The Week in Doug

Even with Congress out of town, Doug still manages to find a few liberals deserving of a lead-pipe beating:

1) “…The mainstream media destroyed what little credibility they had left with the Obama campaign of ’08. So they may not even be the factor they wish they were in 2012 – think about that. Because people can see… what listening to and believing the mainstream media got them in 2008, and it is not pretty…”

2) “…Why would Sony pick that date even though they’ve not seen the film?…It’s very simple… [Obama] cannot run a campaign based upon his accomplishments. There’s one thing they’re clinging onto as his accomplishment – singular – and that is the dispatchment of Osama bin Laden…”

3)“…Liberals read Orwell as an instruction manual, we read it as a cautionary tale. They read it as the steps they need to take to usher in their idea of utopia…”

4) “…There has been discontent simmering amongst Britain’s poor for years, even though the left has gotten out of England every single thing they want. They have national health care, they have the equivalent of food stamps. It’s a welfare state…”

More audio clips here.

And for those who would rather read than listen, gems-a-plenty:

1) “During the debate, Romney called the debt deal ‘Obama’s dog food.’ Let me tell you something – I actually wouldn’t give it to my dog. I love my dog.”

2) “Have you ever seen those ‘Separated at Birth’ pictures? Does not Tim Pawlenty sort of resemble Margaret Hamilton – the woman who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz?”
[reference link]

3) “Obama really believes he can talk his way through this. This guy keeps going out in front of the cameras because he thinks by his dazzling intellect and winning personality that you’re going to forget his record. But what happens every time he talks? His numbers go down.”

4) “We’re told this job has proven too big for the President. Not true. The job is what it is. It is what it’s always been. It’s important and serious. What’s happened is that Obama has proven himself too small for the job.”

5) “So Sony Pictures, a very liberal company, is releasing a picture right before the election that highlights Obama’s single accomplishment in office. So… we’re all supposed to be shocked – SHOCKED! – that there’s gambling going on in Rick’s Cafe?”

6) “People on the right are criticizing Jay Carney for reading from a prepared statement. So? This guy is a disaster. If he were my publicist, I’d WANT him to read from prepared statements.”

7) “There is going to be a time, and it’s not going to be far away, maybe in a year or so and for the next 20 or 30 years of our lives, when we look back over our shoulder and we’re going to shudder every time the name Barack Obama is mentioned.”

8) “When you’ve been told, like Obama has, that you’re great at everything you do and that your speech-making is so great that you can use the bully pulpit to go over the heads of the press and win the American people – and then you don’t – what a shock it must be for this narcissist.”

9) “Every time Obama talks, not only do his poll numbers go down, but the economy tanks further. Nothing gets better. This guy is the Dr. Kevorkian of Presidents.”

10) “The monster of liberalism is never satiated. When it gets what it wants, it wants more. All it does is tear down. It tears down anything good.”

Personally, I think “The Kevorkian of Presidents” would be the perfect campaign slogan for Obama.

Nuke the News: 11th Commandment Violations Aplenty!

* So, how about that Republican debate. If the point was to prove FOX News isn’t in the tank for Republicans, mission accomplished because that was bloody. Sample questions from the debate:

“Why do you suck so bad and are stupid and ugly?”

“So exactly how incompetent are you?”

“I hate you.”

And those were just the questions for Newt Gingrich. Tough but fair.

And they also got Tim Pawlenty energized for like the first time ever, but it was about attacking Michelle Bachmann. And they just went at each other while Romney stood off to the side smiling and fixing his hair.

And for some reason they spent a bunch of time rebutting Ron Paul’s “I have no problem with a nuclear Iran” nonsense; it was like they were arguing against a strawman Obama. We get it: Ron Paul is to the left of Democrats on foreign policy. That’s why it’s not really useful for anyone to debate the sideshow.

Anyway, winner was Romney who came out relatively unscathed and was the only one who came off as presidential. Runner up would be Herman Cain just because I like his non-politiciany-ness (loved his “America needs to learn to take a joke” line). Anyway, looking like starting this Saturday it’s going to be Romney vs. Perry race. Pick your side!

* I was noticing how liberals are in the vague hate mode with Rick Perry right now since they know he could be a threat to Obama which mean they must hate him, but they don’t have anything solid to cling to yet. I remember this same thing happening when Palin first emerged. For about a week or so, liberals were threatened by her and thus really hated her, but didn’t have any solid reasons to cling to until the disastrous Couric interview. It was really weird and creepy.

Anyway, it’s just useful to understand that liberal hate is pure partisan silliness and has nothing to do with any coherent ideology. All they have to do is know someone is on the “other side” and the hate starts and they’ll try and justify it with a reason later. That’s why I was wondering with all those polls they do of Obama versus a generic Republican if they then followed that up with a poll of liberals on whether they hate the generic Republican who will run against Obama and think he’s the worst person ever. My theory is most liberals will answer “Yes”.

* Quote Obama: “There are some in Congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see America win.” Well, he’s in full projection mode. Like about all of Obama’s policies lately have been his attempt at political gamesmanship to help him in 2012… it’s just he really sucks at it. I guess that give him cover to this charge. “If all about getting myself reelected, then how come I’ve been tanking myself in the polls?” The obvious answer is, of course, “Because you’re stupid.” You say it to his face, though, you’re going to get called racist.

* On the subject of Obama and his arrogance, Allahpundit linked this on teh Twitters: “Narcissists rise to the top because people mistake their confidence and authority for leadership qualities”. Yeah, can’t really sum up the 44th president’s rise to power better than that.

* We have an Amber Alert on a hypersonic jet. It was last seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Los Angeles. So if you see a jet looking lost and confused and moving faster than sound, please contact the Department of Defense.

* Illinois can no longer afford to bury dead poor people. They’ll just have to be left in the morgue now until they end up in Potter’s Field. If Chicago keeps treating the dead this way, they’re going to stop voting Democrat.

* New study says Earth may not need the moon. Well, if we don’t need it, I have an idea for it…

* While beating hookers to death with a bat in Grand Theft Auto, have you ever thought to yourself, “This would be a great way to explore the issues behind the Iranian hostage crisis.”? Well, a game developer is way ahead of you, as the director of the Grand Theft Auto series is working on a game called 1979. It will be cool if you can play some alternate scenarios — like what if Reagan was already president. And what if the person leading the rescue mission was General Patton. It would be the bloodiest game ever!

BTW, if you see FormerHostage in the game, don’t beat him to death with a bat like a common hooker.

* Today’s Word’s of Wisdom: “According to the imdb page on Twin Peaks, John Huntsman did not kill Laura Palmer.” –Greg Gutfeld

* New Crowder video:

While things have been bad in this country, it’s been relatively bad. Overall, we’re still quite blessed here. Certainly things aren’t bad enough to justify whining.

And man, the story at the center of that video hit a little too close to home as a new father; that’s about the worst fear I can think of. I used to be a rock and stories like that would just roll off my back, but having a daughter has made me a sissy.

Random Thoughts

Gmail put my The Morning Jolt in spam yesterday morning. Jim Geraghty didn’t put up a bunch of porn links again, did he?

“It’s people! Corporations are made out of people!”

The market goes up up, and then it goes down down. If only we could make it go left, right, left, right, B, A, start.

In the future, everyone will be mauled by a bear for fifteen minutes.

I don’t get bears. If their diet is mainly berries and roots, why are they giant killing machines?

I don’t want to sound racist against bears, but I think they’re genetically inferior.

The left seem pretty certain they hate Rick Perry – they’re just looking for a good solid reason to emerge to cling to.

I remember that chaotic week back in 2008 when the left realized they really really hated Sarah Palin but didn’t yet know why.

I think their Palin hatred was unfocused until the disastrous Couric interview and then it began to congeal.

A way for one of the candidates to really distinguish himself in the GOP would be for him to say Obama is doing a great job. 10% chance Newt will do that.

“I can’t speak in non-talking points, but I can put them in a different order for you.”

It’s not his name — it’s his occupation! He HUNTS MAN!

Bachmann just need to stare down Pawlenty with her Newsweek crazy eyes.

If I were Gingrich’s campaign manager, I’d tell him to pay me lots of money.

I’m not sure Huntsman could get any attention at this point if he started firing an automatic weapon.

Good job, Ron Paul, steering from an issue most of GOP agrees with you to one they don’t.

I’ve watched enough TV to know that when a man and woman fight like this, by the end they’ll be madly in love.

Hate to say it, but Romney is the only one coming off presidential in the debate. Of course, he probably came off as presidential in high school.

Ron Paul supporters still seem out to prove they are the master of online polls.

I’m glad were spending so much time debating Ron Paul’s super relevant positions to the left of Obama.

FOX NEWS IS OUT FOR REPUBLICAN BLOOD!!!

I missed the answer; does Ron Paul like the Fed?

Reminder to Liberals: By supporting big government, that means your trying to give the people you saw at the Republican debate more control over your lives.