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- In The Mailbox: 02.28.23 (Afternoon Edition) : The Other McCain on Hey, longtime pw readers…
- In The Mailbox: 12.23.22 : The Other McCain on Patrick J. Carroll truly IS a sad, embittered psychopath
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The article made mention of Fannie and Freddie and student loans and should have mentioned the mortgage interest deduction. Of course all those things helped drive up the price of an education or home so on balance they actually hurt the recipient, and we get to pay taxes for the bureaucracies to run the programs, so win-win!
The most beautiful element of postmodern democracy is the way in which it allows the oppressed to be the oppressors.
– Apparently they’re not mixing the koolaide like they use to. Another Non-rat leaves the plantation.
– Who said politics can’t be enjoyable!
The majority is the new minority is the new ruling/enslaved class.
It’s a good thing we gave up the academic/cultural fight! Why, otherwise people might feel shame at being wastes of time, as opposed to knowing that it’s all my fault!
“I think everybody knows that Obama… [garbled]… he’s gone, he’s dead…”
Here’s to your health, President Biden !
– ‘Tis the season of gaffes (or Freudian slips, take your pick).
“Speaking to hundreds of Democrats gathered in Springfield for the fair, Quinn sought to rally support for candidates from home-state President Barack Obama on down the ballot in the fall. But the loquacious governor also delivered a big blooper.
“Obama’s dead and the American auto industry is alive,” Quinn said before correcting himself to say “Osama bin Laden” is dead. “Guess I won’t use that one again,” the governor said.
– Maybe the Wonce could ask the AFLAK duck for hole plgging tips.
Ford didn’t take any bailout money and they are doing a heck of a lot better than GM and Chrysler, who did take the money.
The other half of the gaffe (“the American auto industry is alive”) brings us back to our discussion from earlier in the week: at what point do we decide that keeping the patient alive comes at too high a cost?
Sort of OT, but only sort of, there apparently aren’t going to be any prosecutions at MF Global. So a CEO who claims he doesn’t know what happened in his company skates away scot free. How is this possible under Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank? Perhaps it has something to do with Obama still needing the money that Jon Corzine brings in.
But wait, there’s more! Jon Corzine is thinking of starting up a new hedge fund. No, really! Tyler over at ZH has a contest going to name Corzine’s new hedge fund. Some great entries.
Chelsea Clinton also works at a hedge fund. I thought that was a bad thing? Not only that, I read that she is thinking of running for office after her less than stellar debut in broadcast journalism.
Who knows what she’ll be when she grows up?
Why does Jack Goldberg hate Elvis, indeed?
“Who knows what she’ll be when she grows up?”
– Finally able to string whole sentences together? Man that acorn rolled a mile from the tree and down into the creek bed.
“….and as in the case of the Chick-fil-A dustup, business owners who make the choice of expressing conservative values continue to see the ongoing results….”
– I think you’re right Leigh. The Left definately needs more cowbell.
Heh.
Gov. Douglas Wilder comes down like a ton of bricks on Obama and Biden for being a bunch of dickheads. He’s on Cavuto right now.
Just for Biden.
– Yep. Wilder is really beating that mule soundly, and things like this can’t be making the Wonce’s day.
– Wilder is right of course, but lets hope Jug ears remains tone deaf to anything that makes any sense, because really an Obama/Clinton ticket would be much more formidable.
OT: Hey, the USPS didn’t get me my SCAR on time! Imagine!
This week sucks ass.
Good to see the bakery owner supported by the silent majority, but I have to admit I cracked up at the manager of the place around the corner who was happy to host Biden, saying, “If you want to throw in some libertarians as well, that’s fine too…. Just bring your money.”
God bless America!
And so we have the 2nd Amendment…
Joe Biden knows from joking about buying candy at a Qwik-stop, and can readily distinguish a Gujarat accent from a Kerala.
I’m shocked that the USPS has failed to deliver on time. Shocked!
Heh, sdferr.
I can’t believe the talking heads are actually trying to parse what Joe meant. If you have Santita Jackson calling him out, it’s probably time to apologize and move on.
Sucks ass.
And of course, my FFL guy was home today to sign for it. Tomorrow? He won’t be home. Yay!
Spit.
Honestly. Paid $40 to have this delivered, ordered it two weeks ago. First the paperwork was botched, then it’s at least a week from that clusterfuck before I get this thing. Don’t businesses give a fuck about customer service anymore?
Don’t businesses give a fuck about customer service anymore?
– Is that a trick question?
– Did you call your local USPS store Jeff? I’ve had things sitting for days while the local guys got their fingers out of their asses.
” Honestly. Paid $40 to have this delivered, ordered it two weeks ago. First the paperwork was botched, then it’s at least a week from that clusterfuck before I get this thing. Don’t businesses give a fuck about customer service anymore?”
Be glad you weren’t tryin’ to buy a KSG. A friend of mine started walking that road three months ago and he’s STILL out chasing that duck.
note to self: only buy orange safety-tipped guns online.
I did call them, BBH. Said it was en route from Denver to their sorting facility and that I “should have it either tomorrow or Saturday.” Only problem is, I’m not the FFL. So I don’t take delivery. He has to. And he has to be home to sign for it.
Completely OT, but it could explain some things…
Strong Hands and Voice Pitch Really Are Signs of Fertility
oh my
MSNBC’s Touré: Romney Engaged in ‘Niggerization’ of Obama
They will play the race card again and again. It’s the only card they have left in the deck.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that parallel to the obvious rise of the fascist state we have very high sales of guns and ammunition.
Just sayin’.
I’ll put in a buffer comment so no one has to get too close to my last one.
It’s the only card they have left in the deck.
that card don’t work no more but don’t tell the proggtards.
I think the race card might still work on people who don’t follow politics closely. The point right now is to disgust many people into not voting at all.
The point right now is to disgust many people into not voting at all.
but with baracky it always has the opposite effect. peeps are now so disgusted that they want the islamomarxist gone by voting the bum out.
– One positive. A lot of people won;t have to worry about missing work if they want to vote, so there’s that.
I don’t think so, cranky. People are pretty sick of being called racists everytime they turn around. You can’t say the Wonce said something stupid or you’re a racist. Calling out Holder for his perchant for selective prosecution? Racist! Suggest that perhaps FLOTUS isn’t a little bitty fashion plate (just like Jackie Kennedy!) and you’re a racist.
Mitt is not our man, but he’s the guy running against the Wonce. And it’s looking like he might win.
If the vote is suppressed, the incumbent is more likely to win. That is the theory they are working from, IMAO.
Oh sure. Do you think that is in the works?
– Don’t think there’s anything they cab do to supress and ‘angry’ vote, and that’s what they’re facing this time. Angry vote defies all the pundits and theories, because the rookie at the pocker table doesn’t give a fuck.
We have “broken glass” voters again or so it seems.
If the vote is suppressed, the incumbent is more likely to win. That is the theory they are working from, IMAO.
their theories on how the world works has worked almost as well as the alchemy theory of chemistry
– Obama is tripling down, taking a chance trying to rile the blacks in his base. Judging from the reactions, it doesn’t look like that’s working so well.
– He does benefit a bit because it keeps the discussion off the economy as much as possible, but it’s not going to work because this time its real.
– People are struggling, People are broke. and the more he evades the more pissed they’ll get.
because the rookie at the pocker table doesn’t give a fuck.
no we’re dealing with the valerie jarret’s chicago theory on elections for 57 states.
– What I’m saying is that rookie’s been getting his ass kicked all week long, and heis in no mood for abject lessons, pet theories, and talking heads. He wants things to change. Change the deck, change the dealer, change the rules, whatever. Just change it and end his nightmare.
– As far as he’s concerned anything else is pure billshit.
– Obama is like a sideshow Carney who’s lost his star acts and his tent. He’s still out there trying to sell tickets to an empty field, and no ones buying.
Obama is getting the vote of about 80% of blacks this time. That’s down from nearly 98% in 2008. Either those voters are moving to another candidate or staying home. Any way you look at it, losing 17-18% (and those are just those admitting to it) of a constituency that you’ve always taken for granted is a lot.
Valerie Jarret is the one who is out of her league. She’s not in Chi anymore and other than bossing Obama around and making trouble with the staffers, she is no Svengali.
Axelrod only has one trick in his bag and that is exposing the opponent’s sleazy past. Romney has no sleazy past to expose and he (Axelrod) can’t very well go after Mitt’s wife. It would be a fool’s errand in more ways than one, the first and foremost being that she also has no sleazy past.
They are dealing with the cold hard fact that people are sick and tired of Obama and his bullshit. Times are very hard for a lot of people and what does he do? He scolds us and nags us. Us, who are paying his salary.
Fuck him and the horse he’s married to.
– We have a Black conservative in our area. He’s on Ladonna every thursday. He said today if Biden does anymore balckface the Left could end up losing huge because one thing about the Black community is they do stick together, and he said that a lot of Blacks were ‘not happy’ with his comments to put it mildly. He said more and more the Blacks are starting to see what a dead end they’re running too with the Progresives, and the real costs they’re paying for being played as fools.
– If the Dems lose even a moderate percentage of the Black vote, its all over. Without it they couldn’t run for dog catcher.
– That crazy racists bit on MSNBC today is really going to throw more fuel on the fire if it continues.
– The Left is obviously panicking and they’re over playing their hand with the race card.
I think that’s true on a local or congressional level, BBH. Maybe not so much on the national stage. You have to figure that blacks are only 13-15% of the US population, just a tad more than Jews when we’re talking percentages.
The problem that Obama has with blacks, from what I can see, is that he isn’t really a black guy. He was raised by whites in a white home, except for a brief bit when he lived with his mom and step-dad in Indonesia. He went to a privileged majority white prep school. He wasn’t a member of the Jack and Jills as a kid and his kids aren’t either. White colleges, white (composite ) girlfriends, white pals, white bosses, white guys running his campaigns, etc.
He’s a white guy. Even his black half isn’t black if you take his story at face value about Barack, Sr. He’s more Arab than black. The worst part of it all it he doesn’t think like an American, because he isn’t one. Not with his upbringing. He didn’t grow up on the mainland and doesn’t share the American Experience™.
He’s an imposter and everyone who didn’t already know that is starting to catch on.
– All true. All manufactured stage props to shine up his image, and like all props, the stage manager picks up the paper mache’ bolder and moves it betweem scenes, but this time someone left the curtins ajar.
(see what I did there – :) )
If Obama is really down to 80% with blacks, there’s not enough single-mothers to put him over the top.
Which is why they want to get deep in the mud and depress turnout among white working class and low-info last minute deciders.
If Obama is really down to 80% with blacks, there’s not enough single-mothers to put him over the top.
shine up his image
Raaaaaaaaaacist!
Which is why they want to get deep in the mud and depress turnout among white working class and low-info last minute deciders.
Do you think that that will work, though Ernst? Romney was picking up white blue-collar workers this week.
– BTW, HuffPoop is convinced they’ve devined the “convention surprise” that Trump is teasing everyone with.
– They had an elaborate deduction piece that boils done to him doing a video using that Black actor that portrays Obama, where hes on ‘the apprentice’, and has to admit the job Trump gave him to do is a disaster and Trump fires him.
– Their main reasoning is that the conventions won’t typically allow hard parody. As good a guess as any I suppose.
Depends on how effective the super-rich out of touch elitist in it for his hedge fund buddies and other vulture capitalists and what’s he hiding in his tax returns anyways stuff is.
“It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
Be nice to see this in an ad, but that would be hateful.
the valerie jarret us campaign is perennial chicago campaign: blacks, gays, proggtard whites. too bad for them that the country is bigger than that.
– The Social Security agency bought 174 million rounds of ammo this month, for whatever thats worth.
super-rich out of touch elitist in it for his hedge fund buddies
This wasn’t a problem when Kerry and Edwards were running. Likewise, Theresa’s tax returns never saw the light of day.
Yeah, I know. That was diffferent.
Speaking for myself, I like the idea of a rich president. It would seem he would be less likely to be corrupt. Unlike the guy we have now who is rich, but greedy.
The Social Security agency bought 174 million rounds of ammo this month, for whatever thats worth.
death panels? solves that problem.
Maybe not as different as you think.
Kerry defaulted into the nomination much the same way McCain did four years ago. And Edwards never went anywhere. Sure, they spew the right platitudes and dutiful mediacrats repeat them instead of challenging them. But at the end of the day, they’re still a couple of phonies.
I think Kerry and Edwards were both unlikeable as hell.
I agree. But then I wouldn’t rate either Obama or Romney as likeable. “Pleasant” would be about as far as I’d go.
Agreed. Neither one of them is someone you’d want to hang out with.
Merchant in Broken Arrow has a message message for Obama.
Neither one of them is someone you’d want to hang out with.
disagree. romney knows how stuff works baracky not so much.
You wouldn’t want to hang out with Obama. Romney wouldn’t want to hang out with you. That’s the difference.
Biden would be a hoot to party with. He’d be slipping turds into the punch bowl, pissing in the potted palms, fondling the host’s dog, and setting the drapes on fire. Good times.
Romney wouldn’t want to hang out with you.
this assertion is based on what exactly?
I saw that sign leigh. Media was in fits. While they were breathlessly shooting their segment people kept pulling over to take pictures of it and saying they “thought it was great.” LMAO.
See this?
Heh.
Best part of today? Hillary told Obama, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
Heh. I saw that guy in the Romney shirt, too. Awesome.
I just read that the Secret Service bought cupcakes from the baker that wouldn’t let Biden in his store as a “thanks buddy!” gesture.
KLEIN: Larry, just before we went on the air tonight, I checked with my sources in the Clinton camp and I took notes because I want to be careful. And here is what they told me: Up until just a couple of weeks ago, the White House was putting out feelers to see if Hillary would accept the vice-presidential nod and replace Joe Biden. Bill Clinton was, I’m told, urging his wife to accept the number-two slot. He saw this as a great launching pad for her for running in 2016. But, then, Hillary had lunch in the White House a couple of weeks ago with Valerie Jarrett, Michelle’s best friend, senior adviser to both the first lady and the president. And she told Valerie Jarrett that she would not accept the vice-president spot. The lunch was ostensibly about other matters, but it came up. The vice-presidential thing came up. Hillary felt burned out after four years as secretary of state. But I’m told there were more important reasons for her not accepting.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/314270/klein-white-house-woos-hillary-robert-costa#more
– That Baker suffered such a backlash he ran out of food by 1:30 pm and had to call it a day. *snerk*
I’d be comfortable having my kids at a Romney shindig. I would never let them out of my grip among the Obama crowd.
Having to share the planet with Jarrett being the dealbreaker, I’m sure.
I could dig chillin’ with the Romneys. The Obamas? Not so much.
I would never let them out of my grip among the Obama crowd.
what you don’t like kevin jennings?
the “untouchables” is my fav ota tv program on me tv
– I don’t believe the part where Bill urges her to take it. Slick Willy hates the non-Clinton Left more than he hates Conservatives.
– If any of its true I’d bet he told her just the opposite. Anything that would hang Jug ears would be fine with him.
Bill hates his ass. I’m rubbing my hands together waiting for the Big Dawg to stick it to him, but good.
– But all that aside the important thing here is if this story has legs and slowly seeps out and the key playres let the details slip it totally destroys Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum.
– I mean after that how the hell would he introduce him? “Heres my VP that we let out of the cage once a month and take the muzzle off so he can answer one non-political question”?
– You know what. If Biden had a working brain cell in his skull he’d resign and leave Bummblefuck stranded.
Romney wouldn’t want to hang out with you.
a great pw thread would be mittens interacting with the pw crowd for awhile. yo mr. jeff contact rsm!
newrouter,
Jim Geraghty laid out a bunch of reasons why Hillary replacing Biden was a non-starter, but his final was the fireworks. Say what you want about Hillary, but she is smart as hell & politically savvy as all get out.
This is the guy who maligned her and Bill (the first black President) as racist in NC in 2008. Forget the Rush “Chaos” thing. Remember how many of her supporters and Clintonistas went true ballistic?
Here’s how dip-shit armature the Obama brain trust is. Knowing she’s gearing up for a clean run in 2016, they actually thought she’d consider coming in with two months left to go on the long shot of saving a bungling, Junior Varsity, gaffe-tastic, socialist, class warfare wannabe, self imploding ticket.
And let’s say she could pull off an according to Hoyle miracle, and they won. She’s now dead anchored for the next four years to utter catastrophic failure, and everything the Marxist man-child has said and done since day one in office.
Bill & Hillary may be on different continents at the moment, but I bet there was a long distance call that involved a good glasses of wine while the two were giggling like monkeys in a tree.
And Bill was getting a blow job from a 19 yr old Ukrainian chick the whole time.
One day I’ll learn to spell “amateur” without letting spell check lie to me.
This is the guy who maligned her and Bill (the first black President) as racist in NC in 2008.
good place to have a conv. in 2012;)
Here I was thinking “armature?” that must mean something I’m unclear about. Note to self: Go look it up.
wiki
Electrical
Armature: The power-producing component of an alternator, generator, dynamo or motor. The armature can be on either the rotor or the stator.
some valerie jarrett vetting would be helpful.
Armature is also the a term used in music and biology.
Lamont, he’s way smart, man. Making us think, he is.
No leigh, I’m digging newrouters definition.
Holy crap newrouter! I have a new pick up line.
Me: “Hello ladies…I’m an armature.”
Ladies: “What’s that?”
Me: “The power producing component in a DYNAMO!”
I can’t miss!
I can’t miss!
(Clint Eastwood voice offstage)……
“Well now…..that depends entirely on whether you’re a stator or a rotor….Which is it punk“