Ooohhh My.

2012 is shaping up to be a year full of lulz.

"he will come off badly compared to Obama and look like nothing more than what he is: a fat, old, white man."

Hehehehe

I will solemnly promise not to run for President if a thousand farkers each send me tree fiddy.

I take PayPal.

Mugato: make me some tea: A million ain't nearly enough to give up running for Prez

It is if you know you'e not going to win.

/doesn't know why anyone would want to be President in the first place

For the money, duh. Why would anyone get into politics if it weren't for the kickbacks and the poon tang

Savage is an asshole. But if it gets Newt out of the campaign..that would be hilarious. But Gingrich is the only one outside of Ron Paul who'd be able to hold their own against Obama in a debate.

I doubt Newt will take this, though. He's already pretty wealthy...and he wants that presidency.

Popular right-wing talk-radio host Michael Savage Weiner







/FTFY, Mr. Article Writer Guy

The Onion is prophetic: SoCalSurfer: Mugato: make me some tea: A million ain't nearly enough to give up running for Prez

It is if you know you'e not going to win.

/doesn't know why anyone would want to be President in the first place

For the money, duh. Why would anyone get into politics if it weren't for the kickbacks and the poon tang

Interestingly, we haven't had a bachelor president since Buchanan in 1857. I wonder what would happen if one was elected today? (I know it'll never happen, too many people vote for "family values", whatever that means these days)

One Word: Italy

violentsalvation: Michael Savage is f*cking nuts. I love it.

I worked for the man. I can vouch for this.

I used to try to pin Savage on the right wing, but the truth is he's merely unhinged. He used to be part of the 1960s psychedelic movement and took his PhD at UC Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine. In the 80s his conservative beliefs emerged and didn't stop until he was clear out of his farking gourd.

He's barely human.

culebra: I used to try to pin Savage on the right wing, but the truth is he's merely unhinged. He used to be part of the 1960s psychedelic movement and took his PhD at UC Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine. In the 80s his conservative beliefs emerged and didn't stop until he was clear out of his farking gourd.

He's barely human.

And I mean that in the best possible way.

Just checked the Intrade and Newt's plummeting. I don't think he's managed to seduce Joe and Joan six-pack.

fta "...the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama.

For Republicans.

But, for the rest of us...
-Jobs / unemployment / debt
-Healthcare / health
-Education
-The economy
-Declining home value
-Saving for retirement
-Saving for college
-Reduced services (teachers, cops)
-Crime
-What to get the kids for Christmas
-At least a dozen other things

But for Republicans, it's always party before country

Notabunny: fta "...the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama.

For Republicans.

But, for the rest of us...
-Jobs / unemployment / debt
-Healthcare / health
-Education
-The economy
-Declining home value
-Saving for retirement
-Saving for college
-Reduced services (teachers, cops)
-Crime
-What to get the kids for Christmas
-At least a dozen other things

But for Republicans, it's always party before country

THIS. I found it surprising that he flat-out stated that ensuring the failure of the president to get re-elected had higher priority than solving the problems regular Americans face daily.

Weiner needs to eat something.

But I thought he needed donations for his big lawsuit against England and its labeling him a hatemonger.

He wouldn't try to scam people out of money to keep from paying his legal costs, would he?

Mastervader: his big lawsuit against England

He's suing a country? Ok, curiosity wins. Why is the Savage Weiner suing a country?

Notabunny: Mastervader: his big lawsuit against England

He's suing a country? Ok, curiosity wins. Why is the Savage Weiner suing a country?

He's banned from entering the UK for fostering extremism or hatred.

HuffPo Link (new window)

If the offer were real it wouldn't be made in public and it wouldn't be made by a wingnut like Weiner.

And it would be considerably higher than one million.

Still lulzy.

Alphax: Notabunny: Mastervader: his big lawsuit against England

He's suing a country? Ok, curiosity wins. Why is the Savage Weiner suing a country?

He's banned from entering the UK for fostering extremism or hatred.

HuffPo Link (new window)

That's funny. Let me guess: He's getting his listeners to send him money because of this? Well, there's one borne every minute.

The Why Not Guy: SoCalSurfer: "he will come off badly compared to Obama and look like nothing more than what he is: a fat, old, white man."

Hehehehe

Do Republicans actually think this is why sane people won't vote for Newt, rather than the lies, hypocrisy, serial infidelity and massive ego and apparent belief that rules don't apply to him ?

Well, the latter sounds a lot like the Republican base..

St_Francis_P:
That is kind of unfair. He's so much more than just a fat, old white man: he's also a great example of an amoral hypocrite.

Isn't that like the first thing on the entry requirements for US politics? I mean, Obama's one of our better statesmen and that still pretty much describes him too.

//He wins because he's an adult amoral hypocrite where everyone else in Washington is more like a two-year-old amoral hypocrite, just doing it because making trouble garners attention without any actual attempt to predict of control the outcome or serve any cause.

Alphax: The Why Not Guy: SoCalSurfer: "he will come off badly compared to Obama and look like nothing more than what he is: a fat, old, white man."

Hehehehe

Do Republicans actually think this is why sane people won't vote for Newt, rather than the lies, hypocrisy, serial infidelity and massive ego and apparent belief that rules don't apply to him ?

Well, the latter sounds a lot like the Republican base..

The [Republican] aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the reality-based community,'' which he defined as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. ''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.'' (new window)

You fault Newt for thinking the rules don't apply to him? You're dealing with a party that thinks reality doesn't apply to them.

Michael "Savage" Weiner is a fascinating example of how repression can lead to some fairly frightening outcomes.

We all know the guy is hanging on to his own sanity by the slimmest of threads, but the question is why? Well, the answer lies in his own checkered history. Some of you probably know about his time spent in the 60s countercultural movement, but what you may not know is that he had a personal relationship with Allen Ginsburg. He even sent sexually charged letters to Ginsburg.

Then there's the novel "Vital Signs" that he wrote in the 80s whose main character is a repressed homosexual with a life history identical to Savage's.

This is all pretty well documented by several people including Cenk from TYT.

If you take a purely objective look at Savage, you'll see a portrait of a grotesquely isolated person who would deserve your pity if he weren't broadcasting his special brand of sickness over the airwaves.

Strolpol: Notabunny: fta "...the most pressing issue before America today is defeating Barack Obama.

For Republicans.

But, for the rest of us...
-Jobs / unemployment / debt
-Healthcare / health
-Education
-The economy
-Declining home value
-Saving for retirement
-Saving for college
-Reduced services (teachers, cops)
-Crime
-What to get the kids for Christmas
-At least a dozen other things

But for Republicans, it's always party before country

THIS. I found it surprising that he flat-out stated that ensuring the failure of the president to get re-elected had higher priority than solving the problems regular Americans face daily.

Since when is it the job of politicians to do anything besides get (re-)elected? Every Congress-critter views every single issue, bill, and scrap of news through the lens of "How does this benefit me personally?" Why pass bills and try to fix the country when you can get re-elected with grandstanding, lip-service, and platitudes?

make me some tea:
A million ain't nearly enough to give up running for Prez.

"A mil? come back when you've got some real money to show me!"

That would barely cover Newt's bill at Tiffany's...

So what happens when Newt dives in the polls, Romney takes charge again, and realizing that he's just another flavor-of-the-week, decides to "quit" the race? Does he still get the money?