tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post8408513592016951005..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Me So Hungry Me Could Eat A MuppetAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26003390701599866212011-10-06T13:15:39.665-04:002011-10-06T13:15:39.665-04:00T-Rav, That is funny!
I have to say that honestly...T-Rav, That is funny!<br /><br />I have to say that honestly, I would not shed a tear if someone helped God call those Westboro bastards home with extreme prejudice.... though I'm pretty sure they're not going to see God when they go unless it's in passing on their way somewhere warmer.<br /><br />Jobs will be missed. He is indeed one of those people who changed the world.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-90545968001214503252011-10-06T13:10:47.040-04:002011-10-06T13:10:47.040-04:00What with all the other stuff, I forgot to say any...What with all the other stuff, I forgot to say anything about Steve Jobs' passing. Very sad. He made a huge difference in the world, and he will be missed. I pray his family will be lifted up from their grief. <br /><br />Perhaps this might brighten things a bit: Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church announced last night that “Westboro will picket his funeral. He had a huge platform; gave God no glory & taught sin.” She announced this, by the way, in a tweet from her iPhone. Confirmed: God is a practical joker.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-38169885863681177832011-10-06T12:01:49.420-04:002011-10-06T12:01:49.420-04:00Ok, well I'm going to have to sort this out. L...Ok, well I'm going to have to sort this out. LOL!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57463489780929149952011-10-06T11:52:08.250-04:002011-10-06T11:52:08.250-04:00More for the zeitgeist file: Laura Ingraham just b...More for the zeitgeist file: Laura Ingraham just bumped out with the 1-2-3-4-5 pinball song. <br /><br />So, Andrew, you are officially the only person in the world who doesn't know the song. LOL!tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-86913068526631429752011-10-06T11:17:49.977-04:002011-10-06T11:17:49.977-04:00Interesting timing! LOL! I suspect that one looke...Interesting timing! LOL! I suspect that one looked better on the page than it did in a skit, but I did like the "tickle my Elmo" comment!<br /><br /><br />You could on be right on the VP thing -- that that's what she wants. I just don't think anyone would pick her.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-91745674351480956312011-10-06T10:20:23.786-04:002011-10-06T10:20:23.786-04:00Holy Zeitgeist, Batman! This was on Kimmel last ni...Holy Zeitgeist, Batman! This was on Kimmel last night: <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video-detail/clips/pl_PL5520978/vd_VD55146668" title="Blouse Burritos" rel="nofollow">LINK</a><br /><br />Too bad it isn't funny.tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75900575509915399662011-10-06T10:15:08.918-04:002011-10-06T10:15:08.918-04:00Like I said, I know Sarah angling for VeeP doesn&#...Like I said, I know Sarah angling for VeeP doesn't make sense, but it's what my gut tells me. Sorry, I don't have a better explanation than that.tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-22785929070538818482011-10-06T01:00:00.446-04:002011-10-06T01:00:00.446-04:00T-Rav, That may well be. The first time I recall ...T-Rav, That may well be. The first time I recall her using that term was when the Gardisil issue came up. I'm not saying she didn't use it earlier, but that's the first time I really remember her making a big deal of the term.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-52261542051912054622011-10-06T00:23:07.695-04:002011-10-06T00:23:07.695-04:00I'm listening to a replay of Palin's inter...I'm listening to a replay of Palin's interview with Mark Levin right now. Among other things, she takes a few clear digs at "crony capitalism." She's specifically referring to Obama, but I wonder if that's also an implied criticism of Perry. I suspect it is.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-78734333053587313822011-10-05T23:27:29.449-04:002011-10-05T23:27:29.449-04:00T-Rav, True. What people should do and what they ...T-Rav, True. What people should do and what they actually do are often quite unrelated.<br /><br />I think she won't be VP because it doesn't help anyone to put her on the ticket. For her, it seems like a demotion, so she doesn't really benefit unless there's a scenario where the GOP really decides they need her as VP to win.<br /><br />At the same time, she comes from a very small state -- so she doesn't bring a lot of votes. She's female, which is a plus, but she doesn't poll well with women, which negates the plus. But more importantly, if the nominee is just looking for a women, then there are less controversial alternatives for the nominee to pick from the female ranks.<br /><br />She also bring a lot of controversy and a HUGE spotlight which will overshadow anyone like a Romney.<br /><br />About the only candidate it might help is Huntsman, who would need something to win over conservatives, but he would never pick her because she's not part of his club.<br /><br />I could be wrong. Indeed, I could be reading her all wrong, but that's how it strikes me.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-41600426063785794362011-10-05T23:19:16.816-04:002011-10-05T23:19:16.816-04:00Joel, That's true. Several sites out there (l...Joel, That's true. Several sites out there (left and right) used Palin to drive business and they will be hurting unless they can find a replacement.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-64996953482352091022011-10-05T23:17:07.892-04:002011-10-05T23:17:07.892-04:00I agree with Andrew, I don't see anyone offeri...I agree with Andrew, I don't see anyone offering Palin a VP slot. Frankly, I don't think she would take it if offered, either. It wouldn't benefit her more than being at the top of the ticket, and it wouldn't benefit the nominee on average. <br /><br />As for the hard-core Palinistas, I think both sides need to just bury the hatchet. Notice I said "need to," not "will."T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-67592093422043022072011-10-05T23:13:51.680-04:002011-10-05T23:13:51.680-04:00One more thing, sites like Hot Air which needed a ...One more thing, sites like Hot Air which needed a Palin controversy every so often for traffic are going to be at a loss.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-70576898359240198342011-10-05T23:00:22.515-04:002011-10-05T23:00:22.515-04:00Joel, I think her goal has always been to become t...Joel, I think her goal has always been to become the new Newt -- a party guru who dispenses advice and endorsements and makes a nice living without having to put up with all the crap that comes with running. Honestly, it sounds awful to spend your days traveling all over multiple states to give the same speech six or seven times a day and then fly to places like New York on the weekends to beg for money. I can't blame her if she decided that's not what she wanted.<br /><br />I think that's why she kept flirting with running. To be like Newt requires a solid following. To keep that following excited requires flirting with running so these people don't lose interest and go find someone else to support. That's what Newt's done for 15 years before he finally had to run or lose his supporters.<br /><br />I think the celebrity stuff probably did go to her head (and I think her daughter was an overreach), but if I'm right that her goal is only to become a guru, then it certainly hasn't hurt her.<br /><br />On how the Palin people will react? You may be right. They have been VERY aggressive in pushing her and that usually includes a lot of defensiveness when things go wrong. So it wouldn't surprise me if they turned on people who they see as having undercut her.<br /><br />(And when I say "they" I mean the hardcore supporters, not the casual supporters.)AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-59778212527761087952011-10-05T22:37:50.646-04:002011-10-05T22:37:50.646-04:00tryanmax, That might be, but I honestly can't ...tryanmax, That might be, but I honestly can't see anyone offering her a VP slot.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84806676249400935972011-10-05T22:37:44.303-04:002011-10-05T22:37:44.303-04:00Here is my take on Palin, the Palinistas aren'...Here is my take on Palin, the Palinistas aren't finished. Not by a long shot. They are stunned, disappointed and more than a little peeved. They will seek out and destroy the ones who mocked them. They won't destroy the Candidate who Palin endorses. They will destroy everyone else. <br /><br />Blogs that openly torpedoed her in anything, especially RedState, are in for a big surprise. Erick Erickson thinks he is immune to things he has said. He is not. He said too many things against the followers and her. He allowed RedState people to gang up. At this juncture, he is trying to make nice. A dollar short and a day late.<br /><br />I think most of the Palinistas will go for Cain and fight just as hard. Courteous sites like this one will profit.<br /><br />On Palin, her self, you might be right, celebrity status may have gone to her head. I don't think so. I think she has had enough of public office seeking. She doesn't need the money nor the grief. She is so much better at spearing stupid things like Obamacare with a well timed post.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85487050428018135652011-10-05T22:34:44.825-04:002011-10-05T22:34:44.825-04:00T-Rav, We can agree to disagree. But watch for ev...T-Rav, We can agree to disagree. But watch for evidence of it, I think you'll find it.<br /><br />I think they'll go for Cain too, but I think it's mostly an "anybody but Romney" stance and Cain is the guy right now who looks like he has the best chance to beat Romney.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74410782558504309752011-10-05T22:19:20.413-04:002011-10-05T22:19:20.413-04:00Had to step away and be Dad for the evening. Looks...Had to step away and be Dad for the evening. Looks like a lot of talk I missed.<br /><br />I can't comment any further on Occupied Wall Street. It starts to feel like ragging on a retarded kid. <br /><br />On the Palin thing, I've been telling my friends that I think she's angling, and has been, for another VeeP nod. I know it seems strange, but I really do think that.tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87838563658863353622011-10-05T21:58:09.279-04:002011-10-05T21:58:09.279-04:00Andrew, I wouldn't put it past them. They'...Andrew, I wouldn't put it past them. They've wanted to change everything else at different times, why should the alphabet be any different? (sigh) <br /><br />On Palin's motives, we'll just have to agree to disagree, I guess. It's possible this was all self-promotional, but I prefer to avoid that conclusion until I see something concrete. <br /><br />As far as supporting Bachmann goes, I think it's unlikely. There are some similarities between the two; but for one thing, she's ceased to be a major factor in the race, and for another, I get the sense there's not a lot of love lost between the two camps, whatever they might think of each other personally. I'm not sure her supporters would have gone for Perry, at least not en masse. Palin has criticized him at several points, including over the whole Gardasil thing. And weirdly, it's possible they bear a grudge against both for getting into the race and "stealing" part of Palin's base from her. You know that's how some of the hard-core Palinistas think. <br /><br />So given the current situation, I think Cain is the logical fallback position for most of her supporters.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55415825309241839122011-10-05T21:30:46.202-04:002011-10-05T21:30:46.202-04:00T-Rav, This is just getting stupider and stupider....T-Rav, This is just getting stupider and stupider. I can't wait to see what they come up with next. Maybe they'll demand the elimination of the oppressive letter Q from the alphabet?!<br /><br />On the open borders, I'm more than happy to let them out... in might be a problem, but they're all free to leave.<br /><br /><br />On Palin, I honestly think this has all been about self-promotion for books and television shows. The timing is too suspicious. There has never been any effort to set up a ground game, which is a huge clue that she really was never serious.<br /><br />I'll be interested too what the next polls will bring. I suspect they are more likely to pick Cain than Perry, but that's mainly because Cain is now surging. If this happened two weeks ago, I think they would have gone with Perry.<br /><br />I wonder if any of them will drift to Bachmann?AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14085165819465802602011-10-05T21:09:44.485-04:002011-10-05T21:09:44.485-04:00Ah, Bev, that's so sad. Really. You don't ...Ah, Bev, that's so sad. Really. You don't have a violin I could borrow, do you? :-)<br /><br />I found the exact words I was talking about earlier. Apparently their Occupy Wall Street website was posting a demands list that included a $20 minimum wage, free college education, and a 100% open borders policy, and Gateway Pundit and others got ahold of it. As a result, the website posted the following:<br /><br />"The opponents of this movement are using the demands posted in this forum as the official lists. And some of these lists regardless of how right or wrong are extreme points of view and will only hurt our cause by making us look like extremist nut jobs. You don’t speak for everyone in this. Stop creating public demand lists, delete demands threads. Let the organizers and the law team working for them do this."<br /><br />So if I understand this right, this spontaneous protest movement, the People's-Democracy-In-Action movement, is now telling its rank-and-file to stop coming up with ideas and let the elite do their thinking for them?<br /><br />Yep, sounds about right.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28617298149706089952011-10-05T20:51:12.313-04:002011-10-05T20:51:12.313-04:00Andrew, I think it's maybe a bit unfair to say...Andrew, I think it's maybe a bit unfair to say that she's been teasing people merely to keep the attention on herself. If that was all she cared about, she might have left the possibility of a third-party run open. Whatever her true intentions, I do think decisively ruling that out ought to placate a lot of people on both sides; though you're right, a lot will depend on what she does during the primaries.<br /><br />A lot of people have been speculating that she was waiting until Christie made a decision. Which makes some sense; he would have split Romney's constituency and thereby made things easier for anyone running as a Tea Partier. Having Romney firmly in command of one wing of the GOP makes things infinitely more difficult for her. <br /><br />I'll be curious to see what the next poll brings, now that her supporters have to cast about for someone else. Given what I read on the announcement thread at HotAir (which, two and a half hours after it went up, is at 1100+ comments and counting), most of them seem breaking for Cain, with Perry a distant second. In other words, about as I expected, though again, whether or not he can solidify that depends on the next debate.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-92213198724166204052011-10-05T20:16:45.789-04:002011-10-05T20:16:45.789-04:00Apple just announced that Steve Jobs has died. eR...Apple just announced that Steve Jobs has died. eR.I.P.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15482924232824346232011-10-05T19:48:50.261-04:002011-10-05T19:48:50.261-04:00T-Rav, I don't know if it will help her or not...T-Rav, I don't know if it will help her or not. It doesn't play well to do this tease game of suggesting she's running when a very fair interpretation of facts is that she never intended to run. Given the negatives she already has, that may just cement the idea that she's not a serious candidate. And if you're not serious, then there's no reason to pay attention to you.<br /><br />I suspect what will ultimately matter the most is how she handles the rest of the primaries. If she keeps playing the game of trying to keep the attention on herself, then people will respond very poorly and tune her out. But if she becomes a team player, that could go a long way toward changing minds. I guess we'll see.<br /><br />On coming together, there might be a shake out on the web, but I doubt conservatives as a group will split.<br /><br />Interestingly, both CNN and Politico are now saying "this means the race is between Perry and Romney." Uh... maybe they should pay more attention to the news.<br /><br />On Perry, I think his best plan would be to release a seriously good economic plan -- something short, new and really conservative, i.e. something to show that he's got some solid ideas.<br /><br />Cain needs to keep coming across strong, and he NEEDS to show that he can build a ground organization. If he doesn't do that, then he will find himself written off again -- especially as he apparently isn't doing well in Iowa.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-40407291612878148272011-10-05T19:30:28.156-04:002011-10-05T19:30:28.156-04:00Bev, I thought you had to have a job before you co...Bev, I thought you had to have a job before you could get on unemployment and become a 99er? I can't imagine any of the creatures I've seen at these protests have ever held a job?<br /><br />Why am I not surprised that the unions showed up... and that they were late getting there?!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com