Can we tell them that the inauguration is going on longer than anyone thought, and that they may need to stay out until 2012?

I read "locusts" as "lolcats".

/Happy Caturday!

coco ebert: I read "locusts" as "lolcats".

/Happy Caturday!

Lolcats haven't destroyed the land...yet.

Politicians (on both sides) have always found ways to spend their bribes. It's the only way they truly help the economy anywhere outside their own district.

Memo to the rest of the country to guard the shiathouses!

Meh, sounds like a good idea. With millions of people celebrating Obama's inauguration alcohol is bound to stir up the stupid. Let them have a good uneventful and fun celebration while the Repubs have their own fun uneventful celebrations.

But seriously, the guys last name was "Spies"?! That's a kicker right there.

This just in, Republicans are cowards.

Hmmm... avoiding ginormous crowds of Democrats in a target-rich environment for terrorists plus a chance to rent your place out for $$$... sounds like a good plan for a Republican.

The sooner that the overfed frat boys and stepford wives who populate the Republican Party leave Washington DC for good, the better.

In DC...I want to rent out,
but my wife says no.

Of course, I'm the pragmatic centrist,
she's the passionate conservative.

Do they flee to Gaza?

rogue49
In DC...I want to rent out,
but my wife says no.

Of course, I'm the pragmatic centrist,
she's the passionate conservative.

Thanks to MaxxLarge, I couldn't help but to read this with a lyrical tilt.

nashBridges: I work in DC

And I assume you're getting some kind of kick out of these replies?

Happy Days are here again
The Skies above are clear again...

SquirrelWithLargeNuts: rogue49
In DC...I want to rent out,
but my wife says no.

Of course, I'm the pragmatic centrist,
she's the passionate conservative.

Thanks to MaxxLarge, I couldn't help but to read this with a lyrical tilt.

Ha! I started to do the same thing.

nashBridges: I shall watch President Obama swear his oath from the warmth and comfort of my living room. If you have traveled across the country to see this historic event, then I leave the city to you good people. I will stay out of your way.

Same here - work at 13th & F live just over the line in MD. I hate to miss an historic event like this (I went to W's in 2000 when I lived in the city) but aside from "experiencing" huge crowds and long lines, I'm not sure what I'd get out of actually going down to the Mall. Certainly, if you're hoping to actually see and hear the event, you'd be better off watching it at home.

Can't say I blame Republicans for wanting to skip it. God knows their Inaugurations are pretty In Your Face, this could be just as bad, everyone is just go glad to see Bush go. Probably fewer heavily made-up aging ex-Prom Queen wives in tacky-but-expensive furs, no cowboy boots, less sense of Entitlement.

hmm....

so if/when some 'terrorist' tries to blow up D.C. later this month, all the Republicans will be out of town and safe?

very curious indeed.

rogue49: In DC...I want to rent out,
but my wife says no.

Of course, I'm the pragmatic centrist,
she's the passionate conservative.



She doesn't want anyone putting their Kools out on the Persian rugs, that is all.

Weaver95 hmm....

so if/when some 'terrorist' tries to blow up D.C. later this month, all the Republicans will be out of town and safe?

very curious indeed.

Wow, now that would probably have our already divided country implode.

This is just more of the typical PARTY OVER COUNTRY mantra that the GOP has clung to for years.

/get out and STAY the fark out
//we're all full-up on tards here

GREAT!! let those fuukers flee to Siberia where they belong. and let them take their bibles with them so they can petition The Lord with prayer.

i can't think of anything more worthless than a conservative bible thumpin' republican. they represent everything that is wrong with this country.

nashBridges: I work in DC, and unless you really want to be there for the Inauguration, I would suggest you make plans to get out of town. Most of the people I work with have already since with MLK Day and the Inauguration we have a four day weekend.

DC traffic sucks balls enough by itself, an extra 3-5 million people aren't going to help matters any.

I shall watch President Obama swear his oath from the warmth and comfort of my living room. If you have traveled across the country to see this historic event, then I leave the city to you good people. I will stay out of your way.

you got that right! the only way i'd attend is if Obama himself knocked on my door and asked me. that's what it would take.

Weaver95: so if/when some 'terrorist' tries to blow up D.C. later this month, all the Republicans will be out of town and safe?

They'd still have President Pelosi to contend with.

Weaver95: hmm....

so if/when some 'terrorist' tries to blow up D.C. later this month, all the Republicans will be out of town and safe?

very curious indeed.

gee, what if the Sun goes out next week? what will we do then.
Terrorists operate on the principle that most people are cowards.
i fear the crowds/traffic much more than any terrorist.

nashBridges: I work in DC, and unless you really want to be there for the Inauguration, I would suggest you make plans to get out of town. Most of the people I work with have already since with MLK Day and the Inauguration we have a four day weekend.

DC traffic sucks balls enough by itself, an extra 3-5 million people aren't going to help matters any.

I shall watch President Obama swear his oath from the warmth and comfort of my living room. If you have traveled across the country to see this historic event, then I leave the city to you good people. I will stay out of your way.

I understand your reluctance to voluntarily immerse yourself in the chaos, and I wouldn't attempt it either, even if I had an official invitation. The difference, though, is that those in the article were self-described Republicans fleeing town rather than remain anywhere near the inauguration of the first black president, who also happens to be a Democrat. The Republicans continue to opt out of the real world. They're in denial about the fact that they're no longer running things in Washington, and likely won't be for some time -- especially if the ideological extremists continue to purge the moderates from the party.

Snubbing the inauguration of a president -- any president -- is a profoundly immature reaction to losing power. (Bush will be there because he pretty much has to be, but I wonder if Cheney will be?)

>> Like locusts after the destruction of the land, Republicans flee inauguration

Yeah the bubble that has gotten the cons through so many painful encounters with reality just won't stand the strain of the Obama inaug.

Stay away from TV that day too you losers. You'll probably find it too much to handle.

See where all your alternative reality bullshiat takes you. Not a good place. But you are probably still busy winnowing out what parts of the political world you want to accept and what you want to avoid.

mksmith:

Snubbing the inauguration of a president -- any president -- is a profoundly immature reaction to losing power. (Bush will be there because he pretty much has to be, but I wonder if Cheney will be?)


So they are snubbing him now? First of all, Cheney will be there. Second because some of are leaving it is not due to MR. Obama at all, or power. It is this. -- These people do not want to be around a couple of million Obamamorans, who drunk and getting in everyones face. Thankfully it is January and not June.

Came to see if any libs noticed the biblical image in the headline. No one did, but saw lots of chanting that the "Messiah is coming."

Why do article writers think it's appropriate to fark with people's quotes.

Makes me [sic].

DarnoKonrad: And the Obama said unto The Whitehouse, Stretch out thine hand over the land of the free for the Republicans, that they may come up upon the home of the brave, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

So the Obama shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the Republicans and drove them into the obscurity; not one Republican was left in all the territory of Washington DC.


Kit Carson: Came to see if any libs noticed the biblical image in the headline. No one did I didn't read the replies, but saw lots of chanting that the "Messiah is coming" in my imagination.

I've been trolled. But to be fair, I'm extremely bored.

rjShadow: Why do article writers think it's appropriate to fark with people's quotes.


You mean like this?? --"I want to rent my place out but don't put my name next to that in case I do - don't want people knowing they are staying in a [REDACTED] staffer's place and trash[ing] the joint."


I can see maybe not saying [Cheney] staffer's..., but to add the [ing] to the word trash like the guy was not making any sense is asinine.

In fact, they made it less correct.

FTA: Greg Crist, a GOP lobbyist who was willing to be named, said, "I will be pondering the future of my party at a remote location, aided in the conversation by my friend Jack Daniels."

Possibly the smartest and most traditionally Republican idea I've heard in eight years.

"Find out what brand of whiskey he drinks. I want to send a barrel of it to each of my other generals." - (allegedly) Abraham Lincoln on Ulysses S Grant's drinking

>> DC traffic sucks balls enough by itself,

I lived for years in both the DC area and the NYC area.

I'll take DC traffic over NYC traffic any day.

mksmith: Snubbing the inauguration of a president -- any president -- is a profoundly immature reaction to losing power. (Bush will be there because he pretty much has to be, but I wonder if Cheney will be?)

Nah. I think they're leaving because it's all part of a james bond-esque plot. they set the nuclear device, set it under the washington monument and then haul ass out of town. Then Samuel L. Jackson and Will Smith get wind of the plot and have Bruce Willis fly them into D.C. in a blackhawk helicopter to stop the evil plot from happening.

The threat of self-righteous hippies would be enough to relocate me regardless of political affiliation.

FTFA: "What better way to mark the Obama Inauguration (and his millions of adoring fans that will be in D.C.) than to get out of town to fabulous Las Vegas!" Charlie Spies, a Republican lawyer and former CFO to Mitt Romney's campaign wrote in a blast e-mail to GOP friends.

NTTAWWT

Linux_Yes: GREAT!! let those fuukers flee to Siberia where they belong. and let them take their bibles with them so they can petition The Lord with prayer.

i can't think of anything more worthless than a conservative bible thumpin' republican. they represent everything that is wrong with this country.

well...and also those people who enjoy perpetuating stereotypes.

awwww, poor widdle titty baby wepubwicans.

Buncha whiners and sore losers. How's that shoe feel on the other foot?

Why should they want to attend the world's largest cult meeting? Besides Bibleland is running a nice whitepower family get together of their own.

Bucky Katt: FTFA: "What better way to mark the Obama Inauguration (and his millions of adoring fans that will be in D.C.) than to get out of town to fabulous Las Vegas!" Charlie Spies, a Republican lawyer and former CFO to Mitt Romney's campaign wrote in a blast e-mail to GOP friends.

NTTAWWT

What the hell is a 'blast e-mail'? These Mormons have a different way of doing everything

No harrumph?

No HOOsain?

No magical kneegrow?

It's almost as if neo cons had a shred of dignity.

I wouldn't be there for the Washington D.C. Inaugural Riots & Looting for any reason.

You think these folks are bad when a sports team wins or loses some pointless competition, well baby, "this team" won the Whitehouse. Remember that lots of these people refuse to accept personal blame for shirking their schooling, pretty much constantly avoid all personal responsibility in entirety, and are more than happy to "take what they deserve" (for being ignorant arrogant jackasses).

Kill Whitey Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGv8PQr8Uo4 (pops)

Kill Whitey (Danger Of Racist Hip Hop)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrvENSuM7Ow (pops)

South Africa: Blacks sing about killing Whites (hires)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT34ymDKMhQ (pops)

// Believe what you will. Smart folks look at the attitudes and actions of the average population and take action accordingly. There will be riots and looting if not from drunkenness, but from frustration from not "being treated better than everyone else" during the inauguration.

Republicans know when a disaster is coming and so yes, they are getting as far away from Obama as possible.