Comments on: Lame-O-Lympics http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:47:47 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JCfromNC http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14734 JCfromNC Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:25:41 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14734 <p>Well, I know most of these geniuses have selective hearing problems, but the problem with the “the correct answer is none!” response is that the reporter asked “how many homes do you <b>and Cindy</b> own”.</p> Well, I know most of these geniuses have selective hearing problems, but the problem with the “the correct answer is none!” response is that the reporter asked “how many homes do you and Cindy own”.

]]> By: TBogg http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14706 TBogg Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:01:21 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14706 <p>Two words: Evan. Mecham.</p> Two words: Evan. Mecham.

]]> By: sophronia http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14705 sophronia Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:26:18 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14705 <p>How well I remember Arizona’s illustious former governor, man of the people J. Fife Symington, who had to resign after he was indicted. This McCain buddy and fellow S&L money beneficiary used a similar story when it came time for him to pay restitution to all the pensioners he was convicted of defrauding. Turns out the poor man was completely without assets; everything was in his wife’s name and couldn’t be touched. Sorry, retirees!</p> <p>Arizona has a long, sad history of voting for the most venal, craven politicians imaginable. But there are signs that it may be waking up. Let’s hope the same is true for the country.</p> How well I remember Arizona’s illustious former governor, man of the people J. Fife Symington, who had to resign after he was indicted. This McCain buddy and fellow S&L money beneficiary used a similar story when it came time for him to pay restitution to all the pensioners he was convicted of defrauding. Turns out the poor man was completely without assets; everything was in his wife’s name and couldn’t be touched. Sorry, retirees!

Arizona has a long, sad history of voting for the most venal, craven politicians imaginable. But there are signs that it may be waking up. Let’s hope the same is true for the country.

]]> By: readerOfTeaLeaves http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14700 readerOfTeaLeaves Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:43:48 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14700 <p>Lordy, TBogg… thanks for helping keep the world a little more sane.<br /> I’d go to all those websites on my own, but unfortunately I lack the proper fire-retardant clothing.</p> Lordy, TBogg… thanks for helping keep the world a little more sane.
I’d go to all those websites on my own, but unfortunately I lack the proper fire-retardant clothing.

]]> By: makeitstop http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14699 makeitstop Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:27:28 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14699 <p>Krusty was here in Colorado a few days ago, and said that the Colorado River Compact needs to be renegotiated. You should have heard the screams. He must have forgotten that (1) he’s not running for senator of AZ, which always demands more Colorado water, and (2) he was not actually <strong>in</strong> Arizona at the time of this statement. One day later he retracted the statement in its entirety; how mavericky of him. </p> <p>Then again, amongst the rethugs here this has always been Mitt! territory. Messin’ with Colorado’s water is a surefire way to send winger votes to Ron Paul, so thanks Krusty!</p> Krusty was here in Colorado a few days ago, and said that the Colorado River Compact needs to be renegotiated. You should have heard the screams. He must have forgotten that (1) he’s not running for senator of AZ, which always demands more Colorado water, and (2) he was not actually in Arizona at the time of this statement. One day later he retracted the statement in its entirety; how mavericky of him.

Then again, amongst the rethugs here this has always been Mitt! territory. Messin’ with Colorado’s water is a surefire way to send winger votes to Ron Paul, so thanks Krusty!

]]> By: RickMassimo http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14697 RickMassimo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:08:32 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14697 <blockquote><p><em>HEH: A reader emails, “I just want to know if Obama has ‘experimented’ with more illegal substances than McCain owns houses… Then we’ll decide.” </em></p></blockquote> <p>Actually, I’m pretty sure the answer is no. So your decision is?</p> <p>Oh yeah. The white guy. Right. As usual.</p>

HEH: A reader emails, “I just want to know if Obama has ‘experimented’ with more illegal substances than McCain owns houses… Then we’ll decide.”

Actually, I’m pretty sure the answer is no. So your decision is?

Oh yeah. The white guy. Right. As usual.

]]> By: Cliff105 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14696 Cliff105 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:02:01 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14696 <p>Krusty McHomeboy shoots himself in the foot while it’s still in his mouth. </p> <p>Again.</p> Krusty McHomeboy shoots himself in the foot while it’s still in his mouth.

Again.

]]> By: DennisSGMM http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14695 DennisSGMM Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:00:13 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14695 <p>Everyone knows that true ascetics wear $520 Ferragamo loafers.</p> Everyone knows that true ascetics wear $520 Ferragamo loafers.

]]> By: JayBrida http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14694 JayBrida Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:49:13 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14694 <p><i>So, if you put that question to me and I were unprepared for it, I’d probably have to get back to you too. And if I really did not want to be wrong and had a staff with an official position, I would refer you to it. Neither diminishes one iota my love of eating at Applebee’s, the joy I feel walking a boardwalk “down the shore,” or my identification, such as it is, with the average Joe.</i></p> <p>Oh Sweet Jesus. I may be richer than Croseus and older than Methuzzelah, but I still have the ordinary tastes of a fat diabetic who uses jagoff fake slang when talking about going to the beach.</p> <p><i>Neither diminishes one iota my love of eating at Applebee’s</i>. Painfully funny. Whom among us doesn’t love NASCAR?</p> <p><i>HEH: A reader emails, “I just want to know if Obama has ‘experimented’ with more illegal substances than McCain owns houses… Then we’ll decide.” </i></p> <p>ZING! I mean, what? I wonder if McCain has more liver spots than Obama has IQ points.</p> So, if you put that question to me and I were unprepared for it, I’d probably have to get back to you too. And if I really did not want to be wrong and had a staff with an official position, I would refer you to it. Neither diminishes one iota my love of eating at Applebee’s, the joy I feel walking a boardwalk “down the shore,” or my identification, such as it is, with the average Joe.

Oh Sweet Jesus. I may be richer than Croseus and older than Methuzzelah, but I still have the ordinary tastes of a fat diabetic who uses jagoff fake slang when talking about going to the beach.

Neither diminishes one iota my love of eating at Applebee’s. Painfully funny. Whom among us doesn’t love NASCAR?

HEH: A reader emails, “I just want to know if Obama has ‘experimented’ with more illegal substances than McCain owns houses… Then we’ll decide.”

ZING! I mean, what? I wonder if McCain has more liver spots than Obama has IQ points.

]]> By: xpurg8d http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14693 xpurg8d Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:35:35 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/08/22/lame-o-lympics/#comment-14693 <p><em>…for many years has devoted his extraordinary energies not to enjoying his wife’s money, but to serving the American people…</em></p> <p>Well, that’s partly true. He very much enjoys being able to fly on her private jet to her luxurious ranch in Sedona to serve BBQ (and couscous - how elite!) to a large segment of the American press who think he’s the Bee’s Knees.</p> <p>And who doesn’t like comfy shoes?</p> …for many years has devoted his extraordinary energies not to enjoying his wife’s money, but to serving the American people…

Well, that’s partly true. He very much enjoys being able to fly on her private jet to her luxurious ranch in Sedona to serve BBQ (and couscous – how elite!) to a large segment of the American press who think he’s the Bee’s Knees.

And who doesn’t like comfy shoes?

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