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Gateway Putz: 70% of Americans are mentally ill.

2009-11-21T16:54:00.003-06:00

Anyone who believes that this woman [Palin] could not perform the duties of President adequately must have some kind of mental illness, which is likely liberalism.

Turns out there's a whole lotta crazy liburls in this country.

Fewer than three in 10 Americans think Sarah Palin's qualified to be president, according to a new national poll - the least of any of the five potential candidates included in the survey.

They make this so easy.

Tell Me What Company You Keep and I'll Tell You What You Are.

2009-11-20T14:53:00.004-06:00

NYT:

145 evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders have signed a declarationsaying they will not cooperate with laws that they say could be used tocompel their institutions to participate in abortions, or to bless orin any way recognize same-sex couples.

If you only read The Times, you'd think the supporters of the Manhattan Manifesto were a bunch of "moderates", like Robert George.

No.

Here, unmentioned in the article, are some of the signatories:

Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola
James Dobson
William Donohue
Dinesh D’Souza
Maggie Gallagher
Jerry Jenkins
Marvin Olasky
Tony Perkins

That's a lot of crazy for one room.

You all know the charming Ms. Gallagher, the execrable Mr. Donohue, and the nasty Mr. D'Souza, whose favorite hobby at Dartmouth was outing gay students.

I want to draw your attention, then, to Mr. Akinola, the Archbishop and Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. He's a cut above the rest. He believes that "Homosexuality or lesbianism or bestiality is to us a form of slavery." Worse, he supported a proposed (but never passed) 2006 bill that called for five years imprisonment for anyone who"performs, witnesses, aids, or abets" a same-sex marriage, and anyone who engaged in public advocacy or associations supporting the rights oflesbian and gay people.

Said the Reverend: "The Church commends the law-makers for their prompt reaction to outlaw same-sex relationships in Nigeria and calls for the bill to be passed since the idea expressed in the bill is the moral position of Nigerians regarding human sexuality."

Rule of thumb: When Rod Dreher proclaims something like this "great news," you know it's a) extreme and b) gay people are going to suffer.

Hehindeedy.

2009-11-20T14:04:00.000-06:00

(h/t watertiger)

BEHOLD THE POWER OF ACORN. KNEEL BEFORE IT.

2009-11-20T12:55:00.000-06:00

27% of Republicans think President Obama won the 2008 Election. 52% think "ACORN stole it for him." 21% are "undecided."

Usually these kinds of theories sprout up around elections that are, you know, remotely fucking close.

Garçon, More Popcorn!

2009-11-20T11:33:00.000-06:00

Takeaway quote from Richard Miniter:

"I'm sure [the lawsuit will] get the attention not just of The Washington Times, but the rest of Washington."

This could not be more entertaining.

Nativists* Seem Restless: "Thanks But No Thanks, Snowbilly!"

2009-11-20T10:57:00.002-06:00

K. points us to the most heartwarming youtube of the day: Sarah Palin fans who are hilariously pissed at their hero, Sarah Palin.

As K. adroitly observes, "wingnuts have learned to protest about everything these days."

I fear for ~~my country~~ these goobers [he says, wiping away a tear]. If they're pissed now, wait til they read the shitty book!

*title changed, obviously for the better

I Would Rather Kill Myself.

2009-11-20T08:57:00.000-06:00

(dedicated to John Cole)

Awesome.

2009-11-19T17:54:00.002-06:00

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Excitement Over Sarah Palin's Book Release

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Glenn Reynolds' sister spotted at Teabagger rally!

2009-11-19T15:58:00.003-06:00

(Note: this could be Putz's sister, but it might not be)

Until the End of Days, or Whenever Peretz Dies.

2009-11-19T15:15:00.001-06:00

A proposal:

Each time The New Republic mentions Joe Lieberman in an unflattering light, they should be forced to insert "who we endorsed for President in 2004" after every mention of his name.

It's nice that they're slagging him now, but what took 'em so fucking long?

Tim Geithner punks Texas Republican.

2009-11-19T13:44:00.002-06:00

Oh. Snap.

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) just gave a severe tongue-lashing to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner moments ago in the Joint Economic committee, concluding with a surprising call for Geithner to resign. For a change, Geithner didn't just sit there and take it.

...

Geithner shot back: "It is a great privilege for me to serve this president. I agree with almost nothing you said, almost nothing you said represents a fair and accurate picture of the economy today." He told Brady, "You gave this president an economy falling off a cliff."

Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.

2009-11-19T12:52:00.001-06:00

I don't think Sarah told McCain the truth about her religious beliefs.

It's Palin Day!

2009-11-19T10:59:00.000-06:00

Yikes.

When Sarah Palin first got to do-over Katie Couric's simple question about what she reads, she told Fox's Carl Cameron in October 2008 that she reads the Economist and New York Times.

But on "Hannity" last night, Palin added a few more titles: theconservative Newsmax, Wall Street Journal, and her local Frontiersman.

She'd be better off claiming illiteracy.

Catfight v.2

2009-11-19T09:17:00.002-06:00

David "Hmm, All the Sudden I Realize Everyone Around Me is Absolutely Fucking Bonkers" Frum debates John Ziegler about Sarah Palin.

Now, some key phrases should be encouraging you to click the link, namely the simultaneous presence of "Sarah Palin" and "John Ziegler" in one sentence.

Ziegler: David Frum's made a career move by bashing Sarah Palin.

Frum: I don't think we need to go into who has made career moves.

Ziegler: I've devoted an enormous amount of my life and savings over the past year to correct the historical record about Sarah Palin.... people can see the evidence of what I've done at howobamagotelected.com.

Win the Morning!

2009-11-19T08:22:00.001-06:00

Two days after Sarah Palin's long-hyped book hit the stands, but one day after the introduction of landmark healthcare reform legislation, here's Politico's lead story:

Ben, how does it feel to have John Ziegler as your assignment editor?

Bravo, Tim F.

2009-11-18T15:30:00.004-06:00

"Moron-to-English translator" is my new favorite expression.

Also.

TS +5.

Palin: Israel should build settlements because those Jews need lots of room.

2009-11-18T14:38:00.002-06:00

Or something.

What a nutjob.

Where's the Birth Certificate, Lebowski?

2009-11-18T11:59:00.001-06:00

The NRO's resident birther, Andy McCarthy, said this:

What happened at Ft. Hood was a jihadist massacre — a terrorist act, not a tragedy.

Noted.

Also. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

2009-11-18T08:49:00.002-06:00

The NRO Palin fluffers may say that "West Michigan seems pumped about Rogue," but the gal at the front of the line looks catatonic, you betcha.

...I love this song. Also.

Good News, Comrades!

2009-11-17T20:22:00.002-06:00

A couple of years ago, Anonymous Liberal observed William Kristol's tendency to be wrong about everything. A few examples:

"There'sbeen a certain amount of pop sociology in America ... that the Shiacan't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want toestablish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost noevidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular." (April 4, 2003)

"Justfour weeks after the Iraqi election of January 30, 2005, it seemsincreasingly likely that that date will turn out to have been a genuineturning point. The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, endedan era. September 11, 2001, ended an interregnum. In the new era inwhich we now live, 1/30/05 could be a key moment--perhaps the keymoment so far--in vindicating the Bush Doctrine as the right responseto 9/11. And now there is the prospect of further and acceleratingprogress." (March 7, 2005)

"Last week the Bush Administration's second-term bear market bottomed out." (November 7, 2005)

"Allthis made me think the 2006 elections could result in a Speaker Pelosi.I now think that unlikely." (November 30, 2005)

Etc.With that in mind, note well what Kristol told Hugh Hewitt today:

"I think the health care bill, which is another sign of being out oftouch, and trying to impose a massive ideological agenda on theAmerican public, I think it will fail in the Senate in the next month."

For the first time in a while, I'm optimistic.

Comment gold

2009-11-17T18:30:00.002-06:00

We don't even have a full Erickson-Palin transcript yet and it has already yielded comedy gold.

I was so delighted when she catagorically rejected the global warming nonesense in an interview with Rush today. This is something that she was unable to do during the campaign because of McCain’s climate facisim views. This issue is one of the most important for me. Global warming facisim is the buggest threat to our liberty, prosperity, free markets, and way of life. Sarah is so far the only possible 2012 contender that holds this view. Don’t let Pawlenty’s 180 degree turnabout fool you.

BT adds...

God, what a couple of asshats.

Nation Building
One of the issues that has divided the right lately is nation building. I asked her view and she said “I really do think America is blessed. We have taken a voluntary responsibility to assist other nations,” but we have to do our part at home first to build ourselves up. She said it didn’t do us any good to help lift up other countries if we weren’t lifting up ourselves. She cited “cutting taxes, helping employers, and building up our military” as examples.

Because it's so easy to help other nations and "build up our military" -- which we're already spending $700B a year on -- when we cut taxes, already at historic lows.

This Explains A Lot.

2009-11-17T17:38:00.002-06:00

RedState's Erick Erickson interviewed Sarah "Sarah" Palin and the result is, well, kinda revelatory:

I did not want to sound like Katie Couric and ask what she’s read, butI broached the subject and she went right into mentioning Thomas Sowelland Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism.

Of course.

(Goldberg's got quite the fan base, eh?)

Dept. of White Hoods.

2009-11-17T17:00:00.000-06:00

Wesley Pruden:

It’s no fault of the president that he has no natural instinct orblood impulse for what the America of ‘the 57 states’ is about. He wassired by a Kenyan father, born to a mother attracted to men of theThird World and reared by grandparents in Hawaii, a paradise far fromthe American mainstream.

Robert Stacy McCain:

To work for Wes Pruden was not always an easy job, but it was a job tobe proud of -- kind of like playing football for Bear Bryant.

Dear readers, we have failed you.

2009-11-17T16:17:00.000-06:00

Thanks to SN! for keeping us honest.

Flat-out awesome

2009-11-17T14:54:00.002-06:00

Look at this Amazon user review of Going Rogue: