Humorless Politics Thread

[mostlymeat]

I am glad I have Irwin and his pals to rely upon for intelligent commentary and detailed analysis.

Wha? Is that parody or is Irwin actually that conservative? Thought that's something I would've known about.

Irwin's been full metal wingnut for years, with all the anti-muslim, anti-science, etc. garbage that comes with that. Judging from private conversation I had with him, he's indeed quite sincere about this.

Weird! I have been listened to Irwin for years and never picked up on this. But then again, isn't his prickly irascibility what we all love about him in the first place?

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But then again, isn't his prickly irascibility what we all love about him in the first place?

Assumes facts not in evidence.

[JamesfromSouthEastPa]

   When is Obama gonna be put on money? It has to happen eventually right? He is the first black president, served two terms, and has a high personal favorability rating. Would they have him replace somebody who's already on currency ( i.e. put him on the ten and knock of Alexander Hamilten) or create a new tender note or coin? Personally, I think they should make a 75 dollar note ( there's a big cap between the fifty and the hundred) and but Obama on that.

   Yes, this is what I think about.

[fonpr]

   When is Obama gonna be put on money? It has to happen eventually right? He is the first black president, served two terms, and has a high personal favorability rating. Would they have him replace somebody who's already on currency ( i.e. put him on the ten and knock of Alexander Hamilten) or create a new tender note or coin? Personally, I think they should make a 75 dollar note ( there's a big cap between the fifty and the hundred) and but Obama on that.

   Yes, this is what I think about.

Perhaps, he should have his face on the trillion dollar coin.

[Kormodd]

If you have a new hundred dollar bill, check it out. You might find a pleasant surprise.

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I don't give a rip about payin' for my beer!

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/star-of-2010-gop-campaign-ad-that-went?ref=fpblg

[buffcoat]

Carn-sarn it, them revenooers!

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The Maple Syrup Mussolini saw this coming! But would we listen? No!

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-declares-war-scooter-store-165141419--finance.html

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The fight against them candy-ass bureaucrats at Sam's Club continues!

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/03/dale_peterson_gun-toting_ag_co.html

[Kormodd]

I like how on Twitter he provides the obvious explanation for his arrest: it's all a liberal conspiracy. Should satisfy his supporters.

[Kormodd]

Also, I love this: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/fox-freaks-jim-carrey-has-killed-more-peopl

    GUTFELD: “He is the most pathetic tool on the face of the earth. And I hope his career is dead, and he ends up sleeping in a car the way his life began. This video only made me want to go out and only buy a gun. He thinks this is biting satire and going after rural America and a dead man. Let’s talk about Charlton Heston. Charlton Heston was one of the first actors to be behind the civil rights movement and march. What did this jackass Jim Carrey do? He was behind the anti-vaccine panic. There are what, 165,000 people that died from measles last year, according to the World Health Organization.”

    “Jim Carrey has killed more people than all the rifles combined,” Gutfeld continued. “He is a dirty, stinking coward. He is a moral coward. He did a video attacking rural America. But he wouldn’t do video about gangs, which kills way more people with handguns — he wouldn’t do that because he is worried about his career. Such a pathetic, sad, little freak. He is a jiberring mess. He is a modern bigot, he is a modern bigot. He is a bottomless pit of insecurity and the desire for acceptance is why he is doing this, because he knows in his heart he is a fraud.”

[Bryan]

I like how on Twitter he provides the obvious explanation for his arrest: it's all a liberal conspiracy. Should satisfy his supporters.

Horrifying "regular joe" Toronto mayor  Rob Ford uses this explanation for every one of his near-daily scandals, and his supporters eat it up.

For non-Canadians who are unfamiliar with Rob Ford, it's really worthwhile to become familiar with him. Here are some highlights of his public life:

- getting drunk at a hockey game and screaming at some tourists seated nearby; suggesting the lady go to the Middle East to get raped
- calling 911 on a CBC comedian who was at his house to shoot a segment
- photographed reading documents as he drove on the highway
- spotted talking on his phone while he drives (illegal in Toronto); gives the middle finger to woman and her small child who chided him for the offence
- allegedly grabbing a female colleague's ass at a party
- arrested for DUI and possession of marijuana in Florida
- multiple domestic 911 calls from wife and in-laws
- photographed with a uniformed neo-Nazi



- less shockingly, but more hilariously, an embarrassing fall during a photo op:



This does not include the many, many less-colorful but more serious infractions (conflict-of-interest, etc.) that he has racked up as city councillor and mayor.

He always just denies these things ever happened (until incontrovertible proof inevitably emerges) and blames it on leftist elites. And it's a winning strategy!

[buffcoat]

Boing Boing really has it in for that guy.

[Bryan]

I'm glad/ashamed to hear that he's getting some attention outside of Canada.

He's kind of a tragic figure: too stupid to realize just how out of his depth he truly is, and he's got a narcissistic conviction that he's ALWAYS the victim. And he's got this political base that will support him no matter what because he makes "liberals" furious. I feel some empathy for him - and I enjoy the lulz he provides - but he's been really bad for the city.

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I don't get it.  Down here, we tend to think of Canadians generally being somewhat leftisher than us.  And big cities tend to be leftishest of all.  How does a wingnut base hold sway over the mayoralty of Toronto?