I set my DVR to record the YouTube/CNN Democrat nominee debate tonight and now I'm watching it about an hour late, and it's just too goofy not to live blog. Or hour-late blog, whatever. I will keep updating it until it's over, by which time I should be drunk, because that is the only way to watch these clowns: drinkin'.
Okay we start out with a gay man on video lecturing the candidates about accepting the challenge. I know he's gay because of the lisp. Now Anderson Cooper is explaining the deal, they got 3,000 video questions that were smart and heartfelt and blah blah.
Oooh! They're doing this with the Republicans in September too? Sweeeet.
God, now they're showing little kids asking stupid questions. No, Anderson, the 5-year-old doesn't care about Social Security; her mommy is probably a commie.
A bunch of people are asking "then what?" Then what what, dorks?
Don't worry; the earpieces aren't so they can cheat like Bush cheated that one time. Remember that? HAHA.
Okay, first question: Another gay man. What the hell? Or am I just old and unaware that all the young guys talk like that now? Dudes. You sound really gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. "How are you gonna be any different?" he wants to know. Someone named Dodd is talking now - who is this person? Am I supposed to have heard of him before?
Anderson wants to know how Obama justifies his inexperience. Obama talks about getting nailed on the head. Sounds so dirty. Hey I have to admit, I kinda like the way he talks. Doesn't seem too kah-raaay-zee yet.
Davis Fleetwood of Boston "gets it" that the Dems are united (good one, Davis, HAHA) and wants to know what Kucinich has that Hillary and Barack don't have. Is he serious? Do people actually think this guy has ANY chance? He needs to get back to taking the One Ring to the Fires of Mordor.
Hillary finally speaks. I don't know what she's blathering about but I like her pink jacket even though pink is something I hate. She looks kind of....pretty. I told you I was drinking.
YET ANOTHER GAY MAN with a question (seriously. what is the deal here.). He wants to know if Hillary defines herself as a liberal. No, she is a Modern American Progressive. I really like her makeup tonight. Very coral and tan.
Who is this old man talking now? Oh, Mike Gravel. I like him. He just called all the other candidates "these people" with a dismissive wave of the hand. And now he's yelling at Obama about taking money from bungholes. What the fuck? Oh, bunglers. I'm going to have to punch myself in the mouth after I write this, but again, I kinda like Obama's style. He's all, no, fuck YOU, Gravel. I passed the law! Respect mah authoritah!
Finally, our first straight male question-asker, and he wants to know who Biden would pick if he had to pick a Republican as his running mate. Booooorrrring. Refill my chianti.
AWESOME! There's my girl, Miss Moonprancer Sunshine Edwards! He says the questions are all the same, how do we bring about big change? Oh god, he's talking about "beating" something "over and over and over." Naughty naughty.
Holy crapping hell, I'm only 15 minutes in.
Oh goody, here we go: the "race" issue. YAWN. This is when I like to think about how blacks are only 12% of the population. Will from Boston says that the following question is in the back of everybody's head: "Is African-Americans ever gonna get reparations for slavery?" He then warns them against dippin' and dodgin'. Give me a minute here, I just snorted chianti out my nose; that was pretty funny. Okay first of all, Will from Boston, that question is definitely NOT in the back of everybody's heads - trust me. My ancestors were slaves, too. Everyone's were. Quit whining about shit that didn't happen to you or your parents or your grandparents and probably not your great-grandparents, either. Sheesh.
Oh that was beautiful, Edwards answered right off the bat, "No, I'm not for reparations". HAHAHA. But now he's talking about how blacks pay more for mortgages. Yadda yadda yadda. Seriously - Edwards' hair is SCARY. It's like a razor wing right top his head, ever so jauntily pointing diagonally over his left eye. It's like a shelf of queerness.
Obama is talking about reparations now. Jesus. Oh look, the white people in the audience aren't clapping! They look pissed. The Hobbit says he does believe in reparations. Yeah, good luck with that Frodo.
Oh for the fuck of hell, now they're gonna talk about Hurricane Katrina because some sullen, pretentious teenage girl brought it up. She sounds so indignant. She wants them to acknowledge that race and class had something to do with the "aftermath". This reminds me of why I really really really wish I'd been blogging when that shit was going on. Fuck that city! Its DEMOCRAT leaders knew what was gonna happen and THEY fucked it all up. But let's blame Bush, it's what the kool kids do.
This should be good: Jordan from Kansas wants to talk about how people say Hillary isn't girly enough and Barack isn't black enough. Hey she tried to show her boobs the other day, everyone freaked out. Anyway Barack says he can't catch a cab in Manhattan and so he is really black. He says we are decent at the core. He has extremely well-groomed eyebrows! Hillary says she is a woman and proud and excited. You know, since I'm drinkin', I have to admit that I kind of admire Hillary. As a woman, for having the balls (so to speak) to just go for it like this. I never would and I like chicks with chutzpa. You can hate me in the comments but let me preemptively say, cram it. I can admire her on a human level and leave politics out of it.
HAHAHA. Edwards is asked about his wife saying he's a better advocate for women seeing as how he is technically a woman. But first he wants to say, he doesn't want your vote if you're a racist sexist pig. Hillary says she admires Liz Edwards. Meow!
Hey am I just drunk or have there been no commercials?!
I think Hillary has had botox. Her eyes don't look right.
Ewwwwww. Mary and Jen: Two Lesbians In Love. They want to know if the candidates support them being married...dramatic lesbo pause...to each other?? Kucinich supports gay marriage. Dodd has - WHAT? Two young daughters aged 5 and 2??? What the fuck??? This guy is at least 65. Oh good grief, they are seriously discussing this whole gay marriage thing. They are 4% of the population!! Quit sucking up to them!
A black North Carolina reverend is now comparing the denial of gay marriage with slavery, segregation, and keeping women from the right to vote. Is this guy for real? Edwards feels "enormous personal conflict" about this issue; I'm sure he does. He is in a gay marriage himself.
Jesus. The reverend is in the physical audience, and he's talking, and he's barely sensical. I love the way Edwards is refusing to say he supports gay marriage. And the audience clapped when he said it. Take that, reverend. Seriously, why do the 96% of us who aren't gay have to spend so much everlovin' time talking about this issue?
OH MY GOD. I just realized this thing is two hours long and i'm only 33 minutes in. Kill me. Or refill my drink. Only the high points from now on.
They're talking about putting troops in Darfur because of the genocide. Blah blah. It'll never happen.
Anderson is talking about a marine who was the first casualty inside Iraq. Ohmygod, look at Edwards' face. Everyone else is all, whatever, and are looking down at their notes, but Edwards is staring, squinting, and caring about the dead Marine. He's not nearly as good of an actor as he think he is.
Barack opposed the war from the start. They're all talking about "how do we pull out now?" Sounds like you need to get your girl on the Pill, then you won't have that problem.
Now everyone's getting all huffy. Kucinich wants you to text him. Kthxbai.
I am the worst live blogger of all time. I own it. Just ignore this whole thing, don't comment to tell me how bad I suck. I don't need it. I need more wine.
Gravel is pissed off that he isn't getting enough questions. It's not faaaaiiirrrr!! He's yelling about 'Nam. Flashback?
Okay wait. They are all saying that they don't believe it's possible for any troop to die in vain. I sense a warp in the space-time fabric.
Yet another gay boy has a question: should chicks have to register at 18 like boys do? Yeah right. Is that really what you want? Have you ever met any 18-year-old females? You want one of those defending your walls?
I love Clinton's answer to the question about meeting with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea. Tell it girlfriend! Yeah that's right. I am cheering on Hillary Clinton. More booze!
I can't believe this war has been going on for over four years now.
Okay I've already decided something. It's gonna be Hillary and Barack on the Dem ticket. I hereby predict it. All these other turkeys are just fucking BORING. You don't have to like Hill or Bar, but you gotta admit they're the only ones who are even the least bit intriguing. Edwards is borderline - I'd actually respect his brains if he wasn't just so. dang. effeminate. It's just too much.
Hillary is telling the boys what's up. Safely, orderly, and carefully we must withdraw. If I were a Democrat, I would be picking her, hands down.
Kucinish needs some lembas bread. The Orcs are coming.
Blah blah blah. Now they are talking about teachers. Nap time, bye bye.
No Child Left Behind. Sigh. I don't have kids. I don't care.
Christ almighty. Edwards is talking about sexually inappropriate touching. Make it stop.
Global warming. Oh my god it's a fucking PUPPET. IT'S A FUCKING PUPPET!! OF A SNOWMAN. God help us.
You know what, I am just going to fast-forward through all this global warming/energy shit.
I like this girl talking about standardized voting forms. She's right! What the hell!
Minimum wage is $6.55????????? Is that right? Jesus. That is pretty pathetic. I remember when I last made minimum wage, in 1990, it was about $3.85. I thought I hit the big time when I got a job making $4.50 an hour. I seriously can't freaking believe that.
I have learned a couple of things tonight. One, don't try to live-blog a 2-hour event. You will want to die by the end. Second, I am not funny, clever, informed, or smart enough to handle this task. I need to go take more pictures of my dogs.
Comments (15)
You said,
"Hillary finally speaks. I don't know what she's blathering about but I like her pink jacket even though pink is something I hate. She looks kind of....pretty. I told you I was drinking."
Christ on a crutch, I usually pass out before I get drunk enough to make the Hildebeast look pretty.
Posted by R.L. Hunter
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July 23, 2007 8:44 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 20:44
LMFAO!!!
Rachel, you bring da funny!
Posted by Annie
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July 23, 2007 8:46 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 20:46
"dramatic lesbo pause"
That made my day.
Posted by mightysamurai
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July 23, 2007 8:54 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 20:54
Rachel, that was some great liveblogging. I read a couple of others (since I just couldn't bring myself to watch that socialist clusterf*ck), and yours was definitely the best.
I agree with you: The Dem ticket will be Clinton/Obama. Anyone who opposes them will be both racist and sexist.
Posted by rickl
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July 23, 2007 9:04 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:04
" I have to admit that I kind of admire Hillary. As a woman, for having the balls (so to speak) to just go for it like this. I never would and I like chicks with chutzpa. You can hate me in the comments but let me preemptively say, cram it. I can admire her on a human level and leave politics out of it. "
But she's NOT HUMAN and "so to speak"? hell ya never know whats under that skirt ugggh.
"Barack opposed the war from the start. They're all talking about "how do we pull out now?" Sounds like you need to get your girl on the Pill, then you won't have that problem."
lmao thats funny as hell,personally I enjoyed your "hourlate live blog"...but Hillary is still not human and exactly how much did you have to drink to make it seem she was AND look good in pink?..the thought alone makes me twitch.
Posted by Michellecag
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July 23, 2007 9:06 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:06
Thinking that one of the freaks on that stage could be president in a couple years makes me want to drink heavily too.
Posted by PaulT
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July 23, 2007 9:24 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:24
Sounds like you need to get your girl on the Pill, then you won't have that problem.
Now, that right there's teh funny. If I weren't married, you weren't on the other side of the country and wouldn't shoot me for being an intertubes stalker Rupert would have some, umm, stiff competition.
Heh, I said stiff.
Posted by phineas g.
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July 23, 2007 9:34 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:34
Rachel is right.
Live blogging IS hard.
For ex, here is a sample of last night's live blogging.
"Okay, Toots. My turn."
[I tell Toots it's my turn.]
"Whattayamean, 'my turn'? You didn't finish MY turn, ya bozo."
[Toots makes sarcastic comment implying that I share certain features with clowns. When will she get it that I don't aim to PLEASE. I just aim to get to MY turn.]
"Sorry. Sorry. Time's up, Toots. You know the rules. If you haven't busted a nut by the time the bell goes off, well, too bad for you. Maybe if you stopped doing your nails and paid closer attention to the festivities you'd get faster and better results."
[I make a snappy comeback, reminding Toots that my time is valuable, and suggesting that she may have ADD.]
"Ha! You and your timers. If I timed YOU, we'd be here till John Edwards could bench press 20 pounds without splitting his panties and blowing a sphincter."
[Toots attacks by referring to me and John Edwards in the same sentence. I am stung. I smart more than a little. But I do not wilt. The de Boyles are nonwilters.]
"Say what you will, Tootsie, but rules is rules. My turn."
[I appeal to rationality, hoping to prevent a nasty case of blue balls.]
"Here. Take the cat. She looks interested. Have fun."
[Toots wins again. We have no rules about pinch-kitties.]
Lance de Boyle, reporting live from North Carolina, where purchasing firearms is very dificult.
"Hey, Jimmy Jim Billy Jimmy John. I'll take that Colt Python .357 magnum there."
"Okay. Here."
Posted by Lance de Boyle
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July 23, 2007 9:50 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:50
I like to point out to people that the areas of Mississippi that were hit were predominantly white and wealthy beach-front property, for the most part. And they didn't get much mention at all in the press, except for a perfunctory introduction like, "...the storm that also hit Mississippi and Alabama has ravaged New Orleans, causing hundreds of deaths and revealing, perhaps, the incompetency of the one agency that was supposed to solve all of the problems." Blah, freakin' blah. White guilt is probably the only reason New Orleans got the help it did when it did - it seems like everyone wanted to forget that the hurricane had happened at all, because to acknowledge it was to admit that they'd made a mistake, and people had died from it. Boo-hoo. It happened, it's over with, GET THE FUCK OVER IT.
The "gay man" thing is their superior attitude ("i'm going to ask a really hard question and stump someone into stuttering! it will be my greatest triumph yet!") mixed with poor microphones on digital cameras with video capability. Those things make everyone sound like they have a lisp.
Posted by Bonnie B.
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July 23, 2007 9:52 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 21:52
Sunny for President!
Posted by Sparrow
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July 23, 2007 10:34 PM
Posted on July 23, 2007 22:34
I agree with Sparrow! :)
"Sounds like you need to get your girl on the Pill, then you won't have that problem."
OMG! That is hilarious!
And I refuse to watch that crap so thank you for sacrificing yourself Rachel. :) And I think your blogging of it was just perfect. You hit the important points and confirmed that theyre' all a bunch of wankers.
Posted by CastoCreations
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July 24, 2007 10:12 AM
Posted on July 24, 2007 10:12
I agree with Sparrow, CastoCreations, and Phineos g.
Posted by cliff
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July 24, 2007 12:53 PM
Posted on July 24, 2007 12:53
Hell, it doesn't even have to be a dog.
I'd vote for a smelly sock before I'd vote for Hillary Clinton.
Posted by mightysamurai
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July 24, 2007 1:39 PM
Posted on July 24, 2007 13:39
It won't be Obama as VP. It will be Bill Richardson.
Blacks are already going to vote democrat by about 95% to 5%. Bill Richardson is HISPANIC. Don't vote for him, and you are still RAAAAAACIST!!! The left has the black vote down, but wants to secure the Hispanic vote. Hispanics are already a larger part of the population than blacks, and the margin is growing. If you take the 2004 vote, and shift 50% of the Hispanics who voted for Bush over to Kerry, then you would have had Kerry by a landslide. They know this, and are making it a top priority to turn this "what if" into a reality for 2008 and beyond. Obama adds nothing to the plan. Richardson kick starts it into full gear.
Then there are the other forms of diversity, beyond just skin color. Hillary is, despite her current NY connection, a Chicago gal. And even as a New Yorker, she is still a "big city" democrat. She is an establishment union whore. She is democrat machine material. She Beltway Insider. She needs to balance her ticket with someone who is a good democrat, but unlike her. Obama isn't the man--he is another Chicago-Daley democrat machine candidate living in DC. She needs someone DIFFERENT, and just different in melanin levels. She could go with a Southerner, like John Edwards... but she already has Bubba on her side, and he is the top dog of the Southern dems. So in comes Bill Richarson, a Southwestern/Rocky Mountain man who, despite so many years in DC, has been outside the Beltway for a while and isn't a typical urban union corruption politician. He would be a "breath of fresh air" for political junkies who are sick of seeing the same handful of families running DC for a hundred years.
Obama has the whole "not qualified yet" problem. I mean COME ON people! Half a term in the Senate? When GHWB named Dan Quayle as his running mate, Quayle was in his second term as a Senator and had previously been in the House--and GHWB was widely criticized for choosing someone so inexperienced. Now Richardson, on the other hand, has a lot of EXECUTIVE experience, with Governor and Cabinet Secretary on his resume. Oh, and UN Ambassador. And that's all ON TOP of 14 years in Congress. His Congressional experience alone is more than three times that of Obama.
But the real issue is control. Hillary is a control freak. She is IN CHARGE. There is NO DAMN WAY she will allow any upstart to share a stage with her if she can't control him--and Obama is NOT her hand puppet. He has too much of a following, too much far left and media appeal. He can step out of line, do his own thing, and there isn't much she can do about it. No way would she ever risk such a "liability" on her ticket. Richardson? He is totally different. For one thing, he doesn't have the same ability to run amok--he isn't a "flavor of the month" like Obama and doesn't get the same kid-glove treatment. Second thing, he has demonstrated over the years a strong level of subservience to the Clintons. He is a loyal servant. He can be trusted. He has, by virtue of his service under Bill Clinton, EARNED a VP spot.
Hillary and Bill -- Richardson, that is. Even the ticket name will give the left orgasms as they remember the glory holes, er glory DAYS of the first Clinton Presidency.
There's your D ticket, right there.
Posted by David Gulliver
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July 24, 2007 3:54 PM
Posted on July 24, 2007 15:54
My ancestors were slaves, too. Everyone's were. Quit whining about shit that didn't happen to you or your parents or your grandparents and probably not your great-grandparents, either. Sheesh.
Glad to see someone else has the same view on the slavery thing as I do. I'm not demanding the freaking British compensate me for what they did to the Irish for god's sakes.
Posted by derrell
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July 24, 2007 9:20 PM
Posted on July 24, 2007 21:20