Palin goofs on Biden: The five crises Obama will face
posted at 2:35 pm on October 21, 2008 by Allahpundit
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They’re all dire, but number five’s a doozy. Sterling stuff from the ‘Cuda, who’s orders of magnitude better on the stump than McCain will ever be. But, er, since when is crossing the border into Pakistan to hit AQ a bad idea? Note to S.P.: You had it right the first time.
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hawkdriver,
“They “never” let me play with those. I’d do more damage by accidently landing in your back yard and blowing the shingles off your roof. ”
Or while flying overhead, have the cargo door come off and fall into his swimming pool.
exhelodrvr on October 21, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Keep it up………….. If anyone has ever wanted to see when a battled had turnedeth……… watch…….. learn…….. and NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!
Seven Percent Solution on October 21, 2008 at 3:51 PM
On the origin of the moniker Manly Rash (from the soon to published Wit and Wisdom of Manly Rash or, An Excursion into Sanity):
When I was in high school the quasi-educator homunculi who populated the school board were of the opinion that the taxpayers’ jack might be better spend on more intellectually unplifting accoutrements such as football jerseys and basketball uniforms as opposed, say, to purchasing the performance rights to a broadway production staged sometime after the Hoover administration. The theatre teacher was obliged to dumpster dive into the trove of stinkers, clinkers and bombs that had long since tumbled into the remainder bin and he eventually emerged with plays that made Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom look the Ziegfield Brothers.
The play I happened to see was titled “Egad, What a Cad or, Virtue Triumphs Over Villainy.” It was standard early 20th century Broadway comedy farce – played strictly for laughs and laughs are what it got when it premiered at my high school. Teenagers, after all, are idiots who will laugh at anything. Hence the enormous popularity of Monty Python. (Plot spoiler: Villian schemes to steal the family fotune and the girl. Hero defeats the schemes of the villain and wins the heart of the girl. Laughter ensues and the audience applauds when the curtain comes down).
Including intermission, it was an hour and fifteen minutes of my life I will never get back. I can remember absolutely nothing about the play except for three of the characters.
The villian in the piece – appropriately named Bertram Oleander – was portrayed by a chunky, zit-faced sophomore whose dark hair – conveniently enough for the benefit of the production – was already greasy. Bertram Oleander was a delightfully unctuous moniker, a perfect nom de voyage de terre for every lecherous, scheming, moustache twirling, douchebag who ever prowled the earth since Cain clobbered his younger brother with a big stick.
The objects of his avarice and lust were the Greystone family fortune and Constant Hope, the distressed damsel in this two-act disaster.
The hero – played by a tall, disturbingly handsome, Aryan-looking senior – was named Manly Rash.
“MANLY RASH?!” I said out loud when I gazed at the playbill. “What the fuck kind of name is Manly Rash? Sounds like jock itch.”
The chorus of Beavis and Butthead chortling in nearby seats gave ample warrant that I was not the only one in the crowd who could appreciate an awful double-entendre. It was the most stupid, asinine name I ever heard – dumber, even, than Orville Reddenbacher or Englebert Humperdinck – and I never forgot it.
Naturally, much later in my life, when the time came to go forth and lead the civilized world back to a course of sanity and properly cooked food, it was the first nom de plume that popped into my head – as it easily beats out the stupid, asinine name I was given at birth.
You may henceforth call me Manly or Mr. Rash. Or Manly Rash. Or M.R.
But not jock itch.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 3:51 PM
I have a dream. In the years 2008-2020, The conservatives formerly known as “on our side”, viz: Noonan, Buckley, Powell, Coupla-others, will be required to act as personal servants, maids and caddyshacks to our insanely popular President Palin. Mellifluous wormtongues like Hitchens will be required to lick said President’s arse. Although, being a Brit and therefore probably a pervert, he’d like that.
Fortunata on October 21, 2008 at 3:54 PM
As far as leftists go, I must be Bertram Oleander.
platypus on October 21, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Bless you sir.
wise_man on October 21, 2008 at 3:56 PM
No, BigD, I am not a democrat. I am aware of what a “manly rash” is.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Allahpundit: working overtime to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory…
psrch on October 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Thanks, Mr. Rash. That made my lunchtime surfing on the boss’s dime worth every penny.
Terrie on October 21, 2008 at 3:58 PM
As far as the moonbats are concerned, we are ALL Bertram Oleander.
However, there is only one Manly Rash. And I am he.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
You’re welcome, child, although I’m actually a ma’am.
Fortunata on October 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Grue ATE all the estrogen-inducing programmers.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
LMAO… most certainly nothing like any of the characters I played in my high school drama days…
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
You mean “will hold their manhood and wince”
In fairness, didn’t they win against the FRENCH?
*spits*
Laura in Maryland on October 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Common ground! Wow Palin is good. I understand why they hate her. She is definitely ready for prime time.
petunia on October 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM
I feel strangely but wonderfully vindicated. Something tells me this book will sell.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:00 PM
I wasn’t aware that anyone who vote for Obama has a “manhood” to hold.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:01 PM
I profusely apologize to all those traumatized by the revelation of my age…
I’m pretty much the textbook definition of geek. I was more likely to have my head buried in a sci-fi or fantasy book, SNES/PlayStation/GameBoy, my laptop, or one of my sketchbooks or notepads filled with stories of my own devising to bother much with TV. I still don’t watch all that much of it.
They’re bitter, stringy, and lacking any substantial nutritional value. I do not recommend. Rating: .0025/5
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Good luck getting a literary agent. I have offered my left kidney and a piece of my liver for a chance to market my “masterpiece”.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Soak them in vinegar. Takes away the “bitter” taste.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:04 PM
LOL-snort!
Laura in Maryland on October 21, 2008 at 4:04 PM
**SMACKS RASH**
Young man we need to talk. This itchy, sweating, spew of yours is contagious and MUST go on… with a washing.
Washing you well, Rash.
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Fortunately I have contacts in NY (sometimes it pays to live in NJ).
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM
So, you didn’t “peak” in high school. Geeks RUN the world.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Try the free-range variety with a littke arugula. They are available at Whole Foods.
Laura in Maryland on October 21, 2008 at 4:06 PM
I proudly share this information with Roger Waters every time he goes on one of his “this nerd needs to be banned for his own good” rants. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:06 PM
What about that cookbook, Upinak? I can multitask, you know. And it will be a hit after Sarah is inaugurated VP in January. No time like the present to get started.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Grue, geeks don’t age. The forever look 13 until they hit their late 40’s and look like a 13 yr old with a bald spot and a stained white pocket t-shirt and a pocket protector that is warn out.
You my friend are the elite, the proud, the ones whom make the most money AND aren’t snobby!
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:07 PM
What a coincidence, there’s a Whole Foods right around the corner from my apartment… :D
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Working out some kinks. I made something this weekend that was HORRIBLE.. but then again someone gave me some smoked brine salmon that didn’t go well with what I was making.
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:07 PM
D’awww…… :D
I’m popular all of a sudden. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Need a slightly used kidney. (only abused during McCain “my friends” debate ’shot’ game)?
I have been trying for a year and a half for a read. Still trucking, and still writing….eventually, they will need a kidney.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Man, Palin rocks!
Dennis_Second_Thots on October 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM
You just remember who helped you get to the top!
**Looks at her tree for field dressing animals**
~~Wonder what Grue tastes like~~
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:09 PM
In all seriousness…it could be a bestseller – especially if it hits the market at the right time. This is no time to go wobbly.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Indeed, Manly. I prefer this address. Please let us know when the book gets released, and I/we’ll help you sell it.
Reading about the origins of your nom de plume was the most fun of the day. Seeing this “nom de voyage de terre” was a delight.
Entelechy on October 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I am not wobbley… just no very good about spelling.
What is the catch? You get how much?
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Eventually they will read what you wrote. And then publish it. Keep fighting, Hornet.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Manly just wants the interview with Megyn Kelly.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Who doesn’t!
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:12 PM
I smell a fight. You’re gonna have to fight it out with Manly. I’ll referee. She doesn’t do threesomes…Um, she doesn’t want to interview BOTH authors….
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM
A bit of a scorched taste, a natural spice vaguely reminiscent of an old library, slightly metallic tinge if cooked a certain way, all dark.
At least, that’s what I hear. >_>
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I hunt with my little bow. I will get manly and take his butt out for a field dressing.. in stilletos!
upinak on October 21, 2008 at 4:15 PM
lmao.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Half. We are co-authors. You provide the recipes and I present them in an entertaining and attention-grabbing style….sort of a “Manly Rash meets Dudley Doright meets the Galloping Upinak Gourmet on the set of Northern Exposure.” I also will arrange the photography, which will have to be exquisite and mouth-watering.
Whaddya say?
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Whether we win or lose – and right now I’m thinking it’s a coin toss – these last couple weeks will be a blast, watching Sarahcuda ripping them a new one.
Michael Reagan is right: this is his dad reincarnate. This is Lady Thatcher taking it to the freaking Reds. I’m old enough to remember, and you can take it from this crusty old Republican.
Sarah is my darling.
Sarahcuda 2012!
Pavel on October 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM
I love this woman.
- The Cat
P.S. My hope looked for is that she will be number 44
MirCat on October 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM
They are letting Sarah be Sarah. Be still my fluttering heart. She is awesome.
Mallard T. Drake on October 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM
OMG…please don’t do that…I’m still waiting for the Enzyte to wear off.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Manly, who gets the interview with Megyn Kelly?
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM
We’re CONSERVATIVES, damnit. It’s the RIGHT kidney and ALL of your liver to even get considered. If you have to ask what it actually takes to get published, you can’t afford it.
Piker…
(Never been published and still have ‘em both…)
karl9000 on October 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM
I’m psyched. This book is gonna rock.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:19 PM
No, I want to get rid of anything “left” in my body. Don’t have to ask. I know.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:20 PM
BOTH authors. I believe the French term for an interview with two authors is menage a trois. I could be mistaken.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:21 PM
There you go. I don’t think Megyn would have room for both of you. So, who goes? And the blurb written by the first woman VP? Who gets the blurb interview by Sara’cuda.
I want to see blood in the water.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM
McCain will be #44. She’ll be #45 in January 2013.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:24 PM
You know, all you would have to do is offer your cookbook on this site. You’d have a captive audience.
This could be good.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Zounds.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 4:25 PM
And Bobby Jindal will be #46 in January 2021.
HornetSting on October 21, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I’ll go. Upinak and Megyn…as long as I can make a video.
I do.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Given four years to cocoon as VP the metamorphosis will be a sight to behold. Then her base will be the world….
They won’t be ready for her. Can you imagine her giving a speech at the UN as she bitch slaps all the perps who pretend to have humanity in their best interests. I think a lot of people would be afraid to show up. These cretins will finally be mocked in the public square.
patrick neid on October 21, 2008 at 4:27 PM
This site would be a perfect place to promote it, the object being to jack up Amazon ratings through the roof.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I watched it as it happened.
I grinned ear to ear and put down my ravioli to give her the “thumbs up” when she used the S word.
Socialism.
madmonkphotog on October 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Yes, I made the same mistake with Rash, some weeks ago. He challenged me to be more imaginative. Try some of these on for size with MR, he seems to respond much better:
FungalFever
BurninBag-O-Fire (there is a song that goes with this, ala Johnnie Cash)
PlaystationInflammation
ScrotalInfectitude
GroinRage
Grief in the Briefs
Boxer Burn
PocketPoolMania
JockStrapChappy
TheSecretFire
CrackNCheese
Menace of the Mensch
Bull’sBother
TesticlularTorment
SacScratchFever
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 4:30 PM
*yawn*
Keep your day job, TB, lest the local carwash be deprived of its chamois-boy.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Way to go Sarah…
I agree, Sarah 2012..
Rush says vote now if your state is doing early voting.
The Dem’s are trying to get all their people out there to make it look like it’s all over for the Repbs…
reshas1 on October 21, 2008 at 4:37 PM
*yawwwwwnnnn* You too, Sir Loin.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Hey Upinak, I hope you weren’t scared off. If interested in the book, contact me: angelodomini@aol.com
This can be a best-seller.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Yes, “He of the RestlessLoin Goes to Alaska to learn that ‘Field Dress’ is not a denim skirt.”
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I’m going outside now to get my “McCain/Palin” sign and reverse the order of the names….
landlines on October 21, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Not quite. Sarah is telling them quietly that I’m gonna be Sarah, and don’t mess with me.
She’s a phenom. Now I know why Frank Bailey dove under the bus for her with a smile on her face. She can lead men.
Sapwolf on October 21, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Correction: Smile on HIS face.
Sapwolf on October 21, 2008 at 4:52 PM
I got there at 6:30 AM – second time to see Gov. Palin – I was also in Carson City at her first solo appearance in the lower 48.
Rep. Dean Heller (who voted against the bail-a-palooza TWICE) set the mood for Gov. Palin by asking the audience for their opinion on the bailout.
She stayed after for a good half hour to sign autographs.
Best part was recognizing local versions of JTP, such as “Dave the Cop”, in the audience.
Second best – “God Bless the USA”, sung by Lee Greenwood, and also very loudly by all in the audience.
And more than a few tears in the audience at this line: “And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me.”
A great morning in America.
fred5678 on October 21, 2008 at 4:53 PM
In case you didn’t make it to the rally in Reno – you missed hearing this in person, and the opportunity to sing along.
Have at it.
Repeat.
fred5678 on October 21, 2008 at 4:56 PM
You had it right the first time.
No she didn’t. Due to the topography we can’t effectively go after bin Laden without the cooperation of Pakistani tribesmen and we shouldn’t risk turning a nation of 140 million Muslims from an ally into an enemy.
And anyone, including Colin Powell, who thinks it wouldn’t have been an absolute disaster to concede oil-rich Iraq to Al Qaeda and Iran is nuts.
Basilsbest on October 21, 2008 at 5:23 PM
She is terrific. Is there a better campaigner in the GOP today?
Palin 2012!
james23 on October 21, 2008 at 5:32 PM
What makes this whole line of attack lame is the implication that McCain won’t be tested if he’s elected because he’s a really, really tough guy who no one would dare mess with.
Horses*&t. Every new president since the U.S. became a superpower has been “tested” by allies and enemies alike, in ways that likely never made it into the news cycle.
The Dems could essily counter with “Whose temperment do you want on the other end of that suitcase with the launch codes?”.
But they won’t bother at this point, because the clock’s running down and Ayres was McCain’s last time out.
Game over.
sanguine4 on October 21, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Leaders around the world see every president as soft, untested, and weak. Nothing new here at all. GWB is hard in the center of two wars, not backing down an iota, yet Putin comes along and puts the US to the test by invading Georgia.
AQ tested the GWB and the Billy C administrations. The original Hussein tested GHWB. The Soviets constantly tested Reagan, Uncle Ho tested Nixon, Kruschev tested Kennedy, Hitler and Tojo tested FDR.
This is historical precedent and expectation, and I have no doubt that McCain would be tested as well.
Biden didn’t do Oy any favors, but he knows what happens to every POTUS. We should always be prepared to be tested. It’s called LEADERSHIP.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM
I LOVE HER.
Kevin71 on October 21, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Thanks seven of many.
I need to wipe a tear from my eye.
“We few…we happy few”.
Never surrender…never blink…stand close to one another…
Remember to keep your hands out of your pockets and loosely at your sides.
It’s not over until M. Obama sings.
This IS the fight for our very existance as a united nation.
The most important in ALL the battles I’ve been in.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 21, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Yes, all presidents get tested, but the ones perceived to be weak are tested much more quickly and dramatically. Examples: GWB, Carter, and JFK. Those who prove through their reactions that they are in fact weak get tested continually throughout their administrations by emboldened enemies. I guarantee you that if GWB had reacted with “diplomacy” after 9/11 or had run away from Iraq, AQ would have kept hitting us over and over and over again for the duration of his administration, which would not have been renewed in 2004.
aero on October 21, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Absolutely agreed. However, whether McCain or Oy would stand strong depends on both the test and the mettle of the ‘testee’ in those particular circumstances.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Seems like the media continues to vet Palin for the democrats. Still turning a blind eye to Nancy Pelosi when she does the same.
wise_man on October 21, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Giving that name to Obama is an insult to billybumblers everywhere.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 6:34 PM
So we need a ‘testee’ with ‘testes.’ And a brain would be good too.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Was this exercise in obtusivity done on purpose or do you REALLY believe that going after Osama in Pakistan was the issue? The issue was threatening such action publicly and thereby putting your ally in the position to have to publicly denounce such an incursion and thereby showing strained relations with your greatest ally to the entire world.
csdeven on October 21, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Shyeah….for Bambi. Get your cyanide pill ready for Nov 4, darlin. You’re farked.
ManlyRash on October 21, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Sorry, Oy as in Oy ve! as opposed to Oy the Billybumbler. Not a Stephen King fan myself.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Thought that was spelled Oi… ah well.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 21, 2008 at 6:51 PM
we Idaho Spuds make do with our own spellin’.
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 6:54 PM
She didn’t say it was a bad idea.
She said that it’s a crisis that he will bring upon himself.
AP, I’m very disappointed that you didn’t see that.
blink on October 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM
It isn’t – anymore. We had an agreement with Pakistan that we wouldn’t do this, provided they cooperate in the war on terror. Since they’ve been playing both sides of the fence, they leave us with little choice. Screw the SPs, we have to do what’s necessary.
RMCS_USN on October 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Oy!
trailboss on October 21, 2008 at 7:51 PM
It goes both ways, but I think you meant GOY VEH!
Laura in Maryland on October 21, 2008 at 8:08 PM
We need Sen. McCain to win this election for the good of the country and darn it, I really want to see more of this woman as an elected official! Surely Alaska can spare her to become V.P. if they get Sean Parnell as her stand-in. It would be so much fun to see her driving the left wing of the country into a foaming-at-the-mouth frenzy!
Jill1066 on October 21, 2008 at 8:54 PM
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