The battle is joined by Erick Erickson:
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Doug:
The Democrat opponent to Congressman Joe Wilson has raised over $100,000.00 since last night.
What have you given to Joe Wilson. The man spoke for America. And now we need to open our wallets for Joe.
It does no good to pat Joe on the back or give him an “atta boy.” Joe Wilson needs us to open our wallets and checkbooks. Joe Wilson is now a serious threat to Barack Obama because he dared point out that the Emperor has no clothes. The left will target him. The left will target his family. The left will try to destroy Joe Wilson.
We can stop the left. But we must give generously to Joe.
Prove that conservatives are not pathetic activists. Put your money where your mouth is.
Sincerely yours,
Erick Erickson
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IndieTarheel
They’re already whining because of the (forced) apology he gave. Nothing will come of this. Also.
Col. Klink
Joe Wilson is a ‘serious threat’ to Barack Obama much in the same way an out-of-shape, loud-mouth punk on the court would be a ‘serious threat’ to Michael Jordan.
Trinity
The battle is over. Miller has won the day on this one. He’s already at 380k via ActBlue.
cleek
the big bold text across the top of the donation page says:
JOE WILSON IS PASSIONATE ABOUT STOPPING GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE!
should we assume he wants to dismantle the VA ?
…since that’s the only govt.-run health care we actually have in this country (and no new govt-run health care services are proposed).
TR
Actually, Miller has now raised $383,000 on Act Blue, most of it in the last 24 hours. Wilson is getting his ass kicked.
But please Erick Erickson, devote all your fund-raising energies to shoring up a conservative district in South Carolina. Playing defense deep in your own territory really bodes well for Republican prospects in 2010.
licensed to kill time
As of right now, $385,916 raised for Rob Miller.
Comrade Mary
Doug, can I send you some cookies or something for having the guts to stay subscribed to that swill for our benefit?
The Moar You Know
The left will fulminate for a couple of days about Joe Wilson, and then move on to the next shiny
objectoutrage. It’s how we roll.So, no, we won’t try to destroy Joe Wilson or his family. Fact is I kinda don’t give a shit about what some fourth-rate Congressman from some Third World cracker-belt state said to the president, and I’ll bet the president doesn’t either.
Drosophila Slayer
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Erick Erickson’s problem is that his parents named him “Erick Erickson.” Kinda like this kid I knew in College, a guy named “Tiffany”. He fathered a child when he was 14 and we all assumed is was to prove his manhood, despite being named “Tiffany.”
Dave C
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
jl
Rob Miller, former Marine and Iraq war vet is rudeboy Joe Wilson’s opponent, got 46% of the vote last election, is running again, and has raised about $350,000 in the last day. He probably could use a few more bucks.
Below is a site where people can contribute:
http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/19079
Sloth
One of the best things that could possibly happen for the dems would be for Joe Wilson to stay in Congress. Front and center. Reminding everyone what asshats they are.
TR
Uh, “The left will target his family”?
Jeez, project much, Erick? We don’t play the Malkin game, moron. Just because you like picking on children, doesn’t mean we do.
jl
Also. Good health care bill was one of Rob Wilson’s main campaign planks last election.
Dave
“The Left will target his family.”
Remind me again…which side harassed a twelve-year old boy and his family for having the audacity to say S-CHIP worked? I can’t quite remember…
arguingwithsignposts
Given that a majority of American voters elected the man who was speaking to Congress, and a majority of Americans in all sort of polls favor robust health care reform, Erickson must be talking about some other America than the one that exists in reality.
douchebag.
Col. Klink
I’ll throw in $50 bucks to Miller tomorrow morning since the ironic thing in all this is that the guy yelling ‘liar’ is the one doing the lying. Then again, as a card carrying member of today’s GOP that’s all par for the course.
Davebo
JoeWilsonisyourpreexistingcondition.com
ellaesther
Wait, we’re going to target his family? /riffles through memos/ I don’t see that in the schedule!
Calouste
@cleek:
+1 to cleek. I also saw an ad on TPM that used almost the same words, I guess it is supporting the troops Republican-stylie.
Well, unless there is a special doctor’s office for congresscritters, I wouldn’t object to stopping that.
Midnight Marauder
@Davebo:
JoeWilsonisyourpreexistingcondition.com
I don’t know who made that site, but I LOVE it. And I was wondering who ate my last slice of pizza. Now I know.
DAMN YOU, JOE WILSON!
Keith
And it still works! The irony is HILARIOUS!
Ripley
Has Erickson ever actually motivated anyone to actually do something? I know the guy’s a prima donna right wing fancy lad, but is he really so delusional that he thinks he’s going to… oh, wait…
Zandar
And then the Left will come after the endangered Joe Wilson with their HIPPIE NANNITES and SOY LASERS and FREE-RANGE SEX and only YOU can save him with your teh monies.
SAVE JOE WILSON or something. Also!
Left Coast Tom
What’s “RedState.com” doing in Washington, DC?
RedState.com | One Massachusetts Ave., NW | Washington, DC 20001
It’s neither “red” nor a “state”. Are they really “astroturf”?
JayMi
I kinda agree with Josh Marshall. Mr. Wilson seemed a bit rattled at his press conference. I wonder if he’ll find a horse head in his bed.
Legalize
Faster, Trike Force, Kill Kill!
Ash Can
I don’t even know WTF this sentence is trying to say. Babelfish must have messed it up in its translation from Wingnutese to English.
Napoleon
@Sloth:
I have come to believe the same thing about Michelle Bachmann. She actually helps us.
SpotWeld
…when exactly did the right start glorifying @ssholes.
What is so damm noble about being a jerk.
Trinity
@Davebo:
Joe Wilson canceled Arrested Development.
You bastard!
#shakes fist#
jl
@Zandar:
“Left will come after the endangered Joe Wilson with their … FREE-RANGE SEX”
I didn’t know the angry Left came after people with FREE-RANGE SEX.
OK. The sounds interesting.
BARRY SOETERO OBAMA IS TEH SUCK AND HE LIES!!
Throw it at me, baby!
Joshua Norton
Maybe he can do what Levi Johnston is doing and flash it for “Playgirl”.
Even doing soft porn, I’d prefer that kid to his almost mother-in-law as VP.
Calouste
@Drosophila Slayer:
I guess that could apply to Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson as well, although I am not suggesting that Addison Graves “Joe” Wilson fathered a child at 14 to prove his manhood
freelancer
@Midnight Marauder:
“Joe Wilson swapped the new batteries from your walkman with the old batteries from his remote control”
WIN.
kid bitzer
weird. i thought for sure it was karl rove, dick cheney and scooter libby that tried to destroy joe wilson.
yeah–i watched that tape that josh marshall put up of wilson meeting the reporters. watched it with the sound off. that is a man on the verge of an emotional break.
i don’t know what kind of pressure boehner and mcconnell have been putting on him, but it has been a very unhappy 24 hours for representative wilson.
Joe Beese
I would encourage the people spite-contributing to some candidate they never heard of before yesterday to save their shekels. They’re going to need them to pay for the health insurance that Obama is going to force them to buy.
boadicea
Wow. Red State wants to be linked to the guy who can’t keep his mouth shut-and then can’t apologize fast enough.
They really have lost their way completely.
Tsulagi
That’s funny. Obama’s speech last night really sent Commander EE off the deep end.
I like this from the guy who came up with a gay patch so his dittoheads could be pretend soldiers then sent them off on silly putty and ball buying missions…
Dude, for your retarded brand of conservatives, that ship of hope sailed long, long ago leaving you birther/deather dweebs at the dock. It’s over the horizon. It’s picking up speed. You could waterski behind the fucker.
Joe Beese
Oh, and did I mention that Obama campaigned on no mandates for adults?
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/issues/healthcare.html
Zifnab
It’s so nice to know we don’t have to go to YouTube anymore if we want a solid Macaca moment. Guys like Joe Wilson are more than happy to get right out on national TV. Go Joe!
Nannergrrl
@Davebo:
Sonova…”Joe Wilson kissed my husband on the mouth.”
Aghast. Simply aghast.
JackieBinAZ
If bathroom stall sex has an opposite, I guess free range sex would be it.
Demo Woman
@Dave: But he had granite counter tops.
Bruce
Erick Erickson, welcome to dumbfuckistan.
kay
The GOP base won’t accept that Obama’s President.
What’s probably unprecedented is that a huge percentage of Republicans in the House won’t accept that he’s President, either, judging from their actions last night.
Just bizarre.
It’s both horrible and fascinating to watch this happening, from outside the wingnut bubble.
Can they really not have any inkling how just plain odd and inexplicable this behavior is? How will all of this look in hindsight? Say, ten years from now?
jl
@Joe Beese: I do not know whether you did or not. Since Obama discussed it himself, you can spare yourself the trouble.
Sue
RedStaters give each other “attaboys”? Is that a disease or a euphemism?
4tehlulz
“The left will target his family.”
Michelle Malkin’s a leftist? Since when?
Davebo
The site was clearly made by the same people who made BarakObamaisyournewbycycle.com
Demo Woman
@Left Coast Tom: It appears that Erick Erickson is ashamed to admit that he lives in Macon, GA.
Bubblegum Tate
@Keith:
WIN
TR
“Oh, and did I mention that Obama campaigned on no mandates for adults?”
And did Obama mention last night that he’d since then embraced ideas from his primary rivals, like that one?
Jim
Advice to Joe WIlson:
It’s one thing to lie about an affair in Argentina, but to strike out at the Highest Office in the World as a Congressman is inexcusable. You will be another reason why South Carolinians will go to the polls and vote out every Incumbent imbecile in the Republican Party. Thank you for demonstrating your lack of integrity and honor for the world to see. As a South Carolinian and a one time Republican, you have finally shown me how little the South Carolinian Republican Delegation understands and that the Party of NO is willing to demonize healthcare reform to stop progress from being made for Americans needing it most. You disgust me and I will support anyone who opposes you.
geg6
I hear that some people are very concerned that we don’t understand the preznit’s health care plan and that we don’t know what he campaigned on last fall and has now compromised on in order to get a bill that helps all Americans passed.
Fortunately, that concern is misplaced.
General Winfield Stuck
Typical wingnut war. General Joe fucking surrenders before the fun even gets started. “I’m soooooooo sorry MR Presnit”. Why back the day of Herr Cheney, there woulda been no surreeeeder, and Dick would have whipped out the big gun and swatted the libertards back to Al Gores Latte Shop/
Bunch a dern sissies we got for right wing hero’s these days.
Guess Boltin’ Joe has left and gone away. And where is Sarah Serendipity defending the Death Panels her fertid thought’s created?
And yes fertid is a new word.
NR
Hard to believe that the morons on the right are too stupid to see that Obama agrees with them on just about everything. That’s some powerful idiocy, there.
ninerdave
@Comrade Mary:
Oh, you have to subscribe to Erick’s updates. They are fucking hysterical. His morning briefings are the first thing I read in the morning.
Eric S
@ellaesther: You’re still working with the draft copy, aren’t you?
Also, “Joe Wilson yells free bird at concerts.” Farging Bastage.
Brian J
Wouldn’t it be grand, if for no other reason than to watch clowns like Erick Erickson squirm, if, somehow, this started a reversal of all the talk that the Democrats are bound to lose big in the House in 2010? It’s being competitive in districts like this and Michele Bachmann’s in Minnesota that gives a lot of people hope, even if it’s for no other reason than Republican stupidity.
JK
Pelosi halts effort to sanction Wilson
h/t http://thehill.com/homenews/house/58115-dems-may-move-to-censure-wilson
geg6
OT, but this is a match made in heaven:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/09/im-moving-to-fox.html
EvolutionaryDesign
@Trinity:
I KNEW IT!! He’s probably holding up the movie as well.
kay
We said last week we didn’t know what was next after the “ban the President from our school’s” movement.
This is what’s next.
They’re going to start screaming insults at the President, directly.
This lunatic ran away “shaken” after his outburst, so that’s good, I guess. They’re not authentically a physical threat, in any event.
jnfr
I tossed a few bucks to Ron Miller this morning, and I’ve been amusing myself all day refreshing his ActBlue page and watching the numbers go up. It passed $400k just a bit ago. Delightful!
General Winfield Stuck
@JK:
He apologized, sort of. No need to create a martyr and distraction. And it’s hard as bricks to sanction an idiot for being an idiot.
Sad_Dem
Joe Wilson took the last bit of coffee from the office pot and didn’t make a new pot.
Thunderbird
Wait, we’re going to target his family? /riffles through memos/ I don’t see that in the schedule!
See, this is what happens when you miss the meetings down at the docks, ella! ;-)
MikeJ
1 Mass Ave is about where the Post office is, I think. I’m guessing they got a PO box to make the rubes think they’re playas.
stinkwrinkle
Wouldn’t you love to have heard the apology Wilson made to Rahm Emanuel last night, (and especially) Rahm’s response? I’d eBay a kidney, and send the money to Miller (who was over $400K last I saw)!
dmsilev
Via the GOS, Wilson’s opponent has raised nearly $400K in the last 24 hours. Even after Erick ibn Erick’s appeal, Wilson is sitting at $170.
Not $170K, $170.
Onward, Redstate Strike Force!
-dms
kay
@JK:
Good for her. It’s too bizarre to dignify with a sanction.
lemma
1 Mass Ave in DC is the home Regnery Press – yes, it’s astroturf
IndyLib
@General Winfield Stuck:
Fervently fetid?
ellaesther
@ Eric S and Thunderbird
Well, damn, if you would put me on the phone tree and the email blast list I would be a little better informed!
General Winfield Stuck
@IndyLib:
Thank you :)
MikeJ
I’ve not kept up with the story so I’ve not read confirmation elsewhere, but someone on here last night said that when Wilson called the White House to apologize his call was routed to Rahm. If this is true, someone at the WH has a hell of a sense of humour.
EvolutionaryDesign
@Davebo: Yup. Says so in the source code even.
freelancer
@dmsilev:
You just made my day. That is hilarious and should be front paged.
arguingwithsignposts
It’s too bad Joe Wilson’s contribution page doesn’t show the amount raised, because I can’t imagine it would be much, unless the health care lobbyists get off their knees long enough to log on and contribute.
JM
The left will try to destroy Joe Wilson.
Actually, Joe Wilson turned tail and ran, which is exactly what you’d expect a conservative to do when things get tough.
Sad, really. Here they are trying to prop up the man who ran.
Brian J
You guys are all so silly. How are you missing the big picture? Joe Wilson is really Bill Ayers. I mean, have you ever seen the two of them standing next to each other? I didn’t think so.
slag
I just hope to live long enough to see the Republican Party be composed only of people named Joe.
Just the prospect makes me want to start eating better and exercising more. Is there any evidence that a vengeful predisposition prevents cancer?
JK
Wilson should be forced to deliver a public apology on the floor of the House chamber in front of all his colleagues. His written apology is bullshit.
jnfr
Act Blue just sent out an email about the cash raised for Miller; $200,000 a word!
R-Jud
@slag:
If my husband’s grandmother is any indication, it’s the key to immor-fucking-tality.
The Grand Panjandrum
Read this devastating pimp slap of Joe Wilson. Seems Joe is another one of those guys who hates gummint run healthcare for everyone–except his family.
kay
@MikeJ:
I think they’re never held accountable, personally.
I don’t care if he’s re-elected, and I don’t care if he’s sanctioned or censured, but I think it’s probably important for personal integrity not to run away after you’ve insulted the President.
And that’s what he did.
Sticking around and catching hell from colleagues was too scary for the brave heckler?
He released a statement? Through his staff? Come on. That’s cowardly.
QuentinCompson
Joe Wilson is fair game.
–
slag
@R-Jud: Ha. Exhibit A.
General Winfield Stuck
@JK:
Just so long as there’s a bucket to catch the wingnut tears. You know how these tough guys are, ie Thomas and Boehner. I don’t want their bodily fluids staining the rug at The Peoples House.
Jay C
Pelosi halts effort to sanction Wilson
Man, that’s gotta hurt: getting a censure from Congress – rarities though those are – might be considered a sort of badge-of-honor (especially to the whiny-martyr wing of wingtards like the RedState posse), but having to rely on Nancy Pelosi for “absolution” — priceless.
TR
@The Grand Panjandrum:
Great piece. What a fucking hypocrite.
kay
My father believes Wilson was drunk. He said “that man was drunk”, then he moved on to another, unrelated topic.
Case closed!
R-Jud
@slag: To be fair, it could also be all the single-malt whiskey she’s had over the years. She’s pickled.
Angela
@jnfr: I’ve been amusing myself the same way. It is amazing how fun it is to watch the total grow. I’d say a lot of people are fed up with this kind of behavior.
You Don't Say
Latest Rob Miller tally: $423,204
ironranger
@geg6:
Years ago, he did a couple of investigative spots on car dealerships that were total bs. It was obvious he was just going for a story even if he had to make stuff up. We never watched him again after that. This was before he turned all wingnutty too. A guy that misses DDT should have been at Fox long ago.
Most of the comments left on his blog are pretty mooshy & kissy, kissy, sound like his mom wrote them.
arguingwithsignposts
@Jay C:
I wish she wouldn’t do that. If somebody actually had to face some kind of penalty for this b.s., they might think twice in the future. Instead, it’s ponies for everyone.
shoutingattherain
Wow. Conservatives sure frighten easily. That could explain a lot.
MikeJ
Political Wire:
jnfr
I think the cash is actually going up faster now than it was earlier. More fun for me and @Angela.
Joshua Norton
which is exactly what you’d expect a conservative to do when things get tough.
True dat. Usually they have to travel in packs or hide on the internet to show any kind of gumption at all.
Persia
@dmsilev: Lies!
It’s up to $180 now.
Hahahahahahahah.
Elie
The Moar You Know @ 8
“…Fact is I kinda don’t give a shit about what some fourth-rate Congressman from some Third World cracker-belt state said to the president, and I’ll bet the president doesn’t either”
That.
I argued yesterday that the best action was to ignore him — not make a big deal beyond receiving his apology then to move on. He is like the baboon picking fleas off of his rear end at the zoo. Why would I get upset? That is what baboons do.
Lets move on…
Colette
JOE WILSON TAUGHT YOUR TODDLER TO SWEAR
Uh, actually I did that – but not on purpose, honest!
JOE WILSON YELLS “FREE BIRD” AT CONCERTS
I have been known to do this.
Shit. I think I am Joe Wilson. Shoot me now.
Midnight Marauder
@arguingwithsignposts:
I wish she wouldn’t do that. If somebody actually had to face some kind of penalty for this b.s., they might think twice in the future. Instead, it’s ponies for everyone
Yeah, I agree to a certain extent. But I think the fact that a lot of Republicans (not all, but more than usual for situations like this) are calling his behavior “unacceptable” and “shameful”–not to mention people like the Dana “The Dick Whisperer” Milbank saying their “insolance” was “appalling”–indicates it won’t just be ponies for everyone this go-round.
Add in the fact that, now, Joe Wilson has a massive bulls-eye on his back. That leads to discoveries like the one above about his finances; the video on the front page of DKos with him yelling hysterically at someone citing the fact that the US supplied chemical weapons to Iraq back in the day; and raising almost a half million dollars for his opponent in less than 24 hours.
If you think those Obstructionist Assholes aren’t taking notes about how this is shaking out, I would say you are sadly mistaken.
slag
@R-Jud: Well, I’ll stick with the spite and leave the drinking to the professionals. Don’t want to risk taking the edge off.
Elie
“Wilson should be forced to deliver a public apology on the floor of the House chamber in front of all his colleagues. His written apology is bullshit.”
Whaaa? And make a martyr of him? No way!
Pelosi is right on. This dude is nothing and we should give him nothing. He dumped in the middle of the living room at a cocktail party of adults and he should be ignored and the regular activities continue as you would ignore any other rude and odd behavior. No need to magnify or continue to highlight it. Just another flea picking Republican baboon.
Leelee for Obama
kay
@Midnight Marauder:
Oh, they’d LOVE if he was sanctioned. Deny them the boring victim routine and they’re speechless.
I support the Speaker. She deals with these idiots daily.
SiubhanDuinne
I mentioned this briefly on an earlier thread today, but this thread is a better fit. Joe Wilson’s real name is ADDISON GRAVES WILSON. And isn’t it interesting that:
There is an ADDISON’S Disease (an endocrine disorder)
There is a GRAVES’ Disease (an autoimmune disease of the thyroid)
There is a WILSON’S Disease (a genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues)
Now that I know the guy was named after three diseases, I can start feeling sorry for him.
Persia
@Elie: Exactly. Like a misbehaving little kid, you don’t want to feed their desire for attention.
Brian J
I’m with Pelosi: there’s no need to help tighten the rope when this goon is doing a perfectly good job of hanging himself. Thus far, it’s been nothing but an upside for us. Let’s keep it that way.
JK
Joe Wilson Talks To Reporters About Outburst
h/t http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/10/joe-wilson-talks-to-repor_n_282212.html
Midnight Marauder
@kay:
Oh, they’d LOVE if he was sanctioned. Deny them the boring victim routine and they’re speechless.
Exactly. Don’t give him the chance to become more of an Amerkan Hero than he has already become, AND keep the heat up on him. I mean, as awesome as a censure would be, I think this is a point that people haven’t fully appreciated. From TPM:
Until last night, the 2010 race was shaping up the same way. Wilson had raised $211k by the end of June, against Miller’s $49k.
Now, Miller has raised about $500k. Not only has he overtaken Wilson in terms of fund-raising, but he’s well on his way to wiping out any cash-on-hand advantage Wilson has–if he hasn’t done that already.
And more importantly, in 2008, Wilson outspent Miller 2-1 and only won with 53% in a very conservative district.
Joe Wilson is now officially running on borrowed time.
freelancer
@Leelee for Obama:
You shouldn’t hang me on a hook, Johnny. My mother hung me on a hook once. Onc-[thud]
jibeaux
@dmsilev:
Bless you for finding that.
Leelee for Obama
With all the dog-whistles and insults being thrown about-it appears that the Irish God has heard a prayer and turned many feet backwards, so we know them by their limping.
If I didn’t think the Repubs were really dangerous to Democracy, I could almost feel sorry for them.
I think ActBlue is censuring DiseaseBoy more than enough.
Madame Speaker has really important stuff to deal with.
Core Flood
Joe lies, when he cries.
Angela
It is my understanding that the House Representatives are asking for a public apology from the well for disgracing their institution. And if he refuses to give that apology within the time frame specified, certain members want to move for closure.
I get that, they feel it was not only an affront to the President, it was also an affront to their body. That is the proper procedure. I think.
Leelee for Obama
@freelancer:
“Te gustibus, we all missed the bus!”
“I know this grapevine!
LOL
The Grand Panjandrum
This is a very bad day for Rep Wilson. We now find out he was a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
You Don't Say
Rob Miller tally: $442,074
That’s ~ $20K in 20 minutes.
kay
@Midnight Marauder:
Pointing in anger at someone is a really aggressive move, in human behavior. In conflict management training, it’s used it as a signal to the moderator or mediator that an altercation is escalating from verbal to physical. I just learned this fascinating fact this summer, in three days of training, so I’m not an expert.
I think Mr. Wilson needs some time off. To rest and reflect on why this particular President makes him insane with rage.
Seanly
As someone who unfortunately lives in Wilson’s district, I can tell you exactly how the next election will play. Wilson will run ads with a sneering voice talking about outsiders funding Miller. SC is the poster child for provincialism.
Comrade Darkness
@Comrade Mary: I’m willing to send a homemade fruitcake, as that seems more apt. Although, cookies do generate crumbs. It’s true.
ppcli
@NR:
Clinton agreed with them on almost everything too. That didn’t get them to bring the love, as I recall.
licensed to kill time
Joe Wilson goes on Radio Hanoity , stands by comments:
linky
Wonder if his donations will go over $200 now?
freelancer
@licensed to kill time:
Yeah, but at best he’ll be able to buy an Xbox.
Midnight Marauder
@licensed to kill time:
I think the real question is whether Miller gets to a cool $1 million in donations. If that happens, I guarantee the Villagers will be wanking like never before.
For better or for worse.
BarbMcc
My husband told me to use the Googles to find ‘funny liberal blog comments’ and, generally, to just ‘lighten up’. I’ll abuse him right after I thank him b/c I’ve been needing this blog, & the character of your/its commen’tators’, for a long, long time.
Gracias people, for being so scathingly funny. I will visit often and hope to be able to be a ‘tator’ as funny as you are someday.
Act Blue is up $448K. Going to donate after the infatuation period. This is commitment.
wasabi gasp
Erickson is a pathetic community organizer.
licensed to kill time
Argh, I think I broke something. here’s the link:
aqui esta
I hesitate to hit submit….
noncarborundum
@The Grand Panjandrum:
One of the commenters there defends Wilson by saying that “Mr. O disrespects millions everytime he opens his mouth.” I wish he’d elaborate. This is just so totally off the wall that I can’t help feeling that if I understood it, it might just turn out to be the key to Wingnut Planet.
Whether I really want the key to Wingnut Planet is another question entirely.
General Winfield Stuck
@licensed to kill time:
Too late. Boltin’s Joe has whimpered mightily and The Great Red Queen has granted absolution, and that as they say, is that.
Midnight Marauder
@noncarborundum:
Whether I really want the key to Wingnut Planet is another question entirely.
We all know you don’t want that key.
Ain’t no comin’ back from Wingnut Planet.
Comrade Darkness
@The Grand Panjandrum: taken over by neo-Confederates who favor secession.
Hm, so, where do I go to send THEM money?
Joey Maloney
Excuse me. Adults are talking.
Zifnab
@noncarborundum: It’s not that hard to wrap your head around. Black people are supposed to be at the back of the bus. When President Blackity-Black-Black speaks, he offends millions by being black.
licensed to kill time
@freelancer:
Heh. He’ll have something to do in his spare time while being shunned by the brethren.
@Midnight Marauder:
Wankers, start your engines!
@General Winfield Stuck:
Sadly, she didn’t say “Off with his head!”
Leelee for Obama
@Joey Maloney: That is fabulous!
Shell
*Chuckle* Erickson probably did more to dampen down the ‘Wilson-great-American-hero’ flames than anyone. Just like chickenhawks don’t appreciate being asked why they and theirs aren’t volunteering for a war they champion, they also don’t like being told to put their money where their mouth is.
Shell
:Wait, we’re going to target his family? /riffles through memos/ I don’t see that in the schedule!”
George Soros forgot to send you the memo.
Eric S
@Leelee for Obama: I try to use it regularly. I feel it’s a phrase that should be revived.
Gina
@shoutingattherain: Actually, Science Says it’s so!
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/19/science/sci-politics19
Cowards are really dangerous.
Leelee for Obama
@Eric S: I also use icehole occasionally. It’s deliciously off-color w/o being off-color.
JGabriel
Drosophila Slayer:
He couldn’t just make westerns, like Marion Morrison?
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margarita
Pelosi: “I’m not going to discuss Joe Wilson,” she said. “He will figure out what is appropriate for him to do.”
Seppuku?
JGabriel
SpotWeld: …when exactly did the right start glorifying @ssholes.
Hard to say, exactly. There were earlier signs, of course, but around the time the GOP nominated Taft for President is the generally agreed upon date by most historians and scholars for when the right started glorifying assholes.
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Chad N Freude
@Elie: You seem to like that image :-)
Bubblegum Tate
I’m surprised Wilson managed to stay pretty unnoticed until now. The FAIL is strong with this one.
Chad N Freude
@licensed to kill time: At the moment, he’s at exactly $200
Warren Terra
@ dsmilev, #71
Y’know, I was wondering how much Wilson had raised, but all five(!) of the hyperlinks in Erick Erickanov’s email went to the same contribution page, so it wasn’t obvious whether a tally page even exists similar to the one at the ActBlue link.
@ Licensed to kill time, #127
Unfortunately, Hannity’s listeners are very unlikely to contribute by internet (more likely by Pony Express, or at least Western Union), so keeping score will be difficult at least until the quarterly reports.
Chad N Freude
That should have been $200.
Bad copy-paste! Bad boy!
Elie
Chad N Freude @148
Yes. Ha!
The close set eyes, the awareness and a certain but incomplete intelligence …the baboon is a perfect proxy in my mind for imaging many of the Republicans — intelligent — almost — but always wild and showing their canines immediately when threatenned. The flea part was an extra touch — they love grooming each other and it is a ritual that helps cement their relationships and status within the band. So it is with our lovely Republican primates…always picking nits and helping each other pick nits to cement their relationship and importance to each other…
Chad N Freude
@Elie: Actually, I was referring to the cocktail party imagery.
Galactus Rules
I gave Klansman Joe Wilson a fresh, fragrant turd! He deserved every inch of it. Just put the white sheets back on, hoist your confederate flags and be done with it. Your racist party of know-nothings and Birchers will be out of power for the next 20 years.
ppcli
@SiubhanDuinne:
A shame he wasn’t named after grandfather Tourette Wilson.
Zuzu's Petals
While you’re at it, donate to DCCC and DSCC and Eric Cantor’s future Dem opponent (yes, there is such a fund).
And call the leadership and tell them exactly why you’re doing this.
As Joe Wilson stutters in fear: “It’s the leadership, folks.”
Bubblegum Tate
According to Nevada Senatorial candidate Mark Noonan, Joe Wilson just said expressed (sic) what is in our hearts.
SFAW
A shame he wasn’t named after grandfather Tourette Wilson.
Of course, if Rushbo were involved, he would be “A.P. Wilson”
noncarborundum
@Zifnab:
Yeah, I eventually worked that out. It just takes a few extra minutes to force my brain to work that way. I suppose this means I’m ill-adapted to the environment on Wingnut Planet and will have to wear a pressure suit if I visit.
me
“Did the Bush administration manipulate intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs to justify an invasion of Iraq?” — Joe Wilson
Indeed.
Zuzu's Petals
@Davebo:
“Joe Wilson used your tax dollars to pay his medical bills.”
Aku
@SiubhanDuinne
I was looking at his Wikipedia page after it had been vandalized, and I thought they had changed his name to Addison Graves Wilson to imply that he was a disease. That has to be the worst name ever.
Veritas78
We’re up to $576,000. Nice little race you bought yourself, Mr. Wilson, against an articulate, handsome Iraqi war vet who came close to beating you last time with no money at all.
josefina
According to Nevada Senatorial candidate Mark Noonan, Joe Wilson just said expressed (sic) what is in our hearts.
A few years ago my dog wouldn’t stop butt-surfing so I had to take him to the vet to get his anal glands expressed.
That’s what’s in their hearts? Disgusting, but not much of a surprise.
Jay B.
Wilson’s at $250. At this rate he’ll be up to the mid-three-figures by tomorrow. Then you’ll be sorry.
On the other hand, what I dream of happening with this stunning drive on the D side of things is that all the Blue Dog assholes either find their sphincters puckering at the massive amount of money Miller gets just by his opponent being a dick or they decide that they can pick up hundreds of thousands of dollars by simply doing the right thing on health care.
Money talks. Maybe Insurance Lobbyists give them better head or buy them better coke, but the lesson they could easily learn is having the netroots on their side makes their fund-raising lives much easier.
lovable liberal
Bringing the craaazy is a job qualification in his district.
chopper
honestly, i don’t think erickson linked to the donation page as much as he should have. goopers won’t crack their wallets open unless you link at least *eight* times in a single pathetic email.
Elie
Chad N Freude
Ok — That had to do with thinking about the most awful thing that anyone could do in a gracious setting — and the most unexpected. Being a gross Nurse Ratched type, the whole poop thing just jumped into my head —
It IS pretty disgusting, I will allow… Not too many things more repellant or beneath civilized behavior — and I guess that was my point…
true blue
Just checked Wilson’s opponent at actblue, and he’s at 647K and going strong.
How can a person check where Wilson is at, donation wise..
And you guys are hilarious. Love it.. and love the website.
sherifffruitfly
Actually, it’s over $650,000 now.
hahahahahaaa!!!
Zuzu's Petals
@Zuzu’s Petals:
The GOP leadership, that is. Obviously.
Zuzu's Petals
@true blue:
Well, eventually he’ll have to file his quarterly report with the FEC. Should be a fun comparison.
Wile E. Quixote
God I despise Erick Erickson. He’s another fat, cowardly Republican lump of shit, who, like Jonah Goldberg, should be drafted and sent to Iraq or AfPak as a human mine detector and IED detonator.
RadioOne
this will only be a legit grassroots Republican organizing effort if Orly Taitz is in on the action. Thus far, I’m disappointed.
Little Dreamer
@Elie:
Ummm, excuse me Elie, but, you can’t say all people with close set eyes are Rethugs. I come from a set of right wing parents myself, and I have close set eyes (TZ and I recently got a caricature done in Vegas that he wants me to send in which will prove this), I just happened to have a more developed sense of humanity, that’s the difference. Rethugs have no sense of humanity.
Audrey
I live in Texas, but I gave Miller $50 yesterday. Joe Wilson is a racist pig.
LoveMonkey
@Little Dreamer:
I don’t agree that you have close set eyes. Deep set, but not close set. They are intense, sparkling, intelligent hypnotizers that would reduce any Republican to a sniveling puddle of flop sweat in about two minutes.
I myself am powerless in their gaze, so I speak from first-hand knowledge.
TomB
LOL … Behold the panic of the Lefties … their panties all bunched up because Joe Miller pointed out the deceit of Barak Obama … who well knows that he and his Liberal/Radical cohorts have engineered a “loophole” big enough to drive a Mack truck through … which includes every illegal who simply states … that he is a “Citizen” … thereby making himself fully eligible for Obamacare!!
Give me a break!! I was happy to send Joe Wilson an initial $25 contribution to his Campaign fund … and urge every honest and patriotic American to do likewise!!
Cordially, Tom Beck
Little Dreamer
@TomB:
Really, nobody gets by on verbal proofs these days. We who were born here, have to show our ID’s quite often just to purchase dinner at a restaurant. Are you serious that an illegal alien would just have to say he’s a citizen and get away with it? What planet do you live on?
TomB
Little Dreamer
@TomB:
LD: Really, nobody gets by on verbal proofs these days.
TB: Is this what they refer to as a “nonsequitor”?!! LOL
LD: We who were born here, have to show our ID’s quite often just to purchase dinner at a restaurant.
TB: Really??!! I hope you will not be offended if I borrow your question … and inquire; “What planet do “you” live on?” LOL
LD: Are you serious that an illegal alien would just have to say he’s a citizen and get away with it?
TB: Precisely! Are you not familiar with the “Heller Amendment” … an amendment that attempted to incorporate “citizen verification” into sections 221 and 242 of the bill??
Apparently not … so please allow me to lift that heavy mantle of ignorance from your frail Lib shoulders … OK LD?!
It was brought before the House Ways and Means Committee … and it was “promptly voted down” … defeated 23-18 by the committee “Democrats” … along a “party-line” vote!!
Where was the “Democratic bipartisan ideal” in this instance? Two pages of amendments were too much for a bill over 1,000 pages in length; I have my suspicions … don’t you, LD??
Understand LD … that without “verification” … the very sovereignty of our nation … as well as the value of our citizenship will be negatively impacted!! Our nation cannot afford to “bankroll” the “entire” world population!! LOL
LD: What planet do you live on?
TB: Not in your “Dream World”, LD!! LOL
Cordially, Tom Beck
Little Dreamer
@TomB:
Apparently you deal only in cash and don’t have a credit card. Else, you would know that restaurant staff constantly ask for ID when purchasing meals.
Sorry you are in such dire straits, perhaps you can save up lots of cans of non-perishables to eat when the world heads into Mad Max territory, as you seem to buy into the idea that we’re headed in that direction. I hope your canned goods keep you alive long enough that the radioactive fallout subsides and you will be safe when you come out of your underground fallout shelter that you built to save yourself from the Soviet Union commies.
TomB
Little Dreamer
@TomB:
LD: Apparently you deal only in cash and don’t have a credit card. Else, you would know that restaurant staff constantly ask for ID when purchasing meals.
TB: Seldom deal in cash, LD … but have had ID asked when out of State & Country … but never at an in-State restaurant!
LD: Sorry you are in such dire straits, perhaps you can save up lots of cans of non-perishables to eat when the world heads into Mad Max territory, as you seem to buy into the idea that we’re headed in that direction. I hope your canned goods keep you alive long enough that the radioactive fallout subsides and you will be safe when you come out of your underground fallout shelter that you built to save yourself from the Soviet Union commies.
TB: LOL!! … Now I understand why you refer to yourself as … “Little Dreamer”!
Know that I have always liked “PollyAnna’s”, LD … but in this game … I’m afraid that your Radical heros … Obama and his merry band of miscreants … in pursuit of power … in perpetuity … would refer to you as … “A useful idiot”!!
Do you recall the old saying, LD; “You can fool some of the people all of the time … etc., etc., etc.”??
Perhaps its time to initiate some serious “reflecting” … and intelligent questioning, LD … rather than continuing to over-imbibe on that Lib Koolade you seem so fond of!! LOL
Cordially, Tom Beck
Little Dreamer
Funny stuff TomB, I’m not the one who is afraid we’re headed into Mad Max territory, and I have been in many “in state” (as you call it) restaurants that ask for ID.
I am enjoying your spoof routine though, quite entertaining actually.
TomB
“Not afraid …. “!! Indeed, LD! LOL!! … similiar to the unfortunate behavior of the poor naive “Lemmings” … who, as mythology goes, go along “unquestioningly” … with potentially dangerous or even fatal consequences!!
You must be very young, LD … under 30 perhaps … because, as Winston Churchill once proclaimed; … “Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.”
Please note however, LD … that I personally don’t believe that most Libs are “microcephalics” … although there is ample evidence to support that theory; … as a matter of fact I actually have a “soft spot” in my heart for Libs … because everyone who knows me also knows that I am very kind to small animals!! LOL
Cordially, Tom Beck
Little Dreamer
Nope, not young – perhaps you consider anyone over 30 who is not Republican to be without brains, I consider anyone who is Republican by their own choice (of any age) to have no conscience.
I do not believe we’re here merely to profit for ourselves and our children, leaving all others to fend for themselves… rather I believe humans are supposed to care for one another and to help each other when one is destitute (it’s about the only thing I have in common with Jesus).
TomB
“Nope, not young – perhaps you consider anyone over 30 who is not Republican to be without brains, I consider anyone who is Republican by their own choice (of any age) to have no conscience.
I do not believe we’re here merely to profit for ourselves and our children, leaving all others to fend for themselves… rather I believe humans are supposed to care for one another and to help each other when one is destitute (it’s about the only thing I have in common with Jesus).”
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Gasp! I hardly know where to begin, LD … so much superficiality … but let’s try one … and see if it strikes a resonant chord in that very “caring” and “sensitive” Lib conscience … OK?!
47+Million (!!) abortions since the adoption of Roe vs Wade … a cause “championed” by Dems and “fought” by Reps!
Who is without the conscience for these “destitutes”, LD??!! Indeed!!
Re your 2nd point: We are ALL responsible for our decisions and actions … and that concept was formalized in the ubiquitious 10 Commandments, as well as in the tenets of law throughout civilized society … however, there are those unfortunate individuals who are in need of help … through NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
It is these that we all feel for and strive to help … even to the expense of our own precious blood … as demonstrated, for example, by our commitment to free millions from the cruelty of tyranny throughout the world … a challange Reps have ALWAYS championed!!
Further, the fact that “free enterprise” motivates achievement is not to be confused with “selfishness”!! Rather, it is the “unwarranted sense of entitlement” which is truly at the core of “selfishness” … demanding the fruits of another’s hard work to fuel indolence!!
Finally, your “qualification” of Jesus is a demonstration of your “free will” … a gift from Him which distinguishes us from animals!
Another “gift” from Jesus is your “beating heart” … suggesting perhaps that you may have more invested in Him than you care to admit!! LOL
Little Dreamer
So, you’re caring because you need to ensure that every single blastocyst or zygote that starts to form needs to be assured of having the ability to take it’s first breath, but real living and breathing people who can’t take care of themselves are left to fend for their own selves.
No, sorry – and honestly, if a blastocyst or zygote is not white, you probably don’t want it taking up any space in this country anyway.
Rightwingers only care about living breathing human beings before they are actually living and breathing – then they don’t give a damn at all.
You are only ensuring that as many people suffer in Hell as possible (thank goodness Hell doesn’t actually exist). I can assure you, a zygote does not have the nervous system to feel pain. What do you care if a single mother who can’t afford to take care of a child decides to terminate a pregnancy before she has to face that situation? If you want to assure single mothers bring children into the world, then make life better for single mothers to be able to do that. Unless you can see that point, kindly fuck off and take your “cordial” bullshit somewhere else.
Little Dreamer
Take your old wives tales elsewhere, Jesus is not what you think and if you think I’m going to sit here and be browbeaten by your conventional bullshit “wisdom” to believe Jesus gives me life, you’re sadly mistaken.
Little Dreamer
Ummm, I never said I don’t believe in God, but I can assure you Jesus had absolutely nothing to do with my beating heart. Why do you insist on allowing a second God to usurp the first?
TomB
“”Little Dreamer: No, sorry – and honestly, if a blastocyst or zygote is not white, you probably don’t want it taking up any space in this country anyway.
Rightwingers only care about living breathing human beings before they are actually living and breathing – then they don’t give a damn at all.””
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TB: WOW, LD … all that hatred!! I don’t know where to begin!! LOL!
1st: Going “Postal” is not the way to win me over to your argument (fantasy)!! Furthermore, your irrational tirade runs the risk of convincing the moderates among us that Libs are indeed … “Out-of-control, race-card-playing, ignoramuses”!!
Being a Dem … you well know “Dem Campaign Dogma” … and specifically, the infamous Dem Doctrine … “Perception is Reality”!! Remember??!! LOL
Furthermore, I must correct your use of big words which you obviously have only a minimal knowledge of; … specifically … “blastocyst and zygote”!
It just so happens that I actually took a course in Embryology some years ago … and please know, LD, that the differentiation process is not advanced to the stage of obvious racial characteristics at such an early stage of development!
Further, “Abortion” (the subject we were addressing) refers to a viable “Fetus” … a far more advanced stage of development in the gestation process … Comprendo?!
Finally, your groundless condemnations of all Right-wingers and denunciations of “higher religious beliefs” … only serves to confirm the their perception that Left-wingers are not only uninformed abortion-promoting potheads … but also spineless tofu-chomping dummies and clueless body-piercing horsemen of the apocalypse … so, BEWARE!! LOL
Cordially, TomB (Can’t we all just get along?! LOL!)