It's crucial for him to keep an eye out for the $5000 + Free Spin square.

FirstNationalBastard: Michael Larson appeared on Press Your Luck.

And you KNOW that shiat got real when they had to make that a two-part episode.

FirstNationalBastard: Game Show Network jumped the shark after their documentary on Larson's PYL appearances. After that, the network turned to shiat. There was no better show they could do.

I remember that, yeah.

That, and the Gong Show marathons. That was the height of their craft, and there was no transcending that.

Seriously? They're putting MONICA FARKING LEWINSKY on the same level as Watergate, Iran-Contra, the farked up response to Katrina and Iraq going to shiat?

One of these things is not like the other, you dumbfarks.

Is "second-term curse" BSABVR-speak for "cynical and dishonest right-wing impeachment attempt?"

Because the last Democratic President had a pretty good second-term except for butthurt Republicans trying to find anything they could to stick to him... and even their eventual "homerun" swing was barely a worthless double that ultimately didn't work and didn't seem to mean shiat to the average schmoe.

Darth_Lukecash: Ahhh, Orange County Register. A whacked out libertarian paper, where reality is just a clearing dream


Ah, figures. I got to the part where the author started snarkily listing half-true "coincidences" and figured this was some kind of hit-piece.

How about this theory...2nd term Presidents have more TIME to have things go wrong (twice as much!) and also face vindictive partisan opposition who know their only options are impeachment or destroying the credibility of the incumbent's party completely for the next election.

Shocking, I know.

These guys really are hoping that our country will collapse and they can come in like saviors and rebuild it derp by derp.

Man, there are some wicked mixed metaphors going on in that headline.

This is all further proof that the Ghost of Richard Nixon haunts all. There was never a problem with Eisenhower's Roosevelt's Coolidge's second terms. Actually Clinton's second term was the best ever for Americans, just once again the Republicans had to do a one year long vaginal ultrasound on Clinton for lying about a blowjob.

LordJiro: Seriously? They're putting MONICA FARKING LEWINSKY on the same level as Watergate, Iran-Contra, the farked up response to Katrina and Iraq going to shiat?

One of these things is not like the other, you dumbfarks.

Welcome to Victor David Hanson. He had a Dennis Miller-like neocon break after 9/11.

Wow. They really do put their stock in magic.

Wow. they seem to have hit the bottom of the barrel. What's next? Astrology? Numerology? Chicken entrails?

DeaH: Wow. They really do put their stock in magic.

They've got nothing else. They blew their OUTRAEG! wad in Obama's first term, with the arugula, NBP, spicy mustard, Solyndra, birth certificate, Fast and Furious, and all the other made-up 'scandals'; nobody but the lunatic fringe is buying the BS anymore. They cried WOLF until their damn lungs bled, and it's failed.

Plus, Obama has succeeded in at least two areas where Bush II FAILED. He didn't fark up the response to a major storm hitting and flooding a major city, and he got bin Laden.

Finally, the Obamas seem close enough that the President is unlikely to resort to getting some nookie from a fat intern, so they don't even have *that*.

technicolor-misfit: Is "second-term curse" BSABVR-speak for "cynical and dishonest right-wing impeachment attempt?"

Yup.

As you said, the last time there was a Democrat in the White House for 2 terms, the Republicans impeached him for marital infidelity (not illegal in and of itself [except under UCMJ, but that's a whole other box of worms and doesn't apply to most civilians anyway], but lying about it under oath is). The time before that was the middle of the Great Depression.

At some point in the next 4 years, the GOP is gonna at least TRY to impeach Obama. I'm not sure what they'll try to get him on -- maybe Benghazi, maybe Fast & Furious, maybe the upcoming "fiscal cliff," maybe entering Pakistani territory without permission during Operation Appease The Terrorists, maybe drinking milk straight out of the container -- but they'll put more effort into finding some sort of impeachable offense than they will for other things like passing a jobs bill. And since the current GOP talking point is that Obama's victory is NOT a mandate (despite winning the popular vote by about 3.5 million votes, the electoral vote by 126, and winning both by a wider margin AND with a greater total than Bush did in his 2004 "mandate" victory over Kerry), they'll probably go whole-hog before the mid-term since the only possible alternative to an Obama mandate is a GOP mandate, which in turn means that the American people want Obama to get impeached _{(but not for being black, because they're totally not racists and they can prove it since they have a black friend who's clean-cut, well-spoken and generally a credit to his race and YOU'RE the real racist for even suggesting that anybody anywhere could possibly see even a hint of racism in their desire to chuck 0bama out of office like a spear so they can retake the WHITE House)} and the American people will reward their patriotism with massive gains in Congress for getting Obama removed from office.

/I wonder if they know that removing Obama from office will put Joe Biden in charge

The OC Register? It's like the Washington Times without the Moonies.

This term he'll ACTUALLY TAKE YER GUNS!!!

Summoner101: This term he'll ACTUALLY TAKE YER GUNS!!!

ANY SECOND NOW!

LordJiro: DeaH: Wow. They really do put their stock in magic.

They've got nothing else. They blew their OUTRAEG! wad in Obama's first term, with the arugula, NBP, spicy mustard, Solyndra, birth certificate, Fast and Furious, and all the other made-up 'scandals'; nobody but the lunatic fringe is buying the BS anymore. They cried WOLF until their damn lungs bled, and it's failed.

Plus, Obama has succeeded in at least two areas where Bush II FAILED. He didn't fark up the response to a major storm hitting and flooding a major city, and he got bin Laden.

But didn't you RTFA? This is Obama's Katrina (like the fourth one?), because power is not fully restored yet!!

/ That's as far as I got before I realized it was a worthless article

Victor Davis Hanson, concern troll extraordinaire, seems awfully butt-hurt that nobody is taking his cries of "Wolf" seriously.

Victor Davis Hanson is so fetch.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: WHAR LONG FORM PRESSING OF LUCK, OBAMA!?!?!? WHAR!?!?!?

HAHAHAHAHAH :D

Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

...in Katrina-like fashion, tens of thousands are still without power or shelter two weeks after the storm.

In Katrina-like fashion, I've got a farking papercut. Ouch!

lilbjorn: Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

as an aside, I've always thought it was kind of odd that Katrina was the breaking point for the general public on Bush. I thought his response was pretty much par for the course, but otherwise coupled with fark ups at a state and local level.

lilbjorn: Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

Clinton had the Lewinsky scandal.
Reagan had Iran-Contra.
Nixon had Watergate.
Johnson had Vietnam

None of them had a particularly rosy second term in office. Ike did ok, though.

Shaggy_C: lilbjorn: Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

Clinton had the Lewinsky scandal.
Reagan had Iran-Contra.
Nixon had Watergate.
Johnson had Vietnam

None of them had a particularly rosy second term in office. Ike did ok, though.

How is the Lewinsky scandal in any way comparable to the others?

LordJiro: Shaggy_C: lilbjorn: Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

Clinton had the Lewinsky scandal.
Reagan had Iran-Contra.
Nixon had Watergate.
Johnson had Vietnam

None of them had a particularly rosy second term in office. Ike did ok, though.

How is the Lewinsky scandal in any way comparable to the others?

It just is both sides are the same shut up you're messiah 0bambi will screw up benghazi sandy acorn mustard sekrit muzlim

LordJiro: How is the Lewinsky scandal in any way comparable to the others?

You can focus on some of the other wonderful accomplishments of the 2nd term - the murder of innocent Chinese diplomats during the air war in Serbia, American casualties due to multiple terrorist attacks, the signing of the disastrous Financial Services Modernization Act, the dot-com collapse, the "pay for pardons" scandal, and the failure to achieve middle East peace. Sounds pretty farking cursed if you ask me.

I for one am very concerned about his chances.

LordJiro: Seriously? They're putting MONICA FARKING LEWINSKY on the same level as Watergate, Iran-Contra, the farked up response to Katrina and Iraq going to shiat?

One of these things is not like the other, you dumbfarks.

Really until I got to the extrapolation of the Benghazi issue I was ok with the article. There does seem to be a second term miring of Presidents. Also pointing out some concerning issues that were held up until after the election was valid concern. But then the writer went somewhere off into derpville and really ruined the entire argument.

No Lewinsky was not as horrid as Watergate but it did cause the President to lose momentum for his second term. Which is about all I'll agree with about that sentiment. Watergate-resignation Lewinsky affair failed impeachment proceedings but devastating to Clinton's second term.

//In conclusion Obama is the wizard so that Wammy wizard better come a packin.

LordJiro: Shaggy_C: lilbjorn: Second term curse? Who besides Dubya was cursed in his second term? And Dubya was only cursed because of the stupid things he did during the first term coming back to haunt him.

Clinton had the Lewinsky scandal.
Reagan had Iran-Contra.
Nixon had Watergate.
Johnson had Vietnam

None of them had a particularly rosy second term in office. Ike did ok, though.

How is the Lewinsky scandal in any way comparable to the others?

The fact that it was bullshiat didn't change the fact that it was a huge pain in the ass to his administration, and impeded his getting things done.