WTF?
Which should be titled Whittle is back!
With updates (lots of them)
Something went very, very wrong in the last post I tried to publish, the one referring to Sarahcuda as v-i-a-g-r-a, and linking to Whittle’s new essays. I have no idea what it was. Even after removing the MSNBC video, still no go. (People trying to comment were given a 404 error and some other whacky shit error.)
I wonder if it really is all about the reference to the most common word in spam? The V word?
(Added later: yep, it was the vy-ag-ruh word. NEVER use that word on a blog with hardy spam filtering; it’s like speaking in the Dark Language in Rivendell.)
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So here is the post again:
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Whittle! Whittle! Whittle!
Whittle!!! Sorry, I hyperventilated a little when I saw his name attached to freshly-published material. No, he did not tell me in advance and for that I shall never forgive him. I like to brag, gloat, and be arrogant about this as much as I possibly can, so let me take this opportunity to say that I have met Bill Whittle, and he has my phone number, and ever so often, he uses it. And he mentioned me in the forward or thank-you part of his book (I can’t remember which part and I’m too hyped up to go look at my copy to check, all I know is I’M IN THERE so SUCK IT).
Anyhoo, enough about me, the point is that Whittle has an article on National Review Online about the RNC convention because no man can resist Sarahcuda. He also has a new post up on his blog (not an essay; for that you must continue to wait). On Palin in the article:
She is so absolutely, remarkably, spectacularly ordinary. I think the magic of Sarah Palin speaks to a belief that so many of us share: the sense that we personally know five people in our immediate circle who would make a better president than the menagerie of candidates the major parties routinely offer. Sarah Palin has erupted from this collective American Dream — the idea that, given nothing but classic American values like hard work, integrity, and tough-minded optimism you can actually do what happens in the movies: become Leader of the Free World, the President of the United States of America. (Or, well, you know, vice president.)
Sarah Palin has done more than unify and electrify the base. She’s done something I would not have thought possible, were it not happening in front of my nose: Sarah Palin has stolen Barack Obama’s glamour. She’s stolen his excitement, robbed his electricity, burgled his charisma, purloined his star power, and taken his Hope and Change mantra, woven it into a cold-weather fashion accessory, and wrapped it around her neck.
A candidate who is young, funny, well-spoken, intelligent, charming, drop-dead gorgeous — and one of ours? Is this actually happening?
And on John McCain:
As for the speech: yes, it was stilted. Awkward in places, true. Ugly background, cheesy flagpole, lack of polish — got it. But as the northerners said of Abraham Lincoln in the first days of the war, when he was mockingly compared to the effortless grace of Jefferson Davis: “We didn’t get him for ballroom purposes.” Damn right we didn’t.
John McCain got me to believe tonight what I never really believed about him before: he is serious about changing Washington. He is serious about getting the GOP back to basics. John McCain wants to repair the brand. Claiming to want to do something is talk. What I think will cause many to believe him is something more than talk: McCain decided to man up. It’s our fault. We lost the confidence of the American people. We said we’d be true to our principles, and we weren’t. The Democrats didn’t make us do it. We did it to ourselves.
That has the ring of truth to it. It is a grownup accepting responsibility for a mistake not of his making and asking for the chance to rectify it. I don’t know how much of the country will believe him. But I did.
My blockquotes are long but there’s a lot more there.
Whittle! I KNEW that saucy minx Palin would bring him back to writing on the ‘net. The woman is pure political hotness whether you like her or not.
UPDATE: Now that I have the post working again, here’s what HM did. Heh. That’s what I’m talking about!
ANOTHER UPDATE: I don’t think I’ll ever be compared to Sherman and/or Grant again for the rest of my life so I’m going to enjoy this while it lasts. Whittle comments and tells how the NRO thing came about, and also compliments me in ways I don’t deserve but that make me feel like a champion of worlds. Thank you, Bill. You’ll never fully understand how much your encouragement last spring and ever since have meant to me and to this blog.
AND ANOTHER!: For the following line in a comment in response to a poser and/or Ron Paul fan:
Mitchell, you need to grab a nice big chill-biscuit and dunk it in a bowl of calm-the-fuck-down-sauce because you are seriously freaking out.
…I hereby award the following to MightySamurai:
In going with the old post:
Something special for Sarah!
Get your minds out of the gutter! It’s just a traditional gift of welcome!
September 5th, 2008 at 6:53 pmESTWhat went wrong with the post? I read it, followed the links, and read the rest of Bill Whittle’s article with no problem.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:55 pmESTGoing with the original post about that one drug (somebody had to do it):
September 5th, 2008 at 6:56 pmESTSWEET, hM, Smilin’ BOB!
September 5th, 2008 at 6:58 pmESTI’ll bet it probably had something to do with the V-word.
I’m probably the last person who read that post. I read it, clicked on comments, got a 404 error, clicked back, and poof! the post was gone.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:00 pmESTTEST
Okay it works now. Stupid V-word. In case anyone wonders, I referred to Palin as political you-know-what. Because of the priapism. Look it up.
Heh. It’s Friday. I’m delirious.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pmESTHT, I didn’t have any problems either. Running Firefox 2.0.0.16
September 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pmESTInteresting - I read the “V” post in Google Reader without any problems, but when I went to your actual blogsite, it wasn’t to be found. I wonder who is responsible for the deletion?
September 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pmESTGoing with the original post about that one drug (somebody had to do it):
Please, don’t use the words “collective” and “GOP” that close together
September 5th, 2008 at 7:02 pmESTI see your test, and raise you another post.
FWIW I was able to read the post with no problem, on 2 different computers no less (here at home and when I briefly looked at it at work).
September 5th, 2008 at 7:04 pmESTI just noticed the ad for “F^*K IT! McCain ‘08″ bumper stickers in your sidebar. Time was I was thinking of buying one, but that sticker is definitely obsolete.
Far better would be “Maverick/Sarahcuda ‘08″. Just sayin’.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:09 pmESTI still can’t get over how much my whole attitude in regards to the election has changed in the past week. I’m lovin’ this.
And here’s my lame attempt at a Motivator. If nothing else its a pic of Sarah that I’ve not seen anywhere else
Hmm… Ok, seems like if you click on the thumbnail image below its making you log on to flickr to see the larger image. If you’re not a flickr member, the larger image can be seen on my blog (click on my handle, above).
September 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pmESTAnd you don’t have to call your doctor if things stay up for over 4 hours.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:14 pmEST
September 5th, 2008 at 7:18 pmESTWell I don’t feel that I can associate myself with someone at that level of the ziggurat, but what Mr. Whittle said mirrors, to some degree, what I’ve been saying for a while (to certain folk here in MA): What I want out of a President is someone who is, for want of a better term, nearly an Everyman. Someone who’s pretty smart but doesn’t feel the need to tell everyone, someone who works hard, can tell a joke, who probably won’t bring home a Pulitzer, likes his beer, laughs with his kids. Someone who I can associate with and thus remember that I, too, am a member of this country, I, too, am Of By and For. What I don’t need is Someone Smarter preaching at me from on high.
OK, I need a speechwriter to clarify the above, but the gist is there. Probably came out better before the posting thing was fixed.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:20 pmESTScotaku:
I think you said it very well.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pmESTAs a senior here’s fair warning to Pfizer: Saracuda may render Via–a unnecessary.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:30 pmESTShe can bring Whittle out of his hole? Good Jumpin’ Jesus on a stick, what could be next? A cure for cancer? Walking on water? Whatever it’s going to be I can’t wait!
September 5th, 2008 at 7:32 pmESTNow that BW’s made his bones on NRO, you’re next.
You can do it.
Then you can dump Chemistry, and make out with teh crazy Online Article Writing money…
September 5th, 2008 at 7:33 pmESTThat new campaign makes me LOL — “viva v***ra,” sung to the tune of “Viva Las Vegas.” If you haven’t LOL’d over it you totally should.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:38 pmESTSgt K FTW.
Chuck Norris Gusset Jeans winner of this thread.
Fine job NCO!
September 5th, 2008 at 7:40 pmESTrickl,
Something like this?
September 5th, 2008 at 8:05 pmESThM:
That is exactly what I pictured. But it’s too tall for a bumper sticker. It needs to be shorter and wider.
Perfect for a yard sign, though.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:09 pmESTLet me see what I can put together in bumper sticker dimensions. Rachel, I’ll design ‘em if you want to sell ‘em.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:10 pmESTWhat a grin! I swear that Bob has at least 60 teeth.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:16 pmESTWhen she was first mentioned, I remarked to friends about the Big Tent Republicans
September 5th, 2008 at 8:17 pmESTI am amazed that you haven’t picked up on that thought yet
There are no words for Whittle. Just cheering until your voice gives out.
He nails it; at last, at last, we have someone to vote FOR. Even McCain gives us, finally, a man to vote for.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pmESTScotaku,
The way I see it is every small town has it’s Sarah Palin. Although her name might be Jo or Cindy or Barb or something like that.
You know her, she’s the one that brings cookies to the school board meeting, helps out with the Cub Scouts, and the Christmas pageant at school, shows up with a bowl of chicken soup when you have the flu, and always brings her special casserole to the pot luck dinner.
A Community Organizer Like Obama never dreamed of being. A homegrown one that leads by example instead of just telling people what to do. Whatever the function you know she’ll be there helping out if not making it work all by herself. And always with that extra little touch to make it special.
Of course we connect with Sarah Palin, we see her on the streets of our hometown every day.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:23 pmESTHow’s this?
September 5th, 2008 at 8:24 pmESTevvybuns,
I think it’s prudent at this point for everybody to admit that when Sarahcuda gave her speech everybody had that smile on their face, male and female.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pmESTEven more concisely: Sarah Palin is Dave.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:28 pmESThM:
Excellent! That should work. The only thing is, I think the apostrophe is facing the wrong way. The fat part should be at the top.
(I work in the printing industry and I could do this myself if I weren’t so damn lazy. Plus I’m busy watching the Phillies-Mets game. : )
Great job, though!
September 5th, 2008 at 8:33 pmESTFixed it!
September 5th, 2008 at 8:38 pmESTAs a avid Palin fan, I still consider all this to be way over reaction. It was a speech. A really nice speech, even a raw pleasure moment. And still, a speech.
More fun is to be had. Imagine a debate. Can you picture Biden doing his usual bulls**t low blow and delusional factoid delivery? Can you? What do you think Palin is going to do with that?
Keep in mind while doing this visualization that the old boy network Republicans in Alaska loathe her. Do you know why?
September 5th, 2008 at 8:45 pmESTBiden is screwed, structurally. If he goes for the jugular, a large percentage of the viewers (of both genders) will find him repellent. If he treads too lightly, he’ll appear either weak or patronizing. Obama could probably strike that delicate balance, but Biden’s tin ear and artless manner ensure a debacle — possibly at both extremes.
The debate I’d really like to see is Obama/Palin. Same age, same star power, same ‘historic’ factor, and roughly the same open questions about their true identity, experience and judgment. So put them on stage for a two-hour open-ended conversation, with a moderator serving only to enforce time limits. God, how I would love to see that!
September 5th, 2008 at 9:08 pmESTOK, my attempt at musical satire:
(To the “Barracuda” tune)
This ain’t the end, you lied again today
and our country turned away.
Your smile’s like the sun
and you think you’re fooling everyone.
Always telling tales, you never fail.
You’re lying so low in the weeds,
Your people ambushed my family and me,
but I got you down, down, down on your knees, now don’t I.
I’m Sarahcuda!
Ohh, yeahhh.
Back over time, we were all trying,
but you met the Chicago machine. Aha.
No right, no wrong, just selling a song.
A political advantage game.
And if the real thing don’t do the trick,
You just make up more lies quick.
But you’re stepping on your little dick.
You messed with Sarahcuda.
Ohh, noooo.
After selling out to you-know-who,
you tried to bury it deep,
but you got the blues, don’t you?
Terrorists, racists and all the rest.
You snorted coke but never did crack.
Good for you, but you’re still a fool.
Your people even called me a bitch,
but we’re gonna change up all that shit quick.
I’m gonna toss your Marxist ass in a ditch.
Don’t fuck with Sarahcuda,
OHH, NOOO!
(If this goes anywhere I copyright it NOW. Timberwolf Productions.) LOL!
September 5th, 2008 at 9:31 pmESTAlready going to hell. Own it.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:33 pmESTThis is just, well, go and look.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:44 pmESTBig Shock coming
Side note, that’s the morning of Palin’s Spearpoint speech. Now wonder he was in hiding.
This might be the October Surprise, or just more Hillary-ite tainted bunk. Sure might be De-motivating.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:45 pmESTIf you’re still harboring any doubts about Palin’s unstoppability, here’s the final clinching proof: a ringing endorsement from Ted Nugent. (The Nuge has previously stated that he’s “no fan” of McCain, so this is kind of a big deal.)
September 5th, 2008 at 9:47 pmESTMaybe it’s just me, but I really think that in order for a person to be seriously considered to be our leader, Commander in Chief, and the guy who is supposed to be our representative to the world, he should have at least enough pride to cover his heart when decorum and respect dictates.
John Kerry was an asshelmet for using the military to wipe his ass, and Obama is an asshelmet for clearly wanting to wipe his ass with the American flag.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:10 pmESTI have heard all my life, that anyone could become President.
But I never believed it until Palin was chosen for VP.
There’s just…so many good things about this, I could write an article.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:15 pmESTWhittle? WHITTLE?? Okay…I’ll be back in a little while. Gotta go read Whittle!
September 5th, 2008 at 10:17 pmESTFrom PUMA PAC
http://blog.pumapac.org/2008/09/05/hey-precious-fight-your-own-damn-battles-seal-your-own-damn-deal/
Some of the comments are funny as hell too!
http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/palinwecandoit.jpg
Hillarys backers are NOT happy campers. And Gov.Palin is making sure obama is really not a happy camper. The other day, somebody posted a link to DU. They were already talking about what they’ll do when ‘the rethugs steal the election again’…
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5453/bitchstolemyfishsmall3sz7.jpg
Meanwhile, back on earth people, at least on the center/right, are thrilled with her.
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x35/ajinjax/SuperMcCainandWonderPalin-1-1.jpg
Everyone buy ear protection for the upcoming wailing. hehehe
September 5th, 2008 at 10:21 pmEST(man I wish I knew how you guys put the pics IN the damn comments….)
Silly me,
I thought I’d stop by and make sure you knew about Bill’s NRO gig. Isn’t it a great end to a great week? Wow.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:33 pmESTThat’s easy. She bones up on the kind of things that really count, and memorizes a few details of her own. When a question comes along that demands irrelevant minutiae, she just says
“That’s not the kind of detail that a President or Vice President needs to have memorized. If I need to know something like, for instance, the name of the acting Prime Minister of the so-called Republic of South Ossetia, I’ll have one of my aides look it up in the CIA files for me. Then, I’ll not only know it’s Boris Chochiev, but I’ll know his favorite brand of vodka, and where his vacation house is. A competent executive lets people do their jobs.”
September 5th, 2008 at 10:38 pmESTEd,
<img src=”http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x35/ajinjax/SuperMcCainandWonderPalin-1-1.jpg”>
produces this:
Keep your images low-quality jpegs (100KB or less) and never more than 425 pixels wide.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:42 pmESTOkay. I’m back…
Oh. My. G*d. Whittle just managed to encapsulate a lot of what I’ve been thinking/feeling in the most wonderful way.
I’ve never really been a John McCain fan. Liked him well enough, except for McCain/Feingold, shamnesty, etc. Admired him for what little I knew about his past.
This past week with the Republican convention was enlightening. There was never any way I would vote for Obama (I think he’s a fascist), but I wasn’t voting for McCain, I was voting against Obama.
But. I’ve been advocating for Sarah since Feb or March of this year. And McCain went with her! And then his very compelling story took center stage at the convention. And then his address last night…well, let’s just say it was incredibly moving and powerful.
So, finally, I can vote for McCain. I can feel like the Republican party actually has a chance to return to it’s conservative, freedom-loving roots. We have a Maverick and the Sarahcuda.
The possibilities…
September 5th, 2008 at 10:49 pmEST
September 5th, 2008 at 11:06 pmESTI prefer not to think of it as a “hole” so much as a “Fortress of Solitude…”
And I didn’t give Rachel any advance on this one because I’d actually been approached by NRO (Yes! That’s how it happened! Do you believe it?) several weeks ago. Kathryn Lopez was kind enough to ask me what I wanted to do, and I sent them an article as a template for me writing a semi-regular column. I want to call it PASS THE AMMUNITION. It would be tight little encapsulated arguments: American exceptionalism, The Iraq Big Picture… that sort of thing. I hope to just give people a dozen solid paragraphs that they can take to the water cooler the next morning. We’ll see!
Anyway, last night I emailed Kathryn asking her to spike the first article, which I submitted several weeks ago but which was lost in the conventions. Nothing written five days ago makes any sense any more.
She asked me if I had any comments on the Convention, so I said not really, but give me a few minutes. I ended up spending an hour or so on it, and wrapped it at about 2:00 am Pacific.
Anyway…
I’m writing all this to thank you all for the kind words, as always, and Rachel especially. I’m here lurking several times a week, as usual. And I almost wrote I don’t want Rachel’s head to explode… but in point of fact, I do: Sarah Palin is a phenomenon because Sarah Palin is actually Rachel Lucas.
From the first day I read her, I thought she was the most perfect American voice I had ever heard: bright, sassy, funny and Right. To. The. Fucking. Point! There have been SO MANY days when I just felt like my teeth had been kicked in, and then over to Rachel’s and it’s just ALL GOOD again.
She got me started. I helped get her re-started.
Sherman and Grant were great friends throughout the Civil War. They were so close they knew exactly what the other was doing without waiting for reports or orders. Once they rose to prominence, toward the end of the war when everything was finally clicking and the end was at last in sight, a reporter asked Sherman about their friendship. Sherman hated reporters, but he did answer the man. He said, “Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other always.”
Anyway, I haven’t been writing but I have been thinking, and I hope to uncork a lot of new stuff soon, and fairly continuously. And the REALLY cool stuff is the stuff I can’t talk about yet, but that’s coming fast too. When it’s ready to unveil, I’ll send you all a 3:00 am text message.
You guys are the best.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:32 pmESTOn behalf of the entire universe, I’d like to thank you Bill, and Rachel, thank you. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated, keep up the great work.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:19 amESTDana
I am in the presence of greatness, Mr. Whittle (and, of course RCHL.)
September 6th, 2008 at 12:26 amESTI have lurked at your place/read your essays in the hope that you would do just exactly what you have done — pen a Franklinesque essay about the upcoming election that is not only palatable, but identifiable, for everyman.
I couldn’t agree with you more in:re our most refreshing hostess. She is not only the voice of the true America, (an accessible Sarah Palin), but the gatherer of those who work tirelessly, and wait patiently, for the promise of actual government “of the people, by the people, for the people” to come to fruition within their own lifetimes.
I wait with baited breath for your update, and truly hope you have scored a nationally-syndicated writing gig. That would indeed be a daily read.
I just get get enough of the Saracuda! She’s just always on my mind. Totally pure thoughts though.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:27 amESTForgive me Mr. Whittle for using the misnomer “hole.” Who could blame me though. First, you are heard from and then on the very same day Rachel writes me a personal email! I’m surprised it’s my head that hasn’t exploded. And here’s hoping that Rachel’s gray matter remains intact after your most recent comments. They do seem to be remarkably similar women. Has anyone actually seen them both in the same place at the same time? One wonders if this needs to be investigated more closely.
Thank you both!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:20 amESTSo Bill, I know Rachel’s crazy does that mean your drunk?
EDIT: see my comment ae 8:23PM for my idea of who Sarah Palin (and Rachel) are.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:29 amESTJim Carson
Thanks.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:48 amESTIf you all don’t mind, I’d like to take most of these images and use them for a Palin Page on my website, they rock! Any objections?
September 6th, 2008 at 2:00 amESTWe’ve been Whittle fans for a long time, good to see him make good, he’s a great advocate for the good guys, intelligent, articulate, smart (which is different than intelligent) and witty. Great news.
btw, it’s inconceivable that I don’t think your blog means what I think it means.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:00 amESTDoes it make me a horrible woman that I was a bit amused by the pic the ladies at PUMA PAC are up in arms over? (I mean the one that Ed posted about.) On the one hand, it is somewhat offensive, but I *did* snicker.
Am I awful, or just irreverent? I can’t decide.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:36 amESTSorry to post again on this, but I found a comment over at PUMA PAC that made me laugh until I choked.
I understand what she means and all, but the mental image of a baby growing inside a vagina… trying to walk with a baby growing between your legs… Better practice those Kegels or baby might fall out!
September 6th, 2008 at 2:55 amESTXD I can’t help but laugh.
re: Amelie
The funniest vagina/birth story I’ve heard is during the movie Rob Roy when Rob (Liam Neeson) tells his boys that their mother (Jessica Lange) has their baby brother or sister inside her, she’s pregnant.
“How does it get out?” asks one boy.
“Same road it got in,” says Rob, chuckling while his wife blushes and waves him off.
September 6th, 2008 at 3:37 amESTOh. My. God. Bill Whittle even comments beautifully. Time was I thought I was a pretty decent writer. Compared to Bill Whittle I sound like… well, I can’t think of what the hell I sound like because just for a moment it’s like I’ve been standing in the same room as Bill freaking Whittle. I think I need to lay down or something.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:36 amESTI feel like I need to enter my cell phone number somewhere so I can get that 3.00 AM message from Eject!^3 straight off. I’m actually considering getting phones from all the major providers in case of network outage.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:33 amESTAm I the only one here who didn’t know that my favorite blogger - Rachel - had a connection to my favorite essayist - Bill Whittle? It makes so much sense now that I think about it. In the presence of greatness indeed.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:13 amESTI saw much of Bill Whittle’s essay fiercely played out right here in Rachel’s comments - up close and personal.
This paragraph speaks for me.
Uh, yeah. That’s me, too.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:25 amESTExGC, here’s a short and sassy on the Lucas/Whittle nexis:
September 6th, 2008 at 8:47 amESTRush Limbaugh says that the great practitioners in any endeavour make it look easy, so that you think you can do it too. He first said it about George Brett, who he knew from his days working for the KC Royals, but yesterday he repeated it about Tiger Woods.
Bill makes me think I can write, at least until reality sets in, and I realize I’m lucky if I’m good enough to carry Brett’s pine tar, or Tiger’s golf clubs. Or comment on Bill’s essays.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:48 amESTI have you bookmarked Bill, but I only check for updates around once a month, or so. I’ll head over and read it!
Just found this, and I want one! :
http://www.melaniemorgan.com/component/option,com_jcafe/Itemid,66/view,5927583/item,299915707
I’d better not wear it at the airport though, because of this story :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7431640.stm
Is it any wonder that I want to get out of this dump as soon as I can?
September 6th, 2008 at 9:04 amESTTribes is still one of the Whittle’s most definitive essays. I may have told this story here at Rachel’s already, but so what:
When Whittle published Tribes, I didn’t just forward the link, I printed it out (all 11 pages of it) and passed it around to everyone I knew. It was a crucial bit of self-definition and he captured it perfectly. In fact, you learn a lot about people just from their reactions to reading it.
Further, the first person I had sit down and read it was my 11 year old son (who is 14 this weekend). I wanted my son to understand the life-and-death differences between people who think and act like Them and people who think and act like Us. To this day, phrases like “our Tribe”, “sheepdog”, and “the Gray Tribe” are common household terminology.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:18 amESTCheck out this Obama Zero merchandise. Heh.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:22 amESTNice to see the article and the comment, Mr. Whittle. You’ve certainly ‘done it again’.
See Rachel? Isn’t it worth putting up with the occasional asshat, troll, or bottomfeeding Kos-kiddy when you have days, posts, and comments like this?
Makes me want to write something too. In a while, when it won’t be so close in time and page to Mr. Whittle’s and therefore won’t suffer as much in comparison
September 6th, 2008 at 11:20 amESTSpeaking of which, some of the left has been trying to draw attention to this in order to paint McCain as “anti-American”. Apparently they missed the whole “FIVE YEARS OF TORTURE” part of the speech.
I so hope they make this a major part of the debate. I really, really do.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:29 amESTWho is this Ed person?
Rachel, Bill Whittle is right- you ARE Sarah Palin. Except without the pregnant teenaged daughter.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:40 amESTMy wife has no explanation for my unusual ardor this week.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:44 amESTWell, here’s my take, FWIW:
MOST conservative men I know LOVE women. They love STRONG women. But they love WOMEN - not bitchy, whiny, faux women, but REAL women. My wife doesn’t hunt (she does shoot skeet, however), and doesn’t fish, but she IS Sarah Palin. She is a smart, intelligent (totally agree with the observation above that these are two entirely separate talents/abilities), tough-minded woman. She is a TERRIFIC, loving, caring mother (side note: I cannot TELL you how seriously the Left f***ed up attacking Bristol. Let me assure you; Saracudah WILL visit hellfire and damnation on their disgusting heads. You DO. NOT. FUCK. WITH. MY. WIFE’S. (OR. SARAH’S.) CHILDREN. IF. YOU. VALUE. YOUR. LIFE. She will open up a giant, economy-sized can of industrial-strength whoopass on these clowns.). She is sexy, God knows, sexy enough that the “trophy VEEP” jokes have a ring of truth.
But WHY is she sexy? Yes, she’s VERY attractive, physically, but I see women that look at least that good, all day, every day. Sarah is sexy because of who and what she is. And, while the “misogynistic” Right has fallen head-over-heels in LOVE with her, the “feminist” Left is pissing its collective britches. Which side really loves REAL women????
September 6th, 2008 at 12:45 pmESTMy first demotivator:
(Somewhat related…)
September 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pmEST“From the first day I read her, I thought she was the most perfect American voice I had ever heard: bright, sassy, funny and Right. To. The. Fucking. Point! There have been SO MANY days when I just felt like my teeth had been kicked in, and then over to Rachel’s and it’s just ALL GOOD again.”
I finally find the words to express how I feel about our gracious hostess, and I have to f’in steal them.
If Gov. Palin shapes up to be even half the person Ms. Lucas appears to be, we are in for good times my friends (friend’s?, friends’?, fiends?)…good times indeed.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:02 pmESTBecs’ 11th birthday is today, and she is going to the county fair to ride the rides, eat tons of crappy food, and sit quietly beside her mom as we listen to politickin’ at the most basic level — and hope to witness the beginnings of another Sarah Palin.
EDIT: Redhead — I forgot to mention that we have read that essay, as well. Mr. M and his dad are pilots (they own a plane together), and that’s originally how I first discovered Bill Whittle.
Also, I have to laugh. I have complained for years about Mr. M’s magazine collection, which he refuses to throw away (we have a small house, so it’s a bit of a problem). Imagine his delight in being able to dig through that mess and point out specific articles related to Todd Palin. He is revelling in his smugness as his decision (compulsion) to be a pack rat is legitimized.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pmEST“See, hon, I KNEW these would TOTALLY come in handy someday”!
Eric E,
That is just sheer brilliance. (Though it should say “formerly” instead of “formally”.)
September 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pmESTRedhead Infidel:
Same here. My daughters were 10 and 15. One has reading difficulties, so I read it aloud. That turned out to be a good thing because it gave us a chance to discuss as we read. They got it, and it has been an excellent moral compass for them in more situations than we could have imagined.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:35 pmESTCheck out this image stolen from here:
September 6th, 2008 at 2:11 pmESTOh! Now I get it. I was wondering who Bill Whittle was, not realizing I was already familiar with him via Eject! Eject! Eject! Silly me. >.>
I remember reading his Tribes essay a few years ago and being really impressed with how clearly and well he presented his ideas about people, so similar to the thoughts that had always been vague and muddled in my own head. It’s always nice to have one’s own world view reaffirmed.
September 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pmESTCrap! I know the difference between them, too… Good catch, hM.
Corrected version:
(Anyone know how to blow away a file on ImageShack? That’s just embarrassing.)
[It IS brilliant! I already stuck it on the demotivators page and plan to use it in a post this week. Nice work, Eric. Don't know how to delete from ImageShack but screw it, even with the spelling error it was still better than 99% of the shit out there. - Rachel]
September 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pmESTSo glad you said that, hM. I wanted to, but didn’t want to burst Eric E’s bubble after the great tutorial he provided me the other day.
NOW it’s awesome, Eric!
September 6th, 2008 at 2:26 pmESTWhat was that old Cream song? Born under a Bone Sign?
September 6th, 2008 at 3:55 pmESTThe “Grandma-smokes-in-bed” analogy was the highlight of a great piece. No one could have said it better.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:34 pmESTSarah Palin is so bad ass she doesn’t need a hidden gusset to kick your teeth in!
September 6th, 2008 at 4:57 pmESTDoes anyone know if Obama likes cheese?
September 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pmESTSarah Palin wasn’t chosen because McCain cares about decent Republican Americans. She was chosen as the bait in a classic bait and switch maneuver. In his contempt for decent Americans, McCain chose her in a cynical ploy to energize the Republican base and divert attention from the fact that McCain himself is an evil, left-wing, traitorous fascist. In fact, the only thing that worries me about Sarah Palin is that she would link herself in any way to that scum of the earth. That worries me a lot.
Sarah Palin as vice president will not help us and it will not help her unless she rebels against McCain and denounces him. If she goes along with the McCain program, it will only help McCain and once he is elected he will be just as destructive as Obama or Clinton. Everything McCain has done has been calculated to destroy his own country. Among his many sins:
He hatched the McCain/Feingold bill, which severely abridges our freedom of speech.
He has bent over backwards to cooperate with that bloated imbecile Ted Kennedy and that fatuous, politically-correct fool, George Bush, to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and legally import millions more third-world savages to this country. Immigration from the third world is the one thing that will literally destroy the United States in every way. When McCain’s plan was thwarted he acted like a spoiled brat. He will get his revenge on American citizens. He hates us as much as Obama does.
McCain has been one of the more energetic liars when it comes to our ridiculous wars and threats of more wars in the middle east. We need to leave those people completely alone and not let any of them into the United States. We have no obligation to lift a finger to fight for Israel.
McCain has no problem with murdering babies, confiscating guns and ramming affirmative action down our throats. He lies about these things with an alarming facility.
McCain is one of the biggest boosters of what our left-wing oligarchs refer to as “free trade.” What they call free trade is a series of agreements and policies that have given us the economic profile of a third world colony. We practice free trade, but nobody else does. We trade with every other country at a disadvantage so that people like McCain and his supporters can turn a larger profit. Their traitorous policies on immigration are part of that. People like McCain have also decided, like the criminals that they are, that all we have to do is print money like common counterfeiters. They are destroying our economy, our culture, our environment (see immigration yet again), and will sell us all to the highest bidder.
Again, it worries me that Sarah Palin will have anything to do with McCain. He is as anti-American as Obama or Clinton.
Let us assume that Sarah Palin is a truly decent, conservative, rational, problem-solving, patriotic American. As McCain’s vice presidential candidate she will have a choice. Either she can parrot McCain’s lies and traitorous agenda and betray every principle she holds dear or she can hit the campaign trail and loudly denounce both Obama and McCain as the hideous left-wing gargoyles that they are. That is her choice if she is who she seems to be. I would love to see her choose the later course and tell the blunt truth.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:08 pmESTDebate? Palin? As of now she has yet to take a question. She’s laying low, increasing low expectaions, and will rise like a Phoenix (Fee-Nix).
September 6th, 2008 at 5:39 pmESTMitchell Brooks - tell us what you think. Quit holding back.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:41 pmESTMitchell sounds kinda pissed. Who’s got the midol?
September 6th, 2008 at 5:49 pmESTMaybe he meant to post that to one of the “I ain’t voting for McCain noway, nohow” threads from a few months ago.
September 6th, 2008 at 5:54 pmESTHmmm. My Moby-sense is tingling…..
“Politically correct fool, George Bush”?
“Third-world savages”?
“Immigration from the third world will destroy the United States”?
These sound less like real conservative beliefs and more like a liberal’s warped idea of conservative beliefs.
“Ridiculous wars in the middle east”?
“We have no obligation to fight for Israel”?
Mitchell is either a liberal poser or a disgruntled Ron Paul supporter.
Oi. Mitchell, you need to grab a nice big chill-biscuit and dunk it in a bowl of calm-the-fuck-down-sauce because you are seriously freaking out.
When? When has McCain been “as anti-American as Obama or Clinton”?
Sheesh. I am far from a hard-core McCain supporter, but even I would never describe him as a “left-wing gargoyle”.
The “blunt truth”. Do you even know what the “blunt truth” is? Or is ridiculous hyperbole the only “blunt truth” you know?
September 6th, 2008 at 5:56 pmESTHey, Mitch, not to be nit-picky, but would you have any sort of authentication to offer us poor, deluded fools considering voting for McCain? Or are you just telling us you’ve bought into the whole ronpaul thingy; and you’re really pissed that Sarahcuda just rained on your parade and pissed in your Cheerios?
September 6th, 2008 at 5:56 pmESTGet a grip, kid! Try taking a nap or something.
I just read ‘Tribes’ for the first time. Thank you Mrs. Lucus for taking the time to post something about Mr. Whittle that led me to that essay.
That is all I wanted to say.
The words below are just incoherent explanation.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I watched Palin’s speech live, the first political speech I have watched in a long time. I expected it to be BS. I expected vague crap. Then I expected that I would end up voting against Obama and end up wishing him the best as the next president. I thought that Obama and united congress was going to be a big fat mistake but I desperately hoped that I would be wrong.
Then I watched Palin’s speech. My reaction was, well, highly positive.
Last night with some friends, I foolishly babbled about how great I thought it was to have Palin on the national stage, how just fucking great it was to see at least one politician who did not cause a complete WTF reaction in me. My friends (they are left-leaning & rather politically active) were horrified.
I spent a very unpleasant time hearing every possible WTF smear on Palin. With a tone of just shrieking, raw hatred that I have never seen in them before. Not with Bush or anyone. Then disturbingly, they reacted with intense shock at my obvious disgust.
The extreme reactions threw everyone for a loop because we are actual friends. So we did what friends do: dropped the topic, made up and had a grand evening.
Still, that whole occasion deeply bothered me throughout football activities today. So I read a pile of new Palin attacks (what is she, the fucking anti-christ?) and I am beginning to wonder what could be so wrong with me that I don’t understand how destructive this Palin is, how could I be so completely mistaken to be so, so, content to cast my vote for her as opposed to voting against Obama.
Then ‘Tribes.’ Damn thankful I read that, even more thankful for Mr. Whittle for writing that (thanks to you too).
I can not express how fucking grateful I am that Palin is willing to risk everything just for the chance to fucking do something for America instead of demanding something from it. She is risking everything, family, fortune, hell even her liberty just so she can fucking try to make the country better. So fuck it, I am not wrong or evil with identifying with that spirit. And reading Tribes clarifies why.
Stupid Story: A little after 9-11 one of those above friends commented about how Flight 93 passengers were so close, how they almost won. What? No, no he explained, “They almost took control of the plane, then they could have landed the plane and that would have been success.” I tried to explain that they did win, they stopped the attack. Yes they died, but but they stopped the fucking plane. That was going to kill lots of other innocent people. He did not comprehend my viewpoint, what about the innocents on board? We argued a bit and then we did not talk about it anymore.
Now I understand the lack of comprehension on both our parts. And yes, he is still my friend.
And Win or Lose, I am voting for Palin and McCain.
If you have read all of this you are insane. Go look at silly dog pictures.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:10 pmESTNick, read it all, welcome to the tribe. :0) And now will go look at silly dog pictures.
September 6th, 2008 at 6:33 pmESTEric E:
Actually, while the use of the word “formally” is not the most natural one in that context, it isn’t wrong. One of the meanings of the word is “Following or being in accord with accepted forms, conventions, or regulations” (good ol’ dictionary.com!) So, strictly speaking, a bear is by its nature self-sufficient; that is, self-sufficiency is a formal aspect of bear-hood.
That being said, I did have to re-read the caption, and it left the impression of having been written by a linguistics professor…
September 6th, 2008 at 6:43 pmESTNo, Nick She is the Anti’Bama.
And their hate is fueled by fear. Fear their candidate is going to lose.
Palin is the harsh reality check in their fantasy world
Palin is genuine and comes across as such.
Obama is an empty suit and it’s really starting to show. They’ll do anything say anything,make it up if they have to, to keep the rest of us from noticing. even when it’s way to late for that.
Watch for the smears and accusations to get more and more wild and the histrionics to get even more shrill and hateful.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:05 pmESTHmm… Mitchell definitely sounds more like a disgruntled Paulite than a fauxcon-liberal to me.
For people who are nominally conservative, but don’t think Palin was a good choice, you can head over to MensNewsDaily (too lazy to look up any specific article right now). Then again, most of that site is dedicated to men who have been screwed over by women, and a lot of them are pretty bitter.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmESTI think it’s going to be very interesting to watch this unfold. Many Democrats are finally going to realize the dichotomy between the supposed compassionate humanity of Liberals and the nasty autocracy of the Progressives who have hijacked their party. I don’t think they’re going to like it.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmESTI’m with WayneB: definite Paulinoid.
@mighty — I am so adding this line to my arsenal: “you need to grab a nice big chill-biscuit and dunk it in a bowl of calm-the-fuck-down-sauce”. Priceless.
@R.L. Hunter — the Anti’Bama. Perfect. Obama’s persona is a mirage. His claim to be a uniter and problem-solver is a beautifully crafted, fiercely guarded lie. And Sarah Palin is going to tear it to shreds, piece by piece, with a smile.
You can’t end up ranked as the #1 most-liberal (or #1 most-conservative) Senator if you’re a centrist.
You don’t hang out with domestic terrorists like Bill Ayers if you love America. You don’t fold your hands during the Pledge if you love America. You don’t get yourself photographed holding a copy of “The Post-American World” if you love America. You don’t marinate yourself and your children in the racist, anti-Semitic, anti-American ravings of Jeremiah Wright if you love America. And you sure as hell don’t marry Michelle Obama if you love America. So yes, Barack: I do question your patriotism. You’ve given me every reason to.
And if you claim to be a problem-solver, can you point me to a list of problems you’ve solved? Didn’t think so. And no, registering illiterates to vote for you doesn’t count as problem solving: that’s solving your problem, not theirs. Claiming credit for anodyne legislation that was passed by unanimous consent does not count either.
And bringing people together? Show me, Barack, when you have reached across the aisle on anything controversial. Show me when you’ve taken on entrenched Democratic interests. Show me your record of fighting Chicago machine politics. Show me when you’ve ever done anything that wasn’t first, last, and foremost about your marvelous, remarkable, gifted self.
PS: A stadium? Dressed up as a Greek temple? With live fireworks for your walk-on? God, self-absorbed much?
September 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pmESTNot that the two are necessarily exclusive…
September 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pmESTWe try.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:55 pmESTWhat’s really going to be interesting is when McCain wins. The DU’ers and the KosKiddies are going to blow their collective mind.
If it’s by an indisputable margin they will (yet again)call everyone who voted McCain a ignorant moron who is destroying (the left’s Utopian vision of) America.
If it’s close the calls for recount and charges of “stealing” the election “just like what happened in 2000″ will be deafening.
I can’t wait to see what the “hanging chad” issue of 2008 will be.
Don’t they know they already lost?
September 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmESTDiebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Cuda/Whittle - 2012
The Head Exploding ticket.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pmESTI’ve been trying out for the chorus, but cannot make a dent. Perhaps if I sang soprano - Sarah Yellin’ by 3 Doors Down.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pmESTIsn’t that the definition of anti-Christ to a bunch of lefties?
September 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmESTAs I read the following in Politico:
I realized that the media has no choice but to destroy Sarah Palin. They have gone so overboard and the coverage has become so bias, they are left with no other choice. They know if they don’t find something to bring her down (and in their minds justify their actions), they are in big trouble.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmESTMcCain is a left-wing traitor who might as well be a Democrat. He has actually done or wanted to do all the horrible things I listed. George Bush has also supported all these things along with Kennedy and Clinton and Obama. They are then, by definition left-wing, politically-correct tyrants who are destroying their own country. And you bet I’m a Ron Paul supporter. He was the only candidate who actually told the truth about anything. I enjoyed the fact that Sarah Palin skewered Obama, but to then turn around and support John McCain makes no sense at all. John McCain represents no alternative to Obama. He is just as destructively anti-American. I will be voting for Chuck Baldwin.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmEST“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.”
-William Tecumseh Sherman
September 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmESTYes Mitchell, we are all just ignorant pawns in the game of power politics, and we thank you for enlightening us.
Now please just STFU and let us get on with our Palin worship fest.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:52 pmESTMitchell-
September 6th, 2008 at 9:19 pmESTDamn. The midol didn’t work. Normally I don’t advocate drinking, but I think right now would be a good time for Mitchell to sit down with a stiff drink and a large bowl of mighty’s calm-the-fuck-down sauce. It just doesn’t sound like he’s got enough captain in him.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:23 pmESTOne of the funniest comments I’ve seen about Sarah to date I saw on that PUMA site of all places:
“Superman wears Sarah Palin pajamas to bed at night”
September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 pmESTSpeaking of Superman, is it weird that I noticed Jim Carson’s 10:42 post and the first thing I thought was “You know that in that panel they’re actually fighting each other, right?”
September 6th, 2008 at 10:20 pmESTNot at all, mightysam. I’ve cruised about over at your
obsessioner, place, and am not the least bit surprised you noted that.As for fighting each other, well, let’s just see if McCain is ready for a re-elect in 2012, m’kay!
September 6th, 2008 at 11:23 pmESTMcCain and his team have managed to use Obama’s greatest asset, his media machine, against him.
The selection of Palin demonstrates his ability to decide to employ subterfuge that can fly under the great diplomat Joe Biden’s radar.
It has been a beautiful display of political jiu jitsu. Everything they throw is multiplied and used against them. I especially like the DUI stuff. Yeah, well, like Bob Saget could say, how close was Obama to giving blow jobs for coke?
They caught so many of them hook, line and sinker.
So much for Obama’s pick.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:44 pmESTBill! (not whittle)
That GIF is awesome! I saw my favorite Domokun in there, so I am happy now.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:53 pmESTKeep it up guy’s and gal’s. You have given me HOPE that CHANGE is coming that we can believe in. I love you Rachel and if only I could have your babies I would. Nah,it might hurt to much.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:21 amESTI think I love you too, pbiddy.
Keep on rockin’ in the free world!
McCain/Palin ‘08
September 7th, 2008 at 12:46 amESTEric E. - brilliant!
Nick - the shrieking is their tell. It’s the desperate sound they make when they got nuthin’.
I’m not as stentorian on abortion as, say, my wife (whose persuasive argument is not a religious one), but one day at work I made the mistake of broaching the subject over my cubicle wall with a Parrothead who also turned out to be a raging Choice Nazi. After only three statements back-and-forth, he was already shrieking at the top of his lungs (in an office full of cubicles full of engineers trying to work), “It’s just a ZY-GOTT!! IT’S JUST A ZY-GOTT!!!” You’ve all experienced it. You start to utter your next statement and you’re simply shouted down with “IT’S JUST A ZY-GOTTTTTT!!!!”. Stupid You. Don’t you realize that The Debate Is Over™ ?
Minutes later as we all trekked out to the Good Humor truck (talk about saved by the bell!), his face was STILL bright red.
Bad Politics and Too Many Margaritas are a dangerous mix, apparently, but in a way I see this as a good thing. On average, these people’s blood pressure must be 40-50% higher than the rest of us, which means that Darwin will take them out. Eventually.
Anywayz, in case Whittle happens to stop back by here (’cuz it takes like four hours to get out to my place in the boonies and back. by plane.)…
Here’s To You Bill!!! And To You Rachel!!!
You two have given more than you can ever know, to more of us than you could ever count.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:07 amESTQuick followup for those who read my little rambling above.
Last night I did BBQ and, among the guests was one of my shrieking friends. Sigh, I thought.
But privately, he directly apologized, saying that his previous behavior was completely unacceptable. I sort-of chopped him off with a ‘not a problem’ line and proceeded with the cookout. After that was over and most guests were gone, he repeated the apology. This time I more formally accepted and such.
As he left he said (not exact quote), “At some point I realized that I had angrily and enthusiastically hurled hateful shit not only at some fucking politician, but at my own good friend. For what? Because they both have different political beliefs then mine. Yay me, any fucking sick means was fair-game. Crap; you can not believe how sorry and embarrassed I am. It won’t ever happen again unchallanged in my presence and I will make that fucking crystal-clear to anyone who tries.”
He went on a bit more but that is the gist. He was clearly unhappy to the point where I started trying to the friend cheer up joking thing.
Anyeay, it was nice of him to do so it was all good. Uncomfortable but good.
My friends surprise me in wonderful ways and for that I am truly grateful.
Aside: Ecstatically Happy to see the polls ticking upward for the grey ticket
September 7th, 2008 at 9:00 amESTWow,14 K, I think I love you to.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:46 amESTAborted 2 month old “fetus” = choice regarding a woman’s body.
Tragic death of 2 month old “baby” in a car wreck = charges against other driver if that driver is at fault.
Is that what people call legislating from the bench?
And neither one, “fetus” nor BABY is thought of as an American Citizen. Is that loving the “least of these”, being your brother’s keeper or protecting your fellow Americans, senator Obama?
IF Alfred Einstein Hawking Newton Jones ever manages to produce a one celled organism that survives for a nanosecond on a slide in a lab during an experiment, the GLOBAL headlines will scream that life can be created artificially.
If something so fucking simple is above your paygrade, you have no business DREAMING of being our Commander in Chief.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:46 amESTgoy,
Can’t say I’ve had the same conversation about abortion, but you should have heard the screeching when one of my roommates got into it with another roommate about how bad American education is. The one roommate (conservative) was saying that we pay the most for education in this country so we should have the best, the other (raving liberal moonbat) said America didn’t have to be first at everything and she didn’t have to be such a “Goddamn imperialist” about it. I’m not even joking. I couldn’t make this shit up.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:11 amESTR.L. Hunter obviously got tired of participating in the Obama worship-fest over at Eschaton and Daily Kos.
R.L. Hunter probably noticed, too, that conservative blogs are a lot more cheerful and upbeat places than the bile-filled comment boards over at Eschaton and Daily Kos.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:14 amESTDems trash American flags. McCain-Palin save them:
http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/:entry:fivefeet-2008-09-06-0007/
September 7th, 2008 at 10:22 amESThM:
Would you mind if I used your Maverick/Sarahcuda artwork? I haven’t looked into prices yet, but I’m thinking about getting a custom-made bumper sticker and/or yard sign if I can’t find them for sale on the internet. They would also make good avatars in another blog I frequent.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:32 amESTHeard about that over at RightWingNews. Apparently the spin from the Obama campaign is that the flags were actually being shipped back to the manufacturer, not thrown out.
Right. Because I ship things by garbage bag all the time.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:36 amESTmetro 1,
1) You wouldn’t catch me dead at either of those sites.
2) When a want a view from the left the commenters at Ann Althouse’s blog are much wittier.
3) I was being sarcastic.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:03 amESTrickl, you’re more than welcome. I was thinking of putting them up in my own Zazzle store, too (unless Rachel wants to host them on hers). Also need to print myself out one at some point since I’ll be moving to California soon and I’ve got to put something in my window to drive the lefties crazy.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:11 amESTYou have the BEST commenters…I’m not always agreeing with them, but they are an informative and entertaining lot.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:11 amESTYes, even with the election two months from now they didn’t think they would be of any use at a speech or rally, or to just give away to prospective voters at the local party headquarters. Nope, that wouldn’t make any sense at all.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:15 amESThM:
If either you or Rachel wants to sell them online, I’ll definitely buy them. It would certainly be cheaper than having them custom-made like I said before.
/Now I gotta go over to GCP and change my avatar.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:18 amESTOk, so I just got a jump start since I figured you want one ASAP and put the bumper sticker into my new Zazzle store.
Now if I could just get my own political blog back up and running.
(Hope that link is ok with you, Rachel.)
September 7th, 2008 at 11:49 amESTBTW rickl, how big would recommend the sign should be? I’m terrible at guessing sizes.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:52 amESTWow, this flag fiasco sure demonstrates that team Obama has the critical thinking and contingency planning resources neccessary to negotiate (???) with terrorist regimes! What the fuck??? Of course, just saying you are willing to negotiate with fanatic islamic terrorists is naive and warrants a public bitch slap. But wow, how many things will those idiots do that could be used by truly evil people to attack America through incessant ideology jabs and a final knockout blow flurry via blindly brainwashed fanatics? It is pathetic and stupefying to see that his (and his team’s) absurd inability to control this snowball of bad press hasn’t INSTANTANEOUSLY affected every poll we see these days, like 94% McCain/Palin vs 6% undecided/third party/I don’t give a fuck/whatever with Obama cutting and running from the entire process. Don’t question his patriotism. Question the entire brain trust’s INTELLIGENCE! Lest THAT be a smear. Fuck. It is infuriating.
The reasons FOR McCain continue to multiply whether the VP choice were Sarah, Rachel, Bill Whittle, Alfred E. Neuman or even someone whose claim to fame in life is that Rachel Lucas named him Monkeyhumper.
If you haven’t yet, please read what McCain said at CPAC. That almost had me voting for for him rather than against Obama. With Palin on the ticket, I am seeing more consistency in his platform that meshes well with his speech at CPAC.
I would love to vote FOR a president rather than against the alternative, but I heard something strange in his acceptance speech. He said something along the lines of making up the difference in pay when someone loses a job and takes another for less money. Anyone else hear that? I am sure I did, and I just can’t understand how that can be a Republican platform.
At any rate, their inability to handle this flag fiasco is enough reason for EVERYONE to get up off their ass and at least vote AGAINST Obama/Biden with a vote for McCain/Palin. Any other vote is a pathetic waste of American Citizenship. Period.
September 7th, 2008 at 11:57 amESThM:
Cool! I just ordered four bumper stickers. That was easy. God, I love the internet!
Sorry, I don’t know what the measurements for a standard yard sign are. You might check with a local sign maker. But I’m definitely looking for a yard sign as well, and I’ll probably buy a few of them. I hear that Republican yard signs tend to get stolen a lot.
I’m a little bit afraid of putting a bumper sticker on my car, too. I’ve read many accounts over the last eight years of cars with R stickers being vandalized. I didn’t put any political stickers on my car for the 2000 and 2004 campaigns. I guess it depends on where you live. Anyway, that’s a risk I’ve decided to take. My car is kind of old anyway.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pmESTWhen I was a teen and went to a church girls camp we played the national anthem every morning for the week we were there. One summer it was finally deemed that the flag we had been flying needed to be retired and I was one of the few people chosen to help properly retire that flag.
I’ve always considered myself to be pretty patriotic, but I can honestly say that that moment was the first time I truly realized how much my flag meant to me. Now, everywhere I go I make sure I have a flag with me. It might be folded and stored away, but where ever I travel I’ve always got one with me. Heck, I even carry a very small one folded in my pocket when I’m in uniform. I feel better knowing it’s there reminding me of the reasons I serve.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:08 pmESTI’ll get to work on that right away for you.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pmESTI think that depends on where you live. I’ve not heard much of that going on around where I live.
On the other hand, I had to scold my mother last presidential election, when she talked about wanting to steal a neighbor’s Kerry/Edwards yard sign. She’d gotten a little too caught up in her emotions on the subject. When I pointed out that our neighbor had the right to express his views, no matter how stupid mom thought they were, in his own yard, she agreed with me. She decided instead to put more signs in her yard.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:28 pmESThM:
In uniform? Wow, I had no idea. What branch are you in?
September 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pmESTWas active Air Force, switched to AF reserve (wanted to go to school), now I’m in the ANG (Air National Guard, for the uninitiated). Took a three month break in service and nearly went crazy. God, I love the military.
And, here’s your sign (22.5″ x 15″).
September 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pmESTLOL, love it. Somebody in my apartment complex has an Obama sign in one of their windows. I’ve been meaning to call my local Republican HQ and see if I could get a sign, now I think when I get the chance I’ll just order one of my own. And since I’m moving soon anyway I’m sure it’ll get a much bigger reaction.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pmESTI just noticed they do skateboards on Zazzle now. I think my head would explode at the possibility of a skateboarder zipping past on a Maverick/Sarahcuda ‘08 skateboard.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:46 pmESTI feel the same way. I was thinking about getting a “big dipper” (Alaskan flag) bumper sticker. I thought it might be a subtle way of indicating my support.
September 7th, 2008 at 12:48 pmESTRachel, looks like we’re having email problems again! I replied to your last, but I can’t be sure if you received it. You’re probably more likely to read it here, so just to let you know: yes, I replied to your last, and no, I didn’t receive the one you sent Saturday!
Boy… the lengths we go to!
September 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pmESTEric E:
For your first demotivator, that one cracked me up for a good ten minutes.
Am I allowed to use that on my blog one day, with credit to you? It’s that perfect.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pmESTHaving your yard sign stolen is the least of your worries.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pmESTWow. Thank you. Thank you for your service, and thank you for the bumper stickers too. : )
I guess Zazzle doesn’t sell pre-made yard signs, so I’ll have to see if I can buy a blank yard sign and then glue your posters to it. I’ve got that page bookmarked for future reference.
I’ve never used Zazzle before, but it looks like anybody can put their artwork up there and have it made into products to sell online. If the overhead is low enough, you wouldn’t need many customers to turn a profit.
Letting my imagination run wild, that kind of business model could lead towards a future where there is literally a one-on-one relationship between producers and consumers. That would take capitalism to a whole new level, and make “mass production” a quaint relic of the past.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pmESTNo one should let fear of the Left’s nastiness stop them from putting a McCain-Palin sign in their yard - or a McCain-Palin bumper sticker on their car.
McCain spent years being tortured in a squalid cell in Vietnam. The least we can do is put forth the minimal effort of displaying a sign or a bumper-sticker.
If any liberal steals your sign or bumper sticker, send McCain-Palin the money for a new one - and send them a little extra money to help fight the nasty liberals in DC on our behalf.
Here’s a small preview of the good government reforms on the way in the Administration of John McCain and Sarah Palin:
Rich Cabinet members in the McCain-Palin Administration will work for $1/year:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080907/pl_politico/13216
September 7th, 2008 at 1:19 pmESTI remember that. Those peace-loving liberals are so tolerant, aren’t they?
Just imagine what they would do if they were actually IN power.
September 7th, 2008 at 1:31 pmESTThe music video starts
Sarah Barracuda .. Puma bait
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193973.php
September 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pmESTLet me preface this comment on the lying liberal media by saying that Cedarburg, WI - the first post-RNC stop for McCain and Palin, is about 3 miles from my home.
There were over 12,000 people who attended the rally, and over 17,000 who were turned away because there wasn’t enough space to admit them.
Now, check out the AP’s report, pulled from http://www.kxmb.com/News/272253.asp (but it can be found all over the net)
September 5, 2008
“CEDARBURG, Wis. (AP) John McCain and running mate sarah palin have received a rousing reception in their first joint appearance after the GOP convention. More than a thousand people jammed the main street of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, to see McCain and the Alaska governor.”
Although technically not a lie, “more than a thousand” is rediculously misleeding to the point of blatant dishonesty. I read that a similar thing happened at their next stop in Michigan, where the AP reported 7,000 people, but according to someone who was there, the place had more than 21,000 people present.
*grumbles with disgust…*
September 7th, 2008 at 1:43 pmESTCromagnum:
I liked that song! I could hear the audio, but there was no video. It sounded a little like the B-52s.
While we’re on the topic of music, am I the only one who has had Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” running through my head all week?
“We come from the land of the ice and snow…”
And I don’t even like heavy metal. : )
September 7th, 2008 at 1:49 pmESTIn 2000 I had two NRA “Sportsmen for Bush” and “Freedom First” stickers gouged off the bumper with (apparently) a screwdriver; fortunately it was a painted truck bumper so they didn’t harm the body. That started me using magnetic backings.
A number of magnetic American Flags, yellow ribbons (support the troops!) and NRA-related stickers have been stolen since then. We’ll see what happens when I put the McCain-Palin one one. I wish I could put up a yard sign but thats forbidden by covenant.
At least I still have an American Flag in the window; that’s pretty much the same thing as saying NObama, the way democrats are lately.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pmESThM–thanks for making the bumper sticker. I just ordered one as well.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pmESTHM’s bumper sticker is now on the sidebar! She also has shirts and mugs and such. DO IT.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:50 pmESTWow, I’ve gotten such an unexpected reaction from that demotivator since I last checked up on this thread, that I’d be remiss in not acknowledging the original chain email that served as inspiration:
Somebody else out there deserves the real credit; I just tightened it up and Demotivated it. So, feel free to use and spread it far and wide.
September 7th, 2008 at 2:51 pmESTI had my car keyed because we have a “Marine Corps Mom” bumper sticker and a “Marine Corps Dad” licence holder.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:17 pmESTThanks Rickl
Try the original video here on Youtube… it is a ‘music video’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bO4-1C1t0
Love that they put in pictures of every major woman’s movement icon, including Hillary ….. a great photo tribute to someone who is not only Vice Presidential, but is now “One Heart-throb away”
Compare that to the Zero is not even ‘one heartbeat away’. Nada Zilch Zero Zero Zero Zero
September 7th, 2008 at 3:31 pmESTGovernor Sarah Palin is not sit down for an interview with Charles Gibson of ABC in one week in Alaska.
Via Yahoo News.
September 7th, 2008 at 5:36 pmESTWell, here’s a new low. Attacking a defenseless baby.
I flagged it for hate speech, and I don’t care who thinks I am a fascist for doing so. I encourage you all to do the same.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:05 pmESTI don’t care if you believe in Hell or not, there’s a special place in Hell for people who do crap like that. And yet we’re the haters.
Is this what comes out when you scare the shit out of a moonbat?
September 7th, 2008 at 6:36 pmESTWell who else are they going to attack? Everyone else has this annoying tendency to fight back. The nerve!
September 7th, 2008 at 6:47 pmESTLooks like the media hate-fest is working out as we predicted. The latest polls:
Rasmussen: tie
CBS: tie
Zogby: McCain +4
Gallup: McCain +3
Pssst, Andrew Sullivan: Maybe John McCain is the father of Bristol’s baby! Maybe Sarah and Cindy make out on the campaign bus! Pass it on!
September 7th, 2008 at 6:47 pmESTFor years now, I have been trying to tell people that the democRATs and the left in general are fascist, mysoginistic, racist hate-mongers - but nobody wanted to hear it. Everybody insisted that there was just a basic philosophical difference in our political outlooks. O.K. Is it time for me to say “I told you so”?
September 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pmESTThe vile creatures which inhabit the left are beneath contempt and beyond contemptable. I have seen a lot of political races (even though I have never gotten very involved in politics, until I got old); but I have never seen anything like the filth and utter bile that has been thrown at Sarah Palin and her family. It is absolutely disgusting - and it takes a lot to disgust me.
The only redeeming feature of it all is that it only serves to show just how scared the left is of McCain/Palin. The obamassiah was supposed to just skate into power on george soros’ money and institute his marxist “change” - and he (and his cultish followers) see it all slipping away from them. They know that they’re being rejected by the American people - and they can’t stand it.
It’s going to be an interesting two months; and it’s going to be even more interesting to see if their promise of a left-wing “uprising” will come to pass. (If it does, will we have to get a “commie tag” for our hunting license?)
Check it out:
Best. Obama. Gaffe. EVER!
September 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pmESTYou know, 14 K, while I’m a big advocate for free speech, even those who spew all kinds of disgusting crap, THIS? This blog is beyond any words I can describe.
Thank you for bringing it to our attention and I also flagged it.
Deplorable. These people are SICK!
September 7th, 2008 at 7:25 pmESTSerenity*, isn’t a likelihood of actual harm to someone as a result of ’speech’ the only justifiable reason for suppressing said speech?
Yes, the site is in bad taste, but honestly, isn’t the only lasting result that its author is seen to be a moron, which in the grand scheme advances the cause of freedom?
* I address you because I’ve already lost this argument with everyone else.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:49 pmESTI had dinner with a great lady last night, oh yeah, she’s hardcore dem. Great food, great conversation, good wine…
The conversation turned to politics for a bit. Her take: “Joe, fucking, Biden? He chose him? I’m sorry for the language,” “But really, Joe Biden!?”
Would you like another glass of wine?
“Joe Biden!?”
September 7th, 2008 at 7:50 pmESTSaw that on the weekend. Flagged it the minute I saw it. Pretty slimy stuff.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pmESTHere’s how I summarized the “everyman” attraction of Palin to hubby the other day — The Palins are the kind of folks you’d like to have over for dinner.
September 7th, 2008 at 8:45 pmEST@ metro 1’s link (5:36 p.m.) to the Yahoo News article about Palin’s potential interview, I love this gem from McCain campaign manager Rick Davis:
That about sums up the difference between the two campaigns, n’est-ce pas?
September 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pmESTThe legend of Sarah Palin continues to grow: Sarah single handily removes Olbermann and Matthews from the anchor desk at MSNBC.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:26 pmESTAnother flag here too
With all these flags, you might think its the aftermath of the democractic convention
God Bless America, and God save the liberals from drowning in thier own piss (I sure as heck ain’t looking for a mop)
September 7th, 2008 at 10:40 pmESTSarah Palin facts:
Sarah Palin isn’t allowed to wield the gavel at the convention because they’re afraid she’ll use it to kill liberals.
Sarah Palin as VP increases Depends sales among scatalogically frightened Democrats
In 2003, the US considered deploying Sarah Palin to Iraq as a 1-woman commando squad, but wanted to make it a fair fight.
Sarah Palin’s suit is made from 100% dead liberal skin.
As head of Alaska’s Nat’l Guard, Sarah Palin taught troops in a training exercise to scare a grenade into not exploding.
Sarah Palin loves opening up a can of whoop-ass. With her teeth!
Sarah Palin will pry your Klondike bar from your cold dead fingers.
Sarah Palin doesn’t need a gun to hunt. She has been known to throw a bullet through an adult bull elk.
As a Canadian from Alberta I love this one. Sarah Palin uses French Canadians as bait to catch giant king salmon.
Lots more great little ditties at http://www.palinfacts.com/
Have fun ya all
September 7th, 2008 at 10:54 pmESTGlen,
Awesome find!
September 7th, 2008 at 11:47 pmESTEh, my wife found the Palin Facts last week. Have you looked up “VPILF” yet?
September 7th, 2008 at 11:57 pmESTHere is the way it is. WE will elect the first woman VP. WE will elect the first woman (Sarah) Pres. WE will elect the first black Pres. not because he is black but because it will be the RIGHT black person. And it will not be the dumacrats who do this because we are the ones we have been waiting for. Awa shit I am so happy.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:00 amESTI love this one:
When Chuck Norris needs backup, he calls Sarah Palin.
Here’s my own fact:
Sarah Palin could have won every gold at the Olympics, become President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House but decided she wanted to take it easy this year.
September 8th, 2008 at 12:04 amESTI just ordered two McCain-Palin signs for my front yard from here:
http://www.goptrunk.com/product-p/ysr4023.htm
Rock it, Sarah-
September 8th, 2008 at 12:04 amESTAn excellent article was just posted over at the American Thinker. It sums up the great battle of our day fairly well.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/the_culture_wars_decisive_batt_1.html
September 8th, 2008 at 1:02 amEST@KSB — thanks! Great read, looking at the larger chessboard.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:38 amESTAnother interesting piece. It will be interesting to come back and read this again after the election is all said and done.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JI03Aa02.html
September 8th, 2008 at 3:20 amESTThat one’s my favorite.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:12 amESTBbiddy … are we looking at a Palin/Steele tick in 2012?
Saw this great article about Palin and Motherhood here in NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/us/politics/08baby.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
I loved the quote in there:
Is there any wonder why i am Cromagnum? … i might just say something just to get ‘escorted’
September 8th, 2008 at 10:34 amESTpbiddy Says:
Are you saying that we might be looking at Palin/Steele ticket in 2012? Yippeeeee
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Found this great article praising Palin and her choices in Motherhood
NYT: Fusing Politics and Motherhood in a New Way
I love the quote in there:
I might just have to say something to get ‘escorted’ 8
September 8th, 2008 at 10:41 amESTCromo, yup. Only WE could pull that off. The dumacrats would shit bricks. Yippie.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:11 pmESTSorry, cromag.I lost my head.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:13 pmEST