NRO's The Corner 2: Ghost Protocol

I will bet there will be some heavy bourbon and oxycontin usage.

I note Maggie Gallagher's not onboard. Clearly it's all a cover for a gay orgy.

I just noticed James Lileks on there. Ugh, that fuckin' guy.

according to the article, ravi also refused a plea bargain that would have meant no jail time or deportation. would be nice to see derb mention that.

Nobody in the comments disputing the theory that Clementi "kicked" Ravi out of the room – one going so far as to warn parents of the perfidy to which their "children" would be exposed if they had a college experience.

When again will you see Ralph Reed, Elliott Abrams, John Yoo, and Bernard Lewis in one lifetime?

in HELL

That counts as afterlifetime, I guess.

Hell, MI

Obama’s Apologies
By Mario Loyola

So the president refuses to apologize for forcing Catholics to violate their religious beliefs or pay a tax penalty.

But he immediately apologizes because a few of our soldiers inadvertently violated Muslims religious beliefs by trying to dispose of already-desecrated Korans.

Well, despite his apology, hoardes of semi-barbarian Afghans went on a rampage, burned Obama in dog-head effigy, and killed several of our soldiers.

And if you think that’s bad, just imagine what they would do if Obama adopted a rule forcing Muslims to violate their religious beliefs or pay a tax penalty.

o_O

Wow, that's sounds exactly like someone who's an infantilized, emotionally underdeveloped person who never actually built a self, so that any admission of wrongdoing by themselves or folks in power is the absolute worst possible thing that could happen, as that could wreck the fragile system of God-granted hierarchy and unquestioning obedience/submission they have as excuses for moral systems.

http://crooksandliars.com/files/vfs/2012/02/Screen%20shot%202012-02-23%20at%204.31.36%20PM.png

K-Lo's Oscar tweets last night were amazing to behold.

I want her as host next year!

I would tell Jonah Goldberg to go fuck himself, but clearly that's the only way he's getting any hence his bitterness.

Nice little demonstration tho; the animus motivating the outlawing of contraception/abortion/etc is based in punishing someone who's trying to get away with something bad. Any sort of fetal/child explanation is conscious rationalization of an idiotic emotional decision.

It's cute when the horrible authoritarian thinking pokes its head thru the veil.

My town councilman has beer pong as one of his interests. He also likes The Grateful Dead, the Beatles, Bob Marley, Bill O'Reilly, Michele Bachman, Don't Build the Mosque at Ground Zero, and The Tea Party. Maybe he should be friend with Jonah Goldberg. I give him the stink eye whenever I see him in the local deli.

Learnin’ the Lingo
By Jay Nordlinger
February 28, 2012 8:58 P.M.

I see from one of Kate’s posts below that Mitt is going populist, trying to speak the language of the conservative street: He’s using “Democrat” as an adjective, as in, “The Obama people, the UAW, and Rick Santorum are calling Democrat homes . . .” Bob Dole was a master of this. Who can forget him in the 1976 vice-presidential debate talking about “Democrat wars”? (In fairness, he was retaliating against Mondale’s charges of “Republican recessions.”)

I wonder how long it took Romney to train himself to use “Democrat” in this fashion. And I wonder how long it will take him to drop it, if he wins the nomination. “Democrat homes” is for primary season.

If he really wants to learn to speak conservative, I’m sure that many of us would be glad to introduce him to the basic lexicon. “Repeat after me, Governor: ‘Implement Beck!’”

wait Bob Dole was vice-president?

wait no…Walter Mondale was vice-president?

Weird.

Dole was Ford's VP choice in 1976.

xp

Bob Dole was Ford's VP pick when he ran for prez. His actual veep was Nelson Rockefeller, who was appointed when Agnew resigned in disgrace - for a scandal completely different from Watergate.

shows what happens when my US history class runs out of time somewhere between the start of the vietnam war and the year I was born

"America left Vietnam, snorted coke at Studio 54, Reagan!"

'the conservative street'??

Awful pics of Dole at the time in butterfly collars and disco suits.

Naked on a horse with Bianca Jagger.

and Mick on a fine Arab charger

"Bob Dole. Steadfast. True."

Bob Dole was Ford's VP pick when he ran for prez. His actual veep was Nelson Rockefeller, who was appointed when Agnew resigned in disgrace - for a scandal completely different from Watergate.

Actually Ford was appointed veep when Agnew resigned, Rocky was appointed about a year after that when Ford was elevated to the Presidency.

Derb on female rutting.

derb always links to really downmarket racialist type shit. "onesdtv.blogspot.com"?

a fun game to run when you find one of those paleocon/racist/victorian type blogs is to search it for the word "realism"

By Jay Nordlinger
March 7, 2012 8:54 A.M.

You may remember something peculiar about the Obama campaign in 2008: People kept fainting at his rallies. Especially young women, standing near the stage. There were medical teams on hand to deal with this, so common an occurrence was it. Obama would interrupt the speech he was giving to comment on the recovery of the stricken fans, reassuring the crowd that all was well.

Everyone says that Mitt Romney doesn’t excite “passion.” Okay. I say, the United States isn’t a banana republic. We don’t need a Perón, Juan or Evita. We don’t need a mesmerizer on a balcony. Enough with “rock star” candidates and false messiahs. How about a decent and capable guy who can get us out of this horrible hole and let us get on with the rest of our lives?

The United States is not a drama starring the president of the United States. We’re a nation of 300 million with our own shows, so to speak. If the president is not worshipped — fine with me. Those who worship leaders ought to find something better to worship.

And yet, sure — a little theater in your politics makes life more interesting. I’m not anti-theater. I’ve been known to be a little histrionic myself. But let’s not go crazy

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Palin too projects through the screen like crazy. I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, 'Hey, I think she just winked at me.' And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America.

-- rich lowry, 3 october 2008

does "let us get on with the rest of our lives" mean he will stop writing if we vo

-te Mitt, because that is the best reason to yet

He is one of those people I can't imagine ever giving up the internet no matter what he might claim, so no.

Nordlinger making weak lemonade out of a bitter pill. Or something.

this guy's on a roll:

y Jay Nordlinger
March 7, 2012 2:59 P.M. Comments0
Have you noticed that, when Romney wins, he can’t quite win? I mean, his victories are spun as losses, or not-good-enough wins.

He wins New Hampshire, and everyone says, “Own backyard. Neighboring state. Spent a lot.” He wins Florida, and they say, “Spent a lot. Was mean to Newt.” Wins Nevada, and they say, “Lotsa Mormons.” Wins Michigan, and they say, “Home state, whaddya want? Should’ve won by more.” Wins Arizona, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, they say, “No big deal. Doesn’t really count.” Wins Ohio, and they say, “Squeaker!”

A reader of ours writes, “When Newt won South Carolina, why did no one say it was ‘in his own backyard’? When Rick was campaigning in Ohio, why did no one point out it was a ‘neighboring state’ of Pennsylvania? Why is Romney’s wipeout win in Massachusetts less impressive than Newt’s plurality win in Georgia?”

Etc.

I have a feeling that, if Romney’s the nominee, and he beats Obama on Election Day, many in the Right blogosphere will find a way to grouse about it. Me, I’ll be dancin’ and singin’ like those Munchkins in the movie.

Unfortunately he is referring to this movie:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Under-the-rainbow_poster.jpg/220px-Under-the-rainbow_poster.jpg

Entertainment!

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/292780/conspiracy-again-editors

The commenters are a mixed bag, shall we say.

Is he being disingenuous, or does he truly not get that pouring vast amounts of money and resources into winning states and then barely winning does not bode well for the general election? xp

lol that first paragraph. that is magnificent partisan-mind blame shifting and belongs in a museum.

I think Nordlinger believes life is actually like a musical production.

pouring vast amounts of money speech, you mean

Nordlinger's writing style and cyclical bursts of activity make me think he has serotonin-receptor issues.

The Art of Swagger: The Artist, Obama, and the Republican Candidates
By William F. Gavin
March 8, 2012 3:28 P.M.

President Obama is a swaggerer. No other word for it. Look at the way he moves across the stage, notice his little gestures, the very way he holds his head when walking. This guy is swaggering and that is not good news for Republicans. Despite the argument that the economy is the issue, we don’t vote for policies, we vote for individual human beings. And a swaggering attractiveness is one of the qualities we look for in a president. FDR, wheel-chair bound, always gave the impression of swaggering, and he was irresistible to the electorate.

This all came to me, oddly enough, while I was watching the Academy Award–winning movie, The Artist. At the beginning of this (almost) silent movie, there is a scene that sets the tone, immediately establishing the personality of 1920s movie idol George Valentin (played by French actor Jean Dujardin). At the end of a screening of one of his movies, Valentin comes on stage to receive the adulation — indeed, the adoration — of the audience. From the moment he appears, he shows off shamelessly. He glides like a dancer — which he is — and moves as if everything in the world belongs to him, which, in that moment, it does. He is a star, and the only word that can convey what he is doing is swaggering. It is this swagger, much more eye-catching and attractive than a mere strut, that makes him a star, and it is his stardom out of which his swagger emerges. When he loses his stardom he moves differently, slowly, hesitantly, as if he is lost, which, of course, he is.