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The Republican Twitter Revolution Is Off With a Bang

by John Cole

Every new venture is going to have a rocky start, so why should the Republican foray into the mysteries and vagaries of the intertrons and teh google be any different:

“Our majority was emaciated by electoral liposuction, our bold rebranding initiative put speed freaks to sleep and our approval rating nose-dived faster than Bozo on a bender.”

—Republican House Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter, who — help us — is “blogging” now for Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Hollywood”

So much fail.

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16 Responses to “The Republican Twitter Revolution Is Off With a Bang”

  1. 1
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:20 pm Reply to this comment

    Funkhauser

    Dear GOP,
    Please leave analogy-butchering to experts like Thomas Friedman.

  2. 2
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm Reply to this comment

    TR

    Thaddeus McCotter—wasn’t that the name of the prep school asshole from every John Hughes movie?

    In any case, he’s about as good at metaphors as Ray Romano’s sportscaster character from that SNL sketch:

    Chet Harper: Alright, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go! But let me just say one thing: I’ve always wanted to be a sportcaster. Your clever metaphors and catchphrases escape me. Like a fat girl waving her trophy from the smell contest. But I want you to listen here! I’m not giving up! Alright? I’ll be back. If it takes me two-hundred years, I’ll be back! Lord Sweet Pappy Johnson with an erection, I will be back!

  3. 3
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:27 pm Reply to this comment

    RoonieRoo

    Is McCotter a cat? Only reason I can think of that you used the cat blogging tag is if McCotter is actually a "blogging" Republican cat. Meow.

  4. 4
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pm Reply to this comment

    MAX HATS

    The whole concept of the much hyped "Big Hollywood" blog is mind blowing. Change the politics of Hollywood with a blog composed of 3rd rate conservative blowhards? Uh, okay. Sure. And I’m going to change NASA through interpretive dance.

  5. 5
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:42 pm Reply to this comment

    TR

    Over at Kung Fu Monkey, John Rogers has a brilliant takedown of the very premise of Big Hollywood.

  6. 6
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:53 pm Reply to this comment

    TR

    And that Rogers post led me back to an even more classic takedown of a similar effort.

    Brilliant stuff.

  7. 7
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:56 pm Reply to this comment

    Comrade Kevin

    Joe the Plumber’s apparently so hot he’s got flames behind him in that ad. Did PJTV summon him from the pits of Hell?

  8. 8
    January 8th, 2009 at 9:26 pm Reply to this comment

    Silver Owl

    Clueless is not just a movie. lol

  9. 9
    January 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm Reply to this comment

    Justin

    WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!

  10. 10
    January 8th, 2009 at 10:41 pm Reply to this comment

    maxbaer (not the original)

    Couldn’t they at least start calling him Joe the ex-Plumber?

  11. 11
    January 8th, 2009 at 11:21 pm Reply to this comment

    libarbarian

    My God that explosion is beautiful.

  12. 12
    January 9th, 2009 at 1:19 am Reply to this comment

    Fencedude

    @Comrade Kevin:

    Also, the photoshopping on that banner is atrocious. I’ve done better cropping than that and I suck at photoshop.

  13. 13
    January 9th, 2009 at 4:57 am Reply to this comment

    Ash Can

    So when does Joe the Plumbing Tool actually start, y’know, finding people who want to talk to him reporting from Israel?

  14. 14
    January 9th, 2009 at 7:19 am Reply to this comment

    The Grand Panjandrum

    Dear Thad,

    Your alma mater owes you (or your parents) a refund.

  15. 15
    January 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am Reply to this comment

    Karen S.

    My gosh, that McCotter blog "entry" is almost Fellini-esque in its absurdity and surreality. What does it mean??????

  16. 16
    January 9th, 2009 at 10:31 am Reply to this comment

    jibeaux

    It’s like Hunter S. Thompson, writing sober. Maybe. Who can say?