HULK SMASH
GOP drf.
Foster won because there are 11 dimensions
Good.
They threw some money away on stupid domain names too.
Their chief accountant turned out to be a crook.
Not enough bad things can happen to these people.
They hate America.
I thought it was the distracting stage lighting.
I just read something authoritative that said the NRCC spent 20% of its money on this race.
This makes up for "losing" an hour of sleep tonight.
So what exactly is the GOP spin on this?
...this district was a big deal because it was the [Republican] Speaker of the House's district, because he won by a bunch in 2006, and because the practically broke NRCC blew much of what little money they had on it.
That is SO sad!
They lost because of the shape of the district. Fundies couldn't vote.
HoneyBearKelly - you have the best gravatard
So what exactly is the GOP spin on this?
GOOD NEWS!!!
The NRCC blows.
why aren't we discussing glass dildo crises?
Let's not forget Tom DeLay's district is also now in Democratic hands, Nick Lampson.
Evening, folk.
Nappage.
HoneyBearKelly - you have the best gravatard
It's nice, but I like Uncle Smokes the best!
Thank you Walter.
Yours is very handsome.
Buenas noches.
[barf]
Vampire Weekend is sort of Atrios' gypsy music, but good.
(I kid, I kid)
why aren't we discussing glass dildo crises?
Sockpuppet dildoes are much safer, except for the lint.
It's not just a "win"
It's a "in your face you LOSERS!!!" type of win.
Obama nets another superdelegate. C'mon on down U.S. Rep. Bill Foster.
Daddy Warbucks
(from the last thread)
This just keeps getting better.
why aren't we discussing glass dildo crises?
MR PRESIDENT, WE CANNOT HAVE GLASS DILDO GAP!
from downstairs:
Shit, how many of us live in places where we've felt out numbered by the rethugs? where our vote didn't count? where we felt like there was nothing we could do to change things?
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
That's why I'm blogging. Brevard County, Fla., pissed me off so much that I had to, well, blast off about it.
I was nearly fired for being liberal there; as it was, I was told to keep my politics to myself.
Also, the NRCC's plea for live bodies to phonebank may have got one or more congresscritters in the shit.
What's not to love?
Now, I'm sure that Speaker Pelosi will do her best to get Foster established in the district for November.
To repeat myself, we are never going to her the end of that "queen of the sciences" shit now.
I haven't seen SNL since Charles Rocket said "fuck". he's dead, ya know.
I stopped listening to Glass Dildo Crisis when they signed to a major label.
Not enough bad things can happen to these people.
They hate America.
America is leaning to hate them back.
Evening all.
Just a drive-by before bedtime..
Has there been any Obama vs Hillary inspired duel to the death ce soir?
The over/under on the number of times this gets mentioned on the Sunday bobblehead shows is probably 1.
Take the under.
NTodd, why? Because she's a drug addict, and I don't think she wants to get well. She wasn't sober when she came to our house, btw.
let's all hope they don't flip the numbers on us ala Siegelman, Mean Jean etc
it was the Obama ad that put Foster over the top.
well, that and all those MoveOn workers 
R PRESIDENT, WE CANNOT HAVE GLASS DILDO IN THE GAP!
Freezed your tastee
NTodd, why? Because she's a drug addict, and I don't think she wants to get well. She wasn't sober when she came to our house, btw.
Jesus fuck.
That's why I'm blogging. Brevard County, Fla., pissed me off so much that I had to, well, blast off about it.
Rethugs suck ass.
Their chief accountant turned out to be a crook.
Then you have GOPer Renzi defrauding the right-to-lifers of a few hundred grand in AZ.
The criminal and the stupid. There's your 21st century conservative movement.
Jesus fuck.
NTodd
I second that.
NTodd, why? Because she's a drug addict, and I don't think she wants to get well. She wasn't sober when she came to our house, btw.
Gah.
Never would have guessed that it would be the SIL who got his act together.
The criminal and the stupid. There's your 21st century conservative movement.
A perfect square.
Sallyh, I'm sorry about what's been going on with your daughter.
Man, I did a great job raising my kid, didn't I?
A drunk for a mother who expected her kid to be okay.
it's pretty clear that this isn't the time for real republican effort, if at all this cycle. mcstain is a sacrificial lamb, they want him to lose. if he wins, he bows from the stage early and is forgotten. whomever wins gets ownership of all bush's problem legacies. if i'm a republican under 60, it's hard for me not to like those choices. let the Olde Guard sink or swim; now is the time to learn mandarin and arabic, and find a place to park some illicit monies that's more stable than the petrodollar markets.
Just a drive-by before bedtime..
Has there been any Obama vs Hillary inspired duel to the death ce soir?
Not yet, but the night is still young!!
bdg is here?
DeLay-brand glass dildos are made by six year old slaves in the Marina Islands. Made in the USA*
*sorta
Never would have guessed that it would be the SIL who got his act together.
Amen.
I am watching a Celtic Woman concert. Is it wrong of me to be having polyamorous thoughts?
Man, I did a great job raising my kid, didn't I?
A drunk for a mother who expected her kid to be okay.
That's bullshit. She had as good a chance being a heroin addict if she was born to a family of religious fundamentalists.
You're not to blame for HER decisions.
Celtic man, no.
Sallyh - whoa, there, fine lady. Let's back up from that.
I am watching a Celtic Woman concert. Is it wrong of me to be having polyamorous thoughts?
Celtic Man
Not if you remove taste as a factor.
Namestealers again?
Rethugs suck ass.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
Word to your plushy.
Never would have guessed that it would be the SIL who got his act together.
Amen.
I have to say I was rooting for him, though not for her to fail.
Is it wrong of me to be having polyamorous thoughts?
Only if there's river dancing.
I know, it wasn't my decision for her to use drugs.
I did everything I could for her. I can do no more.
I stopped listening to Glass Dildo Crisis when they signed to a major label. -The Kenosha Kid
People who hear glass dildos shouldn't forego tones ...
this district was a big deal because it was the [Republican] Speaker of the House's district, because he won by a bunch in 2006, and because the practically broke NRCC blew much of what little money they had on it.
Do we need better commentary? That pretty well covers it, I think.
Polyamorous thoughts? Does Polly know?
polyamorous thoughts
I'm not allowed to watch Jean Butler on the Riverdance DVD
Sallyh, I wouldn't trust SIL any further than you can throw him.
I'm not allowed to watch Jean Butler on the Riverdance DVD
WalterNeff, Thai master
The Nicole Kidman lookalike?
The 14th IL is a meaningless Congressional district.
ellroon - yes, it's been banned
The 14th IL is a meaningless Congressional district.
Sufferin' Succotash
I'm sure the citizens who live there will be happy to hear that.
Hastert's former district is hardcore Republican territory. I've been there before. Things must be dire if diehard Republicans are embarrassed to vote Republican.
Fuck.
I hate Daylight savings.
Hate it
Sallyh, I don't often break my own ananimity. I've been sober for 13 years, cutting her off is the best thing you can do for her. Could possibly save her life. My heart goes out to you. I know what I did to my parents. It's not your fault.
ellroon - yes, it's been banned
WalterNeff, Thai master
ah, c'mon. She shows great ... posture and stuff! Very educational.
Do we need better commentary?
We need to get Morgan Freeman to read it.
Sallyh, your daughter is responsible for herself. Stop being hard on yourself. She's in rehab, and it sounds like your insurance is providing that, which is fine. But really, that's all you can do for her, unless she wants to stay sober.
sallyh-
You know enough to know you can't beat yourself up for this. My mom ruined the last 20 years of her life thinking she owed it to a son to give him everything. He took everything. Everything.
Man, I did a great job raising my kid, didn't I?
A drunk for a mother who expected her kid to be okay.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
She's a grown up. What she's doing now is her doing. Not yours.
Hastert's former district is hardcore Republican territory. I've been there before. Things must be dire if diehard Republicans are embarrassed to vote Republican.
Tralfaz
So what exactly is the GOP spin on this
Heh. Taegan Goddard spinoff CQ has the answer to your question:
If Foster Wins . . .
• The Republican Spin: We had the misfortune of facing well-funded
opposition in a district where Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama , who endorsed Foster, is very popular. And don’t read too much into the predictive value of special elections: in 2004, Democrats wrested away two districts from Republicans in special elections — Kentucky’s 6th District (in February) and South Dakota’s at-large district (in June) — but we still retained our House majority in the November election, when Bush was re-elected. So Foster’s victory doesn’t mean that the Democrats are going to gain seats in November.
You know enough to know you can't beat yourself up for this. My mom ruined the last 20 years of her life thinking she owed it to a son to give him everything. He took everything. Everything.
leibniz♘☮
Have a sister in law who saw that happen.
We need to get Morgan Freeman to read it.
Richard
Poor Andy Dufresne. That was the longest night of his life ...
Hastert's former district is hardcore Republican territory. I've been there before. Things must be dire if diehard Republicans are embarrassed to vote Republican.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
But McCain is a war hero!
Jean Butler...
http://www.ballet-dance.com/2005.../
JeanButler.jpg
We need to get Morgan Freeman to read it.
He always brings something special to special announcements. He was a most convincing President in Deep Impact.
Sometimes I think that the Buddhists have an advantage in this parent-blaming thing, because of the belief in karma that you bring with you from your previous live. So everything isn't someone else's fault.
Do we need better commentary? That pretty well covers it, I think.
As I said earlier, Foster's people were positively giddy tonight, the Republicans are sooooo fucked.
Jean Butler...
http://www.ballet-dance.com/2005.../ JeanButler.jpg
Richard
Ahhh! Don't look, WalterNeff! Don't look!
But McCain is a war hero!
And a maverick!
Don't forget that.
McCain is a war hero!
George Johnston | Homepage | 03.09.08 - 12:23 am | #
Of course, the Democratic victory is good for Republicans.
Jean Butler...
I loved her.
I guess this proves once and for all that Obama's coattail effect will be minimal, and virtually useless in traditional Republican races.
Jean Butler...
http://www.ballet-dance.com/2005.../ JeanButler.jpg
Richard
I'd hi--
Well, you know.
This is good news for Republicans.
Poor Andy Dufresne. That was the longest night of his life ...
He cost me two packs of cigarettes.
Sometimes I think that the Buddhists have an advantage in this parent-blaming thing, because of the belief in karma that you bring with you from your previous live. So everything isn't someone else's fault.
Echidne
But our whole society is based on blaming the mother for any psychosis of the kid.... what would we do if we couldn't blame mom?
You know enough to know you can't beat yourself up for this. My mom ruined the last 20 years of her life thinking she owed it to a son to give him everything. He took everything. Everything.
My sister has a colleague (a professor) whose husband is a dentist. The couple regularly ask the woman's elderly parents (both retired dairyworkers) for money for vacations and shit. And they give it.
This outcome suggests that Obama has the potential to turn at least a few marginal red states blue.
So Foster’s victory doesn’t mean that the Democrats are going to gain seats in November.
Deluded fucks.
Let's blame Mom!
Fuck
That
Noise
Once, in a piano bar in Chicago with some friends, I turned away from my group for a moment to discover I was seated next to Michael Flatley.
He was wearing a cape (it was winter) and what appeared to be pancake makeup or something. He was with two women who were significantly younger than he. And he was a rather loud drunk.
Of course, the Democratic victory is good for Republicans.
And it has no national significance whatever. The campaign was based purely on local issues.
There. Wrote the GOP bobblehead script for tomorrow morning.
My sister has a colleague (a professor) whose husband is a dentist. The couple regularly ask the woman's elderly parents (both retired dairyworkers) for money for vacations and shit. And they give it.
That's crazy.
Let's not forget Tom DeLay's district is also now in Democratic hands, Nick Lampson.
It's gonna be damn near impossible to hold Lampson's seat, unfortunately.
But our whole society is based on blaming the mother for any psychosis of the kid.... what would we do if we couldn't blame mom?
Perhaps we'd have to grow up as a society. Note that I'm not saying some parents aren't terrible. But yes, there is an inflated belief in the power of mothers (without actually giving them the powers they'd need to get anywhere near the goal).
Well, you know.
Sinfonian
Dude, you'd hit a slightly attractive farmyard animal.
But McCain is a war hero!
And a maverick!
Don't forget that.
Sufferin' Succotash
Read the latest 'Littlest Maverick' comic.
It's gonna be damn near impossible to hold Lampson's seat, unfortunately.
Harry Doghiney (D-TX)
whyfor?
So Foster’s victory doesn’t mean that the Democrats are going to gain seats in November.
Deluded fucks.
Why yes!!
Poor Andy Dufresne. That was the longest night of his life ...
"Here fish fish fish fish!"
Sallyh, step back from your guilt. Your kid's making her own life hell all on her own. It really sucks, but assigning blame to yourself isn't going to help either of you. For what it's worth, have a hug.
He cost me two packs of cigarettes.
NTodd, McGuffin Hitler
Well, you did go to school near Shawshank. 
Which reminds me: I met a Colby grad some time ago and rushed back here to tell you about it. Then you weren't here and I forgot. And now I don't remember who it was.
But I tried.
Part of the 14th is DuPage County, home of some of the creepiest politix I can imagine (and I live in Cook!). The county election board won't certify THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS as poll-watchers, for pete's sake. What sort of cockroaches won't certify THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS?!?!
Good for Dr. Foster and all his friends & colleagues. Yeeargghh!
It's gonna be damn near impossible to hold Lampson's seat, unfortunately.
Harry Doghiney (D-TX) | 03.09.08 - 12:27 am | #
Feh.
U might be right.
Sugarland is full of assholes and fundies.
I see the Blues are going to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. 
I stopped listening to Glass Dildo Crisis when they signed to a major label.
Virgin Records?
Once, in a piano bar in Chicago with some friends, I turned away from my group for a moment to discover I was seated next to Michael Flatley.
He was wearing a cape (it was winter) and what appeared to be pancake makeup or something. He was with two women who were significantly younger than he. And he was a rather loud drunk.
Sinfonian, unfair & imbalanced
His ego made him light on his feet...
Let's blame Mom!
Part of recovery is taking responsibility for ALL your actions. The blame game is just another excuse addicts use to get loaded.
...the district, by the way, is NSFW.
is it true that district was GerryManhooded for him?
I blame simels.
Dude, you'd hit a slightly attractive farmyard animal.
JR, kerosene and a match
I have a reputation to uphold, ya know.
Which reminds me: I met a Colby grad some time ago and rushed back here to tell you about it. Then you weren't here and I forgot. And now I don't remember who it was.
That's a great story.
I blame simels.
JR, kerosene and a match
A sign of recovery fer shur....
That's a great story.
NTodd, McGuffin Hitler
Yeah, well, I'm tired. Fucknozzle.
is it true that district was GerryManhooded for him?
Yes. So much for that.
whyfor?
flory
Lampson's district was drawn for Tom DeLay and people like Tom DeLay. Because DeLay botched his resignation and screwed up the timing of his departure, Lampson was able to defeat a write-in opponent. (Rethugs in that district can't write, apparently.) This time, Lampson's Rethug opponent will be on the ballot with an "R" next to his or her name. That's pretty much all it will take.
NTodd, is your McGuffin the same as Hitchcock's McGuffin which was his term for whatever the catalyst was for starting the plot for the film?
Time for a SNL "comedy" intervention.
That's a great story.
NTodd, McGuffin Hitler
Yeah, well, I'm tired. Fucknozzle.
Sinfonian, unfair & imbalanced
Wasn't that part of Texas once the Lynching Capital of the Western World?
Yeah, well, I'm tired. Fucknozzle.
Yeah, well, I'm horny. Shitwhistle.
Dr. Dean's done so much to heal the party. Not one district left for unwinnable. Not one district. Not one precinct. Not one.
OOh! Wind howling in the windows. Scary.
This time, Lampson's Rethug opponent will be on the ballot with an "R" next to his or her name. That's pretty much all it will take.
Harry Doghiney (D-TX)
But aren't the fundoid rethugs that make up the district exactly the ones that hatehatehatehate McStain with the heat of a thousand suns?
If they don't turn out to vote and Lampson has incumbency going for him.....
Nobody, but nobody thought Hastert's seat would ever switch....
NTodd, is your McGuffin the same as Hitchcock's McGuffin which was his term for whatever the catalyst was for starting the plot for the film?
Yes, that's what inspired it. In this case, the McGuffin is a CD.
Time for a SNL "comedy" intervention.
Elias: Anagram-archist. | 03.09.08 - 12:32 am | #
I pass....
NTodd, is your McGuffin the same as Hitchcock's McGuffin which was his term for whatever the catalyst was for starting the plot for the film?
Don't tell anyone, but he's got wine bottles filled with uranium in his basement.
He was wearing a cape (it was winter) and what appeared to be pancake makeup or something.
Frank Costanza's lawyer.
*looks outside*
*shakes fist at snowplough*
Wasn't that part of Texas once the Lynching Capital of the Western World?
Don't think so.
I hope we can take the lege back.
Maybe then we could reverse the redistricting back.
Hitchcock's McGuffin
"Paging George Kaplan"
He cost me two packs of cigarettes.
Were you the top or the bottom that night?
Don't tell anyone, but he's got wine bottles filled with uranium in his basement.
Richard
Does he have Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant down there too?
Oh, go read Digby, go read Digby, go read Digby.
Yeah, well, I'm tired. Fucknozzle.
Yeah, well, I'm horny. Shitwhistle.
NTodd, McGuffin Hitler
He said he wuz tired, didn't he? Sounds like you're not getting any tonite.
I met a Colby grad who grew up in Toledo, lived in Vermont and said he pleasured the Queen of England. And said he got a turnip and a piece of Lord Montbatten's knuckle to prove it. But he was a callow young man.
But aren't the fundoid rethugs that make up the district exactly the ones that hatehatehatehate McStain with the heat of a thousand suns?
If they don't turn out to vote and Lampson has incumbency going for him.....
Nobody, but nobody thought Hastert's seat would ever switch....
True dat. Hope yer right, pardner.
Yeah, well, I'm tired. Fucknozzle.
Yeah, well, I'm horny. Shitwhistle.
NTodd, McGuffin Hitler
Is this where the twatwaffle comes in?
I met a Colby grad who grew up in Toledo, lived in Vermont and said he pleasured the Queen of England. And said he got a turnip and a piece of Lord Montbatten's knuckle to prove it. But he was a callow young man.
leibniz♘☮
So, you're writing NTodd's biography?
Fuckin' Blues.
4-2, Vancouver wins.
Sallyh, If there is one thing I have learned in 56 years on this earth, it's that we all live life looking throught the wrong end of a tele scope. We focus on what we need to day to day and when we are forced to look at the wider picture we all say "My God, why didn't I do this differently?" It doesn't make you bad, it just makes you human. The lesson is to broaden your focus and to move on from your past.
But aren't the fundoid rethugs that make up the district exactly the ones that hatehatehatehate McStain with the heat of a thousand suns?
If they don't turn out to vote and Lampson has incumbency going for him.....
Nobody, but nobody thought Hastert's seat would ever switch....
It's not impossible.
It depends on who is on the top of the ticket. If it's Hillary, rethugs will turn out in force just to fuck her over.
Incumbency won't help him much- rethugs in the district feel they wuz ROBBED!! and that Delay was railroaded.
Yes, they are retarded.
Were you the top or the bottom that night?
Smokes got crushed. I'd say bottom.
I have it on good authority that it's actually one hour later than my clock reads.
Good night, I lurvs you all!
Sallyh, step back from your guilt. Your kid's making her own life hell all on her own. It really sucks, but assigning blame to yourself isn't going to help either of you. For what it's worth, have a hug.
sidhra
What sidhra said.
Sallyh, what your daughter has is a disease. My mother lost a child to a disease too, it was cancer in her case. It is agonizing beyond words and will torment her to the day she dies but at very least she does not have to go around carrying the burden of being told it was somehow her fault.
Neither do you.
It. Is. A. Disease. I repeat, it is awful but it is not your fault.
hugs here too. Sorrow is okay. Guilt is not.
I'd like a sausage and egg McGuffin
I hate Daylight savings.
Nixon's Revenge!
It's at 2 am, right? The magical moment.
I'd like a sausage and egg McGuffin
You plan on hiding a dildo?