“Republican men, sexual inadequates that they are…”
UPDATED with commentary on poll results
Let’s find out how many of you are stupid, racist, sexually inadequate, hillbilly white trash. I need to run this poll because I want to help concerned leftists describe my site in ways such as “Rachel Lucas and 83% of her readers are uncouth mouth-breathers.”
The way we determine this figure, according to our betters on the left side of the aisle, is simply to find out who you’ll vote for, assuming you can get off your tractor, spit out that chaw, and stop smacking your wife and kids around in the name of the Lord long enough to drive your pickup truck to the polling station.
Who do you anticipate voting for in November?
- McCain/Palin (95%, 1,564 Votes)
- Other (3%, 53 Votes)
- Obama/Biden (1%, 21 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,638
Loading …I may be way off and too optimistic, but I’m predicting roughly 60-90% of you will be voting McCain/Palin, thus proving your Billy Bob Bohickey bona fides. Yee-haw!
I write all that with a heaving sigh of eye-rolling mockery. I just can’t believe some of the shit that is being written and published out there, the blatant dishonesty and DELUSION. It truly is remarkable.
Canada’s major broadcaster, CBC, has this (sent to me by lots of people) by a discerning, classy genius named Heather Mallick.
I assume John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential partner in a fit of pique because the Republican money men refused to let him have the stuffed male shirt he really wanted. She added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn’t already have sewn up, the white trash vote, the demographic that sullies America’s name inside and outside its borders yet has such a curious appeal for the right.
So why do it?
It’s possible that Republican men, sexual inadequates that they are, really believe that women will vote for a woman just because she’s a woman. They’re unfamiliar with our true natures. Do they think vaginas call out to each other in the jungle night? I mean, I know men have their secret meetings at which they pledge to do manly things, like being irresponsible with their semen and postponing household repairs with glue and used matches. Guys will be guys, obviously.
…John Doyle, the cleverest critic in Canada, comes right out and calls Palin an Alaska hillbilly. Damn his eyes, I wish I’d had the wit to come up with it first. It’s safer than “white trash” but I’ll pluck safety out of the nettle danger. Or something.
Doyle’s job includes watching a lot of reality television and he’s well-versed in the backstory. White trash — not trailer trash, that’s something different — is rural, loud, proudly unlettered (like Bush himself), suspicious of the urban, frankly disbelieving of the foreign, and a fan of the American cliché of authenticity. The semiotics are pure Palin: a sturdy body, clothes that are clinging yet boxy and a voice that could peel the plastic seal off your new microwave.
Palin has a toned-down version of the porn actress look favoured by this decade’s woman, the overtreated hair, puffy lips and permanently alarmed expression. Bristol has what is known in Britain as the look of the teen mum, the “pramface.” Husband Todd looks like a roughneck; Track, heading off to Iraq, appears terrified. They claim to be family obsessed while being studiously terrible at parenting. What normal father would want Levi “I’m a fuckin’ redneck” Johnson prodding his daughter?
…The conventioneers are nothing like the rich men who run the party, and that’s the mystery of the hick vote. They’d be much better served by the Democrats…
…But surely they know Barack Obama is not planning to finish off the ordinary hillbilly when he adjusts tax rates…
BITCH.
Hot Air and the Anchoress cover it, too, with a little more nuance and grace. All I can say is, BITCH.
McQ at Right Wing News has some other quotes, such as a Slate writer who calls Palin:
…a slick, unqualified, right-wing extremist and religious zealot in designer glasses.
And
…the presidential race may be decided by the perceived doability of the governor of Alaska.
I know that’s all I care about.
McQ also mentions Juan Cole at Salon, who says:
But the values of his handpicked running mate, Sarah Palin, more resemble those of Muslim fundamentalists than they do those of the Founding Fathers. On censorship, the teaching of creationism in schools, reproductive rights, attributing government policy to God’s will and climate change, Palin agrees with Hamas and Saudi Arabia rather than supporting tolerance and democratic precepts. What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick.
Jesus on steroids, man!
Just in case you haven’t already been there, FactCheck.org has, um, the facts about Palin’s position on half that shit Cole just brought up, and he’s wronger than the smell of Sunny’s turds after eating canned Chicken Chunks in Gravy.
Also, there’s this. Try not to pass out, it’s an actual news article discussing Palin’s actual record. Fairly.
The surprise is not that she has been in office for such a short time but that she has succeeded in each of her objectives. She has exposed corruption; given the state a bigger share in Alaska’s energy wealth; and negotiated a deal involving big corporate players, the US and Canadian governments, Canadian provincial governments, and native tribes - the result of which was a £13 billion deal to launch the pipeline and increase the amount of domestic energy available to consumers. This deal makes the charge of having “no international experience” particularly absurd.
In short, far from being a small-town mayor concerned with little more than traffic signs, she has been a major player in state politics for a decade, one who formulated an ambitious agenda and deftly implemented it against great odds.
I know this is too long, but one last thing:
While 82% of voters who support McCain believe the justices should rule on what is in the Constitution, just 29% of Barack Obama’s supporters agree. Just 11% of McCain supporters say judges should rule based on the judge’s sense of fairness, while nearly half (49%) of Obama supporters agree.
There are no words.
Okay, one LAST thing:
UPDATE:
As of 7:32 pm CST, out of 789 votes, seven people chose Obama/Biden. I have a question for you seven:
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
That could probably be phrased with more nuance and ennui, but whatever. Either those seven votes are jokes, or I have at least seven people reading my blog who cannot possibly like me very much. I find that utterly fascinating and not a little confusing. Possibly even…piquant.
Anyway. So far, 95% of my readers have shown themselves to be gun-clingin’, Bible-thumpin’ hicks, according to The Media. Better than I expected.
UPDATE 2:
As of 11:42 pm CST, 15 voters have picked Obama. Does this mean my dog pics and rants about asshole cats are even more compelling than I suspected? I think this is something to be proud of.
Of course, those 15 votes are only 1% of the total. Which I guess actually means I have not managed to reach across party lines as I have so strenuously failed to do. Or maybe it’s my declarations about not being a Christian and liking the gays and agitating for the legalization of marijuana. I don’t know.
Mysteries.
Uses IE 7. Say no more.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:30 pmESTThere’s this quote from “World War Z” that I believe explains it, “When the competition kicks in, the sisterhood punches out.” The quote was from a female character explaining why there’s no solidarity between female fighter pilots, however it works perfectly well for feminists who think feminism MUST be tied to any and all liberal positions, and that no woman can truly support conservative issues.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pmESTAnd my friggin tax dollars are paying that fu…takes deep breath…takes another…okay, start again.
Heather Mallick? Never heard of her. Of course, I tuned out the CB f’ing C years ago, and suggest y’all do the same. I just wish I wasn’t contributing to her salary.
What does CBC stand for? Chronic Bitchers and Complainers.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:35 pmESTCHILE CON CARNE!! They called me White Trash?!
COOL!
September 9th, 2008 at 3:36 pmESTAs much as I hate to use a certain word that starts with ‘C’ and shares 3 letters with ‘aunt’, I do believe Heather Mallick defines the term. However,maybe she’s just a bit high strung because she hasn’t been laid in a long time. Being a shrill bitch can have that effect
September 9th, 2008 at 3:40 pmESTYee har.
…de har har.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:47 pmEST~Mark Steyn
Me thinks, Heather Mallick is of the latter type. Heh. Which explains a lot about her views regarding Republican men.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:48 pmESTMallick’s complaints remind of the bitching and moaning the geeky Goths and other disaffected youths spew about the cheerleaders, rich kids, jocks,and other cool kids. The cool kids really don’t care what the geeks say because they know they’ve rich, athletic, cool, etc… The US is the coolest kid on the block, and all the carping by the black-clad, tattooed, and disaffected kids with bad skin isn’t going to change the fact that we have more bigger houses, more money, greater freedom, and more muscle (economically, militarily, and intellectually).
I live just south of Montreal, and I encounter Mallick’s pissy attitude from lots of the Quebecois that come down to the US to visit. Of course, they don’t have the balls to say it in English. They’re so wrapped up in their own feeling of envy and inadequacy that they don’t realize that some of us profoundly unlettered rednecks went to grad school and speak French.
There was a book published in Canada a few years back, and it contained the typical Canadian rants about the US. It sold rather well in Canada. The author had a difficult time finding a US publisher. When he asked why, the publishing rep said that the Americans don’t really care what the Canadians think.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pmESTCount me in on the ‘uncouth mouth-breathers’ club. I’ll be back later, gotta clean my gun after I tote my Bible.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:53 pmESTvia drudge - a nice balancing article
How Obama Blew it
September 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pmESTproudly unlettered (like Bush himself)
Does Yale know that a degree from there defines one as “proudly unlettered”? Someone might want to tell them. Their tuition might be a trifle high for that sort of thing.
wronger than the smell of Sunny’s turds after eating canned Chicken Chunks in Gravy.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pmESTDang it. I just spewed Dr. Pepper all over my screen.
At first, when I read this earlier, I was a bit *miffed* with the bitchy little slut who wrote it. After a little reflection, however, I had to start laughing at it, because THIS IS THE REASON THEY’RE GONNA LOSE!! The left has no understanding of the values of the Conservatives. They have no idea at all why we have taken so heartily and wholeheartedly to Sarahcuda. They don’t understand who we are and what we believe in. They don’t understand Mrs. Palin or what she believes or represents. They don’t even understand their own constituancy!! The left believes that they own, and have an absolute right to, the votes of all women and all minorities. Women and minorities are no more than property to the left; and anyone in those catagories who dares deviate from the official leftist line is a traitor to their cause and subject to whatever punishment or destructive endeavours the left deems necessary or fitting to punish them or bring them back into line with the party.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pmESTI have said for years that the dimocRATs are the party of hate, racism, mysogeny and class warfare - and all that they have done in the course of this election (and especially since the ascendency of Mrs. Palin) has only served to bolster my opinion and prove me right. And I believe that women and minorities are starting to get a bit tired of being taken for granted as fixtures of the leftard party - and may begin to demonstrate that in this election.
I am NOT stupid, racist, sexually inadequate, hillbilly white trash.
I am stupid, racist, sexually inadequate, NERDY white trash. Get it right.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:03 pmESTAt first, when I read this earlier, I was a bit *miffed* with the bitchy little slut who wrote it. After a little reflection, however, I had to start laughing at it, because THIS IS THE REASON THEY’RE GONNA LOSE!! The left has no understanding of the values of the Conservatives. They have no idea at all why we have taken so heartily and wholeheartedly to Sarahcuda. They don’t understand who we are and what we believe in. They don’t understand Mrs. Palin or what she believes or represents. They don’t even understand their own constituancy!! The left believes that they own, and have an absolute right to, the votes of all women and all minorities. Women and minorities are no more than property to the left; and anyone in those catagories who dares deviate from the official leftist line is a traitor to their cause and subject to whatever punishment or destructive endeavours the left deems necessary or fitting to punish them or bring them back into line with the party.
There’s an old military axion of “know thy enemy before you strike.”
You’re right, the Left is completely ignorant about conservatives and the middle 90% of America that lies between the coasts. That ignorance (exceeded only by their arrogance) will be their undoing.
It’s said that one sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over in hopes of a different outcome. By the way they keep attacking Sarah Palin so ineffectively only to inspire more insipid attacks, I can only conclude they’re completely insane.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:03 pmESTWhen I got done with ma plowing and slathering my hair covered body with Corn Huskers salve, I came to read the TV and typewriter thing and seen this newpaper article from y’all.
That woman writing that article made me mad.
I think I am going to go plow my black wife now. And then I might shoot me some revenooers.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:10 pmESTAh don’t sweat it, McCain did not pick Palin to appeal to these sorts of people, and the folks he DID pick her to appeal to, don’t read those rags anyway… so let ‘em bitch, I say.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:13 pmESTI resent this post. I am NOT WHITE. I am a mutt. I knew a white kid in high school, his eyes were pink. Most of the other kids were various shades of beige. Kinda pink.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:14 pmESTThank you Rachel for reminding me just how crazy some people really are. Does making a new holster count as clinging?
Good Lord. All I can say about this continued crap coming out from the lefties is that clearly these people are scared shitless of losing. And they should be.
That bit the commenter left about publishing and how Americans don’t really care what Canadians think. bahahaha!
Loved the Google quote too.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pmESTThe Left is insane. How else to explain their temper tantrum at our favorite Governor? You have an accomplished woman who has a promising career in government, a beautiful family, a husband who supports her, everything that the feminists have always said that women should be able to have…but she’s on the other side.
How dare she???
They think that they’re in the right, they’ve got the correct ideas and everyone else is WRONG! How dare she??
And they fail to realize that Sarah Palin is the woman that we all wish we could be. She hunts, fishes, raises her family, lives her values, and serves. Most in politics have forgotten that it is supposed to be service.
We love her because she is one of us. They hate her because she has achieved the American Dream without their help.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pmESTEd R — preach it, brother!
I’m sorry, was that in any way racist?
September 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pmESTI agree with Stacy that the big ‘C’ is a more appropriate term for the even-handed reporter, Mallick. I think all of these feminazis and whatnot are cycling at the same time and I don’t mean bikes. That would explain the rancor. Could be that they are on the permanent cycle.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pmESTCan I get a menstrual cycle with a 750cc engine?
September 9th, 2008 at 4:20 pmESTJust another cousin-humping booger eating moron sounding off here. No doubt I lied my way to the top of the heap in my field, because I could never have gotten there on my own merit. As for sexual inadequacy, I are sure it. In ever possible way. Or to quote a medical professional (and, incidentally, a seasoned one): “Biggest I’ve ever seen on a human” And to quote someone who shall remain nameless, “oooooHHHH!! Sweet mystery of life at last I’ve found theee!!”
September 9th, 2008 at 4:29 pmESTI give the dumb-assed canuck one good point for bringing back the beloved Ms. Ranty McRantypants.
Dogs pictures and asshole cat updates are great, but Ms. Lucas with a full head of steam is the best thing since chicken pot, chicken pot, chicken pot piiiiee.
BTW: Glad to hear the news on Rupert (nhrn) and his dad. Just keep pluggin’ on the school chemistry front.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pmESTI’ll say it again! If Sarah wins, I’m selling MY mansion and moving into a trailer park! I’ll even skip and go nekkid and swim that way in the local lake!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pmESTWell, she should be stoked that all our self-ordained intelligensia and other democratic leadership plan to move to Canada, and leave all us hillbillies to bask in the glow of well, being hillbillies.
I’m good with that.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pmESTLol. That google picture is priceless.
Can people really be that dumb? Just by glancing at the screenshot I learned 4 things: He can’t spell, has no sense of grammar, has absolutely no idea how to use a computer, and he’s a typical democrat. (lives in Denver? no… that wasn’t a dead giveaway. *rolls eyes*)
EDIT: … or is it a she? this was my attempt at not being the sexist bastard that I am.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pmESTOh, and isn’t Canada the 51st state, yet? If not, why isn’t it?!!!????
September 9th, 2008 at 4:32 pmESTI live in a trailer on a hill, drive a tractor and a pick-up, and have been known to take the occasional chaw on the way home from my weekly churchin’. Oh yeah, and I have a freezer full of meat, courtesy of my more-than-adequate Republican man, his “hillybilly” (as Becs calls us) offspring, and the contents of the gun cabinet in my living room.
But I am aware that there is hyphen and a comma missing in Bitchy McCunlicker’s rant. “Family-obsessed” is a compound phrase describing “they” and therefore needs to be hyphenated.
If Ms. Lesbo chose to run without the hyphen, it would then read: “They claim to be obsessed with their family, while being studiously terrible at parenting.”
Still crappy sentence structure, no matter how you word it.
I may be white trash, but I’m pretty gawsh-dern gud with the grammer.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pmESTJust for the record, there’s a number of Canadians who wish Palin were a candidate up here.
But if you think the MSM/American Left went crazy over Sarah, our equivalent, the goverment paid for CBC, would spontaneously combust if the same sort of thing happened up here. What Malice, I mean Mallick, wrote about Palin and co. would be honey and sweetness if she were Canadian running up here.
Our current conservative Prime Minister just dropped the writ of election (It’ll be over in 6 weeks) he’s a doughy soft conservative and they make him out to be this Ghenghis Khan. It’s almost funny.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pmESTI read this earlier and literally COULD NOT BELIEVE that this is an actual respected serious news source in Canadia? On the plus side, the comments were 95% in the “you’re way over the line with this crap” vein, so at least people are starting to call bullshit on this kind of outrageous & downright mean slander.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:37 pmEST
September 9th, 2008 at 4:39 pmESTCafePress is thwarting my efforts to embed their images, but I’ve gotta get one of these for Mrs. Carbo:
http://shop.cafepress.com/design/29890038
September 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pmESTFor the record, I don’t have a wife and kids to beat up, and don’t drive a pickup truck.
I do however have a pinch of chew in right now, a handgun in the glovebox of my Jeep, and a bunch of free-range organic venison in the freezer.
And if by “sexually inadequate” Heather Mallick means “I wouldn’t fuck her with a Kevlar-reinforced condom, blindfold and an extra large can of Lysol”, then yeah- count me in. Apparently her husband agrees, since her bio lists only two stepchildren.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pmEST
September 9th, 2008 at 4:52 pmESTVaginas call to each other in the night? Who knows this?
September 9th, 2008 at 4:52 pmESTBecause we don’t want it. Duh. They may have oil, but it still wouldn’t make up for the hassle.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pmESTHaving degrees from both Yale and Harvard is now seen as “proudly unlettered”. This is why these people lose so many elections. Their pure hatred for the majority of this country is, in actuality, self-hatred turned inside out. Obama supporters at place of work are in full Panic/Hate/Attack/Meltdown Mode… Delicious!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:56 pmESTWAIT! It suddenly hit me! Canada is JEALOUS of Alaska! They want to BE like Alaska! With a leader that gets things done AND can feed the baby! And, just in case, the husband isn’t in the same line of work so they have HIS job to fall back on!
Go ALASKA! GO SARAH!!!!! GO BRAVE NAVY BOY!!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:58 pmESTJust imagine if someone had said, “Obama adds nothing to the ticket that the Democrats didn’t already have sewn up, the n*gger vote”.
Because God forbid we offer political representation to all American citizens or anything. Clearly the only people who should be allowed to vote are the cultured and enlightened elites.
Hillary Clinton seemed to think so. Is she a sexually inadequate Republican man now?
“Being irresponsible with their semen”?
How are we being “irresponsible” with our semen, exactly?
What, do we accidentally set it down in the office break room and forget to pick it up when we go home? Do we let it fall out of our pockets like loose change while riding the bus?
Note the logical disconnect.
Guys are apparently all the same. We’re all “irresponsible” with our semen and do slipshod household repairs.
But women? All different. To say “girls will be girls” is to be “unfamiliar with [their] true natures”.
“Cleverest critic in Canada”. I wonder if that’s anything like being the smelliest Frenchman in France.
I’d rather have an Alaskan hillbilly a heartbeat away from the Presidency than a confirmed plagiarist.
Well at least she admits she has no sense of humor. As they say, the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one.
Good use of his time, that.
Of what? The life and habits of American Idol contestants?
Yeah, that sounds like a good representation of the 300 million people in the United States of America.
Oh good. For a minute I was so confused. I’m glad we have Canuckistanians like Heather Mallick to tell us these things.
The “American cliche of authenticity”? Since when is “authenticity”; which is defined as the quality of being original, genuine, accurate, and factual; an “American cliche”?
Probably when articles like these started popping up in the Canadian press, I’d wager.
Heh. I just got a mental image of Sarah Palin dressed as Black Canary. Awesome.
No Heather, that’s you. You’ve been looking at yourself in the mirror again.
Why this would be considered an insult I have no idea.
I don’t know. What normal father would refer to his hypothetical grandchildren as “punishments”?
*cough*GeorgeSoros*cough*
Ah, the good old liberal stand-by. “Vote for us, you inbred white trash hicks! We know what’s best for you!”
Yes, I’m sure we would be so much better served by people with nothing better to do than call us rednecks, hillbillies, and “white trash hicks” all day.
Idiot.
No, he’s just planning to get the “ordinary hillbilly” laid off because his boss can no longer afford to keep him on the payroll and Obama’s big tax hike.
I’m sure the “ordinary hillbilly” will be so appreciative.
Yes, because clearly not one of the Founding Fathers believed in low taxes, free enterprise, or good Christian morals.
Moron.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:02 pmESTNo, I think it is VIRGINIAS call to each other in the night! It’s a misquote!
September 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pmESTYou know, Todd Palin may look like a roughneck, but he scrubs up so good!
This woman, Mallick, hasn’t had a date with a man in years, has she? Or is it that she ONLY “sees” gay men and metrosexuals?
September 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pmESTCarson, I love the shirts! If I didn’t look absurd in pink, I’d be ordering one instead of typing right now.
Then again, thanks to the mighty one, I have visions of Black Canary Palin dancing in my head and am having a little trouble focusing.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:28 pmEST…oh, and speaking of which, have you seen this? Zounds.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pmESTMightySamurai–
I’ll tell yuh how y’all Republican men are being irresponsible with yer semen–yer makin dirty little white trash babies wid it. An not even makin yer wimmen abort ‘em, neither.
(Oh, man, I just can’t keep this up.)
September 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pmESTI think it is VIRGINIAS call to each other in the night!
Well, they useta, but the Hatfields and McCoys mostly settled things already.
I do NOT cling to my guns. That just gets them sweaty and then I have to buff out the surface rust.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:35 pmESTI smell the desperation of an unattractive woman who got the degrees but forgot to get a personality.
Real women are not threatened by other women who have accomplished more.
They give a fist pump (not bump) and say, “well done!”
September 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pmESTHeather Mallick: Getting way more attention than she deserves. What a sorry-ass excuse for a journalist.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:43 pmESTI as a Canadian am ever so proud to see my tax dollars at work paying this woman’s salary! Isn’t socialism great! /Sarc
Putting on my nationalist hat the dumpster diving is going on south of the border as well.
Vile
Warning; it is VILE! It is mocking Sarah Palin’s downs child. There just isn’t a bottom for leftists.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:52 pmEST“…anyone in those catagories who dares deviate from the official leftist line is a traitor to their cause and subject to whatever punishment or destructive endeavours the left deems necessary or fitting to punish them or bring them back into line with the party.”
I like Jonah Goldberg’s description of the left as reactionary (a term I always use) because they see people as members of tribes.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:04 pmESTI nominate this for a Hidden Gusset Award. I know, it’s not a comment, but I almost laughed very, very loud while reading it on the bus.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pmESTWhy do they hate Sarah Palin so much?
They hate her for one specific reason. The Magic Mirror.
Sarah is, and has, a comfortable balance of the “personal” and “professional/political” – a balance that, although imperfect, they long for yet have no hope of achieving. The love of a good and true man, daughters who adore and support her, and who can expect reciprocal and forgiving love from their mother, sons whose very existence, and in the eldest’s case, actions, embody everything that is good and right about conservative America, and a caring extended family. Couple that with the “professional/political” — fiercely loyal and supportive constituents, the support and backing of an entire political party, and a career she not only cares deeply about but prioritizes exactly as it is – second to her family.
Sarah Palin’s very existence on the national stage grabs women’s heads and forces them to stare deep in the Magic Mirror of the very essence of their beings; they are compelled to see themselves exactly as what they are. It is in the reflection being cast that every woman’s true nature rises to the surface, and she morphs into either the jealous shrew or the supportive friend.
Those in the jealous shrew category have focused so much on individual self-fulfillment and their perceived correctness of the political that they have forgotten the sheer joy of the personal. In their own reflections they see women who would commit murder without a second thought in order to avoid being saddled with a “defective”; they know they would sneak their daughters into an abortion clinic in the dead of the night to further their careers; their husbands would be emasculated, and thus divorced from them, for spending too much time pursuing a snowmobiling career and not enough time fulfilling their selfish desires. They have seen their inner selves; the product of their insecurities and yearning, and the destruction of the essence of all that is the woman/mother/wife/self in favor of the snarling, self-centered, id-driven, succeed-at-the-cost-of-the-destruction-of-anyone-who-gets-in-the-way, individual.
In the deepest recesses of the mirror they see their ugly for what it is; they hate what they see and are compelled to destroy the one who forced them to gaze into the Magic Mirror’s depths. So they toss out the poison apple for all to consume, and in doing so, are once again the fairest in their own little lands.
Or something like that.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:16 pmEST” …John Doyle, the cleverest critic in Canada,
“Cleverest critic in Canada”. I wonder if that’s anything like being the smelliest Frenchman in France.”
Naw, more like being the tallest Welsh Corgi in the pack.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:20 pmESTObama has lost it, calls Sarah Palin a pig…linky goodness
Well, the Obama camp has denied it, as Ben Smith notes, but come on…this is supposed to be the Chosen One. How can The Chosen One not choose his words more carefully? Anyone want to bet we would see green pea soup fly from Olberman or Matthews if Sarah referred to Obama as “clean and articulate”?
September 9th, 2008 at 6:29 pmESTI was listening to Rush today, and he made note of a comment someone on the left had said or written, about how Sarah needs to go back to the kitchen and bake some cookies, because she is TOO GOOD of a role model for young women. She’s such a high role model that, well, it is completely unachievable for young women to be as successful as her, so she might as well just not be a role model to be taken seriously…
September 9th, 2008 at 6:29 pmESTNo, he didn’t call her a pig, but close enough.
MunDane:
We’ve linked to the same thing. You should read the whole post, with updates, where, you know, Ben says:
September 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pmESTMy edit-fu is weak…
September 9th, 2008 at 6:36 pmESTNo worries, MunDane. We’re all about keeping it real here, right? : )
September 9th, 2008 at 6:42 pmEST
September 9th, 2008 at 6:46 pmESTJamfish Says:
Christ man…put a warning label on that or something. You can’t just put it out there like that for everyone to see!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:50 pmESTSqueal! Ah’ve bin crowned whyte trayash, hillbilly an hick all in wun day?! Thank yeeeww! Oh gosh, ahm jus so x sighted!
X cues me, Ah need ta sit down, Ah’m gittin’ thar vapurs.
That bitch is just jealous because she doesn’t live here in America.
I’ve been thinking of buying a new handgun this weekend, this just solidified my resolve. So’s ah kirn cling ta it.
[Serenity, I hereby award you the following for making me snort my drink:
-Rachel]
September 9th, 2008 at 6:51 pmESTMundane, 14K:
Bob Beckel made the same reference on FOX news this morning. Bill Hemmer confronted him with a comment made to one of the producers about how “that Rottweiler is going to implode” and during the ensuing commentary he said “lipstick on a pig”. I was in the middle of something so didn’t hear the entire comment, but he DEFINITELY said “lipstick on a pig”.
My head whipped around and I have to admit I was appalled. Bob Beckel has seemed more reasonable than that in the past. He lost any respect I had for him with that remark.
Given that it was made by two men in the same party on the same day…what are the odds?
September 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pmESTYes, but they made the statement under the guise of an old idiom.
They were not directly referring to Sarah as a pig, but indirectly insinuating such. I believe she was actually being proactive when she made her “pit bull with lipstick” spiel, because the conservative camp had to know this was coming. I certainly expected it.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:02 pmESTOK. Call me a lookist, but as I was scrolling down, before I saw the whole heather malice demotivator - I (honestly) thought it was a guy in drag and was prepared to laugh. That’s NOT funny!. That is one
freaky, scary lookin c**t.
That’ayer broad ud sceer a dawg offin a gut-wagon.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:05 pmESTIt’s highly offensive that so many democrats seem to believe that the only merit women have is their gender. No one from the McCain campaign, or anyone who supports McCain, believes that Palin was picked because she is female. She’s a governor. She’s a reformer. She puts her state first, fights waste, sticks to her beliefs regardless of political outcome, and probably needs about 2 hours of sleep at night.
I’m convinced that reverse discrimination and wild, unfounded accusations of discrimination are doing just as much damage to this country as actual discrimination.
McCain wasn’t looking for the ‘women vote’. He was looking to energize the base, for a person who is interested in ’shaking things up.’ Just happens that the person is female. Seems like an equal rights fairy tale: extensive search for the most qualified applicant regardless of age, gender, race, or creed. I respect his choice more than schools that choose the lesser-qualified, ‘ethnically diverse’ individual and obviously more than any political commentators with an agenda, aware that accusations can sell.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:09 pmEST* McCain/Palin (95%, 714 Votes)
* Other (4%, 28 Votes)
* Obama/Biden (1%, 6 Votes)
There are six Harkonnens in the room.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:15 pmESTDon’t call Heather Mallick a cunt, that would imply she’s worth a fuck.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:15 pmESTAre you sure it’s not Virginians calling out to each other in the night? How the hell would anybody ever get any sleep there?
September 9th, 2008 at 7:27 pmESTDon’t call Heather Mallick a cunt, that would imply she’s worth a fuck.
I just wanted to see that again…AHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha…………..and a giggle to go wit it.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:33 pmESTMundane, Elvenphoenix, 14K,
September 9th, 2008 at 7:34 pmESTsee if it keeps showing up in different places. Twice can still be coincidence. Much more than that is a ‘talking point script’ like the “spontaneous” appearance of the word “gravitas” all over the airwaves in the last election cycle. And that means it is deliberate. We’ll just have to see.
“Heather Mallick plagiarized Dave Lee Roth’s Chin!”
September 9th, 2008 at 7:35 pmESTCount me as being hillbilly white trash then, even though I’m English.
These morons probably expect me to think just like them, with me being a ’sophisticated European’ and all, but fuck that - I felt right at home with my fiance’s family in SC, and I don’t even drive a tractor.
I read Seneca and Aristotle, have an (admittedly rusty) science degree, and I’m tolerant of people who have different religious beliefs from me. So what could I possibly see in all those inbred, intolerant hicks who cling to their guns and their religion?
Um…genuine people who I like to spend time with, maybe? People with Deep South accents who I can talk to for hours because hey, they’re better educated than me and can teach me something?
Oh, never mind - these wankshafts probably wouldn’t understand the concept of ‘genuine’ if you sat down with them and patiently tried to explain it with diagrams.
And I’ve never actually heard the term ‘pramface’ although ‘chav’ is fairly common over here. And trust me; ‘chav’, Bristol definitely doesn’t come within a million miles of.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pmEST14k, if we call Obama a “community organizer” that’s racist code wording! The Gubbiner of Gnu Yawk said so!
Yeah, he called Palin a pig. He did it indirectly, but he did it intentionally. She already neutralized the Bitch slur on him with the pit bull ref.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:46 pmESTOh, I know that fuh shizzle, Tully!
Guilt goes both ways, though — remember McCain’s gaffe, er, intentionally calling a spade a spade (OOOHH! Racist me!)?
Heh.
September 9th, 2008 at 7:56 pmEST
September 9th, 2008 at 7:59 pmESTOkay, how do you get that extra crap off the image, please?
[I did it for ya! All is well. - Rachel]
September 9th, 2008 at 7:59 pmESTRachel, this Bible-thumpin’, bean eatin’, bullet-armed hillbilly chick is a proud member of the McCain/Palin crowd. There’s a country song that says, “These are my people…this is where I come from…”
September 9th, 2008 at 8:03 pmESTRickvid
Delete the code back to before the word border, after the second .jpg and add a >
So it looks like this at the end.
… jpg”>
Or wait for RCHL to do it. Whatever!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:04 pmESTThere are almost 25,000 entries for “Palin, lipstick on a pig”, with most of them referencing the Obama comment.
So far the earliest place it appeared seems to be on Houston Craiglist on Sept. 4. Also on Sept 4 it’s referenced at The Corner re: a NARAL press release. And Jill Stanek refers to it on the same day. It appears again on Sept 6 on a blog called canary papers.
Care2, not sure of the date.
Today, Politicker.
Daily Kos
That’s just the first two pages of the search. There are other articles included, but the majority by far seem to reference Sarah Palin.
Thoughts?
September 9th, 2008 at 8:08 pmESTI’m a redneck, eh? MOuth-breathing, chaw chompin’, wouldn’t-mind-drilling-Sarah Palin, pick-up drivin’ dipstick, hm?
Well, I guess MY two graduate degrees simply MUST be false. Apparently, they suggest I MUST vote Bloat/Fange (Hope/Change) in two months. (Question: How in HELL can a ossified corpse like Biden be considered an agent of change? Just sayin’.)
Whatever. Maverick/Sarahcuda in ‘08, folks. Let’s make it happen and send the Harvard asshats back to the student union building.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:10 pmESTLate to this - like, I haven’t commented for almost two months, because of a frozen shoulder. Anyone ever had one of those? It’s a real Heather Mallick, er, I mean bitch. So, no typing for me until tonight - I’m working through the numbness to say I think, Rachel, you really called it with one word in that post, and in caps, too: DELUSIONAL.
Also, love the pink graphic Jim Carson posted. You can get it on a T-shirt from cafepress.com - I’m just waiting for payday…
September 9th, 2008 at 8:14 pmESTCould somebody please direct me to an article (articles) that simply addresses Sarah Palin’s positive attributes and why she is qualified to be VP and potentially Pres?
Everything I read seems to be a rebuttal of some negative article but I am having a hard time finding anything of substance regarding her real deal.
I am undecided and would really love any balanced info I could get.
Thanks
September 9th, 2008 at 8:24 pmESTYep, the kind of insanity that comes from living in a world of all ideals and no reality.
And that demotivator of Heather Mallick definitely needs a warning label [shudder]. Her face shows what she’s allowed herself to become - a shriveled soul full of hate and bitterness. The picture is ugly for that reason alone. That same face would light up the room if it held love and liveliness.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 pmESTPart of why these kind of people hate Sarah Palin so much? She’s full of life and love - the polar opposite.
And at an 800×600 resolution no less.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:31 pmESTMy deepest sympathies, Marla. I had one of those and yes, they are a son-of-a-b*tch. I got that through my work as truckie. It decided me to leave that profession for good.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:41 pmESTTracey:
I like this video. And I believe it’s the whole video, not the 30 second sound bite.
And here is a side-by-side comparison of Palin and Obama. It’s a bit snarky, since it’s a pro-Palin blog, but the comparison is factual on the whole.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:44 pmESTIt just goes to show that in reality , all that liberal shit about women sticking together is bull shit.
Liberals are liberals first, last and always. Race, gender, religon and even national pride don’t cont for shit with them.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:47 pmESTJust showin’ my redneckedness. This is where I hang out on Friday nights.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pmESTHell yeah little missy…I never come here without my rifle and extra ammunition just hopin’ to pop one of them there liberals in the ass. Then maybe I’ll put their damn heads on a plaque and mount ‘em on my wall. YEEEEEE HAAAAAAW!
I wonder when stereotypes and such hatred are going to dissolve. I guess that’d be a big fat fucking never.
Don’t say anything with nuance by the way. I like the “What is fucking wrong with you?”
September 9th, 2008 at 8:59 pmESTMisogyny and misandry all in the same screed!
Stay classy, Mall-ICK!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:02 pmESTccs, just glancing at that shot, the perspective was squirrelly - it looks like there are a dozen people in the bed of that truck!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pmESTNever noticed that, you’re right. In reality they are on a hill behind the truck.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:14 pmESTI would suggest that we just invade Canada, but on second thought I’m not sure they deserve it.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:25 pmESTIt’s a fun time, some guys even put small lifts on their trucks.
The girls get involved too!
They start ‘em young around here.
more…
September 9th, 2008 at 9:40 pmESTEvery news story I’ve heard about Sarah Palin here in Australia has described her as a “gun-toting mother of five”. The first reports were “gun-toting, pro-life, evangalical christain, mother of five” Excepting the ‘mother of five’ I think the rest are supposed to convince we sophisticated Ostraylyuns what we should think of her.
Now they’ve dropped all the rest, but for some reason it’s still “gun toting” all the time. We have such strict gun laws here that’s it very difficult to be a “gun toting” anything, so I think they think it will scare us. Quite ridiculous, really.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:48 pmESTOk, there are now two phrases/word groups I no longer want to here after this election.
Variations on “Lipstick on a …” and Hope/Change/Change for Hope etc..
Palin’s first use of the lipstick joke: new hotness (or at least somewhat funny). All the other rips on it… old and busted.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:05 pmESTOy!!!!!!!!!!!! (east coast for “sugar”). Not only am I “clingy”, I’m now “inadequate”. I feel…, I’m just so ashamed. Sigh, sob… (no, not really, I have no shame).
I can disagree with many positions taken by my friends as well as fellow (largely conservative) posters at this site, but golly (did you see the movie “Airplane”?), do I (we) really need to relate everything to sex? Not that sex is a bad thing…
September 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pmEST“the presidential race may be decided by the perceived doability of the governor of Alaska.”
ok-you’re saying that as if its a BAD thing!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:13 pmESTWhat, no demotivators about Bambi’s latest Gaff?
September 9th, 2008 at 10:19 pmESTOf course, this a blog, not a foxhole.
*I need to get to bed, I hit post and then realized that joke is ass backwards phail! haha
September 9th, 2008 at 10:35 pmESTHey! What the…. When I voted earlier, we were up to 96%. Now it says 95%. WHO THE HELL CANCELED MY VOTE? Grrr!
I demand more rednecks, dammit!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:42 pmESTMAH PEOPLE! LOL There’s so much goodness in this thread. HAHAHAHA!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pmESTAnd another thing that bugs me about this: If we’re supposed to start giving weight to popular geographic stereotypes now, just what the hell does that make The Man from Hope™? Hmm? Hmm?
Christ on a Caterpillar™.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:11 pmESTN. O’Brain, ah feel yore pain. Damn backslashes.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:48 pmESTMade one for the Gaffer
September 10th, 2008 at 12:48 amESTSomebody has a scared!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:57 amESTCromagnum, you have a funny, but it appears you have a spelling oops! Chauvinist.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:01 amESTI don’t know where some of these snotty fools get the idea that a rednecky, white trash, gun-clinger can’t also be educated!
Oh, of course, SILLY ME! They think that if we were educated we’d see the error of our ways and be like them. Since we don’t, we must be dummies with no book-learnin’.
FEH!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:33 amESTI shouldn’t be up this late, but James Lileks is fisking Ms. Mallick. I have to read it through to the end, although the outcome really isn’t in doubt.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:41 amESTIf only I could vote Palin/McCain… or just Palin…
September 10th, 2008 at 2:02 amESTSigh…
I don’t suppose we can get any “Palin” signs without that unfortunate McCain along for the ride?
At the time of my posting:
McCain/Palin (95%, 1,258 Votes)
Other (3%, 46 Votes)
Obama/Biden (1%, 16 Votes)
Hmmmm…. I drive tractors, a pickup, and airplanes. I cling to my guns—but that’s because they pack a wallop and you have to hold on tightly lest you want to acquire some bruises.
Book learnin’s fer them ejumacated folks, don’tcha know—gots to live in cities and be likin’ them floofy metrosectual types to be werldly. Blech—I think one of my degrees just spontaneously combusted.
When I first learned of Gov. Palin around 4 or 5 months ago I remarked to my fiance, “That’s the one!” I was more than pleased she got picked. : )
I read that article earlier today (from someone’s link here) and was repulsed. The “c” word that cannot be mentioned (ok, yes it can) is better spelled with a “k” so that it has more consonantal emphasis.
Oh, and the vaginas calling out to each other in the jungle night? That’s gold, baby! There’s my epiphany to make a million dollars!!! I’m going to invent The Vagina Call©. My first prototype will be based on the moose call (in honor of, but with no disrespect to Mrs. Palin) and I’ll go from there….
September 10th, 2008 at 2:13 amESTI’m one of those who chose Obama/Biden. Rachel, of course I don’t hate you…
I love reading your stuff. I don’t agree with it sometimes, but it’s much more interesting to read stuff you don’t agree with than stuff you do. And you write so well. I’d rather go to you to learn about what other people think about gun control, abortion, etc., than anyone else.
And I have changed more than a few of my own opinions as a result of reading your site.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:29 amESTjodie, it’s really sad to see that a nation that I used to view as somewhat akin to the US has descended into such lunacy. Is the Australian government trying to hand it back over to the criminal element it was originally used to contain?
My God, the little girl in Rabbit Proof Fence had more chutzpah in her little toe than anything I’ve seen come out of the land down under recently and that just makes me sad. What happened to that pioneering, go-it-your-own-way spirit? My one fear is that it’s almost as dead as the dodo, both there and in the US.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:53 amESTIf you ever intend to even see a human vagina again, I would seriously reconsider attempting to market a Vagina Callⓒ whose “wail-like” sound is based on any animal that is more than seven feet tall, 800+ pounds, has few natural enemies and whose mating season is less than two months long.
Just a friendly warning from a fellow human, who happens to be a female. Of course, that’s only if you were actually serious about undertaking such an unwise and potentially dangerous course of action …
Heh.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:56 amESTYeah.
Sort of like how Winnie the Pooh is a toned-down version of The Matrix.
COMPLETELY UNLIKE Hillary Clinton, none of whose female support was related to gender.
The strawman here is the phrase “just because” she’s a woman. No, not just. But partly, you bet. It’s one of many considerations in looking at the whole package.
And what’s so wrong with that, anyway? Palin is tapping a pro-female sentiment, not an anti-male sentiment. Same for Obama: the excitement around him is pro-black, not anti-white (nut cases excluded). These are positive emotions. We could use more of them in the public square.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:06 amEST@Ethne: the final line in that article you posted is a brilliant insight:
Contempt is the insight. You might vote for someone who disagrees with you on abortion, tax policy, Palestinian statehood, etc — but you will never vote for someone who appears to hold you in contempt. Never. Even the suspicion is damaging.
Obama and his surrogates are moving whole blocs of voters off the fence and into the NFW camp, from which few ever return. It’s probably enough to cost him the election.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:27 amESTLOL Just to clarify that was meant to be humorous. Sophomoric, I know—but that line was ripe for the taking. And the meeses [int.] have gotten a lot of press lately, too. I think “sexual inadequacy” would be the least of my worries were I to be serious.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:56 amESTI hereby offer a new word:
palinx (n). A large group of voters drawn to an exceptional candidate.
Sample usage: On November 4, an unprecedented palinx delivered 45 states for the GOP ticket.
[ < Gr phalanx + Palin (Sarah), Vice President 2009-2013, 45th President of the United States 2013-2021 ]
September 10th, 2008 at 4:02 amESTFinal thought: the excitement that Barack Obama created through two years of effort and hundreds of millions of dollars, Sarah Palin exceeded in 6 days and almost for free. Talk about efficient! It really is an amazing thing we are witness to.
Sarah, if you’re listening: want to do a total mind job on the Bay Area’s rabid Obama supporters? When a reporter asks you “PC or Mac?”, respond “Linux”. Oh, the cognitive dissonance! Half of his volunteers will spontaneously combust. Trust me on this one.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 amESTpartly OT, but I’d like to point out that Canada is a large country with a political demographic somewhat like the US. The east and left coasts are liberal (commie) red, with the hinterland mostly a conservative blue.
I’ve met my share of malICKs while visiting eastern Canada, but there sure ain’t many out in Western Canada … and we even had a pretty solid separatist movement going for awhile. (alas, Canadians are as laid-back as all the legends state and all the fervor evaporated. Almost all western Canadians I (still) know have always felt closer to the US than to eastern Canada. In fact, due to us rednecks, Alberta is commonly known as Texas North.
Just Sayin’
the sexual inadequates comment immediately brought an old joke to mind: John pays the hooker, and takes off his pants. Hooker looks and guffaws and asks “who you gonna please with that little thing”. John replies with a smirk … “myself”
September 10th, 2008 at 7:25 amESTRachel:
After reading your entry and seeing “sexual inadequacies,” it brought to mind an ABC News poll from 2004 about Republican sex vs. Democrat sex. I couldn’t find the full results, but here is the link to the teaser results.
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/News/story?id=180291
September 10th, 2008 at 8:19 amESTThanks 14K
I’ll fix that later
Meanwhile, here is another one:
September 10th, 2008 at 8:20 amESTYeeHaw Rachel! I sure am glad you decided and declared to stop blogging about politics, ’cause this non-political rant just cracked me up! Lileks screeded that Canadian bitch pretty good this morning too.
Now to open a new box of tissues so I can wipe the tears of laughter from my cheeks as I read the comments.
I repeat, YEEHAW!
September 10th, 2008 at 8:26 amESTAs I can’t vote in your election, I won’t vote in your poll.
Oh, and unlike most europeans I will keep my opinions to myself as who y’all should vote for - unlike this idiot
D’oh, just gave it away there.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:50 amESTAs opposed to before when it was partly being decided on the perceived doability of the Junior Senator from Illinois
There’s this document out there. Its like 220 years old. And its only had 27 changes made to it. It lists the required qualifications to being the president. The only qualifications needed are to be over 35 years of age, and a natural born citizen. Its called The Constitution. So there you go. Palin is qualified.
Now if you want to talk about whether she has obtained the experience to do a good job as VP or one day Pres, then you should ask that instead.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:13 amESTI now have come to the conclusion that the left, and especially the Democrats - the party that claims to be all about “inclusion” and “tolerance” - are representative of the least inclusive and most intolerant group of people in the USA.
Back to cleaning my gun while reading the Bible in my white-trash castle.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:40 amESTAww…last to the party as usual.
I gotta stop sleeping in until 6 or move to the east coast to keep up with you guys.
Here’s a question I am hoping someone can answer for me:
Just now CBS news stated that due to Palin’s involvement in the campaign, McCain’s numbers have jumped by leaps and bounds; in fact, he apparently is about 3 points ahead of Obama. YET, they ended the segment by saying that McCain and Obama were in a “dead heat.” Dead heat? How is that possible?
Oh, and of course they spent the better part of the morning tearing apart everything Palin has had to say about the “bridge to nowhere”, etc. I almost threw my TV out the window.
How many more days until McCain becomes president?
September 10th, 2008 at 10:22 amESTIt’s his jud-ge-ment-a that we question.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:34 amESTI’ve been watching the news too, and at a McCain/Palin rally (in PA, I think) they were playing the most amazing music.
I listened in awe as the artist poured forth his tale of struggle and achievement; of pain and hunger, and how he overcame. I was enthralled. I was moved.
I don’t remember the lyrics, except for the following line:
Does anyone recognize this music? Is it new for the McCuda campaign, or something I’ve missed?
In any event, I think this song could inspire more than just a political campaign. I think it could motivate and guide each of us in our personal pursuit of goals. This could be big…
September 10th, 2008 at 10:43 amESTWould that be “Eye of the Tiger”?
Risin’ up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
Chorus:
It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the cream of the fight
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watchin’ us all in the eye of the tiger
Face to face, out in the heat
Hangin’ tough, stayin’ hungry
They stack the odds ’til we take to the street
For we kill with the skill to survive
chorus
Risin’ up, straight to the top
Have the guts, got the glory
Went the distance, now I’m not gonna stop
Just a man and his will to survive
chorus
The eye of the tiger (repeats out)…
September 10th, 2008 at 10:48 amESTBecause someone had to do it…
September 10th, 2008 at 10:52 amESTAt the risk of being shot down here. I’m going to come out of lurkville and admit that I’m voting for Obama. I read this blog simply because I find Rachel to be quite funny.
And yes, it pisses me off when liberals paint McCain supporters as “hicks” and “white trash.” I often see people paint liberals with the same broad generalizations that you accuse liberals of doing to you. Not all of us are elite, overly-politically-correct douchebags.
I don’t think any of us should assume that we know everything about a person just because of his/her political leanings or who he/she is voting for.
About the press, I also can’t believe some of the blatantly dishonest shit out there that is written about both candidates. The lies and propaganda are in no way limited to just one side. That’s obvious.
Wouldn’t it be nice if both sides could clean it up for once?
September 10th, 2008 at 11:02 amESTI wonder if this week’s column will help Ms. Mallick to improve her position on this list. (Bear in mind that the list was compiled in June of ‘07.)
I’m betting she can make the Top Ten!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:21 amEST“Why should everyone have a voice? They don’t in daily life,” wrote Mallick.
Our future under the Obomunists. Only approved commentary will be permitted, eh?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pmESTOh tell me about it. The reports about Obama not having much of a relationship with Rezko. The reports that Wright was merely Obama’s pastor and Obama didn’t have much to do with him. The reports that Ayers and Obama do not have much of a connection and are just simply neighbors. I tell you the lies about Obama are just despicable.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmESTHas this poll closed? Or am I just too stupid to figure out how to vote?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pmESTNo, but you vote for those who are.
Sorry, but I’m afraid the old “you guys do it too!” defense has long since been played out. We on the right do not, in fact, do it too.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pmESTsamurai and buzzion,
Please re-read my comment. Clearly, I wasn’t invoking the “you-do-it-too” fact as a defense. I think it’s idiotic when both sides do it. My point is that both liberals and conservatives often pretend as though only side, namely the other one, is “dishonest” and defamatory.
How about the “reports” and contrived controversies about Obama being a Secret Muslim. How about the Soooper Secret Tape that, conveniently, no one can find in which Michelle Obama supposedly says “whitey.” What about Jerome Corsi’s latest Obama smear book that contains numerous untruths?
I’m sorry but you have blinders on if you don’t think people on both sides play this smear game.
Anyway, now that Sarah Palin is in the race, it is refreshing to see Republicans being on the vigilant lookout for sexism. I mean, remember when, John McCain used the exact same lipstick-on-a-pig phrase against Hillary Clinton in the primaries and it wasn’t “sexism.” You know, for special, lucky reasons.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pmESTHey, James Lileks wrote about the same horrible article you did:
September 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pmESThttp://lileks.com/bleats/archive/08/0908/091008.html
Cool!
Talking about the rumors being pushed on the internet.
Pushed on the web by a Hillary supporter. One slammed as likely to be completely false by right wing blogs.
A truther again and one that has been called out by people on the right as not being very true. Of course the mode of discrediting the book is to merely claim that it contains untruths never to actually point it out and why its false.
In any case, you were talking about the PRESS. Not what is happening on the internet and with blogs. When those things you have pointed out get talked about in the press its always in the effect of calling the smears and lies and false. Its never pushing the claim, its pushing that the claim is false.
But if you would like we can talk about a real lie the press pushed about Obama. That his claim about him not looking like the guys on our money had nothing to do with skin color was true. There you go, another lie about the Obama campaign pushed by the press.
I know you’re not pushing the “you do it too” claim. But I’m pushing that the lies about Obama in the press are to his benefit.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:40 pmESTBecause McCain was talking about the healthcare plan, and referenced it being similar to her original proposal. So McCain was obviously talking about the healthcare plan.
Obama, mentions lipstick on a pig, after Palin has made a comment about being a pitbull with lipstick. The crowd response shows what they thought about it. And there’s also the nice history of Obama and his actions, like giving the finger to Hillary. Obama can claim he didn’t mean it like that, but his crowd thought it reference Palin. So would you like to admit Obama was aware of the double meaning his comment could hold, or would you like to admit he’s completely clueless and doesn’t think things through on what he’s about to say?
September 10th, 2008 at 1:46 pmESTbuzzion,
Okay, first off, the Mallick piece has been denounced by various liberal and progressive blogs too, by the way.
Secondly, I didn’t realize we were making a press/internet distinction with respect to political lies and defamations. The worldwidewebs has been an important purveyor of misinformation, actually, so it’s not to be discounted.
But, with respect to the press, there have been media-contrived controversies and lies regarding Obama too. Most currently, what about the “lipstick on a pig” media drama? How is this relevant in any way to McCain or Obama’s policies? Especially in light of the fact that McCain used the very same phrase in reference to Hillary Clinton. Then, of course, there was the FOXNews “terrorist fist-jab” bit and then the Michelle Obama the “Babymama” bit.
Anyway, before I write a novel, I think it’s unfortunate that caustic people like Mallick are given a platform to spew what, judging by the comments here, then passes for the opinion of all people who are liberal. Do you know how many pro-McCain blogs are now pointing to this article and saying “see what those liberal elites think of us?” That’s like pointing to Ann Coulter and saying all of you agree with everything she says.
Fun times.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:07 pmESTbuzzion,
Sorry, I just saw your comment about the “lipstick on a pig” comment.
I certainly don’t condone sexist comments, against anyone, even if I disagree with his/her politics. Frankly, I think it’s a bit sketchy to use that “lipstick” metaphor against any female politician- you’re just setting yourself up for being called “sexist” whether you intended it that way or not. I think it could be perceived as sexist when McCain said it and it could be when Obama said it. Of course, people will read into it what they want.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:21 pmESTPerhaps you shouldn’t have mentioned the press then? But you did. And the reality is that when it comes to lies about the candidates, the press is pushing lies that benefit Obama, and pushing lies intended to hurt McCain.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:32 pmESTExcept, of course, when they’re pushing lies intended to hurt Obama. (eg- Terrorist fist-jab?)
I think you are selectively viewing the evidence. It’s understandable. Both sides do it.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:58 pmESTSouth Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate ” whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion.”
Yeah. Real High Road stuff. HopeChange®!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pmESTCue “Deliverence” theme music.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:30 pmESTFannie asked:
Hey, Fannie? Would you be a pal and let us know when Obama actually elaborates on those Hope!Change! policies? So far, all we’ve seen is the same old wornout, discredited Marxist policies that Democrats always trot out. That’s Change? Hey, I HOPE for it, but expecting marxists to CHANGE is hopeLESS.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:35 pmESTWell, for starters, if Obama is indeed bringing Teh Marxist policies, then that would certainly be a CHANGE over the past 8 years, wouldn’t it? A change from Bush’s failed policies is something many of us are hoping for. As McCain has now co-opted Obama’s message of CHANGE, I think that’s something even he would agree on.
But I’ll tell ya what Pete, I’ll elaborate on Obama’s policies as soon as you tell me how a man who voted with George W Bush 90% of the time can now, with a straight face, tout himself as The Real HopeChange candidate (see, eg, lipstick).
September 10th, 2008 at 6:00 pmESThm,
Oh, the go-it-your-own-way spirit is still there in spades. It’s very similar to the US, it’s there in the ordinary folk, but the elite and the media are trying very hard to convince us that we should be otherwise. Most of us in the suburbs or out bush (the Australian equivalent to rednecks) aren’t buying it, but that doesn’t mean they won’t stop trying to sell it to us.
The gun thing…when the laws came in, most Australians didn’t notice because most of us didn’t really have guns in first place. That’s probably a difference between our two countries - where your average American citizen might have a handgun in the nightstand or handbag, Australians generally never did. Don’t really know why.
Also…Rabbit Proof Fence..don’t be fooled. Rather than being forcibly removed in a cage on the back of a truck, the true story is that the girl’s family asked that she be taken away for schooling. Part of her trip involved being on ship that she later described as one of the best times of her life because she got to have icecream whenever she wanted. (The running away and walking home has some truth to it, though).
September 10th, 2008 at 10:05 pmESTJust as soon as you tell us how Obama is post partisan yet has voted with his party over 95% of the time. You may also want to remember that Obama went and voted for the surveilance bill Bush wanted. And he also voted in favor of some tax breaks for oil companies. Something McCain did not vote for. And how about letting us know what timeframe that 90% is over. And how many of Bush’s policies are really bad? And explain how, oh I don’t know, part of those voting with Bush were at times to fund our military, and why that’s bad.
Maybe you don’t want to take democrat talking points as your method of debate though.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:59 amESTLook buzzion, I didn’t post here under some delusion that I would change anyone’s mind about voting for McCain. I just wanted to point out (a) that Obama represents a change from Bush and that is a change many Americans want right now, and (b) people of both parties make personal attacks on the other side’s politicians.
I’m not about to play Obama/Democrat defense counsel on a predominately-conservative-read blog when, honestly, I don’t identify enough with either major party to take on that thankless task.
Have a good one.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:20 amESTExcept that isn’t actually how Obama was running for his change. He was running on the idea of complete change in the way politics is done. Not just a change from Bush’s policies. A change from partisanship. Something completely new and different.
And he’s not that. He’s a typical politician. Maybe even worse. He himself has said he’s an blank slate that people put their policies on. He’s admitted he’s nothing more than an empty suit, and he doesn’t want to CHANGE that.
Change for to an even worse idea or change just because is dangerous. That’s what Obama represents.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:12 amESTYes, you were. The only reason to ever say “both sides do it” is to justify one side doing it. You can pretend that wasn’t what you were doing if you want to, but the only one you’re fooling is yourself.
You mean the rumors originally started by the Hillary Clinton campaign?
And how exactly does FoxNews reporting on these rumors prove that conservatives are spreading them?
What about it? Someone claimed he had a tape of Michelle Obama bashing white people, conservatives said “okay, where is it?”, and it never appeared.
How are conservatives being “dishonest” here, exactly?
Again, what about it? Jerome Corsi is a nutjob. Just because he happens to be attacking Obama doesn’t make him a conservative.
Personally, I recommend The Case Against Barack Obama.
Well I’m sorry, but you must have a Stupid Hat on if you think any of those things are “conservative smears” against Barack Obama.
I love how you claim John McCain called Hillary a pig, then provide us a link proving the exact opposite.
Self-debunking liberals are always fun.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:22 amESTBut the fact that James Corsi has been denounced by various conservative blogs apparently means nothing to you.
It is if you plan to claim that “conservatives” have been “dishonest” about Obama. Anybody can say anything on the internet. You have no idea who they are or what they believe.
Do you see the logical disconnect here? If Obama’s comment is completely irrelevant to his or McCain’s policies, then why did he say it in the first place?
FoxNews never described Michelle and Barack’s action as a “terrorist fist-jab”. For someone with such a professed dislike for dishonesty you seem to have quite a talent for it yourself.
As for the “baby-mama” thing, what, are jokes the same as dishonesty now? Did they change the definition of the word “dishonesty” and no one informed me?
That’s a good question. Why don’t you find one? Find us a pro-McCain blog pointing to this article and saying, quote, “see what those liberal elites think of us?”
So in other words, Obama’s campaign isn’t really about “change” it’s about “vote for me because I’m not George Bush”.
By the way, what “failed policies” would those be?
The tax cuts which most economists credit for the rebounding economy?
The war which we’re currently winning?
You say you’re for “change”.
A change into what?
From what?
For what reasons, exactly?
Clearly you didn’t actually listen to McCain’s speech if you think that’s what he was talking about.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:38 amESTYeah, John Kerry tried that same strategy in 2004. As I recall it didn’t work out so well for him, and he was running against the ACTUAL George Bush.
It would be nice if you would cite us some actual examples of that.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:43 amESTmightysamurai,
You’re being unnecessarily hostile. Not only are you putting words in my mouth, but you are making huge generalizations about what I (supposedly) believe. That sorta suggests that you are not seeking dialogue in good faith here. Rather, it seems like you’re more about trying to “debunk” each and every point I make regardless of what I’ve actually said.
As just one case in point, you claim:
Except, of course, that I specifically said that I invoked the claim because “I think it’s idiotic when both sides do it.” Clearly, I don’t think it’s legit for only one side to do it, if I also think it’s idiotic when either side does it.
Most of your comments indicate that you have a severe case of Conservative Goggles. You see only liberals acting poorly, much the same way that liberals only (conveniently) see conservatives acting poorly. It seems that, in your mind, those who smear Obama are, magically, not conservatives but the rare “nut job.” They are something else. But definitely not conservatives.
Sorry, but acting like an asshat is an equal opportunity game. People of all political persuasions smear their opponents. Your final question to me suggests that you think otherwise.
Surely, you jest. Open your eyes and stop seeing only what is convenient for you to see.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:41 amESTI guess I would rather be a hillbilly, white trash gun toten hockey mom than that stupid prejudicial, self righteous, egotistical, bad mouthen, leftist Heather Mallick. People who write this crap are afraid of what has happened with the Sarah Palin effect. People love her because she is real, and a lot of people can relate to her and her family. She represents so many people across the country and maybe even some in you all’s country and others. Thanks Racheal for your view points and posting them online.
blessings
September 18th, 2008 at 9:35 amEST> It seems that, in your mind, those who smear Obama are, magically, not conservatives but the rare “nut job.” They are something else. But definitely not conservatives.
I can’t speak for him, but it’s obvious that people smear Obama, just as they smear McCain and Palin.
The real debate is over the appropriateness of what is being smeared, and its applicability to the abilities of the candidates in suitability for the respective executive offices.
Smearing is appropriate, as long as the substance is relevant to those abilities.
I’m not going to claim that none of the smears against Obama have been inappropriate, but the percentage of inappropriate ones, in regard to either McCain or Palin (but most esp. Palin) is much, much higher.
September 18th, 2008 at 9:43 amEST