23
Oct
So Much Crazy In One Place
Jonathon Swift gathers up all the crazy and documents the election-year nonsense from the right-wing blogs.
And this is just too damned cute for words:
*** Update ***
Anyone with video editing abilities, Hugh Hewitt was just on CNN around 5:15 EST on Wolf Blitzer’s show and spewed a steady stream of concentrated bullshit. It was breathtaking.
Common Sense
He missed Andy Martin, who managed to disprove his first Obama theory with an even more absurd new one.
Punchy
Is that a trash compactor?
kid bitzer
correction:
jonswift gathered up a lot of crazy. quite a lot of crazy.
but he certainly did not gather up all the right-wing crazy. there was tons he couldn’t include.
no human could gather it all up. certainly not live to tell about it afterwards.
greynoldsct00
What a cool golfing buddy! Look at those soulful eyes.
Zuzu's Petals
I want one !
Gold Star for Robot Boy
@Punchy: Looks like a golf cart.
cleek
awesome.
that post meets or exceeds expectations in nearly every category.
srv
Man, I’m glad the King didn’t get him. We were worried there for awhile when he went AWOL.
The Moar You Know
Wholly OT: Our resident idiot Paul L. will probably suffer a lethal stroke on reading this.
JR
@Common Sense: I was just about to say—he forgot the new one about FMD being Obama’s real dad! This list is premature. We still have a week and a half until the election.
JR
@JR: Hmmm… Is it possible for someone to have more than one father? A "My Two Dads" kind of situation? We should look into the possibility that Obama was fathered by Obama Sr., Ayers, Wright, Davis AND Soetero. In Kenya, Canada and Indonesia.
joe from Lowell
Is that a dachsund in your glove compartment, or are you just happy to see me?
Tony Alva
That is our doxie Molly. I live in Peachtree City, GA which has golf cart/biking/running trails that connect everything to everything. The high school even has a parking lot for them. Molly is never happier than when she is taking a ride somewhere. Tunch could definately kick Molly’s ass, but they would more than likely become quick friends over their obvious mutual love for all things food.
Thanks for posting her photo John!
binzinerator
Speaking of noteworthy observations of teh Crazy Wingnut Stoopid, Wolcott’s got a few humdingers too:
It appears the self-crowned Curmudgeon Emeritus is unaware of what’s been happening in Washington and Wall Street the last few weeks. It wasn’t pre-President Obama who nationalized the banks, nor did pre-President McCain send the Paulson Plan down to flaming defeat. The first socialist president goes by the name of George W. Bush. But maybe me not smart, in which case me fit right in.
Damn he can be funny.
binzinerator
And damn these blockquotes.
The last line in my previous comment is mine, the whole paragraph preceding it is wolcott’s and should be in the blockquote.
John S.
D A C H S H U N D ! ! !
That’s a nice smooth red you’ve got there, Tony.
My little girl is Sasha and she looks very similar, except that she’s 12 and is entirely white on the face and paws. But she used to look like Molly…four years ago, anyway.
Best dogs in the world.
JimPortlandOR
Is dognapping across state lines a federal offense?
I can almost feel that cutie curled up on my pillow next to my head. And the mouth-lick to wake me up in the AM when it’s time to eat.
I’m about exhausted on politics and the economy, but dogs are a natural perspective restorer.
Jon H
OT: I have to say I find this from the Obama campaign really annoying:
Your generosity has gotten us this far. With just 12 days to go, our records show you are at most $2,270 away from the contribution limit.
This is our last chance to strengthen crucial field operations before the election. Will you go All-In before the midnight deadline with a donation of $2,270?
It’s late October. The election is two weeks away. They had $135 million at the end of September, and McCain is running on fumes.
And they want me to max out? Now?
I’ve gotten two emails like this. I’m almost starting to wonder if they’re going to sneak off to the Caymans with all this cash and hand the election to McCain.
Not really. But WTF?
Stuck in the Funhouse
Molly is pure 100 percent sweetheart!!
Napoleon
I forget where I saw this, or I would link or at least mention where I saw it, but on a similar subject in the last few days I saw some blog post with a picture of a flier that was being passed out in Dallas the day Kennedy was assassinated, that was full of the same type of wingnut stuff (the one I can recall was that he had been secretly married and divorced prior to Jackie).
RSA
Wow, a spare wiener dog with his own compartment! Just in case, I guess. . .
dmbeaster
Has unintentional right wing humor become a deadly weapon?
Lesley
Molly is a cutie!
Joe, that is the funniest thing I’ve heard today. I’m stealing that.
I have a Dachshund. Major snugglers. Very warm, very cuddly. Worst breath ever.
The Moar You Know
The McCain appears to be planning for victory –
"NEW YORK – John McCain’s election night watch party might be missing John McCain. Instead of appearing before a throng of supporters at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix on the evening of Nov. 4, the Republican presidential nominee plans to deliver postelection remarks to a small group of reporters and guests on the hotel’s lawn."
Don’ t forget to vote – really – but I think even McCain knows this is over now.
Stooleo
Finally the tyranny against low dogs has ceased! Now how about a nice corgi or basset hound.
greynoldsct00
Definitely don’t forget to vote, we want a smackdown and we certainly don’t want the results so close that the whole country has to wait for Flori-DUH’s elections officials to sort out what is sure to be a mess.
J.
Hot dog!
Brian J
Are some Republicans already gunning to be the presidential candidate in 2012? Via Brad DeLong, we see that if you joinrudy2012.com, it brings you to his old site. Perhaps this is just a joke, like when some Harvard students bought the domain safetyschool.org, which redirects you to Yale’s site. But if it’s not, it’s pretty damn embarrassing for both Rudy! and McCain, and therefore must be shouted from the rooftops.
Brian J
Are some Republicans already gunning to be the presidential candidate in 2012? Via Brad DeLong, we see that if you go to joinrudy2012.com, it brings you to his old site. Perhaps this is just a joke, like when some Harvard students bought the domain safetyschool.org, which redirects you to Yale’s site. But if it’s not, it’s pretty damn embarrassing for both Rudy! and McCain, and therefore must be shouted from the rooftops.
cleek
...and if it turns out the RNC was fibbin about Palin’s clothes receipts?
now that would be joyous.
David Hunt
I’d expect Pennsylvania to be the new Ohio this year. McCain’s putting a ridiculous amount of money there and they don’t have early voting. This gives them a larger base of people to try to convince to vote for him. I expect that the central areas of the State will be flooded with Reverend Wright propaganda, William Ayers accusations and warnings about how Obama will personally take people’s money and give it to
niggerslazy people.Also, urban areas where no one has voted yet would give the most bang for the buck on vote suppression operations.
phobos
And just like that—a new wingnut steps up, managing to connect dots that were previously thought to be in different universes.
Stuck in the Funhouse
Sort of OT
The latest Crazy Wingnut Stupid ( I think)
A PowerLie reader ran an experiment going to the Obama donation web site and gave a donation using a different name on their credit card with the correct number. They were given a pop up window saying "Thanks For Your Donation" and didn’t ask for the 3 letter security code. And are now claiming this is encouraging fraudulent donations. However as several of PL commenters noted.
However another commenter notes
Wingnuts are currently screaming this as another example of Obama cheating scandal, but don’t banks and credit card companies initially charge the amount even with a false name, then drop it until the transaction is verified, and if it is not (usually 24 hours) then the transaction is voided.
Something for the BJ finance wizards to ponder.
gbear
@Tony Alva:
Tony, are you familiar with humorist/playwright Kevin Kling? He’s written some great stories about his dachshund. The link to Kling includes a link to him reading one of his stories.
DonnaInMichigan
Update on the Lyin Witch and the Wardrobe, escapade…now out comes the the RNC’s talking points, and distractions:
..Obama used his campaign plane to go to Hawaii, to visit his sick grandmother, when he could of flown commercial
Is there any intelligent life-form, left in the Republican Party?
Umm idjits…..why did Palin use the McCain Campaign plane to fly back to Alaska, after she was introduced as McCain’s VP pick??
I’ll give you a hint….two words, and both words start with an "S".
Think really hard about that one. Just don’t strain the brain….
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
OK, so when did the Onion take over the McCain campaign?
It almost isn’t fair, the jokes just write themselves.
John McCain to press on the night of Nov 4th:
"GET OFF MY G*dD*mned LAWN"
Notorious P.A.T.
Are Pennsylvania’s governor and state secretary Democrats?
Delia
Not a wingnut anymore, but he still has his moments. Sully wants gay Nazis to come out of the closet. For their own good.
ThatLeftTurnInABQ
A PowerLie reader ran an experiment going to the Obama donation web site and gave a donation using a different name on their credit card with the correct number.
These people have no idea how credit card charges are processed – as in the actual data transmission protocols used to communicate with the processor (one of the financial services companies which issues charge authorizations) don’t even include some of the info they are complaining about, like the cardholder’s name.
Assuming the website is processing donations as a credit card level I or level II sale transaction, the only data which is cross checked by the card processor is the billing address zip code and the first numeric portion of the billing address street address (i.e. “538 RealAmerica St.”, “538 Islamofascist Ave.” , and "538 Independent Ct., Apt# 666" all look the same as far as VISA, et. al. are concerned – they all resolve to "538"). And even if the zip or the street number don’t match, the charge authorization will still go through, it is up to the merchant to decide what to do if the address verification comes back as a mismatch.
So if there is any name checking to be done, it can’t be done via the credit card charge process – the Obama campaign would have to check the name vs. some other source of information and then if they get a mismatch they would have to void the credit card charge or issue a credit in the event they decided to decline the donation. And the void and/or credit could take up to several days to show up on the customer’s statement, depending on how fast the banks process that info.
Cris v.3.1
Yes.
Nevertheless, I agree with David Hunt that the energy the McCain-Palin campaign is putting into PA makes me wonder if they know something we don’t. Something that doesn’t show up in the polls. I smell fuckery, though I don’t mind if it turns out to be a false alarm.
Chuck Butcher
McCain almost has to have Pennsylvania in order to win. The poll numbers almost don’t matter and they have some evidence from the Primary that gives them some hope. Taking desperation as evidence of skullduggery is pointless worry. GOTV and keep on going.
jake 4 that 1
Socialist is the new black.
Notorious P.A.T.
What I hear is, the reason he’s going after Pennsylvania is it has enough electoral votes to make up for the loss of a few other states.
jake 4 that 1
What’s up with moderation? If there is a pattern I have yet to figure it out.
Cris v.3.1
@Chuck Butcher:
Well said.
If what I’m hearing on NPR (in short: "Obama lost Pennsylvania big-time to Clinton!") is any indication of the McCain campaign’s thinking, it’s absolute nonsense.
Cris v.3.1
Which is to say, it’s a Hail Mary.
gbear
@Chuck Butcher:
There is no boubt adought it.
Comrade Stuck
@ThatLeftTurnInABQ:
That’s what I thought. And to follow up on my original comment, it seems a whole bunch of wingnuts have tried the same experiment and are becoming MUP donators. The stupid runs deep and long for the denizens of the Wingnutosphere.
From Mark Steyn, of Wingnut Central Command NRO
Drat, he’s on to we clever Obamunists and our devilish plots
Comrade Nikolita
@Jon H:
I’ve been getting at least 1 – 2 e-mails from BO.com a day for the past week or so, but I can’t donate (to my knowledge, at least not right on their website) to their campaign. I feel bad but there’s nothing I can do.
Comrade Darkness
Having set up website credit card processing before, I can tell you that their tests mean only that BO.com has set the initial verification metric very low when they ask the bank to verify the transaction, but that does not mean that the charge will not get kicked back for a mismatch later. The cc company will do that and send a chargeback to the campaign and take back the funds. The end result will be that BO.com will end up paying a higher overall % transaction fee (2.6%, say, rather than 2.5%) for having a high chargeback rate. Transactions where the physical card is never presented (online or phone orders) are rife with problems and have a higher fee anyway.
Most online stores, because they immediately ship physical goods, which they will have to write off as a loss if they end up with a chargeback, will set the instant verification criteria very high, such as matching against name, zip code and even phone number on the order form. BO.com is only out a tiny bit for a bad transaction so they’ve set the criteria low. They do ask for the security code, it sounds like, but all that guarantees is that the person has possession of the physical card, not that they are lying about what name is on the front of the card.
jcricket
Yes (as others pointed out) and it points out why getting Democrats elected matters. Having a Dem SoS and AG is vitally important in preventing Republican voter suppression efforts. This is also true with the lesser-known offices like state auditor, etc. – which can be used as vendetta machines when the Republicans control them.
jakester
my god, aren’t these wingnuts admitting to federal crimes? Knowingly giving false information when making a camaign contribution – that HAS to violate some statute (not to mention the Obama campaign’s written rules of conduct for donations).
Also, did they try this same experiment with McCain or Coleman or any other candidate?
JenJen
Voila! Le Hugh Hewitt Video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAIsghJywjs
I think I’m gonna hurl.
NonyNony
That was actually my thought. My first thought was "these fools are donating money to Obama – AWESOME!" My second thought was "wait – aren’t these guys breaking some kind of law by making a campaign contribution under a fake name?" I’d like to see it confirmed if anyone knows the actual answer, because it certainly sounds like the sort of thing that would be illegal.
NonyNony
Necessary but not sufficient. Here in Ohio they’re working hard to demonize Jennifer Brunner and ACORN in order to ramp up the suppression efforts. It sucks, and I hope folks are taking advantage of early voting because I think there’s going to be a lot of "gotcha" games going on in the urban districts in Columbus, Cincy, and Cleveland by the state GOP.
bedlam UK
I would love to hear the call centre telephone call from these idiots:
‘I’ve been charged $15 for the Obama Campaign on my card’
"Ok Sir, so you didn’t make that payment"
‘Well, yes I did but I used a fake name’
" So you DID make the payment, so there isn’t any fraudulent activity on the card, however you are admitting to a Federal offence?"
‘Erm….’
And these planks have just donated to Obama. Genius !
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