Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

i imagine every corner post being said while choking back tears

and masturbating

Those knowing nods send little starbursts of light.

to a picture of Reagan on a bear with a face of Gorbachev

The Corner is such a treat.

k-lo used to post here as "dee" right?

― omar little, Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:40 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

www.probush.com - which is worse: being a joke or not?

*shrug*

Only thing I'll say here is that when I want to feel patriotic or when I want to indulge my fannish self, I go to the Free Republic site. They have these "day in the life of" picture threads of George W. Bush that I always seek out when I go there.

Don't know if this is a joke or not. But I do know that Kissinger did win a Nobel Peace Prize. *waits a moment* Now you know how I felt when Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize.

*disclaimer: above post written by a Republican*

― Dee the Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, June 8, 2003 12:48 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

man i forgot what a creepy save-a-freeper ned was about dee

dee how is carter winning the nobel peace prize comparable to kissinger winning the nobel peace prize?!?!!!! 'now you know how i felt when carter won' what, because hes a democrat?!!?

― trife (simon_tr), Sunday, June 8, 2003 1:20 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Trife in dealing with political views other than his own shockah!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, June 8, 2003 1:37 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

try not to turn this thread into another meta bitchfest please

^^^ see how polite

http://www.davehiggins.com.au/images/starburst.jpg

tombot in dealing with ILX views other than his own shockah!

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Balcony/6323/silkkgallery/silk1.gif

ethan in being a close second behind jagger in suggest bans shocker

Dee did vote for Kerry, iirc

I was just about to say that - I read the 2004 election thread last night to try and temper my expectations - it was weird how optimistic we all were at the start of the thread...

How did Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner" become the Election thread's retarded little brother? Can we go back to mocking K-Lo and Jonah?

that first question seems to answer itself

actually sorry I guess I mean that post seems to answer itself

Thank goodness for America's Newspaper of Record. Look — they even gave us the tilde!

^^ i dont get it, does he actually think newsday is america's paper of record?

i just ordered ayers' book "to teach"

anybody read any of his other books?

He's talking about the Times, max.

yeah i still dont get it... is he saying that the times is less liberal than newsday?

Apparently. I wouldn't think to hard about it.

Lisa Schiffren deserves a vote for this: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWE0ZjllZWIzOTI4MWUxMmE2NmQzMjY5NTkxOTNmZmE=

Because I like Sarah Palin, and want her to succeed, I would be really happy to know that, should she find herself back in Alaska for the next four years, (or, for that matter, in D.C.) she chose to spend a little of the money that would otherwise go to her clothing budget on a personal library of conservative classics. Going upmarket intellectually will complete the transformation, and make her truly prime-time ready.

The Palin Wardrobe [Lisa Schiffren]

Because I like Sarah Palin, and want her to succeed, I would be really happy to know that, should she find herself back in Alaska for the next four years, (or, for that matter, in D.C.) she chose to spend a little of the money that would otherwise go to her clothing budget on a personal library of conservative classics. Going upmarket intellectually will complete the transformation, and make her truly prime-time ready.

You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think, Lisa.

The Clothes [Mona Charen]

In her critique of the Palin wardrobe, Post fashion critic Robin Givhan lets slip in passing that Barack Obama's suits go for $1500 and that Michele wears designer duds all the time (except when appearing on The View when she boasted of wearing an under $200 dress).

Yes the figure of $150,000 is eye-popping, but don't forget it that it included the whole Palin clan. And finally, I cannot escape the suspicion that one reason everyone is so exercised (other than the obvious, i.e. that she's a Republican) is that she is so gorgeous in those clothes. There is simply no other woman in political life to match her. The green-eyed monster strikes!

We're all just jealous! And $150,000 is not a lot of money for a family wardrobe, apparently.

hey guys, quick question here. in the following post, can someone parse for me what "boob bait for Bubba" means? who is Bubba? I thought Clinton was Bubba? And why does he need boob bait? Does boob mean breast here, or something else. Thanks for the help.

Finally, Someone Asked Her [Mark Krikorian]

We now know what Gov. Palin thinks about immigration, and the results are not good (h/t Auster):

Amnesty
Governor, let me ask you about immigration. How many undocumented immigrants are there in Alaska?
I don't know, I don't know. That's a good question. [MK: She'd have some idea if she'd read my Washington Times piece.]

As governor, how do you deal with them? Do you think they all should be deported?
There is no way that in the US we would roundup every illegal immigrant -there are about 12 million of the illegal immigrants- not only economically is that just an impossibility but that's not a humane way anyway to deal with the issue that we face with illegal immigration. [MK: Same old false choice of mass roundups or amnesty.]

Do you then favor an amnesty for the 12 or 13 million undocumented immigrants?
No, I do not. I do not. Not total amnesty. [MK: "total amnesty"! At least she admits McCain's plan is a "partial" amnesty!] You know, people have got to follow the rules. They've got to follow the bar, and we have got to make sure that there is equal opportunity and those who are here legally should be first in line for services being provided [MK: "services" like Medicaid and food stamps and TANF?] and those opportunities that this great country provides.

To clarify, so you support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants?
I do because I understand why people would want to be in America. To seek the safety and prosperity, the opportunities, the health that is here. It is so important that yes, people follow the rules so that people can be treated equally and fairly in this country. [MK: None of these sentences follow from one another.]

Now, it was obvious, as McCain's running mate, she had to toe the McCain line. But which McCain line? After the campaign's near-death experience, McCain took to talking about "border security first" — which he qualifies out of existence whenever he's pressed on it, but at least the rhetoric was there. What Palin's response shows is that, first, she's completely open to whatever kool-aid they want her to drink — i.e., she has no innate resistance to amnesty for illegals that would cause her to look for less-unappealing ways of saying what the campaign wants her to say. And second, it shows what the campaign is telling her about McCain's views on the issue — if McCain's talk of "border security first" were anything but boob bait for Bubba, his operatives would have made it clear that Palin was supposed to include that in her discussion of immigration, but she didn't even make a passing reference to it.

The only person that can save The Corner is Daddy Yankee.

I think the phrase "boob bait for Bubba" is supposed to paint the McCain's "border security first" stance as being akin to flashing breasts in front of a simple dude; IOW, the position it's something distracting with no substance that people can look at and feel good about seeing.

Oh the deep deep roffles:

Kathleen Parker, from her syndicated column:

....As Draper tells it, McCain took Palin to his favorite coffee-drinking spot down by a creek and a sycamore tree. They talked for more than an hour, and, as Napoleon whispered to Josephine, ‘Voila’

One does not have to be a psychoanalyst to reckon that McCain was smitten. By no means am I suggesting anything untoward between McCain and his running mate. Palin is a governor, after all. She does have an executive resume, if a thin one. And she's a natural politician who connects with people.

But there can be no denying that McCain's selection of her over others far more qualified — and his mind-boggling lack of attention to details that matter — suggests other factors at work. His judgment may have been clouded by ... what?

Science provides clues. A study in Canada, published in New Scientist in 2003, found that pretty women foil men's ability to assess the future. ‘Discounting the future,’ as the condition is called, means preferring immediate, lesser rewards to greater rewards in the future.

Drug dealers, car salesmen and politicians rely on this affliction and pray feverishly for its persistence.

The Canadian psychologists showed pictures of attractive and not-so attractive men and women to students of the opposite sex. The students were offered a prize — either a small check for the next day or a larger check at some later date.

The men made perfectly rational decisions, opting for the delayed larger amount after viewing the average-looking women. You know where this is going. (Women, by the way, were rational no matter what.)

...

It is entirely possible that no one could have beaten the political force known as Barack Obama — under any circumstances. And though it isn't over yet, it seems clear that McCain made a tragic, if familiar, error under that sycamore tree. Will he join the pantheon of men who, intoxicated by a woman's power, made the wrong call?

Had Antony not fallen for Cleopatra, Octavian might not have captured the Roman Empire. Had Bill resisted Monica, Al Gore may have become president and Hillary might be today's Democratic nominee.

If McCain, rightful heir to the presidency, loses to Obama, history undoubtedly will note that he was defeated at least in part by his own besotted impulse to discount the future. If he wins, then he must be credited with having correctly calculated nature's power to befuddle.

One K J Lopez, in response:

Monica?! [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Because I know some of you are understandably and sensibly wondering WHY?: We're running our roster of syndicated columns through the election. Period. So that's why we published one today that is embarrassing and outrageous.

Hooray!

hahaha wait, so they have an article that manages the neat trick of being simultaneously far-fetched and plausible and KLo's reaction is panicked disavowal just because it says Democrats might have won something???????

(Fun addendum -- having complained about a certain column, Lopez neither specifically identifies it nor links to it. Not as effective as 'if I just ignore it it'll go away...')

To give KLo the benefit of the doubt, maybe she thinks Monica wasn't really all that re: "Monica?!"

"Science provides clues" is about the funniest thing i've read in a few days

Great, now I'm envisioning McCain as the old guy in the "She Blinded Me with Science" video.

Monica was totally Bill's type, though (ie, female and willing).

MCCAIN/PALIN 08 -- SCIENCE PROVIDES CLUES

http://www.tvshowsondvd.net/graphics/news3/WeirdScience_S1+2.jpg

Didn't K-lo and Kathleen Parker used to be friends? It's just like in the comic books.

K-Lo = Ms. Marvel
Kathleen Parker = Jessica Jones?

the Parker column is a hilarious lump of shit, but it's more fun to imagine K-Lo being wooed by Mark Steyn under a sycamore tree.

My favorite Goldberg variation came up again today on The Corner - getting out of bad news/arguments by taking care of his daughter or being exhausted from doing so

Friday, October 24, 2008
Assaulted Volunteer Story [Jonah Goldberg]
Starts to unravel.

Sorry, that should have read "unravels." I had an earlier version of the updated story in mind from an email. And I didn't read the latest version as I'm on Daddy Daycare duty today. Also I have a debilitating cold and am now going to bed for a while.

Monday, October 23, 2006 <- timing = bad polling numbers @ last midterm election
I'm going back to sleep [Jonah Goldberg]

Last night we had one of those out-of-nowhere stomach bugs strike my wee lass of a daughter. It was a very long night. If it got much worse, I would have called Father Merrin, if you know what I mean. She's okay now. But I'm exhausted and I'm heading for some sack time.

Friday, July 13, 2007
Playing Hookie [Jonah Goldberg]

Sorry to depart at mid-day, but I promised my daughter to take her to the movies today. Saw Ratatouille. I liked it a lot, though perhaps not as much as I'd been led to believe I would from all the reviews. Lucy liked it, but she probably dug Meet the Robinsons or Curious George more — and of course the films of Ingmar Bergman.

Kidding, I'm kidding.

Anyway, thanks for the email re death penalty etc. Maybe we'll get back to all that this weekend.

Friday, March 10, 2006
The Nemo Floatie Crisis [Jonah Goldberg]

But I have a more pressing, albeit not necessarily more important dilemma at hand. I'm taking my daughter to Florida this weekend (I have a speech down there, alas not open to the public). And she has been talking about it nonstop for three weeks. But now I discover that her "Nemo floaties" are missing. These are the inflatable floatation devices — branded with a "Finding Nemo" theme — that allow her to accomplish feats of buoyancy never imagined. They are missing. And to hear her tell it, not only should the whole trip be cancelled, but we should all fear for our very lives.

Friday, October 10, 2008
How I'm Dealing with the Crisis [Jonah Goldberg]

I'm taking my daughter to the movies this afternoon.

should have italics on the last one too - that was when the market started tanking

Goldberg is ALWAYS taking care of his children or mentioning cross country trips and cruises.

FAMILY FIRST

ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM LOSING AN ARGUMENT

I would refute this assertion but I have to go take care of my daughter right now.

I Just Don't Get Some People [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Former Reagan solicitor general Charles Fried is voting for Obama because of Palin.

Does anyone pay any attention to Obama and his veep? This election isn't all about what you think about Sarah Palin, after all.

uh