Hunh!

This is deranged even for Kristol. Scalia’s puppet is “the most impressive conservative in American public life”? I thought that Kristol sees “the most impressive conservative in American public life” when he looks in the mirror. A McCain/Thomas ticket would be guaran-damn-teed to lose. (Maybe that’s what Kristol wants. Then he could be lead dog.)

And he could mock the narcissism of the Obama supporters, who think they’re the ones we’ve been waiting for — by pointing out that their contemporaries serving in the armed forces are the ones making real sacrifices on our behalf.

And this is why he deserves a pie, if not something more, in the face. Thank you for your sacrifices, Bill. I’d cite examples if there were any.

If he were to pick Thomas, what are the chances that the Senate Democrats would force the court to stay at 8 until the next presidential term?

I know… stupid question.

So, Clarence Thomas is “…the most impressive conservative in American public life…”? Wow. I didn’t know before this that Bill Kristol suffers from penis envy, but that really explains so much.

is that really a famous quote? it seems to me that the french quote at the end screams, “while my arguments set forth above are obviously ridiculous bullshit, i must be smart because i know a foreign language!”

and you know he went to famousquotes.com to get that line.

Look Daddy! I founds some smart words and an on-line translator on the internets! Now I’m smart too! - Little Billy

Okay, I’ll take a stab at following Little Billy’s logic. The Republican party is awash in a sea of sexual decadence, corruption, and plagued by the incredible incompetence of the Bush junta in just about every area of governance. So, in order to distance themselves of these problems, they put an individual on the ticket who has a history of sexual decadence, corruption, and is one of the 5 people on earth most directly responsible for putting these children in power. Billy…vous etes brillants!

“Il faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace.”

WTF?

Long quotations in French are always a great way to let the readers know you are nothing more than a pompous ass.

I think Bill watched Patton with Nixon one too many times and stole the quote from the movie.

It was Gen. Patton’s favorite quote and he spoke French fluently.

Oh, why don’t they listen to him? Why won’t the Republicans run an all-Iraq-war, with-a-touch-of-Terri-Schiavo campaign?

Sometimes I wonder if Bill Kristol isn’t a secret weapon for our side. If the Republicans had any brains they’d keep his smug visage and dumber-than-dirt opinions off the TV.

More good advice for John McCain from neocon nutcase Brent Bozell:

McCain must present a strategy to defeat the threat of radical Islam. He needs to call on the United States to rebuild its military infrastructure, so devastated by the Clinton administration.

With these guys coaching him, how can McCain fail?

McCain should pick Ted Stevens for V.P.

Or Rick Santorum. How about Hagee? Rep. King? Fuck it, make it the octogenraian ticket, reach arou … err across the aisle and get Robert Byrd, then all primary and general election voting must be done by 5 pm.

The obvious VP pick for McInane?

George W. Bush. He’s already had 8 years experience as the administration’s #2, and would restore the Vice Presidency to its bucket-of-warm-spit status.

Anyone who says “the bad housing and job market reports at the end of last week were politically chilling” and doesn’t acknowledge any other downside to those dismal economic realities shouldn’t be allowed to speak in public.

And I sincerely hope McCain takes the advice to “mock the narcissism of the Obama supporters, who think they’re the ones we’ve been waiting for — by pointing out that their contemporaries serving in the armed forces are the ones making real sacrifices on our behalf”. Operation Yellow Elephant has lots of video of all those strapping young Republicans who say they can’t really take time out of the important work of political activism or of getting a good start in business to enlist.

Why do you insist on ruining an otherwise pretty nice day, Tbogg?

“As former Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power would say: Ergh!”

Did he really write that?

McCain’s best shot at a VP pick who will really help the base warm up to him:
Strom Thurmond.

I almost think that the rethugs want to lose, that way the standard American response of blaming who is currently in power when the economy goes to shit can fall on the lucky Democratic candidate and their administration.

It’s really rather clever on their part. They let the first set of neocon’s rape the constitution, empty the coffers, establish the permanent surveillence state, and have the economy hit crisis mode juuuuuusssssttt in time for them to get turned out of office. Then they’ll spend the entire time they are out of office doing their daily rewrites of history so it can all be blamed on the Dems , followed by getting elected again so they can empty whatever remains of the treasury before they all fly off to wherever it is in S. America that they all bought ranches. Some country without an extredition treaty no doubt.

What’s that you say? I’m cynical?

Do we get to vote? I pick Thomas, who may be the most effective4 conservative in Washington D.C. Of course, he’d have to leave the Court, but he never has much to say anyway.

No, I think you’re right, from what I’m hearing. I think they may regard these as “team-building” years. Every time we point out what a mess they made of the country, they can say, But you were the last one with it!

McCain will declare Ronald Reagan as his running mate, and the ”Straight Talk Express” will bear Ronnie’s coffine as if it were the friggin’ Ark of the Covenant.

captphealy: whaddyamean “as if”?!? Peggy Noonan will have you know that St. Ronnie *is* the relic of all things rethuglican.

fauxmaxbaer: “And this is why he deserves a pie, if not something more, in the face.”

Careful! Don’t go all Godlstein on us…

Anyway - Thomas? Silent Clarence? As Veep? That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever read.

Well, IF McCain lost the election, and Clarence was running as his VP, at least it would get Clarence off the Court. But that’s an awfully big if … because if they didn’t lose the election, the worst Justice in history would have executive branch power. I don’t think I’d want to encourage that.

You think Clarence would give up his seat on the bench before being elected Veep? I think he’d take the Joe Lieberman approach and keep his current job as a fallback.

To secure the Southern strategy and the racist vote there is but one person: Jefferson Davis. Just tote around his casket covered with the stars and bars. They’re about the same age.

”He could pick a hawkish and principled Democrat like Joe Lieberman.”

Encore de l’stupide.

Now that daddy realized that the fundies will only allow their own type of theocracy, I think there are 5 bros. of military age out there that no longer have “someting more important” to do…