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I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back
Attempting to steal the spotlight from der uppity schvartzer in Germany, the GOP rolls out the big guns:
Obama's speech was the centerpiece of a fast-paced tour through Europe designed to reassure skeptical voters back home about his ability to lead the country and take a frayed cross-Atlantic alliance in a new direction after eight years of the Bush administration.
In Die Welt, the German publication, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., said: "No one knows which Obama will show. Will it be the ideological, left-wing Democratic primary candidate who vowed to 'end' the war rather than win it, or the Democratic nominee who dismisses the progressing coalition victory as a 'distraction'? Will it be the American populist who has told supporters in the United States that he will demand more from our allies in Europe and get it, or the liberal internationalist hell-bent on being liked in Europe's salons?"
Um. Thaddeus McCotter?
Oh, that would be this McCotter:
Thaddeus George McCotter, commonly known as Thad McCotter, (born August 22, 1965) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
He currently represents the Michigan's 11th congressional district (see[1]) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
[...]
In December 2005, McCotter joined with several other Congressmen to form the Second Amendments, a bipartisan rock and country band set to play for United States troops stationed overseas over the Holiday season. He plays lead guitar. In June of 2006, the band played for President Bush's Picnic on the White House lawn, where Bush was quoted calling McCotter "That rock and roll dude"
Well, yes, the similarities to Slash are amazing, but McCotter is not just your run of the mill gets-more-ass-than-Larry-Craig's-toilet rock star in the rockin' Second Amendments; he also brings teh funny:
Quite frankly, Obama might just as well just give it up, stay in Germany, and become, like, the King of the Black Forest Elves or something.
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Write this down: it’s actually possible to make CSPAN more boring. I’ve seen more interesting quorum calls.
Question: who’s his audience here?
Now we know what Jackie Earle Haley and Ron Howard’s love child looks like.
This was my first thought as well. “Thank you Mr. Speaker, I will now insult the other side of the aisle for four minutes speaking of no issue specifically and adding nothing to the debate, but simply using ancient sterotypes wrapped in teh funny. I will then yield back.”
Using the comedic stylings of the good congressman,
Rep. Thad McCotter stand-up routine
translation Kenny Banyan stand-up routine.
Rock on!
Yeah, okay, the kid is a putz…but I’ve always liked his Dad:
http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/.....lurch2.jpg
OK, I know you can’t really know whether someone is a psycopathic animal torturer just by looking at a picture.
But just look at this guy!
does he get paid to do this?
Didn’t the Capitol Hill photographer tell him that “smug n’ smarmy” isn’t the best pose for public consumption?
Wow, it must’ve taken the entire former writing team of the 1/2 Hour News Hour all night to come up with that comedy gold.
But seriously, my taxes paid for that. That’s messed up. That right there is the definition of wasteful government. Even if I was hardcore into the GOP, I’d be mad at that insult to the legislative process. You know there must have been at least one important bill coming up that needed a thorough reading and instead this douchebag is at home with his ruler (4 inches, BTW) practicing a bad comedy routine.
I can’t look at this guy’s picture without imagining him with a hunting cap on his head and some very nervous cousins in the background. Or for more than three seconds, for that matter.