June 18, 2013

Tuesday Evening Thread: Rev. Al vs. Newt Gingrich

June 12, 2012 by 57 Comments

PART I:

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PART II

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You Go, Rev. Al!

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  • edp4bho

    Mucho congrats to POU on “our” milestone….LOL! I tried to listen to Part I of the interview above, but cannot get past the lying cream puff. Hell, I hate politics like a cancer. I trust everyone here to call the lies out. Thanks for being your brave selves and squashing the evil continuously, thus keeping folks like me well informed. I’m here for the long haul.

  • Miranda

    Rev Al = Mr. Tibbs
    Gingrich = Endicott

    • TheShyLurker

      LOL!

      I saw ITHOTN with my mom about ago.
      I died when Mr. Tibbs’ reflexive and swift slap hand made contact. That white man’s feeling were hurt like a mug. Whew, Jesus!

      • itgurl_29

        I always crack up at the “GOTDAYUM, son!” look the police chief gives Sidney @00:13. Gets me every time.

    • dannie22

      Heat Of The Night was on tcm last week. love this film!!

    • GreenLadyHere

      miranda – - – -USTA watch this – - -religiously!! – - -:>) —

      Such a bold deviation from – - – –Archie BUNKER!! – -LOL. – - -

      • PBomb

        Actually Carroll O’Connor was a huge deviation from both. He was a huge liberal and his family was exposed to and had black families and Jewish families as friends, when it wasn’t cool to do so. He fought to keep Howard Rollins on the show, In the Heat of the Night, when Rollins was abusing drugs.

        He was a decent person.

        • GreenLadyHere

          HEEY PBOMB. ***BIG HUG** :>)

          – - –THANK U. – - -THIS – – -He fought to keep Howard Rollins on the show, In the Heat of the Night, when Rollins was abusing drugs.

          I was aware of this annnd his background. That’s WHYCOME I was able 2 TOLERATE annnd laff at him as “Archie”. – - -LOL.

          Annnd he “allowed” his character 2 have a BLAH girlfriend/later “wife”. Good on him. :>)

          Good 2 C U –PBOMB. :>) – - -

  • Miranda

    This is the kind of shit for media we have to deal with. Running to Pumatic Clintonistas to put out this utter cow manure.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-campaigns-erratic-behavior-concerns-some-democrats/2012/06/12/gJQAedXZYV_story.html

  • rikyrah

    you all are killing me with the gifs you use

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – — THANK – -U!. LOL – –

    TAGS: – — ALL o’ DEM!! – -SISTAGURRRLLLLL – — – – -BWAHAHA!!

    —-Called the HOSPITAL: – - – - -HE’s STILL THERE!!- – -

    -BEEN TRANSFERRED 2 da PSYCH WARD – –’cause he’s BABBLIN’–

    - —Let’s Go Crazy! –

    - –Annnd he KEEPS axin’ — – -WHAT HAPPENED!?? – - -LOL

    That’s all they would tell me. LOL

  • Miranda

    Did MED put Russell Simmons in his place? My twitter timeline indicates that he did.

    • rikyrah

      video please

    • goldenstar

      And, Russell Simmons was really trying his best to shift the argument to the word and not the cultural context….

    • GreenLadyHere

      miranda – - – -WATCHIN’ NOW: – - – B BACK.

    • annvic

      Watching right now; Russell Simmons is on some dumb ass shit. How off-kilter do you have to be to get shut down by Eric Michael Dyson?

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – - -GOOD ACA NEWS- – - – -:>) —

    - — -Survey: Overwhelming Majority Of Businesses Will Continue Offering Coverage Under Obamacare – -

    - – - –Though Republican talking points suggest otherwise, more than 85 percent of employers in an International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey say they have no plans to stop offering health care plans for their employees when the Affordable Care Act takes full effect in 2014. The companies told the IFEBP that keeping there employees happy and healthy is essential to a successful business model. “These employers recognize that offering health care coverage is an important benefit that helps retain current employees, attract future talent, and increase employee satisfaction,” said International Foundation CEO Michael Wilson.

  • sagittarius

    Good evening and congratulations on HALF A MILLION page views! Woo Hoo!

    • GreenLadyHere

      Good evening sagittarius. ***BIG HUG** :>)- -

      ***fist bump*** :>)

      Good 2 C U. :>)

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - – – -Awwww – — -Ms. Gabby — -VOTES- – - – -INSPIRING! – - – -

    - – — -VIDEO: Gabby Giffords votes for Dem successor Ron Barber in Arizona special election – - – -

    - – - -Yesterday I posted video of Gabby Giffords stumping for Ron Barber. He’s running for her House seat in Arizona’s special election and was wounded back in 2011 in the horrific assassination attempt on Rep. Giffords.

    Today’s Moment of Happy is the video above, of Gabby, her husband Mark and Ron Barber at the polls. That she’s able to walk in on her own is a damned miracle. – —

    - -***TEARS of JOY!!***

    Good luck 2 Ron Barber. :>) BLESS Ms. GABBY. :>)

    • Aquagranny911

      Sis & I saw her at a fund raiser. She is looking so much better but still has the brace. Mark is just so sweet and attentive. I am a total sucker for love & romance. She only gave a brief talk but it was great to see how she has improved.

      Election results are not in yet but I am holding hope for Ron. I have to say that I am not as optimistic as I would want to be. Jesse Kelly had lots of $$$.

      We did our very best to get out the vote but it was not easy.

      • GreenLadyHere

        Ohhh Aquagranny911 —-HOW SWEET. :>) —

        Please let us know the results. :>) THANK U. :>)

        • Aquagranny911

          OH GLH, keep praying for us because it looks like Barber may win this. We worked so hard. HUGS, tears and ♥ Keep positive!

          • GreenLadyHere

            Yaaaaaa – - -Wheeeeee! –AMAN! :>)

      • isonprize

        AG, How’s it going out there?? Is Barber winning??

        Please, oh please, oh please, oh please!!! ???

        • Aquagranny911

          YES!!! OMG so far early returns have Barber winning by 8% margin with some of the worst out lying precincts already counted. Sis & I worried so much about Cochise & Santa Cruz counties but they are coming in for Ron.

          Keep praying, PLEASE!

          • GreenLadyHere

            YAAAAAAA! :>) – — AMAN!! :>)

  • JojoRaze

    Congratulations on the 500K milestone. I know I contributed a lot of them because you guys are my go-to for news links. *does the running man and the cabbage patch*

    • Aquagranny911

      LOL, *does the running man and the cabbage patch* I will add the Snoopy Dance of joy to that!

      How’s by you? Doing OK at your casa? I’ve been away for a bit but it is so good to be back with the Fam.

      • JojoRaze

        I’m busy but I’m great…still *dead* over your family fighting over plastic Jesus on Mother’s Day!

        • Aquagranny911

          STOP!!! We never fight over plastic Jesus. Well, not hardly. You just have to understand how much we love the drama of it all. “The thrill of victory…the agony of defeat…”

          I’m joking….

          Busy can be good & I’m glad you are “great.” Great is always good!

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - -Gotta LAFF at this – -PHOOL!- — –

    He couldn’t find a NEW ONE 2-day – — sooo – –he went back 2 old ones- –

    – -”SINGLE AGENDA ELECTION ITEM” – - –LOL – - -

    – - – -Romney: ‘Forward’ Is ‘Absurd’ – –

    — – - “-IFF HE ONLY HAD A BRAIN!!” – - -LOL.

    • Admiral_Komack

      Yeah, like “I like firing people!” is better.

  • isonprize

    Congrats on the half million!!! NOW, let’s get a HALF MILLION MORE!!!!!

    Oh, and the tags? THE TAGS on this thread? PRICELESS!!! LOLOLOL

    “Lil’ LeRoy was as nervous as a hoe in church” LAWD HAV’ MERCY!!!!

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – - –Di-ent get a chance 2 post the REQUEST — -Annnd here’s the ANSWER- – –NO! – -LOL –

    - — -Georgia to Klan: No Highway for You [State rejects group's adoption attempt] – - -

    – — -Georgia has foiled a Ku Klux Klan plot: The state has shot down the group’s attempt to adopt a highway, reports CNN. A state DOT statement said the signs would be a distraction to motorists, notes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Don’t expect things to end here, however. The Klan had promised to sue if the bid got rejected.

    – — THIS – - – –>”People throwing trash out on the side of the road … that ain’t right,” said a rep for the local KKK chapter,- – insisting the bid wasn’t a publicity attempt.
    THERE IS MORE.

    LOL – –THEY R – -TRASH!! – - –HAH!

    Good on GA – – -4 this!! – -

    • isonprize

      They ain’t slick…

      • GreenLadyHere

        isonprize – - – -I KNOW – HUH? – — -LOL.

        Annnd THAT was a FAST ANSWER!! :>) – - -

        Though – — I luved Prof. MED’s perspective. :>)

      • Admiral_Komack

        …but they would be easy to hit…those hood and robes, and all…

        “your Honor, I just thought I hit a really big piece of paper.”

  • Elie

    Every American should be insanely worried about a Romney win.

    Mitt Romney in his desperate obsession to fly on Air Force One and Anne’s dream to be idle but adored first lady, has made innumerable pacts with the devil and every one of satan’s sons, daughters, in-laws and cohorts.
    A scary collection of crazy megalomaniacs and the most insane and destructive egos.

    This is a recipe not only for disaster but certain destruction for this country and the world because there is just no way this weak, narcissitic weasel can juggle or deliver on the competing agendas of and election promises to his many wealthy dubious and egomaniacal benefactors.

    Mitt Romney will never be able to simultaneously massage the many overblown egos that make up his base or meet the varying, divergent and competing demands and agendas of the Dick Cheneys, Donald Trumps, Sheldon Adelsons, David and Charles Kochs, Jamie Dimons, Rush Limbaughs, David Dukes, the Mormon church etc.

    And if just one of these benefactors ever feels neglected, slighted or overlooked, there will be hell to pay.

    America and its middle class and poor will be the losers and at the receiving end when these fellas decide to teach Mitt Romney a lesson or two.

    Mitt Romney won’t care by then because he and Anne would already have what they’ve aspired to: the highest office in the land – and flying on Air force One.

    It is evident that Mitt Romney will be content with just one term. He just wants to be president even if for one day.

    • rikyrah

      thank you.

      people try and tell me that all people running for President have ambition.

      well, DUH, they’re running for President.

      I will contend that never before, in the recent history of this country, have we had someone running for President that is so completely devoid of principles and is soulless.

      So utterly craven in his ambition.

      Never have we had someone without an ‘American narrative’.

      Town said this, and it was right.

      NONE of the GOP Clown Car actually wants to do the WORK of President.

      They just want to ‘ be’ President.

  • GreenLadyHere

    Sepia – —Oooooweeee – - – -$$$$$ —4 ADS – – - -

    – - -Obama camp drops $14M on TV – - — -

    - – –The Obama campaign has pumped nearly $14 million into a new, multi-week wave of television ads, a media-tracking source tells me.

    The ad reservations span June 12 to July 2, covering Ohio ($3.6 million so far), Florida ($2.3 million), North Carolina ($1.7 million), Virginia ($1.3 million), Iowa ($1.1 million), Nevada ($1.1 million), Colorado ($1 million), Pennsylvania ($852,000) and New Hampshire ($800,000). Those numbers may grow as the campaign continues to buy.

    All told, it’s about $13.7 million so far — a big sum of cash to throw down in June.

    The buys come hours after the Obama camp unveiled its second TV ad targeting Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts.
    THERE IS MORE.

    – - – -***shakin’ my PIGGY BANK” – — LOL – —

  • dannie22
    • conlakappa

      Aw, Juicy Moufded Tavis’s former [*cough*] sponsors.

  • desertflower1

    Hi all! I dropped back in to let you know about some serious BS. This needs to be seen and understood by everyone. Planned treason or sedition against the US..by Republicans, planned on the very day that our President took office. Tweet, email, carrier pigeon…whatever! This needs to get around, ASAP. Those people should NEVER be allowed near Congress or the Presidency ever again.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fDAjpVmic8o

    And Newt is STILL an ass. Have a good night, and thanks everyone:) Peace

    • http://winthemarket.com/the-spontaneous-healing-plan/ woody45

      Hyper partisan and sleazy yes. Treasonous no.

      • TresL

        Treasonous yes! Plotting to destroy the presidency of a newly elected president on the day of his inauguration in a time of crisis in the country. I don’t know what else would qualify. The president’s job is to protect and defend this country and if Republicans are plotting to make sure he fails at his job, that is treason. Because if he fails, there may not be a country left for a future Republican president to rescue. If only someone from the “elite media” had the guts to point it out, we would be at least half way to assuring it does not happen again without severe ramifications. And I guarantee you if the situation were reversed the rightwing hate machine would not hesitate to call Democrats traitors and they, in this case, would be right.

        • desertflower1

          Correct. Please pass that along, because if we know and do nothing…we’re condoning this behavior. NOT OK!

      • desertflower1

        Are you KIDDING ME? The definition:

        T reason , sedition mean disloyalty or treachery to one’s country or its government. T reason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one’s government. S edition is any act, writing, speech, etc., directed unlawfully against state authority, the government, or constitution, or calculated to bring it into contempt or to incite others to hostility, ill will or disaffection; it does not amount to treason and therefore is not a capital offense. 2. See disloyalty.

        I’d say that about covers it.

  • Alma98

    Congratulations to Arizona! You guys did it aquagranny.
    Has anyone else noticed how the msm was hesitant to call the race for Barber in Arizona. But called the race for Walker 20 minutes after the polls closed.

    • desertflower1

      Thank you! As another Arizonan like aquagranny, I can assure you…we’re pretty happy! Amazing that it took so long to call, but actually, I prefer what they did in AZ to what they did in WI…people were still voting for goodness sakes, and they called the race! Crazy. Az’s still full of nutbags, as far as I’m concerned, but tonight…the sane folks did good!

      • Alma98

        Congrats to you too desertflower! We have a lot of teabagger nuts here in WI too.

        • desertflower1

          Thank you, Alma :) Teabagger is just another name for ignorant, racist fool. We need to make them all obsolete.

      • GreenLadyHere

        HEEY desertflower1. ***BIG HUG** :>)

        – — Democrats Hold on to Gabby Giffords Seat – - –

        CONGRATULATIONS!! :>) Woo! Hoo! :>)

        Good 2 C U. :>)

        • desertflower1

          Thank you SO much!!! There is still a bit of sanity left in AZ after all :) Hugs!

    • Admiral_Komack

      I didn’t know that, but I’m not surprised; the media wants Two-Face to win.

    • Aquagranny911

      Thanks Alma. I feel so good about this. Sis & I worked our butts off for this race but I was worried about voter apathy & Jesse Kelly’s big money.

  • GreenLadyHere

    – –G’NIGHT POU FAM> :>) – -WISHING U BLESSED SWEET DREAMS. ♥ -♥ :>) – –

    – – – -UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT♥ :>) – - – - -