Simplicity is a treasure. Sure, you can trundle over to The Classic Liberal for a more full treatment, but BFH deploys Mr. BFD to devastating effect:
While we need to have a detailed refutation on hand for serious discussion, the straight-ahead, crayon-level belly laugh is also crucial. Thanks, Big Fur Hat!
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — I’m at a sound stage near Santa Monica Boulevard where Ladd Ehlinger Jr. is directing his latest series of political ads. There is something of an embargo about the exact nature of the production, and I’m on deadline for The American Spectator, so I can’t give you the full story now. However, I thought I’d share a few photos from the past couple of days in La-La Land.
You may not recognize either of these two characters and, as much as I’d like to identify them, I’m afraid you can’t handle the truth.
Actress Michelle Fields with rising young comedian Evan Sayet. Believe it or not, Michelle won her part after reading about Ehlinger’s casting call via my Twitter feed. Now, if only Alyssa Milano would do the same . . .
Andrew Breitbart checks e-mail at his home near Sepulveda Boulevard. I dropped by Chez Breitbart on my way back from Saturday’s blogger lunch in Santa Monica.
Little Miss Atilla, Richard McEnroe of Three Beers Later, me, Mattie Fein, Dan from Gay Patriot and Joe Fein of Valley of the Shadow. Mattie and Joe share the same surname, but are not related. I’m not sure which one of them will soon be blogging as TheOtherFein.com. One thing for sure: Everybody had a Fein time at El Cholo in Santa Monica.
There are those of us who suspect that Dan from Gay Patriot may be a closet hetero, NTTAWWT.
Mattie Fein takes a break from updating her Facebook page to check her Blackberry, but still no messages from Nick Green. I’ve been trying to give Mattie lessons in advanced Twitterology, although neither of us has been re-Tweeted by Alyssa Milano. Yet.
UPDATE: As Jehuda the Rhetorican reports, Ladd just filmed me in my comedy acting debut. I did it gratis, but we’ll probably need arbitration to determine if Da Tech Guy‘s fedora gets union scale
He’s collecting Road to Damascus moments, when people realized that all or, in my case, some, of their political naivete, and move over to pursuing liberty.
The reference, of course is to Saul meeting the Christ while en route Damascus to persecute Christians.
The sheer number of these Left=>Right conversions might be an indicator that all is not lost.
Of course, the dark side ever beckons. We should study such reverse conversions to understand why some give up on individual liberty. Hatred of humanity? Egomania? Bad pancakes?
A bumper crop of Rule 5 links, and some time for a pleasant write-up. Enjoy.
Dalhalla’s mom as Rule 5 from the Summer of ’65? You be the judge.
Serr8d attempts to pose a question, “Marilyn or Gaga?”, answers self in a way you’ll likely support.
iOwnTheWorld has some clips featuring hot chick remakes. Rule 5 Sunday would also like to discourage disparaging the First Lady. Riff on her antics and policy ideas all day long, but she’s an attractive lady and appearance cheap shots are mean. So cut that noise out. But the duckface post is cute.
Maggie’s Farm explores anti-beauty bias. Rule 5 cannot condone such. They also had a smut guide cleverly indexing their posts.
Can a man be too ugly to date? First, peso-nality counts for much, particularly if your name is Spitzer. Second. . .no, I will NOT take a cheap shot at another blogger. No no no no no. No. 😉
Smash Mouth Poltics highlights strippers protesting a church, which is kind of the same thing as a gay bar near a mosque, only different. He also gets something off his chess, I guess. Additionally, he raises an important question about politics and bikinis, or or two. Rooting for Blago might be going too far.
The Pegu Blog checks in with authority figures having ink and suds.
Left Coast Rebel finished off the Elyse Porterfield story from last week.
TrogloPundit throws out the idea of a pole-dancing school in addition the a BBQ rib join’t and Gutfeld’s Heaven and Halal for the Ground Zero Mosque. Setting aside momentarily the multi-dimensional tastelessness of all these ideas, there would be some serious economic stimulus involved.
Power Line, the pageant blog of record, catches up on Rima Fakih developments.
WyBlog reports on Senator John McCain’s judicial acumen on the topic of Snookie, similar to his chops on immigration and border security. Pray for AZ voters, and support Hayworth.
The Pirate’s Cove was struck by the boobonic plague. Whether or not the patient is interested in recovery is unknown.
Libertarian Republican features “Elinor Joseph of the Israeli Defense Force. Cpl Joseph, a combat medic, is the first female Arab to serve in the IDF. She is a Christian Arab.” A Christian Arab in the IDF has got to be some sort of trifecta. Go, lady.
American Digest recalls a manly day that may live again, once we offload enough Progressives.
The Vodkapundit provides your title imagery, as the 111th Congress heads into the slumpstretch, and we get down to the grunt work of electing a Congress that isn’t a pile of road apples.
Birch, at Right-O-Sphere, points to a crucial race: John Dennis, going against the woman who, in a sense, represents all of us:
It’s amazing how fresh and prophetic Kristen Wiig’s November 2006 cold open on SNL is, when compared to the Wicked Witch of the West’s track record. Fred Armisen’s “human ashtray” character symbolizes the gimpy feeling so many of the Country Class have experienced since Nancy’s ascension.
Birch’s reasoning for feeling Bullish on Dennis is impeccable:
Nancy Pelosi still doesn’t have a campaign staff.
Nancy Pelosi is disliked even in her own district.
John Dennis has $820K and is self-financed.
The Tea Party movement dictates anti-incumbency.
Republican voters are more likely to vote this year than Democrats.
John Dennis is reaching out to the art and the LBGT community of San Francisco.
Google Trends shows John Dennis being a very popular search in the San Francisco area.
Let’s pull another Scott Brown.
John Dennis loves the free market.
John Dennis is against federal funding of abortion.
I, for one, salute the courage of a John Dennis, who is willing to invest his time in what can only be called a tough race. Supporting my own local candidate today at a farmer’s market, it simply isn’t a pleasure to have people not simply reject a friendly, positive greeting, but do it in a way that says “You really are scum to question your betters.”
What a good time. Extroversion really isn’t a preferred mode for someone who’d rather sit around and blog.
Nevertheless, supporting Patrick Murray, or whoever the local anti-fascist candidate in your district may be, is crucial.
Thus, it’s hard to be happy with the Peter Schiff in the crowd:
Connecticut Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, Peter Schiff, could tolerate mockery when he foretold the economic collapse, but he’s having trouble coping with his imminent primary loss to professional wrestling CEO, Linda McMahon. “I’m the best candidate but unfortunately I’m not going to be the nominee,” Schiff said in an interview by phone as he criss-crossed the state in an RV… “I’m not saying I’m not going to win. I can still possibly pull it off. But if I end up not being the nominee, it’s just really unfortunate, because not only am I the only person that can deliver the kind of change that the country needs, but I actually have a better chance of beating Dick Blumenthal,” he said.
At first glance, it’s easy to believe his loss will be because of McMahon’s oodles and oodles (a KT-nomics term) of money. But a closer look shows his weak campaign and the fact he’s a single issue candidate are also factors (although, if there’s going to be single issue voting right now, the economy is the issue).
And if you’re going to run on economics alone, Linda McMahon is a formidable opponent. She has that real world experience the Teaparty cherishes. McMahon’s spokeperson, Ed Patru: “(McMahon) has never claimed to be an academic theorist or a celebrity cable talk show economist. She spent 30 years in the real world building a global enterprise from a company that started with one desk… She was the CEO of an NYSE traded billion dollar company that employs nearly 600 people. She understands how jobs are created and how budgets are balanced in the real world, and she clearly has a firm grasp of economic principles.”
Come on, Peter. I’d have supported Matthew Berry for VA-8 just as strongly, had he bested Patrick Murray in the primary. Only, that’s how history unfolded.
Granted, it takes a certain bit of ego to run for office, but what good is ego if houses divided against themselves cannot withstand liberal fascist tyranny?
Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias likes to call his political opponents “dishonest,” but in a revealing exchange on the website Twitter Friday he advocated lying for political purposes. “Fighting dishonesty with dishonesty is sometimes the right thing for advocates to do, yes,” said Yglesias.
The exchange, with Washington Examiner writer Mark Hemingway, came on the heels of a debate between the two on transportation policy.
Yglesias pressed his point with another conservative writer, saying, “Do you really think deception is immoral in all circumstances?”
Read the rest. I’m recalling a chapter title in Hayek’s Road to Serfdom: “Why the Worst Get on Top.”
