Arrogance has a certain stench, like hippies.
It’s like fish in a barrel with Obama lately with all the presumptuousness and pompous air of entitlement. I say that because I’m a RACIST! and the only possible reason any honkey wouldn’t like Obama is RACISM! It’s true, I keep reading it everywhere. So here’s my bigoted roundup of the latest.
“…the objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years.”
Everyone else seemed to fixate on the “8-10 years” part of this quote, which is understandable because what is his deal with getting numbers wrong all the time (such as “” states and “” people dying in a tornado), and most importantly, it really makes him sound like a stupid person.
But what really shines about that quote in my mind is not the failure to grasp term limits but that he expects (not hopes) to not only be president, but to be reelected president. A candidate who is not an arrogant bastard would have said that he hopes to be dealing with these guys for the next 4-8 years.
And this presumptuousness is not just a gaffe, it’s the mindset of his entire campaign staff. One of his staff about Obama’s event at the Victory Column in Germany:
“It is not going to be a political speech,” said a senior foreign policy adviser, who spoke to reporters on background. “When the president of the United States goes and gives a speech, it is not a political speech or a political rally.”
Shockingly, the only reporter on the planet who’s not in the bag for this fool did reply to that by clarifying that Obama is not, in point of fact, president of the United States.
And finally, this President for the next 10 years is going to , according to his wife who we’re not allowed to talk about:
“I wish we had time to be divided. I wish we had time to be upset. To be angry. To be disappointed. I wish we did,” Obama said. “Because if we had time for that, then things wouldn’t be so bad right now. Instead, we’re in a place where another four or eight years of the world as it is will devastate the life of some child.”
Michelle Obama really has a knack for this shit doesn’t she? How do you even begin to dissect a statement like that? It’s just so patently stupid that trying to explain how it’s stupid is an exercise in stupid itself.
I got an email from a reader the other day who claimed to be a long-time “fan” because of the dog material but then informed me that if I intended to continue “bashing” the Obamas “for no good reason” and thus “proving” that I really am “just a typical American redneck”, then she would simply have to stop reading my blog. She ended with my very favorite sendoff: “Not that you care.” I didn’t reply but I will now.
Dear Dumbass,
No, I don’t care, because you are a dumbass. The only thing I care about is whether or not it hurts to be such a dumbass. I suspect it does, and I am sorry for your pain. It’s nothing a little brains and rationality won’t cure.
Love,
Rachel
It really does have to hurt being that stupid.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 amCuriously, the ability to be a dumbass is inversely proportional to the amount of pain that a person would normally experience by acting like a dumbass. It’s kind of like exercise - the more you do it, the less you hurt. Consequently, I suspect your “fan” probably hasn’t felt pain in the better part of 30 years.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 amRachel,
Why you don’t work for Hallmark is a mystery to me!!
Still say Rupert is the luckiest man alive.
MG
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 amI wonder how many people this “if you don’t like the Obamas, you’re racist” crap is going to turn off between now and the fall? Because the “typical redneck” remark is a veiled reference to this.
And being told that if I don’t like someone, no matter what my reasons (or that I have no good ones), I’m a racist… well, it pisses me off just a little bit.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 amI don’t like anybody. What’s that make me?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am… or do I really want to know the answer to that question?
BECAUSE OF TEH HOPINESS!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:40 amIt’s funny, but “8-10″ years technically isn’t bad math. It actually is possible for one person to spend 10 years as President.
Here’s how that works:
Under the 22nd Amendment the Vice President assumes the White House in the event of the President’s death, resignation, or removal. But, if the Vice President serves for less than half of the original President’s term, he is not considered to have served a full term and is eligible to run for two more terms as President.
So, in theory, Obama would have been able to serve as President for 10 straight years…if he were running for VP instead of the Presidency.
It’s not bad math, it’s bad civics.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 amNow, Rachel. You simply must feel dumbass’ pain. He/she/it needs you to feel their pain. If you don’t, then a)you might just be an unfeeeeeeeling typical white person; or,b)it might mean that dumbass’ pain has no existential meaning in the real world. And that would sort of invalidate their entire life - since their life is completely based on the validity of their feelings and the importance of those feelings on the state of the world.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 amOf course, I must be a terrible person, because I not only don’t care about dumbass’ feelings - but I firmly believe that anyone who can say with a straight face that obamassiah is the best presidential material should be institutionalized for a very long time and fed massive quantities of reality-inducing drugs (and bathed regularly).
I just want to know who Dumbass is. She has been lurking here and commenting among us all this time and we didn’t even know the danger she was in! She could’ve been hurt.
So who is she?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 amI just have one thing to say to said “Dumbass”
“Where have you been? Are you sure you’ve been reading the same blog? I don’t think you’ve actually been reading, just looking at the dog pics. There’s a lot more going on here than cute pics of Sunny and Maggie.”
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:57 amAs much as I don’t like Mr HopeyChangey and his patent socialism, it doesn’t strike me as extraordinary that a presumptive nominee would make a statement along the lines of “when I’m President.” They do this stuff all the time, all of them, every four years.
I can’t see how it’s worth even thinking about, much less getting my panties in a twist.
If I wore panties.
Which I don’t.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 amOn this trip, my favorite Obama blunder occurred when he dismissed Petraeus as a lackey for Iraq who does not think strategically about Afghanistan. Obama doesn’t realize Gen. Petraeus was recently appointed commander of both Iraq and Afghanistan.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 amSo is the claim of 57 states mighty. Of course anyway you slice it its still stupidity from He who shall not be middlenamed.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 am“Some child”? You mean that with another 4-8 years of Bush-Cheney, we’ll devastate the life of one random child somewhere, and everything else will be good? Repeal the 22nd amendment! Bush-Cheney in 2008!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 amThat is a fabulous response to a dumbass. I may have to steal it.
Rachel, you continue to rock.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 amI don’t buy this “fan” thing for one minute. This girl’s brain is as operable as a cart with square wheels and she’s a lying liar who lies!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 amWe had a bloggershoot this weekend and shouts of “Hopenchange!” abounded. It’s funny how bitter, typical American rednecks clinging to guns can have so much fun. Then again, we DID kill a TeleTubbie, which in Obamaland means we’re all sick, twisted people . . .
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 amThe worst thing about Dumbasses is that they are unable to comprehend that they are Dumbasses. They waltz through life thinking, “I wonder why everyone else is so off?”
But then again, I’m just a bitter/clinger…
Remember, cynicism is just a derogatory term for pattern recognition.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 amYou want to see something deliriously, mind-bendingly irrational? Go to the “wall” Michelle Obama’s Facebook page:
One poster (from Canada) wrote:
WTF? If this (and many,many other posts) doesn’t prove the prescence of Messianic thinking amongst Obama’s supporters, I’m not sure what does.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 amwho I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years.”
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 amIn 10 years Barak is planning on a high level position in the Michelle administration. Now that’s arrogance.
“it really makes him sound like a stupid person. ”
what do you mean “LIKE” a stupid person?
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 amCommenting so that it is not deduced from the absence of a comment from Turd Ferguson that I am the Dumbass that called Rachel “just a typical American redneck”.
Although, I must confess, (and it is probably obvious to anyone who has suffered through one of my comments here) I have done some dumbass shit and said some dumbass shit.
Boy do I feel smart! Thanks, Dumbass!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:39 amThe “bitter clingers” (aka rednecks) spoke loudly during the PA, WV, and KY primaries. “I’m not a racist, but condescension about my guns and religion will cause me vote like one.” The attitude then skews the polling data when rather admit to racism, voters who oppose Obama simply refuse to answer the pollsters.
Data from Rasmussen as of 0930, July 22nd: McCain and Obama are locked in a dead-heat at 46% of the popular vote nationwide. In addition, 49% of American voters believe the MSN is in the tank for Obama. Three states (PA, OH and MI) that should be firmly in the Democratic camp are listed as “leaning Democratic.”
My interpretation: The polling data is (yet again) off target by a significant percentage. Voters no longer trust the MSM as an unbiased source for “news.” Given the distrust of the MSM, media support for Obama hurts him more often than it helps. Safely enclosed in their bubble of hope and change, neither the pollsters nor the media are in touch with average Americans. The vetting process has been long and painful, but useful in revealing who Obama really is. By election day, the voters will reject the messiah in the privacy of the voting booth. In the eyes of leftists, this will only confirm America as a racist nation.
There is no escape; we are all racists by definition. I guess I can live with it.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 amRachel I think I have a girl crush on you. HAHA! I was arguing with my friend Holly this weekend about how stupid she is. She was on the Hilary bandwagon and now she’s all over the Obama’s nuts, but she finally shut the eff up when she couldn’t tell me WHY she supported either one of them. idiots. it’s like I told Hurricane Mikey the other day, everytime I see an Obama bumper sticker it makes me want to ram my car into theirs. Repeatedly.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 am1) I, at least , am not Dumbass.
2) by “long term fan” I think of “fan from the old days” and then wonder why she would bother with the awesomest blog evah when Miss Rachel returned last year (or whenever it was).
2a) baxtrice sez: “I don’t think you’ve actually been reading, just looking at the dog pics. There’s a lot more going on here than cute pics of Sunny and Maggie.” Exactly.
3) Rachel gets the point I had also thought about BHO’s first snippet: the part about expecting to deal with these people as President. gheesh. Arrogant much?
4) I wish the left could come up with a less-lazy counterpoint than “you’re a racist” for every one of our points on how BHO is an idiot.
5) I don’t like Mrs. Obama. I wish she would go away, and I usually just ignore anything that comes out of her mouth.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 amThe part that scary to me is that some of my family members are buying into the Obama crock…family members who used to be solid Republicans.
The only good part is that they live in solid blue NJ, so their votes don’t matter - while I live in the swing state of “bitter” PA.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 amHow DARE you call me out, Rachel!
….
LOL jk.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 amDoggone it, Obama did not claim there were 57 states. Y’all are just wrong. Wrong, I say!
He said there were 60.
He said he had been to 57, there were 2 left he was going to visit, and one that he was not going to visit. 57+2+1=60 See?
*Ducks and runs from thrown rotten fruit*
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:01 pmI’m just shocked that Dumbass would even think it is Ok to tell you what to write on YOUR blog!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 pmI often wish I had time to be divided. Division is like, one of my favorite things; I just don’t have the time for it right now though. And that would piss me off, except that I don’t have time to be angry or upset, which is disappointing. Or would be, if I had time for it.
I’m so glad she can tell me what emotions I have time to feel, otherwise, who else could I trust to run my life?
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 pmWell, I actually AM a redneck and quite proud of it. Being of Scots-Irish ancestry, it is a genetic proclivity. Be that as it may, I am at least intelligent enough to recognize an extreme and ongoing lack of content to the message spouted by that fine, young Irish lad, Barry Obama. After being labeled a fascist, a hater, let’s not forget “stupid,” et al., over the last eight years, I have little sympathy for the mindless and purile nattering of a BO Gen Xer such as our friend DA. Suspect these individuals are a reflection of their god.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm“Puerile,” dammit.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 pmRachel,
Maybe you should have a series of “Dear Dumbass” posts where you publically respond to some of your …uh…more intellectually stunted, I mean, challenged, fans.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 pmI almost wish I could know what Dumbass’s response to Rachel would be. I imagine it will be on the level of declaring Rachel to be such a meany poopy head for insulting her along with her Savior, with lots of tear soaked keys on her keyboard as she cries. Afterall she was only offering constructive criticism by demanding you do exactly as she says on your own blog. What’s wrong with that?
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:14 pmThat so needs to be a t-shirt or bumper sticker caption - that is, if it isn’t already. Either way, I’m stealin’ it!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pmBashing the Obamas for no good reason? If Rachel were actually doing that, I’d be upset. However, there are about 3,491 good reasons to bash the Obamas. If we run out, we’ll give you a call, dumbass.
Any long-time fan would know that Rakl doesn’t do crap for “no good reason.” It only takes two IQ points to rub together to know that there’s definitely a method to the madness.
I will not go quietly into the night, and I will not vote for Obama for a 4-, 8- or 10-year term.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pmI, too, am not Dumbass.
I am Spartacus!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 pmPeople like Dumbass tend to resolve the problem their existence presents in a Darwinian fashion.
R.A. Heinlein said it best:
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm“Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can’t help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
Use a Stewie Griffin voice on this one, you know, because I’m all racist and bitter and stuff.
Edit: Props to nightfly!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pmAnyone voting for Mr. Hope-changiness isn’t paying attention. And I, personally, am quite offended by the implication that I am a racist since I am not and will NEVER vote for Obama under any circumstance. Not only are the Obamas arrogant, they are thin-skinned and humorless. I think they’ve bought into the entire “Obamamessiah” phenomenon.
Condi Rice, Michael Steele, JC Watts, Gen. Colin Powell - I’d feel very comfortable voting for any of them. They’re not fascists/socialists.
Oh, another Scots-Irish Jacksonian here. I don’t think I’m a redneck. Enjoy musical theatre too much. Have LOTS of redneck relatives, though!! Does that count?
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pmHey! I’m moderated! (for the first time)
…I feel special.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 pmObama koolaid victim:
Don’t let the door hit you on the way Out.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 pmDear Rachel:
I’m also a long-time fan of yours, because of the dog stuff. But if you continue to bash Buh-rack, I will be forced to stop reading.
Oh sure. Go ahead and laugh. But loss of my very influential readership will result in much collateral torment and anguish for your blog. I know you won’t print this because you seem to think your blog is, well, YOURS to do with as you please, and that you are somehow allowed have opinions wherein you adore dogs but not Obama. This is one crazy mixed-up world we live in, when such as you can write whatever the hell they want on their blog even when it upsets me.
Not that you care.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:51 pmDogette
14K - Probably, Teddy invited him. Thought that he was Booker T Washington.
This Hope You Can Change In stuff is catching. Earlier today I saw someone walking around in a Yes To Change! T-shirt with a larger-than-lifesize, airbrushed picture of the Dalai Obama. I kid you not. The stupid, it is spreading.
I need to do up a homemade “I’m Not Dumbass” button to wear so none of the cool kids think I annoyed Rachel.
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pmI’m probably going to lose my best friend after this election. He’s drunk the Kool-Aid and embodying that sneering elitism associated with the ‘Bamaniacs; made worse since I moved to SE Texas from CA. So OF COURSE I now can’t see beyond my racism.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pmBuh.
Really, he’s one of the smartest people I know…but obviously there’s a glitch somewhere.
Dear Dumbass,
Guess what? You’re famous! Please reveal your sooper-seekrit identity so we can all have a sooper-dooper fun public castigation session.
Thanks for your consideration.
14K
BTW…
Oh hai RCHL –
KTHKSBAI
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pmI am beyond frustrated by people like DumbAss. I’m sure it has a lot to do with living in the Peoples Republic of Portland, Oregon where one can’t walk more than ten paces without encountering the stench of pitchouli oil. There are so many Obama signs in people’s yards that I wonder why they bother with them at all.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pmI have an idea about all this though. I’m not so certain any more that its caused simply by some people having no grasp on cause and effect or being blind to logic and reason. I think its a Thought Virus™. “They” are exposing children to this thought virus at an early age with crap like sesame street and preschool, then attacking the natural immune response to the thought virus (i.e., logic and reason, critical thinking, etc.) through grade school. Clearly some people will be immune, just like any other virus… There is a serious outbreak of this virus on a global scale. Its not a new virus, it is European in origin and I think that my ancestors left Europe primarily to escape the contagion.
I don’t know if there is a cure, but certainly Rachel Lucas is a prophylactic… hehehehehehehe
Watch yourself, ElvenPhoenix, you get moderated for using the “F” and “S” words here!
That’s just funny right there.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmThe dogs are cute, but I’d prefer cats. I come here for the rants…
And I had to post so nobody’d think Iz a dumbass!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmToo right, too funny, too perfect. (Count me amongst those Jacksonians, by the way.) At this point, I want to have Rachel’s babies.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 pmReminds me of my mother-in-law’s favorite saying: “If stupid hurt, you’d cry all day!”
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm“I am not Dumbass!”– Damn, Don, ya beat me to it.
Obama doesn’t have enough experience to be President, and it scares me that he assumes that smaller countries are not a serious security threat just because they’re, y’know, smaller. Which is a bit like saying that a snakebite isn’t a serious threat because, y’know, snakes don’t have limbs and can’t wield guns. And for someone– make that someONES– who intend to spend the next 4-10 years in the public eye, they could both stand to show a little more noblesse oblige– but that’s just me.
What really gets me is that their supporters act like Obama is the only choice.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pm14K:
Hmmm….looks like I’ll have to watch my language!
*grins*
Oh, and I love Puss in Boots!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmI believe the term is “misanthrope.”
It is my measured opinion that anyone who questions Gen. Petraeus is an imbecile. Did I mention my brother served under him?
I met Mr. Steele last weekend. He is an impressive gentleman. I would vote for him as our next president today. Who knows? Maybe McCain will call on him to be Veep. That would rule in so many ways, not the least of which pissing off the media.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmHe’ll make Jimmuh Carter look good.
Economy will tank.
No new oil.
Bizarre and authoritarian education policies that make No Child Left Behind seem flawless.
Massive pork going to social programs along with massive taxes on lots of new areas.
Cutting tax breaks.
Increasing threat from muzzies.
Neither policies nor action regarding muzzies.
Persistent rhetoric, same as in campaign.
By year two, the pants will begin to split at the butt seam.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pmI are not DumbAss either! Redneck, yes. DumbAss, no.
And people, remember that from now on, it is expected that you genuflect when you use the word ‘Obamessiah’. *genuflects*
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pmDearRachel,
I am a longtime fan of a female blogger (who we can call hypothetically “Dachel”) who used to be really funny. She even sent me a mug with a cute picture of a little child (which we will call hypothetically a “Gurl”) and a weather phenomenon (which we will call hypothetically a “Bainrow”) with a funny banner (which we will call hypothetically “Imagine No Illiberals”).
But now this female blogger has started being harsh with the Obamas for no good reason that I can see (other than the hypothetically eight gazillion stupid and insulting things that they have said). I am starting to think that maybe “Dachel” might be “racist” and I am just not comfortable reading these harsh blog posts.
So, DearRachel, do you think she will care(TM) if I tell her?
Thank you for providing our wise advice and for allowing me to show that I am not “Dumbass.”
V/R
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pmmike
DearRachel,
Last line should be “your” wise advice, not “our” wise advice. Your blog does not yet appear to be a file-sharing site.
Perhaps I am “a” dumbass (although not “the” Dumbass)
v/r
mike
PS suggested moneymaker: Rachel Lucas Calendar! Several variants: Dogz, AutomotivationalPosters, Guns&Ammo, and Swimsuit Edition!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pmAlso commenting to declare that I am not The Dumbass. The amount of Dumbassity that the Obama-heads display is mind blowing.
No response from Rachel Lucas would make The Dumbass see the light. I think I got this quote from a comment here: “You can’t reason someone out of an opinion that she wasn’t reasoned into.” Reason/logic and The Dumbass are not acquainted.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pmBy year two, the pants will begin to split at the butt seam.” - lance de boyle
My pants have already begun to split just reading that line and laughing. He won’t be playing basketball anymore with a big butt.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm“By year two,…..”
Jimmy, you may be laughing, but he, and the fact that he could be elected, scares the crap outta me.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pmHmmm. 8 to 10 years. Sounds like we’re getting rid of the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits a president to two terms.
Maybe this is the goal?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm“And people, remember that from now on, it is expected that you genuflect when you use the word ‘Obamessiah’. *genuflects*”
No, we’re supposed to kneel down and pray in the direction of Obama 5 times a day like he learned how to do when he was in school in Indoneasia. Genuflecting is Christian, which as we all know from our liberal indoctrination classes “Christianity = conservative”, so none of that for worshipping the Barak.
Btw, Barak got the 57 states bit when he was reaching for a bottle of Heinz.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pmWell, he’s got all sorts of goofy ideas about other things described in the Constitution. Maybe he’s Hoping to Change it or something.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pmdfwmtx, I stand (or bow) corrected.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:01 pmCan I be a redneck, too?
OK - so I’m not even American, but I’m marrying someone from SC, I like guns, but dislike leftist politicians, including those who just happen to be black.
That’s got to qualify me, surely. Or is there some kind of waiting period?
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 pmDumbass’s name was Wendy and she’s never commented here. I even did a search to be sure because sometimes you can tell when readers are becoming more and more disillusioned that you’re not EXACTLY WHAT THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE DAMMIT.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 pmRob, being a lifelong resident of NC myself, I have come to the conclusion that redneck is more a state of mind than anything else. As Jeff Foxworthy puts it, being a redneck means having “a glorious lack of sophistication”, of which I am guilty more times than not. So is my wife at times, and she’s about as Yankee as they get (New Yawk). So welcome to the ranks of the Redneck Brigade, Rob!
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:18 pmThe Redneck Brigade. Sounds like a name for a bunch of superheroes, almost. Anyone want to take this and run with it?
Flatulence Man — Stops bad guys by the power of his farts. Can also light his farts if necessary.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pmAs Ron White says, “you can’t fix stupid.”
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 pmYes, but Hollywood has learned that with makeup you can make stupid pretty and appealing (
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:28 pmPerishParis Hilton). Washington D.C. learned that too, and this is why we now have Obama.If your idea of goal fulfillment is closing your eyes and wishing extra more harder,
You might be a Dumbass.
If you’ve ever participated in a Democratic primary or caucus, but weren’t actively trying to sabotage the worst candidate,
You might be a Dumbass.
If you think dog pics define Rachl Lukis,
You might be a Dumbass.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pmAll I can say is if somehow NObama blows this election, the liberals are done.
Everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - is lining up for the High Priest of Hope-Change.
Financing by Big Brother Soros.
The national media donning their kneepads to conduct their interviews and follow him like the pied piper to Iraq. They are constantly in the throes of Obamagasms.
The PC police watching carefully for any signs of racist tendencies among potential voters. Tendencies can include:
- using the High Priest’s middle name
- inquiring about his childhood Muslim upbringing
- mentioning anything about his 20 years at Trinity church
- pointing out racist pastor Jeremiah Wright was his “spiritual advisor” and “mentor”
- bringing up anything about his radical wife Michelle
- bringing up his extensive 143 days of Senate experiences
- bringing up his failure to author a SINGLE piece of legislation
- bringing up his lack of real world experience
- bringing up his public speaking gaffes
Here is an interesting trend I have seen. Some of my friends are die hard Democrats but not full fledged liberals. They do NOT like Bush but…no one is jumping enthusiastically on the High Priest’s bandwagon. Most of them have admitted they have serious concerns about this dude.
I think that is indicative of how a lot of red state America feels about NObama. McLame is not exciting anyone but compared to the High Priest, he is practically a compromise choice.
If McLame somehow pulls it off in November, the blue states will go on simultaneous suicide watch.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 pmI’m just tired of the suggestion that speaking out against the child of a white woman and an absent black Muslim man, raised by his white grandparents, is speaking out against African Americans.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm14K, I just now clicked on your Rushmore Motivator. Bravo!
I don’t know what sack you keep them in, but they sure are smooth and shiny.
I genuflect in your general direction.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:41 pmPenny,
Ditto. Well said.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:46 pmI don’t know about the country in general, but my “redneck” relatives who always vote Democrat are NOT voting for Obama. Unfortunately, my non-redneck, progressive relatives in CA have become magpies and are entranced by “shiny”, Hope-changiness.
My mother is most upset. She believes big O is going to be elected, and that his presidency will be a disaster. For the first time in my adult life, we are in political agreement.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pmOkay…just adding my name to the list of NOT dumbass. I Love the Obamaramabashing.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Brilliant!
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pmWell said, Penny.
Edit: Can I steal it?
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:51 pmRW Donn Says: “Hmmm. 8 to 10 years. Sounds like we’re getting rid of the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which limits a president to two terms.”
The Constitution is RACIST!
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 pmLance de Boyle,
What irritates me is when those pants split at the butt seam, you KNOW who will be blamed. McChimpyBushHitlerHaliCheney. The MSM will NEVER let BO take the hit.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:00 pmSpeaking of arrogance — has anybody heard if the Obama machine has announced yet that in addition to his stopping the world on its axis and lowering the sea level, the big O will be performing a greater miracle in Chicago this November — namely, raising the dead? And that tens of thousands of them will be voting for guess who?? Just wondering.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 pmOMG Rachel — Wendy? As in Neverland Wendy? As in worships Peter Pan Wendy …
BWAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHAAA (Snort, Fart) BWHWWHWHAAHA
(I farted) hahahahuh.
Wendy. Here’s some magic fucking pixie dust, dumbass ….
I can’t stop laughing lolololol
God! I’m cracking myself up. What a maroon …
O noes, Wendy …
JEEEZUSSSS … I’m having a heart attack ….
Hey Wendy, you dumbass … clap louder, you libtard bitch!
GAWD …. hahahahahah ooh, ouch.
This short bus moment brought to you by:
HappyThoughts for HopeyChange, Wendy D. Umass, Chair.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm14 Karat –
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:16 pmYou are priceless, SRSLY.
i love reading myself on your blog,Rachel.
Because you cuss at the same diction and eloquence as I would.
Oh I have no problem speaking out against Osama…We still have Freedom of Speech while Bush is in office
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:26 pmWho’s peeking out from under a stairway
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:34 pmCalling a name that’s lighter than air
Who’s bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it’s Wendy
Jim!
And Wendy has stormy eyes
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:35 pmThat flash at the sound of lies
And Wendy has wings to fly
Above the clouds, above the clouds
Rob, what thoughts go through your head as you look at this picture? If you answer the question correctly we might admit you as a probationary redneck.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 pmAre we just being cruel now?
Or do we need to kick it up a notch?
Heh.
My greatest fear at this moment is that Wendy will fire off an email missive that Rachel, who sadly is still mortal, will refuse to publish.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:40 pmHey ccs and Rob, what about this?
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 pmWe have one of those here locally, but not quite so short.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:45 pmZOMG I love you! srsly. . .
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:57 pmI drink the koolaid and I’m proud
I use to feel alone in a crowd
But now you look around these days
And it seems there’s a koolaid craze
I’m a dumbass, he’s a dumbass, she’s a dumbass, we’re a dumbass,
Wouldn’t you like to be a dumbass, too?
I’m a dumbass, he’s a dumbass, she’s a dumbass,
If you drink the koolaid, you’re a dumbass, too!
Us dumbasses are an frightening breed
Obama’s hope and change is what we need
Ask any dumbass and they’ll say,
“Only the koolaid tastes that way”
I’m a dumbass, he’s a dumbass, she’s a dumbass, we’re a dumbass, wouldn’t you like to be a dumbass, too?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:22 pmI’m a dumbass, he’s a dumbass, she’s a dumbass, we’re a dumbass, wouldn’t you like to be a dumbass, too?
Steve..thanks! Pass me that moonshine, man!
ccs…my first thoughts were “where do I mount the damn M60?”
Do I pass?
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:35 pmThat, my dear Jim, would be a crime against humanity.
And here’s a tee hee.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:36 pmRob Farrington Says:
Can I be a redneck, too?
OK - so I’m not even American, but I’m marrying someone from SC, I like guns, but dislike leftist politicians, including those who just happen to be black.
That’s got to qualify me, surely. Or is there some kind of waiting period?
Some people are born rednecks and others have redneckness thrust upon them. If you aspire to be a redneck (and there are far worse fates, such as being a Democrat), then marrying someone from South Carolina is a good place to start. Welcome to America where people have the freedom to pursue happiness (but no guarantee of catching it).
As for Dumbasses, stupidy should be painful. If it were, there’d be less of it. Unfortunatly, stupidity is seldom painful enough to prevent them from breeding. Look around you and you’ll . Some are easy to identify (sporting Kerry or Obama bumper stickers is one dead giveaway).
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:37 pmFrom my distant college days:
See the happy moron,
He doesn’t give a damn.
I wish I were a moron…
My God! Perhaps I am!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 pmOops, I should have said, “Back in my distant UNDERGRAD days”, because I is a Grad Stoodent now! Woo hoo! Pass the potato chips!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm14 K re:Obamaland
Kan I stealz that pretty pleez?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 pmTully:
Srsly? I’d be honored. Go to it! *blush*.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:01 pmOh please, please, please post this MichelleO quote every time between now and Election Day that she’s publicly upset, angry, disappointed, or just plain not proud of America.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pmevvybuns Says:
I drink the koolaid and I’m proud
I use to feel alone in a crowd
I was listening to the Sean Hannity show on the radio this afternoon, and an Obama supporter called up to complain about his use of the phrase “drink the Koolaid”. She emphatically insisted that this phrase was RACIST! because it was a sneaky way to refer to black people (who she claimed drink lots of Koolaid). Srsly. I almost fell off my couch.
So, you guessed it: no one is allowed to say “drink the Koolaid” or “Koolaid drinkers” anymore…except maybe Je$$ie Jackson.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pmI know I’m a fossil, but is the whole Jim Jones, Jonestown thing really that far down the memory hole??
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:56 pmClose enough, your probationary period begins now! Report back when you have polished off at least a 12 pack of beer so you can be inducted into the ‘club’, after which the drinking will commence.
Oh, the most correct answer to the question is “That truck needs a lift.”
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm14K:
You are awesome! Srsly! Love Wendy-graphic! (I’m a Disney-phile…)
felicity:
re: Jim Jones…I remember it, but I was a teen back then. I daresay a lot of people, especially the Gen-X and Gen-Y don’t know that that’s where the phrase “drink the Kool-aid” comes from. It would behoove them to do a little research before crying “racism”!
I can’t say how embarrassed I was at the recent eruptions of ignorance from the Dallas City Council re: “black hole” and “devil’s food cake”. Thankfully I don’t actually live in the city.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 pmThe phrase “drink the koolaid” is racist because lots of black folk drink it?
Well, count me in as a blond-haired, blue-eyed sistah! I love the stuff. I make it with Splenda.
Jeez, do I remember Jim Jones. I was in college. What a sick fuck who preyed on the loneliness and disaffection of people.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pmThere once was a man from Moline
Who invented a …
Oh, wait. Wrong limerick. Sorry.
A lady named Wendy had the nerve
To attack Rachel without reserve;
Having drunk the Kool-aide,
She of herself made
A dumbass for all to observe.
Oh, crap! I hadn’t read those last few comments about Koolaid until after I wrote that limerick. I guess I must be a racist after all.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pmElvenPhoenix,
Well hai dere, fellow fossil! It was my freshman year at college :).
The level of abject stupidity in public discourse is pretty damned depressing, eh?
Unfortunately, as I’ve said in previous comment threads, the Democrats are campaigning to the ‘Coalition of the Stupid.’ Since the informed voters on both sides are pretty well immovable, they’ve got the Dumb-masses squarely in their sights!
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 pmMoved to newer thread.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pmRachel, Rachel, calling names is a bad habit. Why with no respect or understanding, no empathy or understanding of moral right and wrong, you might get to calling anyone that doesn’t like you - a racist.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pmfelicity:
Fossil?!? Spk fr yslf!
:-))
The only thing is, most of the Dumb-masses don’t usually actually vote. They talk about it, but when push comes to shove most of them find other things to do. Thankfully.
I’m seriously hoping that that trend continues during this election.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 pmI always thought the “drinking the Kool Aid” thing was a reference to Ken Kesey, or maybe I have that confused with Tom Wolfe and “The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test.”
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 pmf & EP,
I was watching Mr. Rogers, Mr. Greenjeans and Mr. “I would have got away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling kids” when the units were discussing the demise of Jonestown.
But I do know about the kool-aid. It was actually Flavor-Aid (grape) BTW. Just sayin’!
Y’all rock! Teh funneh!
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 pmBarack “Brawndo” Obama ad in Idiocracy.
He’s full of electrolytes.
He’s what voters crave.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pmAw, dang! I was just in the middle of composing a comment pointing that out when I noticed yours!
Good thing I did notice it, though. Otherwise my comment–coming so soon after yours–would have looked retarded.
What I don’t know is: Who exactly coined the phrase “drank the Kool-Aid”?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 pmrickl:
From Kool-Aid Wikipedia:
Not at all. As a Washingtonian, it would just add to your hotness factor mystique.
Tee hee!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 pmWow. I have a hotness factor? And a mystique?
That made my day. I think.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 pmrickl:
Blue state. Despite the odds, humor and intellect. And WaMU.
Date my daughter …? She’s 21 … pre-med/nursing … d-cup … dirtbike rider, sense of humor, Divine Miss K …
Still in Seattle?
Teh funneh!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:31 pmUm, OK. Count me in.
…I’m 50…
WaMU?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:38 pmOops! I thought you were rick in seattle who was at the local bank Washington Mutual and leaving his job the last time I saw him post. It was sort of a last joke the last time he posted regarding me (under a different name), and I thought he had morphed into you … please accept my apology if I offended you.
Hotness factor unchanged by revelation. Still love your commentary, and also you infinite sugar-daddyabilitiness.
Care for a hot little trophy wife?
I am currently locked in a spasm of lol stupid : )
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:50 pmNo problem. I’ve pointed out before that there seem to be an inordinate number of Ricks on this blog.
Sure!
We’ve all been there, that’s for sure.
And I’d like to take this opportunity to say that your demotivators are top notch! You have mad skillz!!!111!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pmrickl:
RCHL’s bro is a RICK. She seems to have the ability to attract the most intelligent R names around. I am an H name, as in “Heh, hoo happns to harbor teh rtard.”
I am, however, surrounded by R names, and thus I revel in their smartyness and goodyness.
Thanks for your patience. I appreciate your understanding of my dumb, and my fun. When I do a DeMoto, it’s my total “extrapolate and expunge the stupid” time.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 pmSimple pleasures for simple minds.
Heh, I r an htard.
ElvenPhoenix Says,
From your lips to God’s ears! Obama has opened a record number of campaign offices here in the Old Dominion — 20? — and the leftist enclave of Charlottesville (where I am forced to go at least once a week) is positively giddy to be host to one of them — eeeuuuurgh!
14k,
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 amHaha! I saw quite a bit of Mr. Rogers in those days, too — whilst babysitting :)! *ducks and runs*
I think mhuente had a good idea about the calendar, but it needs to be taken to the next level: use pictures of Sunny and Maggie, dressed in swimsuits, and holding guns. You wouldn’t be able to make them fast enough.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 amFelicity, I am in the OD State myself– with Hillary Clinton’s (former) campaign office located between the Metro stop and my former job…
The day of the Potomac Primaries, I went to vote before work and got one of those neat little “I voted” stickers on my shirt. The guy behind the cash register at the sandwich shop saw it and asked, “Oh, did you vote for Hillary, or Obama?”
And if you REALLY want to talk about “drinking the kool-aid”– it’s about all I’ve heard in the 2 yrs since the Board of (mis)Trustees set about wrecking my former alma mater…
I feel your pain.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 amI never found Patchouli to be an arrogant-smelling scent, myself. But now that you mention it, I suppose it could be, considering its origins.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 amErin_Coda,
The Boss and I both grew up in the greater Metro area — on opposite sides of the Potomac. The ‘independent city’ of my childhood has been swallowed — it’s gone from a cozy, small town to just another cell in the Megalopolis!
This is why we now live South of the James :).
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 amHeehee — you need to visit the Integral Yoga health food store in C’ville! The scent in there is so strong, you get numb to it after a few minutes. But then, if you’ve made any purchases, it will come back to haunt you — try patchouli flavored tortillas!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:28 amI just puked in my mouth. A lot.
[shudder]
WTH are you doing there in the first place, missy?
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:13 amWeeeell, product of my upbringing, I’m afraid! My mother was into organic gardening and whole grains before they were hip; the Pater was a fan of Pete Seeger and Joan Baez; we had a microbus from ‘67 to ‘70 — getting a picture here? — BUT the Pater is also the one who turned me on to guns, federalism, and Rush Limbaugh!
We just don’t pigeonhole well!
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:53 pmI love this line, too:
so much that I made my first ever demotivator with it:
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm14 Karat,
That is acid reflux. Acid burns in the mouth (washes away tooth enamel, encourages decay) and throat - what is called ‘heartburn’. Treat all reflux seriously. Antacids are OK, but don’t take a slug of them - space them out, one each minute or two. Remember you are treating acid burns in the esophagus, not trying to neutralize stomach acid so when it does splash it won’t burn - or digest food.
Be especially wary of night time reflux, when the acid can roll up into the sinuses. Acid reflux is the number one cause of chronic sinus infections, often mis-diagnosed as allergies.
Your doctor can do an endoscopy to check the condition of the hiatal sphincter where you esophagus passes through the diaphragm at the bottom of your lungs, that is supposed to keep food in your stomach. Too much acid damage in the esophagus can lead to Really Bad Things.
Your chiropractor can show you a soft tissue adjustment to help put stuff back in functioning position, and reduce the problem. Much cheaper than surgery (like your doctor will recommend). Plus, the surgery changes how the stomach operates, so that it can cause problems in an emergency. Avoid alcohol, caffeine (including chocolate) and onions, some foods that relax the hiatal sphincter and permit more reflux.
When you get reflux and no antacid around, try small sips of water to flush the acid back into the stomach. Small sips. You won’t soothe the burn immediately - acid burns don’t work like the TV ads. And too much liquid re-fills the stomach - a too-full stomach being one of the reasons for reflux. Avoid cold drinks or foods on a full stomach - cold stops digestion until the contents of the stomach get back up to body temperature. A cup of hot green tea with honey often helps speed digestions.
Unfortunately, the answer to reflux is exercise to tighten the abdominal muscles - half-situps, leg raises - and eating habits that keep meal sizes moderate and careful selection of foods, amount of liquids, etc.
.. I prefer my tortillas smelling of meat, cheese, corn, and go-o-o-od cookin’.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:47 pmOf course! Trust me, once I worked out the source of the funky flavor, I bought my tortillas from less aromatic establishments!
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pmHow long before Slate starts a “Obamisms” page? *crickets chirping*
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pmIf Obama assumes he’ll be elected, that may not be arrogance, just realism. Bush is so unpopular that he’s poisoned this election for any Republican candidate. It’s similar to what Lyndon Johnson did to the Democratic Party’s chances in 1968, if anyone else here is old enough to remember that election.
The part about “8-10 years”. . . that’s another story.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 pmThanks for that definition and the accompanying information, Brad.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:16 pm‘Preciate it.