American Politics Thread 2014

you can either pull that kinda shit or write seriously it's kinda either/or ain't it? fuckin', people.

ya i hate that gonzo ott style where youre blowing everyones minds w how fucked up things are via super vivid metaphor see also matt taibbi

yeah, i kinda hate taibbi's writing too. HST has a lot to answer for.

for sure

Yes. taIbbi is unreadable. It's like every sentence is screaming "I'm this generation's HST."

h8 hst too

h8st

HST wrote some great stuff up until the mid 70s or so. Then it gets rough.

did like this bit from Pierce's post today about Robert Gates:

I guarantee you, back in the 1860's, Woodward would have been the go-to stenographer for all those incompetent generals who Lincoln fired. (George McClellan would have loved him.) In the 1950's, Woodward would have been MacArthur's first phone call after Harry Truman canned his ass.

all the presidents men 2

haha Pierce reading Alfred's posts there or what

Who gives a shit about Bob Woodward

his mother.

pierce

from what i've read of civil war era journalism it was actually a lot closer to online comments trolling than it was to bob woodward

FreeRepublic.txt ‏@FreeRepublicTXT 17s
Christie attended more than 100 Bruce Springstein concerts. Does this “man” belong in any position or power, responsibility or leadership?

case closed

fantastic

from what i've read of civil war era journalism it was actually a lot closer to online comments trolling

Bob Dylan's Chronicles goes into this in detail. Those guys got nasty.

Washington Post conservative columnist Kathleen Parker on income inequality:

Some of the factors contributing to the income gap are, indeed, tough to tackle, and Obama is not, in fact, a god, as he now seems comfortable conceding. These factors include the loss of jobs for low-skilled workers and the apparent inability of this population, for whatever reasons, to become more skilled. (Perhaps legalizing marijuana will help. If it doesn’t provide enough jobs, at least more people will care less.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-inequality-of-language-muddies-debate/2014/01/07/d69eef34-77dc-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html

jesus fucking christ the sanctimony

the poors and their love of marijuana, why don't they just learn how to manage a stock portfolio already

Stoners = Moochers

"apparent inability of this population, for whatever reasons, to become more skilled"

lol @ a newspaper columnist talking about "skills"

Definitely not a good look for Christie. But I don't think it will sink him, unless someone can definitively place his fingerprints on this. He needs to fire this Kelly person ASAP though.

Obama is not, in fact, a god, as he now seems comfortable conceding

lol they won't drop this line of criticism will they -- both columnists and Morbs.

When has Obama ever conceded that he is not a god? Therefore, he still thinks of himself as one.

http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/2093540861_1378700504.gif

(Perhaps legalizing marijuana will help. If it doesn’t provide enough jobs, at least more people will care less.)

otm!

i still believe in my lord and savior black hussein obungler

btw christie lied, old lady died http://www.northjersey.com/fortlee/GWB_lane_closures_delayed_EMS_response_in_Fort_Lee.html

apparently he's claiming he was duped by a staff member

Not a peep from The Corner!

apparently he's claiming he was duped by a staff member

― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Wednesday, January 8, 2014 5:46 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

damn what happened to his elite bullshit detector

please can someone else make the obvious joke about this.

i have been so prim and upstanding these long months about the fat jokes about this guy.

http://i.imgur.com/QP6CvRZ.jpg

Weeping statue of liberty has never failed me.

Tina Dupuy ‏@TinaDupuy 40s
"What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable." -Chris Christie.

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJvxuPPVNc

Fort Lee woman died as GWB closures delayed medical help, report says.

collateral damage

forget whether Christie is the second coming of Dubya. this shit is straight outta Nixon's playbook.

that said, and given just how shit some of the state- and county-level NJ Democratic leaders are, i doubt that they regret supporting Christie even after this.

Rick Wilson ‏@TheRickWilson 22m
They like safe bets. They like winners. They hate scandal. And they really, really hate surprises.

Rick Wilson ‏@TheRickWilson 22m
Christie's performance in this in next 48 is rather impt in the secret megadonor primary. They viewed him as being free of scandal.

ah yes the megadonor primary.. the real election

This Christie thing will be dismissed outside of NY because most people outside NY think that's how politicians in NY do stuff. See also: Chicago.

also lol "free of scandal"

Tina Dupuy ‏@TinaDupuy 40s
"What I've seen today for the first time is unacceptable." -Chris Christie.

this is definitely one of the funniest sentences I've seen in awhile

lol super sister souljah http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/christie-needs-to-go-super-sister-souljah-on-bridge-scandal-20140109

hahaha

drudge went all in on christie creme yesterday

most people outside NY think that's how politicians in NY do stuff.

along with thinking NJ is part of NY

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/john-mccain-arizona-tea-party-113849.html

McCain reminds upstarts that he knew how to be an asshole before they did. Kinda love this story a lot

WASHINGTON — James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources.

The Justice Department said in court filings that it would not call Mr. Risen to testify at the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former C.I.A. officer charged with providing him details about a botched operatio