Humorless Politics Thread

[Barry in Ireland]

That's the most nonsensical stuff she's spewed to date.

Maybe the imminent showing of Game Change short circuited something in her cerebral cortex.

Thank goodness! I came this >< close to clicking on that link before you clarified it was about Sarah Palin. That would have spoiled my day/weekend irreparably.

[Kormod]

Joe Arpaio continues to thumb his nose at fancy pants lieberal establishment BS.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/steven_seagal_joe_arpaio_deputies_sued_for_reality.php

Actor Steven Seagal and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office are facing a lawsuit for allegedly conducting an “improper” raid on a man’s home and driving a tank through his front gate, while filming an episode of the reality show Steven Seagal: Lawman.

Jesus Llovera has filed a civil lawsuit against Seagal and members of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for a raid conducted in March, 2011, based on allegations that Llovera was involved in cockfighting. Llovera filed a claim over the incident last fall.

Llovera, who previously pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of being present at a cockfight, was suspected of raising roosters and chickens on his property to fight, a felony, and also a violation of his probation.

The Sheriff’s Office, which used “a tank, a bomb robot and 40 deputies,” according to the Arizona Republic, accidentally killed over 100 of Llovera’s roosters and his 11-month old dog during the course of the raid.

Several cameras were there to film the incident for the A&E program. Afterwards, producers tried to get Llovera to sign a release for the episode. He refused.

Llovera’s suit claims that the raid was conducted for the purposes of the show, and is part of a pattern of Arpaio “arresting and prosecuting individuals without probable cause solely for the selfish and improper purposes of achieving personal and political gain through publicity,” the Republic reports.

“The search warrant was going to occur with or without Seagal,” sheriff’s Deputy Chief Dave Trombi previously said. “The search warrant was not based at all on the needs of the production company.”

The episode was supposed to air on A&E on January 4, but was pulled from the schedule.

Ed note: An earlier version of this piece said Llovera’s earlier claim was separate from the recently filed lawsuit. It was filed as part of the same process.

[buffcoat]

Five minutes of dead air on Rush Limbaugh's show.  Please let this be the end.

[Kormod]

[Chris L]

I found out yesterday that Mitt is a huge fan of O BROTHER ,WHERE ART THOU. Maybe because of all the pomade jokes.

[cavorting with nudists]

Still no word from ICP, but Mitt continues to lock down the brain-truster vote with the endorsement of---Jeff Foxworthy! There's an "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader" joke in there somewhere, but I'm not gonna be the schmoe who makes it.

[wood and iron]

I found out yesterday that Mitt is a huge fan of O BROTHER ,WHERE ART THOU. Maybe because of all the pomade jokes.

Based on the rednecks in my high school's love of that movie, I've found that many people watch that movie for the old time music and Southern setting. Most miss the typical Coen wit and satire.

[Kormod]

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/281471/candidates-favorite-flicks-tevi-troy

James Frazier has a piece in today’s Washington Times on the favorite movies of our presidential candidates. For what it’s worth, the choices, in the order in which they appear in the article, are:

Herman Cain: The Godfather

Michele Bachmann: Braveheart, “or maybe Saving Private Ryan”

Newt Gingrich: “Probably” Casablanca

Rick Santorum: Field of Dreams

Ron Paul: “I don’t watch many movies”

Gary Johnson:  Dr. Zhivago

Mitt Romney: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Rick Perry: Immortal Beloved

Barack Obama: Casablanca, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Herman Cain's trolling is hilarious.

[Martin]

Perry's choice made me LOL.

[buffcoat]

San Diego Chargers quarterback and NC State alum Philip Rivers has endorsed Rick Santorum.

“I am supporting Rick Santorum for president because of his stance on issues that attack vital Christian values our country was founded upon: no abortion, upholding traditional marriage, defending religious freedom, no euthanasia,” Rivers said in a statement.


Now that the election is over, what should we talk about?

[Kormod]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/11/santorums-war-on-teleprompters/

Santorum's war on teleprompters
Posted by
CNN's Chris Welch

Gulfport, Mississippi (CNN) - Republican Rick Santorum has for quite a while taken issue with candidates on the trail who use a teleprompter. It's a dig on President Barack Obama, and more recently has been used to attack Mitt Romney - a man who's also been known to use a prompter or two.

But campaigning along the Gulf Coast in the Tuesday primary state of Mississippi, Santorum took it a step further, saying use of the digital word machine should be outlawed.

"See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter," Santorum said at a Gulfport restaurant. "Because all you're doing is reading someone else's words to people."

He continued to elaborate on why he believes prompters should have no place in politics, saying that people should know that a candidate's words haven't been "focus-grouped" and that the words are the candidate's - not those of "pollsters and speechwriters."

"You're voting for someone who is going to be the leader of our government," Santorum said. "It's important for you to understand who that person is in their own words, see them, look them in the eye...hear what's (in their)  heart."

"You're choosing a leader. A leader isn't just about what's written on a piece of paper."

Santorum is in the middle of a two-day campaign swing through Mississippi and Alabama - two states that hold their early nominating contests Tuesday.

[buffcoat]

Keepin' it real.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Santorum probably felt the same disappointment and disillusionment I did when I was told it wasn't really the Dukes Of Hazard driving that car.

[buffcoat]

Being a moderate and a centrist is hard sometimes:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-poll-obamas-a-muslim-to-many-gop-voters-in-alabama-mississippi-20120312,0,334348.story


What's the moderate position on "Obama is a Muslim"?
Where is the political center on "black people and white people shouldn't be able to marry each other"?


I mean, I'm still frustrated with "the liberal Chapel Hill town council's anti-business policies has caused two Wal-Marts to be erected outside of but within view of the Orange County line, showing a shocking lack of understanding of economics," don't get me wrong. 

I just find it hard to equate that position with "interracial marriage should be against the law in 2012."

[King of Breakfast]

The liberal Chapel Hill town government sent heavily armed and armored cops after a few peaceful squatters in a building that's been abandoned for years.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/13/1641362/activists-take-over-vacant-franklin.html

Carrboro rules Chapel Hill drools