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		John McCain shows he can still be a class act (guardian.co.uk)		174
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Hanky		2012-07-18 07:53:02 PM

Surprised to realize subby was being literal.

moran_moran		2012-07-18 07:55:59 PM

+1 for the Honorable Senator from Arizona.

hubiestubert		2012-07-18 08:09:38 PM

Good on him.

tallguywithglasseson		2012-07-18 08:15:50 PM

Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

WorldCitizen		2012-07-18 08:21:58 PM

I am impressed, sir.

What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

BiblioTech		2012-07-18 08:27:41 PM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

That was priceless.

Torgo_of_Manos		2012-07-18 08:49:48 PM

WorldCitizen: I am impressed, sir.

What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

And her primary source is Frank Gaffney...we are doomed

dickfreckle		2012-07-18 09:03:12 PM

Class act? It's farked up that we now confuse "doing what normal people do" with "class act." It's like getting an award because you remembered not to leave your kids locked in a hot car.

While I'm pleased with what McCain said and agree that he's largely a decent guy, it does make him particularly awesome. It makes him not insane.

dickfreckle		2012-07-18 09:04:43 PM

*doesn't* make him

/why are all my typos the sort that completely screw the meaning of a sentence?

PC LOAD LETTER		2012-07-18 09:08:41 PM

dickfreckle: *doesn't* make him

/why are all my typos the sort that completely screw the meaning of a sentence?

I FARKED YOUR MOTHER IN THE SAME PLACE YOU EMERGED FROM

err, I meant "I know, don't you hate that?" Sorry about that. Typo. Keys are practically next to each other.

dickfreckle		2012-07-18 09:09:37 PM

"...that the congresswoman failed to provide "one instance of an action, decision or a public position that Huma has taken while at the State Department that would lend credence to the charge that she is promoting anti-American activities within our government".

At what point has the GOP given a damn about citing "one instance of an action, decision, or public position" when they go after their enemies? How many times did you let your VP candidate spread vitriolic, paranoid bullsh*t under your banner? Where were you then? You should have never entered presidential politics, man. You knew you were gonna have to sell your soul and nothing you say now is going to make up for it.

Exhuming McCarthy, indeed.

Lsherm		2012-07-18 09:11:35 PM

WorldCitizen: I am impressed, sir.

What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

It still fits into the crazy. Jews are just placeholders so the true Christian fundies can use them to get the Holy Land. Or something like that. Either way, Jews and Muslims aren't to be trusted.

/not a fundamentalist Christian.
//still might hate-fark Bachmann
///got a thing for crazy eyes

dickfreckle		2012-07-18 09:11:59 PM

PC LOAD LETTER: dickfreckle: *doesn't* make him

/why are all my typos the sort that completely screw the meaning of a sentence?

I FARKED YOUR MOTHER IN THE SAME PLACE YOU EMERGED FROM

err, I meant "I know, don't you hate that?" Sorry about that. Typo. Keys are practically next to each other.

OBAMA FARKS MALE GOATS IN THE ASS.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. what I meant was, OBAMA FARKS MALE GOATS IN THE ASS.

/goddammitsomuch

Breaker Moran		2012-07-18 09:20:47 PM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

That was great. Thanks for the link!

unyon		2012-07-18 09:22:18 PM

cretinbob		2012-07-18 09:27:10 PM

Gee, just imagine what would have happened if he had been a leader instead of caving into letting that coont be his running mate.

vernonFL		2012-07-18 09:45:23 PM

'specious and degrading'

This describes just about anything coming out of the Republican Party.

Earguy		2012-07-18 09:47:35 PM

From what I can tell, McCain feels burned by The Republican Party. He succumbed to the pressure from The Party against his better judgement in his campaign, and now he's in a position where The Party can't do anything to him. He really speaks his conscience now and doesn't care about partisanship.

If only more people on both sides did.

Lionel Mandrake		2012-07-18 10:20:34 PM

Bachmann, a member of the House intelligence committee...

This never fails to send a shiver down my spine.

bluorangefyre		2012-07-18 10:48:46 PM

Sounds like McCain broke into RNC headquarters and stole his soul back. Nice!

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-07-18 11:12:35 PM

Old fool... Only now, at the end, do you understand...

Flab		2012-07-18 11:27:14 PM

WorldCitizen: I am impressed, sir.

What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

That just goes to show what the length at which she's willing to go to con us.

dopeydwarf		2012-07-18 11:27:29 PM

FTA: Abedin is married to former representative Anthony Weiner of New York.

As if that wasn't bad enough now the poor woman has to deal with the kooky biatch on top of it.

Therion		2012-07-19 12:05:07 AM

Someone get that woman a ham sandwich, stat!

Lionel Mandrake		2012-07-19 12:13:44 AM

Therion: [assets.nydailynews.com image 485x404]

Someone get that woman a ham sandwich, stat!

I don't think ham's on the menu in that household.

Bucky Katt		2012-07-19 02:17:09 AM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

Ellison seems like a good guy. I wonder what he's doing in congress.

Bonanza Jellybean		2012-07-19 02:17:13 AM

Farkin' A. Right on, man. Bachmann is motherfarking clown shoes.

Paris1127		2012-07-19 02:17:48 AM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

Her (staff's) letter to Keith Ellison

Wow... she had the chutzpah (pronounced ˈhʊtspə, Michelle) to send the letter containing those claims to Keith Ellison, one of only two Muslims in the House... I know he asked for an explanation, but she didn't even tone it down when addressing him.

Bucky Katt		2012-07-19 02:19:15 AM

Lionel Mandrake: Therion: [assets.nydailynews.com image 485x404]

Someone get that woman a ham sandwich, stat!

I don't think ham's on the menu in that household.

www.iconoculture.com

shower_in_my_socks		2012-07-19 02:22:18 AM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

WOW. That was a great read. It is mindboggling how people like Bachmann manage to get so far in their political careers. She's actually citing right wing extremist hate sites as credible sources.

And we have the head of Faux News sending right wing chain emails to his news producers urging them to use these emails as potential topics for shows. The GOP has gone so far off the farking reservation that it's embarrassing that they're still a major party.

Bucky Katt		2012-07-19 02:22:44 AM

dickfreckle: Class act? It's farked up that we now confuse "doing what normal people do" with "class act." It's like getting an award because you remembered not to leave your kids locked in a hot car.

While I'm pleased with what McCain said and agree that he's largely a decent guy, it does make him particularly awesome. It makes him not insane.

I just wonder how low Bachmann can go. Maybe we can pay Switzerland to take her?

shower_in_my_socks		2012-07-19 02:25:44 AM

WorldCitizen: What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

That's supposedly part of the big scary conspiracy. These Muslim Brotherhood plants are acting all anti-Muslim and Jew-loving just so they can weasel into positions of power, and then BAM, all our kids are praying toward Mecca.

The shiat these brainless morons will believe is the stuff of bad spy fiction.

Lost_in_Korea		2012-07-19 02:30:01 AM

I find it ironic that the biatch Bachmann, who maintains a security clearance despite the fact that she has advocated the violent overthrow of the US Government on more than one occasion, "expressed concern" over how Huma Abedin was able to get a security clearance. Oh, I don't know, Michelle, maybe because when asked one of the primary security questions like, "Have you ever advocated the violent overthrow of the government, or ever been a member of a group that advocated the same?" she was able to honestly answer "NO!"

fusillade762		2012-07-19 02:30:20 AM

dickfreckle: it does make him particularly awesome. It makes him not insane.

This.

Wayne 985		2012-07-19 02:33:25 AM

I have a question and I'm dead serious: does anyone else think Michele Bachmann may be mentally ill? Not in the casual, name-calling sense. I mean that she literally suffers from some sort of mental illness.

The claims and conspiracies she's been putting out are almost schizophrenic.

The Martian Manhandler		2012-07-19 02:35:24 AM

Lionel Mandrake: Therion: [assets.nydailynews.com image 485x404]

Someone get that woman a ham sandwich, stat!

I don't think ham's on the menu in that household.

No, but sausage is...

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Robots are Strong		2012-07-19 02:35:37 AM

Bucky Katt: dickfreckle: Class act? It's farked up that we now confuse "doing what normal people do" with "class act." It's like getting an award because you remembered not to leave your kids locked in a hot car.

While I'm pleased with what McCain said and agree that he's largely a decent guy, it does make him particularly awesome. It makes him not insane.

I just wonder how low Bachmann can go. Maybe we can pay Switzerland to take her?

If only we were so lucky, but it's not happening. Have you seen the lengths they've gone to to ensure that she stays out?

dericwater		2012-07-19 02:35:54 AM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

Nice work, congressman Ellison. Thank you for keeping Minnesota somewhat sane.

dudemanbro		2012-07-19 02:37:40 AM

So he has a conscience once in a while, great. He's not as insane as Bachmann, great. Meanwhile, we're still farked because of GOP obstructionism.

Lenny_da_Hog		2012-07-19 02:38:35 AM

tallguywithglasseson: Ellison's response to Bachmann was pretty oh-snap worthy

Link

Professional smack-down. Emphasis on "professional."

dericwater		2012-07-19 02:39:01 AM

dickfreckle: "...that the congresswoman failed to provide "one instance of an action, decision or a public position that Huma has taken while at the State Department that would lend credence to the charge that she is promoting anti-American activities within our government".

At what point has the GOP given a damn about citing "one instance of an action, decision, or public position" when they go after their enemies? How many times did you let your VP candidate spread vitriolic, paranoid bullsh*t under your banner? Where were you then? You should have never entered presidential politics, man. You knew you were gonna have to sell your soul and nothing you say now is going to make up for it.

Exhuming McCarthy, indeed.

I believe McCain is seeking absolution for the massive mistake of unleashing Palin to the country and the world. Palin, of course, was the work of a committee, but a committee that McCain was involved in. He sees his destiny at the moment is jacked. Now, he's working to redeem himself.

dericwater		2012-07-19 02:40:49 AM

Therion: [assets.nydailynews.com image 485x404]

Someone get that woman a ham sandwich, stat!

Ham sandwich? In that household?

Gaffer		2012-07-19 02:41:54 AM

Why is it only possible to regularly respect Obama while he is a candidate and to respect McCain when he -isn't-? :/

Loucifer		2012-07-19 02:43:24 AM

Have you no sense of decency, Biatch? At long last, have you no sense of decency?

bobbette		2012-07-19 02:47:04 AM

Bachmann should be widely shamed for this disgusting, racist slander.

I'll give credit to John McCain for doing the right thing. He didn't have to make his case as strongly as he did. Every decent human being would disagree with Bachmann's actions here, but not everyone would do so as publicly.

Brosef13		2012-07-19 02:48:44 AM

fusillade762: dickfreckle: it does make him particularly awesome. It makes him not insane.

This.

Being sane is particularly awesome in the present GOP.

Dr. Mojo PhD		2012-07-19 02:49:56 AM

WorldCitizen: What I find funny is that her prime suspect of being a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator into the US government is married to a Jew.

That had me cracking up too. Of course the cranks would merely claim taqiyya.

Lenny_da_Hog		2012-07-19 02:50:33 AM

Well, now that John McCain is back, I hope he kicks the ass of that dickwad who's been using his name for the last couple of years. That guy was an asshole.