11:07: Screw this, I am watching the Daily Show’s coverage now.
11:06: No, Anderson Cooper. I don’t need to give Sarah Palin credit for ANYTHING.
11:02: Nikki Haley will be the next governor of South Carolina. Thank god I am escaping in over six months.
10:53: Finally some sense. CNN pundits say Tea partiers haven’t answered tough questions about how to fix the budget. The only answer of substance was to cut the national Endowment for the Arts. One tenth of one one hundredth of the budget. Money well saved, fools.
Another good point about how the tea fools will not have enough clout to do anything serious with their promises. No power as first year members.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Election live 4
10:09: Jim DeMint suggests that ONLY the Democrats are tied to special interests that bog down progress in this country. Which I guess is true, except for the NRA, big oil, big business, Wall Street, the KKK, curb stompers everywhere,
10:02: John McCain wins Arizona. “Thank you, my friends. I call you my friends because I am so old that I have forgotten everyone’s name.”
10:01: DEVAL PATRICK WINS MASSACHUSETTS GUBERNATORIAL RACE. And I can breath, there is sanity in America, albeit a small part.
9:49: Rand Paul says we are in the middle of a recession. We are not. I mind, terribly, that people like him get away with this. They say things they KNOW to be FALSE and parts of America buy it.
He also asks for a Tea Party Caucus. You don’t get to run as a Republican and then request a Caucus for a new party. Run as the Tea Party candidate if you want recognition as a separate party.
9:31: Rubio, in his victory speech, calls America “the single greatest nation in the history of humanity.” Is that compared to Rome and adjusted for inflation?
9:19: Boehner just compared to Tip O’Neill. I just died more inside, and poor Tip is rolling in his grave.
9:12: Rand Paul quotes Thomas Jefferson, and then goes into a small government rant. No joke here – only admiration for a man (Jefferson) who can have said so much that seems to apply to both parties. I think he, Like Jesus, is often wrongly invoked. I don’t think Rand Paul, or his writing staff, has any earthly clue how Jefferson would feel about the state of politics right now.
9:07: We are in the middle of a debt crisis. I forget, since 1960, who has run this country into more deficit? Oh, right, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says it is, in this order: Bush II, Reagan, Bush I. Facts tend to confuse people who don’t think and assess for themselves.
9:05: Rand Paul speaks, poorly. “We’ve come to take our government back.” Again, chirst, man – how much sway and pull and power do you expect to HAVE as a freshman Senator. “Tea Party tidal wave? You’ve gotten 5 people elected. I piss stronger fluids than that.
10:02: John McCain wins Arizona. “Thank you, my friends. I call you my friends because I am so old that I have forgotten everyone’s name.”
10:01: DEVAL PATRICK WINS MASSACHUSETTS GUBERNATORIAL RACE. And I can breath, there is sanity in America, albeit a small part.
9:49: Rand Paul says we are in the middle of a recession. We are not. I mind, terribly, that people like him get away with this. They say things they KNOW to be FALSE and parts of America buy it.
He also asks for a Tea Party Caucus. You don’t get to run as a Republican and then request a Caucus for a new party. Run as the Tea Party candidate if you want recognition as a separate party.
9:31: Rubio, in his victory speech, calls America “the single greatest nation in the history of humanity.” Is that compared to Rome and adjusted for inflation?
9:19: Boehner just compared to Tip O’Neill. I just died more inside, and poor Tip is rolling in his grave.
9:12: Rand Paul quotes Thomas Jefferson, and then goes into a small government rant. No joke here – only admiration for a man (Jefferson) who can have said so much that seems to apply to both parties. I think he, Like Jesus, is often wrongly invoked. I don’t think Rand Paul, or his writing staff, has any earthly clue how Jefferson would feel about the state of politics right now.
9:07: We are in the middle of a debt crisis. I forget, since 1960, who has run this country into more deficit? Oh, right, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says it is, in this order: Bush II, Reagan, Bush I. Facts tend to confuse people who don’t think and assess for themselves.
9:05: Rand Paul speaks, poorly. “We’ve come to take our government back.” Again, chirst, man – how much sway and pull and power do you expect to HAVE as a freshman Senator. “Tea Party tidal wave? You’ve gotten 5 people elected. I piss stronger fluids than that.
Election Live Blog Part 3
9:00: stumbling, bumbling, not surprisingly inarticulate fox news anchor interrupts glee again to tell us Christine O’Donnell actually received votes. Jesus that’s scary.
Marco Rubio “a tea party candidate running as a republican” wins in Florida. Let’s talk about how terrible a “movement” is if its members have to run as members of a different party . . .
The terrible Fox News anchor describes his announcements as “three pickups” of the ten seats needed to get “control” of the senate (again, retake high school government, you need 60 to override a filibuster to have true control) and “three missed opportunities. I understand that there are left leaning news stations, newspapers, and organizations. My complaint about Fox isn’t that it is biased, it is that it is a well-funded, well-oiled mind control machine that spits propaganda to the masses huddling at its feet, waiting for orders to do its bidding.
8:41: Gov. Manchin wins West Virginia Senate race. Another seat that keeps the republicans from 60. Remember folks, they only truly win if they get 60.
8:38: Haley leads Sheheen 52% - 46%. You read it here first: when your kids can’t read until fifth grade, you have no one but yourselves to blame, South Carolina.
8:20: FOX NEWS INTERRUPTS GLEE TO BRING ELECTION RESULTS. I just died inside.
Marco Rubio “a tea party candidate running as a republican” wins in Florida. Let’s talk about how terrible a “movement” is if its members have to run as members of a different party . . .
The terrible Fox News anchor describes his announcements as “three pickups” of the ten seats needed to get “control” of the senate (again, retake high school government, you need 60 to override a filibuster to have true control) and “three missed opportunities. I understand that there are left leaning news stations, newspapers, and organizations. My complaint about Fox isn’t that it is biased, it is that it is a well-funded, well-oiled mind control machine that spits propaganda to the masses huddling at its feet, waiting for orders to do its bidding.
8:41: Gov. Manchin wins West Virginia Senate race. Another seat that keeps the republicans from 60. Remember folks, they only truly win if they get 60.
8:38: Haley leads Sheheen 52% - 46%. You read it here first: when your kids can’t read until fifth grade, you have no one but yourselves to blame, South Carolina.
8:20: FOX NEWS INTERRUPTS GLEE TO BRING ELECTION RESULTS. I just died inside.
Live Election Part 2
8:11: Rand won in Kentucky. Didn’t know curb stompers had such a wide supporting. Will someone wrap soft on crime around his neck in the next election please?
8:09: CNN calls Delaware for Chris Coons with 0% of the votes reporting, and 0 votes counted. No shit. The rest of America called it the moment O’Donnell said “anti-masturbation.” A giant hole in the hull of the ridiculous, mockery of America tea party ship.
8:00: Final polls close in the east. Fox News calls 2012 election for its anchor on payroll: Sarah Palin.
7:55: No, seriously. How much influence can any one Congressman expect to yield? I’m optimistic now – two year from now, the country will still suck. And then everyone will blame the Republicans, and the tea party idiots won’t have anything to shoot with guns in their commercials but pictures of themselves.
7:39: You really wanna take my advice? I mean look at me. I get up in the morning and think this looks good. I look like a SKELETOR!
7:35: James Carville, one of my political heroes, is on CNN right now. He is talking about exit polls. All I hear is SNL’S two good skits in the last five years. “You ain’t taaaalllll midget! You just clevah!”
8:09: CNN calls Delaware for Chris Coons with 0% of the votes reporting, and 0 votes counted. No shit. The rest of America called it the moment O’Donnell said “anti-masturbation.” A giant hole in the hull of the ridiculous, mockery of America tea party ship.
8:00: Final polls close in the east. Fox News calls 2012 election for its anchor on payroll: Sarah Palin.
7:55: No, seriously. How much influence can any one Congressman expect to yield? I’m optimistic now – two year from now, the country will still suck. And then everyone will blame the Republicans, and the tea party idiots won’t have anything to shoot with guns in their commercials but pictures of themselves.
7:39: You really wanna take my advice? I mean look at me. I get up in the morning and think this looks good. I look like a SKELETOR!
7:35: James Carville, one of my political heroes, is on CNN right now. He is talking about exit polls. All I hear is SNL’S two good skits in the last five years. “You ain’t taaaalllll midget! You just clevah!”
Live Election Blog Part 1
7:30: Rob Portman wins Ohio (which was previously a Republican seat). Worth noting that any Republican gain in the Senate doesn’t mean a thing unless their numbers reach 60.
7:28 Florida Broward ballot counting joke. Does that mean the Supreme Court will get to pick a Senator this year?
7:00: CNN projects Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, senator for Kentucky. He is a Tea Party candidate. Two Tea Party candidates in the Senate with Jim Demint in there too. Their politics are ridiculous, and they bastardize one of the greatest political statements of all time. Our Founders are rolling over in their grave.
Patrick Leahy, D, Vermont, incumbent chairman of the judiciary committee is projected as a winner in Vermont with 0% reporting. Vermont is a whacky liberal state, but it may be one of our last best hopes. Perhaps a
Jim Demint (Tea Party candidate) beats Alvin Greene. No shocker here—but, South Carolina, as your state sinks deeper into economic bile, you have no one but yourselves to blame.
6:56: The first polls close in four minutes. If your polls close at seven on the East Coast, that probably means you live in a Republican controlled state that won’t let the poor in your state, (who are mostly like democrats working two jobs to pay for their families since Republicans continue to refuse to raise the minimum wage) vote. Yes, employers are legally required to give their workers time to vote, but who believes that actually happens? So three cheers for the newest form of Gerrymandering, manipulating election laws making impossible for droves of the opposite party to vote!
6:49: Dear God. Turned on CNN again. I must hate myself. A commercial for the live election coverage (by the “best political news team on television” of course) had theme music. Not just theme music, dramatic theme music reminiscent of the sound track to the movie Pearl Harbor.
6:03: Turn CNN back on – Wolf Blitzer said “the best political news team on television” three times in five minutes. I am watching Family Guy to extend my break, and getting alcohol. I may start my own CNN drinking game: drink every time a CNN anchor says “the best political news team on television.” On second thought, I’d die of alcohol poisoning in the first ten minutes. Family Guy.
5:20: A quick break. My head will explode if all I do is watch CNN. Planning dinner, and letting my brain breath.
5:04: Democrats “privately” admit that the loss of the House is almost for certain, and that they have “made peace with it.” I may turn to Aaron Sorkin’s writing to help ease my pain. Why is my party spineless?
West Wing Season 3 episode “Gone Quiet” “We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?”
Somewhere, “privately,” I hope a Democrat is growing a spine. Who will be the first to finally inspire us?
5:01: Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. CNN has a two inch bar ad at the bottom of the screen – yes, even during the commercials, stating “best political news team on television.” This is insufferable. Why don’t I get C-Span in HD?
4:37: Interesting online discussion. This country had turned disengaged into an art form long before 2008, but has Sarah Palin made being drool on your shirt, head tilting sideways, mumbling incoherently stupid sexy somehow?
4:25: I absolutely refuse to turn to Fox News to see how the other side is covering this. Knowing Fox, they will be calling every election for a Tea Party Candidate two hours ago. This will show “real change” for the country. No one will mention the fact that these idiots, if elected, will suddenly find out how lonely and powerless the three freshman Congressman our of 435 are, especially when they railed against the majority party (whichever party it may be tomorrow).
4:07: CNN, you cannot continually call your news team “the best political news team on television” without some proof of the award from an independent award grantor. If not, we will just assume you made it up yourself in an attempt to return to relevancy from the fifth ranked cable tv 24 hour news network status you now – oh, wait . . .
3:49: Due to increasing complaints, CNN has fired the anchorwoman again. The right MUST be correct. With this much spineless waffling and kowtowing to conservative complaints, CNN has to be run by the left.
3:39: CNN rehires anchorwoman. A press release says “We were too quick to bow to middle America. Anchorwoman was just doing her best to reach out to the three 18-24 year old viewers CNN has.
3:35: AP wire reports that CNN anchorwoman has been fired due to controversial and inappropriate remarks not fitting the seriousness of this election cycle. Not clear where the pressure came from.
3:33: CNN anchorwoman advocates an election drinking game. “Drink every time you hear the word wave,” she says “and you will DEFINITELY be drunk by nine.”
7:28 Florida Broward ballot counting joke. Does that mean the Supreme Court will get to pick a Senator this year?
7:00: CNN projects Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, senator for Kentucky. He is a Tea Party candidate. Two Tea Party candidates in the Senate with Jim Demint in there too. Their politics are ridiculous, and they bastardize one of the greatest political statements of all time. Our Founders are rolling over in their grave.
Patrick Leahy, D, Vermont, incumbent chairman of the judiciary committee is projected as a winner in Vermont with 0% reporting. Vermont is a whacky liberal state, but it may be one of our last best hopes. Perhaps a
Jim Demint (Tea Party candidate) beats Alvin Greene. No shocker here—but, South Carolina, as your state sinks deeper into economic bile, you have no one but yourselves to blame.
6:56: The first polls close in four minutes. If your polls close at seven on the East Coast, that probably means you live in a Republican controlled state that won’t let the poor in your state, (who are mostly like democrats working two jobs to pay for their families since Republicans continue to refuse to raise the minimum wage) vote. Yes, employers are legally required to give their workers time to vote, but who believes that actually happens? So three cheers for the newest form of Gerrymandering, manipulating election laws making impossible for droves of the opposite party to vote!
6:49: Dear God. Turned on CNN again. I must hate myself. A commercial for the live election coverage (by the “best political news team on television” of course) had theme music. Not just theme music, dramatic theme music reminiscent of the sound track to the movie Pearl Harbor.
6:03: Turn CNN back on – Wolf Blitzer said “the best political news team on television” three times in five minutes. I am watching Family Guy to extend my break, and getting alcohol. I may start my own CNN drinking game: drink every time a CNN anchor says “the best political news team on television.” On second thought, I’d die of alcohol poisoning in the first ten minutes. Family Guy.
5:20: A quick break. My head will explode if all I do is watch CNN. Planning dinner, and letting my brain breath.
5:04: Democrats “privately” admit that the loss of the House is almost for certain, and that they have “made peace with it.” I may turn to Aaron Sorkin’s writing to help ease my pain. Why is my party spineless?
West Wing Season 3 episode “Gone Quiet” “We all need some therapy, because somebody came along and said, "'Liberal' means soft on crime, soft on drugs, soft on Communism, soft on defense, and we're gonna tax you back to the Stone Age because people shouldn't have to go to work if they don't want to!" And instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", we cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me." No more. I really don't care who's right, who's wrong. We're both right. We're both wrong. Let's have two parties, huh? What do you say?”
Somewhere, “privately,” I hope a Democrat is growing a spine. Who will be the first to finally inspire us?
5:01: Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. CNN has a two inch bar ad at the bottom of the screen – yes, even during the commercials, stating “best political news team on television.” This is insufferable. Why don’t I get C-Span in HD?
4:37: Interesting online discussion. This country had turned disengaged into an art form long before 2008, but has Sarah Palin made being drool on your shirt, head tilting sideways, mumbling incoherently stupid sexy somehow?
4:25: I absolutely refuse to turn to Fox News to see how the other side is covering this. Knowing Fox, they will be calling every election for a Tea Party Candidate two hours ago. This will show “real change” for the country. No one will mention the fact that these idiots, if elected, will suddenly find out how lonely and powerless the three freshman Congressman our of 435 are, especially when they railed against the majority party (whichever party it may be tomorrow).
4:07: CNN, you cannot continually call your news team “the best political news team on television” without some proof of the award from an independent award grantor. If not, we will just assume you made it up yourself in an attempt to return to relevancy from the fifth ranked cable tv 24 hour news network status you now – oh, wait . . .
3:49: Due to increasing complaints, CNN has fired the anchorwoman again. The right MUST be correct. With this much spineless waffling and kowtowing to conservative complaints, CNN has to be run by the left.
3:39: CNN rehires anchorwoman. A press release says “We were too quick to bow to middle America. Anchorwoman was just doing her best to reach out to the three 18-24 year old viewers CNN has.
3:35: AP wire reports that CNN anchorwoman has been fired due to controversial and inappropriate remarks not fitting the seriousness of this election cycle. Not clear where the pressure came from.
3:33: CNN anchorwoman advocates an election drinking game. “Drink every time you hear the word wave,” she says “and you will DEFINITELY be drunk by nine.”
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