Because not everybody wants to talk about how Ann Coulter or some other of our big conservative opinion leaders could possibly pretend Mitt Romney is conservative.
Eh, screw it. Maybe the feckless and impotent GOP who stood before us in 2008 and told us the era of Reagan is over were right. And maybe the reason is precisely because that’s what they wanted.
I’m rooting for upsets today.
Yep, but weren’t there people rooting just the same way last year too?
Then, bottom o’ the heap: juggernaut! (I kid, I kid)
Unlike Michael Vick, I don’t really have a dog in the NFL playoffs fight, but I’ll be watching tomorrow night’s BCS game. Both LSU and Alabama gave my wife’s current alma mater a hiding during the regular season, so we’re hoping they tear each other to shreds.
You’ll have to write louder! Still can’t hear properly after yesterday’s Texans triumph!
Ya think? They didn’t fight their way to the top of the political heap in order to reduce their opportunities for graft and corruption. But don’t despair, we have the best government money can buy….
As beat up and mangled as my Steelers are, I am almost hoping for a mercy killing today.
JeffG, you’re being unfair to Romney! He was just saying what he had to say to get elected in a liberal state. Not like now, when he can say what he really believes. In his heart.
I know, Ella. And when he gets elected, we’ll be told how he has to represent us all — hence the need to compromise with the progressive Democrats.
I can’t wait!
Reagan was a thorn in the side of the GOP. They like invoking him to justify doing things he wouldn’t do, but otherwise, meh.
DaTechGuy calls MoDo on a lie about what Rick Santorum said at a recent event and then turns the issue into a profound question. I shamelessly link it but DaTechGuy’s article is good. Yes we have to call them out as liars every time they do it.
This Sununu slap down is also good…
And here is Debbie Wasserman Schultz being called out on FoxNews Sunday.
a gay just tackled tebow
Romney is sounding very Presidential, very much in the vein of the 2nd bestest President ever.
President Romney looks forward with eager anticipation to his own Yalta and Potsdam. Working together with the socialist left for the good of all is so much nicer than fighting them…. in theory maybe but in practice not so much.
It’s beginning to look like TEBOW TIME!!! And it’s only the 2nd quarter.
Yup!
I think that if I give him everything I possibly can and ask for nothing from him in return, noblesse oblige, he won’t try to annex anything and will work with me for a world of democracy and peace.”
Ain’t that funny, Geoff. By that stage, Uncle Joe had helped himself to Karelia, half of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. What made FDR think that the rest of Eastern Europe was safe?
the tebow is real
Jeez I hope somebody asks Merril Hoge how that Pittsburgh gashing is going. He did mean the Pittsburgh offense, didn’t he?
the 1st half pgh offense offends me
The belief in the much superior abilities of the progressive mind in it’s dealings with the world?
Night night, steelerettes.
it ain’t over til mrs. o sings
Mark Steyn, for one, still understands our dilemma:
…after almost every one of these debates we at NR and elsewhere say “ABC lost. Big time.” and “Big loser: ABC News” – or CNN or MSNBC or whoever it is. And then ten days later (or, in this case, the following morning) there they all are again acquiescing in some condescending media bigfoot’s wish to spend 20 minutes discussing whether the Supreme Court has a right to ban diaphragms for transgendered adoptees or whatever hallucinogenic George Stephanopoulos and Diane Sawyer were chugging down in the green room last night.
…everyone else plays along with this absurd game. It’s not merely that the GOP is letting the left frame the contest but that a party willing to dignify this pitiful charade is sending a broader message about the likelihood of its mustering the determination to stand up to a Democrat-media establishment once in office and effect meaningful course correction.
oh my who knew
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No. McGehee coughs it up, and John Fox doesn’t use his biggest weapon — a FG kicker who is 12/16 at +50.
We play to lose. But this time, it ain’t Tebow’s fault.
…you’re being unfair to Romney! He was just saying what he had to say to get elected in a liberal state.
While that was clearly snark, that is seriously offered as an excuse by Romney’s apologists. Time and again we hear or read that Romney did something decidedly opposed to conservatism while taking a paycheck from Massachusetts taxpayers because that’s what he had to do to win election in a blue state! Duh! Silly paleocons.
By this estimation, I propose we all get behind Obama this year, because he is the most conservative politician able to win election. He has only governed like a leftist because that’s what he had to do to govern a blue nation. We all know in his heart he’s no radical. Think about his campaign in 2008, running as a post-partisan centrist… hell, he promised a middle class tax cut.
So get behind Obama. He’ll get it right in his second term. Honest.
Do you have a link, G.O.?
Do you have a link, G.O.?
http://bit.ly/AgTOC8
Thanks
mrs. o hasn’t sung yet
Gee, from some of the comments it was sounding like God decided to tune in to the game after all. What happened? He change the channel?
It seems He decided to give us the best game of the weekend.
Wow.
that was quick
How do you like that?!
How about that shit? See you next week, Donks!
Too bad Tebow can’t throw, huh?
Rocky Mountain Jesus for the win!
mrs. o is singing
take out the “patriots” please
I was ASSURED repeatedly that Pittsburgh would cream Denver.
ASSURED!
I want a refund!
‘Scuse me. Anybody got a napkin?
Hoge get back to us yet? Bwa-hah-ha-hah-ha-ha-ha.
Demaryius Thomas is Brandon Marshall with better ups and better speed. Josh McDaniels must be beaming.
From his couch.
Oh, and go Broncos. An NCAA season rooting for #BlueTurfNation has been good practice.
We play to lose.
I didn’t realize Fox was an acolyte of Denny Green’s
Congratulations Jeff.
i thought tebow can’t throw?
Holy shit!
Adjusted yards per passing attempt for Tebow… 15. To put that in perspective, Brees put on a clinic and averaged just over 10.
Great game. Tebow is clutch.
Tebow threw for 316 yards. How about that.
Is Decker done for the duration?
316 on 10 completions, cranky.
Don’t think I’ve seen anything like that before in my life.
We’re not worthy! Awesome performance. Now which idiot will be first to ask John Fox how close Brady Quinn is to taking over if Tebow stuggles early next week…
The Broncos deserve full credit for taking avanatge of the opportunity presented to them. I would hesitate to read too much into this though as the Steelers were a shell of what they were six weeks ago minus Pouncey, Mendenhall, Clark, Keisel, Hampton, and with a hampered Roethlisberger and the tragedy that befell their RB coach Kirby Wilson on Friday.
One note, Josh McDaniels will be on the other sideline next week.
On ESPN after the game Trent Dilfer nailed it when he said that Tebow’s threat to run is what makes it all possible. On film Denver wide receievers have been open as much as they have ever seen in the NFL because defenses are putting 8 and nine men up to the line of scrimmage but Tebow has been reluctant or unable to hit them. Perhpas Elways comment to pull the trigger is all it took.
Football is still the ultimate team game.
Grats to Denver, Tebow is the shit. But I must say that last Steeler possession was some spectacularly bad clock management.
I like the way the Broncs match up with NE next week, that could be a very interesting game.
Wow.
That was some game Tebow played.
BJTexs passed away tonight. This is a fucking horrible day.
Well, well, lookee here:
https://proteinwisdom.com/?p=18181#comment-899698
“BJTexs passed away tonight. This is a fucking horrible day.”
Oh, no.
It is really stupid to refer to anything that happens on a football field a miracle, isn’t it?
Not at all, BMoe. Not at all.
Be with God BJ, and farewell til we meet again friend…
That’s terrible news, JD. My prayers for BJ and his family.
Tebow played a damned good game. Not perfect, but good. Don’t overlook his 50 rushing yards, either. The guy put in 366 yards of personal offense, which is a pretty not-bad thing.
On the downside is McGahee’s fumble (which, by the way, happened when he had both hands on the ball; I’m not sure how he could have avoided it, really, other than to have evaded a lot better) and Champ Bailey’s failure to intercept in the end zone when he had both hands on the ball. But I’m inclined to forgive those because a) they won, and b) they both had an otherwise ok ball game, what I saw of it. I only saw from mid-3rd quarter on, though.
On the downside: Denver barely beat a rather wounded Pittsburgh team. They clearly have a long way to go to be really GOOD. On the upside, though: first playoff win since the Elway years. Also: I’m going over to John Cole’s site to do a these-days-rare read of whatever post he has thrown up bemoaning his “beloved Steelers”. Just because I can.
Oh, so you don’t have to:
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5:57AM Jan 9th
I didn’t know what schadenfreude could feel like until just now.
The Broncos were without Dawkins and Chris Kuper and lost their number 1 receiver early in the game. A running team, they’re without their fullback, Spencer Larsen. They are also without Knowshon Moreno, and have been playing with an undrafted rookie at corner. One of the safeties in yesterday at times (or maybe he’s a corner, who knows) came from the special teams after first coming off the practice squad.
I don’t think we should diminish what they did because they, too, were banged up. The loss of Dawkins has been HUGE toward the end of the season. Demaryius Thomas won his one-on-ones and Pittsburgh’s plan to stop the run and make Tebow beat them backfired because Thomas and Royal got free, and because Tebow made the throws he needed to make.
Yes, there’s a ways to go for Denver. Our middle linebacker play is awful, and we’re thin at defensive tackle. But with Dumervil and Von Miller on the outside, and Robert Ayers moving between DT and DE, we have a good young nucleus if we can get a truly STUD middle linebacker.
Quinton Carter at safety really stepped up his play yesterday. He needed to.
Thanks for that, Slarti. That brought a smile to my face.
Jeff, Decker wasn’t their #1 WR was he? I like him and have been a big fan of his since he played at Minnesota. Had he not been injured there he might have been Denver’s #1, but it has been fairly clear to those of us outside Denver that Thomas became #1 once he got healthy. Decker was a good WR, but not a #1 WR, IMHO. I don’t think Decker would have outrun the Steelers’ corners and safeties the way Thomas did.
Hope Decker is ok.
Thomas had been lagging behind and Decker was Tebow’s favorite target, leader in receptions, and leader in TDs. It’s important to remember that Decker fell to the 3rd round because he was injured coming into the draft (as was Thomas) — and that many evaluators thought him a first round talent.
Either way, it’s a big loss, because like Thomas Decker is a big receiver at 6’3″ 225, and he’s an excellent blocker. With Decker and Thomas, the Broncos can at times run what looks like 4 TEs out there — only to have these guys turn on the jets and beat coverages with WR skills. Decker is faster than people think, and Thomas finally showed just how fast he is.
The future looks bright with those two, especially if we add a true speed guy to the roster this offseason. Not sure Royal will be back, even though I like him.
Alabama taking it to the Tigers right now. As a Florida fan, there are no downsides to this game. Pure enjoyment.
Alabama absolutely dominated. Dominated. Like, 85 Bears dominated.
TIDE!
I feel better, now and can stop grumping about the Stillers.
I’ve heard people complaining that the game was boring. Those same people probably really enjoyed Clemson’s bowl game drubbing at the hands of West Virginia. I’ve seen basketball games with lower scores.
I thought it was total domination. The fact that Alabama couldn’t put it in the end zone more than once was not really all that important. If your defense can have their way with the opponent the way Alabama’s did, you don’t really HAVE to put a lot of points up. Really, spectacular defensive effort.
LSU was off of their peak form, I think. Alabama played pretty close to perfectly.
I didn’t really have a favorite in this game, though. It could have gone either way as far as the SEC is concerned. But I think the right team wound up winning it all last night.
Does anyone really think there’s another team in the country that could have beaten Alabama last night?