Death throes of a campaign can be ugly:
The Democratic National Committee is bracing itself for protests outside its Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on Saturday in Washington, where the fates of the Florida and Michigan primaries could finally be decided.
Supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton are organizing to march and then gather on the street outside the panel’s meeting, scheduled for Saturday morning at a hotel in Northwest Washington.
“They’re coming up on buses, they’re taking the train, they’re Metro-ing, they’re coming up with friends,” said Allida Black, a professor at George Washington University and an event organizer. “We’re trying to flood it.”
Really, though- I am told this is being done in the name of party unity. You know, you have to break a few eggs and all that.
Also, Lanny Davis informs us that this is Obama’s fault.
*** Update ***
Meanwhile, Lanny Davis informs us that Hillary supporters are pissed off at Obama because… he is winning:
1. Couldn’t resist waiting one day after Sen. Clinton won West Virginia by 41 points to announce John Edwards endorsement.
2. Couldn’t resist waiting to win majority of ALL delegates (not just pledged delegates) to do victory lap speech in Iowa the night Hillary won Kentucky by 36 points.
The horror an unmitigated all- attempting to control the news cycle, during an election? The bastards! Announcing he had won a majority of delegates? Unbelievable! What other grave insults are in store for us? I bet that bastard Obama even announces he accepts the nomination at the Convention in August! When will the slights end?
*** Update #2 ***
The Obama campaign will be staging a sort of “counter-event,” of sorts. They will be registering voters in Virginia, and have asked people to refrain from turning the Rules Committee meeting into a circus.
Which event do you think will do more good for the party?
Jake
Take it for what it’s worth, but there’s a diary over on Kos suggesting the Obama campaign is discouraging its supporters from staging counter protests.
I’d put the odds that the pro-Hillary protest will look like a bunch of foam-at-the-mouth nutjobs at about 10-1.
Doctor Gonzo
We are going to see a repeat of the bourgeois revolt when they were counting ballots in Florida in 2000.
cleek
i hope they bring giant puppets. and guitars.
Grendel72
Once again, the Republican candidate busses in thugs for a Brooks Brothers riot. It’s 2000 all over again.
Demdude
I was watching Hardball (I know, keep hitting head against the wall) and Tucker Carlson was on. I thought they dumped that idiot. Jeez.
They were discussing McCain’s “Surrender” nonsense rhetoric like he had just said something new and clever. They (Matthews, Buchanan & dipshit), went on on how McCain was trying to end the war with dignity. I thought that ship sailed a long time ago?
My god, these people are working hard to fill the air time with anything……..
Conservatively Liberal
I have to laugh at the idea of Hillary’s campaign busing these people in when all I have been hearing is the crazier Clintonistas say that they think Obama has been busing his huge crowds from rally to rally. Now Hillary will actually be doing this for her supporters, and they are happy.
I hope the press gets to record what a mutant ‘Girls Gone Wild – Clinton Campaign Edition!‘ show looks like. Hopefully they will have a segment on burning bras.
lutton
Maybe they can be extras in Recount 2: Circular Firing Squad.
El Cid
I’m glad the Clintonites stood up so strongly for all of our votes in 2000, you know, sending protest vans down there and all that, and then forming human chains to stop the disastrous war in Iraq that, wait…
libarbarian
OMG!! THE SEXIST PIG IS TOTALLY SETTING HER UP TO LOOK BAD!!
How DARE he?!!!! How Triple-Dog-Dare he?!!!!
Incertus
Is it time to break out the NORML and the Free Mumia signs?
Josh
I don’t think there enough black bars to cover up all those post-menopausal cat ladies, are there?
Billy K
Christ. I just got this bulletin from one of my Hillary-supporting “friends” on MySpace. The girl just keeps posting this crap. Finally gonna have to delete her.
Funniest part is a little gif she has on her profile that says (and I quote), “Yes, you have the right to your opinion and I have the right to think your stupid.” (sic)
They just look dumber and dumber every day.
Jeff
Perhaps they’ll signs detailing what they want: Counting Clinton votes, as well as votes AGAINST Clinton as Clinton votes. It’ll say something clever like “All Votes Really Point to Clinton!”
Jake
It’s all fun and games until somebody’s pantsuit catches fire.
Conservatively Liberal
Hillary only wears pantsuits to honor the memory of Elvis.
Studly Pantload
MSNBC took Tucker’s big, shiny toy away from him, but kept him on as a, I dunno, vistigial appendage or something. Of course, we all know that in the meantime, they are just dithering until they get their poop in a group and give Rachel Maddow a solid hour of Cage Match with Combover Buchanan.
The Committee protest might be more fun if it climaxed with a big ol’ bra burning, but alas, the days of foundationwear bonfires as a protest against the oppressive boot of patriarchy are but a distant memory…
Tom in Texas
Why don’t we just have them hold the meeting in the evening? Presumably since all those workin’ folks can’t get out to vote at night (hence the caucus routs), they couldn’t be there to protest either.
calling all toasters
Somebody has to show up with the sign “All your delegate are belong to us.”
Dreggas
Yes it will be the Pantsuit riots of 08
jake
As a Democrat, this is going to be very painful to watch. I’m talking Reporter interviews the most inarticulate, unwashed, metal pierced person at the anti-war rally, painful.
As someone who loathes idiots and WATBs, watching The Rah-Rah Hillary Brigade throwing a tantrum downtown because, like, it’s just not fair and we count too and rules are for poopy heads! will make friggin week.
Provided they don’t hose up my commute.
Dreggas
Now wait a sec, this is protesters who support Hillary. No self respecting person pierced, or painted would show up to support the almighty pant-suit.
Martin
Just need twice as many as usual and run them vertical instead of horizontal. Problem solved.
KRK
Mr. Super has done a post with a timeline of events related to the MI/FL debacle, going back to 2002. It’s rather thin on events in 2008 following the primaries/straw polls/beauty contests, and it somewhat understates the Democrats’ role in Florida, but it provides the most detailed backstory I’ve seen.
Dreggas
Child: Mommy, why are there black bars on that lady’s knee caps?
Mom: Those aren’t her knee-caps son…
GMark
Jeff Says:
Perhaps they’ll signs detailing what they want: Counting Clinton votes, as well as votes AGAINST Clinton as Clinton votes. It’ll say something clever like “All Votes Really Point to Clinton!”
Or the banners can just cut to the chase and say “ME ME ME ME MINE MINE MINE MINE….” Actually, if you picture most of this election’s rhetoric – especially debates – as Daffy C versus Bugs O (and toss in Yosemite McSam waiting in the wings), and it works out pretty dead on. (Damn! Sorry, that was NOT a reference to anything anyone may have said in or out of context recently.)
Keith
Reading Davis’ column, I’m starting to believe that these people *are* petty enough to pull keys off keyboards on the way out. That they believe this stuff would be laughable if they weren’t still in the race.
Warren Terra
I can’t believe all the commenters are snarking on the proposed Pantsuit Riot and ignoring that huge target in the update, the Huffpo post from Lanny Davis. Maybe it’s because you all have some self-respect, and the Davis post is too easy?
I mean, click the link: Lanny Davis really did post a piece saying “How dare Obama campaign? How dare he be winning this thing???!1!!1″.
I’d do the snark for you, because I have no pride, but I’m feeling too lazy right now.
Grendel72
Now wait a sec, this is protesters who support Hillary. No self respecting person pierced, or painted would show up to support the almighty pant-suit.
I predict a lot of guys with mullets wearing confederate flag t-shirts, myself.
Conservatively Liberal
I really hope that people listen to the Obama campaign on this. I think they are right in telling their supporters to stay away from any protests. I don’t think it would hurt if those who are disciplined enough to stay out of it do go to the meeting. It sure would look odd if one group is yelling, chanting, waving signs and being disruptive while another group is quiet and looking on in disapproval.
If Obama people show up, you can bet the Clinton people will video tape it (or use the press footage) and distort their presence into ‘proof that the Obama people are against counting the votes in MI & FL‘. That, and if anything goes wrong there you can bet the Obama people will be blamed for causing it (by the press & the Clinton gang).
Let them go and make fools of themselves. Dean, Pelosi and others are already pissed at Hillary for dumping on them as being the problem in counting MI & FL. I have even seen a statement from a Clinton supporter on the RBC who said that she is NOT receptive to Hillary’s position on them and that they have to pay a price for breaking the rules.
Hillary’s supporters are more than capable of totally screwing this up, just like their candidate has. Like I have said in the past, her campaign is an example of the blind, deaf and dumb leading the blind, deaf and dumb.
I have a feeling that this might turn in to whole new production, ‘Girls Gone Wild – Florida 2000 Recount Redux!‘
demimondian
Unfortunately for you, if you’re going to be a grammar authoritarian, you need to express your grammar snark correctly. That should read
(Don’t include ‘(and I quote)’, as it’s redundant, and use [sic], short for sicut erat, it was thus, in square brackets, immediately after the offending word or phrase.)
— demi ‘helpful as always’ mondian
nightjar
Word has it this character will be providing beverages for the protestors.
ThymeZone
Have they started calling Obama the Vichy Candidate yet?
Warren Terra
Oh, and for the record, you don’t get to name the sequel. There are rules, after all, for naming the sequel to a debacle, especially a farcical sequel.
So, ladies and gentlebeings, I give you: Recount 2:Electric Bugaloo
SnarkyShark
It all really boils down to this-
How dare Obama take what is our due!
If the protesters are anything like the deranged fools at TLC and No quarter, they won’t be doing themselves any favors. And I can’t see how they won’t be.
Conservatively Liberal
You people need to give me a chance to breathe! Oh the visuals! Oh the humanity! :D
libarbarian
Within a week they will have escalated to “OBAMA EMOTIONALLY RAPED HILLARY CLINTON”!!!!
Genine
It would be funny if they started a riot. They’re so quick to think Obama supporters would start a riot if he’s not nominated.
SnarkyShark
demimondian Says:
Thats some annoying shit. All I can say to the grammar police is-
“Don’t taze me bro!”
jake
Heh. My point was reporters always seem to pick the skankiest stoner to mumble about “War” and “The Man,” and that is who becomes the unofficial poster boy of the anti-war movement to the rest of the country [insert your fave MSM conspiracy theory here].
Tomorrow, a bunch of oversized toddlers will become the unofficial poster children of the Democratic voter base.
But $20 to your favorite charity says the reporters who cover the event tomorrow will find the one guy who hasn’t been near soap since Bill was in office and has a face covered in DIY piercings.
[Pours bleach in ears, eyes]
KCinDC
I’m signed up to be in the room, so that’s one seat at least that will be occupied by someone nondisruptive.
Not sure what’s going to be happening outside. It does seem like the Obama campaign is thinking it’s best to let the Clintonites have their own circus out there (I’d say “giving them enough rope” but I don’t want to be accused of encouraging violence against women).
Dreggas
To the tune of Cherry-poppin daddies Zoot suit riot:
Who’s that whisperin’ to the DNC?
It’s two yuppies and they’re on leave
Pipes and chains and swingin’ hands
Who’s your Mommy, yes I am
Fat cat came to play now he can’t run fast enough
You had best stay away when the pushers come to shove
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Pant suit riot (Riot)
Pull a comb through your nappy gray hair
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Zoot suit riot (Riot)
Pant a comb through your nappy gray hair
Blow Mommy
A whipped up vote countin’ blue eyed woman
A stray cat frontin’ up an eight-piece band
Cut me Sammy and you’ll understand
In my veins hot disenfranchisement ran
You got me in a sway, and I want to swing you done
Now you yuppies know, where your children come for love
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Pant suit riot (Riot)
Pull a comb through your nappy gray hair
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Pant suit riot (Riot)
Pull a comb through your nappy gray hair
You’re in a Pant Suit riot
You got me in a sway, and I want to swing you done
Now you yuppies know, where your children come for love
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Pant suit riot (Riot)
Pull a comb through your nappy gray hair
Pant suit riot, (Riot)
Throw back a bottle of ensure
Pant suit riot (Riot)
Pull a comb through your nappy gray hair
You’re in a pant suit riot
Genine
I should hope not. That would seriously piss me off. Luckily, no Clinton supports I know outside the blogsphere would ever say that.
It’s bad enough that someone compared what Clinton was going through with gang rape. I think someone mentioned that on here a few weeks ago.
That’s really sickening- literally.
Conservatively Liberal
If you are going to speculate about a Clinton supporter, it is better to be as accurate as possible.
Billy K
Wow. Here’s my aforementioned friend replying to me email, which consisted of one sentence, “I really thought you were better than this.”
How can you have a conversation with this level of stupid?
RampantSexism
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
Makes perfect sense to me.
George WallaceHillary Clinton, the candidate of hard-working white Americans, should use the tactics of the civil rights movement to make sure she gets what is due to her, which is to be like LBJ (and sometimes like RFK, except not in bad way).Why do you think hard-working white Americans shouldn’t have civil rights? Are you people a bunch of Communists, or something? Stop trying to use that crystal skull to beam mind control rays at hard-working white Americans.
Blue Raven
Seriously. The rules committee is supposed to be fair and impartial, but they’re all human beings. If one side’s [sexism from a woman alert] shrieking like a bunch of harridans [sexism alert over] while the other is acting with decorum and dignity, who would YOU favor if you were deciding who wins or loses?
Conservatively Liberal
The HillHoles (as in ‘watering holes, not supporters!‘) online are full of her supporters who have been claiming this for quite some time now. I even saw a plea by a woman who said that she had been raped and it upset her to hear these people belittle the violence of real rape with their conflating it to a virtual rape of Hillary. She got no sympathy and was ignored.
It is disgusting to see this said, and I am being kind.
ThymeZone
Not to be rude, but this person is your friend?
Tsulagi
Naw, it’s already established he’s the elitist stealth CommieIslamic candidate.
Studly Pantload
Billy K:
It is behavior like that of your (former) MySpace friend that makes me take the stand that those “jokes” about generations of inbreeding are, in fact, in truly poor taste. Because when siblings marry, it’s the children who suffer. = (
Dreggas
Billy K,
Sounds like you’re “friend” is pretty prejudiced and can’t tell shit from shinola.
wingnuts to iraq
Bra burnings! Of Course! Because nothing says feminism like staying with your cheating husband because you NEED his last name to have a job.
Jake
Just read Davis’ HuffPo piece. Christ on a bicycle, what a whiny little bitch he is.
4tehlulz
It’s lines like this that lead me to respect Nazis much more than closet racists like this.
Also, Nazis can spell.
SnarkyShark
Don’t forget the big write-in campaign of a few weeks ago. One of the super-delegates even went public with her disgust at the abusive language and implied threats. That should set this looming freak show up nicely.
We are dealing with 6 year old mentalities here.
Billy K
She’s a friend of a friend. In the wee days of MySpace she was one of the first persons I found on there that I kinda knew. Plus she used to come to my shows, so she’s been on my friend list for several years. She won’t be for much longer.
cleek
goddamn, it’s nice to see a Dem kicking ass for a change.
SnarkyShark
Now here’s where you need the grammar police with tazers set to full stun.
My spell-check overdosed on that one. I’m not sure he/she/it will survive.
Billy K
I won’t keep doing this, I swear, but I just got this from the gal.
I emailed this back:
And I got this:
and this:
The reason I find this so interesting is I always wonder just WHO is posting all that crap on Hillaryis44.com. Now I have a face to put to teh stoopid.
SnarkyShark
Billary has no idea how bad he could have rat-fucked them.
Obama is a team player, but the he’s the guy that will hit a couple of home runs in every game or make that game winning catch pretty much every time.
I’m glad he’s on our team.
SnarkyShark
Billy K Says:
Dude, I stared into the face of that insanity a few weeks ago.
You will never be able to think about the Human species the same way again.
Billy K
QFT. I guess because I’m an “elite” I rarely see this kind of crazy face to face. But yeah…it’s scary. Especially considering it’s from someone ostensibly on “my side.”
rob!
did anybody read the comments re: Lanny’s post? EVERY SINGLE ONE of them was mocking him.
Lanny Davis: A Uniter, Not A Divider.
Conservatively Liberal
Wow Billy K, that is just sad and disturbing to read. She sounds like a regular at Hillaryis44, no doubt about it.
I am sorry to hear about the possible demise of your spell checker. If it does survive, I would recommend turning it off before copying & pasting. Be merciful.
Sorry to say, but that person has serious race problems. Serious.
Billy K
D00d – no wai! She said very clearly it WASN’T about race!
:/
Warren Terra
Cute, I hadn’t seen that one before.
SnarkyShark
Thats just it. I couldn’t believe there were that many closet racists in the Dem party, or that people that claimed to be feminists could be so damn sexist for real.
What else could claiming that Hillary be given special compensation because of her gender be other than sexist.
And then turn around and claim that it is you being sexist for not wanting to offer that special compensation.
I just wanted to claim I was from another species at that point. Ferrets would seem to have more intelligence.
KRK
I know WWII wasn’t actually that long ago, but given the level of historical knowledge demonstrated by the more, um, ardent Clinton supporters even on the relatively limited topic of politics in the U.S., isn’t it something of a stretch to expect that they’d know what vee-she means?
SnarkyShark
It appears it will survive, but I don’t think its happy go lucky demeanor will ever come back. I have apologized profusely.
I just didn’t know
John Cole
I deleted your post, Brachiator. We don’t do links to work profiles of people here.
Conservatively Liberal
From Lanny’s post:
He needs to learn to speak English, and can anyone clearly explain for me what a ‘crucial border state’ is? Last I heard, every state is crucial.
Oh, right. In Clintonia, only certain states are crucial (and count). I guess my Obama POV got in the way.
Conservatively Liberal
If Obama can get these Democratic party racists to leave the party, more power to him. Let the right be the home of the racists. They can have them.
Blue Raven
No, the Clintonites have started squeezing in. But I do notice that as of yet, my comment hasn’t been approved and I was being polite. Could be the deluge it has to be getting slowing down the moderators.
mitch
billy, you should just keep that crazy lady in your friends list so you can taunt her when HUSSEIN OSAMA X’s policies start to pay dividends. i know it’s not funny to mock the handicapped, but still.
Billy K
Spell checkers are for the weak.
-Copywriter/editor
My Truth Hurts
Sure would be nice if they could put that protest energy and organization into helping to end the war in Iraq. But then it’s not them or their children that has to fight it is it?
montysano
Oh…… a “news site”. Yeah, there are a lot of those on the toobz. Brent Bozell has a good one.
When I was growing up, there was a certain “it must be true or it wouldn’t be on teevee” mentality, which has run head-on into the new reality, where any knucklehead with a digicam and a Mac can make a “shit’s serious”-looking video. It’s like Howard Beale’s worst nightmare.
Ted
I’m just curious, what has Israel done for us?
And if this girl thinks there is the tiniest difference between Obama’s and Hillary’s policies on gay marriage, she’s been hoodwinked nicely.
These people are lost causes. They got the email smears early on, they’re gullible people who lack any ability to scrutinize what they’re fed, and they should be electorally written off. Let her vote for McCain. Then he can pick more SCOTUS justices to take away one of her rights for her.
4tehlulz
States where at least 20% of voters have no problem telling a stranger that they won’t vote for nigger.
SnarkyShark
Thats where I am at. You wanna know were the Blue Dogs come from? These fucking asshole Reagan Democrats. Run em out now while we have this historical opportunity. Their days are numbered anyway.
Grumpy Code Monkey
Wow, that’s a telling slip of the cybertongue. It’s true, she’s not a racist; she’s an idiot. Her messages that you’ve quoted here just reinforce my belief that poor written communication skills and a tendency to swallow bullshit over independently vetted fact are causally related.
After November, I will take every opportunity possible to refer to our new Commander-in-Chief as “President Barack Motherfucking HUSSEIN Obama,” just to piss off people like her. In fact, I hope they flinch or swoon at the word “HUSSEIN.”
Brachiator
Not a problem. Thanks for letting me know the rules on this.
garage mahal
Thats just it. I couldn’t believe there were that many closet racists in the Dem party, or that people that claimed to be feminists could be so damn sexist for real
So true! I’m from one of those non racist states, (that voted for Obama). I join the ranks of other non racist states like MS, S.C, and Georgia to name a few. It’s those racist states (that didn’t vote for Obama) like CA, or NY who we should really keep our eye on.
In the end, it’s really easy to find out if the state you live in, is racist. Check who won the Dem primary.
TX ( and MI FL) get passes. This time.
SnarkyShark
States that border Appalachia.
Billy K
Last one, I swear.
And I got no answer to that conundrum. I did, however get this:
Quite the Democrat, huh?
Conservatively Liberal
This diary at Kos is about Lieberman and getting the Dems to finally dump him. I think Mr. Charisma sees the writing on the wall this fall and he is working with the right to prepare his landing spot for when he switches parties.
He knows that he is politically dead meat, and he is busy burning the rest of his bridges to prove to the right that he has finally come over to the Dark Side.
Billy K
I was just reading this girl’s blog and she was talking about getting married soon and having a baby, and she made a point of saying how she wanted to do so on HER SCHEDULE.
Sadly, she doesn’t realize she’s flirting with pissing away that right.
Fulcanelli
Ka-Ching!
Main Entry: iro·ny
Pronunciation: \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural iro·nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn, dissembler (hello?)
1: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning.
2: a:) the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b:) a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c:) an ironic expression or utterance
3: a:) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result b): an event or result marked by such incongruity c): incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play
4: Being a serial liar and total hypocrite while bitching endlessly to have the FL and MI delegates seated at the Democratic convention only to have them stiff-arm you in droves at said convention because you are such a craven, reprehensible example of everything sane people feel that’s wrong with politics in America.
Synonyms see: Clinton, Hillary Rodham, Clinton, William Jefferson
Rick Taylor
It’s been said and said again, but this is beginning to drive me crazy about Hillary and her campaign. One minute she’s rough and tough and likes it in the kitchen, and if you wimpy Obama supporters can’t handle the heat, you’re in no shape to take on McCain, and then the next, ohhhhhh you’re so meeeeeeaaan! You can’t even let her have a day to revel in her West Virginia primary win without bringing up Edwards. Oh, if you Obama supporters don’t start treating us nicely we’re going to vote for McCaaaaaaain!
Tom Hilton
Good lord…look, I’m as annoyed by this ‘count every Clinton vote’ shit as anybody, but this?
And this?
And this?
And this?
Not helpful. Really, really, really not helpful.
Quick tip: if the narrative of the Clinton dead-enders is that Clinton’s loss is due to vicious misogyny, then derisive misogyny directed at her supporters is not the best way to counter the narrative. Just saying.
Let’s try to be better than they are, shall we?
SnarkyShark
You think your being funny, but their is much truth in what you say. I know it was an accident so let me explain.
In the truly racist states, people that are progressive se naked racism everyday and are repulsed by it. Thus they are determined not to be that way. Racism in so called Liberal bastions seems to be more subtle.
I had a black friend in the Army who told me he preferred southern rednecks, because at least you knew where you stood. Now I know what he meant
I stoopidly believed the Democrats where somewhat racist free until I met up with a bunch of Hillary supporters on a blog. Plus I got to watch Bubba and Hillary flush their special relationship with blacks down the toilet with their naked race baiting.
Maybe your hands are clean, but a lot of your fellow travelers are not.
Billy K
Tom Hilton is right.
Martin
Since most of her supporters actually remember the war, if not participated in it, then no, not a stretch.
w vincentz
DemDude,
You said,
“They were discussing McCain’s “Surrender” nonsense rhetoric like he had just said something new and clever. They (Matthews, Buchanan & dipshit), went on on how McCain was trying to end the war with dignity. I thought that ship sailed a long time ago?”
Yup! that one’s been played before. Nixon spent four plus years seeking the GOP elusive “Peace with Honor”. It cost about 28,000 American lives in Vietnam. It ended with the “honorable” exit via helicoters from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.
Do you know if how many helicopter pads there are in the “Green Zone”? I don’t.
Now, McInsane is running on Reagan’s nuclear agenda. Duh, guess that worked, right? Exactly how many more countries have been added to the nuclear empowered since the alzheimer impaired one left office?
Oh, the derangement!
And so it goes….
Tom Hilton
That’s consistent with the Clinton dead-enders’ habit of hating Obama for his qualities as well as his faults. Obama’s extraordinary organizational and fundraising achievements? He’s a Nazi trying to take over the party! (Not an exaggeration–see Lambert for that one.) Eloquence and charisma are seen as shallowness and dishonesty; when he takes the high road he’s a wimp (not a fighter like Clinton), and when he lands a punch he’s fighting dirty. Every single thing about him gets put through the Obama Hatred Translator and turned into a negative.
(Note: not talking about all or most Clinton supporters here; just the Obama haters.)
Jess
The Great Pantsuit Riot of 2008 from the Clintonistas‘ perspective, and from our perspective.
Rick Taylor
Agreed.
SnarkyShark
Fuck that, we tried to be nice and got spit on. Obama and his surrogates will make nice. Everybody has a role to play.
At Balloon Juice, our role is to hunt them down in the gutter where they live and knee em in the junk. Thats why I am here. No more fucking pretensions. They have earned our scorn.
You can live up to the loftiest standards all day long and they will still shriek “Sexist and Vile Misygonist!” anyway. You want to keep on with the fair-play tactics a la Kerry and the Swift-boaters, well good luck with that.
You can’t win with these insane fucks. Believe me, I tried. But you can mock them into irrelevancy. Thats their tactics, to try to drive you to distraction until you make a mistake. Best to give em some real bones to chew on to lure em over here so they can be herded and toyed with. Turn that shit right back around on em.
Balloon Juice is not for the wobbly. Buck-up. Genie and Krista will keep us from total depravity. Anything short of that is good and necessary
schooner
Given it’s Florida they should go with a disney theme at the protest. I vote for Electric Light Parade of the Pantsuit Princesses
tom.a
What exactly are they protesting? Right now the rules say Hillary gets NO delegates from MI or FL. The outcome of the meeting will most likely results in Hillary getting SOME delegates from MI and FL. So, are they protesting that Hillary will come out with more delegates?
Billy K
I agree. But being blatantly misogynistic doesn’t help our cause. Nor is it something I every want to be to anyone, crazy as they may be.
El Cid
The only, only fair thing for the DNC to do in this meeting is to award Hillary each and every delegate in MI & FL, multiply them by 100, and then eliminate every caucus state and then declare Hillary Clinton President, today and retroactive since the year 2000.
Anything other approach would be as unfair as combining slavery, the Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe, and the Jim Jones cult a billion times over.
SnarkyShark
I personally try to avoid outright misogyny just on a personal basis. And I do wince when I hear some of the more blatant examples.
But I am telling you, whether we practice it or not makes not a whit of difference. It will be assumed anyway.
Since I try to make it about her assholeness and not her gender, then theres nothing I can do to up the respectability quotient. Others will have to make that pledge.
montysano
But it’s hard…….. it’s so hard. I’ve been around the lefty world for several decades, and I know these people in my bones.
For instance: Code Pink. At one level, I admire them: at least they’re doing something. But what they do is so easy to parody.
But yeah….. Tom Hilton is right.
w vincentz
“Balloon Juice is not for the wobbly. Buck-up.”
Or, as Dante stated over the gates to the Inferno, “Let all that enter here give up hope”.
Snarky, my friend, seems you have a good understanding of the Hillary supporter tactics. Barack has refused to stoop to their level. That leaves it up to us.
Those folks are relentless.
We will not be worn down by their pitiful actions and ridiculous bullshit.
Tom Hilton
Kind of missing the point there. I’m not saying ‘play nice’; I’m saying don’t be a misogynist asshole. Look at it this way: attack the Obama haters on the basis of their batshit craziness, and you’re just attacking them; attack them using misogyny, and you’re attacking all women everywhere. Which do you think is more effective?
nightjar
She wants ALL of ’em. Ever damn on. There HERS by-god and nobody can take them away. Nobody, Nobody, Nobody…..
ksmiami
The thing I don’t get is that Hillary’s message SUCKED SUCKED SUCKED from the get go and aside from some ignorant crackers and angry older women, tell me how she appeals to others? Her message is so utterly cynical and self-absorbed, I have REALLY come to hate her guts….
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
The Clintons, Clintonistas and Clintonites have borrowed the “Democrat Hatred Translator” from Karl Rove, FOX News, Richard Mellon Scaife and company and have aimed it squarely on Obama.
The Rovian directive is to attack your opponent’s strength. Clinton’s problem is that Obama has a lot of strengths.
Billy K
YES SHE CAN! YES SHE CAN! YES SHE CAN!
Wait what? I’m not winning!?
Tom Hilton
Oh, they’re complete idiots. They totally deserve to be made fun of.
What’s hard is this: sexism is so deeply ingrained in our (and just about every) culture that absent a conscious counter-effort, derision towards particular women tends to be expressed in sexist terms. So if we want to avoid that trap, we have to focus on (say) their facile slogans or their magical-thinking worldview or their moral rigidity rather than (say) their dress or makeup or physical appearance or conformity (or lack of conformity) to certain ‘feminine’ norms.
SnarkyShark
Like I said, I’m down with that on a personal level. But sometimes mocking is to take something to their absurd level.
Since I abhor censorship, and it seems that JC does too, we will just have to hope that your reasoned pleas have some effect.
It can be a fine line between mocking by absurdity and true misogyny.
JGabriel
Billy K’s Clintonbot:
Uh, backspace key?
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Tom Hilton
I don’t know; maybe I’m being simplistic here, but it seems to me there’s a pretty clear distinction in most cases. As I said in my Code Pink comment, if you’re mocking their illogic or their sense of entitlement or their nasty tactics, you’re on safer ground; if you’re mocking physical appearance, though, the odds are pretty good you’re spreading misogyny. (Which, I hasten to add, one can do without intending to do so; intent is not the ultimate standard for what is or is not sexist.)
Krista
Actually, the “black-bars” exchange did go over my comfort line, guys. Tom Hilton has it right.
Conservatively Liberal
How about ‘Girls and Guys Gone Wild – Hillary Clinton Edition‘. Jeez, I sometimes wonder if people enjoy humor any more. I hear Chappelle, Mencia and many other comics (white included) crack white, black, redneck and whatever other joke they can, and I laugh my ass off. Why? Because they are poking fun at stereotypes. Lots of people do it without having a racist, sexist or misogynistic bone in their bodies.
Humor is humor, and right now we sorely need some to maintain our sanity. Racism or sexism have nothing to do with it, even if unreasonable people think they can make it so. I said what I did because they are becoming as stupid and outrageous in what they are doing as the dumb chicks that get sucked in to the real GGW crap. They are nuts.
You let them set the narrative, and we end up in a society where everyone is afraid to poke fun at others because it is not politically correct.
Screw that. If someone wants to poke fun at me, fire away.
montysano
But just the fact that Hillary is willing to send the Flying Monkeys to demonstrate for something that she once said shouldn’t happen…..
It’s interesting: I went googling for a quote to support the above statement, and it was a a bit hard to find among all the “MI and FL should count” meme. The Memory Hole works quickly.
Dreggas
Not helpful perhaps but people really need to learn to take a joke and with all due respect to the clintonites that plan to protest because they won’t be getting their way, fuck them very much, they’re a bunch of WATB’s and give the Hillary supporters who are open to voting both and who will vote for Obama come the fall a bad name. I have nothing but contempt for those who rap themselves in the banner of a crusade for feminism acting like a bunch of simpering babies and behaving in a manner far removed from actually being feminist.
KRK
Yeah, count me as one who says go for it as far as parodying, mocking, and deriding any and all batshit craziness from Clinton supporters. But getting into a giggle and/or gagging fit over the fact that older women tend to have sagging breasts and therefore wouldn’t be as fun to watch when they hypothetically burn their bras isn’t about Clinton-based crazy anymore, it’s about older women’s bodies. See the difference?
SnarkyShark
See…we do have an angel on our shoulder to keep us somewhat in line.
My outburst was somewhat misplaced. On that particular topic it was kind of childish and non-productive.
We should indeed avoid the non-productive.
Ted
No no. Post any further replies. I don’t often get a window like this into their mindset and the very interesting things they believe. For instance, who the HELL would have thought some of them think Obama will keep us in Iraq, and start another war?
Next thing you know, they’ll be claiming Obama secretly hates black people. (I’m just trying to think of the most counter-intuitive thing they could think about him.)
TheFountainHead
Someone needs to get Lanny a very, VERY dry martini and a paper bag to breathe into…
montysano
Bingo. Having Michelle Obama in the White House seems like a much better move for women than having Hillary.
Is Obama’s campaign keeping Michelle under wraps, perhaps to use as a stealth weapon later? Because I’ve heard her speak, and she’s right up there with the MUP in her ability to inspire.
Billy K
I look at it this way: We’re winning. We won, really. Assuming armageddon is off the table, we won. We need to be gracious and let them sputter and spew, and maybe even feel a little silly. The ones that were Democrats will come back and we should be gracious. Those that weren’t. well fuck em’. We won. I don’t see how getting in a few cracks will make things any sweeter for us or more bitter for them.
Be better than that. That’s what TRUE ELITES do!
Billy K
Oh, and…
Sexist!
Ted
I’ve noticed that a lot of Clinton supporters seem to have trouble with computers and the internet.
JGabriel
Dreggas:
Actually, they don’t – which is why mocking political points and other illogic is better than appearance/gender based mocking that can bounce back on you.
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JGabriel
Dreggas:
Actually, they don’t – which is why mocking political points and other illogic is better than appearance/gender based mocking that can bounce back on you.
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montysano
But Flying Monkeys? No problem?
Krista
And just to clarify, the “black-bars” exchange didn’t make me uncomfortable because I have any particular love for Clinton supporters. I just don’t like it when people denigrate the bodies of older women. In general, we’re hard enough on ourselves as it is for not having a “perfect” body. Hearing other people making mean jokes about women’s bodies, even if the jokes are funny, doesn’t make me feel very good. It’s a free blog, and you guys can say what you want, but I wanted to let you know my views on it.
Besides…if you want to make fun of Hillary’s supporters, there’s an embarassment of riches from which to choose. Why go the lazy, “they have droopy boobies!” route?
Ted
Damn straight. That woman is intimidating. So with Barack’s approachable nature, she makes a good counter-weight.
Conservatively Liberal
You ‘technist’, take your ugly ‘technism’ to some geek blog where it belongs. Shame on you!
SnarkyShark
Although I do tend to agree with this
But the sagging breast thing was a bit too far. No calls for censorship, just a tad bit of self restraint.
John Cole
Tom is right. You can point out they are insane without being a sexist asshole. I do it every day.
And I would also like to reject, denounce, and distance myself from this thread.
Dreggas
I don’t hate women, making jokes about men, women etc. does not imply hatred of them
Stereotypes about breasts sagging aren’t stereotypes, it’s called gravity. To Krista I apologize if that offended you. I do believe Clinton is unqualified for the office of dog catcher let alone POTUS. It has nothing to do with gender.
Her supporters can “Name and claim” words all they like but it doesn’t change the meaning.
JGabriel
Krista:
What Krista said. We can do better.
Yes, we can.
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JGabriel
Dreggas:
So missing the point. Which is, it has nothing to do with her breasts either.
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demimondian
For what it’s worth, mine, too — that’s why I posted my (yes, SS, by design, seriously obnoxious — thanks for noticing) grammar authoritarian comment; I was trying to change the subject.
As usual, I failed.
Ted
What we need are balancing jokes at the expense of McCain’s old-male features. Perhaps something about balls hanging down to knees or some such.
rob!
Olbermann’s reporting on Scott “Flopsweat” McClellan’s new book, where he really lets it rip on Bush: “He misled the country over the real reasons we went to war.”
wow, what a bulletin! other shocking revelations:
–salt is salty
–audrey hepburn was kinda pretty
–bill clinton occasionally strayed from his marriage
Dreggas
Those write themselves. though the mental image that creates is far more disturbing than the thought of sagging boobies because, let’s face it, not everyone is perky and those that are, are probably plastic (at least most of the ones I know).
JGabriel
Ted:
Please, let’s avoid anything that might provoke picturing McCain naked.
… And now I’ve got the image in my head. You bastard.
Ye-e-e-ch.
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SnarkyShark
What he said.
I would also like to reject, denounce, and distance myself from that SnarkyShark guy.
Talk about an asshole!
w vincentz
I must admit, as a male, I have a problem with women that are overtly demonstrating their hormonal imbalances.
That’s exactly why I am now happily married…
to a cinder block.
Dreggas
I know full well what was meant, and Krista said as much in her post which is why I apologized to her if she was offended, perhaps my sentence construction and punctuation needed to be changed.
Dreggas
McCain nekkid with his BFF Lieberman.
SnarkyShark
Grammar Police….grrrrrrrrrr!
TheFountainHead
From Hillaryis44.org (I’m a Devout Dumpster Diver):
No, these people aren’t lacking perspective at ALL!
Darkrose
But getting into a giggle and/or gagging fit over the fact that older women tend to have sagging breasts and therefore wouldn’t be as fun to watch when they hypothetically burn their bras isn’t about Clinton-based crazy anymore, it’s about older women’s bodies. See the difference?
And it makes it that much harder for those of us trying to make the case that the majority of Obama’s supporters aren’t misogynists.
Steve V
Yeah, this thread has had a few uncomfortable spots but it’s all worth it for the emails from Billy K’s MySpace friend. That’s really crazy stuff. Billy K should be applauded for being so reasonable with her, and I hate to say it, but I think he should keep trying.
Darkrose
And it makes it that much harder for those of us trying to make the case that the majority of Obama’s supporters aren’t misogynists.
Mary
Jesus H. Christ.
Look, I’m a middle-aged woman. I stay active and I clean up reasonably well, but I’m not going to mistaken for my twenty-something self ever again. Given that a lot of a woman’s value in this society is dependent on her appearance, passing the age of 40 means that most of us who aren’t Helen Fucking Mirren either turn invisible or become targets for hoots of derision. It really sucks. You would not believe how much that sucks.
The kind of misogyny I read here today is ugly, unnecessary and hurtful. These Clinton supporters are fighting a lost cause, but some people here are rolling out the heavy artillery that hits not just these women — who, as far as I know, have no plans to strip at their protest — but a bunch of women who haven’t done a single fucking thing to hurt any of you. And until Dave Fucking Chappelle himself steps out here with some precise, cutting edge satire, I’d suggest that everyone else here stop flattering themselves about how outrageous and brave it is to talk shit about middle-aged women just because they’re middle-aged women. Save your vitriol for genuine offenses.
Thanks for speaking up, Tom.
JGabriel
Dreggas:
Fair enough. I’ll leave it alone. Sorry if it seemed like I was piling on.
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John Cole
I hope you all are listening to Mary, Tom, and Krista.
Ted
Agreed with your point. Side note: I first saw Helen Mirren in the movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact (mediocre sequel to 2001), playing a Russian (excellent faked accent) I NEXT saw her in Caligula where she engages in what can only be described as full XXX lesbian porn in at least one scene. I was flabbergasted.
Darkrose
You!
Corner!
Now!
Ted
We are, mom.
w vincentz
How come Cindy (Stepford wife) McCain is getting a pass?
I think that bottle blond looks hot on his impaired arm, and look what SHE has to put up with (no viagra pun intended).
Soylent Green
Mock them all you want using gender-neutral language. Make it profane as you like so long as the reader can’t read it as demeaning of women. Because that’s what this is about, our frustration with Hillary’s crazier followers, not a war between men and women. Sure, it’s BJ, and you are free to say pretty much what you want. But please keep it real and on target, not a shotgun blast. Women put up with enough of this disrespectful bullshit from men all their lives, and we don’t need to add to it to make our points here.
Seriously, dude, we aren’t going to win this election without party unity, so please don’t make the current conflict worse.
Josh
In my defense, I’m a 30 yo man who is in a relationship with a woman in her late 40s, someone who isn’t above joking about her ‘saggy boobies’ from time to time. So on a personal level I have nothing against older women or their bodies.
But on a political level, and after having read the subsequent comments, I can see how my black bar comments were offensive, and definitely not helpful to the Obama cause. Therefore I retract what I said, and I very sincerely apologize to John and everyone else on the good ship Balloon Juice.
TheFountainHead
I know this thread his become about all manner of bad things men (Obama) say about women (Hillay), but I swear to anything Holy, you can not make this stuff up. Apparently Taylor Marsh went off the reservation (ie, re-iterated that Obama needs to beat McCain) and this was a reaction at His44.org:
No. Freaking. Joke.
Ted
No. It will not.
Mary
That’s cool, Josh. Thanks. (And my thirty-something guy seems OK with forty-something me as well, but all our bawdy comments are between us where they’re less likely to be misunderstood.)
Steve V
Well said, Mary. Frankly, the last few months have had their share of instances in which the democratic combatants reach for nasty Republican tropes in beating up on each other. Thus here we had a mockfest of bra burnings in addition to various (and thankfully isolated) misogynistic posts. I like to think much of the nastiness that crops up on both sides of the democratic primary is just a byproduct of intense identification with the candidate of choice, like the kind of vitriol you’ll see sports fans throw at other teams, and not a deep reflection of people’s hearts. That’s why I hope Billy K will keep working on his bizarre MySpace friend. I think the hatred on both sides will shake out, given enough time. The party needs to find a way to ease Clinton out of this post haste.
phoebes in santa fe
Forget the “sagging boobs”, I’M upset by calling Hillary’s supporters, “Cat Ladies”.
Hey, I’M a cat lover, own two, and am over 55, and I SUPPORT Obama! Don’t you dare slander all “cat Ladies”!
Shame on you all.
Mr. Nobody
He was probably so proud of what he wrote that he was a afraid he wouldn’t be able to remember it if he tried to re-type it.
SnarkyShark
Uhh….dude. If you read my posts, I don’t think you will find any true sexism in my posts as I try to avoid anything like that. If you can point me to any of my posts that have it-You would be doing me a favor by pointing it out. As for my rant, I am merely pointing out, Misygony or not, we are still going to be accused of it
As for party unity, I ain’t gonna kiss no Hillary supporter ass. John, really tried, I really tried, and others have really tried and Hillary and her cult are having none of it.
I also believe there are certain so-called Democrats that need to take a hike. As in, we are better off without them. The true fanatics aren’t as numerous as they seem, they are just real real noisy.
Andrew
Lanny Davis is a really fucking ugly woman, that’s for sure.
SnarkyShark
Cats are bad-ass. You go!
Billy K
I love cats and cat ladies and cat lady Obama supporters.
Krista
Apology accepted. We’re cool.
And I second what Mary said. Woman (and increasingly, men) are feeling way too much pressure to perpetually look like a gym-toned 22-year-old. And when they don’t, they think that they’re undesirable. (Not me, though — I have a shape like Frederick Leighton’s Flaming June , and think I’m pretty hot shit.)
I like it here, and I like you guys, so let’s not add to what’s wrong with the world by being mean to people who don’t deserve it. Hokay?
John Cole
FWIW- When my friends get pissy with me because I refuse to go out and raise hell with them, they often tell me to “Stay and home and play on the internet, cat lady.”
Bastards.
w vincentz
Time for a big group hug!!
(((((((((( )))))))))))
demimondian
Listen — no bad behavior deserves exile to NRO. None.
Sorry. We don’t do that here.
Josh
Amen. I keep telling my gf the reason I think she’s so hot is the fact that she does have curves, unlike the shallow, anorexic 20 year-olds at my college.
Hillary Obsessives
ALL YOUR DROOPY BOOBIEZ ARE BELONG TO US
Josh
…and look at how much fun you have with us jerks?!?
KRK
In addition to being sexy gorgeous and a pretty darn good actress, Helen Mirren — born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov — is also a descendant of deposed Russian aristocracy, so she gives good accent.
Ted
I actually think Hillary’s looking pretty damn good for a woman of her years. She’d make a great looking president. It’s just what’s inside her skull that bothers me.
JGabriel
Krista:
Not that you need my affirmation or anything, but if you look like Flaming June you are hot shit.
That is a seriously beautiful painting and subject.
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Ted
I had no idea! No wonder her faked Russian accent was good; she had plenty of practice.
Mary
Oh noes, not the group hug! You know what that leads to, don’t you?
Krista
Hug it out, bitches!
And for penance, you droopy-booby-detractors are hereby sentenced to the following:
— Downloading a recent shirtless beach photo of either Jack Nicholson or Gerard Depardieu, and having it as your desktop background for 48 hours, with a sticky note next to it bearing the legend, “Droopy boobies happen to men too.”
kind of an off white
I’m right there with Mary and Krista and Tom, but aren’t we forgetting something here? There are lots of Clinton dead-enders with penises. If you can’t avoid sexist language for high-minded reasons, at least think of all the asshole guys you’re letting off the hook.
Me, I’m taking a stand against misogyny. Because misogyny can’t be used to bludgeon Lambert and Armando.
(settles back in chair and waits for throngs of nubile women’s studies majors to offer themselves up to Captain Enlightened over here)
cleek
or…
w vincentz
LMFAOROF!! Mary.
Krista
As long as it doesn’t involve vegetable oil…
Hypatia
“Seriously, dude, we aren’t going to win this election without party unity, so please don’t make the current conflict worse.”
It’s finally sinking in.
Phoenix Woman
Thanks, Tom. There’s a reason that Obama and his people are calling for calm and decency, and it’s not just because it’s the right thing to do. (Is the bus-in a campaign expense? I mean, she’s already $20 million in debt — why is she doubling down like this?)
By the way: I LIKE pantsuits, dammit! I hate dress because I hate pantyhose. I like not having to wear something that is so fragile I put a ladder run in it if I look at it funny.
That being said:
Have you told her yet that NARAL backs Obama? Or that he’s been helping out Planned Parenthood?
Conservatively Liberal
Awww, I had to go for a motorcycle ride and missout on the luv fest at BJ. ;)
I am an equal opportunity, hands on type of guy when it comes to boobies. Big or small, firm or flappy, boobs are good things. Nope, no argument out of me, no siree!
I had my wife read the thread before I left, and she thought the puns were funny too. I asked her ‘why do you hate yourself so much?‘, and she said ‘at least I don’t have scraggly ball hair.‘
She won. As usual.
Dreggas
*sigh*
Those who know me here, and elsewhere know I am far from a mysoginist or even a sexist. However I am an EOAB – equal opportunity ass buster. FWIW I was dating a 48 yr old when I was 20 so I obviously don’t have a thing against saggy boobies or other gravitationally challenged female body parts.
If I offended anyone then I am sorry. I admit I have a Spencer’s Gifts sense of humor, always have and always will.
As far as cat lady’s I like lady’s in cat suits does that count? Seriously I have a cat and love cats in general.
Is body image a problem? Yep and it’s catching up to men as well which truly serves them right given what women have had to put up with. I won’t go into history and cod-pieces but needless to say it’s been a while since men have had to deal with that shit as much as women do.
ThymeZone
First, hate the Clintoon, love the Obama.
Second, not misogynist.
Third, over 60 and made fun of all the time for the phsyical effects of being over 60, which I will not enumerate for you here. Being male, and not ridiculous, I just laugh those remarks off, hahahaha. Hell, I think most of them are actually funny. I have no boobs, for the record, but I have at least one wrinkle and about 30% of my original hair. Don’t care. Only care that I am ambulatory and can breathe without assistance or oxygen. For that I am thankful beyond your wildest imagination.
Fourth, really tired of faux victim bullshit every time somebody uses a perjorative term that has gender and the gender is feminine. Honestly, I think it’s pretty asinine.
Fifth, specific body-part jokes about women are just over the line that I can put up with. These are not generic references of derision (b-word, et al) but instead are personal insults. But unlike personal insults that are context-based (say, associated with a specific topic that is germane to the blog), they are just gratuitous and to be avoided. Even I, the persona you love to hate, the fastest verbal bash trigger on the site, avoid this kind of personal attack almost all the time.
I will therefore swear off, disavow and renounce the “sagging boob” class of remark, unless the remark is directed at a man, like Rush Limabaugh. Or demi.
Lay off the personal degrading insults to women, that’s my two cents’ worth, and feel free to hold me to this if you see me violate it.
Martin
Can I just use a picture of me?
Trust me when I say that the droopy boobies comment doesn’t in any way suggest that I’m not suffering equally the effects of time.
Sorry that I tossed that grenade out there, but sometimes a relaxing moment turns into the right moment and I happened to be ready.
Notorious P.A.T.
Yeah, no making fun of a person’s appearance.
By the way, “Pantsuit Riot” is sheer brilliance.
Insert your own Viagara joke here?
grumpy realist
I think the reason that several of us feminists are so appalled at Ms. Hillary Clinton is that she (and many of her followers) are acting in ways that just reinforce the worst stereotypes about women + power.
Raving harridans doesn’t even half describe it.
I’m also extremely annoyed at the “if you don’t vote for Hillary you’re not a feminist!” schtick. No, I’m not voting for Hillary because I prefer to vote for someone who has demonstrated some COMPETENCE at getting things done, capisce? Voting for Hillary simply because she’s a woman would be just as silly as not voting for her because she’s a woman.
And since from what I’ve seen so far Obama is far more capable at getting things done than Hillary, I’d rather vote for Obama.
Conservatively Liberal
Gravity is an evil and sexist force. I hereby denounce, reject, abhor, stamp, fold, spindle and mutilate gravity.
May we all float free. ;)
Darkrose
Even giving me the mental picture of a naked McCain and Lieberman?
I don’t know if there’s enough brain bleach in the world to get rid of that image.
ThymeZone
Oh man. There’s fightin’, and then there is fightin’ dirty.
Well, that’s another class of insulting remark that I reserve for persons like demi.
That’s right, even I have my principles.
Darkrose
Plus, you gotta love a woman who had a young Liam Neeson as her boytoy.
Dreggas
I shall refer to sagging chest-pieces as sagging pectoral’s since that is what they are and it is gender neutral.
Mary
God damn it. I go downstairs to get a nice cup of tea and come back to find all you tough-but-sensitive smartasses getting downright convivial. I’m afraid that we’re about 5 comments away from a link to some anonymized Flickr self-portraits that we’ll never be able to scrub from our collective memory.
Tim F.
I would have said it if Hilton didn’t get to it first. We don’t moderate much around here, but we make exceptions for racism or sexism that crosses a certain line.
Jess
Can we talk about dildos now?
kind of an off white
At the blog run by the former right-wing attack dog who now volunteers to work the phones at Obama HQ? YA DON’T SAY
Conservatively Liberal
If you knew my wife, you would not believe she said that. She is a real sweetie, but after twenty plus years of being married to me she has no problem firing off a good line whenever she feels the need to.
Must be the fact that we like the same comedians. She is a hard core comedy buff, and I mean hard core in the sense that if it is funny, she has it. And if she hears about it, she buys it. You should see her cd & dvd collection of comedy, she has them all. And she plays them regularly.
I don’t stand a chance against her, but it sure is fun trying! We are Jason Alexander/DuckMan type of comedy nuts. The Sam Kinison, Dave Chappelle, George Carlin, Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia, Denis Leary kind of humor.
It’s a family thang. :)
Conservatively Liberal
Only if they are solar powered. We denounce and reject the gas powered models as noisy, inefficient and bad for the environment.
Hand crank models are acceptable too.
Rome Again
Well, while I agree that it seems tasteless, I have to admit, I am not in the least bit concerned that that term refers to me. I’m a 46 year old female who is just now starting to realize I have a purpose for cleavage! :)
Jess
That sounds kinda…naughty. ;-)
cbear
I haven’t read all the threads today, so unless anyone else has used it—I’m trademarking this event as:
“The Million Moron March”.
Thanks.
Cain
No kidding, I get off work, eat a snack, workout and come back and I see all this luuuuv going on. Oh baby, yah!
cain
Tom Hilton
Krista, Mary, Phoenix Woman, John, Tim, and assorted others: thank you all. You have made my day. (And if that sounds at all snarky, it isn’t–I’m absolutely sincere.)
libarbarian
OMG!!! HE’S TOTALLY DOING THIS TO MAKE HILLARY LOOK BAD!!! HE DIDN’T EVEN WAIT TO DO IT!!!!!
libarbarian
Obama has gone out of his way to make Hillary look like an uber-fuck. Its so sexist. If he would just be a dumbass too he would totally be ok, but his unfallible jackassery is just too much to bear.
Libararian +5
Fledermaus
Oh jebus, strike the Kinison and insert Bill Hicks and I’m right there with ya.
Grendel72
There are lots of Clinton dead-enders with penises.
In fact, I think a rather larger percentage of her support than is acknowledged comes from what was euphamistically described as Nascar dads in a previous election cycle, that is the remains of the Dixiecrats, an awful lot of whom are men.
I think Clinton supporters try to identify themselves with feminism for the same reason a lot of conservative causes attempt to co-opt progressive language.
4jkb4ia
Alas, Christian Laettner failed to show up when he was wanted.
4jkb4ia
I did not quite understand the “black bars” comment but I was disconcerted by it.
4jkb4ia
Only thought of going to Matt Yglesias’s instead just now.
marjo
hey now, group hug, people.
and careful, there, don’t step on my gravity.
Chuck Butcher
My favorite is “passive aggressive” attacks. Too many “self-help” books.
Conservatively Liberal
Hicks is great too, but we have a sweet spot for Kinison. My wife and I went to see him at the Spokane Opera House eleven days before he was killed in the head-on crash. What was weird was that he cracked a joke about that stretch of highway at his show. That he could set the cruise control, set his alarm for an hour and nap until then before he had to make a turn.
We both thought it was ironic that he was killed on that stretch of highway. We still have the ticket stubs from the show.
That and he was a hell of a guitar player. He knew how to jam and damn good.
Genine
I’m way late to this thread. I actually went out on a Tuesday night. (Oy- will I pay for it in the morning.)
But, anyway, I just want to give props to the guys here on Balloon Juice. I saw some cringe-worthy things on this thread. Though, through reading this blog for some time now. I know no harm was meant, but it still wasn’t too cool. Tom, Krista and Mary pointed it out you all took steps to correct it and apologize. Very cool. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Love and light and hugs to you all! (except troll people- no hugs for you)
MarkusB
It’s wonderful to see the response you got. It’s like, I dunno, a bunch of adults who are basically able to communicate and who care for each other. I’m glad I happened to start reading the comments on this one.
What a great blog.
Joyce
The Human Cost of Occupation
American Deaths Since war began (3/19/03): 4084
Since “Mission Accomplished” (5/1/03) ) 3945
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3623
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3225 Since Election (1/31/05): 2647
American Wounded Official 30329
Daily DoD Casualty Release
320,000 Vets Have Brain Injuries
This one of the main issues the election is about. It is not about Hillary Clinton’s career. Hillary voted and many, many people died, were wounded, lost loved ones and had their homes destroyed. How many military familes who may have voted republican in the past are willing to now vote for Obama in order to end the waste of blood and treasure in Iraq.
But, but, what about a woman president?
Now for my feminist point of view—A woman with a Yale law degree, who stays with her husband after he humiliates her over and over again with his mistresses….is not a feminist icon. My grandmother always encouraged me to get an education so that wouldn’t have to take any kind of mistreatment from a man…just because I was dependent on him. Brand names should be for jeans, not elected officials. This is a democracy, not a monarchy. If Hillary were not the wife of a former president, she would not be Senator from New York. After her presidential campaign, she may not be even a senator anymore. How many elected officials in New York got out of the way for “Clinton Machine” instead of vying for the senate seat? This is the type of affirmative-action nobody wants to talk about. It is called nepotism. I want a woman president that came to prominence on her own, not because of who she was married to. Do we really want to become a Banana Republic. Who is Nancy Pelosi’s husband? Who is Kathleen Sebelius married to? I live in Texas and I have never heard anyone discuss Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s husband. These women are stable minded and competent. They should have risen to the top.
Hillary started with a 20+ point lead in the polls, name recognition, an air of inevitability bestowed upon her by the fawning press, a loyal, very large base of supporters and big money donors. So, how did Hillary Clinton come to a second place finish against a relative unknown? Imagine what would have happened if someone well known like the former Governor of Virginia, Warner had been in the race. Hillary’s campaign is now in debt, has stiffed vendors–even school districts and is so disorganized that this can be found on the official campaign website:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/actioncenter/event/view/?id=14350
Secondly, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and TED KENNEDY are laboring under the GROSS MISCONCEPTION that WE ARE AS DISLOYAL AND INSCRUPULOUS AS THEY ARE. Moreover, the DNC Leadership MUST BE CONVINCED THAT WE WILL NOT PASSIVELY ACCEPT Barack Obama as our Democratic Nominee, and that WE ARE STEADFAST Hillary Clinton Supporters.
OriGuy
Does she have the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour? I saw those guys in Cupertino, CA in a hall that was about half Persian and most of the rest Arab. My friend and I (with her half-Arab son) stuck out like flour-covered thumbs.
Rome Again
Alright, I’ve read through this entire thread.
I have one advantage that the guys here don’t have, I’m a female. I’m about to take this fight into another direction.
As a woman and an Obama supporter who is watching the way these Clinton supporters are acting (they would have me believe the majority of them are women), I have to say the following:
The way these Clinton supporters are acting is embarrasing to me. They are acting like crybabies. They want all the candy in the grocery check out lane and they are not going to stop until they get it, and they are going to have a tantrum if they have to share with anyone. How childish.
These are strong women? Strong feminists? No, they’re not. They don’t play fair and they need to quit emoting like five years olds or sit down and shut the fuck up.
Message to all those Strong Clinton women: I will never take another thing you say seriously ever again. You have proven you are nothing but selfish and self-serving.
Never again will I afford you the slightest of dignity. You want a favor from me in 2018? Not if I find out you were one of these banshees screaming about how unfair it was to not have all the fucking candy in the store. Forget you, you are permanantly insignificant to me.
Rome Again
If they don’t like the Democrats in the Democratic party, then they can get the hell out. I certainly won’t miss them.
The irony that these women who say they are feminists and have (supposedly) always fought for the right to choose are willing to vote in such a way that they might put this country in a position where choice is taken away is mindblowing to me. These are not Democrats, these are crybabies who are holding a party hostage because they are not getting what they want. They are self-serving, they belong in the Republican party after all.
Joyce, awesome post. Thank you for sharing.
Phoebe
I’m late to this thread, and I squirmed there for awhile until you all redeemed yourselves and made me very happy. I’m also thrilled that cat ladies are ok now too, and not assumed to be Clinton supporters anymore. It’s a new day!
But ok, what kept me reading was the riveting Billy K saga: Billy if you’re still here, what was the video that she linked to?
Dreggas
Fun fact regarding Sam Kinnison, he was a baptist minister.
Bob In Pacifica
Remember how Clinton and her cheerleaders spent a month over Obama saying at a San Francisco fundraiser that blue-collars in the Rust Belt might be bitter? Remember elite?
Check out
So who’s Susie Tompkins Buell, that most generous woman? Big money, who ran the Esprit line of clothing. She had her clothing made in sweat shops. From wiki:
Bet all those women who were denied the right to be in a union, who got screwed out of pay, are all in solidarity with Clinton and Buell because they’re waving the feminist flag in front of their eyes…
Dan
I know some people may have been upset at the comments regarding flappy bosoms. To inject some balance, I am almost 50 and my nuts aren’t where they used to be.
Glocksman
Damn.
I’ve been a union member and shop steward for years and have disliked the Clintons because of their habit of throwing organized labor a few scraps while selling us down the river with free trade agreements and corporate favoritism.
But I really didn’t care to dig enough into her past to know about her Wal-Mart activities and I certainly didn’t know about Susie ‘Fucking Bitch’ Buell and her support of Hillary.
I’m just glad my union (UNITE HERE) isn’t one of the unions who isn’t drinking the Kool-Aid.
OTOH, unions such as ASFCME aren’t drinking it, they’re huffing the powder straight from the can.
Glocksman
Damn.
I’ve been a union member and shop steward for years and have disliked the Clintons because of their habit of throwing organized labor a few scraps while selling us down the river with free trade agreements and corporate favoritism.
But I really didn’t care to dig enough into her past to know about her Wal-Mart activities and I certainly didn’t know about Susie ‘Fucking Bitch’ Buell and her support of Hillary.
I’m just glad my union (UNITE HERE) isn’t one of the unions who is drinking the Clinton Kool-Aid.
OTOH, unions such as ASFCME aren’t drinking it, they’re huffing the powder straight from the can.
Glocksman
Bah…could a mod delete the first post and this one please?
Phoebe
While there is an endless well of this nonsense, this example really set me back on my heels. Well it would have if I were standing up: [from the comments section at TNR, in response to an article saying MSNBC’s Obama bias hurts Obama]:
| Posted by Rebecca
22 of 443 | warn tnr | respond
I am appalled and downright frightened to think that Obama’s campaign, from start to finish, has been fueled and downright pushed upon us by MSMBC, as well as other pro-Obama networks. Not only is it downright wrong because it is so pathetically unbalanced and childish, it condones people speaking out in reactive, unthoughtful and immature ways. What great role models for our children! As well, the blatent mysogeny now is clear and it makes most of us woman, whether black, red, white or gray, uncomfortable. In terms of Obama’s character and message, most of what I see now is that he is weak, much like Bush, in that he is not standing up and rising above the muck. He is part of it. Hillary seems to be the one rising above now. Please let the people speak.
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so: Obama is the media creation, Hillary is the candidate of the people. They just don’t show up to her events as much as they do to his, or donate to her campaign as much as they do to his. But that’s all MSNBC’s fault.
Dayv
Lanny said:
[Obama] couldn’t resist waiting to win majority of ALL delegates (not just pledged delegates) to do victory lap speech in Iowa the night Hillary won Kentucky by 36 points.
I really thought that said “victory lap dance” for a second.
Wow, what an image.