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“Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.” — Ambrose Bierce, ‘The Devil’s Dictionary’
This is hilarious. Recounting his failed attempt to pay attention to President Obama’s recent speech, teabagger Harry Brooks says:
The wife and I had a long discussion about whether or not we think Obama has had botox injections — the man’s eyebrows never move!
This is the woman that the wingnuts think walks on water:
Warm and effusive in public, indifferent or angry in private: this is the pattern of Palin’s behavior toward the people who make her life possible. A onetime gubernatorial aide to Palin says, “The people who have worked for her — they’re broken, used, stepped on, down in the dust.” On the 2008 campaign trail, one close aide recalls, it was practically impossible to persuade Palin to take a moment to thank the kitchen workers at fund-raising dinners. During the campaign, Palin lashed out at the slightest provocation, sometimes screaming at staff members and throwing objects. Witnessing such behavior, one aide asked Todd Palin if it was typical of his wife. He answered, “You just got to let her go through it… Half the stuff that comes out of her mouth she doesn’t even mean.” When a campaign aide gingerly asked Todd whether Sarah should consider taking psychiatric medication to control her moods, Todd responded that she “just needed to run and work out more.” Her anger kept boiling over, however, and eventually the fits of rage came every day. Then, just as suddenly, her temper would be gone. Palin would apologize and promise to be nicer. Within hours, she would be screaming again. At the end of one long day, when Palin was mid-tirade, a campaign aide remembers thinking, “You were an angel all night. Now you’re a devil. Where did this come from?”
The entire Republican Party is now composed of psychopaths, liars, con artists, and bigots.
At what point is it fair to say that the right has created a culture of anger and hate that urges its followers to violence again and again and again? Wherever it is, I think we’re several hundred miles past it.
Oh, and one other question: How many left-wing militias are there?
If you could replace [Jim] Hoft’s entire brain with puréed raw goat meat, there is little question that this would raise his I.Q. by 20 to 30 points.
Jim Hoft is, of course, the proprietor and chief purveyor of right-wing lies at the cesspool he calls Gateway Pundit. He has been awarded the coveted title of The Biggest Fucking Liar on the Internet™.
It’s been a while since I wandered over to Cao’s blog to see what the lizard bitch has been up to. So today I click on the link, and what do I find?
Cao is busy being dishonest and mind-bogglingly stupid again — not to mention petty. It’s got its panties in a twist about the draperies in the White House. How junior-high is that?
Here’s Cao expostulating on the intersection of interior design and national security:
And the thing that has bothered me the most is the bright yellow drape behind him every time he speaks from the white house.
It has Arabic symbols on it and has been there from the beginning.
The bright yellow curtain Obama stands in front of are not only highly visible, but as you scroll down through the pictures of past presidents speaking at the same spot, you will see what is predominantly absent: traditional ‘American’ background and decor as opposed to the new decor. This is intentional, and it should alarm every American.
No, Cao. The other pictures you posted do not show past Presidents “speaking at the same spot”. The room from which Obama is speaking is quite recognizably the East Room of the White House, and the curtains in that room have been of a golden hue since the Kennedy administration:
During the Kennedy restoration, interior designer Stéphane Boudin recommended the mantels be faux painted to appear as white marble, providing more unity to the room. Boudin also oversaw design of new drapery for the room, not installed until the Johnson administration. Made of a custom manufactured gold silk lampas, the drapery was hung in straight panels without valances from the carved and gilded 1902 wooden cornices.The Kennedys installed a small moveable stage for the room, the Johnsons had a larger temporary stage with Corinthian pilasters matching the room’s architecture built. This allowed for small theatrical events to be performed as entertainment following state dinners. During the Clinton administration the faux marble finish was removed from the mantels revealing the red marble and new Aubusson style carpets were woven to protect the parquet floors. Mrs. Bush installed new curtains, following the Kennedy fabric but with deeper swagged valances than those selected by Mrs. Reagan in 1982. Hers were the second curtains to follow the Kennedy fabric for the East Room.
Hunh. Not only is Obama not responsible for the yellow drapes, but Laura Bush approved the yellow drapes currently hanging in the East Room, complete with supposed “Arabic symbols”. And, oh, lookie… Our Sainted Past President George W. Bush spoke in front of those very same Islamofascist drapes:
Oh, the shame! The shame!
One would think that, given the number of times Cao has been shown to be full of 100% rancid mule droppings, it would learn to shut the fuck up until it is certain that it has its facts straight.
One would be wrong, of course.
UPDATE 08/13/10 12:46 PM EDT: In the same post, Cao claims that…
The Oval Office is now stripped of the traditional red, white, and blue, and replaced with middle eastern wallpaper, drapes, and decor.
Not surprisingly, it’s lying about this, too.
We hear a lot of noise from the right-wing pundits about how badly the employment picture has deteriorated under the Obama administration. As with much of what passes for conservative commentary, it’s pure bunk.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal provided a clear representation of the stark contrast of the job numbers under Bush and under Obama:
In 2008, under the tender mercies of George W. Bush, this country was hemorrhaging jobs. The trajectory was taking us straight into another Depression. When Obama took office, the race to the basement stopped almost immediately. The jobs losses slowed, and then reversed early this year.
Yes, I see that there were jobs losses in June and July of this year. Read the article—the Federal government has let 143,000 temporary census workers go. Private-sector employment continued to grow in July.
So, the next time you hear a wingnut making noise about how terrible Obama has been for the employment picture, tell him to get the facts before he makes an even bigger fool of himself. He won’t, of course — but no one can say he wasn’t given the opportunity to remedy his abject ignorance.
Dennis G. at Balloon Juice:
Today, the Republican Party exists in name only. Scratch it and you will find a party and movement fueled by the racism and treason of the Confederacy.
The new normal in America is that it is your patriotic duty to film ACORN workers in order to smear them, but out of bounds to film cops breaking the law or abusing their authority.
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