Just another visitor on this very popular search, but this one's from an interesting place. (For those who haven't seen the post this search leads to, check here, with followup here.)
Exit question: Hometown foe, or fan checking out the opposition?
Showing posts with label Sarah Palin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah Palin. Show all posts
October 24, 2008
Visitor of the day -- 10/24
October 12, 2008
Sarah Palin answers the 3 a.m. call, Part 2
(The darkened outside of a house is seen, followed by a shot of a young child sleeping in bed.)
Voiceover: It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone on the campaign, and it's ringing. Something's happening in the world.
(Cut away to Sarah Palin picking up the telephone.)
Sarah Palin: Yes, dear. Um, hmmm. Oh, gosh, he'll burp if you put him on the changing table and push his knees up to his chest. Try it ten times. He'll burp, guaranteed.
(Cut to John McCain.)
John McCain: I'm John McCain and I approve a good, strong burp in the middle of the night.
October 11, 2008
Saturday evening linkfest
If you've been wondering whether I've been taken into the Witness Protection Program -- kind of like those shirts sold by Chinese vendors on the streets of Washington ("You Don't Know Me") -- the answer is YES! I've been taken into the Witness Protection Program.
But I've just been kicked out.
This has been the busiest period for me at work in over three years, and I've been in total panic mode. Until Friday, I didn't think I would be able to handle it, and now I think there's a least a slim chance. So things are looking up.
In honor of this, I'd like to give you a short linkfest. I should have some original stupidity up relatively soon.
1. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington is having a book festival, and one of the books featured (see page 5 of the PDF brochure here) is Louis Ferrante's Unlocked: A Journey from Prison to Proust, which the brochure describes this way:
Louis Ferrante, former Mafia associate in the Gambino crime family, was taken down by federal agents and sentenced to over twelve years in prison. In prison, he began a dramatic journey towards redemption and rehabilitation – culminating in the surprising and unexpected discovery of an innate passion for literature, writing and Orthodox Judaism. This is a Mafia memoir unlike any other!I mention this solely to repeat my son's quip: "An aufruf you can't refuse."
2. Public Service Announcement: If you feel the need to urinate on your neighbor's porch, don't dress in a cow suit.
3. Your web browser hates you. (scary hat tip: fee simple)
4. Your wedding guests hate you.
5. Sarah Palin hates you.
Na, I'm just kidding. Actually, Sarah Palin used a PR consultant in Alaska. (via HotAir) And speaking of Sarah Palin, I did a post about six weeks ago called "Sarah Palin is evil." The post attracted numerous internet bottom-dwelling scum-suckers and has my largest number of comments for any post. My total for visitors who arrived on searches for "Sarah Palin is evil" or an equivalent is now up to 1650. The total who arrived on searches for "Sarah Palin is an idiot" or an equivalent is well over 1000.
October 03, 2008
Barack Obama practices his wink
Byron York, National Review Online,
Sarah Palin, the Winner by a Wink
Obama: Like this, then?
Axelrod: No, no. It looks like someone kicked sand in your eye. You can't appear weak.
Obama: OK, watch me now.
Axelrod: Still wrong. It's like your contact got stuck in your eyelid.
Obama: Wait, wait a minute. I've been studying the tapes. She did it almost exactly that way.
Axelrod: No, she didn't. And you gotta remember to smile when you do it. Smile!
Obama: OK, OK, OK. Let me try it again. "We can't afford four more years of the same failed Bush policies." [He winks and smiles.] "John McCain will break into your elderly mother's house, steal her wallet, urinate on her front door, and kick her dog on his way out." [He winks and smiles.]
Axelrod:
Obama: What now?
Axelrod:
Obama: You're giving me that look.
Axelrod:
Obama: OK, I guess we're done with that exercise. Now, should I wear a black dress? David? David?
October 02, 2008
Sarah Palin answers the 3 a.m. call
(The darkened outside of a house is seen, followed by a shot of a young child sleeping in bed.)
Voiceover: It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone on the campaign, and it's ringing. Something's happening in the world.
(Cut away to Sarah Palin picking up the telephone.)
Sarah Palin: Todd? What is it?
(She pauses a second.)
Sarah Palin: Damn it, Todd! It's 3:00 in the morning. Just get that boy's ass out of her room, now! I know he's gonna marry her, but hasn't he caused enough trouble already?
(Cut to John McCain)
John McCain: I'm John McCain, and I approve of getting that boy's sorry ass out of that room.
UPDATE (10/6): Wow, the crew at LGF didn't like this. It's at -14. They must have assumed that I'm some left-wing jerk mocking Palin.
Voiceover: It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone on the campaign, and it's ringing. Something's happening in the world.
(Cut away to Sarah Palin picking up the telephone.)
Sarah Palin: Todd? What is it?
(She pauses a second.)
Sarah Palin: Damn it, Todd! It's 3:00 in the morning. Just get that boy's ass out of her room, now! I know he's gonna marry her, but hasn't he caused enough trouble already?
(Cut to John McCain)
John McCain: I'm John McCain, and I approve of getting that boy's sorry ass out of that room.
UPDATE (10/6): Wow, the crew at LGF didn't like this. It's at -14. They must have assumed that I'm some left-wing jerk mocking Palin.
September 23, 2008
I'm still here
I'm still here, but I've been quiet for the past couple of days because of (a) work; (b) a computer that's uncooperative, if not outright hostile; and (c) a bout of weltschmertz.
So meanwhile, I invite you to do the following:
1. Consider my proposed new benchmark for the Jewish vote, written in November 2004. Am I way off base?
2. Look at the speech Sarah Palin would have given at the anti-Ahmadinejad rally, had she not been unceremoniously "disinvited," and tell me how much the Jewish Democrats have harmed the cause of American Jews and Israel, using a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not at all and 10 is utterly and irreparably.
3. Read this article ("Clinton: 'I get why Palin is hot'") and watch this clip at HotAir. Then tell me whether Bill Clinton has read my most recent photo comic or, alternatively, whether his behavior is so obvious that I had little trouble getting it down to the last, er, electoral vote.
September 17, 2008
Wednesday linkfest
After I do a long photo comic, like the one I posted on Monday (Bill Clinton agrees to campaign for Obama), it's hard to get back to normal posts. Unlike most of the garbage I post here, photo comics take a long time, and the hardest part is working out the text, not doing the voice bubbles, which can be done in an hour or two.
So I'm going to coast a little longer by giving you some links I've been accumulating for the past several weeks.
1. This is actually not a link, but I'm including it, anyway. The son of our friends, a good friend of my son, is in Taiwan, where he applied for a scooter license. Among the questions on the exam were these:
1. When a motorcyclist is not happy, usually he/she: (1) is emotionless (2) is not compassionate (3) is angry.Then, there were a bunch of signs with Chinese on them, and he had to guess what they meant.
2. Time for honking, each time is: (1) within 2 seconds (2) within 1 second (3) within half a second.
3. Motorcyclist's clothing: (1) is free (2) slippers are ok (3) must be clean.
2. No linkfest would be complete without a link to a post about an incinerating toilet. Be sure to watch the video at the company's website. No butt hair was singed in the preparation of the video. Bonus: Also at InventorSpot: Russian scientist solves problem of smelly feet.
3. We all hate grammar ignoramuses, and some of us are annoyed by typos, but few of us engage in vandalism over them. (via How Appealing)
4. A reader at Instapundit creates a political ad about the meltdown at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
5. We'll have to take Obama's criticism of a McCain ad on comprehensive sex education for kindergarteners with a grain of salt.
6. Is Obama too tight with his teleprompter? (hat tip: fee simple)
7. A follow-up by Steven Plaut related to Soccer Dad's post below on Michelle Obama's "rabbi" relative.
8. A columnist at Haaretz is scared to death of Sarah Palin. But the Republican Jewish Coalition flips Congressman Robert Wexler's idiotic linking of Palin with Pat Buchanan and shows that Buchanan's views on Israel are like Obama's.
9. "Tryst turns into $50K robbery for RNC delegate." Plus, quotation of the day: "'As a single man, I was flattered by the attention of a beautiful woman who introduced herself to me. I used poor judgment. If there is any good that can come from this humiliation, it is to caution others that date rape happens to men, too,' he said."
We get comments
Shortly after Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain's running mate, I put up a post called "Sarah Palin is evil." Playing into the insane reaction to her from the lunatic left and the mainstream media (but I repeat myself), the post was a spoof of the site "Bert is Evil." That's Bert, as in Sesame Street. The most famous of the "Bert is evil" photos is one in which Bert is photoshopped next to Osama bin Laden. A sign with that photo on it actually made it into an anti-American protest in, I believe, Pakistan. (Correct me if that's been debunked.) So I photoshopped Palin next to OBL. She was saying, "I killed Bert, as you requested." Ha, ha. Get it? I later added a photoshop of Palin as Natasha, next to Boris Badenov.
In the past 2-1/2 weeks, I've had well over 1,000 visitors to that post from searches for "Sarah Palin is evil" and similar searches. Another 750 or so visitors have arrived from searches for "Sarah Palin idiot." Don't worry, we're just having a little fun with you, guys.
But one visitor overnight didn't see the humor. He (I assume it was a "he") left the following delightful message in the comments:
If there's any justice left in the world, then you conservative nazis will all get cancer and die a very slow and painful death. Sadly, there's really no justice left.I've seen numerous comments like this at other blogs, so I don't find it shocking, even if it's obviously repellent. I have a section on the right sidebar called "Plaudits for Pillage Idiot," in which I quote commenters who've called me stupid, pathetic, etc. I don't think this comment qualifies.
Now, I have no intention of attributing this sickness to everyone on the left. To my regret, some conservatives will say horrible things about their adversaries, too. But I'll never understand how some people are so deranged they would think this, let alone write it, let alone write it in the comments to someone's blog.
Based on the IP address -- yes, you creep, I have your IP address -- this is someone who lives in, or around, Calgary, Alberta. In other words, a Canadian. Bwahaha! You have wannabe-fascist government agencies prosecuting people for "wrong" opinions on matters of public policy, and you call us Nazis? Let me know when you live in a free country, and then we'll discuss who's really evil.
September 14, 2008
The barbecue
Is it just me, or does Mr. Obama seem to be past his "sell by" date?
I'm just wondering, because it seems to me that if you're running as the Second Coming of Jesus, you sort of have to keep throwing out for us a new miracle every couple of weeks. Right about now, Jesus -- I mean, Obama -- looks more like he's struggling to keep that fake hair and beard attached to his head.
Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm sure I could be. But I'd like you to read about the barbecue described by Kat-Mo at Ace's, featuring these characters: "Uncle John" McCain; Psuedo-Professor, Professional Community Organizer Obama, MA, BS; "Uncle Joe" Biden; and "Cousin Sarah" Palin. It sounds a little odd in my description, but if you read it, it makes a heck of a lot of sense.
September 10, 2008
Sarah Palin and the Ollie North Effect
I began working in Washington in May 1987, just in time for two major events in American political history: the Bork nomination and Oliver North's testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings.
One could write volumes about the differences between Bork's mishandling of the media and North's success, but I have no plans to do that. I'd just like to refresh your recollection about North's testimony.
If you still don't know what I'm talking about, read the retrospective at Extreme Mortman from last year, regarding the 20th anniversary of North's testimony. A sampling:
More than mere testimony in a scandal that rocked the Ronald Reagan presidency, it was the last great nationwide media event before the Internet changed politics. This was all television, in its purest grand form.And more:
With 60 million people watching, it bumped soap operas. But this was far better than any other daytime drama. This was real life.
In the Washington Post, Tom Shales called Col. North the “television champion.”
And why not? North testified in his military uniform, featuring six rows of medals on his chest. He got emotional and misty-eyed at the right moments, with a to-die-for catch in his throat. The picture of North taking the oath is one of the great political images of the modern era.
And Time magazine said about North: “He played brilliantly upon the collective values of America, upon its nostalgias, its memories of a thousand movies (James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, John Wayne in They Were Expendable) and Norman Rockwell Boy Scout icons.”The committee obviously expected to eat North's lunch. They figured North would play the bad guy for them, but the attempt to browbeat him went awry. The public overwhelmingly supported North.
Even Eleanor Clift dropped her jaw, saying on “The McLaughlin Group”: “I think he touched a chord in all of us. He’s Rocky, Rambo, Patton and the boy next door all wrapped up in one.”
Democratic leader Sen. George Mitchell was smitten, too: “Most Americans are taken by his personality.”
In fact, so popular did Col. North become that men and boys began getting haircuts like his:
THE Oliver L. North craze that has swept the country has swept me along with it in a way you will never believe.I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this. Like North, Palin was subjected to politically hostile fire; she's shown toughness and charm in fighting off her opponents; and the public -- or at least a lot of the public -- has been taken with her.
It has taught the barbers I deal with how to give me the kind of haircut I have been battling to get from them for the past 10 years.
That's right. It's the "Ollie" haircut, which I understand has become almost as popular as Colonel North himself.
So much so that people are analyzing her fashion statements, and I'm totally not making that up. You really need to read this post from the LA Times "entertainment" section (i.e., the entire newspaper) called "Sarah Palin: Politics of fashion." (via JWF) The post has 14 photos of Palin, with some dead-serious fashion commentary and an accompanying vote (Misses the target / VP bull's-eye / Too beauty queen / Too backwoods). My favorite commentary is not what JWF likes ("the wild woman within"), although that's pretty good. What I like is this helpful advice from a "trend forecaster":
The big question is how she will update her look, as the election draws near and a possible formal inaugural looms? Will she lighten up the dark eyeshadow and too-obvious lip liner?Here's one of the photos.
It’s probably not advisable. Trend forecaster Tom Julian, official fashion voice for the Oscar.com for over a decade, doesn’t think Palin should frouff up drastically. “A complete head-to-toe makeover might make her look more acceptable for the fashion magazines," Julian explains. "But it would also cause voters to doubt her authentic loner image.”
I say: Don't mess with Sarah, but the fashion writer says "Fastening overkill." (Wait until Robin Givhan of the Washington Post gets her claws into her.)
Finally, just as with Oliver North, people are even getting Palin haircuts, though probably not the women on MSNBC.
Oh, and I should point that The Ollie North Effect can be abbreviated as The ONE. Hmmmmmmm.
Extra: Some diarist at Kos got this connection even before I did.
September 01, 2008
More anagrams
Last week, I gave you anagrams for Obama-Biden. Now, I'm compelled to give you anagrams for McCain-Palin.
Right off the top, we have:
CALM IN PANIC
For John McCain / Sarah Palin, we get:
MACHO CHAPLAIN JARS INN
If you cheat a little and use McCain's first name, you can get these:
JOHN'S A RACIAL MAN, PINCH
IS JOHN ANARCHIC NAPALM?
CARNAL MANIAC? JOHN'S HIP
JOHN'S ANIMAL CRAP CHAIN
As before, if you come up with better ones, leave them in the comments.
August 31, 2008
Sarah Palin is evil
Now that morons like John Kerry are comparing Sarah Palin to Dick Cheney (via HotAir), someone had to do this, and why not me? (with apologies to Bert is Evil)
UPDATE: Getting quite a few hits for "Sarah Palin is an idiot" and similar searches. To those of you who have arrived here that way, you'll really hate some of my previous political stuff: my Obama posts, my Hillary posts, and my Bill Clinton posts. Here's one post that knocks McCain. Not exactly equal opportunity, but there you go.
UPDATE (9/3): Up to nearly 300 hits. So I'll give you more evidence Sarah Palin is evil.
UPDATE (9/9): Well, we're approaching 1,000 search visitors now, nearly half of whom were searching for "Sarah Palin is evil" or a variant.
UPDATE (9/17): We get comments.
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