Tricky Chicken: Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

Heh, awesome. Feel free to take it down after a week or so. I had actually forgotten about that until Keith brought it up. It's all in good fun.

Jeff73: This thread has sold me. I'm voting Franken-Stein in '12, even if I have to write them in.


Stop bickering goddamnit and get behind this. It'll be the best presidential campaign ever!




bumper-sized (new window)

TemporarySanity: 205 comments and nobody's called out one of my biggest pet peeves in this headline.

it's "used to", moran.

To be fair, I just called out the entire headline, at least, that was my intent.

Control_this: anti-Franken talking points:
- he's not funny
- nobody watches him
- SNL has never been funny
- he shouldn't have won
- nobody will pay attention to him
- my butt hurts

Whoa there.... this isn't 4Chan, we demand extraordinary proof for extraordinary claims.

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: Car_Ramrod- I am sorry, there were a few posts that went by as I read through the transcript. Is

I don't know how to use something as simple as Google, so nothing I say can be taken seriously.

your submission?

It is indeed. Kudos on actually backing up what you said. If I was wearing a hat, it would be off to you right now.

Done, sorry it it took so long. It had been so long since I made changes, I forgot how to.

I still hold however that there were way too many Bush is dumb jokes during the period.

Car_Ramrod: Tricky Chicken: Congratulations Mr. Car_Ramrod you may now collect your prize.

Heh, awesome. Feel free to take it down after a week or so. I had actually forgotten about that until Keith brought it up. It's all in good fun.

Most likely I will forget about it, so I expect it will be there quite some time. That is why I attribited it to you so I would remember when I see it again.

ravenlore:

No matter how many times you repeat lies they don't become the truth.

They do in Jebusland! You just gotta have faith...

Tricky Chicken: Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.


The "Cheney as puppetmaster" gag never rung for me as a Bush is dumb joke. Cheney as a soulless Darth Vader-type, sure. Bush as afraid of Cheney in an abused spouse sort of way, sure. But not dumb.

It really depends on the presentation, and not having seen the clip we're actually talking about it is difficult for me to make a sound judgment. However my gut reaction to that is as more of a jab at Cheney than anything, and at worst a "Bush in fear 'cause he burned the beans again".

Personally I don't find that to be an intelligence joke. To each their own, I guess.

Jeff73: By law, no Franken thread can pass without the posting of this picture:

Isn't that a photoshop?

Tricky Chicken: Russad: Tricky Chicken: (I believe one of them implied he would act as soon as Cheney told him what to do).

Oh and he added "They messed with texas"

Having not seen the sketch I can't say definitely one way or another, but neither of those screams "Bush is dumb joke!" to me.

Obvious troll is obvious
or
HUH?

If the president were to wait to act until the VP tells him what to do, it would imply that the president can't make his own decisions or isn't allowed to make his own decisions. Either case implies that the president is mentally incompetent in some manner. Possible basis for mental incompetence include, but are not limited to, decreased mental capacity and mental instability. Since the common perception at the time was that Bush was dumb and not insane, I (perhaps incorrectly) thought the attempt at humor was a jab at his intelligence.

In times of great stress, great leaders often produce quotes that ring through history. i.e. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", "Never, never, never give up", "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". A president that would say 'They messed with Texas' after a terrorist attack would be akin to a WWE star.

I liken those to Bush is dumb jokes.

THIS.

To be quite honest, in spite of all the freepers foaming at the mouth over the prospect of an un-filibusterable democratic congress, the fact is that the GOP deserves to be where it is now. After 8 years of fratboy-style rulership, complete with all the half-baked policies and half-brained quotations ala Bushie, is it any wonder Republicans have been put in the corner?

Fact is that Republicanism used to mean actually having principles. And as you so aptly put it Chicken, Republicans no longer posses that idealistic doctrine capable of producing such epic quotes during turning points of history, that same idealism that won them a presidency for two terms in the 80s and a congress for nearly two decades.

I mean when was the last time you heard something along these lines?:


Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.


No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice. ... No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation but only in effective cooperation with fellow-nations.


I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!


General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

Then, one day...


You forgot Poland.

Like I said, after the last one, the GOP needs a time out.
/long post is long

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

Cody

Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

meofcourse77: Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

oh man, THAT is good trolling.

kudos to you.

theMightyRegeya: zeio: I also enjoy seeing the useful idiots sanction THE BOOT, the crushing boot of authoritarianism, autocracy and totalitarianism to create a new government which is more overbearing, centrally controlling everything from food production to health-care-rationing, and is fare more tyrannical and despotic than the one just 6 months ago, with massive arbitrary expansion in executive powers and a nearly vestigial congress rubber stamping the most radical legislation in US history.

Y'all certainly didn't care when Bush consolidated power and bankrupted our kids and grandkids by paying minimum-wage losers to confiscate toenail clippers, water bottles, and order business travelers to remove their shoes, and used money stolen from the productive Unites States citizens to build bridges in Afghanistan and run electrical lines in Baghdad. But that was peachykeen, because your generation doesn't have to pay for it.

But doing stuff with American tax dollars, for America instead of Afghanistan? Unthinkable!

Even with 2 wars, and a tax cut, Bush's deficits weren't near 1/5th of what Obama has or is planning on spending.

you should really watch calling out an administration as "Bankrupt[ing] our kids and grandkids" when the administration you support is spending at a far greater level on centralized planning efforts...

oh, and unemployment is at 9.5%. enjoying your stimulus? seems to be really donig the job so far.

meofcourse77: Frankin

Why is this misspelling the one I keep seeing? And it's not usually FrankEn supporters that make that mistake. Let this unwashed hippie in on the joke, please.

// GO TEAM FRANKEN!!
// FRANKEN/FRANKEN '012!!
// franken

Dr Dreidel:

// GO TEAM FRANKEN!!
// FRANKEN/FRANKEN '012!!
// franken


For the last time, it's Franken/Stein!

Car_Ramrod: PJ_the_Barbarian: Car_Ramrod: Your a idiot.

It's Its "your and idiot" moran.

/pet peeve

I'm not so sure. Isn't there alway's an apostrophe when "s" is the last letter of a word - but only when a consonant precedes it?

I realize that this is just a internet discussion board and the point is mute, but it bother's me alot when people bungle there grammer.

Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button. It's amazing how close the vote was seeing how well Obama did. That means there were lots of people who voted for Obama and against Franken

So in the space of three sentences you complain that so many Democrats voted straight ticket and laugh because so many Democrats didn't vote straight ticket.

Antonio_Talibanderas: I realize that this is just a internet discussion board and the point is mute, but it bother's me alot when people bungle there grammer

I no. when someone makes a wrong grammer mistake, I find myself chomping at the bit to fix there little red wagging.

Egalitarian: mattymo
now... I RTFA and the posts, and still never saw the "senator" he spoofed mentioned!

wasn't it Paul Simon? so disappointed!

I remember Al Franken doing Paul Simon, slowly droning lines like "I really hope they like the bow tie." I wish I could find a clip of this. I was a kid at the time and not into politics at all but the Paul Simon impression made me laugh a lot.

Well actually, it seems like whenever SNL does a "large field of early Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination" or "choosing a VP" skit, it's usually pretty funny.

\like Al Gore as the "Bachelor" to his VP noms, giving a rose to Joe Lieberman

I couldn't find that one, but I found "Joyride With Ross Perot and Admiral Stockdale." (new window) PING PONG!!!

keithgabryelski: meofcourse77: Well, he did loose. Then, if you will remember, there were Acorn people finding uncounted ballots in cars, under stairs, etc. while Frankin fought bravely to stop other ballots from the military and early voting. I wonder if the press will go to the length they did in 2000 when Gore tried to steal that election.

oh man, THAT is good trolling.

kudos to you.

You can call it trolling, but noticed that you didn't call it wrong.

I will proudly take the name "Troll" from the idiot that did not have a response but felt the need to blather about it anyway.

I understand that I misspelled his name. Franken, he's good enough, he's crooked enough, and gosh darnit, he likes to steal elections.

Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

I think do I get your point. Your point is that you're a dishonest partisan twat, right? Because I think the closest you got to any of that being correct is "failed movie star"

/and even with that, still better than you.
//but then again, who isn't?

necro_steve: /long post is long

You forgot:

That sumabiatch just shot me!

...but I'll just finish my speech.

/hotter 'n 4th of July

Zafler: Codyl

My suggestion to you, seeing as how your account has been around for about 5 years:

Lurk more.

Also, do some fact checking, your delusional beliefs do not reflect reality from a rational and logical standpoint.

Awww... You clicked on me!

meofcourse77:

You had me at "wrong".

<3 <3 <3

RevMercutio: Farmerjohn48pan: You farkin idiots that voted him in are going to get what you deserve. A failed comedian, failed movie star, failed talk show host.....I could go on, but you get my point. Franken needs to send ACORN a big thank you card. They stole the election for him.

I think do I get your point. Your point is that you're a dishonest partisan twat, right? Because I think the closest you got to any of that being correct is "failed movie star"

/and even with that, still better than you.
//but then again, who isn't?

Actually, I think his point is just under his hat.

elvisbloom: ryebread: Codyl: Franken would have lost by a landslide if not for so many dems (in a heavily dem state) pushing the "straight dem ticket" button.

A total of 16 states presently offer straight-ticket voting (STV). (new window) Guess which one isn't on the list?

I notice Cody completely ignored this post. I wonder why? Oh wait, no I don't wonder. I know why, it makes him look more stupid than he already did himself.

Or I'm working hard to support Obama and his spending plans.

But seriously, I'm sorry I couldn't reply to the STV comeback sooner. If they don't do STV then my bad. Oops.

Cody

Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Tyee: Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Coleman's not on that list, too?

Jeff73: SupremeLeader: Still waiting for Ben Stein to make bid for the US senate...


Oh man, he'd be unstoppable - able to kill any bill by lulling the assembly to sleep with his hypnotically somniferous voice.

He'd be an awesome filibusterer (is that even a word?) All he needs is "Bueller, Bueller, Bueller...." The only way the Dems could win is if there actually was a Sen. Bueller to say 'present'

I just came here to protest the use of the word "spoofed"... It sounds a bit obscene ("Finally he climaxed and spoofed all over her breasts and face.")

Can't we just use "parodied" instead? Please?

Tyee: Minnesota's reign as having the most embarrassing elected officials continues.

Ventura
Bachman
Franken

Hang our heads in shame.

Nah, Minnesota is like that cousin or uncle that only pops in once in a while and does something bizarre like bringing a coked out hooker to Christmas dinner and then goes back to where they came from with ultimately no harm done. You guys make things interesting. You are nothing like that embarrassing Florida cousin!

ZeroCorpse: I just came here to protest the use of the word "spoofed"... It sounds a bit obscene ("Finally he climaxed and spoofed all over her breasts and face.")

Funny, I did that to yermom last night

/ducks and covers

MikeyistheDevil: AntiNerd: Successful comedians tend to be very smart.

What does that have to do with Franken?

Bwahahaha! Hey, MikeyistheDevil, if you're looking for work right now, maybe Franken can hire you to count his millions of dollars that accent his incredible political power.

Not a fan of Franken, but I figured that his hate and lib vitriol was all part of one of his characters.
Apparently that isn't true.

If you folks have ever dealt with the senate, then you'll know that it's going to be a long time before he can personally screw things up for his state.