Humorless Politics Thread

[JamesfromSouthEastPa]

I AM MAKNG A PREDICTION!!!            


Herman Cain will do "Dancing with the Stars" after the election.

Just you wait and see.   

[ChrisRawk]

I AM MAKNG A PREDICTION!!!            


Herman Cain will do "Dancing with the Stars" after the election.

Just you wait and see.   

WHOA, good call.  I could totally see that happening.

Has Blogoyavich (sp) done it yet? 

[JamesfromSouthEastPa]

He did "Celebrity Apprentice", but not "Dancing with the Stars".  I wouldn't be surprised if he did it when he got out of jail. I wonder when that is? 

[ChrisRawk]

That's right, I forgot about Celebrity Apprentice. 

He was also in a Wonderful pistachios commercial.  All of those commercials scare me, frankly.  They're like the commercials in RoboCop showing how lousy society becomes.

[Smelodies]

This guy's good.

Fox News Misreports Pepper Spray Legality?

[Kormod]

I wish Chris Hedges didn't refuse to appear on Fox News. His takedown of that free-market creep on CBC (link) was pretty amazing, and I'd love to see him do the same thing to O'Reilly.

[Sarah]

I like the way O'Leary tried to pretend there's some massive difference between "nutbar" and "nutcase."

[Steve of Bloomington]

I can understand not appearing on Fox News. Fox News is like a gangrenous leg, best to cut the thing off and be done with it, there's nothing you can do for it.

[cutout]

http://wapo.st/uFCDS8

Kind of obvious, but the idea of a teenager using toilet talk in a tweet is a whole lot less surprising or troubling than the idea of a Governor's staff trolling around for insults on Twitter and ratting her out to her principal 

[crumbum]

I like the way O'Leary tried to pretend there's some massive difference between "nutbar" and "nutcase."

O'Leary is one of the panelists on the CBC TV series 'Dragon's Den' (on which four venture capitalists are presented with often ridiculous investment opportunities by hopeful entrepeneurs), where he consistently stands out as the one who who most loves grinding hopeless losers' faces in their own failure.

[Kormod]

The world according to Herman Cain (http://www.hermancain.com/issue/foreign_policy_national_security):

[Steve of Bloomington]

I like the way O'Leary tried to pretend there's some massive difference between "nutbar" and "nutcase."

O'Leary is one of the panelists on the CBC TV series 'Dragon's Den' (on which four venture capitalists are presented with often ridiculous investment opportunities by hopeful entrepeneurs), where he consistently stands out as the one who who most loves grinding hopeless losers' faces in their own failure.

There was a reference to Dragon's Den in an 'IT Crowd' episode. It must be a UK and Canada thing.

[Kormod]

I'm looking forward to this:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/trump-to-moderate-republican-debate/?smid=tw-thecaucus&seid=auto

It’s officially a reality television Republican primary now.

Donald Trump is pairing up with Newsmax, the conservative magazine and news Web site, to moderate a presidential debate in Des Moines on Dec. 27.

“Our readers and the grass roots really love Trump,” said Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media. “They may not agree with
him on everything, but they don’t see him as owned by the Washington establishment, the media establishment.”

Mr. Trump’s role in the debate, which will be broadcast on the cable network Ion Television, is sure to be one of the more memorable moments in a primary season that has already delivered its fair share of circus-like spectacle.

Mr. Trump’s own flirtation with running for president this year seems almost quaint (whose birth certificate was he all worked up about?) compared with more recent distractions – like allegations of adultery and sexual harassment, gaffes that seemed scripted from a late-night comedy show, and a six-figure line of credit at Tiffany & Co.

But despite being derided by liberals – President Obama likened Mr. Trump to a “carnival barker” for his repeated assertions that the president was actually foreign-born – the real estate mogul is seriously influential in many Republican Party circles. And that sway seems especially deep with the party’s conservative base, which will be a decisive factor in the early primaries that are likely to determine the nominee. The debate, which unlike many recent ones will not be limited to a specific topic like national security or the economy, is set to happen just a week before the Iowa caucuses.

Newsmax sent candidates the invitation on Friday afternoon. It began, “We are pleased to cordially invite you to “The Newsmax Ion Television 2012 Presidential Debate,” moderated by a truly great American, Mr. Donald J. Trump.” Spokesmen for several candidates did not immediately respond to questions from The New York Times about whether they would accept.

Though presidential candidates may initially balk at the idea of appearing in a debate where Mr. Trump – with his bombast and The Hair – is the one posing the questions, they may ultimately see it as an invitation they can’t refuse. In fact many of the candidates have already met with him, some more publicly than others. Representative Michele Bachmann has sat down with Mr. Trump several times this year. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas had dinner with him at Jean Georges, the posh Manhattan restaurant. And Mitt Romney paid a visit but carefully avoided being photographed.

Also, it looks like Cain might be out: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/02/9169851-cain-to-make-major-announcement-saturday

[Kormod]

"Moderated by a truly great American, Donald J. Trump." A real patriot, I tells ya. I know it's been said a million times before, but do we even need satire at this point? I don't know how SNL could possibly improve on that "truly great American" line.

[cavorting with nudists]

I don't know whether Huntsman's people were the first to call this the "Presidential Apprentice," but props to whoever came up with it:

The Huntsman campaign has declined an invitation to participate in a GOP primary debate moderated by Donald Trump on December 27 with the following statement: “we have declined to participate in the ‘Presidential Apprentice’ Debate with The Donald. The Republican Party deserves a serious discussion of the issues so voters can choose a leader they trust to defeat President Obama and turn our economy around.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/2366