Quote of the day
posted at 10:35 pm on April 20, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Here’s the thing; everything Janeane said is what people on the left already think. They have been saying it right to your face, in creative ways, for years. Remember when the candidate Obama repeatedly spoke about his being a long shot for the election because ‘he has a funny name’ or because he ‘doesn’t look like those other presidents on our money,’ what do you think he was saying? He was saying that a large portion of our country is racist. He was talking about you. He was trying to shut his critics up even before they started. And it worked. Almost no one called him on it.
So don’t get upset when someone says it out loud. You should be glad someone finally said it-now you can answer the charge. You don’t want to have to answer the charge? Why not? It’s out there.”
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So true.
TheBigOldDog on April 20, 2009 at 10:36 PM
The Garof looks deceptively hot in that photo…
foucaultsvac on April 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM
More like “heroin”.
Amirite?
carbon_footprint on April 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM
I’m in.
Spirit of 1776 on April 20, 2009 at 10:37 PM
not with Michelle Ogabe’s crank friend….
sven10077 on April 20, 2009 at 10:38 PM
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Del Dolemonte on April 20, 2009 at 10:39 PM
That quote is from: http://theblacksphere.blogspot.com/2009/04/racist-garofalo-to-rescue.html
therightscoop on April 20, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Speaking tactfully is not something we should expect of demand from entertainers–in fact, we should encourage just the opposite.
How about encouraging them to shut the flock up instead of opining at all.
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 10:42 PM
That is a good quote, which is why I would like this woman’s 15 minutes spread into a half-hour. Her misguided intent is stirring up a nice backlash.
sherry on April 20, 2009 at 10:43 PM
What is he going to say next? “Everyone lay of Perez Hilton.” Everyone on the left thinks Miss California is a b*tch and is wrong and small minded so we should lay off him too.
deidre on April 20, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I don’t think the teaparties are particularily racist, altho there are racists in the GOP. I don’t think they are about taxes and deficits either.
Or the teabaggers would have been ragging on GW.
The teaparties are anti-Obama.
Sore loozers, is all.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Well,the right has been going through this since Newt
was told to use the rear door of Airforce One when the
Clintons were in control!
canopfor on April 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I used to think that white-on-black racism in modern America was mostly a figment of the Left’s imagination. Then I took a business trip to Mississippi. Amazingly, the guilty parties didn’t even know it. It could almost have passed for “tone-deafness,” but there was more to it than that–lots of “those people” and “know their place” and whathaveyou.
Racism is a terrible, awful thing, and until the Right starts to stamp it out from within their own ranks, the Left will continue to wield it as a very effective cudgel.
hicsuget on April 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
You can mind a terrible waste one thread bellow.
Loxodonta on April 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
So long as the charge gets a rise it will continue to be used by the vile critters of the world, and she is merely a troll doing a troll’s work.
RalphyBoy on April 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
So the party of the KKK, the very own terror group of the Democrat party since the civil war, now wants to call the rest of us racists. Somebody needs to brush up on history.
tarpon on April 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Ok…. they finaly did it…
They done convinced me that I am Racist…
And since I am Racist, and will be called Racist, no matter how I actualy act?
He!!… may as well enjoy it.
Romeo13 on April 20, 2009 at 10:47 PM
The Owl doesn’t so much care what Garaf, deceptively hot or otherwise, thinks. The Owl was more troubled by Olbermann’s creepy “mmmmmmm’s” and “ahhhhhhh;s” off-camera.
thespottedowl on April 20, 2009 at 10:48 PM
With a paper bag over her head, and a muzzle.
Knucklehead on April 20, 2009 at 10:49 PM
fella, police your own ranks first and by the way the eight year bedwetting, self-urinating 8 year tantrum you guys just got over…
yeah it was not about sore loserism at all neh?
sven10077 on April 20, 2009 at 10:50 PM
deidre on April 20, 2009 at 10:45 PM
hunnie, she got booed. she was supposed to make a good thoughtful answer instead of looking like a backwoods retard.
She should have copped to the federalism trope that you all use.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Let me put it to you this way….
Your house training a puppy…
So, your plan is that every time he pees… no matter where… right or wrong… inside or outside… you yell at him…
Yea… thats really going to work.
Romeo13 on April 20, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Sooooo … this is all so confusing.
We’re supposed to like Barfalalo because she’s up front? Or something?
Look – if you want us to say that Barfalalo is LESS dangerous to us than Obama is – I don’t think you’ll get an argument.
However – that is NOT an argument to make Barfalalo a “patriot”. We’re supposed to “answer the charge” that Barfalalo hurls at us – but we are supposed to lay off her personally?
Nay Nay Sweet Toad.
Because – I not only have a beef with what Barfalalo is saying – I have a beef with how she’s saying it – and how hateful she’s saying it.
Next argument please.
HondaV65 on April 20, 2009 at 10:51 PM
The teaparties are anti-Obama.
Sore loozers, is all.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Which explains why a majority of Americans and mainstream demorats support the tea parties.
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 10:52 PM
“So don’t get upset when someone says it out loud. You should be glad someone finally said it-now you can answer the charge. ”
The author of this piece is a drooling, inbred, idiot who beats his dog and whose own mother hates him.
He should be glad I said that out loud – now he can answer the charge.
DamnCat on April 20, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I don’t care what she says, she’s just nasty.
bloggless on April 20, 2009 at 10:52 PM
If the right did this, in some sense they would fail to be neo-liberal. Individuals must choose how to live their lives. Sure, the GOP and other right leaning groups can place sanctions on groups that hold vile views, but conservatives should not start a “campaign against racism.” People should be free to remain ignorant.
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Dude….I hate to break it to you, but David Duke is a REPUBLICAN.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Sore loozers?
Is that like open sore loozers? They have shots for that.
Limerick on April 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I don’t mean to be rude, but you’ve made a mistake here. I have read and reread this post and it has nothing to do with Susan Boyle. Need I remind you that she is ugly AND she can sing. That’s America man. I don’t know where you’re from, but there really is nothing else to talk about.
BuckNutty on April 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I guess I know what your beliefs are. Lying is okay, make up some story even if you don’t believe it is awesome, and if you’re liked all is well in the world. The only thing that matters is being liked by all so if you have to lie. Good thing your side has Joe Biden. He must be your hero.
deidre on April 20, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Robert Byrd is a Democrat, the RNC has never gave Duke a dime….Byrd is “the Liberal Lion of the Senate”….
you fail stranger.
sven10077 on April 20, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Nice try idiot. Every time I see race mentioned, it’s coming from the left and the Democrats.
Knucklehead on April 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Now that it’s proven that ‘beer goggles’ don’t exist, how to explain that I’d hit that? eeewww
OkieDoc on April 20, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Are you saying that David Duke shouldn’t be allowed to vote how he so chooses? Sounds un-Constitutional to me…
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Dude….I hate to break it to you, but David Duke is a REPUBLICAN.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Didn’t bother reading your own link, did you? Duke started as a demorat.
Robert Byrd (D-WV) on the other hand, demorat since day one AND a klansman.
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Here’s one of her heroes…
Too bad for her… Her IQ that is…
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Doez i haz limbic brains?
carbon_footprint on April 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM
baloney. 3 percent error is standard for Rass polls, and there was no cellphone polling.
Once again you write oof my demographic to your peril.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:58 PM
This woman said what she thought, and she had every right to say it. I will support her rights to free speech. However, to ask so many people to back off, look the other way, when a generalization was made. A mass offense against anyone that joined in the tea parties, as racist, and tea bagging red necks? I think not!
Now she’s probably being bombarded with emails, from those offended by her comments.
Here’s the lesson. She was asked to come on for her opinion…and she gave it. But perhaps next time, she’ll choose her words more carefully. Doubtful, but let’s be honest. She’s racist against those who disagree with her sentiments…and now she’s paying the piper.
I’ve always believed, if you put yourself out there, in the public eye, whether it’s political, for your 15 minutes of glory, or entertainment wise, be prepared. Fame has it’s costs.
capejasmine on April 20, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Janeane Gorilla-ho is a bitch.
DethMetalCookieMonst on April 20, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Dang…
stained my robe and hood..
just bought this down at the KKKlub yesterday!
UGH
Is that how it is Garafuglio?
blatantblue on April 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Would that be the SATC crowd?
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Isn’t she the one the lied about Rush?
deidre on April 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I’m not following this guys logic. So garafolo said something implies with consistency already. Now why are we supposed to lay off? I sort of think that false accusations should be adressed equally as relentlessly. Why let them get away with false, unfair accusations ever?
Zetterson on April 20, 2009 at 10:59 PM
So? Duke is still a still a republican. And Byrd is either dead too close to count.
;)
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Wow. Someone who understands. My family brought slaves to the Bahamas in the early 1600′s. From there to Virginia, Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. A whole damn 260 years of it. Just because we don’t practice it any longer you sure can’t take the country out of the boy. No sir’ee Bob! Why the Stars and Bars hang in a little chapel over by the hanging tree. Grandma Limerick sits in the belfrey with her Springfield just await’n for Bobby Lee to come over the hill.
Limerick on April 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Something the left implies…..
Zetterson on April 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Look…you guys should lay off strangelet.
He’s really a nice guy when he’s not being a douche and troll at HA.
Spider79 on April 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM
That’s a joke right? There was plent of racism going on during the run up to the General Election. The problem you seem to ignore, it all happened in the Democratic Primaries. Hate filled, demeaning, and immature racism from nearly all of Obama’s Democratic opponents, and particulary from Obama himself.
Sure the GOP has racist in it. But we didn’t give ours a microphone.
Hog Wild on April 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM
How anyone can LIKE that creature I have no idea. She is also not funny in the least. I personally am not “upset” that she said anything, it is par for the course from that crowd, not a revelation in the least. I also don’t need to answer to morons like her as it accomplishes nothing, we too often take their bait and legitimize their idiocy in the process. In the end, the libs are going to trash us no matter what we do or whether we engage them or not. People like this are beyond help or hope, they need to be defeated.
echosyst on April 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM
If President Obama had projected $300 to $400 billion deficits like Bush, we’d be angrier than we were with Bush (partisan politics, after all) but these tea parties would be 1/10th as large. No, 1/50th.
We’re talking about trillion dollar deficits for years and that will be devastating to our economy.
For some reason, our liberal friends can’t see this.
But let’s flip this around if we’re finger pointing: all of the liberals who complained about Bush’s deficits? Why aren’t you complaining about the Obama deficits which are three times larger?
Yeah, lots of political games being played here. On both sides.
SteveMG on April 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM
I can’t say what his intentions are, but from what I take away from it is that the Right Wing Extremists should focus on the big picture. She’s openly saying exactly what the left has been thinking. To focus solely on her will not do any good. Focus on the progressive movement and put the heat to them.
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Makin’ my day!
Great post
blatantblue on April 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM
That we’re all conservative because our limbic brains are pushing on our frontal lobes? All liberals truly believe that?
Did anyone check if there was a lobotomy clause in that stimulus bill? Should we be worried…?
Sir Corky on April 20, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Ever hear of this dude named Lincoln? Emancipation Proclamation? Civil War?
And guess who were the chief opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
Democrat Senators Sam Ervin, Albert Gore, Sr. and Robert Byrd.
Senator KKK Byrd filibustered against the bill for 14 straight hours.
Better read up on your history, junior.
fogw on April 20, 2009 at 11:03 PM
baloney. 3 percent error is standard for Rass polls, and there was no cellphone polling.
Once again you write oof my demographic to your peril.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 10:58 PM
That would be 3%(+/-) so that actual number could be even higher. 54% of mainstream dems still puts you at 51% with the minus.
Regardless, even if you take the lower number, it is still perilously close to break even, and for a POTUS who hasn’t served even six months in office, a troubling sign.
Now I’m not a big poll watcher anyway, but your boy is and you know damm well he is sweating bullets right about now. You are too, no matter how much you try and write-off the parties as insignificant.
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Nope, Duke left the party when the Bush Justice Department tossed his scummy rear in jail for tax evasion.
And he’s stated that the “Jews and neocons” had taken over the party.
Same old Duke.
SteveMG on April 20, 2009 at 11:04 PM
He’s a she that probabilistically has a an IQ 5 points lower than Bush – her own science I tell you…
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I get it: Her vile lying juvenile disgusting insulting bullsh+t rant was just like, you know, the truth and all
so we should be grateful to this skank because she told us what we’ve been hearing for decades, only she was, like, you know, DIRECT.
Why are ALL leftists stupid? Why are they ALL morons like this douche and Gara-folo and………….?
Janos Hunyadi on April 20, 2009 at 11:04 PM
I’ve been told this to my face by lefties before. Lefties that I befriended and helped and worked with for years.
We would wind up in some political discussion eventually and they would call me a “racist” or “bigoted against poor people” (even though I was poor) because I didn’t agree with them.
This is exactly how that CNN reporter chickie felt about the tax protesters and it is a basic assumption that forms the foundation of how many lefties understand our every opinion and statement.
It is no different than my uncle seeing everything that a Black man or Mexican does through the lens of “he does it that way because he’s stupid/lazy/about to steal something.”
29Victor on April 20, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Here’s a thought!
Been thinking about all the RightWingers talk,of how the
Liberals are dreaming up returning veterans joining the
so-called Right Wing Groups!
Their has to be a reason,anything Liberals do is calculated!
So,is it a reason,for Hopey to,ask for the,
“Civilian National Secruity Forces” to combat against the
Liberal myth of returning honourable soldiers!
Its only a matter of time,of Liberals,like GadFly Garof,
to beleive in this Liberal unclear and not-present
danger that Napalino of Home land Secruity talks about!
Jus sayin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on April 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Pretty much, they are hypocrits. I don’t think there would be tea parties if he just kept spending as much as Bush did to tell you the truth. The thing that made me realize the dept, was this graph I honestly wish every tea party had this graph hanging above the person that spoke.
deidre on April 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Some would refer to this as fascistic tactics. Others would warmly welcome this behavior at the DNC.
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:06 PM
I thought Garofalo was the Italian version of Preparation-H.
Dhuka on April 20, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Where as Palin is the real deal in beautiful looks…..
Just bought Palin’s Calender….wooohooo!
dec5 on April 20, 2009 at 11:07 PM
So true
blatantblue on April 20, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Yeah, Instapundit has posted it several times.
It’s devastating.
It looks like Argentina’s deficits in the 1970s.
We can’t survive that. Something will have to give.
SteveMG on April 20, 2009 at 11:08 PM
David Duke was originally a Democrat and now is a Jew hater…does not really sound like a GOPer to me. In fact in his last primary two GOPers beat him in the Republican Primary. The GOP supports Israel far more than the Dems so with his hatred I do not see how he is a GOPer…other than to those who play his untruthful game….yep he sounds like a Democrat. At best he is a RINO.
Jamson64 on April 20, 2009 at 11:08 PM
He’s really a nice guy when he’s not being a douche and troll at HA.
Spider79 on April 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Im not a guy and AllahP knows me from when I was a republican.
I had a John Cole conversion to sanity.
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:09 PM
So? Duke is still a still a republican. And Byrd is either dead too close to count.;)
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I see what you mean. Just because Duke founded the Louisiana chapter of the Knights of the KKK in 1974 (just before his first try at getting elected as a demorat), and just because Kleagle Byrd has been reelected to the senate continually since 1952 doesn’t mean anything.
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Let’s say George Bush was your landlord or the bank holding your mortgage. You’d agreed on a price for the rent/mortgage every month. Then, Bush sold the house/mortgage note to Obama, who then came in and doubled your monthly payment. Are you going to tell me you’d just sit there and take it?
This whole line about “why weren’t you protesting Bush’s deficits” is asinine for that very reason.
In addition, even if there were some amount of leeway granted to Bush that wasn’t granted to Obama, that’s hardly a one-way street that only the GOP has traveled on. In just the first few months, Obama’s been given passes on things that Bush never would have been.
Finally, the pace at which Obama has been racking up debt had undoubtedly awoken a sense of political awareness in some heretofore apolitical people. Given that the guy is on TV every five minutes touting some trillion-dollar spending plan he’s trying to pass, I would dare say that more than a few people said “Now WTF is this all about?”, did a little digging and decided they didn’t really approve of the whole approach and decided to get involved. Hell, I went to a Tea Party and I never go to anything like that, so I know that there were others coming off the sidelines and into the game, so to speak.
But, if you want to persist in your superficial “sore loozers” analysis, go right ahead. The dog barks and the caravan moves on.
venividivici on April 20, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Btw,notice how the Left are letting everyone know,how they feel as in,
its been eight years under Bush,but now were in charge,and
you no what,we ain’t takin it no more!
I’m only taking a wild guess as to what the Liberal thinks!
So,I guess this would make the Liberal American,
the real,and true term,
the Ugly,Ugly American!ahem.(A bit sarcastic!)hehe.
canopfor on April 20, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Now this is scary. Strange and I may have had the same party associations at one point.
I suppose Strange is like a Huffington Republican… When it doesn’t work out on the right (and with Teh Guys) run a rumor blog for the left and Teh Gays.
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:12 PM
So you are the one trying to convert him by sending all the Meghan news?
Spirit of 1776 on April 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM
You mean you had a horrible brain damaging accident?
blatantblue on April 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM
You’ll be back.
And hey, that Cole crowd is a charming group.
SteveMG on April 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Hey, soreloserman-type not everyone is a Ku Klux Klanner like West Virginia’s Democrat Sen. Byrd…
—-
Jeannie – you are not the only one who “hates” ya :p
Branch Rickey on April 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM
The left can claim her and keep her.
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Yeah racists.
getalife on April 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Nope it’s against the added trillions that Obama has added.
And the tea party bashers are the losers…..ultimately
Obama voters are the biggest losers of them all…
The will be of the same ilk of supporters of Stalin and Mao
when all is said and done…
dec5 on April 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Hey, Liar!
Spirit of 1776 on April 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM
The why do Jews uniformly vote democratic?
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Libs/racist….no difference…
dec5 on April 20, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Now, Bishop, I appreciate your points; however, there are other RACISTS in the Democratic party (and for that matter their lineage…)
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Don’t be a H8er, strange-o, and why do marxist-infanticide freaks have to impugn “retarded” people and “special olympians,” why not just spread the
wealthloooooove?Branch Rickey on April 20, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Enlighten us… Maybe some Durban II quotes…
Upstater85 on April 20, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Stop feeding trolls.
profitsbeard on April 20, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Really lame defense.
INC on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
The why do Jews uniformly vote democratic?
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Because they have a desire to be seen as a enlightened and compassionate people. Bubba Clinton “felt their pain”. The Democratic Paty has suckered them into believing it. The influence of secular progressives has weakened the American Jews’ support of Israel. They are losing their heritage.
kingsjester on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
The why do Jews uniformly vote democratic?
strangelet on April 20, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Because they don’t have rockets raining down on their neighborhoods?
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Why is it,at every oppurtunity,and microphone,idiot
Liberals have to tell the world,that there is still
racism!
Its like a Liberal echo-chamber,carried along through
the Marxist Socilaist Media airwaves,and reverberates
right back into said Lefty racist ears,in a neverending
and perpetual loop!!
canopfor on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Bishop on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
That works, too.
kingsjester on April 20, 2009 at 11:22 PM
About 3/4 of Jews vote Dem, but the more intelligent Jews vote Republican.
Who’s more intelligent, someone like Netanyahu or Barbara Boxer?
venividivici on April 20, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Speaking of trolls, capitulus has been missing lately.
Was she banned?
carbon_footprint on April 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM
How did Obama end up as our president?
(Hint …. answer is same for both questions)
fogw on April 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM
And you know these people’s party affiliation, how ??
Speaking of racism, obama’s bff Louis Farrakhan is a Democrat; obama’s bff rev Jremiah is a democrat, obama’s bff Sharpton is a Democrat. Racist – all three. These are not people who are ridiculed and ostracized (like Duke) , these are thought leaders of the Democratic party, leaders of the “million man marches” and members of the US congress – from the Democrat side.
runner on April 20, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I’ll take that suggestion seriously when the Democrats bar Robert Byrd from the Senate chamber and give the black children of DC their school vouchers back. Until then, it all just sounds like projection and red herrings to me.
Socratease on April 20, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Hey hiscuget,
Come on down to the Magnolia State. It looks completely different than your parents’ basement.
kingsjester on April 20, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Who knew A.C.O.R.N. had it’s demographic all to itself???
Branch Rickey on April 20, 2009 at 11:25 PM
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