AND then there was Tweety last night, showing some real guts, which he sometimes does do, but not nearly often enough.
Watch the video. And take this to the bank: The GOP do not WANT to do anything about real immigration reform. For the GOP it is strictly a political issue, something to enrage their base and drive voters to the polls. For crying out loud, even Chimpy McEffing Flightsuit tried to do something about immigration (and it looked like it might even pass through Congress until Rush got the ditto-heads to swamp DC with phone calls and e-mails.) Tweety, god bless him, exposed that idiot (and the GOP) last night.
Here are some facts: Obama is stepping up enforcement. Crime rates in Arizona have gone down (except in Sheriff Arpaio's jurisdiction.) Obama could build the Great Wall of Xenophobia along the border and it still would not be enough. These Grand Old Party jokers do not support national ID cards, and though they talk tough about cracking down on employers, it is really hot gas. Some tea-bagging, GOP blowhards have seriously advocated adjusting or repealing the 14th amendment. Even Ayn Fucking Rand "My Dad Has Run for President 28 Times" Paul said as much. They are quite content with the system as it is now. They do not want to change a thing, really.
But it will crush the GOP in the end, this racist, cynical, constantly politicking 'tude of the Right & Ultra Right (who seriously seem to be the same these days.)
It is: The Brown Other. It is as simple (& hateful) as that. Those are the blinders this joke of an Opposition Party insist on wearing. These immigrant children of perhaps the first (& def most greatest) Immigrant Nation yet are reduced to blithering, xenophobic court jesters, nay, fools, singing their songs for Lear. And we all know how that turned out; Lear insane on the moors & the Fool nowhere to be found. (That actor had switched roles, you see.)
Cashing in on fear and racial animus are the Right's bread & butter, yes?
I still support a boycott. Just because Judge Bolton rightly decimated this awful AZ bill does not make AZ alright to me, by any means. The same folks who killed Chimpy's bill are the same folks screaming bloody murder about the Clinton appointed (& Kyl approved! He supports the home team, you see) Activist Judges. It is a matter of principle to me.
But the real damage is already being done. The Brown Other, you see, are moving out of the state as fast as they can. Good for them. What is really needed is a massive The Brown Other general strike. I know that this Tulsa born, Italian/Irish/English ancestor would show solidarity.
MAN, I just went off, hunh?
I need to relax.
I wanted to talk about Martin Amis' new fabulous novel, The Pregnant Widow and a host of other things. In fact, when just when is Spitler gonna finish that Beatle Mono Box review?
Not tonight.
Showing posts with label Tweety. Show all posts
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Jul 29, 2010
May 19, 2010
The streak will
End later this week when the GOP captures a House seat in Hawai'i but what a run it was. Seven House Special Elections in a row. (& the DCCC has already quit on this Hawai'i seat cuz they're gonna do it all over again in November.)
You know I wanted to throw something at the TV yesterday. I was so mad at the crap CW (Conventional Wisdom) Pundits spouting their same old CW crap, not even backpedalling because they were so wrong, as usual, but trying to make the narrative fit their CW story before the Primary yesterday. The villains in this half-assed melodrama were some of the usual suspects: Greta, Hannity, Bret Baier, Howard Fineman, Tweety (that's Chris Matthews), and even Keef & Rachel played it a little too safe for me.
But the crushing blow was Lawrence O'Donnell, whom I luff & lerve & loave. When Keef introduced him, I thought, "Finally, someone who is not going to repeat the same old CW drivel about throw the bastards out, the dems are doooomed, etc, ... " & lo & behold, off he went about how poorly yesterday's results reflected on Barack Obama. UGH!
In fact, I was so mad at these idiots that when I switched over to watch O'Reilly's replay at 8pm PDT, I couldn't even get steamed up about Bill's usual rant, Americans hate big government & Obama, blah blah blah, ...
At that point I switched to CNN (which I generally only watch in desperation.) Kudos for Andy! He seemed to be the only one who would say out loud on the air that this was a big night for the Dems. (I spoke too soon, Ed Schultz said this, too, on MSNBC, but w/ Tweety & Fineman and Andrea Mitchell, he barely got a word in.)
But, by the time I switched back to CNN, the election seemed to be over & they had Soledad O'Brien speaking about black/white relations in the US, which really sucks, because that means that CNN is scheduling Ms O'Brien's solid pieces during election coverage! Jeez! I really like Ms O'Brien, & Anderson Cooper, too, but I've given up on CNN since they hired that RedState asshole as a contributer, fair & balanced, right?
Anyhoo, here is the real scoop, as I see it, about last night's mini-Super Tuesday.
Obama had to support Lincoln & Specter, & a fairly half-assed support it was, I might add. & Specter has some reason to be pissed, but tough, Arlen. He was a Republican last year & his ad challenging Sestak's military temperament was beyond the pale (& cost Specter dearly.) I know that Obama & the White House are v quietly elated at yesterday's results.
Because, I also know that Sestak will clean Toomey's clock in November. There is no way that PA will elect a Club For Growth asshole to the Senate. They're done w/ the Santorum debacles.
Now, Halter might not even win the run-off against Blanche (though I suspect he will) but even today we've seen Ms Lincoln try & burnish her anti-Wall Street cred re the Financing Regulation bill & I know that Halter has a much better chance to win the Senate seat than Ms Lincoln does.
I would like to say, I know that Rand Paul is unelectable in Kentucky but I cannot. I will say this: We have got a legitimate chance. Paul is such a goofball, & if he sticks to his, I will not disavow the Teabaggers (which I doubt, he'll come in line pretty quick, unless, ... ) I mean, you just do not know with this guy.
Finally, I am totally w/ Nate Silver re the PA Special. The GOP got out-hustled again. This one should've been a slam dunk. They will meet again in November. Unless there is a screw-up on Critz's part, I do not foresee a different result. (Sadly, unlike Sestak, a modDem I can live with, Critz is no prize.)
You know I wanted to throw something at the TV yesterday. I was so mad at the crap CW (Conventional Wisdom) Pundits spouting their same old CW crap, not even backpedalling because they were so wrong, as usual, but trying to make the narrative fit their CW story before the Primary yesterday. The villains in this half-assed melodrama were some of the usual suspects: Greta, Hannity, Bret Baier, Howard Fineman, Tweety (that's Chris Matthews), and even Keef & Rachel played it a little too safe for me.
But the crushing blow was Lawrence O'Donnell, whom I luff & lerve & loave. When Keef introduced him, I thought, "Finally, someone who is not going to repeat the same old CW drivel about throw the bastards out, the dems are doooomed, etc, ... " & lo & behold, off he went about how poorly yesterday's results reflected on Barack Obama. UGH!
In fact, I was so mad at these idiots that when I switched over to watch O'Reilly's replay at 8pm PDT, I couldn't even get steamed up about Bill's usual rant, Americans hate big government & Obama, blah blah blah, ...
At that point I switched to CNN (which I generally only watch in desperation.) Kudos for Andy! He seemed to be the only one who would say out loud on the air that this was a big night for the Dems. (I spoke too soon, Ed Schultz said this, too, on MSNBC, but w/ Tweety & Fineman and Andrea Mitchell, he barely got a word in.)
But, by the time I switched back to CNN, the election seemed to be over & they had Soledad O'Brien speaking about black/white relations in the US, which really sucks, because that means that CNN is scheduling Ms O'Brien's solid pieces during election coverage! Jeez! I really like Ms O'Brien, & Anderson Cooper, too, but I've given up on CNN since they hired that RedState asshole as a contributer, fair & balanced, right?
Anyhoo, here is the real scoop, as I see it, about last night's mini-Super Tuesday.
Obama had to support Lincoln & Specter, & a fairly half-assed support it was, I might add. & Specter has some reason to be pissed, but tough, Arlen. He was a Republican last year & his ad challenging Sestak's military temperament was beyond the pale (& cost Specter dearly.) I know that Obama & the White House are v quietly elated at yesterday's results.
Because, I also know that Sestak will clean Toomey's clock in November. There is no way that PA will elect a Club For Growth asshole to the Senate. They're done w/ the Santorum debacles.
Now, Halter might not even win the run-off against Blanche (though I suspect he will) but even today we've seen Ms Lincoln try & burnish her anti-Wall Street cred re the Financing Regulation bill & I know that Halter has a much better chance to win the Senate seat than Ms Lincoln does.
I would like to say, I know that Rand Paul is unelectable in Kentucky but I cannot. I will say this: We have got a legitimate chance. Paul is such a goofball, & if he sticks to his, I will not disavow the Teabaggers (which I doubt, he'll come in line pretty quick, unless, ... ) I mean, you just do not know with this guy.
Finally, I am totally w/ Nate Silver re the PA Special. The GOP got out-hustled again. This one should've been a slam dunk. They will meet again in November. Unless there is a screw-up on Critz's part, I do not foresee a different result. (Sadly, unlike Sestak, a modDem I can live with, Critz is no prize.)
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