Welcome to the lurching, erratic DUzy Awards, a compendium of star-spangled amusement from this week on DU.
Congratulations to this week's winners!
Note to Mods: Skinner has authorized the DUzy Awards to be posted in GD. Special thanks to hootinholler, dixiegrrrrl, grantcart, wryter2000, conscious evolution, ColbertWatcher, rosesaylavee, AZDemDist6, badgerpup, intheflow, FlyingSquirrel, Xipe Totec and NanceGreggs for their invaluable assistance with this edition. On a thread by BeyondGeography: 7-term IL Republican Congressman tells Palin to cut the shit"A seven-term Republican Congressman from downstate Illinois is taking issue with fellow Republican Sarah Palin, saying some of the vice presidential candidate's rallies 'don't befit the office she's running for...'"
response #3 by JBear:
It obviously is not playing in Peoria!:bounce:
GDP, October 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7401519 On a thread by Emit: "Emergency Notice" Received by my BIL From Senator John McCain Today"My friend, the last thing we Republicans can afford is to have our hands tied behind out backs due to the fact that their candidate broke his promise to the American people and refused to accept the presidential campaign spending limit - which means they will have no limits as to what they can raise and spend..."response #11 by backscatter712:
I'm more than happy to contribute to McCain's financial emergency...http://donate.barackobama.com/GDP, October 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7407255 OP by WCGreen: A very funny EMail I received today....Pfizer Announcement Pfizer Corp. announced today that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed
by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of 'cocktails', 'highballs' and just a good old-fashioned 'stiff drink'. Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of: MOUNT & DO.
Thought for the day: There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no idea of what to do with them.
And see below for a Special Visual Achievement award from this thread.
The Lounge, October 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8154231 OP by SallyMander: Today i learned that if you post statistical analyses in GDPno one replies. Ah well. I should have included more exclamation points and the word Troopergate. ;)
response #2 by bicentennial_baby:
Did you use any multivariate regression tables?I hope so, Missy. :rofl:
response #5 by lizziegrace:
Show-off...:P
:)
The Lounge, October 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8155689 OP by Walter Sobchak: I finally figured it out!The McCain campaign was a piece of performance art, acted out on the biggest stage in world history!
Man, they sure took me for a ride. It's like back in college when you saw one of those really weird girls with about 30 piercings and a shaved head slice her abdomen with a deer knife and use the blood to write "my blood, my body" on the sidewalk. You thought to yourself "What the hell??" But then you realized that she was just some kid who desperately craved attention after spending the first 18 years of her life ignored by her big-shot dad and heavily sedated mother.
Turns out John McCain himself was just craving attention, and he ran the most bizarre campaign in US history to get it. Picking Palin was of course the strangest part, but this past week has also been pretty fucking weird. First, he whipped the bottom twenty percent into a teaming mass of rage, and then today -- just when they were ready to burst and unleash hell on the rest of the country -- he pulled the rug out from under them. Have you ever seen a crowd so disappointed as when John McCain told them that Barack Obama is not an A-rab? I sure haven't.
Say what you will about John McCain. Completely off his rocker? Sure. But he's one hell of a showman.
GDP, October 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7409513 OP by asdjrocky: My early morning conversation-As I get older, I find myself waking up earlier and earlier, and going to bed earlier and earlier. I suppose I'm just a few years away from the early bird special at Denny’s, and then in bed by seven and up by five. Yep I can just see it coming.
So this morning I'm out in the front yard, raking, weeding and doing some general clean up. The last thing I want is to have a messy lawn with my Obama sign, and my No on 8 right there for everyone to see, so I try to keep it clean.
As I'm pulling some weeds from my dismal little flower bed I glance up to see a neighbor motoring down the street on his electric wheel chair. W, as I'll call him for this, is easily into his seventies and he's always been a good neighbor. In conversations we've had I've learned he's a former union big equipment operator and he and his wife now live on a small pension and social security. We both garden and many times we've swapped goodies from our gardens. He's lost both of his legs, from the knee down to diabetes but he sure seems to get around okay and when he needs to go somewhere I've given him a ride because his chair can go easily into the back of my truck.
I give W, just his initial to protect the guilty, a friendly wave and go back to my weeding.
"I can't believe you're going to vote for that n-------," He says as he pulls up in front of my house. "You know there's no way we're ever going to elect a n------ President."
A bit shocked, and more than a little disappointed I stand to face the old fart. "Well, W," I say, "I'm not voting for an African American, I'm just voting for the person I think is best for the job, that's the beauty of America, we all get to make our own choice on election day."
"You gotta know, Rocky," He tells me with authority, "America is never going to vote for him."
"I don't know that W, and I think he's going to win. That's what all the polls are saying anyway."
"To each his own I guess," Old W grumbles, obviously disappointed that bigotry is something the two of us will never share.
"I guess." We hold eye contact for a moment. Finally I add, "And that's another thing that's great about America, we can all think the way we want, and we can agree to disagree." Another moment passes. "Are you going to vote?" I ask.
"Haven't voted for years 'cause they're all a bunch of lying thieves. But I'm voting this time for sure."
I just nod, being finished with this conversation long ago. Finally I say, "Well W, I think I better get back to my wedding.” I stand there, waiting for him to motor off, but there seems to be one more thing he wants to say.
“When is the election, what day is it on,?”
“Do you need a ride?” I ask him, before I can stop the words from coming out of my mouth.
“That’d be great.”
“Then I’ll pick you up Wednesday, November 5th.”
And I go back to my weeding, without a bit of guilt.
GDP, October 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7412364 OP by Orrex: What's up with the media blackout re: the Bradley Effect? I mean, I haven't heard CNN mention it in about 45 seconds!!!!!1!
How can I, an average American voter, possibly make a decision if I haven't been informed of how I should think about race?
response #5 by Orrex:
And when they're not talking about the Bradley Effect, they're howling about ACORNAnd between
those segments, they keep trotting out the same three African American guys who refuse to vote for Obama.
WTF?!? In my own house I can find two average white folks who aren't voting for McCain, so when the hell can we expect to get 24/7 rotation on CNN?
GDP, October 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7417812 OP by johnaries: Attention! Attention! FR has discovered Project X !http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7410554&mesg_id=7410554Implement supplemetary plan Theta immediately. The rooster crows at midnight. Repeat, the rooster crows at midnight.
response #1 by atommom:
The hedgehog has landed. Otters at full steam. ntresponse #4 by old mark:
Remember the plan for Monday....Post offices, and some banks will close, traffic will be light.
Things will appear "normal" Tuesday.
Posting this in the clear because it is too late to stop this phase now.
Remember, it is better to sweat in training than to bleed in combat.
Must go and sharpen my knives.
Marcus,
Commander of the North
response #7 by johnaries:
the nuts have fallen from the trees. repeat the nuts are out!response #21 by old mark:
Are they ever! ntresponse #16 by 11 Bravo:
If Malkin is lurking, remember ... Canvas Underwear Never Tatters. That is all.response #28 by GA_metalsmith:
my god!you know what this means people.....the penguins are playing the zither .....I repeat....the penguins are playing the zither.....you know what to do....
There's more, but I can't give too much away...
GD, October 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4219045 OP by swampg8r: had a fun morning with 2 obama canvassersknocked on my door around 10
i was watching the Gator/LSU game on sunshine network
we beat them again
twice in 24 hours
amazing
anyway
it was a cute young couple who were going door to door to spread info for the obama campaign here in florida
very personable clean cut and well spoken
had bunches of handouts and the little stickers
no yard signs
hard to get in my area and my next door neighbor has one he got
it is PLASTIC COATED and resists the elements
i am so jealous!
i covet that sign!
forgive me god but you can see for yourself it is one damn fine sign
AND
mr "wonderful sign" will NOT tell me where he got it!
thats got to be a bigger sin than coveting the damn thing
anyway
i answered the door in my finest sunday morning good humor
but had to actually be happy when i found out what they were doing
i was expecting the jehovas witnesses
but they identified themselves as campaign workers for obama
so i put my pants on
then i wanted to talk for a few minutes about what they had been getting back during their day
we started talking about the sign my neighbor has
did i mention it is PLASTIC COATED?
we all coveted the sign for a minute
its like its laminated for christs sake!
anyway
they said we were one of their first stops and were from a city 20 miles north of us
they handed me a bunch of flyers on economic policy and health reform
all the stuff you know what i mean
i gave it all back cause i got obamas web address
if anyone needs it i will pm it to you
maybe they can track down a nice sign for me
i need lamination and maybe some solar powered spot lamps
yeah
that would show mr "sign so special"!
anyway
they said they were nervous because they didnt know what would open the door next
so i played freeper for them for about 15 minutes
i hit all the points of freeperthink
and when they didnt know what to respond on some relatively stupid freeper bullshit
i gave them the answers they would need
and supplied as best i could the sources and names to refute stupidity
and i got to do a full out freeper rant on my front lawn about my neighbor
and his "fancy dan big city plastic" sign
sign nazi!
pretty fun all in all
and they had a good time and got the nerves over with
hell of a lot better than debating the bible with jehovas witnesses in your undies
GDP, October 12, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7430816 OP by pam4water: Redneck Jokes for the 21 CenturyRedneck Jokes for the 21 Century:
You maybe a red neck...
If you have ever charged the state per diem for staying at your own house.
If you are already in an elected office and someone has to explain to you what the vice president does.
If the entire state police department was involved in the fight you had with your in-laws.
If you brought back a version of the bee hive hair-do.
If Rich Lowry’s little Chaney sits up straighter when you wink at him.
If when your campaign jet bonuses during turbulence, 3 or more dogs hit the ceiling.
If all of your answers to debate questions include titles of Classic TV Westerns.
If you head has been cut and pasted on to every gun toting, flag bikini chick on the Internets.
If Dick Chaney is afraid to go quail hunting with you.
If you field dressed the ugly off a moose, using only a lipstick case.
If you make up your own demographic because soccer mom sounded to fawrin.
If you joined succession party, because you confused it with the success party.
If you ever said “doggone it” and “ain't” in a vise presidential debate.
If you improved the couch in the governor’s office by putting a bear skin rug on it.
If a witch doctor is included in both your election plan and your health care plan.
If you think seeing Russia form you house... Oh that one is too easy.
If Jeff Foxworthy comes out of retirement when you get the nomination node.
If Ron White re-decades You Can't Fix Stupid to you, and you are faltered.
I was on a roll with Redneck Jokes last night. I decided to post them, before I realize they weren't as funny as them seemed at 2 am. And I don't think Jeff Foxworthy has ever retired, but it would be funny if he had. I wanted to find a way to work in the, "If you ever cut the grass and fond a car", but I couldn't think of a way.
Bush/Conservatives, October 12, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=110x12076 On a thread by gateley: Question: What's the difference between The Polls and internal polls?response #1 by dbonds:
Internal poll method at McCain Camp.Poller 1: Boss is going to have a heart attack when he hears that he is behind 15 points.
Poller 2: Tell him is is just 4 points, he won't yell at us then and might prevent a heart attack. Don't want a repeat of last week when we told him he was behind 10 points, he kicked poor Paul out the door in 30 seconds.
response #4 by alcibiades_mystery:
The "internal polls" are SECRET, so you can make up whatever shit you want about themThat's the difference.
GDP, October 13, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7436279 On a thread by Archae: Anyone planning to see the movie, "W?"Not here.
If it goes according to Oliver Stone(d) 's previous movies, it'll have 1 or 2 facts, and the rest of the movie will be pure fiction.
response #15 by Deep13:
"...it'll have 1 or 2 facts, and the rest of the movie will be pure fiction."So, pretty much like the Bush presidency.
The Lounge, October 13, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8162388 On a thread by Fuzz: Corsi falls ill after Kenya caper"Jerome Corsi, WND senior staff reporter and editor of Red Alert, has fallen ill after he was forced to endure detention at the hands of armed Kenyan immigration authorities.
WND founder and editor Joseph Farah said Corsi has arrived at his home in the United States and is now under care of a physician because he is very sick..."
response #15 by malaise:
Witch doctor is he seeing?Palin's?? :D
GD, October 13, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4228929 On a thread by bambino: Schmidt: McCain 'within striking distance'"John McCain’s chief strategist Steve Schmidt said Monday that the campaign is 'well within striking distance' of Barack Obama..."
response #1 by A-Schwarzenegger:
Within striking distance of third place in a two-person race.response #17 by Hansel:
Of course he is. He's just backing up to get a running start.GDP, October 13, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7439761 OP by Bleedstreet: I am going to help McCain/Palin...you should too...Every Monday J-Mac and Mrs Moose seem to re-invent themselves becuase the last weeks slogan didnt catch on...and they are tanking in the polls.
Today J-Mac came out and the new catch-phraze is "i am a fighter"..he said it 19 times just in one stump speech today alone.
Now we all KNOW after the debate this week...poor Johnny is gonna need a new slogan ....again
so being the nice guy i am here's a few new slogans they can have for next weeks re-Christening of the republican Titanic duo...
Mccain-Palin
"They will Save The Bees"
Mccain-Palin
"Taste the Rainbow"
Mccain-Palin
"Your soaking in it"
Mccain-Palin
"C'mon guys Its MY Turn to be King of America"
feel free to post some mo'
:)
response #2 by Dangerously Amused:
"More Drilling!/Tastes Hate!"response #3 by donheld:
Mccain-Palin"The Monster Mash"
response #4 by JohnnyRingo:
McCain - Palin, because dog gone it.....we'll fight for
you.
We'll lower your corporate tax, eliminate the "health care exemption", and defund public schools.
We'll fight to help your oil companies remain competitive and promote trade by opening up new job markets in Colombia.
Please, please my friends, no applause.... just rattle your jewelry.
response #5 by and-justice-for-all:
McCain/Palin: Because we'll bring back jesus! ntresponse #6 by radfringe:
McCain-Palin: Still crazy after all these weeks n/tGDP, October 14, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7444260 On a thread by bjnumb9: AP Report: East TN Baby Named "Sarah McCain Palin""ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.
Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put that name on the documents for the girl's birth certificate, ignoring the name Ava Grace, which he and his wife had picked earlier.
"I don't think she believes me yet," he told the Kingsport Times-News for a story to be published Tuesday. "It's going to take some more convincing."
Ciptak, a blood bank employee for the American Red Cross, said he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to 'to get the word out' about the campaign.
'I took one for the cause,' he said. 'I can't give a lot of financial support for the (McCain/Palin) campaign. I do have a sign up in my yard, but I can do very little...'"
response #1 by LeftishBrit:
Hope she grows up to be a raving leftist!response #12 by JaneQPublic:
Just like her older brother, Jack Dole Kemp! (nt)response #3 by IanDB1:
It could have been worse...They could have named her Sarah Hitler Palin.
response #7 by sellitman:
I heard the baby can see Russia from her crib.And her first stuffed animal was a wounded Wolf.
Never mind.... I don't know what got into me.
GD, October 14, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4235145 On a thread by MiniMe: Levi drops out of school, working as an electrician...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101300359.html"Not surprisingly, Johnston was a little shocked when he learned about Bristol's pregnancy, but he says he quickly embraced the prospects of fatherhood. The baby is due Dec. 18. Johnston has dropped out of high school to take a job on the North Slope oil fields as an apprentice electrician.
There's no word on how his future mother-in-law feels about Johnston's decision to drop out of high school. Last year, she made a point of trying to turn around the high dropout rate in their hometown..."
response #19 by Crisco:
They *Don't Know*Look. Palin is a lower/middle class girl who made very good and like a lot of people from the lower end of the rung, she and her family
don't know what they don't know about the inner workings of upper society. They *don't know* that if that baby daddy governor's son-in-law gets his ass into college, there will be plenty of job offers from well-heeled lobbyists and other country club recruiters standing by when he gets the sheepskin.
response #27 by Contrary1:
"sheepskin" ?That's something else future 1st dude-in-law could have used a few months back.
GD, October 14, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4234844 OP by A-Schwarzenegger: 10 Things McCain Can Do at the Debate to Turn the Tide.10. Answer all questions in French.
9. Claim not to understand any of the questions.
8. Repeat everything Obama says right after he says it,
and when Schieffer asks him to stop he claims he's not doing
anything.
7. Have a short peashooter hidden in his hand & shoot peas at
Obama, Schieffer and members of the audience.
6. Soak his clothes in tuna juice and have Cindy bring a bunch
of cats inside her coat and let them loose into the auditorium.
5. Take acid before the debate.
4. Wear squeaky pants.
3. Keep getting calls on his cell phone, which
has a "Shrimp Boats Are A-Coming" ring tone.
2. Have a fake cut like Dan Aykroyd doing Julia Childs.
1. Breakdance.
response #8 by A-Schwarzenegger:
Oh, I forgot one:Fake an orgasm.
response #9 by Batgirl:
hmmm, if he does that while wearing squeaky pants, game over. ntresponse #12 by NoSheep:
what about:sing like Meatloaf...
:o
response #23 by ZeitGuy:
Fake an epileptic seizure.Followed by a black-face rendition of "Mammy."
response #37 by Raschel:
Find his X on the stage and stay there. n/tresponse #38 by jmondine:
He's already tried number five twice. Hasn't workedresponse #59 by Pryderi:
Bring Osama bin Laden out on stage in chains.GDP, October 14, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7455088 On a thread by JonLP24: Palin: Obama strategy 'wearing pretty thin'"Sarah Palin says Barack Obama is running as though his opponent is President Bush instead of John McCain. And she calls it a strategy that's 'wearing pretty thin...'
Palin and McCain appeared with their spouses Tuesday night at a fundraiser in New York. Guests paid as much as $28,500 to support the presidential ticket and other GOP candidates..."
response #7 by JI7:
was "Joe Six Pack" at that fundraiser ?response #13 by Eric J in MN:
Yes, Joe Sixpack dug for change between his couch cushions until......he found $28,500.
response #15 by rosesaylavee:
That sure was a mavericky thing to say.She's such a maverick. I just love her for her maverickness.
response #50 by mikeytherat:
Ah, but add her to McCain and you get a pair of mavericks! Double-plus-good-maverickness!We've taken to calling them
The Lone Rangers.
LBN, October 15, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3545095 OP by Uben: Mass found in Cheney's chestDoctors examining Dick Cheney for heart irregularities today made an astonishing discovery. Where Cheney's heart should have been, there was a big flaming mass of evil rotating slowly in his chest. When asked if he noticed any symptoms, Cheney rotated his head 360 degrees and yelled in a grotesque raspy voice, "I do not recall!"
Cheney has been on a strict diet of small children and diesel fuel for seven years.
response #8 by dixiegrrrrl:
Strange...they also found a mass in Bush's head...I have no idea what it was tho.
Brains, of course, are ruled out.
response #9 by Uben:
CorrectionThat wasn't a mass, it was a mess!
response #13 by nichomachus:
I heard they found a mass in Bush's rectumIt was McCain's head
GD, October 15, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4241066 OP by DemocratSinceBirth: Make Your Best Haiku Or Limerick About Free RepublicInbred members all
A family of dummies
Too, too dumb to breed
response #1 by Oregonian:
...Me big tough Freeper
I cast my asparagus
I can haz Cheetos?
response #2 by unpossibles:
sadly, it doesn't take brains to breed....anyway... ahem:
SOSHALIST COMMIES!
RUNEING AMERICA!1!ONE
BY MAKIG ME THINK
response #3 by Bicoastal:
Here we go:In my mom's basement
I sit in my underwear
Raging at the world
response #4 by Mz Pip:
Here's mineDown in my basement
Stupid is a stupid does.
Mom calls, "Lunch is served!"
response #9 by DemocratSinceBirth:
LOLIn my mom's garage
Surf Free Republic and porn
Sarah Palin's hot
response #10 by unpossibles:
one moreWUT THE HELL IS A HIGHKU YOU COMMIE FREAK!1?
response #14 by danagsk8:
It's been a while since I wrote haiku. Hmm, let's see....Harvest of haters
All get patties in a wade
In mommy's basement!
:rofl:
response #19 by PermanentRevolution:
A few...Silly little freeps...
"President Obama" will
Drive you all insane.
Stupid angry kids!
All your base belong to us
On November 4th!
Ugly ugly site...
Both the layout of the page
And the freaks inside.
Freeper headquarters -
Grandma's basement, smells like pee,
Flabby man within.
response #22 by liberalmuse:
A contribution...MUSLINS! TERRORISTS!
I WISH MY DICK WERE BIGGER.
I BLAME OBAMA.
response #24 by Ikonoklast:
This thread has real potentialI rage foolishly
Most things I don't understand
Mom yells for more beer
Play war games online
I'm a manly warrior
But too scared to serve
Got fired from my job
Boss man said I was lazy
Must blame Mexicans
I dream nightly of
Touching a cute girl one day
But they laugh at me
response #25 by trueblue2007:
Mine is called loserLOSER, loser, LOSER
LOSER, loser, LOSER
LOSER, loser, LOSER
response #26 by Bicoastal:
Here's another one: "On November 5th"On November 5th
I'll take our fight to the streets!
(Right after my soaps)
response #32 by Fridays Child:
How about a limerick? "The Freeper Boy Lament"Mom's basement's a pretty good spot
To bring girls who are totally hot
But I'm smacking my balls
On these wet cellar walls
And the posters are starting to rot
response #35 by jberryhill:
FreekuJap poetry
doesn't rhyme
Nuke 'em... NOW!
response #48 by Sentinel Chicken:
Let me have a whack.Cheeto's Mom!
My life's a toilet
Flush me twice
:hurts:
Vote McBush!
Have I ever been wrong?
Never mind.
:shrug:
Terrorist!
Weathermen everywhere!
Scary black man!
:scared:
Nukeuler
Edumication
not for me
:dunce:
response #62 by WindRiverMan:
Gotta have a Limbaugh one!Rush Limbaugh is smart.
Kenneth will you tell me please
what's the frequency?
response #91 by mojowork_n:
Sen. Craig belong to FR?Transfer self-hate out
Wide, wide stance masquerading
Life in denial
GDP, October 15, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7458468 OP by kennetha: AP: Bush's Approval Rating Plummets to New Low: 0%AP: October 15, Washington DC.
President expresses disapproval of himself, dropping approval rating to 0%.
In an historic act of brutal self-appraisal, President George W. Bush admitted that he had totally screwed up during his illegitimate Presidency on every single front. "From depleting the surplus, to starting an unnecessary, and unjust war, to causing the market to collapse, to alienating every right thinking human on the planet Mars -- er, I mean Venus -- er I mean earth, I have failed on every front, " the outgoing President said. "And to make it up to an America that cannot afford four more years of my disastrous policies, I am endorsing Barack Obama."
The President refused to take questions from the press. But with that it was now official. Since Bush was the last person standing who actually approved of Bush, his official approval rating is now 0%.
GDP, October 15, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7459478 On a thread by Skinner: About the downtime tonight... Democratic Underground failed you, and we are sorry.response #15 by swampg8r:
good on you for taking responsibilityi would have started a conspiracy theory myself
response #17 by cliffordu:
Hang in there, big guy, I'm in your corner no matter what.hardware ALWAYS follows Murphey's Law....
One of these days I'll tell you about the wedding I photographed with a camera that had a bad focus plane.....
response #27 by grantcart:
and I am behind you as alwaysresponse #63 by cliffordu:
That tickles....response #84 by swampg8r:
can i get nexties?response #108 by cliffordu:
Got a dollah??response #75 by scarletwoman:
The feeling of desperation -- like trying to call the boyfriend you've just had a big fight with so you can apologize and make up. And the phone just keeps ringing and ringing and ringing... No answer... And you're in tears... Oh GOD! Why won't he answer?!?! I'm just going to KILL myself!!!!! *SOB*
:throwing oneself down on the bed and pounding the pillows:
OMG! He's GOT to pick up the phone!!!1!! I CAN'T STAND IT!!1!!1!1 AAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!1!!!1!!!! :great big heaving sobs:
Dialing again... over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
I'll never get that hour back... *sniff*
GDP, October 15, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7469704 OP by mb7588a: The Third Debate in Smilies!For the second debate in smilies, see here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7372357&mesg_id=7372357Bob Schieffer: Evening everyone, welcome to the 49th!!! and final debate of this election. Let's bring out the Senators. :applause:
BS: Welcome, fellas. That's lovely lipstick you're wearing, Senator.
JMc: Yeah, and he thought Sarah was the pig. Heh. :shrug:
BS: Wall Street tanked again. Your thoughts?
JMc: Well, Bob, we should have had more town halls. We could have had ten by now! Americans are angry about this situation. Angry. Nancy Reagan, the angel O8) of conservatism, is in the hospital. :cry: We should really get out of here and pray for her. Did I mention they're angry? :grr:
BO: Good evening everybody! My heart rate is 65 beats per minute. I'm cool. I got this. We'll fix Wall Street and Washington. :smoke:
JMc: :crazy: You know, a few days ago, Barack was in Toledo and he met Joe the Plumber. I don't understand Joe's story enough to tell it to the rest of you coherently, but Barack, you want to tax him down the drains! Joe, I'll help you keep the shitters sparkly clean! :party:
BO: Speaking of going down the shitter, seems like John has been watching the polls! :shrug: I want to give 95% of Americans a tax break. :grouphug:
JMc: I want Joe the plumber to spread that wealth around. You told him you wanted to spread the wealth around. I don't care about that 95%. I care about Joe. :hug:
BS: Do either of you think you can balance the budget in four years? You have said previously you thought you could, Senator McCain.
JMc: I AM NOT GEORGE BUSH!
BO: :wtf: Yeah, you're older and more senile than him and Cheney put together!
BS: :wow:
JMc: If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago. :argh: You don't stand up to anybody!
BO: My first vote was against my party. I have done it often. :)
JMc: :silly: NO! NO! NOOooooOOoo! I'm the maverick. I'm the one. It's me! Maverick! Maverick Maverick! ME!
BO: Yeah, well, even Fox News thinks you're nuts. :smoke:
JMc: I've got the scars to prove it!
BS: Uh. Ok. Both of you pledged to take the high road in this campaign yet it has turned very nasty. :wtf:
JMc: Yep. It's been tough to lay off THAT ONE. :crazy: His buddy, Jerry Lewis, said mean things about me! And you didn't stop him! :cry: You have all the money! :cry: Everyone loves YOU! :cry:
BO: Well, 100% of your ads have been negative and I'm not crying. :eyes:
JMc: I watched football this last weekend instead of doing any events because I'm so old... Every other ad was attacking my health care plan. :mad: And I didn't hear a repudiation of Jerry Lewis!
BO: We put out a statement immediately. At your rallies, people call me a terrorist. People want to KILL me! :wtf: :hide:
JMc: Fine. I'll say it. You're a lying, naive, terrorist hugger! :scared: And everyone who comes to my rallies are good people.
BO: Yeah sure they are. The American people have become so cynical about all this.
JMc: You and Ayers are pals. :nuke:
BO: We have real things to talk about, but you keep suggesting... :banghead:
JMc: ...you're pals!
BO: What I think is most important is that we recognize that to solve the key problems that we’re facing, if we’re going to solve two wars, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, if we’re going to focus on lifting wages that have declined over the last eight years and create jobs here in America, then Democrats, independents and Republicans, we’re going to have to be able to work together. :pals:
JMc: Pals. :evilfrown:
BO: What is important is making sure that we disagree without being disagreeable. :pals:
JMc: I don't care about an old washed up terrorist! :puke: But we DO need to know the full extent of the relationship! And Acorn, that too! :nuke:
BO: I have no relevant connection to Bill Ayers or Acorn. :kick:
JMc:
You launched our political career in his living room!
Schieffer: Let's talk about health care.
JMc: Health what? Why? :shrug: I'll just give them a tax thingy. Problem solved. Joe the plumber will be doing great with it.
BO: Under my plan, everybody will be able to afford health care. :bounce:
JMc: If you like that, you'll love Canada or England. :rofl: Can everyone afford the fine? Can Joe the plumber? We never found out what the fine would be! :shrug:
BO: Zero. No fine.
JMc: Zero? :banghead: Nobody told me that. JOE! BUDDY! ...no fine... YOU'RE RICH! Congratulations! :applause: Joe. You're rich. Congratulations, again. Let me say it one more time. Joe, buddy, you're rich.
BS: Let's talk about abortion. Roe v. Wade?
JMc: Very bad decision. Baaaaaad, Bob. It was real bad, Joe. :puke: THAT ONE voted against the ban on partial birth abortion. He voted present sometimes too! :grr:
BO: I am somebody who believes that Roe versus Wade was rightly decided. :)
JMc: :wow: You and the pro abortion bastards really screwed everyone on this. That's an EXTREME position! Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer!
BO: Actually, that vote was 11 years before I became a Senator. And I was 8 when Ayers was causing trouble. Just because you fought for the confederacy doesn't mean everyone was around at that time.
:tinfoilhat:
JMc: He wants to kill all the babies. He voted for the partial birth abortion thingy. :hide: Thank God Joe the plumber's momma didn't abort him!
BO: I am completely supportive of a ban on late-term abortions, partial-birth or otherwise, as long as there’s an exception for the mother’s health and life, and this did not contain that exception.
JMc: See, that's what I'm talking about, the EXTREMIST PRO-ABORTION VIEWS...
BO: ...Yes, you take it from here. :popcorn: Open mouth, insert foot.
JMc: Just again, the example of the eloquence of Senator Obama. He says "health for the mother." You know, that’s been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything. :shrug:
Women: :wow:
JMc: :lightbulb: We ought to strap a nuclear reactor to you like we do to ships in the Navy just to prove that it can be done. That’s the extreme pro-abortion position, quote, “health.”
BO: :beer: I'm so gonna win.
BS: Ok, let's talk about education.
JMc: :boring:
BS: Senator McCain, your question.
JMc: What? Troops should become teachers. No silly tests in their way. 'Nuff said, Joe. :patriot:
BO: We have to do many things. We need vouchers, we need good teachers, we need parents...
JMc: It's getting past my bed time here. :boring:
BS: Ok, let's wrap it up.
BO: Thanks Bob. Thanks everyone. I'm ready to win this thing. Thanks everyone for the support! :yourock:
JMc: I’ve spent my entire life in the service of this nation and Joe the plumber. I've been putting my country club pals first! And.... And... He puts the $3 million overhead projector first!!!! :freak:
BS: Good night gentlemen!
GDP, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7474270 OP by FlyingSquirrel: Quick Debate Summary: Obama . . . . McCain
. . :think: . . . . . :grr:
:popcorn: . . . . . :rant:
. . B-) . . . . . :mad:
:popcorn: . . . . . :nuke:
. . :hi: . . . . . :banghead:
:shrug: . . . . . :sarcasm:
. . :smoke: . . . . . :silly:
response #7 by dotcosm:
Very nice! But I think you missed a fewI'm pretty sure I detected a few of these from Obama:
:eyes: :nopity: :wtf: :rofl:
And I'm sure I saw some of these from McCain:
:crazy: :dunce: :cry:
As for me, this was overall my reaction:
:boring:
response #9 by Every Man A King:
Don't forgetJoe the Plumber :hurts:
GDP, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7474198 OP by hisownpetard: Not sure, but I think I had Joe the Plumber do some work for me once. He'd have to turn aroundand bend down, though, for me to be sure.
response #1 by Jackpine Radical:
Wot kinda crack is that?response #2 by olkaz:
Plumbing work, right?just checking
response #5 by hisownpetard:
I don't know if his plumbing worked. Didn't have the nerve to ask him.response #7 by Jackpine Radical:
Something about a delivery of crack, I think.Butt I'm not sure.
GDP, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7482985 OP by philboy: BREAKING: Sarah Palin uses political influence to gain free home services from Joe the PlumberI shit you not.
This is the END of McCain/Palin..
response #1 by KitchenWitch:
Nice post, Mister Rooter!:P
response #2 by Amerigo Vespucci:
Joe the Plumber, snakin' the drain of democracy......I'll stop there before the Mods lock your thread.
:evilgrin:
response #4 by philboy:
Old Joe was layin' some pipe at the Palin homestead.response #7 by cemaphonic:
heh, Larry Flynt is gonna have to reshoot.response #9 by krispos42:
{insert porno groove here}http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtuPqAn_bM&feature=relatedNow all we need is Jim Ward doing a "Squeezy McFeelpants" segment...
"My oh my..."
:rofl:
response #12 by hamsterjill:
Say it ain't so, Joe.Did Sarah ask him, "Can I call you Joe?" cause she has a couple of zingers ready!!!
The Lounge, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8167621 On a thread by n2doc: Pa. man chews through belly-busting, 15-lb. burger"It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.
The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield.
Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. 'About three hours into it, things got tough,' he said.
When asked what possessed him to eat a burger that big, Sciullo said: 'I wanted to see if I could...'"
response #3 by Swede:
I hope he drank a diet coke with that.response #4 by Peake:
There's always room for Jello.And I shudder to think what he'd do for a Klondike bar.
response #8 by EOO:
New rule: Your cheeseburger cant be bigger than your ass.And see below for a Special Visual Achievement award from this thread.
The Lounge, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8169221 On a thread by Sarah Ibarruri: I wrote Saturday Nite Live that I'm boycotting their show this Saturday for having Sarah Palinresponse #61 by grantcart:
Since they have decided to include only one VP candidate I pledge to watch them with onlyone eye. To show my contempt I will watch it with my bad eye.
response #69 by phrigndumass:
lol ...Oh yeah? I pledge to watch it with my "brown" eye :7
Oneupmanship, it's uniquely American like being forced to work three jobs to survive, lol
response #74 by Left Is Write:
You won't be laughing when you have to walk to those three jobs uphill both ways in the snow.:P
GDP, October 16, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7487397 Viral joke here, posted a few times this week.OP by cyndensco: Want a chuckle? The Barbershop...John McCain and Barack Obama somehow ended up at the same barbershop.
As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken.
The barbers were even afraid to start a conversation, for fear it would turn to politics.
As the barbers finished their shaves, the one who had McCain in his chair reached for the after shave.
McCain was quick to stop him saying, "No thanks, my wife Cindy will smell that and think I've been in a whorehouse."
The second barber turned to Obama and said, "How about you?"
Obama replied, "Go ahead, my wife Michelle doesn't know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like."
GDP, October 13, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7438427 On a locked thread:
I don't get the hatred for Sarah Palin
response #85 by Lithos:
Locking
This Jeopardy category seems to be
"I'll have great answers for a really stupid question for $2000, Alex."
Lithos
DU Moderator
GDP, October 11, 2008
On a thread by WCGreen: A very funny EMail I received today....response #1 by DuStrangeThe Lounge, October 10, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8154231OP by BushDespiser12: Quien es mas macho?response #1 by dmordueGD, October 11, 2008:
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