Video: MSNBC devotes 13 minutes to “teabagging” puns
posted at 8:47 pm on April 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
I couldn’t bear to watch all the way through both clips, but from what I saw, the only reference to “tea bags” rather than “tea parties” comes from Griff Jenkins on Fox News. Ah well, fodder enough for not one but two segments in primetime on the left’s cable news net of choice. This reminds me of the “fishsticks” joke on South Park last week: Amusing the first time you hear it, increasingly tedious every time thereafter — which was part of the satire on SP but seems lost on Maddow. I give her credit, though, for her choice of guests. There’s no one better equipped to deal with this topic than Cox, who pioneered the art of beating ribald humor to death with her constant mentions of anal on Wonkette. Well done, ladies.
I was going to post about ASU surrendering to the left’s death threats by announcing a new scholarship in Obama’s name, but that seemed too depressing for a Saturday night so I went with this instead. Feel free to comment on either below.
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My Letter of Resignation.
You folks at HA just don’t “get it” do you?
After posting here for over 4 years, I’m moving on.
Yea, I know, big deal were busy being witty and clever, now go away.
There’s something “wrong” with this site as of late. Too many trolls and astroturffers are welcomed without “management” rebutting their constant and obvious lies.
With a few exceptions, (Hawkdriver, MadCon, Upinak, Cindy Munford, Jim Treacher comes to mind…and many others), I can’t stomach it any longer. I’ve looked the other way for months, but this thread and it’s commenters has sent me over the top.
After 4 years of having my “homepage” set to HA, I’ve just changed it to “Bighollywood” where one can discuss the current events of the day without the consist “zig and zag” of conservative eating conservative, the belittling of the conservative message and the moral decline of conservative ideals. And, mostly, those constant annoying, lying, disrupting, thread high jacking, kool-aid drinking green skinned, wet footed, fuzzy, foul smelling creatures that live under the bridge P’sOS.
Over the years I’ve defended AP when folks have attacked him in his own “house” (and have been “whacked” for it for doing so without comment from our host), but I can no longer defend the indefensible.
Beck bashing, Palin bashing, old white guy dressed as founding father bashing, “Tea Party” bashing, generally “conservative bashing” has made it necessary for me to go to a place where conservatives are welcomed and appreciated.
It’s Over, for here.
1GooDDaDDy on April 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM
bye.
AUINSC on April 12, 2009 at 12:34 AM
13 minutes on “tea bagging” puns.
Not one minute about how Obama is “F’ing” over the country. And I mean that literally.
catmman on April 12, 2009 at 12:44 AM
See ya. BH is a cool site. I’ll look for your comments over there.
Spirit of 1776 on April 12, 2009 at 12:44 AM
I think Lezbos must have tea bag envy.
TheSitRep on April 12, 2009 at 12:50 AM
For some reason, I just don’t think Rachel Maddow is an expert on scrotums….
jon1979 on April 12, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Ha, as if Anderson Cooper is an expert on the V.
Actually, in all honesty, who think that AC and Madcow could pass as siblings?
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:55 AM
think=thinks
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 12:56 AM
British Papers reporting that Obama’s brother is linked to a sex attack on a 13 year old girl. They are not pulling any punches describing Obama’s “family”. I LOVE the Cows line. Way classy Daddy!
Only 14 cows for a 15 year old girl.
GunRunner on April 12, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Now we see why O has respect for the Muslim world…
Upstater85 on April 12, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Yeah…explains it perfectly. I think your comment stands on it’s own merits…
AUINSC on April 12, 2009 at 1:16 AM
Schumer: ‘The Hard Right, Which Still Believes’ in ‘Traditional Values’…’All That Is Over.’
I see now why Mark Levin calls her Rachel Madcow. She just sits there bobbing her head up and down.
Yakko77 on April 12, 2009 at 1:36 AM
I seriously doubt the two lesbians in the screen capture know anything about teabagging. However, I would bet money they have penis envy.
SouthernGent on April 12, 2009 at 2:26 AM
I’m now convinced Rachel is, in fact, a man.
Livefreeordie on April 12, 2009 at 3:40 AM
Perhaps it is too late to ask, but please, stay.
I ask because it’s the only just thing to do.
It seems to seep into everything else in this world. It seems to have been hastened with the new administration. Insanity and Chaos seem to seep in to every aspect of life, and the natural tendency is to back away.
I ask, in the same impassioned manner as Abe Lincoln would, to endure. If only to hold one’s ground. If only to assert one’s position. If only to say that this insanity cannot be rationalized and realized. If it happens here, it will only continue.
If there were any justice in this world, I would guarantee victory. Alas, I’m not sure, but I’d rather be proven wrong than simply to assume such.
So I ask: Endure!
Chaz706 on April 12, 2009 at 3:47 AM
So we cannot use the word “teabag” because some perverts claim it as theirs? Oh my, I so do not care.
el gordo on April 12, 2009 at 4:37 AM
This is the price we pay for slaughtering the language (we can hardly call it the English Language, now can we?).
hillbillyjim on April 12, 2009 at 5:11 AM
Oh no, 1GooDDaDDy is leaving. It could only hurt more if I ever of 1GooDDaDDy before.
lowandslow on April 12, 2009 at 5:18 AM
Here is when I inject Boo Hoo. Like I mean it.
Boo Hoo. Boo Good FFrrrrrrrrrrreeeaaakkkin who . er Hooooo.
Yeah. I meant that.
Really.
.
boo hoo
hillbillyjim on April 12, 2009 at 5:23 AM
Hey 1GooDDaDDy,
So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, good-bye…..
and for those of us who will be staying….don’t forget to visit
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
to comment on Keith, Madd Cow and the rest!
afotia on April 12, 2009 at 5:56 AM
MSNBC anchor interviewing Air America anchor?????
As significant and relevant as Wayne interviewing Garth.
fred5678 on April 12, 2009 at 6:38 AM
I understand.
I don’t visit HA nearly as much as I did. Too much personal-attack, off-topic vitriol. And I cringed when I saw the most recent open enrollment.
I’ll visit Bighollywood to see if the grass is greener.
davidk on April 12, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Are we not supposed to submit to pirates?
Jim Treacher on April 12, 2009 at 7:13 AM
I’ve never heard of 1GoodDaddy and I’ve been on this site for several years. I’m guessing that 1GoodDaddy is in the marketing department for BigHollywood (which hasn’t launched yet). Don’t be duped people. HA remains a top rated blog and there’s nothing wrong with the debate, and vitriol, that goes on here.
orlandocajun on April 12, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Maddow is essentially Olberman in drag. Or is it the other way around?
vcferlita on April 12, 2009 at 8:03 AM
I have two rules of thumb when it comes to joining or leaving a community like this.
1. When you join, post as if you’ve been there forever. No formal introductions necessary; nobody cares, generally.
2. When it’s time to go, just leave, because, generally, nobody will care, and you’re only inviting insults when you make a drama out of it.
That said, I don’t really disagree with much that 1GooDDaDDy said about the state of things. Except Big Hollywood’s got its own problems, too: John Nolte can be kind of a dick sometimes, and there are plenety of comment trolls and lots of intra-conservative back biting, too. Big Hollywood is not the conservative Utopian alternative to Hot Air.
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 8:09 AM
He’s a complete and utter pussy, and she’s much more of a man than he’ll ever be. It’s very confusing.
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Many people have left. I hardly ever open HA anymore, and mostly just to scan the headlines.
Many people have left without announcing. That’s part of the problem. In case you haven’t noticed, this site is 50% troll and astroturfer anymore.
fossten on April 12, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I bet more people show up to the tea bag tax rallies than listen to Air America. As far as that is concerned attendance might well outnumber the viwership of msnbc.
Terrye on April 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM
I think fossten is right. A few trolls here and there are not a big deal. People disagreeing with each other is not a big deal. But when people like getalife and deathtomediahacks make a habit of denigrating the regular readership on a regular basis, it makes you wonder what the point is to commenting.
Terrye on April 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Not watching. I’m on a No-MSNBC diet…for life.
That whole channel sucks.
bluelightbrigade on April 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Ditto. I still enjoy Hot Air, not as much as few years ago though.
Zorro on April 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Hey, there! Of course your correct point has merit.
Allahpundit needs to admit his own PERSPECTIVE as Ace noted.
Allap relates best with vindictive juvenile delinquents and is irritated beyond measure by signs of integrity, himself lacking. And “the boss” blogsite owner loves her rabid Peter Pan as if a Wendy; weird attraction–a generation cultural thang.
Though Allap is a saboteur mental commodity too expensive for Constitutional America to afford, he prides himself in being “first” to post news. Being “first” has responsibilities that, alas, Peter pAllap repudiates.
But don’t dismiss Ed Morrissey‘s contributions online, particularly since “the boss” decides “what matters” by which way the thread count goes. Your boycott of Allap would have greater affect should you stick with Ed’s posts and contribute to Ed’s comment threads.
Granted, for simplicity’s sake, too bad Captain’s Quarters dissolved. But life ain’t simple; and you know that, 1GoodDaddy.
maverick muse on April 12, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Exactly.
And the same revulsion applies to Allahpundit’s taste (or lack of).
maverick muse on April 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM
When this Madcow talks about the biggest tax cut ever, is she referring to the $400 a year thing that Obidork threw out to appease the undereducated. So, if I pay about 30% a year in taxes (you know, real estate, sales, income (st, fed, local), on gas, and most everything else we buy has taxes built in, I’m suppose to get all exited by a $400 a year tax? Especially since there are so many new taxes about to be created (on energy for example)?
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Madcow is a loser big government shill, and an Obama sock puppet. No TEA for her…
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RalphyBoy on April 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Think about it:
Matthews – who gets a “tingle up his leg” for Obama,
Olbermann – who has an ego the size of Paul Begala’s forehead,
Maddow - who would rather screw Palin and then screw Palin,
and David Shuster, the Moron and puppet of Olbermann.
What a NETWORK is A-MESS-NBC.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/fire-keith-olbermann
Have fun!
afotia on April 12, 2009 at 9:19 AM
I am trying to think of what to put on my sign…”America It’s A Republic Not a Commune You Filthy Hippies” Is that too wordy LOL!
Dr Evil on April 12, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Things in this country are so depressing these days. This is about the only place I can get a good laugh anymore.
Colorado Anne on April 12, 2009 at 9:33 AM
I don’t always agree with maverick muse, but he has a real point here.
Terrye on April 12, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Yeah, I think a good tea-baggin’ session for Ray Maddow should set her (it) straight!
RepubChica on April 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I find the overt sexual stuff on TV simply amazing. More important, I find that the notion that even a commentator can and should be derisive toward a large group of people even more puzzling from an audience standpoint.
She really is a very small niche personality.
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
I suppose I should call it covert sexual stuff.
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 10:01 AM
ASU can’t apologize fast enough or do enough to stop this insanity.
Plus, the poor university administrators are getting a Palin dose of media treatment. They try to explain that they decided not to give politicians honorary degrees due to political pressure on the university, and the headlines scream: “ASU pressured to not give Obama degree.”
:)
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM
No, no, I get it, and I’ve noticed. That’s mainly why I’ve cut back on my own involvement and have stopped recommending it to others, which I used to do routinely.
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Regrettably, I agree with you. Although I am encouraged that I don’t seem to be the only person who has come to this realization in the last couple of years. I think part of this is due to the Repubs no longer being in power and setting the agenda.
Regardless, I still visit this site, but not nearly as much as I used to, and I refrain from reading many of the comments in the Comments sections, as I know exactly what will be said in terms of tone and content, and there’s no need to unnecessarily raise my blood pressure.
asc85 on April 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
The snark factor on any Maddow piece is always through the roof — I had trouble getting to the 2 minute mark on this clip. She epitomizes the term insufferable.
I am heartened by the fact that the Dem operatives at MSNBC feel the need to start ridiculing the Tea Party movement; it means that ignoring it has failed.
Next, they will feel the need to fight it, and then….
cruadin on April 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM
cruadin, MSN didn’t even apologize when they called entire states racist during the primary. They are definitely not likely to tack to the middle now.
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 10:34 AM
lol
MadCon isn’t a conservative. He’s a libertarian astroturfer himself. Furthermore, it seems that you and other people like you want Allah to just ban any liberal who regularly comments on this site. If that’s the case, don’t let the door hit you on your way out. I hate liberals but banning them would turn hotair into kos (assuming it’s not kos already). Turning hotair into one giant circle jerk isn’t the solution. Liberals ban conservatives from their sites because they fear opposition. Let’s not turn into them.
Darth Executor on April 12, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Some of us who are here due to the open enrollment do try to be respectful, you guys. I disagree quite often but manage NOT to engage on those topics a lot of the time.
There are some true trolls here, but there’s personal responsibility at work, too. If you play with them, then that derails threads.
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Have A Happy & Blessed Easter
Dr Evil on April 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM
It’s a shame if 1GooDDaDDy is really leaving. Especially before explaining how an anti-anti-tea party post is the same as an ant-tea party post. As AP might say, “nuance.”
Meanwhile, the site’s traffic is headed back up to its pre-election all-time records, while the traffic at dKos is way down, almost to where Hot Air is. The influx of trolls with a round of registration notwithstanding, I would suggest there are plenty of people from the center rightward coming to HotAir as the reality of the Obama Administration settles in, while a satisfied Left feels less need to huddle together at dKos.
The jockeying for position among factions, leaders and spokespeople on the right is nothing new. What is new is this is the first time the GOP has been in the minority in Congress and the Presidency since the rise of the Internet, which allows everyone to see the arguments more transparently. You can think that’s a bad thing and try to live in an echo chamber where this doesn’t happen, in which case it will go on without you. Or you can live in the real world, with your voice adding to the conversation.
Karl on April 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM
AP has never banned anynoe for having a different political view (unless that view is racial). But there is an increased propensity for threads to be filled with personal degradation in a way that is changing the nature of the comments.
Maybe that’s inevitable with increased traffic, but I don’t think letting trolls call R’s “white trash” etc prevents a circle jerk. Nor is it a fear of opposition. It’s merely setting some standard for the site. And make no mistake, there is a standard on this site – as objection to monikers for Obama and others show.
Spirit of 1776 on April 12, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Again, a rhetoric trick of creating a false choice. When people were banned here for racially tinged comments about M.Malkin, did that qualify as creating an “echo chamber”? Qualified as a private company holding a standard for the enjoyment of commenting with like-minded individuals.
Can’t rant about people and attack their ethnicity/culture (yes, this includes caucasians) – then you aren’t living in the real world?
Spirit of 1776 on April 12, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Of course, people come and go. But I don’t see any reason why any business would not want to hear feedback from it’s longtime customers. Even if it is moving in a different direction intentionally.
So there is no need to castigate people who leave. Or be unwelcoming to newbies either for that matter.
Spirit of 1776 on April 12, 2009 at 11:14 AM
“Maddow is essentially Olberman in drag. Or is it the other way around?
vcferlita on April 12, 2009 at 8:03 AM”
How about it? Even her “punch line” delivery is the same.
She seems to be a little more interested in “labiabagging” though.
LtE126 on April 12, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I got banned from crooks and liars in about 3 days. Just for disagreeing.
When do they (kos) open enroll? Haven’t seen that in a loooong while.
LtE126 on April 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM
DaDDy’s been here a while and while I’m sorry to see that he’s done with HA, but I’m glad he posted this today. Michelle Malkin needs to see that long time regulars are sick of the troll action. There are some posts that aren’t worthy of even looking at because of all the trash talk from astroturfers and surprise! That’s the trolls goal! Even back a few months ago trolls were banned from the site for being ugly and now, unless you personally offend Alah, anything goes- pages and pages of garbage. I like to keep up with the news here, but I’m finding myself going to other sites more often than I use to.
anniekc on April 12, 2009 at 11:37 AM
See ya ’round 1GD – I hear ya loud and clear. I was also someone who stepped up to defend APs snarky foil to Ed’s (and Bryan’s before) meat and taters. If you weren’t around in the AP/BP days, the site WAS different, and arguably much better. Plus that, you have no BASIS to denigrate someone who was. I see comments now at sites like JOM that also reflect folks’ disillusionment that HA may have jumped the shark much sooner than hoped. I visit less and comment much less, mostly because of the signal to noise issue. You don’t care – I get it. Save it. Happy Easter.
rhodeymark on April 12, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Agreed. That was a shameless plug for BigHollwood.
Funny how 1GoodDaddy only feels comfy in a collective.
AprilOrit on April 12, 2009 at 11:45 AM
No offense AP but I think I could have gotten through the day without knowing this. As well as my 13year old son. We come to Hot Air to get newsworthy news. If I wanted trash I’d go to Huffpo. I’m guessing Michelle isn’t going to post on this “news”.
ctmom on April 12, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Wrong, as usual.
fossten on April 12, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I beg to differ I believe some dildos come with balls.
Juvenile jokes are expected from people who voted for a guy because “he is cool.” It’s the same people who think you can rehabilitate murderers and make world peace by singing kumbaya with dictators. Really, what do you expect?
What the two women in the video failed to understand is that watching two butches talking about “teabagging” overshadows the original joke.
Michelle Dubois on April 12, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I followed Ed over here. Allah does something that needs doing, which is to challenge our assumptions. There was a lot of wishful thinking around here during the campaign and it was useful for Allah to put the negative polling data out there.
Having said that, the trolls around here are a real drag. I don’t mind mixing up with lefties who actually try to make a point, but the “Dale Earnhardt died for your sins” and the “Caribou Barbie and her klassy krew” type comments is just bigotry from the opposite end of the telescope. I’ve never seen where going out of one’s way to antagonize other people is anyting other than crappy behavior. It’s not clever. In fact, it’s really rather sad and cowardly, especially since most of the trolls are anonymous.
I don’t bother with Kos or Huffpo, so I don’t know if there are similar folks on our side of the aisle who go over there to throw turds in their punchbowls, but it’s no good either way. Devil’s advocates are highly useful and necessary. Snarky yet dim-witted trolls, not so much.
Mr. D on April 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM
“I don’t bother with Kos or Huffpo, so I don’t know if there are similar folks on our side of the aisle who go over there to throw turds in their punchbowls, but it’s no good either way. Devil’s advocates are highly useful and necessary. Snarky yet dim-witted trolls, not so much.”
They don’t allow it, they ban you right away.
LtE126 on April 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Re; 1GooDDaDDy,
He has some good points, even if I disagree with the action. Too many commenters on this site, in search for the second coming of Reagen, destroy our candidates and tear other conservative apart because they fall short of that ideal. Who needs the Left when we do it to ourselves?
The Opinionator on April 12, 2009 at 1:38 PM
I think this should be the theme song for our Tea Parties:
cjs1943 on April 12, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Let me try that again; the link didn’t work for me.
http://www.blerings.com/TheEagle/
cjs1943 on April 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I’m not generally a protesting type… but I think I will go to the state capitol and add one number to the tea parties… MSNBC must be opposed!
I don’t have a problem with the trolls. What they say is pretty lame and not at all smart enough to be taken seriously. Come on they voted for the idiot in the Whitehouse, why would I care what they thought? They obviously don’t have a brain among the lot of them.
petunia on April 12, 2009 at 2:37 PM
MSNBC=COMMIE
wade underhile on April 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Oh, but men’s scrotums are just so funny! Tee Hee, giggle, giggle!
Queen0fCups on April 12, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I didn’t realize Obama came from money on both sides of his parentage.
And wasn’t his maternal grandmother a banker? That’s an interesting combo: Marxist Banker. No wonder why Obama wants to take over the banks? Just fulfilling his family heritage.
Queen0fCups on April 12, 2009 at 3:40 PM
By your leaving you have allowed the trolls to win. I know it’s tedious to have to muddle thru ignorant and pointless posts, but, I still maintain by responding to them gives them credence AND fodder to feed on. Once I got the gist of what nicks belonged to the trolls, I don’t even read them. I scroll right by them, much as I do the posters who respond to them (you can usually tell in the first sentence or two whether or not the post is on topic). I am interested in the posts that voice opinions of the highlighted topic, be it pro or con. I want to know what people are thinking. If the thought provoking responders leave, then we’ve turned HA into what? kos or some other leftist propaganda? or worst case, HA begins barren and empty which would be a shame.
ladyhawke53 on April 12, 2009 at 4:19 PM
FWIW – I love this site. I rarely comment, or read them for that matter, so I am not bothered by the trolls. I visit many times a day because I love the stories, and the humor.
My opinion is don’t let the trolls win. Don’t engage, and don’t let them drive you away. That is what they are trying to do.
Don’t let hateful little trolls ruin another great site.
sarainitaly on April 12, 2009 at 5:26 PM
If the problem were only trolls.
However, I am glad that AP and company do not block the trolls. Unlike KOS, dissent is permitted here.
Note, is that Cox? Geez, when did she have the sex change? Yikes!
The Opinionator on April 12, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Here’s my prediction, some leftist fruitcake(s) will start a giant ruckus at a tea party(s) to try to discredit anyone who protests the Government and attempt to make those that protest look like raving lunatics.
nelsonknows on April 12, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Is it me or does Cox look like she’s aged 10 years. She looks like she’s in her mid 40s. Isn’t she 35 or something? She was good-looking during her Wonkette days. Now, not so much.
TimTebowSavesAmerica on April 12, 2009 at 6:49 PM
A woman’s [slide whistle noise] can only take so much [cowbell clanging] before it takes a toll on her [foghorn blast].
Not to mention her face.
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Farewell, teabagger! You make America Grrreat!
capitulus on April 12, 2009 at 9:39 PM
It’s not just you. I was thinking the same thing. Her entire appearance has changed dramatically from ‘Wonkette’ 5 years ago. It’s like she morphed from a really cute chick into Richie Cunningham.
Go RBNY on April 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Or as I like to call Maddow, The Butch Lesbian’s Wet Dream!
BobAnthony on April 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM
It’s just guy humor….what you say that wasn’t two men? So sorry for them.
rgranger on April 12, 2009 at 10:56 PM
And his daddy had “iron legs”, IRON LEGS I tell ya! Time:2.07 – I R O N L E G S!!!
rgranger on April 12, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Hey, cheer up. Louie’s coming to the tea-baggin’ party!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVGChNu7drc
universalagent on April 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Blech. I tried to watch. Truly tried. Listening to two ugly lesbians pratter on about tea-bagging though was too much to take.
AttilaTheHun on April 12, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Yes, I miss the old days at Hot Air as well. We had a few liberals here then, but they were relatively well informed, fairly polite and as rational as it is possible for a person to be yet still be a liberal.
They made for some good discussions and maybe even changed some minds. There are still a few of them around that are challenging to debate. But most of them aren’t worth the energy to scroll over, much less read.
In fact, there are several that are so stupid, so obnoxious and so juvenile; yet so persistent that I find it difficult to believe they are even real people…… Real people of such limited intellect would tend to be distracted by shiny things or get too wrapped up in their gameboys and comic books to keep posting here so constantly.
And they sound so much alike, I can’t but wonder if they are HA management sock-puppets who are here just to be so obnoxiously stupid to keep the page hit counts up. A few dozen pieces of boilerplate idiocy, cut and pasted over and over, with an occasional word changed to make it seem like it might actually be on topic.
It is kind of funny… I was literally thrilled when HotAir opened up so that I could find an intellectual refuge from the nastiness of trolls and internecine fights between the fundamentalists and those who don’t wear their religion on their sleeves at Free Republic.
HotAir was, for the first year or so a wonderful place, and I spent many hours here every day, and read every thread and every comment. Now I just scan the headlines and rarely open the thread unless I think I have something of value to say on the subject or a ‘hit and run snark’.
LegendHasIt on April 12, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Rachel has tea bag envy… and I smell a hint of fear.
Ampersand on April 13, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Mr. D on April 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Good post. I agree.
Django on April 13, 2009 at 1:54 AM
C’mon now – The Great One is great but, I was calling her “Madcow” when she was still spewing and bloviating on Air America.
In fact, he stole it after accepting an on-air call from me.
Ok, maybe not.
harry flashman on April 13, 2009 at 2:59 AM
1GooDDaddy’s post prompted me to read more posts. I learned tea bagging is a naughty verb. I am sorry to have learned this. Maddow is a naughty person for the reference. I listened to the first clip again and now I understand it. I had to turn it off, because now it is disgusting. I guess we need to know this stuff so we are not taken advantage of, it is just too bad out enemies have to be perverts.
I feel your pain. Your post made me look it up.
AP: I appreciate your views. Makes me think. The sex stuff is sometimes too much. I guess the Maddow clips were necessary because they brought it out.
Grunch42 on April 13, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Ahh, the classic reaction from the left: ridicule. Oh no! Don’t make fun of us!
lungfungus on April 13, 2009 at 9:14 AM
The Creator of Worlds will link this Frum quote for the QotD I predict…..but this is pretty much what is wrong with the GOP–
The GOP is out of ideas and out of touch, culture-deaf. That is why Gallaghers marriage promotion got cluelessly named after a ghey men Craig’s list advert, 2M4M, and the tea-parties can be hilariously mocked as a raunchy sex act.
It’s all echo chamber all the time.
strangelet on April 13, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Uh, Rachel, Keith, and Chris know NOTHING about the anatomy, as it relates to teabagging. Stick to hackery.
marklmail on April 13, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Rachel Maddow. Fairly Imbalanced.
Good to see her reaching out to the opposition. I mean, not that she’s only taking 1 side of an issue.
Speaking of Mark Levin, I went to the local Barnes & Noble and couldn’t find his latest book. But there were around 12 Obama books, and they were on displays all over the place.
hawksruleva on April 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Rachel Madcow? HAHAHA.
Those two ugly bull dikes obviously wish they had tea bagging equipment.
HAHAHA.
BobUSMC on April 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM
13 minutes of wasted air… 13 minutes of their lives that could have been better spent….
CynicalOptimist on April 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Don’t Ask, don’t tell – Real American!
HAHAHA.
capitulus on April 13, 2009 at 10:49 AM
MadCow, Olbermann and Mathews personify the lying Left. How can anyone stand to watch them? How do they have any credibility? They RARELY have opposing viewpoints on their shows. They’re a joke.
marklmail on April 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
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