Too funny!

[SamIam]

Since Merc and Classic are always posting stuff from right wanger blogs and heavily biased ARTICLES from conservative fairy tale collections designed to keep baby tea baggers up all night searching for liberal boogy men in their closets, I have taken it upon myself to present the Cellar with a humorous view from the liberal/commie/anti-patriotic LEFT WING!

One aspect of American politics that receives insufficient attention is that a significant percentage of self-identified Republicans—around half—are complete idiots. And the candidates who wish to be elected by them must pander to them, either by being idiots themselves—see “Bachmann, Michele”—or pretending to be. Nobody in the MSM is empowered to say this aloud. Indeed, the very act of pointing it out brands one a “liberal elitist” who is biased against proud, patriotic conservatives.

More absolute truth from the Liberal Front to Overthrow Democracy as "we" (meaning Sarah Palin &Co.) know it: http://www.thenation.com/article/161...ublican-idiots

[xoxoxoBruce]

Speaking of Bachmann.

[SamIam]

From Bruce's site:

Bachmann is a religious zealot whose brain is a raging electrical storm of divine visions and paranoid delusions. She believes that the Chinese are plotting to replace the dollar bill, that light bulbs are killing our dogs and cats, and that God personally chose her to become both an IRS attorney who would spend years hounding taxpayers and a raging anti-tax Tea Party crusader against big government. She kicked off her unofficial presidential campaign in New Hampshire, by mistakenly declaring it the birthplace of the American Revolution. "It's your state that fired the shot that was heard around the world!" she gushed. "You are the state of Lexington and Concord, you started the battle for liberty right here in your backyard."

Where in the world does the conservative bunch find these people? Everyone knows that the American Revolution began in Lexington, Kentucky and was spear-headed by Daniel Boone on his famous midnight ride over the Cumberland Gap.

[Fair&Balanced]

[Trilby]

thanks, SamIAm, for this - but aren't you afraid the gruesome twosome will disparage your parentage, insult your physical being, lambast your intellect and generally say meanie-bo-beanie stuff to you for voicing your opinion or at least a differing opinion?

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Brianna

thanks, SamIAm, for this - but aren't you afraid the gruesome twosome will disparage your parentage, insult your physical being, lambast your intellect and generally say meanie-bo-beanie stuff to you for voicing your opinion or at least a differing opinion?

I was so scairt, I had to sleep under the bed last night. I have lined the edges of my monitor with tin foil and am braced for the worst - sort of like waiting for Hurricane Katrina to strike.

[TheMercenary]

lambast your intellect and generally say meanie-bo-beanie stuff to you for voicing your opinion or at least a differing opinion?

Kettle: Hi, you're black.
Pot: No, you're black.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by SamIam

From Bruce's site:



Where in the world does the conservative bunch find these people? Everyone knows that the American Revolution began in Lexington, Kentucky and was spear-headed by Daniel Boone on his famous midnight ride over the Cumberland Gap.

Honestly they are a fucking idiots, just like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid.

[BigV]

Who said this:

"There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many with Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design."


Right. Michelle Bachman.

Cite or stfu.

[SamIam]

Ron Paul in one of his finer moments: "Boy, it sure burns me to have a national holiday for Martin Luther King. I voted against this outrage time and time again as a Congressman. What an infamy that Ronald Reagan approved it! We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day."

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Where in the world does the conservative bunch find these people?

It's early yet. Right now it's just the nuts getting shaken out of the tree, while getting to the hardwood. Later on, they'll come up with a more reasonable candidate, and like him/her or not, everyone will breath a sigh of relief.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Ron Paul in one of his finer moments: "Boy, it sure burns me to have a national holiday for Martin Luther King. I voted against this outrage time and time again as a Congressman. What an infamy that Ronald Reagan approved it! We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day."

As I recall, Merc is firmly against Martin Luther King Day.

[Undertoad]

"Everybody knows in my district that I didn't write them and I don't speak like that... and I've been reelected time and time again and everyone knows I don't participate in that kind of language. The point is, when you bring this question up, you're really saying 'you're a racist, or are you a racist?' The answer is no, I'm not a racist. As a matter of fact, Rosa Parks is one of my heroes, Martin Luther King is a hero, because they practiced the libertarian principle of civil disobedience and nonviolence. Libertarians are incapable of being a racist because racism is a collectivist idea: you see people in groups. A civil libertarian as myself sees everyone as an important individual."

— Ron Paul, CNN, Jan 10, 2008

[footfootfoot]

Maybe we should re-title this thread to Put quotation marks around anything and attribute it to anyone.

As in:

"Yeah baby, I shagged her rotten, yeah." Former President Bill Clinton upon being asked if he had sex with Monica Lewinski. --Journal of Politicians with Intact Integrity, Aug. 2003

Link

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

"Everybody knows in my district that I didn't write them and I don't speak like that... and I've been reelected time and time again and everyone knows I don't participate in that kind of language. The point is, when you bring this question up, you're really saying 'you're a racist, or are you a racist?' The answer is no, I'm not a racist. As a matter of fact, Rosa Parks is one of my heroes, Martin Luther King is a hero, because they practiced the libertarian principle of civil disobedience and nonviolence. Libertarians are incapable of being a racist because racism is a collectivist idea: you see people in groups. A civil libertarian as myself sees everyone as an important individual."

— Ron Paul, CNN, Jan 10, 2008

Originally Posted by Foot x3

Maybe we should re-title this thread to Put quotation marks around anything and attribute it to anyone.

OK, UT and Foot. Here’s more info than I bet either of you ever cared to know.

My quote of Ron Paul came from the entry about him in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul which states in part:

Controversial claims made in Ron Paul's newsletters, written in the first person narrative, included statements such as "Boy, it sure burns me to have a national holiday for Martin Luther King. I voted against this outrage time and time again as a Congressman. What an infamy that Ronald Reagan approved it! We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day."

The source Wikipedia cited for this quote is a blog here:
http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane...ters-revealed/

There has been controversy over Ron Paul’s ties to racism for some time now. Many people have pointed to Ron Paul’s Newsletters as proof of his racism. Paul has previously admitted to* writing the newsletters and defended the statements in 1996, then blamed them on an unnamed ghostwriter in 2001 and then denied any knowledge of them in 2008. He has given no explanation, for how the racism entered his newsletter. If we are to take Paul at his word, he is guilty of at least promoting racism on a large scale. Paul earned almost a million dollars a year from the racist, conspiracy theorist newsletters. Here [is] an excerpt that I’ve found.

In this piece he criticizes Martin Luther King as a pro-communist philanderer and says the MLK holiday is “Hate Whitey Day.” This is in great contrast to 2008 when he told Wolf Blitzer that Martin Luther King was one of his heroes. When activists suggested naming a city after Martin Luther King Paul suggested other names such as “Welfaria,” “Zooville,” “Rapetown,” “Dirtburg,” and “Lazyopolis”

Wikipedia also cited an article in the New Republic by James Kirchick:
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/...15-4532a7da84c

Kirchick did a search of the newsletters under the name of Ron Paul that were put out at various times going back as far as 1996. Kirchick concludes:

But, whoever actually wrote them, the newsletters I saw all had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing Paul’s name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to create the impression that they were written by him--and reflected his views. What they reveal are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks, Jews, and gays. In short, they suggest that Ron Paul is not the plain-speaking antiwar activist his supporters believe they are backing--but rather a member in good standing of some of the oldest and ugliest traditions in American politics.

The New Republic, BTW, considers itself a publication which draws upon a variety of viewpoints from both the Left and the Right.

@Dana - Of course Merc would be opposed to MLK Day. Doesn't surprise me one bit.