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Another Visit to the Sideshow
Author: BobR    Date: 08/10/2012 12:58:00

With the 2012 presidential campaign in full-on mode, the focus on the two candidates is pretty much non-stop. Every news cycle, there's coverage of the latest ad, the latest response to the latest ad, the latest gaffe, and yet another expose of something that only the punditry cares about. With all this, it's easy to forget that there are other candidates for other offices running too, and that's where things sometimes get interesting.

House Rep Joe Walsh (R-IL) is running for re-election, which has him out stumping and talking to (and sometimes ranting at) his constituents. Like most Republican House members, Walsh is not a fan of President Obama. He made that abundently clear on Sunday when he referred to the president as "son":
At a campaign barbecue in his district Sunday, Walsh was explaining what he hopes will be the tea party's role in the election:

"There's something different on the ground, and I think it's going to overtake us all again, think it's going to overtake the political class. I think it's going to respectfully pick this president up and pat him on the head and say, son, son, son, Mr. President, you were never ready to be president, now go home and work for somebody and find out how the real world works."

Some people are saying this was a racist comment... it is certainly condescending coming from someone who is about the same age. Pat him on the head? Walsh is running against Tammy Duckworth, a military veteran whose service Walsh has criticized. He certainly needs to go home and work for somebody and find out that assholes don't deserve to get re-elected.

Another gem is Todd Akin, running for Senate in Missouri. He is a staunch anti-abortion advocate, and said Wednesday that the "Morning After" pill should be outlawed:
“As far as I’m concerned, the morning-after pill is a form of abortion,” he told KCMO’s Greg Knapp, “and I think we shouldn’t have abortion in this country.”

Akin suggested there should be no exceptions for rape or incest. When it came the mother’s health, doctors should try to “optimize life.”

Akin is one of a small handful of hard right-wing ideologues nominated in their states to run for Senate who may end up putting Dems in those seats:
Two years ago, even as the Republican Party stormed into power in the House, a crop of hard-right Senate nominees flamed out and cost the party valuable seats. Now, it might be déjà vu as Democrats happily compare several new conservative Senate candidates to Christine O’Donnell, the tea party darling who infamously cost Republicans what should have been a surefire seat.
[..]
In May, Indiana Republicans ousted 36-year Sen. Dick Lugar in favor of state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who famously says his idea of compromise is Democrats accepting the Republican viewpoint. He’s polling dead even with Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), the Democratic nominee. Lugar, by contrast, was widely seen as untouchable in a general election.
[..]
Next Tuesday, in a close three-way Wisconsin primary, Democrats are hoping tea party-backed Mark Neumann pulls out a victory, seeing him as the candidate they’re best positioned to defeat. The Club for Growth, which helped unseat Lugar, is backing Neumann.

A U.S. House seat is also up for grabs from Michigan, as the awesomely named Thaddeus McCotter is taken off the ballot after it was discovered that his staffers committed voter fraud and ended up getting indicted. This resulted in only one Republican appearing on the primary ballot. This might be an easy House seat for the Dems.

With all this craziness going on with the candidates themselves, it can't compare with what goes on in pundit world. Most of that gets plenty of coverage, but there's one that deserves special mention: Jerome Corsi believes President Obama was married to a man before he married Michelle:
In his video, he claimed multiple pictures proved that Obama wore a ring on his wedding-ring finger before he married Michelle in 1992.

"Evidently Obama has never explained it," Corsi said. "He has never given any discussion of it. It's like many of the factors of Obama's life. There are hidden aspects to it, lies, mysteries disinformation. Increasingly, I try to point out to people that Obama's life reads like a classic intelligence agency disinformation operation."

He noted there were pictures of Obama sitting on his Pakistani roommate's lap.

There's an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. Apparently, desperation is too.
 

54 comments (Latest Comment: 08/10/2012 22:04:48 by Mondobubba)
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Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 13:04:52
From your Fingers to the Voting booths, Bobber. I am really nervous about Claire McCaskill's seat.

We also have a hellova Fight here in Virginia. Kaine has been polling slightly above Macaque -- but not enough imo.

Good Morning!

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 13:08:17
Morning


time marked at 8:22am - I was already irked by territory managers

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 13:15:10
I never put it past the crazies to get elected

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 13:30:23
Cordell

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 13:35:10
Quote by wickedpam:
Cordell

I know.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 13:50:33
Mornin' all & Happy Fridee!!

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 14:14:37
ear spider!!!

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 14:14:40
Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:18:17
<-- to you scoop.

To Romney?


Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:29:26
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 14:30:06
Quote by wickedpam:
ear spider!!!



Is that anything like a roof pig?

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 14:30:14
Quote by Raine:
<-- to you scoop.

To Romney?

Seriously.. doing the bare minimum is never a good attitude for anything, particularly work. How does he expect to get hired as President with that kind of slacker attitude?!

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 14:38:27
Quote by Raine:
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Heh funny you should mention that.. I was just reading this diary.

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:38:30
I guess I don;t have the same name recognition as MArkos.

I named names yesterday in the blog.

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:39:45
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Heh funny you should mention that.. I was just reading this diary.



mmmhhmmm

Sometimes I wish we were a little bit bigger on this little corner of the blog.

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:42:01
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Heh funny you should mention that.. I was just reading this diary.

One small detail... I'm pretty sure Gay is no longer with the Firm.

I tried to allude to that in yesterdays blog.



Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 14:43:23
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Heh funny you should mention that.. I was just reading this diary.


mmmhhmmm

Sometimes I wish we were a little bit bigger on this little corner of the blog.

You gotta wonder sometimes if he's reading your stuff then writing his own spiel on it, ya know?

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:46:19
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
I would like to see what Markos has to say about Huntsman Sr.

Heh funny you should mention that.. I was just reading this diary.


mmmhhmmm

Sometimes I wish we were a little bit bigger on this little corner of the blog.

You gotta wonder sometimes if he's reading your stuff then writing his own spiel on it, ya know?
I doubt it, but if he or anyone is, I would love it if they would just reach out and ask me to help with research.

I love that crap.


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 14:46:29
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by wickedpam:
ear spider!!!



Is that anything like a roof pig?


Gawker story - I refuse to read it but Steph had it on the show


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 14:49:48
running work errand back in a few

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 14:51:40
Olympic fail of the day 8/9/12 Playing "Born in the USA" as the women's soccer team takes their victory lap.

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 14:53:02
Quote by Mondobubba:
Olympic fail of the day 8/9/12 Playing "Born in the USA" as the women's soccer team takes their victory lap.
Wow.

Total Fail.


Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 15:02:16
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Olympic fail of the day 8/9/12 Playing "Born in the USA" as the women's soccer team takes their victory lap.
Wow.

Total Fail.



I was all WTF?? REALLY? Don't people listen to the verses?

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 16:00:40
Quote by wickedpam:
running work errand back in a few



well that was a waste of time

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 16:01:37
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by wickedpam:
running work errand back in a few



well that was a waste of time



Dontcha love that?

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 16:19:57
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by wickedpam:
running work errand back in a few



well that was a waste of time



Dontcha love that?


esp when I didn't even want to leave the office to lose my parking space


Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/10/2012 16:23:41
Hello, bloggers!!

The GOP is desperate for many reasons. One source of their anxiety is that they are rapidly becoming a party of aging, white male Evangelical Christians. In a few years, we may see some of the Red States in the West gain many more Hispanic voters. In the case of Arizona, this would likely take a solid red state and put it in the toss up column.

Another source of worry for the GOP is that the pleas to God, guns and gays does not work anymore. People are more tolerant in matters of religion and sexual preference. As for guns, a majority of Americans supports some restrictions on gun ownership and extensive background checks.

So, expect a lot of heated rhetoric. For myself, I think Walsh intentionally used son as a code word in talking about the president. President Obama is actually a few months older than Walsh, so the use of the word son is obviously yet another dog whistle.

Comment by livingonli on 08/10/2012 17:37:10
It sucks when your computer locks up after you power it up for the day. It also doesn't help when your sleep is interrupted by dog barking so it takes forever to wake up.

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 17:50:46
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 17:54:26
Quote by Raine:
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

omg... you're gonna make me wanna hit the rib joint on the way to playin' cards tonite!

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 18:32:26
I would just like to give a HUGE shout out to the Women representing the USA.

of the 39 Gold medals we have won, 26 were by women!

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 18:33:24
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

omg... you're gonna make me wanna hit the rib joint on the way to playin' cards tonite!


Home made Rub and home made BBQ sauce....


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 19:06:21
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

omg... you're gonna make me wanna hit the rib joint on the way to playin' cards tonite!


Home made Rub and home made BBQ sauce....



not THE smoker?!!!!




Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 19:08:58
Finished helping to clear out the Christmas decor in the warehouse to ready for the move and got snagged into help tie up some straggling AP stuff.

I think I now have black lung

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 19:11:48
Quote by wickedpam:
Finished helping to clear out the Christmas decor in the warehouse to ready for the move and got snagged into help tie up some straggling AP stuff.

I think I now have black lung



You only get that after years of mining coal! :p

Comment by Scoopster on 08/10/2012 19:11:51
Comment by livingonli on 08/10/2012 19:12:35
Whatever I typed mysteriously disappeared.

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 19:14:28
Bitches! When I tell you we don't use .tif formats LISTEN TO THE WORDS COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH! MONDO DOES NOT WANT TO CHOKE A BITCH!

Comment by livingonli on 08/10/2012 19:25:10
Pap is talking about the David Barton book issue that Clintster posted last night.

Comment by Mondobubba on 08/10/2012 19:29:17
HULK SMASH!

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 20:03:19
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

omg... you're gonna make me wanna hit the rib joint on the way to playin' cards tonite!


Home made Rub and home made BBQ sauce....



not THE smoker?!!!!


WE have less Chaos today -- I think we'll be alright!

And we got different charcoal briquets.


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 20:06:08
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by Raine:
MMMM ribs have been rubbed... ready for the smoker....

omg... you're gonna make me wanna hit the rib joint on the way to playin' cards tonite!


Home made Rub and home made BBQ sauce....



not THE smoker?!!!!


WE have less Chaos today -- I think we'll be alright!

And we got different charcoal briquets.



oh it was the bricketts fault

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 20:07:14
BTW, it looks like we have a new blog post from Jacob Dean!

Let's give our friend some serious Love!

Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 20:10:18
ok Randi, even I know that's the long jump

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 20:21:59
Quote by wickedpam:
ok Randi, even I know that's the long jump
I missed whatever she said -- but /i have a good feeling about what she did say...


Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 20:23:17
Quote by wickedpam:
oh it was the bricketts fault
That was Bob's story....

Plus we already burned all the paint off the damn thing -- and we know where the holes are, and we have the hose ready....

and yeah... it was the Briquets....


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 20:30:09
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
ok Randi, even I know that's the long jump
I missed whatever she said -- but /i have a good feeling about what she did say...


she keeps calling it the grasshopper-y thing


Comment by wickedpam on 08/10/2012 20:30:36
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
oh it was the bricketts fault
That was Bob's story....

Plus we already burned all the paint off the damn thing -- and we know where the holes are, and we have the hose ready....

and yeah... it was the Briquets....





Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 20:58:43
ROMNEY: I can assure you, our campaign would be helped immensely if we had an agreement between both campaigns where we're only going to talk about issues and that attacks based upon business, or family, or taxes, or things of that nature, that this is just a diversion.
He REALLY said that.

Just let that comment soak in for a bit...

Comment by Raine on 08/10/2012 21:11:59
WTF Randi - I SAW that gut... We ALL saw that guy...