If this lasts another hour, Mark Halperin should call a doctor:
That’s what this race comes down to: giddy Beltway schoolboys versus struggling middle-class Americans.
Joe Scarborough versus Joe Soptic.
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If this lasts another hour, Mark Halperin should call a doctor:
That’s what this race comes down to: giddy Beltway schoolboys versus struggling middle-class Americans.
Joe Scarborough versus Joe Soptic.
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Valdivia
The Village will be insufferable this week and next, but afterwards it will be a shock to them that the rest of the country aren’t swooning.
kansi
Just the beginning of the MSM tongue bath. Nauseating, really, but Hackperin always is.
kansi
Just the beginning of the MSM tongue bath. Nauseating, really, but Hackperin always is.
dmsilev
The newsfeed thingies are telling me that Romney picked Ryan a week ago. Therefore, it was a deliberate decision to wait until until sunrise on a Saturday morning to make the announcement.
Seriously?
Violet
I called Ryan the male Palin–The Malin–back in July. They’ve always seen starburts with him.
kansi
dmsilev:just how dumb are we supposed to be?
Schlemizel
Jay-zuz I hope not . . . I’m afraid I already know who won that battles given their relative places in the debate.
amk
Title win. These media impotents needed that.
Alexandra
There’s that ‘handsome’ thing again. It truly is bizarre.
Violet
From the link, one of the tweets:
Seriously? And notice the set up. If Ryan fails, it’s Romney’s fault.
WereBear
Halperin’s reaction is probably a key theory supporting this pick.
Talk about a bubble made of stainless steel.
Baud
Which is why Halperin doesn’t wake Ryan up when he leaves in the morning.
SiubhanDuinne
Linda Wertheimer: ” … this great event … ”
Seriously, Linda?
raven
@Schlemizel: When they were hammering away about someone being accused of murder Joe didn’t say anything.
raven
The governor of Virginia is warming up the crowd!
geg6
Holy fuck, that last Halperin tweet is sickening. And how, exactly, does ol’ Markie know what Ryan looks like in the morning after a sleepless night?
Ugh. I can only take solace in the unshakeable fact that Halperin is always, always wrong. Always.
NancyDarling
Am I the only one who finds the idea of ‘nocturnal tweets’ funny?
GregB
Mark Halperin @Markhalperin
“Late greats who would applaud Ryan nod: Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Novak.”
Apparently Halperin is the corpse whisperer.
Mino
I hope everyone is watching Chris, Rachel, Melissa, and Ezra right now.
Schlemizel
I bet all the Little Friskies loving nanas in Florida can hardly wait to pull the lever for Mr. Ryan.
Oh no, not the voting machine lever – the Guillotine lever.
@Valdivia: YUP!
@kansi: Pretty stupid if the results of ’94. ’00. ’04 and ’10 are any indications. Lets just hope we are not THIS stupid
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud: WIN! It’s so early, but I doubt this can be topped today.
raven
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Betty Cracker
Here comes Mittens!
mikefromArlington
Well, if all else fails those two could probably be spokespeople Grecian formula.
dmsilev
@Violet: Well, then 3 months worth of 24/7 campaigning ought to produce some …interesting results.
Also, too, does that mean that Ryan isn’t ready for the 3 AM phone call?
Zifnab
I, for one, accept and embrace our Robot-Zombie overlords.
Morzer
Well, that’s the weakest GOP ticket on foreign policy in living memory, the VP amplifies all of Romney’s worst qualities and acts of fiscal dishonesty, and even the GOP have been pretending they didn’t vote for Slaving Private Ryan’s Act of Fiscal Incontinence and Rightwing Social Engineering. This is the earliest Christmas gift in history to a campaign that is ruthless enough and efficient enough to use its opportunities. Somehow I doubt that the Obama people lack either of those qualities.
How does Barack Obama get so damn lucky in his opponents?
Schlemizel
@raven: Yes, silence from his national perch. Where he can dictate the boundrys of the debate and the terms allowed to be used. He wins.
Joe & the rest of us lose
NancyDarling
@raven: That’s exactly what I thought.
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne:
Thanks, but the tubes are full of win today, and the west coast hasn’t even woken up.
Violet
@NancyDarling:
No, you are not the only one.
hilts
Another great moment in douchebaggery from Halperin
Halperin’s gaffe came on Thursday, when he was commenting on Obama’s Wednesday press conference. He first asked host Joe Scarborough, “Are we on the seven-second delay?” implying that he wanted to speak freely but not have his comments broadcast. Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski assured Halperin that he could speak freely and anticipated a controversial remark. Halperin said: “I thought he was kind of a dick yesterday.” Scarborough was in disbelief over Halperin’s comment and quickly directed his attention off-camera, saying, “Delay that. Delay that. What are you doing?” Halperin apologized after the hosts realized that the show’s new executive producer was not familiar with the seven-second delay button.
Zifnab
@GregB: Maybe he’s just hearing the clattering of gravestones and mistakes spinning for applause.
Aimai
Nope, nancy darling, I did a double take on nocturnal tweets myself. Plus the image that comes to my mind after “handsomer if he gets enough sleep” is a boob fed baby falling asleep at the breast with all the experienced grandmas tiptoeing around to protect his nap.
GregB
@raven:
Oh my, I didn’t even think of that visual.
arguingwithsignposts
@Baud: Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
raven
Ryan works with both sides!
Valdivia
@Mino:
oh for those of us not able to watch can you fill us in?
Violet
Romney is a terrible teleprompter reader. Just terrible.
Violet
Does anyone else think the crowd behind Romney looks sparse?
Baud
I’m looking forward to the pain on Romney’s face when Ryan gets a bigger applause that Romney ever has.
Schlemizel
@hilts:
This is not the first time the great and powerful Halperin has called the President a dick IIRC.
Nice way to elevate the debate. Wish he would do it in front of an honest news clown with the courage to demand he justify the claim.
Elizabelle
@Baud: @GregB:
Tee hee. The corpse whisperer.
Thinking of Warren Buffet’s comment in a different setting, about how once the tide goes out, you get to see who’s been swimming naked.
Thinking the Villagers are about to get separated from their sea.
Chyron HR
You had enough room to write “be”, you semiliterate Tweet-chimp.
Baud
@Violet:
It’s a decent crowd. Bad visuals in terms of how they are set up. I think they wanted to make sure the ship was visible.
dmsilev
You know, there’s something fitting about Romney’s choice of venue for this announcement being a type of warship that’s been thoroughly obsolete for the last several decades.
Villago Delenda Est
There is no chance of Halperin’s tumbrel reservation being cancelled.
hoodie
Romney may get the Village, but he can kiss Florida goodbye. Why Norfolk? For the fucking battleship? For a punkass guy like Ryan? The optics of having McDonnell, a better choice, introduce are just weird. And on Saturday morning? This is pure panic dumbfuckery, worse than Palin.
GregB
raven Says:
Ryan works with both sides!
Yes, the far right and the extreme right.
dmsilev
@raven:
Country *and* Western?
raven
Fuck this punk.
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
Boudica
Did he just say join me in welcoming the next PRESIDENT of the United States, Paul Ryan? ha ha ha
Violet
OH MY GOD! Romney said, “Join me in welcoming the next PRESIDENT of the United States, Paul Ryan.”
Betty Cracker
Romney just nominated Ryan for president!
Elizabelle
OMG.
Did Romney just say “Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States. Paul Ryan.”
I didn’t hear “vice.”
Was that me?
JGabriel
Mark Halperin:
Since I don’t trust Halperin, I decided to contact the dead and ask them myself whether or not they applaud Ryan. Reagan and Kemp both said, “Who?” At least, I think that what Reagan said. It was kind of tell. He was drooling a li’l bit.
Novak, on the other hand, scowled and said, “Why?” Then he turned in his hell-dug roasting pit and ate another baby leg.
.
raven
Fuck this punk.
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
Betty Cracker
Romney just nominated Ryan for president!
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
shortstop
@Valdivia: Yes. Going to be fun to see their bewildered expressions as the polls come out.
Elizabelle
OMG.
Did Romney just say “Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States. Paul Ryan.”
I didn’t hear “vice.”
Was that me?
mamayaga
With all the whooping and high-fiving, I haven’t seen any hard information on how this news could get better: does Wisconsin law require Ryan to now resign from Congress?
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
Comrade Dread
Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a blatant blowjob in print. (I stopped reading Penthouse a couple of decades ago.)
This is Halperin’s starbursts in his pants moment.
Elizabelle
OMG.
Did Romney just say “Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States. Paul Ryan.”
I didn’t hear “vice.”
Was that me?
Palli
Oh boy, two smart-aleck pretty rich boys want to run my country!
JGabriel
Mark Halperin:
Since I don’t trust Halperin, I decided to contact the dead and ask them myself whether or not they applaud the Ryan pick. Reagan and Kemp both said, “Who?” At least, I think that’s what Reagan said. It was kind of hard to tell. He was drooling a li’l bit.
Novak, on the other hand, scowled and said, “Why?” Then he turned in his hell-dug roasting pit and ate another baby leg.
.
SiubhanDuinne
I’m not watching teevee, I’m listening to the radio, but I would SWEAR that Romney just said “Join me in welcoming the next PRESIDENT of the United States!”
WTF? bad TelePrompTer moment? Freudian slip?
mamayaga
With all the whooping and high-fiving, I haven’t seen any hard information on how this news could get better: does Wisconsin law require Ryan to now resign from Congress?
raven
Whoa, he sounds awful. Cool.
Valdivia
did Romney just call Ryan the nest president of the US?
NancyDarling
Did I mis-hear or did Rmoney just introduce Ryan as the “next president of the United States”? Surely I mis-heard.
SiubhanDuinne
I’m not watching teevee, I’m listening to the radio, but I would SWEAR that Romney just said “Join me in welcoming the next PRESIDENT of the United States!”
WTF? bad TelePrompTer moment? Freudian slip?
Villago Delenda Est
@dmsilev:
For half a fucking century, actually. There’s a reason why the last two ships of the Iowa class (the Wisconsin is one of the four that were actually built) and successor class to the Iowa class were cancelled before the keels were laid.
mamayaga
With all the whooping and high-fiving, I haven’t seen any hard information on how this news could get better: does Wisconsin law require Ryan to now resign from Congress?
raven
Whoa, he sounds awful. Cool.
Alex S.
Oh my God…. Halperin has a tweet that links to all his Ryan tweets in one place… and it gets only worse….
JGabriel
Mark Halperin:
Since I don’t trust Halperin, I decided to contact the dead and ask them myself whether or not they applaud the Ryan pick. Reagan and Kemp both said, “Who?” At least, I think that’s what Reagan said. It was kind of hard to tell. He was drooling a li’l bit.
Novak, on the other hand, scowled and said, “Why?” Then he turned in his hell-dug roasting pit and ate another baby leg.
.
Villago Delenda Est
@dmsilev:
For half a fucking century, actually. There’s a reason why the last two ships of the Iowa class (the Wisconsin is one of the four that were actually built) and successor class to the Iowa class were cancelled before the keels were laid.
mamayaga
With all the whooping and high-fiving, I haven’t seen any hard information on how this news could get better: does Wisconsin law require Ryan to now resign from Congress?
rob!
Mitt Romney just said that Paul Ryan is “An intellectual leader of the Republican Party.” Sadly, that is true.
rob!
Mitt Romney just said that Paul Ryan is “An intellectual leader of the Republican Party.” Sadly, that is true.
NotMax
Ryan is a four-letter word.
Hey, maybe Romney/Ryan can gin up a spiffy double-R logo like this to appeal to the middle class.
Joe Bauers
@Baud:
Pay the man, Shirley.
Villago Delenda Est
@dmsilev:
Battleships have been obsolete for more than half a century. The Wisconsin was the last battleship commissioned.
On edit: sorry about that. WP behaving badly, my first battleship post never got acknowledge, only a “no data received” message in Chrome. I guess the blog is straining with the news today.
TexasMango
Who decided that Paul Rayna was handsome?
Villago Delenda Est
@TexasMango:
The vermin of the Village.
bemused
I misread the second tweet as ‘Ryan, wild scat’.
Sly
This is good news for John McCain.
raven
@TexasMango: Mika
raven
Oh, now he’s for “choice”.
NotMax
Well, Ryan demonstrated all the charisma of a bag of wet laundry in that speech.
NotMax
So, with Mitt pouting about Obama not helping Mitt’s campaign, and now with Wisconsin’s Ryan on board, can we dub this duo Whine & Cheese?
RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist
I can’t decide if this is good news for John McCain or not. Help a fellow out here.
Anya
Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket! Halprin sounds like a 14 year old boy who’s crushing badly on the quarterback.
shortstop
@RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist: I actually think it is. He is now no longer the presidential candidate who’s made the dumbest VP pick in the last four years.
divF
@Baud:
In Berkeley (in Peet’s drinking coffee), and loving every minute of it.I’m not the witty guy in the Pacific time zone, will wait for my confreres to chime in.
SRW1
Why does V1agra cause brain farts in Villagers? Does flooding the blood vessels of their d*cks push out the air that normally resides there?
JGabriel
@Alexandra:
There’s just something about Devo-hair …
.
tomvox1
@Baud:
Win.
Fluke bucket
Remember the picture posted here of Romney and Ryan and some genius commenter captioned it “hey, let’s show them our Slingblade face”? I still wake up at night laughing about that sometimes.
mk3872
One must never forget that Halperin called Obama a “DICK” on the air. So that says all you need to know about Halperin’s allegiances.
RaflW
Handsomer when he gets his beauty sleep! That’s our Paul Ryan, pretty-boy destructor of the American Middle Class, as wet-dreamed over by Mark Halperin.
Starbursts!
danielx
@Sly:
Isn’t it always? The upside is that Ryan can occasionally get out a coherent sentence, unlike Snowbilly Snooki.
Since Halperin’s powers of prognostication rival Bloody Bill Kristol’s I’d guess the Dems’ margin of victory in November just doubled.
Pope Bandar bin Turtle
@NancyDarling: No!
(This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.)
Longer answer: Is that what the cool kids are calling wet dreams?
Tehanu
@GregB:
I already knew that Halperin was an idiot, but really, Bob Novak a “great” anything? Maybe a great driver-who-runs-old-people-over — and come to think of it, that fits right in with Ryan’s granny-starving, doesn’t it?
David Koch
bob Novak was a traitor who was responsible for countless deaths and damage to our national security.