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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Face Bored edition

Tommy T

Well, we all know what social media mavens the Freeperati are, amirite? I mean, with such media giants as Parler, ONAN, and all?

The ones who actually have Facebook accounts, and don’t spend every other month in FB jail, were anxiously awaiting this outcome :

Facebook Board Readies For Its Biggest Decision Yet: Whether To Reinstate Trump
NPR ^ | 5/4/21 | Rachel martin

Posted on 5/4/2021, 12:40:30 PM by 1Old Pro

Facebook created the Oversight Board a year ago to make final calls on the most difficult decisions the social network makes about what users can post. Each case is decided by 5 members of the 20-person board. They consider Facebook’s rules and international human rights principles and seek out the views of outside experts and members of the public. In the Trump case, the board received more than 9,000 public comments. The final decision must be approved by a majority of the full board, and Facebook has agreed to abide by its ruling.

The Trump case is the biggest test so far of the board’s legitimacy: whether it’s seen as independent from the company that created and funds it, or whether it’s seen as a cover to let Facebook duck responsibility.

***************************

Break them up. There should be no “control” over free speech. Reasonable expectations perhaps, but no banning.

1 posted on 5/4/2021, 12:40:30 PM by 1Old Pro
So much for “The Power Of The Free Market”, huh?
To: 1Old Pro

How about reinstating Donald J. Trump to the Presidency. That’s where he belongs. MAGA!!!

19 posted on 5/4/2021, 12:57:38 PM by spincaster (i)

Wow! What power that board has! Can they also turn water into wine?
To: 1Old Pro

Technically our Government cannot censor people . So how to get around this roadblock when it wants to bury annoying truths ? Simple, give certain companies special favors and allow them to become monopolies in return for said companies to do the censoring for them.

22 posted on 5/4/2021, 1:02:57 PM by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V!)

.
A few Freepers still stick to reality :
To: 1Old Pro

“Break them up. There should be no “control” over free speech. Reasonable expectations perhaps, but no banning.”

Should private companies be allowed to develop their own policies or not. Conservatives argue a bakery should be allowed to refuse to bake a gay wedding cake. It would be hypocritical to make that argument and at the same time declare Facebook shouldn’t be allowed to set the rules for use of its services.

Should a motel be required to allow pets in the rooms? Should an over 55 community in Florida be required to allow families with children to purchase and inhabit homes?

6 posted on 5/4/2021, 12:46:07 PM by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)

To: Soul of the South

I agree with you. I think if the government seizes control over who Facebook and Twitter are allowed to censor and ban, what’s to stop them from forcing FreeRepublic to allow bad posts to go without being removed or to allow trolls and other undesirables to continue posting indefinitely?

I think if you don’t like the website, find another. I don’t like Facebook, so I left it. I never liked Twitter. I do like FreeRepublic. Not everyone does. They should find somewhere else; not get the government to force FR to let them be a problem here.

21 posted on 5/4/2021, 1:01:30 PM by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don’t help them do it.)

And then :

BREAKING: Facebook Announces Decision NOT to Reinstate Donald Trump’s Account Conservative Brief ^ | 5/5 | Carmine Sabia Posted on 5/5/2021, 8:09:38 AM by TrumpianRepublican

The world’s preeminent social media site, Facebook, has made its decision on whether to allow Donald Trump back on its platform.

The answer came on Wednesday when the site’s Oversight Board ruled that Trump will stay banned from the platform.

Access to Facebook is seen by many as crucial to Trump’s chances of victory if he decides to campaign for president in 2024.

1 posted on 5/5/2021, 8:09:38 AM by TrumpianRepublican
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Too Good for Their Voters

Allison Hantschel

George H.W. Bush is too good for the Republican National Convention. Let me repeat that. George H.W. Bush, whose pardons ended any chance of anyone being punished for the Iran-Contra cover-up and whose government denied for years that any veterans suffered as a result of the first Gulf War, is too good for a Republican National Convention at which Donald Trump will be nominated. (Donald Trump’s policies, at this point, have killed exactly nobody. Can’t say the same for Bush the First.) You know who else is too good for the Republican National Convention? George W. Bush. You might remember … Continue reading Too Good for Their Voters

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Free Stuff

Allison Hantschel

Is it me or has so much stupid shit been happening recently that it’s difficult to do anything anymore than shake your head? Because I don’t know about you but by the time I formulate a response that’s not, “I need to drink some wine and cuddle Claire” something even dumber than the last dumb thing has happened and at that point I just go hide under the bed. To wit, Jeb Bush:  “Our message is one of hope and aspiration,” Mr. Bush said. “It isn’t one of division and get in line and we’ll take care of you with free … Continue reading Free Stuff

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Annual Fundraising Drive: TEN YEARS MAN

Allison Hantschel

We are ten years old. We are in fourth grade. We need new corduroys and school supplies. Ten years ago this weekend, Holden and Tena and pie and I decided we'd had a stellar time guestblogging over at the Crack Den while Atrios was off, I dunno, becoming famous and respectable, and we'd set up shop here at this web site that I had that was basically some password-protected Buffy fanfiction and ranting about people who don't turn their radios down at the drive-thru window at Taco Bell.  Those were, of course, good and awful times. Awful: We didn't have … Continue reading Annual Fundraising Drive: TEN YEARS MAN

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653 Questions

Peter Adrastos Athas

The junior Senator from Louisiana is back in the news this week. (No, not just because he gets name checked in stories about Mark Sanford’s comeback.) Bitter Vitter is doing what he does best, which is being a royal pain in the ass. This time it involves Gina McCarthy who has been nominated to run the EPA: David Vitter seems to have set a new record. Sen. Vitter, a Louisiana Republican with close ties to the gas and oil industries, has already sent a whopping 653 questions to President Obama’s nominee to take over the Environmental Protection Agency on a … Continue reading 653 Questions

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How can I miss you when you won’t go away, Willard?

Peter Adrastos Athas

The guy who tried to make history by becoming our first robot President is back in the news. And he’s still saying stupid shit: Among the things Romney thinks might have actually changed the election appears to be his own comments. He repeatedly referenced his own “mistakes” in the CNN interview. He said he “regrets” his comment about 47 percent of Americans refusing to take responsibility for their lives. He said of Clint Eastwood’s empty-chair moment, “Clint didn’t hurt my campaign, I hurt my campaign a couple times.” He said dealing with the press is hard. “Jokes, for instance, will … Continue reading How can I miss you when you won’t go away, Willard?

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653 Questions

The junior Senator from Louisiana is back in the news this week. (No, not just because he gets name checked in stories about Mark Sanford’s comeback.) Bitter Vitter is doing what he does best, which is being a royal pain in the ass. This time it involvesGina McCarthy who has been nominated to run the EPA: David Vitter seems to have set a new record. Sen. Vitter, a Louisiana Republican with close ties to the gas and oil industries, has already sent a whopping 653 questions to President Obama’s nominee to take over the Environmental Protection Agency on a wide … Continue reading 653 Questions

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Ride Glenn’s Bologna Pony

Allison Hantschel

And other family-friendly amusements at Glenn Beck’s new Rand-Land: Glenn believes that he can bring the heart and the spirit of Walt’s early Disneyland ideas into reality. Independence, USA wouldn’t be about rides and merchandise, but would be about community and freedom. The Marketplace would be a place where craftmen and artisan could open and run real small businesses and stores. The owners and tradesmen could hold apprenticeships and teach young people the skills and entrepreneurial spirit that has been lost in today’s entitlement state. [snip] Across the lake, there would be a church modelled after The Alamo which would … Continue reading Ride Glenn’s Bologna Pony

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Ride Glenn’s Bologna Pony

And other family-friendly amusements atGlenn Beck’s new Rand-Land: Glenn believes that he can bring the heart and the spirit of Walt’s early Disneyland ideas into reality. Independence, USA wouldn’t be about rides and merchandise, but would be about community and freedom. The Marketplace would be a place where craftmen and artisan could open and run real small businesses and stores. The owners and tradesmen could hold apprenticeships and teach young people the skills and entrepreneurial spirit that has been lost in today’s entitlement state. [snip] Across the lake, there would be a church modelled after The Alamo which would act … Continue reading Ride Glenn’s Bologna Pony

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Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.

Peter Adrastos Athas

Sen. Inouye in the Oval Office with JFK. I’m not entirely comfortable with the term “greatest generation” but sometimes it fits a member of that generation like a glove. Senator Daniel Inouye was such a man.He died today at the age of 88. He was a bona fide war hero, a Medal of Honor winner who fought for our country in World War II despite the wartime hysteria that led to the internment of Japanese Americans. In his case, he partially fought *because* of the prejudice, to prove that Asians were every bit as patriotic as the slack jawed rednecks … Continue reading Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.

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Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.

Sen. Inouye in the Oval Office with JFK. I’m not entirely comfortable with the term “greatest generation” but sometimes it fits a member of that generation like a glove. Senator Daniel Inouye was such a man.He died today at the age of 88. He was a bona fide war hero, a Medal of Honor winner who fought for our country in World War II despite the wartime hysteria that led to the internment of Japanese Americans. In his case, he partially fought *because* of the prejudice, to prove that Asians were every bit as patriotic as the slack jawed rednecks … Continue reading Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2

tommyfd

Good morning, gentle people!

Well, Jude, Michael, Adrastos, Scout, Southern Beale, et.al. did yeoman’s work Sunday scrubbing the scorch-marks and Freeper cranial matter off the walls and ceiling – I thank you all.

OK – after the shock wears off a little, the Freeperati start the finger-pointing and wrong-conclusion-jumping we’ve been seeing everywhere, but only in Freeperville will you see them unleash their inner Joker.

I give you –Our only hope now is real economic collapse!

Vanity: Myths Destroyed


Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:58 AM by over3Owithabrain

Unskewed polls.com Nate Silver is clueless GOP vote
underestimated/DEM vote overestimated Anything Dick Morris says
Groundswell of anger at Obama Bradley effect Romney had momentum PA was
winnable WI was winnable

Anything else??

1
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:59 AM
by over3Owithabrain
To: over3Owithabrain

Nate Silver is clueless. He’d be happier if he slit his wrists

2
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:10:51 AM
by GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
You’re just sore because he predicted your ass-whuppin’ down to the last State. And I daresay that you’re the one who’d be happier if he slit his wrists, since you have to watch Nate Silver bask in the aprobation he’s so justly receiving.

To: over3Owithabrain

Nobody can predict what trojan horse can do, except G-d!

4
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:13:43 AM
by hamboy

And what’s with you nimrods leaving out God’s middle letter all the time? Does this automaticaly get you into Heaven or something? Or is it like not saying Voldemort’s name out loud, or only saying “Candyman” four times? Do you think that He’ll be so miffed by your typing “God” instead of “G-d” that he’ll manifest himself and smite you?

To: over3Owithabrain

I really hope people stop obsessively trying to discredit polls.
They aren’t gospel, but in the last two elections they have been fairly
accurate, and if anything, slightly republican leaning.

Go back and
check the RCP final poll average for the 2010 Senate races – 20 of 23
correctly senate seats picked correctly. Of the the 3 that were
incorrect, 2 dems won instead of the predicted republican, and the last
was Murkowski beating Miller in Alaska. And obviously, polls were better
than GOP cheerleaders this time as well.

The dumbest thing I hear around here is “no one polled me.”

5
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:14:06 AM
by MrShoop

Commie.

To: Mr. Jeeves; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; …
The GOP got killed among Asian-Americans, who logically should be strong GOP supporters. The GOP is not even asking itself why.

Can
somebody tell me why Asian-Americans vote for democRATS? You’re right,
Mr. Jeeves… logically they should be strong GOP supporters.

WHY do they vote for ‘RATs? I don’t understand this…

10
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:16:03 AM
by nutmeg

Let me refresh your memory:
“Yellow Peril”
“Gooks”
“Chinks”
“Slants”
Now do your think that Asian-Americans believe that Democrats are more likely to address them as such? Or Republicans?
(or, if that is too complicated for you – Mike Stivic, or Archie Bunker?)

To: over3Owithabrain

We didn’t understand why Obama won in 2008. We thought maybe
people wanted to give him a chance, he would be historic first black,
post partisan and all that hopey stuff. Then they’d get over it.

Maybe he won because they really wanted a leftist.

13
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:21:44 AM
by ari-freedom

And maybe he won because the majority of Americans just don’t like you, or what you stand for? YMMV.

To: over3Owithabrain

Our only hope now is real economic collapse (on a catastrophic

scale) that will be so devastating that it will bring about
a huge revolt against the Democrats.

Or it might even bring a military coup.

20
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:32:15 AM
by NeverForgetBataan
(I am become Barry… destroyer of wealth)

Thought I was kidding, didn’t you?
And I love “NeverForgetBataan” chiming in on a discussion of why Asian-Americans don’t love the GOP.

To: over3Owithabrain

Myths:

Blacks won’t turn out. Only 80% will vote Obama.

PA was in play.

Ryan will bring a state or two. Not even WI was picked up.

Gender gap is gone.

Dick Morris. Clueless.

Poll watching will help.

29
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:43:41 AM
by TigerClaws

To: wardaddy

Spot on wardaddy. And we only 60% of the white vote. The answer
is not to kowtow to the Latino population and open borders and let the
country go socialist, but to more or less unify the white vote… well,
increase our white vote.

38
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:21:00 AM
by Hokestuk

Dumbass
.

To: over3Owithabrain

Myths: Ramussen is right, D+6 is delusional, sea of Romney lawn
signs, big R&R campaign rallies, Dick Morris, Michael Barone, [your
favorite state] is going Romney, incumbents can’t win with >7%
unemployment, the Bradley Effect, PA is winnable for the GOP, women like
white men, all those “left-leaning” polls are in the tank for Obama,
“fraud” won the election, John Roberts and Chris Christie are on our
side.

Reality: We are anachronistic outliers in a country we don’t
understand and that is going to leave us behind. This type of thing
happens every century in many countries since the dawn of time. The US
is never going back to what it used to be. Obama will guarantee it.
There is nowhere to run.

52
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:42:20 AM
by BlueStateRightist

Ouch.
Rebuttal?

To: GVnana

Obama is black, that is the shift, any white guy with the same
record would have been booted from office. He is a brother by another
mother, and despite horrible job numbers and a looming financial
disaaster for blacks and hispanics they will always back a brother.

55
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:11:37 AM
by OldGoatCPO

That’s what I thought.
Well, there’s a lot more schaden-whatsis after the paradigm shift.
Snorkels are mandatory due to the water level from Freeper tears.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2”

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2

Good morning, gentle people!

Well, Jude, Michael, Adrastos, Scout, Southern Beale, et.al. did yeoman’s work Sunday scrubbing the scorch-marks and Freeper cranial matter off the walls and ceiling – I thank you all.

OK – after the shock wears off a little, the Freeperati start the finger-pointing and wrong-conclusion-jumping we’ve been seeing everywhere, but only in Freeperville will you see them unleash their inner Joker.

I give you –Our only hope now is real economic collapse!

Vanity: Myths Destroyed

Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:58 AM byover3Owithabrain

Unskewed polls.com Nate Silver is clueless GOP vote
underestimated/DEM vote overestimated Anything Dick Morris says
Groundswell of anger at Obama Bradley effect Romney had momentum PA was
winnable WI was winnable

Anything else??

1
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:07:59 AM
byover3Owithabrain
To: over3Owithabrain

Nate Silver is clueless. He’d be happier if he slit his wrists

2
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:10:51 AM
byGeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
You’re just sore because he predicted your ass-whuppin’ down to the last State. And I daresay thatyou’re the one who’d be happier if he slit his wrists, since you have to watch Nate Silver bask in the aprobation he’s so justly receiving.
To: over3Owithabrain

Nobody can predict what trojan horse can do, except G-d!

4
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:13:43 AM
byhamboy
And what’s with you nimrods leaving out God’s middle letter all the time? Does this automatically get you into Heaven or something? Or is it like not saying Voldemort’s name out loud, or only saying “Candyman” four times? Do you think that He’ll be so miffed by your typing “God” instead of “G-d” that he’ll manifest himself and smite you?

To: over3Owithabrain

I really hope people stop obsessively trying to discredit polls.
They aren’t gospel, but in the last two elections they have been fairly
accurate, and if anything, slightly republican leaning.Go back and
check the RCP final poll average for the 2010 Senate races – 20 of 23
correctly senate seats picked correctly. Of the the 3 that were
incorrect, 2 dems won instead of the predicted republican, and the last
was Murkowski beating Miller in Alaska. And obviously, polls were better
than GOP cheerleaders this time as well.

The dumbest thing I hear around here is “no one polled me.”

5
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:14:06 AM
byMrShoop
Commie.
To: Mr. Jeeves; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; …
The GOP got killed among Asian-Americans, who logically should be strong GOP supporters. The GOP is not even asking itself why.Can
somebody tell me why Asian-Americans vote for democRATS? You’re right,
Mr. Jeeves… logically they should be strong GOP supporters.

WHY do they vote for ‘RATs? I don’t understand this…

10
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:16:03 AM
bynutmeg
Let me refresh your memory:
“Yellow Peril”
“Gooks”
“Chinks”
“Slants”
Now do your think that Asian-Americans believe that Democrats are more likely to address them as such? Or Republicans?
(or, if that is too complicated for you – Mike Stivic, or Archie Bunker?)
To: over3Owithabrain

We didn’t understand why Obama won in 2008. We thought maybe
people wanted to give him a chance, he would be historic first black,
post partisan and all that hopey stuff. Then they’d get over it.

Maybe he won because they really wanted a leftist.

13
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:21:44 AM
byari-freedom
And maybe he won because the majority of Americans just don’t like you, or what you stand for? YMMV.
To: over3Owithabrain

Our only hope now is real economic collapse (on a catastrophic

scale) that will be so devastating that it will bring about

a huge revolt against the Democrats.

Or it might even bring a military coup.

20
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:32:15 AM
byNeverForgetBataan
(I am become Barry… destroyer of wealth)
Thought I was kidding, didn’t you?
And I love “NeverForgetBataan” chiming in on a discussion of why Asian-Americans don’t love the GOP.
To: over3Owithabrain

Myths:

Blacks won’t turn out. Only 80% will vote Obama.

PA was in play.

Ryan will bring a state or two. Not even WI was picked up.

Gender gap is gone.

Dick Morris. Clueless.

Poll watching will help.

29
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 2:43:41 AM
byTigerClaws
To: wardaddy

Spot on wardaddy. And we only 60% of the white vote. The answer
is not to kowtow to the Latino population and open borders and let the
country go socialist, but to more or less unify the white vote… well,
increase our white vote.

38
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 3:21:00 AM
byHokestuk
Dumbass
.
To: over3Owithabrain

Myths: Ramussen is right, D+6 is delusional, sea of Romney lawn
signs, big R&R campaign rallies, Dick Morris, Michael Barone, [your
favorite state] is going Romney, incumbents can’t win with >7%
unemployment, the Bradley Effect, PA is winnable for the GOP, women like
white men, all those “left-leaning” polls are in the tank for Obama,
“fraud” won the election, John Roberts and Chris Christie are on our
side.

Reality: We are anachronistic outliers in a country we don’t
understand and that is going to leave us behind. This type of thing
happens every century in many countries since the dawn of time. The US
is never going back to what it used to be. Obama will guarantee it.
There is nowhere to run.

52
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:42:20 AM
byBlueStateRightist
Ouch.
Rebuttal?
To: GVnana

Obama is black, that is the shift, any white guy with the same
record would have been booted from office. He is a brother by another
mother, and despite horrible job numbers and a looming financial
disaaster for blacks and hispanics they will always back a brother.

55
posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:11:37 AM
byOldGoatCPO
That’s what I thought.
Well, there’s a lot more schaden-whatsis after the paradigm shift.
Snorkels are mandatory due to the water level from Freeper tears.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Great White Fail edition – Vol 2”

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Cheesy Burgher in Paradise Edition

Good morning, all ! No post today, as Barbara and I are on our annual pilgrimage to theIberostar Quetzal in Playa Del Carmen, where agouti, peacocks, howler monkeys, and smiling bartenders roam the gounds freely. It’s co-incides with our wedding anniversary, and these good people always make it special. There will also be omelettes. Here’s a cheesy home movie I made of last year’s trip for those fo you who would like to glimpse something besides Janurary weather – incudes Bonus Barbara Wave: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=183253625048900 Hasta luego! Tommy and Barbara Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Cheesy Burgher in Paradise Edition

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Jindal blows a gaping hole in Perry’s waterline even wider

All right – excuse me for getting out of my box, but I don’t see thisanywhere else on the interwebz. It made me choke on my ham, onion, and jalapeno omelette. The MTP bobbleheads had the surrogates for Romney and Perry on this morning, and the subject turned to the M-word: (Gregory) There’s this issue of”Governor Romney is a Mormon”, this has become an issue in the campaign, pastor Robery Jeffress introduced Rick Perry and said the following: (clip runs) (Jefferson) “So we want a candidate who s a good, moral person? Or do we want a candidate who is … Continue reading Jindal blows a gaping hole in Perry’s waterline even wider

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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Palin Announces Candidacy edition

Well, faithful friends, the moment we have all been waiting for is here – let’s suit up and hit the airlock, cos the Freeperati are buzzing like an electric razor on its last legs.

Sarah Palin to Announce Today on Bob&Mark Show?
HillBuzz ^ | Sept 16, 2011 | HillBuzz

“The Bob & Mark Show” broadcasts out of Anchorage, Alaska, with hosts Bob and Mark on KWHL.[Click here for a link to their site, where you can listen to the broadcast LIVE! ] In the final episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” on TLC — which Governor Palin herself produced and had complete creative control over — the Governor promised to let Bob and Mark know, on the air, when she decides to run for president. Since the Governor personally chose to have that bit included in the episode, there has to be a reason for this. “The Bob and Mark Show” broadcasts Monday through Friday.

1 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 5:50:14 AM bynewfreep
After all this time – all this teasing – all this hope and fear – could it finally be happening??

To: newfreep

She should probably wait a few days and let the tabloid book about her draw some more heat.

But then Friday’s are always good for good news. Screw up the Journalists weekend and make them cover you’re news cycle. Then she’ll be the talk of all the talking heads on Sunday.

3 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 5:58:11 AM byUsagi_yo
To: newfreep

I don’t buy it. If she were goingh to annonce, ashe’d certainly want to do so in a more splashy wat than on a dinky radio show. (No offense meant to the show.) but wouldn’t she at least pick Rusd Limbaugh’/s show, if not calling yogether a full media scrum of all the Network and cable news channels?

4 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:00:36 AM byDGHoodini (Iran Azadi)
New collective noun – a “scrum of media”.

To: DGHoodini

Quite the contrary.

My understanding has been, Palin long ago stated if she does announce, it will be on that very show.

Could be the day…

8 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:04:41 AM byCringing Negativism Network (“Cut the Crap and Balance!” — Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)

God doesn’t love me that much,

To: DGHoodini

Do you really doubt if she were to call up all the news media, foreign and domestic, and say she was making a big announcement in 24 hrs at (X) place, that every single one of them wouldn’t have a news team there at the ready? Ahead of time, to get the best position they could?

12 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:07:00 AM byDGHoodini (Iran Azadi)

It would be like throwing them a scrum…er, crumb.

To: Col Frank Slade
Bob and Mark Show?

Seems kind of a lame venue to announce a Presidential bid.

Hmmm…, perhaps that means that she’s not going to announce anything of the sort, once again leaving her acolytes spurned at the altar.

9 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:06:08 AM byOceander (Refusing to Vote in 2012 is the Same Thing as Voting FOR Obama in 2012)

OhSnap
.

To: Oceander

Let me guess:

A Perry supporter, right?

15 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:08:06 AM byCringing Negativism Network (“Cut the Crap and Balance!” — Governor Sarah Palin , Friday August 12 2011, Iowa State Fair)

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To: Cringing Negativism Network

There is winning and there is winning the wright way. I want to win the wright way.

30 posted on Friday, September 16, 2011 6:19:23 AM bySarah-bot

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Will Our Sarah announce?
Will Bob and Mark announce their engagement?
Will Freeperstan explode in a Perry vs. Palin free-for-all?
The answers to this and many other questions below the fold-er-ol.

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Palin Announces Candidacy edition”

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Amazing What Happens When You Win

Obama back at 50: When President Obama arrives back in Washington this morning after his Hawaiian vacation, he’ll be greeted by a rare bit of good news on the political front. According toGallup, Obama’s approval rating is currently at 50 percent—the highest its been in seven months. That’s up nine points since early November, whenObama acknowledged this his party took a “shellacking” in the midterm elections. It’s probably because we’re a center-right nation. I will note, however, that it’s just goddamn amazing how people start to like you when you stop listening to Chris Matthews’ racist uncles and start doing … Continue reading Amazing What Happens When You Win

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Nobody Likes The Chimp

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Chimpy is stuck at his all-time low job approval rating of 35% in the latest Diageo/Hotline Poll. Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 35%Disapprove: 62% This marks the second consecutive month he’s been judged at 35% job approval and the third month out of the last four. But wait, it gets worse for The Chimpster. A majority of those polled, 51%, strongly disapprove of the job he is doing. Bush Job ApprovalStrongly approve: 14%Somewhat approve: 21%Somewhat disapprove: 11%Strongly disapprove: 51% Yet a plurarlity of those polled approve of the job Nancy Pelosi is doing as Speaker of the House. Pelosi Job ApprovalApprove: 44% … Continue reading Nobody Likes The Chimp

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A Long Way To Go

The White house isclaiming that Chimpy will hit 45% job approval by the end of his “legacy year”. Gallup says he has a long way to go. Gallup’s latest national poll, conducted Jan. 4-6, finds 32% of Americans approving of the job Bush is doing as president and a mere 23% approving of the job Congress is doing. The previous figures were 32% and 22%, respectively. More generally, Bush’s approval rating has bobbed between 31% and 34% for almost the entire period from May 2007 through today, averaging 33%. Continue reading A Long Way To Go

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Jersey Ponies!

Chimpy sets a new low in theFarleigh Dickinson Public Mind poll of New jersey voters. President Bush’s approval rating in the Garden State is very low at 26% and the percent of voters saying that the country is on the wrong track increased from 67% to a new high of 71%. At the same time, the percent of voters who say the country is on the right track dipped to a new low of 18%. Similarly, the percent of voters saying that going into Iraq was the right thing dropped from 32% to 27%, erasing gains made last month in … Continue reading Jersey Ponies!

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It’s A Perfect Pony Storm!

Chimpy, Cheney and Condi each set all-time lows in the newHarris Poll. President Bush’s latest ratings are 24 percent positive and fully 75 percent negative. Previously, his worst numbers were 26 percent positive and 72 percent negative in April of this year. His ratings are substantially worse than those of any president, except for Jimmy Carter (22%-77% in July 1980), since Harris first started measuring themin 1963. Vice President Cheney’s ratings are even worse, 18 percent positive and 74 percent negative, compared to his previous low of 21 percent positive, 74 percent negative last July. Secretary of State Rice’s ratings … Continue reading It’s A Perfect Pony Storm!

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Pony Up!

Chimpy sets another all-time low job approval rating, this time in the newABC News/WaPo Poll: McCain will be running into stiff headwinds over the next five months. Bush’s approval rating hit another low in Post-ABC polling and now is 29 percent, with 68 percent saying they disapprove of the job he is doing — 54 percent strongly. Among the dwindling number who approve of the way Bush is handling his job, 80 percent back McCain. Among the much higher number who disapprove, 26 percent support McCain. Continue reading Pony Up!

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On The Widespread Effects Of Ponies

Oh, baby. Republicans appear headed for another year of substantial House seat losses, if the latest survey by Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner stands true. In the congressional districts that DC/GQR determined to be the 45 most competitive [pdf] Republican-controlled districts, Democratic challengers lead 50 percent to 43 percent overall. In a similar survey taken in the same districts four months ago (other than five “hard-to-reach” districts that were added for this survey), Democrats trailed by 1 point. The current 7-point lead shows a landscape sliding in Democrats’ favor. DC/GQR polled 1,600 registered voters in 45 districts from May 19-26. Bush … Continue reading On The Widespread Effects Of Ponies

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Plural Ponies!

California Ponies President Bush’s approval rating among Californians has plummeted to an all-time low, with 25 percent saying he’s done a good job, according to the latest Field Poll, released today. Good Ole American Ponies PRINCETON, NJ — President George W. Bush’s job approval rating in the latest USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted May 30-June 1, is at 28%, essentially where it has been for the last two months, and tied for the lowest of his administration. Bush’s disapproval rating is at 68%, one point off the highest such reading in Gallup history. [snip] The lowest job approval rating in Gallup’s … Continue reading Plural Ponies!

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Dood, It Is So On!

What’s this? Apony challenge from Larry Sabato? “[Bush] is poisoning the well for Republican congressional candidates and for John McCain,” said Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia. “I think McCain’s chances depend in part on whether Bush and his White House team can manage to get Bush up around 40 (percent) again,” referring to the president’s approval rating. Bring it on, Sabato! Continue reading Dood, It Is So On!

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Minnesota Ponies

Unloved in theLand of Ten Thousand Lakes. Minnesotans are profoundly dissatisfied with the job President Bush is doing — and are even more disenchanted with the general trajectory of the nation. A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll found that only a quarter of the state’s residents approve of the president’s job performance, the harshest assessment of his tenure. Two-thirds give his performance a thumbs-down. At the same time, only 14 percent of Minnesotans say things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, while 77 percent say the United States has gotten seriously off on the wrong track. … Continue reading Minnesota Ponies

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Meet Mr. 23%

Zogby: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Growing anxiety about their economic prospects and deep unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress plunged Americans into a dark mood this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. [snip] Bush’s approval rating fell 4 percentage points to 23 percent, a record low for pollster John Zogby, and positive marks for the U.S. Congress fell 5 points to tie an all-time low at 11 percent. The number of Americans who believe the country is on the right track fell from 23 percent to an abysmal 16 percent, another record for pessimism, … Continue reading Meet Mr. 23%