This is a helluva way to run a Presidential campaign, Baud. You need to be back here on the campaign trail. Ignore the haters.
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This is a helluva way to run a Presidential campaign, Baud. You need to be back here on the campaign trail. Ignore the haters.
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laura
Baud is MISSED!
Please come home Baud.
different-church-lady
Did we do something to Baud? I wasn’t around much the past month.
Tony Jay
(Sniff) I just want to say that he’ll never really be gone as long as there’s a single slice of him left in my freezer.
No, but seriously. He’s missed.
And delish!!!
NotMax
If you can’t stand the heat…
…crank up the a/c.
;)
WaterGirl
Baud, I am renewing my offer of a bribe to get you to come back. In case you missed it, I am pretty sure I can get the Baudettes together for a stirring rendition of “Baby, Come Back!”. In case that’s not enough, or if that song is not your cup of tea?
I had also offered a stirring rendition of The Supremes “Stop In the Name of Love”, complete with dress-up clothes and all the classic moves that are associated with that song.
glory b
Yeah, come back Baud. All is forgiven, or forgive us, we’re sorry, or whatever.
Elizabelle
Come back little
ShebaBaud.You iz missed. And probably a lot more appreciated now, too.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
All-jackal production of YMCA?
:)
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: Are you kidding? I would say that Baud is one of the most universally appreciated people on Balloon Juice? Any exception proves the rule.
edit: Hi Elizabelle!
Joy in FL
I add my voice to the chorus: you add a lot to this blog. Your presence is missed and needed.
Please come back.
Alain
@WaterGirl: or, even better, “Baudy Come Back” to the turn of “Buffy Come Back”.
https://youtu.be/-ripXfJc3Jk
BC in Illinois
Baud.
The Comeback Kid, 2020.
WaterGirl
@NotMax:
germy
I thought he came back, made a few joke comments under a different nym?
Elizabelle
@WaterGirl: I am serious. Baud has a light touch w his comic ripostes, and the levity is needed.
This blog has been a rougher ride without him, at least for me. A lot of weeks, this place has been a slog.
WaterGirl
@Alain: Is this some sort of affirmative action thing? :-) Are you lobbying to be the first guy in The Baudettes?
Then I guess we might have to be The Baudies.
TomatoQueen
Attn: Baud
Git yer butt in here, nao.
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: Sorry I was totally unclear! The part I was taking issue with was “And probably a lot more appreciated now, too.”
I was trying to figure out how Baud could possibly be more appreciated now than he was before he left. If I had to guess, I would say that Baud is the most universally beloved commenter we have on BJ.
Alain
@WaterGirl: you so don’t want to hear me sing! Ok, time to take a load to the new house. Have fun everyone and come back, Baud. We needs you.
Just One More Canuck
Our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you
Quinerly
Baud/Poco 2020!
Poco is concerned about his running mate. Poco be campaigning in NC! He needs some advice and direction from Baud. I hear a bark for Help.
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle:
Absolutely! Clever, funny, kind, smart. If Baud is gone for good, it’s a huge loss.
TaMara (HFG)
Amir Khalid
@Tony Jay:
What goes well with Baud?
frosty
I’ll add my voice to the chorus. Come back Baud! I don’t know who to vote for if Baud!2020!! is out of the race.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@WaterGirl: I always kind of wanted to be a Pip (as in Gladys Knight).
I will join the chorus of voices begging Baud to come back to the campaign trail.
RedDirtGirl
Seconded and thirded. What they all said!
randy khan
In an election cycle that includes Tulsi Gabbard *and* Donald Trump, baud is the candidate this country needs.
funlady75
I miss him too….
zhena gogolia
COME BACK BAUD
Charles Erkelens
What happened?
OzarkHillbilly
@Amir Khalid: Mustard of course. Sadly it’s in the glove box of the Subaru stuck in a cornfield.
Nicole
Baud, it’s going to be very difficult for me to harass you to make me your VP running mate if you’re not here for me to harass. I mean, I guess I could try to track you down and put signs up in your yard, but that takes time and I’m kind of lazy.
satby
We’re all missing you Baud! Your Baudies need you.
Aleta
This bucket’s got a hole in it without you Baud. (Tim Timebomb)
No joke.
I’d hate to see John have to raise money to keep the place alive with an AI program that inserts old Baud comments where it thinks they belong. Well maybe not, 2nd thought.
But imagine the fiasco generated by the trial runs its first few years.
Do what you gotta do. Respect. Miss you.
VeniceRiley
Baud dit da baud ba dang ba dang diggy wit da boogie vote Baud 2020!
C’mon, man. I made you a campaign theme song and everything.
bemused
Baud haters? No way! It’s quite an achievement to be loved by all here, afaik, considering how many contrarians and killjoys show up.
rikyrah
Hey Baud :)
Ohio Mom
Ohio Dad has the annoying habit of leaving the house without announcing it. Say on a Saturday afternoon, he’ll go off on an errand and I’ll need him for something and can’t find him. Eventually I check to see if his car is in the garage or I’ll call his cell to determine his whereabouts.
I always say the same thing: It’s rude to leave without at least yelling across the house, “I’m going to (wherever), back around (whenever).”
Just a pet peeve of mine. I get that the comment threads sometimes get to be too much. If someone needs a break or life is calling them in a different direction, that’s fine.
Just have good manners and let us know so we can wish you well. I imagine some of the irritation expressed here is plain worry about Baud.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Don’t let me get disgruntled again, Baud. Come back to us!
divF
Baud 2020: he’s tanned, rested and ready!
(after saying that we wouldn’t have Baud to kick around anymore).
Planetjanet
Baud is needed here.
West of the Rockies
Any fans of the tv show Fringe? In an alternative universe thread, the main characters encountered their doppelgangers. Olivia referred to hers as Fauxlivia. Walter called his Walternate.
Perhaps we can encounter Fraud!, Baud’s edgy other.
Seriously, dude, come back.
West of the Rockies
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
You were formerly disgruntled. How were you regruntled? You have never said.
WaterGirl
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: Did you happen to see Saturday Night Live (decades ago) when they had the Pips perform? But without Gladys Knight? If I recall correctly, there was a microphone where Gladys Knight would have been standing, and the Pips were in the background, making all the classic moves and singing the “oohs” or whatever their background part was. It was very funny.
J R in WV
@WaterGirl:
OK, now I’m hurt! ;-)
More seriously, I bet he’s traveling out of country with no Innertubes connections and not much electrical power at all. He periodically disappears for those trips. Hope so anyway!
zeecube
@Amir Khalid: a nice chianti.
opiejeanne
Oh Lawdy, Baud! Please come back. The place just isn’t the same since you’ve been gone. Ain’t no sunshine.
I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know,
WaterGirl
@West of the Rockies:
That’s kind of a baud-like comment, and I would say it makes me miss him more, but that’s not possible.
Come on, Baud! Who’s gonna have my back during the site rollout if you’re not here? You always have my back.
WaterGirl
@J R in WV: You know I love you all the same!
*except for Baud
chopper
still campaigning better’n biden.
Spinoza Is My Co-pilot
I recall (dimly) there was some kerfuffle involving Silverman, couple weeks back. Not looking to ascribe blame or anything, nor do I recall any details, but that’s what I remember about Baud absconding. Happy to be wrong about that, happier still if Baud returns unto us notwithstanding.
West of the Rockies
@WaterGirl:
I’m honored. I miss the old boy, too.
Eljai
Just want to emerge from my semi-lurking status to say:
Though you don’t call anymore
We sit and wait in vain
I guess we’ll rap on your door
Tap on your window pane
Wanna tell you Baud-y
Changes we’ve been goin’ through (ooh)
Missing you, listen you
Til you come back to us
That’s what we’re gonna do ??
Duane
Okay, I apologize for questioning the sincerity of the BAUD!2020! campaign and agree to accept any acting position in the BAUD! government where I may be of service. That should resolve this situation.
Aleta
@WaterGirl: An all-dog Baudettes for the opening act.
JAFD
As a //survivor// veteran of the ‘McMurdo Sound in ’88’ (World Science Fiction Convention) Bid Committee, am a bit jaded on ‘spoof campaigns’.
Despite that, I would like to tell Mr. Baud that I appreciated the light-heartedness that he added to our discussions of the too-serious politics of this era
I hope you will return to us, soon.
CapnMubbers
@WaterGirl: Billed as “…And the Pips”. I remember that well, thanks for the flashback.
Dead thread, no doubt; I’m usually late to the party, that’s why I don’t post more often.
Kay
Maybe he retired to spend more time with his family.
Starfish
@chopper: True. ?
James
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: It sticks in my mind that Al Gore once said, in response to a question about a different career he’d choose than what he has had, that he would like to have been one of the Pips.
And I’ll add my voice to the chorus wishing Baud was back here, if not yet in the White House.
scribbler
As a long time lurker who has just begun to dip my toe into commenting a little these last few weeks, please come back Baud! You are the warmth and wit and soul of BJ, and it’s just not the same without you. :(
WaterGirl
@scribbler:
So say we all!
satby
Baud, at least sneeze in our direction or something to let us know you’re out there. ?
Tokyokie
Late to a dead thread, but hey, I was having a knee replaced and they don’t let patients use their cellphones while under general anesthesia in the operating room. Tight-assed bastards. Anyway, if it’ll help bring him back, I’ll sing “My Baudy” (to the tune of the WWII song “My Buddy”) for him. Though on second thought (as if I had I an initial one), the saccharine sentimentality of the original is so grotesque my offer probably works better as a threat than an enticement.
Msilaneous
Nights are long since you went away
I think about you all through the day
My buddy
My buddy […]
Your buddy misses you*
Hope you’re doing well.
*World War I song learned in Mrs. (World War I widow) Dower’s 5th grade class fmhfy years ago. Entire song just popped into my head when I thought of Baud. My grandson spent the night over the weekend, and I kept calling him by the cat’s name.
Cheryl Rofer
Dead thread, I know, but I’m wondering why Baud left and if he’s willing to tell one of us about it via “Contact a Front-Pager.” Or at name (name-hyphen-name) at balloon-juice.com.
I’ve had comments from others who have been regulars about why they participate less than they used to.
Cheryl Rofer
Or some are explicit.
Baud
I’ll be back. /ArnoldTounge
Y’all are too kind. (I can’t believe you guys got Cole involved.) It’ll just be a few more days.
CapnMubbers
@Baud: Calloo! Callay! O frabjous day! so glad to see you’re returning.
And autocorrect tried to make it a framboise day.
TS (the original)
@Baud: Don’t forget to bring a late note & welcome back
Elizabelle
@Baud: Yea!
@Cheryl Rofer: It might be good to share those, or the gist of them.
WaterGirl
@Baud: That makes my day.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud: We’ve missed you and look forward to seeing you back again.
chopper
@Baud:
you better come back, fucker!
delk
Huzzah!
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
Hahaha, I had a feeling the Cole front-page post would do the trick!!!!!
AxelFoley
@Baud:
I don’t post a lot anymore, but if you didn’t come back, I’d be done with this place. Sorry, Cole, but Baud is the heart and soul of Balloon Juice.
FlyingToaster
@Baud: Finally!
I don’t think you realized how much we all miss you. Finish what ya gotta do, but please come back.
topclimber
Thank FSM.
Now BJ can avoid the humiliation of descending into the status of an almost Top 11,000 blog.
debbie
Yo, don’t forget we need Momsense back too!
debbie
@Baud:
Hallefuckinglujah. I’m sick of searching for your name in every thread.
WaterGirl
@debbie: I do that, too! I bet there are a lot of us who have been doing that.
Elizabelle
@debbie: Yeah, I noticed MomSense’s absence.
Ohio Mom
@debbie: Oh my gosh! I didn’t realize Momsense was missing but you are right! Where is she? Hope all is well. So many moving parts to her life…
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Yay!!! Baud’s back!
@West of the Rockies: Thanks for asking. My original nym (2015?) was “Disgruntled former Baud supporter”, then I changed it to “Formerly disgruntled Clinton supporter”, and after the election I changed it again.
Originally Baud-inspired!
TommoRolassi
@WaterGirl: you mean “The Richard Pryor Show,” surely?
debbie
@WaterGirl:
I’ve felt like that proverbial rat endlessly pushing the bar to get a treat. Command-f, command-f, command-f…. I lack for patience anymore.
Mary G
I was asleep when this thread was going, but coming in late to say, Hurray! We need that reminder that the FTFNYT is garbage more often. Also, when I can’t sleep, it’s a comfort to see Rikyrah say good morning to everyone and Baud and Satby say good morning back.
Msilaneous
Good ol’ Mrs. Dower. Yay, Baud.
The Lodger
@Baud: Huzzah!
Mel
@West of the Rockies: Baudternate???
We miss you, Baud!!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Nicole Wallace is trending for calling Ingram, You and Dersh chicken on live television
I’m the first one to say twitter isn’t real life, but they’re all three media people, to some extent, and I get some small satisfaction knowing they’ll know about it
I’m sure Ingram will give some bad faint snarl/whine about being picked on tomorrow
satby
@Baud: hallelujah!!
Missed you friend ?
laura
@Baud: tears sprung and ran down ma cheeks!
You irreplaceable you. You Baud.
Come home. Your room’s as you left it.
Poco needs a bath
SWMBO
@Baud: Missed you.
opiejeanne
@Baud: Oh Baud, I am so happy I may just weep at that news. Ok, so I’m a little weepy at times anyway these days, but it’s tears of joy.
opiejeanne
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: She didn’t call them chicken. She said they were chickenshits.