What do you call a vacillating, pantywaist Republican?
According to the media, you call him a “maverick.” Latest is George Voinovich who thinks Bolton is just too mean to be U.N. amabassador. What a wuss. Bush should personally talk to Voinovich again, but, instead of trying to convince him to support Bolton, just punch him in the nads… if he has any.
“There ya go, maverick.”
Kevin Drum stumbles on to something interesting (while, of course, missing the forest for the trees). He whines about the lack of of “grown-up” Republicans – “grown-up” meaning to Kevin to be a Republican who is a vacillating, pantywaist. He counts four Republicans as “moderates” while a dozen Democarts he places in that category (if he only considers moderates “grown-ups,” does Kevin consider himself a baby? Or just the radicals like Ted Kennedy? That’s pretty arguable, because, much like a baby, Ted is largely incoherent, incapable of living on his own, and, I’m just assuming, wears a giant diaper).
Now, here’s the huge point that Kevin misses: what’s our word for a “moderate” Republicans? Among many: media-whore. By being whiny and disagreeing with the president like Voinovich, they suddenly get tons of media attention and the cool title of “maverick.” So what do Democrats get who don’t toe their party’s line (when it has a coherent one)? Nothing; maybe a pat on the back from a Republican who tells him, “You’re not as big a douche-bag as we thought.” Now, I’m not sure who Kevin identifies as a moderate from his own skewed view, but, whoever they are, they deserve a cool name of their own. I say we call Democrats who are big war supporters and fight taxation to be “hellblazer” Democrats. Let’s tell FOX News to start using that term (they do whatever we tell them), and soon they’ll be all these Democrats competing to vote more Republican that the others so he can be the baddest hellblazer Democrat around.
Then, once Republicans have a filibuster proof majority, it’s time to give the “mavericks” the boot. Bush should start by calling Hagel to his office (I hate Hagel), rip off his Republican badge, and threaten to sue him for slander if he ever calls himself a Republican again. Then that “maverick” can go back to his state and explain what he’s done.
Oh, and Bush should punch him the nads.
FIRST?
Hah!
I think there is not nearly enough nad punching in Washington.
Conviction is a “punch” to a Democrat..
None of them have “nads”, so there would be no consequences. Just have Rummy strangle them.
other things conviction is to a Democrat:
biased
extreme
pompous
unacceptable
intolerant
unless we are talking about criminal conviction, then society is to blame.
They shoot mavericks, don’t they?
At least in Nevada they do…
On behalf of REAL Ohio Republicans, I would like to apologize for George Whineabitch. Maverick my @@s.
Rino is more like it.
Stooopid Republicrats!
maybe a pat on the back from a Republican who tells him, “You’re not as big a douche-bag as we thought.”
HA!
Pandering to Democrats and media = Maverick Republican, hmmm. So sticking to your guns and convictions should = Hella cool, steely eyed Republican. Yah that’s what I am, hella cool.
While these overpaid kindygarden congress idiots are blabbering about Biolton, wasting time and money they could be dismantling the IRS for God’s Sake!
How long is the US going to put up with baby idiots running the country. GoleDarn!
Actually, Similar to that scene in the Arnold movie – Total Recall, where he’s going through customs at the Mars checkin station, Bolton should dress up in a costume that would make him look like an old overweight wishy washy broad who puts her lipstick on while she’s drunk – Madeline Albright for short. Then when the congress unanimously votes her (him) in – in all of about 5 minutes time, he can remove the head and throw it at Kennedy. Kennedy would catch it – purely by accident, and the head would scream Surprise! and then blow sky high.
Get er Done!
“Oh, and Bush should punch him the nads.”
http://www.boomchicago.nl/images/NutKix.wmv
Mensabarbie,
Is that, like, your favorite site or something?
besides IMAO, of course.
Is being a hellblazer democrat cooler than being a maverick republican? I saw this movie once called Hellblazer…wait, uh, it was something like that anyway. In it there was this guy who could eat your soul I think and he came out of a hell box. In addition, he had all these pins in his head which made him extra scary and prickly like the cacti. I think his name in the film was Rovehead. Also, there is another movie called Maverick where the main character, played by Mel Gibson ladies, is some card shark and he’s all western style only not as badass as the Duke or Clint. Well, in this movie he tricks people by doing tricky things so people will be tricked. Everyone gets tricked except the people who are doing the tricking together. Yeah, it kind of sucked but my girlfriend tricked me into watching it.
The answer is: Neither. ha
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Let’s see, the New York MonkeyTimes terms Snowe, Specter, Chafee, and Collins, Core Centrists and McCain, Hagel and Voinovich Mavericks.
I’m makin’ a list…
Maybe these folks just aren’t getting enough Barneys
also
The buzz word is “kicked” not “tricked”
ha
but good story, anyway.
God, Drum’s an idiot. The article says the “four core centrists in the Senate” are Chaffee, Snowe, Collins, and Specter. In other words, they’re not counting the ones who vacillate on specific issues– i.e. Voinovich, McCain, Hegel, etc. There is no way that there are “nearly a dozen that even conservatives would agree are moderate” by that standard. There’s Lieberman, Bayh, Baucus, Ben Nelson, and maybe Bill Nelson.
“So what do Democrats get who don’t toe their party’s line (when it has a coherent one)? Nothing”
That’s not true at all. Democrats who don’t toe the line get something, they actually get what Zell Miller got. Ask him if any of the names he was called by the media and the Democrats was anything like “Maverick”, “moderate”, “thoughtful”, or “man of conviction” (they weren’t).
Also, don’t forget Lieberman and Gephardt got almost 12 votes in Iowa and New Hampshire for being for Iraq.
You forgot that, like a baby, he also gets
most of his nourishment from a bottle.