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House GOP Leaks Story Of Debt Ceiling Motivational Tool: Ben Affleck’s The Town?

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Set phasers on “dork!” Attendees at a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday told Washington Post reporters that there was all kinds of unity behind Rep. John Boehner‘s debt ceiling plan, and related a nerdtastic anecdote by way of illustration. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly psyched up his colleagues by playing a short clip from “The Town,” a 2010 gangster movie about bank robbers in Boston. It gets goofier from there.

Here’s how the story was related to WaPo’s Jon Cohen and Felicia Sonmez by “Republicans who attended Tuesday morning’s closed-door meeting”:

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the party’s vote counter, began his talk by showing a clip from the movie, “The Town”, trying to forge a sense of unity among the independent-minded caucus.

One character asks his friend: “I need your help. I can’t tell you what it is. You can never ask me about it later.”

“Whose car are we gonna take,” the character says.

Then, according to GOP aides, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) stood up and said, “I’m ready to drive the car.”

By far, the funniest part of this story is that the Republicans wanted people to hear about their motivational badassery. Some attention is being paid to the fact that the quote, as told to the reporters, omits a violent (if apropos) line (“and we’re gonna hurt some people”), and some of my fellow liberals might take issue with the House GOP using a gangster movie to pump up its members, but for me, the takeaway is that they’re using a Ben Affleck gangster movie.

No disrespect to Ben Affleck, or The Town (which is a great flick), but is this the GOP’s way of suggesting deep funding cuts to the pantheon of quotable gangster flicks? And what’s on tap for their next meeting, some Reservoir Dogs cosplay? I guess we know who gets to be Mr. Orange.

If there are any Democrats reading this, and you ever get together before a big vote to screen your favorite West Wing clip (“I serve at the pleasure of the President!” comes to mind), for Bartlet’s sake, please keep that to yourselves.

Here’s the clip in question, from “The Town”: (h/t TPM)

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  • Valerie

    Well its not as if we didn’t know the GOP was run by a bunch of testosterone riven nitwits. I’m sure they spent more time setting up this clip than they did researching the details of Boehner’s plan which failed to do any of the things it said it would do. Let’s see we’ll cut 1 billion from the budget next year and 850 billion over the next ten which is nowhere near a trillion in cuts and sure seems a tad gimmicky but hey as conservatives have been whining Reid’s PLAN IS EXACTLY THE SAME so who’s fooling who here? History has shown that when Boehner tried to get cuts before-100 billion- he settled for 36 and called it a day.

    But it sure is comforting to know they’ve got their movie nomenclature down! they call Obama the gangster government and yet now they want to co-opt that image as well.

    Could these people be any more pathetic? I’d laugh if they weren’t destroying this country with their abject stupidity.

  • Anonymous

    Oh, come on Tommy…you wrote this just to be mean.  I think you’re a better person than this.

  • http://twitter.com/la_maestrada miss donna!

    I’m sure Allen West’s next line was, “Of course, I’m an excellent driver.”

  • Jerry Baustian

    Maybe “The Town” is better with the 2nd or 3rd viewing; it wasn’t that inspiring (or good) the first time through.

  • Greg

    “Shikishima no Yamato-gokoro wo hito towaba, asahi ni niou yamazakura bana”

  • Anonymous

    Not only is there an subtext of violence in the quote, but also the implication of blind allegiance without caring to know the consequence of their actions. If that’s the new rallying cry for failed economic policy ideas, they should have stuck with “Drill Baby Drill.”

  • Anonymous

    This is dumb. And I mean doing it, writing about it, and caring about it.

  • http://twitter.com/RSPW_DEP David Powell

    Actually the whole “Do this and don’t ask” sounds a lot like “We have to pass this bill to find out what is in it.”

    By the way, how many House Leadership and Senate Leadership Dems knew about that Project Gunwalker line item funding in that bill they insisted on passing before anyone get to read it?

    What did they know about the operation they were funding by line item? Was that one of the reasons they insisted that no one read it?

  • Anonymous

    So Maddow is being sued for defamation and THIS is the story that you put front and center?  Typical…

  • Anonymous

    Well, if criticizing motivational clips is what constitutes a mediaite post these days, I guess we’re in the flows of flotsam and jetsam.  Put this in the “why would anyone, anywhere care?” column.  Me?  I’m awaiting “ebb tide”, myself. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NUT75XKRMJZ2QZJUUWOYH7Y7TA Cincy

    Seriously??…this is a story?? This is the best Tommy-Boy Xtopher has to go after the Republicans??

     Really??

  • realheadline

    Set phasers on ‘dork!’   Hey Christopher, yeah, it’s funny.  A smile and bow from the right………comrade.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NUT75XKRMJZ2QZJUUWOYH7Y7TA Cincy

    Tommy-boy Xtopher, Satan’s foot soldier,  a good person??

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NUT75XKRMJZ2QZJUUWOYH7Y7TA Cincy

    Uh, Val…genius??….ya might want to look up the word “riven” and replace it with an edit in the sentence where you call someone else a nitwit…and then further on refer to someone else’s abject stupidity.

    Silly, silly fool

  • Anonymous

    So the morons are happy to hurt grandma and grandpa. Well done! Bullies can’t take on people their own size, always have to pick on the weak. 

  • thisexists

    Pretty much.   

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NUT75XKRMJZ2QZJUUWOYH7Y7TA Cincy

    This is the guy calling someone else a dork?

    http://www.politicsdaily.com/media//tommy-christopher_pic.jpg

    wow…simply wow

  • Anonymous

    Lil Tommy doesn’t even pretend to be a non partisian [insert title here].

    Journalist or Columnist certainly isn’t his title! Liberal biased blogger prob best match!!

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Hell, Skyfet when does the spending end at what point. When the country collapses grandma and grandpa will be last when and if people are forced to have a food fight because democrats don’t get it that entitlements are choking out the countries breath out of it! Look at it. It needs to go down why spend more? http://www.usdebtclock.org/#

  • realheadline

    Oh my God!  ……..I stand corrected, sir. ……..Oh my God!

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Driving million dollar millitary vehicals around will ensure he is a safe driver!

  • Anonymous

    Hey! the money they are fighting over has been spent already. In your personal finance, you are responsible in repaying the debt you occur, same applies to America.

  • realheadline

    So you want to hurt grandma and grandpa? Shame on you!

  • Anonymous

    You mean that baseless case where a heavy metal evangelist complains that Maddow played a clip where he said that Muslims seem to be more moral than Christians or Jews because extreme Muslims called for the execution of American homosexuals, which she immediately followed by noting that the same evangelist still doesn’t actually sanction the murder of gays?

    Such a victim. Too bad it’s of his own words. And here I thought conservatives disapproved of frivolous litigation.

  • Anonymous

    How does Maddow’s ass taste?

  • Anonymous

    Sorry, do you usually buckle this fast or is it it just an off-day for you?

  • Anonymous

    I don’t get why referencing The Town is nerdy. Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Star Trek – nerdy. The Town? I don’t see the nerdy. 

    In light of Obama’s overused analogy about driving the car/bus into the ditch, it’s kind of a funny clip to use. It’s also a funny way to rally your party to support the Speakers plan. 

  • http://games-survival.com Justplaythegame

    When does Washington realize they are not Hollywood?, Their not a made for tv movie to look cool and it’s about time they all find the ending to their mini series.

    Ben Affleck’s character in that movie would bitch slap the lot of them and go on his way.

    They would be better served watching Mel Gibson’s Braveheart clip shouting FREEDOM.

  • Anonymous

    Its your GOP Icons that want to take away their benfits and give it to the greedy insurance companies.

  • realheadline

    Sorry,  I got confused, you said “the morons” and I obviously asumed it was libs, my bad. Hey thanks for the ‘like’ on my post………….comrade dufus.

  • Anonymous

    Mr. West…..Driving the car? Hopefully he knows the way to Levenworth. 

  • Anonymous

    It was to sooth the pain of realizing that you are a useful idiot. Sticks and carrots.

  • Anonymous

    I thought I took it pretty easy on them, but c’mon, it’s funny.

  • Anonymous

    Haha. Truly a student of the Allen West school of losing your shit for no reason. I question the GOP’s taste in gangster movies (which I haven’t heard anyone refute), and I’m Satan’s foot soldier? Priceless.

  • Anonymous

    I really liked it, more for the direction and staging than the dialogue, though. 

  • Anonymous

    Thanks. See? Some of you guys have a sense of humor.

  • Anonymous

    Give it a few minutes. Geez.

  • Anonymous

    Right, except the very convenient fact you are leaving out is that if we simply raise the debt ceiling, there is ZERO leverage to get big spenders in Congress and the WH to do anything but continue the status quo.  And as lame as your posts are, I’m sure you actually realize that. 

  • Anonymous

    Haha, wait, do you think it’s a scoop that I’m a liberal? Was it my use of the phrase “my fellow liberals” that gave it away? I hear there are some openings at Scotland Yard, you should sign up.

    I would, however, dispute the “partisan” characterization. I am a liberal, but I am also more than willing to criticize others on my “side” when it’s warranted, and to defend those on the “other side” when that’s the right thing to do. I dare you to demonstrate otherwise.

  • Anonymous

    It’s not the movie itself that’s nerdy, but the activity of pumping up over an A/V club session. As film geeks go, though, they are poor specimens, as there are several hundred better clips and films to choose from.

  • Anonymous

    OK, my apologies if it’s hot on the press. 

  • Anonymous

    Does Obama need a ride?

  • Valerie

    Of course you “don’t get it.” And it DIDN’T HELP cause they had to cancel the vote. Perhaps something that would have been EFFECTIVE would have been more in tune with their goals. But failure is funny right?

    Geeeesh.

    Do us all a favor: Stay in Italy and burn your absentee ballot.  

  • Anonymous

    Pretty sure that was a typo on the word driven, Cincy.

    P.S. It’s a pretty good clue that you can’t dispute the post when you start pointing out typos and correcting spelling.

  • Anonymous

    I wasn’t around here for you to hear my bitching about Bush or McCain….You would have been surprised!

  • Anonymous

    John Belushi’s inspirational speech in Animal House comes to mind.

    Belushi charging out the door by himself after giving his speech is priceless.

  • Anonymous

    I guess one can be defamed by his own words, huh?  It’s not impossible.

  • Anonymous

    The Republicans are now busily going after each other.  Or haven’t you noticed?

  • sam

    dumbest thing i’ve ever heard…he shot ast an innocent guys head in a fit of rage for information…that would be an opposing fact to why i’d never want to be in a car with mr. west…first time he’s cut off he’ll shoot out the guys tires because he was driving a benz with a NY liscense plate and so he mighta been a liberal…such a dumb post, and to preface it with fact highlights the lack o intelligence and level of bias

  • Anonymous

    For the story to break or how her ass tastes?

  • Anonymous

    Way to contribute nothing to the discussion, and just be a hater. 

    I will come and go as I so choose, and proudly vote in every election, thank you very much. 

  • Anonymous

    ah, I thought you were calling the use of that movie nerdy. gotcha. Congress does all kinds of whacked out stuff like that…. they are kind of all a bunch of nerds, aren’t they. Their presentations (think Alan Grayson or Weiner) on the floor are sooooo bad, I think a movie clip is actually a step up.

    Oh well. They’ve been working long hours on this issue, and tensions are no doubt getting very high. No harm in some mood lighteing *get pumped* activities. 

  • Anonymous

    Senate Dems Leak Story Of Their Biggest Debt Ceiling Anti - Motivational ‘ Tool ‘ : Barack Obama, The President ?

  • Redleaf

    Actually, House Republicans edited the dialogue “we’re gonna hurt some people” on a continuous loop. That got them all excited, stroking their guns and dreaming of glorious battle.

    Then they were ready to fight!

  • Valerie

    Oh just put a sock in it. Your contributions to this blog amount to nothing more than bullshit and mindless blather.

    And you’re a fat cow.

    Now you can call me a “hater.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/renifer Christian Rudolph

    Feel free to bitch about them now.  :D

  • Anonymous

    But it sure is comforting to know they’ve got their movie nomenclature
    down! they call Obama the gangster government and yet now they want to
    co-opt that image as well.

    Could these people be any more pathetic? I’d laugh if they weren’t destroying this country with their abject stupidity.

    It’s disturbing that they’re motivating themselves by identifying with criminal gangsters bent on ‘hurting people’, while sabotaging our nation’s economy and our credit rating.

    Besides, Republicans are always attacking “hollywood,” but now they’re using a gangster movie for ‘inspiration’ ? Were there no George Washington or Thomas Jefferson filmclips available, so they used a criminal gangster movie instead? WTFF?!

    This all makes perfect sense now; somebody (John Yoo?) must have made President Bush watch 52 episode clips from “24″ to prove that torture works and is perfectly legal (wink).

    If the US government shuts down because these Banana Republicans refuse to pass a clean bill, then all Congressional pay should be HALTED immediately until there’s enough money to pay the rest of our bills first. At the very least.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NUT75XKRMJZ2QZJUUWOYH7Y7TA Cincy

    Nah..not particularly for this. It’s your history of dishonesty and disregard for decency.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V72AH6WWKZ4YC7DF5ZKKOMMMUQ Keith

    Tommy Christopher- “And what’s on tap for their next meeting, some Reservoir Dogs cosplay? I guess we know who gets to be Mr. Orange.”
    Okay, THAT was funny!

  • Anonymous

    Hmm…my comments are topical and directed towards the post. Your comments are rude, hateful and directed towards me. 

    I think perhaps you might do a self evaluation and rethink your comment, and you’ll notice who contributes here and who doesn’t.

    Fat cow? Really? Wow. How old are you, exactly?

  • Valerie

     Dear Fat Cow-

    Hide behind your rules all you want-flag me if that’s your desire- Its not my fault that your “topical” comments are ignorant and stupid. When the writer of the blog has to explain the content to your myopic and exceptionally broad hindquarters then you have little ground upon which to stand.

    Please do us all a favor and look up the word “hubris.” Surely “Defacto Ergo Sum” is your motto.

    Now I think you might do a self evaluation and BURN YOUR PASSPORT you fat thin skinned loser.

    Geeeeesh.

  • Anonymous

    “Now I think you might do a self evaluation and BURN YOUR PASSPORT you fat thin skinned loser.”

    *eyeroll*

  • Cecelia

     It’stunning to me that we live in a world where doing the most rudimentary of right things is supposed to be noteworthy.

    Being willing to criticize your own side or defending the other side from dubious or illogical charges doesn’t make you non-partisan, Tommy.

    What makes political  reporters nonpartisan is their making the effort to know the arguments from the various sides and being willing to challenge pols from all angles.

    I like you as a person and think you’re a good writer, but I think it’s a shame that Mediaite didn’t choose a WH reporter who is more objective and less a political entity in their own right.

    You’d make a good tv pundit or columnist, leave the other stuff to Jake Tapper.

  • Cecelia

     It’stunning to me that we live in a world where doing the most rudimentary of right things is supposed to be noteworthy.

    Being willing to criticize your own side or defending the other side from dubious or illogical charges doesn’t make you non-partisan, Tommy.

    What makes political  reporters nonpartisan is their making the effort to know the arguments from the various sides and being willing to challenge pols from all angles.

    I like you as a person and think you’re a good writer, but I think it’s a shame that Mediaite didn’t choose a WH reporter who is more objective and less a political entity in their own right.

    You’d make a good tv pundit or columnist, leave the other stuff to Jake Tapper.

  • Anonymous

    Or engage in childish name calling and launching personal attacks….

  • Anonymous

    In light of Obama’s overused analogy about driving the car/bus into the
    ditch, it’s kind of a funny clip to use. It’s also a funny way to rally
    your party to support the Speakers plan.

    Yes Name-In-City, it’s very funny that Republicans would look to “hollywood” and find inspiration from criminals, gangsters and sociopaths.

  • Anonymous

    it’s hilarious that the hollywood loving Liberals would take issue with a movie clip. (and you don’t think Republicans watch movies? *eyeroll*)

    It’s also hilarious that the prop-using loving liberals would take issue with the use of a prop.

    it’s even more hilarious that this is even being made into an issue by liberals, that there is something wrong with what they did – they engaged in some mood lightening/motivational techniques to regroup and try to solve the problem of the debt crisis. 

    they took five minutes to relieve some tensions and get pumped….you seriously take issue with that? You seriously think those dorks were talking about going out and beating people up, like they did in the film? *double eyeroll* 

    one more thing – it’s hilarious that the party that worships such psychos and criminals like Grayson, Weiner, Blagojevich, Rangel, Kennedy, Emanuel, Schultz, etc. would take issue with “criminals, gangsters, and sociopaths” in a film.

  • Anonymous

    Did you even see the movie?

  • Anonymous

    it’s hilarious that the hollywood loving Liberals would take issue with a
    movie clip. (and you don’t think Republicans watch movies? *eyeroll*)

    Oh no! Not the dreaded eyeroll! What are you? Twelve?

  • Valerie

     Sara in italy is a fat self absorbed idiot devoid of perspective Mia.

    Let’s hope she stays in italy and doesn’t contaminate the American gene pool with her ignorance. 

  • Anonymous

    Sara in italy is a fat self absorbed idiot devoid of perspective Mia.

    Unless you have proof that she’s fat it’s probably best not to speculate on that one.

    Anyhoo, I can’t help but notice that Name23-In-Place is very good at missing the point all the time yet she manages to post and endless stream of irrelevant flotsam nevertheless.

    And naturally she sees absolutely nothing wrong with these Banana Republicans seeking inspiration from criminals and sociopaths, as deliberately depicted right out of hollywood.

    And if the Republicans ever took to rallying their troops with filmclips from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or “Dexter,” she’d probably approve of that too, but who can say.

  • Anonymous

    Sara in italy is a fat self absorbed idiot devoid of perspective Mia.

    Unless you have proof that she’s fat it’s probably best not to speculate on that one.

    Anyhoo, I can’t help but notice that Name23-In-Place is very good at missing the point all the time yet she manages to post and endless stream of irrelevant flotsam nevertheless.

    And naturally she sees absolutely nothing wrong with these Banana Republicans seeking inspiration from criminals and sociopaths, as deliberately depicted right out of hollywood.

    And if the Republicans ever took to rallying their troops with filmclips from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or “Dexter,” she’d probably approve of that too, but who can say.

  • Anonymous

    No, that’s just how I treat people when they act like it… 

    And as usual, you and your little like minded friend have nothing of substance to add, just personal attacks. At least we always know what to expect, which is absolutely nothing worthwhile. 

  • Anonymous

    So says the anonymous poster so hideous she avoids posting her own photo…? 

    (Apparently personal attacks are A-Ok with Mediaite now….)

  • Anonymous

    Ooops… I accidentally “liked” her post.

  • Valerie

     The proof of her fatness the her photo she seems to be so proud of(defacto ergo sum written on the back no doubt).
     
    I rest my case.

    All one need do is look at her “initial contribution” on this thread where Tommy has to explain to her his post. And after that gross display of stupidity she wants to be treated like a NASA scientist. Sorry dumb people do not get accorded respect in the real world-hence why she’s been kvetching to mediate to come and save her because she’s too stupid to realize her previous errors. This is typical of conservatives-when they make a stupid gaffe its always somebody else’s fault. 

  • Valerie

    The fat cow speaks-again. 

  • Anonymous

    “I can’t help but notice that Name23-In-Place is very good at missing the point all the time yet she manages to post and endless stream of irrelevant flotsam nevertheless.

    And naturally she sees absolutely nothing wrong with these Banana Republicans seeking inspiration from criminals and sociopaths, as deliberately depicted right out of hollywood.”
    And you accuse ME of missing the point and posting endless streams of irrelevance? LOL!
    *eyeroll*

    You do realize TC was having fun with this post, don’t you? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that TC (and most normal logical people) would find your characterizations of the events discussed here more ridiculous and laughable than my take on them. Sorry, dear, but I think it is you who has missed the point. 

  • Anonymous

    But when asked by a reporter if Democrats had ever shown violent movies to “fire up the troops,” Clyburn recalled a time when “Braveheart” was shown at a caucus meeting after Republicans took over the House majority.
    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/27/gop-use-of-ben-affleck-movie-clip-riles-dems/

    yea…cuz that’s not violent, at all. 

  • Anonymous

    (Apparently personal attacks are A-Ok with Mediaite now….)

    *Eyeroll*

    That’s both hilarious and pathetic, Name-From-Place!.

    Why is it that all of you teatards never whine about “personal attacks” when they’re coming from your swampmates?

  • Valerie

    Hypocrisy? Check!

    False Equivalencies? Check!

    Fat Finger Pointing? Check!

    Abject Stupidity? Check!

    Mindless Blather? Check!

    We have a Sara in Italy post people!!!!!

  • Valerie

    More pathetic than hilarious.

    And to answer your other query its obvious that she’s a giant sized hypocrite. 

  • Anonymous

    You do realize TC was having fun with this post, don’t you? I’m going to
    go out on a limb here and say that TC (and most normal logical people)
    would find your characterizations of the events discussed here more
    ridiculous and laughable than my take on them. Sorry, dear, but I think
    it is you who has missed the point.

    Of course you do, NameFromPlace.

    But don’t you think the Republicans might have used a more noble and honorable models to rally their troops than the criminals and sociopaths in that movie clip they chose?  Was “Hannibal” not available?

  • Anonymous

    “The proof of her fatness the her photo she seems to be so proud of(defacto ergo sum written on the back no doubt).
     
    I rest my case.” 
    LOL! Oh gawd. 

  • Anonymous

    Yes, all the key ingredients are there.

  • Valerie

    Hey Mia-fatso changed her picture!!!!

    So much for not caring eh?

    LOL

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    I fight my own battles.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Sure. They could have. Big friggin deal. Did the world stop because some dork in Congress liked that clip, and used it? Did you suffer for it? Did ANYONE suffer for it? Is your life over because they showed a 30 second clip?

    Did you even see the movie?

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Where’s the hypocrisy on my part? Pointing out an article that points out the Dems used a violent movie? Do I care they used it? Nope. Why do you care about the Repubs using The Town? Are you so disturbed by it, that we should call your therapist?

    You seem to be nothing but a hate filled person who must be so miserable in their daily life that they have to sit behind an anonymous avatar and post irrelevant, and off topic comments attacking people for their looks and intelligence. 

    Does that make you feel good? 
    Do you eat a whole box of Twinkies while doing it? 

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    and might I point out that ONCE again, you both fail to address the comment, just resort to your typical sad little personal attacks. 

    How sad your lives must be. 

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    and might I point out that ONCE again, you both fail to address the comment, just resort to your typical sad little personal attacks. 

    How sad your lives must be. 

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    John Ullyot, a long-time senior Senate aide who now works as a public policy consultant, said the whole dispute Wednesday just shows how out-of-touch lawmakers are at a critical time.  

    “It sounds like there’s a real loss of perspective on Capitol Hill when they’re worried about a small detail like that several days before the economy is potentially going to crash,” he said. “It’s not only in the weeds, it’s entirely off the radar screen.”

    http://www.believemewhenitellu.com/2011/07/27/dems-howl-about-showing-affleck-movie-clip-during-gop-conference-4/

    I think that’s a much better point in this whole story. Dems getting worked up over this stupid little detail, instead of resolving the issue…

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    “Hey Mia-fatso changed her picture!!!!
    So much for not caring eh?
    LOL”
    Oh look! More intelligent, well thought out contributions from the anonymous, hideous valerie. (i’m just speculating, since you refuse to show your face.)

  • Anonymous

    Where’s the hypocrisy on my part? Pointing out an article that points out the Dems used a violent movie?

    Dear lord but you play the dense card very well, NameFromPlace.

  • Anonymous

    Oh please, NameFromPlace!

    Is this where you explain how those criminals and sociopaths which the Republicans chose to inspire their rank-and-file prior to sabotaging our economy and destroying our nation’s credit rating, are really just swell guys?

    Can you do it 5,000 words or less?

  • Anonymous

    Did the world stop because some dork in Congress liked that clip, and used it?

    Republicans rally their members with a filmclip of criminals preparing to perpetrate a crime.

    You’re right, actually.  It’s perfect.

  • Cecelia

    Well, if the key ingredients are mere invective such as “blather” , “false equivalencies”, and “hypocrisy”, and to then add ‘you’re dumb’ when asked to explain, I’d say you and Valerie are the Chicken McNuggets of food for the mind…

  • Cecelia

    We’ll take that as a “no”.

  • Anonymous

    You’ll be taking it wrong then, Toots.

    I’m just trying to short-circuit another 10,000 words of irrelevant twaddle from SaraInSarasota that she’ll post to justify the Republicans using criminals to inspire their members.

  • Valerie

    Listen you idiot if you looked at my first post you would see that I did address your insipid comments. and juxtaposed them against the GOP failure to get things done. Seems your reading comprehensions needs a bit of work there sugar.

    You just don’t like that I called you out for for your stupid brain dead earlier remarks fatso.

    You might want to change your picture again because this new one makes you look even more fat. 

  • Anonymous

    Sarah sniffles:(Apparently personal attacks are A-Ok with Mediaite now….)

    Mia wonders:Why is it that all of you teatards never whine about “personal attacks” when they’re coming from your swampmates?

    Sarah sez:I fight my own battles.

    You whine a lot too.

  • Cecelia

    But don’t you think the Republicans might have used more noble and
    honorable models to rally their troops than the criminals and sociopaths
    in that movie clip they chose?  Was “Hannibal” not available?

    No, I think they counted on an understanding of parody, rather than your “abject stupidity” of “fat finger pointing” concretely  literal and humorless thinking.

  • Cecelia

    It didn’t take 10,000 words, just a reference/retort to Democrats as blue-faced stone farmers wielding axes…

  • Anonymous

    It didn’t take 10,000 words, just a reference/retort to Democrats as blue-faced stone farmers wielding axes…

    So you’re saying that “Braveheart,” featuring a fight for freedom and independence from tyranny is exactly the same as Republicans rallying their members with a filmclip of criminals plotting a crime of violence?

    I think you need to go sleep it off, honey.

  • Anonymous

    Who are you quoting, Trixie?  Do you know how quotes work and what they do? No?

  • Cecelia

    So you’re saying that “Braveheart,” featuring a fight for freedom and
    independence from tyranny is exactly the same as Republicans rallying
    their members with a filmclip of criminals plotting a crime of violence?

    I think you need to go sleep it off, honey.

    No, I wouldn’t say that. 

    That’s PRECISELY the point.

    Only idiots would try to make such a philosophical point over what is essentially political parody.

    That’s where you come in…

  • Cecelia

    Who are you quoting, Trixie?  Do you know how quotes work and what they do? No?

    Do you remember your “key ingredients” post or was that written by some other sockpuppet with your password?

  • Anonymous

    Sure, now that I pointed out how stupid you sound defending another one of SaraInSaskatchewan’s false equivalencies, naturally, you “wouldn’t say” what you just said.

    Seriously, I think you drank way too much lunch today.

  • Cecelia

     

    Sure, now that I pointed out how stupid you sound defending another one
    of SaraInSaskatchewan’s false equivalencies, naturally, you “wouldn’t
    say” what you just said.

    I won’t “say what I said”, huh?

    I suppose you wish that alcohol was merely your problem…

  • Cecelia

     

    Sure, now that I pointed out how stupid you sound defending another one
    of SaraInSaskatchewan’s false equivalencies, naturally, you “wouldn’t
    say” what you just said.

    I won’t “say what I said”, huh?

    I suppose you wish that alcohol was merely your problem…

  • Cecelia

     

    Sure, now that I pointed out how stupid you sound defending another one
    of SaraInSaskatchewan’s false equivalencies, naturally, you “wouldn’t
    say” what you just said.

    I won’t “say what I said”, huh?

    I suppose you wish that alcohol was merely your problem…

  • Cecelia

     

    Sure, now that I pointed out how stupid you sound defending another one
    of SaraInSaskatchewan’s false equivalencies, naturally, you “wouldn’t
    say” what you just said.

    I won’t “say what I said”, huh?

    I suppose you wish that alcohol was merely your problem…

  • Valerie

     Oh so I’m s sock puppet-how original. Go F-yourself loser.

    Geeeesh.

  • Anonymous

    Do you remember your “key ingredients” post or was that written by some other sockpuppet with your password?

    LOL. You can’t be this confused by accident.

  • Cecelia

    Does anyone else find it ironic that this Valerie twit just answered THIS for Mia Kulper?

  • Anonymous

    Does anyone else find it ironic that this Valerie twit just answered THIS for Mia Kulper?

    I for one find it hilarious that you are accusing me of being a sockpuppet for Valarie simply because you’re confused and can’t keep track of who you’re insulting at any given moment.

    Your avatar explains a lot.

  • Cecelia

    You got that right… like your quoting and approving heartily of Valerie’s description, and then being so obtuse that you think a reminder of THAT is a misquote…

    Mia_Kulper 3 hours ago in reply to Valerie

        Hypocrisy? Check!
        False Equivalencies? Check!
        Fat Finger Pointing? Check!
        Abject Stupidity? Check!
        Mindless Blather? Check!
        We have a Sara in Italy post people!!!!!

    Yes, all the key ingredients are there.
     

  • Anonymous

    Go sleep it off, honey. When you wake up, figure out how the quotes work.

  • Valerie

     Where are all these stupid, stupid twits coming from?

    I think The Big C is Sara’s “sock-puppet.”

    Howzabout that?

  • Cecelia

    On, the contrary, it’s the triumph of optimism over cynicism.  You simply can’t be two people.  The universe isn’t THAT bleak.

  • Cecelia

    I’d say same to you, but there’s not that much slumber in the world…

  • Cecelia

     

    Howzabout that?

    Derivative as usual.

  • Anonymous

    How could she be a sockpuppet? She’s all the way over in Italy!

  • Cecelia

    How could she be a sockpuppet? She’s all the way over in Italy

    I can see how that cyber thing is problematic for you.

  • Valerie

     Yeah its Sara-no two people could be that stupid an not understand SNARK

    CASE CLOSED.

  • Valerie

     Yeah its Sara-no two people could be that stupid an not understand SNARK

    CASE CLOSED.

  • Anonymous

    Valarie writes:Where are all these stupid, stupid twits coming from?
    I think The Big C is Sara’s “sock-puppet.”
    Howzabout that?

    Mia wonders:How could she be a sockpuppet? She’s all the way over in Italy!

    Cecelia sez:I can see how that cyber thing is problematic for you.

    Why would somebody lie about being in Italy while posting to US websites all day long?

  • Anonymous

    Valarie writes:Where are all these stupid, stupid twits coming from?
    I think The Big C is Sara’s “sock-puppet.”
    Howzabout that?

    Mia wonders:How could she be a sockpuppet? She’s all the way over in Italy!

    Cecelia sez:I can see how that cyber thing is problematic for you.

    Why would somebody lie about being in Italy while posting to US websites all day long?

  • Cecelia

    CASE CLOSED

    Polly, want a cracker?…

  • Cecelia

    CASE CLOSED

    Polly, want a cracker?…

  • Cecelia

    Why would you cheat on your taxes and beat your children, Plato?

  • Anonymous

    Yeah its Sara-no two people could be that stupid an not understand SNARK

    Well they “both” seem to be identically skilled at missing the point, though SarahInSicily is more longwinded about it and often twaddle-prone.

    The Martini girl is usually just obtuse and hopelessly confused. Maybe that’s just her shtick.

  • Cecelia

    Or may be you’re aphasic,,,

     

  • Anonymous

    “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”

  • Cecelia

     Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

  • Anonymous

    Cecelia sez:Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

    Well I’m glad to see you’ve sobered up a bit.  Did you write that little quip yourself or are you still struggling with the use of quotation marks, dear?

  • Anonymous

    Cecelia repeats the old proverb:Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.

    Kudos for choosing exactly the right proverb to repeat, and I’m glad to see you’ve sobered up a bit.

    Maybe
    if you repeated that proverb more often around here, everyone will
    easily see what a smart little teabagger you really are, and not a moron
    like people say.

  • Harrisansari

    thank you ur a genius dont listen to these pussy liberal shits they just want what is best for them.

  • Harrisansari

    oh not the dreaded wink ur a fucking hypocritical bitch.

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