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‘Making Love Out of Nothing At All’ #VanJonesTearJerkers

Posted on | June 10, 2012 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

It really sounds like they’re having a tough, tough time at Netroots Nations conference:

“We went from having a crush to feeling crushed,” he added, as the convention hall — which at about 1,500 activists was about half-full compared with where it stood during Warren’s address on Friday — responded with cheers and applause. . . .
[Jones’s] Saturday night remarks, which came on the heels of Democrats’ loss in the Wisconsin recall election and as Obama has stumbled on the campaign trial, underscored the challenge the president faces in energizing his base in November.

While making Commies cry is a patriotic duty, one feels that nuance dictates that the crying be done to an appropriate soundtrack.

Reply, if you like, to Twitter using the title hashtag.

via Bluegrass Pundit and Weasel Zippers

Update: So mean, says Daily Pundit.

Update: POH Diaries offers When the Levee Breaks. Getting the Led out, or Katrina ref? You make the call.

Category: Democrats

Separated At Birth? Obama/Dilbert Edition

Posted on | June 10, 2012 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Some will say that this comparison grossly disadvantages Dilbert; others, that the Pointy Haired Boss makes the more accurate juxtaposition. But I say “Hey: posts are where you find them.”

Shoulda stayed in Chicago Shoulda worn a bow

Another fine outing from The Political Clown Parade.

Category: Barack Obama

‘Why In The Hell Is Eric Holder Still Attorney General?’

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 57 Comments

by Smitty

E. T. Williams Jr. just rocks:

To answer Mr. William’s question, Holder is sill the AGJ because he is both a Reliable Tool and, also, he Knows Too Much. My guess is that Holder has a signed presidential pardon in his safe. Would you exhibit the sort of cheek that Eric Holder offers before Congress without a Get Out Of Jail Free card in hot standby?

Update: welcome, Instapundit readers!

Update II: linked at The Pirate’s Cove. Thanks, Bill!

Update III: who knew that the Evil Blogger Lady was a Monopolist?

Category: Eric Holder

FMJRA 2.0: Exactly What You Wanted

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 8 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

NATIONAL DAY OF BLOGGER SILENCE UPDATE: Remember Seth Allen

Ali Akbar Says, ‘World War Three’

Gauntlet Thrown Down @ali
UPDATE: An SMS From RSM

‘A Faint Whiff of Vigilante Hysteria’: Weinergate’s Kimberlin Connection

Fear and Loathing on Capitol Hill: The GOP Caucus Is Decadent and Depraved

CNN Gets Scooped on Its Own Story
UPDATE: ACLJ Joins the Fight!

Did Brett Kimberlin Stalk BlogCon? UPDATE: Confirmed or Not?

Walker Files Appeal in Kimberlin Case;
Ali Akbar Says: ‘We’re Not Stopping.’

When Neal Rauhauser Complained About ‘Menacing’ and ‘Cyberstalking’

The Profoundly Dishonest Brett Kimberlin

Sen. Saxby Chambliss Requests DOJ Investigate SWATting

Inside Neal Rauhauser’s Twisted Mind

 

Who They Are Is What They Do

FMJRA 2.0: Sir Ape

‘Supidity’ Indeed. In Mathematical Terms, It’s Like Saying 2+2=3

Rule 5 In WI: Dana Loesch Interviews LtGov Rebecca Kleefisch

Of Course, He’s Canadian

Liz Warren Stopped A VC Platoon With A Ka-Bar #WorldsMostInterestingCandidate

Raw Story Disavows Ties to Kimberlin

Rule 5 Sunday: All Over But The Crying

Elizabeth Warren Inspired Ken Kesey #WorldsMostInterestingCandidate

I Keep Saying: “People Don’t Scale”

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.05.12

Let Them Eat Cake With Anna Wintour

WISCONSIN RECALL ELECTION RESULTS HQ–UPDATE:
CNN Calls It For Walker

Rachel Maddow Accidentally Correct

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.06.12

Tougher Toe Touted To Try Titanium Testicle Tagging

American Glob Misses The Point

@AceOfSpadesHQ BREAKS SILENCE: #BrettKimberlin’s Escalating Threat

Holy guacamole! Another week of furious linkmongery on all sides!

Top linkers this week:

  1. Da Tech Guy (14)
  2. (tied) The Camp Of The Saints and Evil Bloggerlady (12)
  3. (tied) Lonely Conservative and Daley Gator (11)
  4. Nice Deb (8)
  5. (tied) The Conservatory and Daily Pundit (7)
  6. (tied) Radio Patriot and Pirate’s Cove (6)
  7. That Mr. G Guy (5)

Special shout-out to Zilla of the Resistance, whose epic post “Silent Like A Carpet Bombing” saved the screencap from Mememorandum for yesterday’s National Day Of Blogger Silence before it went down the memory hole. Go hit her tip jar and help someone who manages to do this kind of quality blogging despite severe chronic illness and extremely straitened circumstances.

Thanks to everyone for their linkagery! Links are due by Friday, June 15 for those of you on Blogger and other platforms hated by WordPress.

Category: FMJRA Award

Maher Veers In The Direction Of Coherence While Contrasting #Occupy With Tea Party

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty (via Breitbart)

Potty mouth alert. Maher cannot communicate a point without an F-bomb. He correctly grasps that, in terms of tangible results, #OccupyWallStreet is indistinguishable from the World’s Youngest Blogger’s #OccupyDiaper parody routine.

But he is incapable of grasping that the Tea Parties did things The Right Way. In supporting liberty, in adhering to the Founder’s principles, in leaving locations cleaner than they found them, Tea Partiers exemplify an adult approach to political involvement. When Maher says that the Tea Party used Alinsky tactics, he’s either (a) ignorant of Alinsky’s evil, or (b) doubling down on the evil with slander.

Lord, grant Bill Maher some insight into how completely wrong he is.

Category: #Occupy, Celebrities

You Are Not Special, While Remaining Free To Wear Sunscreen

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 5 Comments

by Smitty (via Breitbart)

“We have come to love accolades more than genuine achievement.”

Gerard has a link to the transcript.

This one may need a beat, as has this rendition of probably the all-time greatest commencement speech:

Category: Video

Clinton: “I Thought Something Had To Be Done On The ‘Arterial Bleeding’ Before The Election”

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 21 Comments

by Smitty (via Hot Air)

Bubba actually said ‘fiscal cliff’, not ‘arterial bleeding’, but look at the evil on display:

“I’m very sorry about what happened,” Clinton said in an interview to air on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” “I thought something had to be done on the ‘fiscal cliff’ before the election. Apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year.”. . .
“I really was under the impression that they would have to do something before the election, and I was trying to figure out how they would kick it to last (through) the election,” he said.
He continued: “Once I realized that nothing had to be done until the first of the year, I supported (Obama’s) position.”

You might be tempted to think that a guy who is publicly listed as a Baptist might have a clue about, you know, the Bible:

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Really, Bill, and all of you other public figures who lay any claim to faith: cut the noise. We don’t have a budget at all, and even if we did, it’s unlikely that it would be balanced. The casual air with which proper execution of public office is subordinated to grubby political concerns here is sickening. Would that our political figures, if they insist upon blowing off their duty, would at least have the integrity to have themselves more accurately listed as ‘Pagan’, or, for the completely depraved, ‘Satanist’.

I beg pardon from all of the readers who think this an odd tangent. Bill Clinton is, to me, what Nancy Pelosi may be to some Roman Catholics, or Harry Reid may be to Mormons: a study in despicable falsehood. May Bill read this blog post and repent. Not holding my breath on that one; he seems rather committed to evil.

Lowry at The Corner, however, thought Bill artistic, at least in the context of Bain:

There’s nothing like being lied to by Bill Clinton. He just has a knack for dishonesties that are so blatant and amusing that it’s difficult to hold them against him. Here’s a classic instance, cleaning up his Bain mess:

I didn’t have any idea, when I was giving that answer, that I was wading into some controversy in the campaign, because I haven’t seen the ads, and I’m not following it, and I’m not really part of it. But you’d have to know about a specific case to know whether it was a good or a bad thing. But there are a lot of good people in that business doing good things. That’s the point I was making.

When Bill says “I didn’t have any idea”, you should hear that as “I knew precisely what I was about.”

I am given to understand that Bill is nearly hypnotic in person; if you give him a microphone and ten minutes, he’ll have you convinced that his negatives boil down to misunderstandings or rough treatment from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. Doesn’t make him less diabolical.

Category: Bill Clinton

Noonan Unexpectedly Conscious

Posted on | June 9, 2012 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

For reasons of time and fair use, I’ll confine myself to mocking the first three paragraphs of Peggy’s latest:

Noonan Smitty
What happened in Wisconsin signals a shift in political mood and assumption. Public employee unions were beaten back and defeated in a state with a long progressive tradition. The unions and their allies put everything they had into “one of their most aggressive grass-roots campaigns ever,” as the Washington Post’s Paul Whoriskey and Dan Balz reported in a day-after piece. Fifty thousand volunteers made phone calls and knocked on 1.4 million doors to get out the vote against Gov. Scott Walker. Mr. Walker’s supporters, less deeply organized on the ground, had a considerable advantage in money. Holy lagging indicator, Batwoman! You’ve finally realized that the last three years have happened. The next thing you know, Peggy, you’re going to locate the clue that the whole Progressive welfare state is kaput! Auto-Cloward-Pivened! Toast!
And let’s be careful about that “considerable advantage” hooey:

In short, it is not clear the left was outspent in its attempts to reverse Gov. Walker’s reforms. And the widely-repeated claim that the left was outspent by more than 7-to-1 in the most recent recall election is clearly false.
But organization and money aren’t the headline. The shift in mood and assumption is. The vote was a blow to the power and prestige not only of the unions but of the blue-state budgetary model, which for two generations has been: Public-employee unions with their manpower, money and clout, get what they want. If you move against them, you will be crushed. Fair statement. You could note that Walker didn’t do anything that wasn’t part of his campaign platform when he ran for governor in the first place. That is, the notion that the blue state model ist kaput didn’t just occur suddenly in Wisconsin. There has been a groundswell. The Tea Party. That outfit you love to hate, Peggy.
Mr. Walker was not crushed. He was buoyed, winning by a solid seven points in a high-turnout race. Is it such a shock that a political leader can run on common sense and courage and find support in the electorate? Is your contempt for the hoi polloi so deep, Peggy? I’m extrapolating from this one paragraph to the whole of your condescending body of columns, but there it is. I don’t think that you grasp that the Internet has changed everything.

Someone continue the fisk and email me a link.

Category: Progressivism
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