exercises…

    There’s a mission, and it’s both manifold and bigger than any one of our egos. The mission is to beat Obama, and to get this country humming again; to get us back to where we ought to be.

    So as I said, lighten up; cut your friends plenty of slack, and your enemies none
    Who’s with me?

  135. Pablo says:

    As long as it’s just bh and Pablo in the mix, I don’t take it too seriously. Jeff, I worry about, but I suspect he does that a lot better than I do.

  136. Bob Reed says:

    Thanks for the kind words BMoe, right back at you bro!

  137. sdferr says:

    God I love butter, but imagine butter sports! Oh mama.

  138. Bob Reed says:

    happyfeet, #133 is a beautiful thought, and one of the ways I’d hope we’d talk one another “down of that ledge”, or, “Texas Tower”, if necessary.

  139. Pablo says:

    I feel like I probably don’t need to worry about Bob much either.

  140. bh says:

    As long as it’s just bh and Pablo in the mix, I don’t take it too seriously.

    Well, imagine if we were on the same team. There would be loud intro music and other folks would get the shit slapped out of them.

    Take it seriously, sir. Take it very seriously.

  141. great, great, just let me order fruity drinks for everybody. feel the love.

  142. happyfeet says:

    Mr. Bob it’s kinda weird cause it was way way after Charlie Whitman’s mischief but I always knew where I was in relation to the tower when I was on the UT campus … that was such a crazy crazy day

  143. Bob Reed says:

    “butter sports!”

    More like butter fingers! And the movement of that verdamnt text box! And that I haven’t had a personal typing slave administrative warfare specialist since retiring!

    It’s all so unfair…Why aren’t I rich, in addition to being handsome, witty, charming, and devil-may-care :)

  144. cranky-d says:

    Fruity drinks tend to make me barf. No one would enjoy that.

  145. and i hate fruit.

  146. Pablo says:

    Take it seriously, sir. Take it very seriously.

    I do, which is why I keep my exposure low. If SWSNBN didn’t teach you anything, nothing will. I don’t see any pots really boiling here, though.

  147. Abe Froman says:

    Jesus Christ. You people sound like my cousins from Minneapolis whenever they encounter my friends and I in NY/NJ verbally abusing each other. Grow some testicles, you pussies.

  148. Bob Reed says:

    When times get tough, I always say what we need is the break-dancing-AFLAC duck that “serves” the braggadicious pigeon that get’s in his face.

    Dude! I wish I could dance half as good as that duck. Maybe I should consider CGI…

  149. happyfeet says:

    last fruity drink I had was a bay breeze with-a-splash-of-grenadine NG was drinking them at this dinner we all had to go to so I drank a couple too

    not terrible really

    kind of sweet I thought

  150. JD says:

    Bh is fucking wise.

  151. sdferr says:

    Rival A: That was a stick of margarine! Cheater!

    Rival B: No it wasn’t. Straight Guernsey.

    Rival A: Was too, 100% olio, I could smell it from here.

    Rival B: You’ve eaten too many kippers mate, that was nothing but the best cream of bos taurus

  152. Bob Reed says:

    Thanks for the reality check Abe. NY/NJ is in da hizzy!

  153. bh says:

    Take it seriously, sir. Take it very seriously. [And then your silly words and such.]

    That was more where I was kidding.

    I should throw in a joke here or there but if felt implicit.

    Probably the same with you. This is why it all goes to shit online.

  154. JD says:

    I am exactly the same in my comments as I am in real life. except more insouciant. And way more handsome.

  155. bh says:

    Okay, I feel as though I haven’t been understood.

    I will kill each and every one of you.

    Are we clear?

    (Totally serious.)

  156. JD says:

    Those scandi cheese-churning gefeltefish-eating lower Canadians tend to be wise.

  157. Bob Reed says:

    Thanks for the compliment Pablo. I feel like we’re all boyz here, except, you know, the gals. I mean they’re part of the gand too, just not boyz; and I suspect they like it that way.

  158. okay, okay help me out here. slight chance RTO calls vs. OMG OMG I’ve got to go see Capt. America, cause that’s what we’d do if he was here.

    which would you do?

  159. Roddy Boyd says:

    You know, BH, I’ve wondered if a guy like Crawford would say that to my face. And then I think of all the crap Ive taken for what I’ve written over the years, the hate and the bluster and its ok.

    Half weird and half sad.

  160. sdferr says:

    Wait for RTO to call and ask him is what I’d do.

  161. Bob Reed says:

    Do you mean kill-kill bh, or just cause us to fall on the floor laughing. ‘Cuz if it’s the first, give me a head start at least, and if it’s the second let me hit the head first.

  162. Roddy Boyd says:

    plus, you know, maybe Crawford is right and I am an idiot. I doubt it, but there could be some truth to it.

  163. Bob Reed says:

    Wait for the call. The movie will be there another time when he won’t have free time to call.
    /two cents

  164. RTO calling is, well, not a guaranteed kind of thing.

  165. bh says:

    Yeah, it’s fucked up, Roddy.

  166. happyfeet says:

    go see the movie for sure Mr. RTO likes history and it’s very historical cause of Mr. Captain America was the very first avenger

  167. and Cap is his favorite superhero.

  168. bh says:

    Well, Roddy, you’re an idiot. As I am.

    But, that nonsense? It’s fucked up. Not cool.

  169. geoffb says:

    Rule #1, JD is always right.

    Rule #2, If you even think JD is wrong, see #154.

  170. happyfeet says:

    Mr. Crawford is just vituperative Mr. mcgruder

    it’s a thing

  171. Ernst Schreiber says:

    I don’t like any of you sumbitches.

    But’s that only ’cause I’m on my first second whisky coke.

    3 more and I’ll lurve youse guyz.

    Mostly.

  172. Abe Froman says:

    Crawford’s kind of an extreme example, because the guy makes no effort to cultivate relationships with people. With the exception of trolls, I don’t really think it’s right – and it’s for damn sure antisocial behavior – to basically be aloof except when you choose to lower the boom on someone. It’s the antithesis of communal behavior.

  173. Bob Reed says:

    OK Maggie, then change the answering machine message to say you’re out seeing Captain America, don’t be too jealous, I’m vetting it for you anyway, and I’ll tell you all about it…Next time you call…

    Your lovely wife,
    Maggie.

  174. JD says:

    I tend to be a bit anti-social in real life too. Better half tried to drag me to some charity fundraiser tonight, and told me I would meet some interesting people, make some new friends, I told her I don’t get to send enough time with the friends that I already have, and if I wanted to talk to some interesting people, I would hang out here.

  175. Pablo says:

    I come from a long line of ballbusters. If we’re not trashing each other, we wonder if there’s a problem. My brother likes to greet me as Dogbreath. I tend to call him Maggot. Fuckin’ Irishmen, huh?

  176. Pablo says:

    What JD said, too.

  177. bh says:

    Fuckin’ Irishmen, huh?

    That’s pretty much a hate crime, hate crimer.

  178. Pablo says:

    What are you, racist?

  179. Stephanie says:

    Meh, I’m a bitch. Really. Bmoe will swear to it. Plus, he usually sees me with a 7 iron, so he can be counted on to vouch for that. Right, Bmoe?

  180. Abe Froman says:

    Yeah. I didn’t mean anti-social in that way, JD. More in the sense that the borderline hostility that can flare up around here is kind of mitigated by the fact that before and after people have the ability to casually interact on things ranging from the serious to the frivolous. Do you think that Crawford knows of happyfeet’s fondness for cupcakes and gay-friendly dance music? Or that you and Roddy both collect porcelain kittens? I think not.

  181. bh says:

    What, you want to use the I-word? Maybe the leprechaun word? Maybe the whiskey-loving word?

    Maybe… the tan-less word?

    You disgust me.

    Racist.

  182. Bob Reed says:

    Porcelain kittens? Is that a new form of taxidermy? So when mine pass on, I can keep them for life? Is there a piggy-bank-conversion option?

  183. Bob Reed says:

    Only JD has the credentials to level the official PW RAAAAACIST! charge…

    Bound-over-steppers.

  184. sdferr says:

    Oh no Bob, porcelain kitten collection is code for the people with a fondness for spit-roasted honest to God kitten eating. There are still some loves that dare not speak their names.

  185. JD says:

    Porcelain kittens?!? Shirley, you jest.

    My best friend calls me assface. He is referred to as cumbucket.

  186. Abe Froman says:

    Oh, come on Bob. You know exactly the kind of figurines I’m talking about. Just because you have a glass case full of ceramic goats and Hummel gnomes in your living room, it doesn’t give you the right to crack on those who prefer kittehs.

  187. pdbuttons says:

    i had a blue cat
    i called him “blue’

  188. Jeff G. says:

    As long as it’s just bh and Pablo in the mix, I don’t take it too seriously. Jeff, I worry about, but I suspect he does that a lot better than I do.

    Why worry about me?

  189. Bob Reed says:

    It’s even better than that Abe, I have ceramic goats and Hummel gnomes gayly jitterbugging together…Accompanied by a Swing band made up entirely of ceramic Sambos…Who are spit-roasting kittens…

    All these delusions, and no drugs involved. I don’t know whether that’s creative or frightening.

    My cat’s are saying frightening.

  190. Danger says:

    “Who’s with me?”

    Now you’re talkin Mr!

    How bout we call a planning conference. NYC in two weeks. The topic will be operation neutraromney. We’ll set the strategy, review the tactics, calibrate our weapons and coordinate our strike.

    Bob can get the JAG to endorse the plan, bh covers security, pdb will scramble the messages and JD will be in charge of public affairs.

  191. pdbuttons says:

    i have a chip clip that i keep at a distance cuz
    it once bit my finger

  192. Ernst Schreiber says:

    bh posted on 7/21 @ 8:57 pm
    (Should be said that I find our pw Minnesotans to be rather well balanced. These things should always be stated and it’s lost in the context because lots of people aren’t from the uppper midwest. But, yeah, you purple sons of bitches aren’t the worst thing that ever happened to this planet. Possibly not even the second worst thing.)

    JD posted on 7/21 @ 9:45 pm
    Those scandi cheese-churning gefeltefish-eating lower Canadians tend to be wise.

    I don’t think, in point of fact, that we have any genuine Minnesotans around here. I have it on good authority that authentic Minnesotan-ness is a blood and soil thing.

  193. bh says:

    Why worry about me?

    I have an answer for that.

    It involves your sort of scary training routine.

  194. Ernst Schreiber says:

    On second thought, maybe a high school girlfriend isn’t such a good authority.

  195. JD says:

    Is “public affairs” codeword for auditioning and hiring strippers?

  196. Ernst Schreiber says:

    If you have Hummel gnomes, you’ve been reeped off, man!

  197. pdbuttons says:

    i am building a tiny tiny pianer
    to trap schroeder

  198. Danger says:

    “It’s just a thought I have sometimes, Pablo. When nr talks shit to Bob. When Crawford talks like he’s tough?

    Are these things we’re taking seriously?

    ‘Cause, I sometimes take things like this seriously.”

    bh,

    That’s just your hall monitor-sense tingling. It’s kinda like spidey-sense only it’s calibrated to cut through the smell of the french fries at lunch.

  199. Ernst Schreiber says:

    I try to take everything seriously.

    Like a good kraut should.

  200. pdbuttons says:

    gnomes without homes
    biscuits without baskets
    titanic with ice
    i think this is a stick-up note
    but i’m not sure
    can i use ur bathroom?

  201. bh says:

    Sometimes my hall sense demands it, Danger.

    An odd thing, I suppose.

  202. Abe Froman says:

    I try to take everything seriously.

    Like a good kraut should.

    Picture, if you will, going to work every day and being paid to make fun of Germans. For a German client! Such was my life for almost two years until I got bored of it – well, except for the endless supply of free beer anyway. Good God man, you people are the most unintentionally comedic people on ze earth. Be proud.

  203. pdbuttons says:

    the ministry of silly walks..
    what- u want to argue?

  204. pdbuttons says:

    fawlty towers
    the german episode
    too funny!

  205. Ernst Schreiber says:

    Good God man, you people are the most unintentionally comedic people on ze earth. Be proud.

    Best German joke I ever read:

    At a recent German-American social gathering, I asked a German table companion, a first-time visitor to the United States, for his impressions. “You Americans have more nice dumb people than any other countr,” he replied. I still regret not having delivered the perfect rejoinder, which came to me a few minutes later: 58,000,000 Americans can claim full or partial German descent.**

  206. geoffb says:

    Joke night eh. This sent to me recently.

    Four old retired guys are walking down a street in Yuma , Arizona …

    They turned a corner and see a sign that says, ‘Old Timers Bar – ALL drinks 10 cents’.

    They look at each other, and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.

    The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, “Come on in and let me pour one for you! What’ll it be, Gentlemen?”

    There seemed to be a fully-stocked bar, so each of the men ordered a martini.

    In short order, the bartender serves up four iced martinis…shaken, not stirred, and says, “That’ll be 10 cents each, please.”

    The four men stare at the bartender for a moment. Then look at each other.

    They can’t believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round.

    Again, four excellent martinis are produced with the bartender again saying,
    “That’s 40 cents, please.”

    They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity is more than they can stand. They have each had two martinis and so far they have spent less than a dollar.

    Finally one of the men says, “How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime a piece?”

    “I’m a retired tailor from Phoenix ,” the bartender said, and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery jackpot for $125 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime…wine, liquor, beer,it’s all the same.”

    “Wow!!!! That’s quite a story,” says one of the men.

    The four of them sipped at their martinis and couldn’t help but notice seven other people at the end of the bar who didn’t have drinks in front of them, and hadn’t ordered anything the whole time they were there.

    One man gestures at the seven at the end of the bar without drinks and asks the bartender, “What’s with them?”

    The bartender says, “Oh, they’re all old retired people from Florida . They’re
    waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half price.”

  207. Abe Froman says:

    That’s hilarious, Ernst. I used to have a German girlfriend and one night I had to play tour guide in the city to her and some stray German tourists that she and her friend had met. I commented that half the people in the crowded bar we were in were wearing glasses, which I found weird. Five minutes later, one of the German dudes quietly informed me that 44% of the people in the bar were in fact wearing glasses.

  208. pdbuttons says:

    scrambling messages
    wienerschitzel means “put a helmet on ur kids’
    blitzkrieg- means lightning strike with way cool fast tanks
    adolf- means ‘i love my dog”
    goebbels- means-chicken farmer
    himmler- that bastard goebbels! he’s a freaking liar!
    octoberfest-rocktoberfest
    hot dog buck owens\ still scrambling
    will get..
    breaking up..
    send panties

  209. bh says:

    Five minutes later, one of the German dudes quietly informed me that 44% of the people in the bar were in fact wearing glasses.

    English majors have the weirdest anecdotes.

  210. bh says:

    Was Bruce Springsteen there?

  211. Abe Froman says:

    We actually did meet Steven Van Zandt in a bar the night before, ironically. Not that it helps me understand the question any better.

  212. Ernst Schreiber says:

    German dude was just trying to be helpful.

    OT: looks like we’re going to have a football season after all. So bh, starting next month, I hate you’re cheddery guts, you rat bastard cheezheaded mofo!

    At least until next January. Then we can be friends again.

  213. bh says:

    Well, it wasn’t really that ironic, was it? As it was fairly obvious that members of the E street band were involved at some point.

    I think you should be honest. Was Bruce Springsteen there?

    (I also think the Zack Braff movie, Jersey as a parking lot, and how you people pronounce Trenton is sorta funny.)

  214. bh says:

    OT: looks like we’re going to have a football season after all. So bh, starting next month, I hate you’re cheddery guts, you rat bastard cheezheaded mofo!

    That’s okay, it’s not that likely that we’ll bring it home twice in a row.

    Unless Finley has a good season. Hey, who knows.

    Heh.

  215. Abe Froman says:

    Be careful, bh.

  216. bh says:

    These are things I only know to say because a girl I dated in college was from Tren Ton, Abe.

    She had very nice breasts. And she liked The Boss.

  217. Abe Froman says:

    I grew up where they shot the TV show “Ed.” You know, they were going for heartland idyllic, only they wanted to be sure they could find extras who weren’t morbidly obese.

  218. Ernst Schreiber says:

    That’s okay, it’s not that likely that we’ll bring it home twice in a row.

    I don’t care where the Packers finish, so long as it’s behind the Vikes.

    I also imagine that somewhere between weeks 6 and 8, it’ll be hard to care anymore.

  219. bh says:

    Heh.

    If they wanted to, they could have done a Jersey version. But, really, how would the DP fit both the fat and the hair?

    There’s a show about that on the air now, right?

  220. Abe Froman says:

    This has always been a sore subject with me. You could say that New York/Hollywood media contrivances with regard to NJ had me wise to media bias long before I gave politics half a thought. You take an uber-rich, hyper-preppy town like Franklin Lakes and find the four mentally retarded Italian guidette housewives and Bam! you got a show. Or, grab some stupid Wops from New York, plop them in a cheesy low-rent place like Seaside Heights and you got yerself a Jersey Shore show. Lies, I tell ya.

  221. Ernst Schreiber says:

    Something to ponder while you’r trying to fall asleep: If the Corporation for Public Broadcasting belongs to you and me, like their TV ads say, why aren’t we recieving dividend checks? I don’t know about you, but I want to sell my share(s).

  222. Danger says:

    G’night all,

    And btw I really will be in NYC in August so start making reservations people!
    dangerdaveoc at gmail dot com

  223. bh says:

    These are what we call good times.

    Good times.

    With the joking and such.

  224. Mike LaRoche says:

    mike the heteronormative mackerel snapper is also way cool

    Mike is not only cool, he’ll teach you history. Like Ernst and SW sometimes.

    Like SBP and di.

    Hey, thanks pd and bh! Nice to read that after a long day. Sorry I haven’t been around much these past few months. Busy and all, but I’ll try to comment more often. I do read every day, though.

  225. Abe Froman says:

    More Danger NYC! I hope the city is prepared. You should know that Jeff saw Jim Gaffigan, Doogie Howser and was indirectly skull fucked by Barack Obama while he was in town, so you have your work cut out for you this time.

  226. Pablo says:

    Why worry about me?

    You attract random lunatics.

  227. sterlinggray says:

    Boycott Harry Potter. Take the kids to see Captain America twice.

  228. pdbuttons says:

    hi- my name is sandford
    sandford clause
    i am a raging lunatic
    i need help
    i only listen to david bowie jean genie
    loves chimney stacks
    over and over
    and then again
    i am a raging lunachick
    pull my finger

  229. McGehee says:

    99. B. Moe posted on 7/21 @ 7:54 pm

    I was “gone fishing” from PW for a while, a la sdferr, and it has helped immensely. I can now ask ‘feets a pointed question about his monomania without wanting to drop kick a kitten over his entirely too predictable response.

    Can’t really predict how long that will hold…

  230. McGehee says:

    Anybody want a Google+ invite?

  231. pdbuttons says:

    hello- i am a liar
    and a lunatic
    my name is kris kringle and i have a big bag
    that might contain fudge
    i’m a liar and a lunatic
    so i don’t know
    i live in paliadescope park and some people say i smell
    but i am currently going thru aromatherapy
    i am a liar and a lunatic

  232. pdbuttons says:

    sorry- i just lied
    my name is kris kristoffoven and
    i’m craggy and i once smelt janis joplin up close
    i am a recovering lunatic

  233. pdbuttons says:

    again- so sorry
    my name is rumplestilskin and i wear oven-mitts
    and i just gave myself two thumbs up for my honesty
    you reading this? you’re a lunatic

  234. pdbuttons says:

    push- out all the hate and rainbows
    pull- oh snap i said rainbows1 i meant pull in rainbows
    push-out hate and unicorns
    pull- oh shit i said unicorns which i really really didn’t mean
    i’m a lunatic and i don’t know what the f i’m saying
    but my birthday is monday
    always monday

  235. pdbuttons says:

    i am such a liar!

    my real name is bond- james moneypenny bond
    i never lose at cards and i drive vroom vroom cars
    and i have i liscence to lunatick
    which i would show u but i left them in the pockets of my other pajamas
    yes, i wear pj’s with pockets[ bail money]
    that’s how lunatics roll

  236. pdbuttons says:

    favorite liar of all time
    clint eastwood/ blondi in the good, the bad and the ugly /sweet!

  237. phreshone says:

    S a r a h

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