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Oh Wow:
MSNBC boasted that on election night they would present a “special live edition of Countdown” at 10:00 pm. But with bad news for the Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a funny thing happened on the way to the bonus Hour of Spin. Keith wasn’t there! After a live update (not from Olby but from Lawrence O’Donnell) A-Mess-NBC (“the place for politics”) proceeded to rerun the 8:00 pm showing.
via Olbermann Watch – MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann: Where in the World Was Keith Olbermann?.
There is an unconfirmed rumor that he was somewhere in central park, sodomizing a small boy. But that’s just a rumor…. and we don’t report unfounded rumors around here…. much.
Others: Weekly Standard, Townhall.com and National Review Online
I have held off blogging until the bitter end.
But…..
It’s time.
The Republican Party won big in New Jersey and in Virginia.
Hoffman? No so much.
Of course, the Little Green Screwballs are celebrating; king Chucky especially. They should, they slandered Hoffman enough.
Is there blame to be handed out? Oh sure; There is plenty. The dimwitted fools in the G.O.P. who picked a liberal dyke-looking dolt, who was more interested in connecting with the “Community”, than sticking up for TRUE Conservative principles. Ol’ Newt Gingrich ought be blamed for being suckered into believing that fat bitch’s bogus lies and tall tales of Conservatism.
My friends, this is not a time to be sad. We should rejoice for the fact that we made our voices heard — loud and clear in Washington D.C. —- that President Barack Obama’s idea of open ended socialism is simply not going to stand. New Jersey and Virginia’s wins mean that the tide is changing, America has realized the mistake of putting a Socialist, Neo-Liberal in the White House. I predict a HUGE sea change in Congress come 2010 and maybe, possibly a stunning defeat to the Democrats come 2012. I could be wrong on that one; please, do not hold me to it.
Now for the part that I do not like having to write. The part where I have to answer the question; why did Hoffman lose? That is not a simple question to answer; because there is not one answer, but rather many answers. I wish I were paid to make these statements, but then it wouldn’t be a fun hobby, would it?
For starters, Hoffman was unknown, I had never heard of the guy before this race. Secondly, Hoffman entered the race after the other two had already started; the momentum had not had the time to build for a decisive win. Thirdly; let us not fool ourselves folks, Hoffman was, before the Conservative Netroots go involved, was the spoiler in the race. If the Conservative bloggers had not got involved, Hoffman would be have been just another small time, independent candidate. Fourthly; Let’s also be quite honest — the dude was a absolute geek. He reminded me of someone that I gave a wedgie to in school. Frankly, the guy was not Ronald Reagan. He was more like the crazy guy, who tinkered out in his garage. He was like the guy, that everyone liked, but secretly; they really wondered about him privately.Which, to a point —- describes yours truly, but I digress.
One thing we should know, this is not a time to mourn. But a time to rejoice. We may have lost the small battle in NY-23. But we’ve won a much larger battle.
Two outta three ain’t bad.
It seems that the Blogger excitable Chucky and his friends over at Little Green Screwballs are promoting a false story that was reported and then updated by the New York Daily News.
The initial story said:
It’s getting ugly out there.
I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O’Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O’Neill called it “voter intimidation”) by Doug Hoffman supporters.
“We’ve gotten reports that people are standing there, covered with Hoffman stickers and yelling anti-choice stuff at voters,” said O’Neill, a St. Lawrence native who has been running the party’s GOTV effort for Bill Owens in NY-23.
“Apparently, there’s some woman claiming to be a commissioner,” O’Neill continued. “Commissioner of what, I don’t know. She’s from Texas, I think, and she won’t leave.”“This is not the way we roll in the North Country.”
In public no less…:
UPDATE II: While I was working on the first update, about 10 p.m., the phone rang here at the National Desk in Watertown. It was Dave Weigel of the Washington Independent, asking about our plans for a bit of post-deadline socializing. And I freaking lost it.
Some of my friends may remember my newsroom blowup in 2007, when I cussed out Ken Hanner and kicked a steel door open on my way out of the Washington Times. Persuaded to reconsider, I eventually quit on good terms in January 2008.
OK, I’m hell on deadline. And my own shortcomings and sins are so glaringly obvious that it’s hard for me to blame anyone else for my problems. I goof off and procrastinate when opportunity affords. But when deadline hits, I get kind of crazy. So this was all my fault. Mea culpa.
Still, sometimes, I get that Rodney Dangerfield don’t-get-no-respect feeling and, under pressure, I can be even more of a total jerk than usual. Think of General Patton slapping that shell-shock case in Sicily.
So I had a screaming conniption. Impatient by nature, what I wanted to do at that moment in time was to finish the update, so that readers would have context in which to interpret the video. What I did not want to do was to answer the phone and have to think about the questions that Dave Weigel was asking about our post-deadline party plans.
Present at the time in the smoke-filled hotel room that is the National Desk were Ali Akbar, Kerry Picket and Hooah Mac. Surely, one of them would do me the favor of taking the phone and dealing with Weigel’s questions. Uh . . . no. Because nobody owes me any favors.
And I freaking lost it. At one point in the two-minute rant that ensued, I was quite literally frothing at the mouth. A lifetime of personal frustration exploded upon friends who were innocent. For this unseemly tantrum, I apologize to all who were forced to witness it. Mea culpa.
However, next time I ask someone to please answer the phone while I’m on deadline — I pray to God — just answer the phone. That Jekyll-and-Hyde horror show was more frightening to me than it was to you, my victims. My wife will bake you brownies to compensate, and will never let me live it down.
via The Other McCain: NY23: Hoffman is asked to react to Limbaugh’s Dede ‘bestiality’ comment.
You know, we really need to get that guy on the patch and maybe even some Prozac. It could only help. What? Why are you looking me like that for? I’m as calm as cucumber, the sharpest spoon in the drawer, The —- okay, I’ll stop while I’m ahead. 😉
Oh, this is almost too funny to believe!
This comes via the BBC:
Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar.
The militants were armed with AK-46s but were taken by surprise – police found the remains of pudding they had made to eat when the bear attacked.
It is thought to be the first such incident since Muslim separatists took up arms against Indian rule in 1989.
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The dead have been identified as Mohammad Amin alias Qaiser, and Bashir Ahmed alias Saifullah.
News of the attack emerged when their injured comrade went to a nearby village
“Word spread in the village that Qaiser had been killed by the bear,” another police officer said.
A joint party of the police and army personnel went into the forest and collected the bodies of the two militants.
Police say they also recovered two AK-46 rifles and some ammunition from the hideout.
Can you just imagine that little scene for a minute? Those guys sitting in the cave; talking all about Terrorism and how that Muslims must dominate the world. —- “Allah Akbar! We Muslims must fight, we mus ——- Aaaaahhh! Bear! Run for your lives!”
Oh Man, that’s pee in the pants funny!
I guess the true moral of this story is; if you want to get your Jihad on, don’t do it in a bear cave. Because the last time I checked, Bears are not Muslim — just usually hungry.
Others covering this rather funny story: The Jawa Report and JammieWearingFool
Nice redesign job over at the left coast rebel
This is just asinine: (H/T HotAir)
The sick part is that Socialist Liberals think that this is funny. For the record; Glenn is MARRIED with with four children.
Update: I just wanted to add this thought; that if some Conservative media website had produced something of this Nature, insinuated that possibly someone in the Liberal media should die — like say Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow — as nice as that idea might sound — or maybe even the Ladies on the View —– except Elizabeth, of course —- The outrage in the liberal Blogosphere and in the MSM would be deafening. This shows you, the double standard in the Liberal comedy and media department. A liberal can mock a Conservative, like Glenn Beck and it is fine. But you let a Conservative do the same thing and it’s considered a federal crime.
You know what to do, light the damn phones up:
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This has to stop. Tell the Onion that they need to take this video down!
This comes via Conservatives 4 Palin:
Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar.
The militants had made their hideout in a cave which was actually the bear’s den, said police officer Farooq Ahmed.
for treatment.
