I love the smell of anti-intellectualism in the morning. Nothing like the denigration of intelligence, education, and competence to get the blood flowing.

Sorry NRO, but the nation has had eight years of stupidity, ignorance, and incompetence. You all may have liked it that way, but most everybody else is farking tired of it. And the they will soon realize that McCain's is just another four years of Bush policy hiding behind the "___noun___ ___verb___ Prisoner of War" meme, and they aren't going to like it.

They are starting to realize that the American people don't want an egghead city boy president what discombobulates them with big words and fancy idears

Obama is up seven in MI with a lead of 80 to 13 among Detroit voters.

I guess people in Detroit aren't American people.

Code_Archeologist: I love the smell of anti-intellectualism in the morning. Nothing like the denigration of intelligence, education, and competence to get the blood flowing.

Sorry NRO, but the nation has had eight years of stupidity, ignorance, and incompetence. You all may have liked it that way, but most everybody else is farking tired of it. And the they will soon realize that McCain's is just another four years of Bush policy hiding behind the "___noun___ ___verb___ Prisoner of War" meme, and they aren't going to like it.

Given NRO devotees, Bush must seem like a Philosopher King.

I know I always turn to NRO for how Democrats are feeling. They've always got their finger on the pulse.

Can we PLEASE stop greenlighting the Jonah Goldberg WHARRRGARBL crap?

cameroncrazy1984: I know I always turn to NRO for how Democrats are feeling. They've always got their finger on the pulse.

Sadly, they do have a pulse on what many idiot Republicans are thinking. There are days I weep for my party. If for no other reasons that the loudest monkeys are like a parody of the party.

That the NRO tends towards a Fun House mirror of the party doesn't help, but the Rah Rah Boyz who tend think that politics is a "winnable" endeavor eat it up, because it gives them a handy guide to what they ought to be thinking.

I dislike the mass Groupthink aspect that has afflicted both parties--as opposed to actual pauses to consider. Democrats and Republicans both get into the dog pile aspect, and rather than come up with opinions based on facts, they tend to run with what the spin is of the moment.

They DO take pride in being ignorant. It's amazing.

Code_Archeologist: I love the smell of anti-intellectualism in the morning.

To quote William F. Buckley, "I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University."

I think I would too.

/office gopher for academics
//these people are paid to be clever, not competent

HulkHands: They are starting to realize that the American people don't want an egghead city boy president what discombobulates them with big words and fancy idears

Obama is up seven in MI with a lead of 80 to 13 among Detroit voters.

I guess people in Detroit aren't American people.

THIS

I love how there's always a "new" poll of "the american people" to show who is X amount of points ahead. Typically, there's a selection of 1 to 5 thousand people "randomly" selected. Not exactly a real control group to base assumptions on if you ask me.

I conducted a poll this morning that shows that 2 out of 3 male Republicans want to gargle my sperm.

MasterThief: /office gopher for academics
//these people are paid to be clever, not competent

And you're paid to do their bidding. What a tragic state of affairs.

In 2000 you were dumfounded
In 2004 you were demoralized
So how will you react in 2008, when this tired old man, who NOBODY is excited about beats your Messiah?

Stock up on meds, join a comfort group, because this time, it's really gonna hurt. This time, even the few who still call themselves Republicans think their candidate is a pud. But it's not about McCain, and that's why he will win.

Il Douchey: But it's not about McCain, and that's why he will win.

You're definitely right about that.

sigdiamond2000: And you're paid to do their bidding. What a tragic state of affairs.

Meh. They pay well. (Plus, I'm the only one who knows how to repair the copier and coffee machine and update their websites.)

Why are we letting intelligence be a liability? I blame Maureen McCormick and her retardation of America.

*BKITU clicks link*
*sees "Jonah Goldberg" in the title bar*
*facepalms, realizing he's been NROll'd again*

/I never learn.

MasterThief: sigdiamond2000: And you're paid to do their bidding. What a tragic state of affairs.

Meh. They pay well. (Plus, I'm the only one who knows how to repair the copier and coffee machine and update their websites.)

Yes. I'm sure you are the only person with the necessary qualifications anywhere on campus to perform said tasks...

Il Douchey: In 2000 you were dumfounded
In 2004 you were demoralized
So how will you react in 2008, when this tired old man, who NOBODY is excited about beats your Messiah?

Stock up on meds, join a comfort group, because this time, it's really gonna hurt the United States and our interests and standing in the world even worse. This time, even the few who still call themselves Republicans think their candidate is a pud. But it's not about McCain, and that's why he will win.


FTFY

Slogan of the modern GOP: "Pride in Ignorance."

(saying it in Latin would be kind of faggy...)

tnpir: Can we PLEASE stop greenlighting the Jonah Goldberg WHARRRGARBL crap?

Oshiat, I knew this was NRO, but Jonah Goldberg to boot? Epic fail.

....And, according to RCP, if the race were held today and McCain took the toss-up states where he's currently ahead, he'd be the next president....

//Ball Game

HulkHands: They are starting to realize that the American people don't want an egghead city boy president what discombobulates them with big words and fancy idears

Obama is up seven in MI with a lead of 80 to 13 among Detroit voters.

I guess people in Detroit aren't American people.

/Ummmmm look at their choices when it comes to leadership!

(enough said!)

Lets wait for the next McCain gaffe and we can put it on the card.

Lionel Mandrake: Slogan of the modern GOP: "Pride in Ignorance."

(saying it in Latin would be kind of faggy...)

Pride in ignorance is far too elevated. Why not "learning sucks?"

NRO Council of Concern Trolls are concerned.

Il Douchey:

In 2000 you were dumfounded
In 2004 you were demoralized
So how will you react in 2008, when this tired old man, who NOBODY is excited about beats your Messiah?

So you're saying you'll be happy that a tired old pud will be placed in the highest office in the country?

Why do you hate America?

jayg22: ....And, according to RCP, if the race were held today and McCain took the toss-up states where he's currently ahead, he'd be the next president....

//Ball Game

Gore and Kerry were ahead in August, so you know what that means.

/inane right wing sound bites can cut both ways

People read this shiat and kill Unitarians with shotguns -- and Jonah Goldberg goes home to a herbal bath with a Mexican house boy and revels in the LULZ.

Jonah Goldberg wrote an article about Obama without once using the word "evil?" Color me shocked.

Peter von Nostrand: Gore and Kerry were ahead in August, so you know what that means.

Wasn't that after their conventions? Where this time it is before?

HulkHands: They are starting to realize that the American people don't want an egghead city boy president what discombobulates them with big words and fancy idears

Obama is up seven in MI with a lead of 80 to 13 among Detroit voters.

I guess people in Detroit aren't American people.

Detroit is 80% black, isn't it?

Corvus: Peter von Nostrand: Gore and Kerry were ahead in August, so you know what that means.

Wasn't that after their conventions? Where this time it is before?

I know they were both ahead in mid to late August but I'm not sure about how that coincides with the parties conventions. IIRC Kerry was ahead after the RNC but I'm not sure.

About Obama's pick for VP...

He said he wanted someone independent and someone who would help him with the economy.Maybe he'll pick Bloomberg?

If that ain't a smarty pants duo then I don't know what is.



"Smarty pants... all they is"

Jonah Goldberg attempts with every ounce of his being to portray himself as a gentleman scholar This guy wants nothing more than to be a member of the elite intelligentsia, so its not surprising he's lashing out in jealousy at somebody who people actually consider an intellectual heavyweight.

look, it couldn't be any clearer. Republicans are openly calling for a platform of stupidity.

Ahhh yes, the typical left-wing attack on the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with them.

/voting for Obama, but only because I'm smarter than you.

Forget that he's an egghead cityboy.
The three words that may eventually sink the Obama campaign are,

Black. Liberation. Theology.

Americans don't want an elitist President, especially one who doesn't know how many houses he owns and thinks people who make $4 million dollars are middle class.

Yeah, you're right, why would we want a product of our finest schools to lead us? Why Would we want someone who is actually capable of critical and rational thought to lead our nation?

nahh just give us a faux rugged manly man who's "jest folks" who reminds of old Wilbur who hangs out at the fllin' station (forgetting ouf course we wouldn't loan Ol' wilbur so much as a screwdriver for fear he'd hurt himself, bless his heart)

or as Menken immortally put it:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
"
- H.L. Menken, Baltimore Evening Sun, 26 July 1920

Which of course, explains president Bush

RadioactiveApe:
"Smarty pants... all they is"

Who the fark are the Knutsens?

Spanky_McFarksalot: Ahhh yes, the typical left-wing attack on the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with them.

/voting for Obama, but only because I'm smarter than you.

Except Goldberg's argument boils down to America won't elect the intellectual guy. So who's attacking your intelligence again?

Loved the line FTFA about McCain yelling out his white house window: "You kids get off my lawn?"

what's the writer's fark handle?

You and your kind are through, Goldberg. You had your moment in the sun for nearly a decade and you couldn't have farked it up any more if you tried. A bright spotlight has been shown on the failure that is modern American (neo)conservatism and history will not look kindly upon it. Or you. But we appreciate your concern.

Spanky_McFarksalot: Ahhh yes, the typical left-wing attack on the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with them.

This coming from a member of "the culture of life" and "the party of family values".

JimmyFartpants: Forget that he's an egghead cityboy.
The three words that may eventually sink the Obama campaign are,

Black. Liberation. Theology.

Is this the part where I post a picture of an obviously bemused pear expressing its confusion?

Wait, so American's don't want an educated, intelligent president, with similarly intelligent ideas for their future?

I uh, um, I feel kinda sick.

Once the story that McCain is STILL receiving money from one of the convicted felons involved in both the Keating Five and Colombian Death Squad Support scandals, all this other crap won't matter.

Carl Lindner hosted a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser for MCCain in July of this year. His company pled guilty to funding a terrorist group in Colombia, and he was convicted of financing death squads there.

Carl Lindner, an Ohio billionaire with CIA and underworld connections who owned Chiquita Bananas, was Charles Keating's original partner, banker, and mentor. Lindner got Keating wrapped up with schemes involving the usual cast of BCCI characters, shady Saudi bankers, the Bush family, and Iran-Contra money laundering. Keating was always a sort of pass-through guy, without any real money of his own. But, a lot of money flowed through Keating to McCain and his wife, Cindy, in an Arizona real estate scam. Lindner who was recently convicted of financing Right-wing death squads in Colombia, is still giving big, dirty campaign checks to McCain. Now, that's a story that the American people need to hear.

Link (new window)

Sure, it's Democratic Underground, but this is a freaking NRO thread.

JimmyFartpants: Black. Liberation. Theology.

Yes, once the news finally picks up the Rev. Wright story, Obama's in trouble.

As someone who doesn't want to see another neo-con in the WH, I'm hoping that the dumbfarks don't go the polls in droves this election cycle.

Code_Archeologist: I love the smell of anti-intellectualism in the morning. Nothing like the denigration of intelligence, education, and competence to get the blood flowing.

Sorry NRO, but the nation has had eight years of stupidity, ignorance, and incompetence. You all may have liked it that way, but most everybody else is farking tired of it. And the they will soon realize that McCain's is just another four years of Bush policy hiding behind the "___noun___ ___verb___ Prisoner of War" meme, and they aren't going to like it.

Have you noticed had hard the Right is hitting the "Intelligence=BAD!" button these days?

Like Mcain's Spokesman the other day after notting obama lived in "a fricking Mansion" (as if all of McCain's places were hovels and log cabins) then went out of his way to also slam Obama as a "an arugula-eating, pointy headed professor-type" (new window)


I half expected him to add "Plus, he talks like a fag, and his shiat's all retarded"