12 Comments

1. erinyes  •  Aug 19, 2009 @10:33 pm
   

   Ain’t it the truth?

2. joanr16  •  Aug 19, 2009 @11:12 pm
   

   erinyes – lovely gravatar!

   Barney provides rare moments of awesomeness that are almost like having Tony Kushner in the U.S. Congress. Well, sure, decades in the House would tarnish even Kushner’s wit, but I will forever adore Barney for his comment when John McCain “suspended” his campaign for one day during the economic meltdown: “It’s the worst Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.”

   If anyone can turn the tables on the Nazi Shouters, it’s Barney.

3. moonbat  •  Aug 19, 2009 @11:44 pm
   

   It’s high time a Democrat called out crazy as crazy. I’m reminded of that adage that “the only thing evil needs to succeed is for good people to do nothing”. Barney Frank finally decided to do something, and we’re all cheered by it.

   You can do something, by signing this petition at FireDogLake requiring House Democrats to stand firm in their support for a strong public option. You can also watch Rachel Maddow interview Jane Hamsher about it. As Rachel put it, “pinch me, I’m dreaming”.

4. moonbat  •  Aug 20, 2009 @12:07 am
   

   I guess tonight is petition night. Sign this one to pressure advertisers to withdraw their advertising from Glenn Beck’s show. It’s working.

5. porlock junior  •  Aug 20, 2009 @1:01 am
   

   @moonbat – Edmund Burke is the one who didn’t actually say, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Somebody researched this and put up the results on the Web, and it’s entertaining reading if one likes that sort of thing as much as I do.

   Anyway, regardless of who didn’t really say it, we’ve sure been watching it play out, or at least the dress rehearsals for it, this year. It’s about time Barney broke loose from all that civil bipartisan crap in the administration. He makes a mild West Coast guy give fervent thanks for the rude streets of the urban Northeast.

   The House is a fine place for him, but can’t we think of others? White House Chief of Staff, maybe? Or should we settle for less than Press Secretary?

6. uncledad  •  Aug 20, 2009 @4:35 am
   

   Amazing that an openly gay Jew can be called a NAZI sympathizer! What will the teabaggers think of next?

7. uncledad  •  Aug 20, 2009 @4:54 am
   

   I wonder if this newspaper is part of the new NAZI policy?

8. erinyes  •  Aug 20, 2009 @6:12 am
   

   Thanks, Joan. I actually put some thought and effort into the selection. The two most beautiful things in the world (to me ) are the female form and a bamboo forest. ( and Sarah Palin riding a crystal unicorn in a boostier/garter belt and stalkings while hunting moose) Actually, I’m kidding about tha last part….(still working on that poem!)

   Uncledad, their tactic is a text book case; they are the aggressors while claiming victimhood. The guys with the big guns are under siege because the guys with words are a threat.Nazis! Nazis want to cover everybody with health care! Damned Nazis! No question that Barney Frank is a gay Jewish Nazi sympathizer.
   ‘Next thing you know, we’ll be mandated to watch “queer eye” , take ballet lessons, and run Liza for office!

9. buckyblue  •  Aug 20, 2009 @9:08 am
   

   I get it, preemptively invade a country with no direct threat to the United States, not like Hitler. Attempting to reform a seriously unfair system for all Americans, Hitler. Wearing an anti-Bush T-shirt gets you arrested, freedom. Debating whether we should carry our assault weapons to presidential appearance, jackbooted Nazis.

10. Dave S  •  Aug 20, 2009 @9:34 am
    

    moonbat: Thanks for the links to the petitions.

    buckyblue: Stupid is the new smart. Welcome to rightie upside-down world.

11. Hume's Ghost  •  Aug 20, 2009 @6:18 pm
    

    That woman was a LaRoche cultist. Funny (actually, not so funny) how its getting pretty difficult to tell the difference between someone who’s been reading Lyndon LaRouche and someone who watches Fox News.

    http://dailydoubt.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-glenn-beck-mainstreams-extreme.html

12. c u n d gulag  •  Aug 20, 2009 @6:57 pm
    

    You can see in her eyes the moment he asked her ‘what planet she was from?’ that she knwy that she had probably gone too far and was now set for ridicule.
    OK, get ready for your You-tube moment, stupid. Your face and your moronic question are now as immortalized as Dan Quale’s. “Tomatoe…”
    May you wear the tomato well…