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DevilsAvocado
11/03/08

In reply to Drudge's Last Campaign Bombshell: Obama's Secretly Rude
This makes me laugh because I have the very bad habit of adjusting my reading glasses in the same manner when reading from a lectern... usually in front of a very large crowd of virtual strangers.
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unclevanya
11/03/08

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My prediction for the next Drudge headline in a hour or two:

OBAMA PLANNED GRANNY'S DEPARTURE FOR LAST MINUTE SYMPATHY VOTE: REPORT

And the link will, as usual, lead back to the same place rather than an actual article somewhere.
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lalaland13
11/03/08

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He believes all this, though. Just like he believes he isn't gay.

Typical Republican.
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unclevanya
11/03/08

@lalaland13: ZING!
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/03/08

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drudge needs a nap. for about the next 25 years.
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BlinkyMcChuck
11/03/08

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Uh, he's lost all credibility now.
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BlinkyMcChuck
11/03/08

@Koreanish: Because, that message? Is for Drudge.
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Spirit Fingers
11/03/08

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Can I just say that if Obama let's the "bird" secretly fly from time to time that it only increases my love for him. Basically because it shows that he's human and able to channel his anger in a way that won't make me think he'll push the red button because his socks didn't match?
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ADismalScience
11/03/08

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I can tell you as a Pennsylvania citizen that this state is completely paralyzed right now. My mailbox is full, my phone won't stop ringing, there are people everywhere with signs, and I'm pretty sure I heard distant screams on my walk to the car this early morning. The ads suddenly became frenzied and insane - there's a great one from McCain that doesn't even use full sentences, it's just Obama's face next to some bad adjective and then McCain's face next to some good adjective while this reassuring woman speaks. It makes me want to pick up a shotgun on the way home, along with some bottled water and duct tape.
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eatsshootsleaves
11/03/08

@ADismalScience: Wow, being in a swing state sounds terrifying. Stock up on canned goods while you still can! The Barackolypse is upon us!
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Spirit Fingers
11/03/08

@ADismalScience: This sounds like I Am Legend...you know, the book, not that crud with Will Smith. DismalNeville stay indoors, lest they find you and eat your brain. (They could give it to Palin.)
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Nice Beaver
11/03/08

@ADismalScience: Did you get the auto-call from Jimmy Rollins? He's hanging out with Joe Biden in South Philly tonight. That's a strong, strong call in the City of Brotherly Love right now.
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Unfun
11/03/08

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Hey guys, I heard Barack Obama is a crackhead! At the very least, he has certain crackhead-associated affiliations, so it's not outside the realm of possibility is all I'm saying! And remember that Black mayor from DC, he was a crackhead too! So, again, those affiliations are...oh fuck, phone call! (runs)
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Unfun
11/03/08

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I'm still waiting to hear about these affiliations...still waiting...I think I might be waiting for a while. Forever, really.
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Calraigh
11/03/08

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I mean, this must be what's happening here.
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BxgrlJeri
11/03/08

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Obama: never called his wife the C word, but that doesn't make him okay.
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jasonelias
11/03/08

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It's hard to take Drudge seriously this round. He "supposedly" prides himself on getting news and he's been leaving old non-news on his site this whole cycle. Look at that headline, just like the "coal" story (colegate!) it's on the skirts of insaniety.
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jasonelias
11/03/08

@TheUpMyAssPlayers: Heh heh, thankfully the story doesn't have any legs--or teeth...
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badasscat
11/03/08

@jasonelias: He rarely ever "gets" "news". Every once in a blue moon somebody emails him an "internal memo" that was meant to be leaked anyway. That's about the extent of his actual news-gathering. He could really shut down his site 360 days out of the year.

The rest of what he does is post links to stories other people have written and posted on real news sites. This is not "getting news". This is just reading news, like you or me or anyone else could do. The only thing he does any different is twist and reorganize his headlines into the order and the tone that he thinks is important.

So it's really kind of ridiculous for anyone to say they read his site for the news. The news he posts is out there already, already nicely organized in order of importance on a variety of real news sites that "got" the news to begin with. People read his site for his warped view of the world, that's all.
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azilaw
11/03/08

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Why do you think that ending a sentence with the word "Right?" is a valid response to the issues?
I'ts as if someone belives He is a Muslim and when they see the following senetence: "Like He's a muslim, Right?", all of a sudden they have an epiphany and a clear understanding and it's a valid argument?

I don't believe He is a Muslim. There is nothing more one can do to prove he is a Christian then by attending a church. I do belive however that it is possible that he is a anti-semetic Christian.
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eatsshootsleaves
11/03/08

@azilaw: And why, pray tell, do you believe that?
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Pareene
11/03/08

@azilaw: what the hell are you talking about?
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Sarcastro
11/03/08

@Pareene: All secret pesudomuslim terroristpallers are like that. True. Fact.
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katastic
11/03/08

@azilaw: What on EARTH makes you think he's anti-Semitic? What POSSIBLE smidgen of evidence could you POSSIBLY ever have?
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Sarcastro
11/03/08

@katastic: Well, he did mention to me that there's a sale on Wagner.
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allyzay
11/03/08

@azilaw: i believe it is possible that you're drunk, but i am not going around spreading that rumor on the internet.
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Bitter Poor
11/03/08

@katastic: Not to mention that a good deal of the "christian" church views themselves protectors and upholders of Israel.
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BxgrlJeri
11/03/08

@azilaw: I heard he was anti-semantic.
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azilaw
11/03/08

@eatsshootsleaves: @Pareene:

1) It's the usuall Gawker style of writing, where one writes a rhetorical question as if it's the most brilliant and most humorous thing ever put on a screen.

2) I don't believe in it. I'm just aware of his affiliations, and it's only logical to have the thought that maybe there is a reason for it. I think it takes more effort to think he is not an anti-semite than the other way around. No one would deny that Al Sharpton is an anti-semite. But for Barak, I'm not sure, but it's not beyond imagination. A lot of things would make sence if he was.
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BookishLookish
11/03/08

@JLynRedux: But not anti-semiotic surely.
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ambitious
11/03/08

@azilaw: So . . . you don't believe it, but you aren't sure, but it takes more effort to think otherwise, but you could imagine it, but things would make 'sence' were it true.

Excellent argument. I mean, look at all the evidence. Case closed, Right??
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heliogabalus
11/03/08

@azilaw: Your cheap argument makes no cents. Try to make good scents, cause this stinks.
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BxgrlJeri
11/03/08

@BookishLookish: maybe anti-symbiotic
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dado
11/03/08

@heliogabalus: He's anti-semolina, pro sourdough.
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tammyfey
11/03/08

@azilaw: I think I've figured out your original comment. You consistently capitalize "he" so one can only infer that you're referring to Jesus Christ, Our Lord And Savior. I do, then, share your belief that He is not a Muslim.
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ambitious
11/03/08

@JLynRedux: Anti-semiotics. And I don't blame him. It usually turns things into a convoluted mess.
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BxgrlJeri
11/03/08

@dado: anti-stomboli, pro calzone
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azilaw
11/03/08

@ambitious:
Yes, that is in fact the meaning of the word "uncertain". You should work for Webster's dictionary.
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heliogabalus
11/03/08

@azilaw: Major burn! Somebody needs to slowly start clapping, then other people need to join in, getting slowly rowdier, until finally there is uproarious applause and shouts of way-to-go and high-fives all around while we raise azilaw on our shoulders and proclaim: Master Burn!
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Khrushchev
11/03/08

@tammyfey: I am stuck on "There is nothing more one can do to prove he is a Christian then by attending a church." But He (Christ) was not a Christian. He was Jewish, and a carpenter. And not a Muslim. Ergo, Barack Obama is a jerk.
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heliogabalus
11/03/08

@heliogabalus: I mean really, "you should work for the dictionary." Really?

See how well that works?
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tammyfey
11/03/08

@azilaw: azilaw commented on Palin Changes The Subject
"I really hate this website."
[gawker.com] 12:35 AM on Sep 4

Funny how rightwingers are obsessed with things they profess to hate. As entertaining and easy as it is to insult you, it would probably be best for everyone if you just went away.
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ambitious
11/03/08

@azilaw: I should. But maybe I shouldn't. But maybe it's possible or I'm not but then again anti-semitism.
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Khrushchev
11/03/08

@heliogabalus: Don't start sulking just because you've been outwitted.
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ambitious
11/03/08

@heliogabalus: I was hoping for "The jerk store called and it's running out of you."

I had the perfect come back to that one.
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Unfun
11/03/08

@azilaw: Can you name ONE such affiliation? I'm waiting with baited breath here...I have a very important decision to make tomorrow.

I love the coupling of Al Sharpton and Barack there. They are both black, after all.
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Unfun
11/03/08

@tammyfey: But then who will make comparisons between Barack and any other Black activists/politicians who might be anti-semitic? We need more of that contingent here! I might learn something about how batshit crazy the other side really is!
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jasonelias
11/03/08

@azilaw: You're full of hooey, old school chat room bunk. You'll probably will be on this same tune until a common sense asserts itself and or you make a brusque exit.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/03/08

@katastic: Heheh. My roommate just got a mailer from the RNC about "Barack Obama: No Friend to Israel," full of hearsay and nonsense. Neither I nor my other roommates got one--that is because the roommate in question (Adam) is on the Republicans' Secret Jew List.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/03/08

@azilaw: Hmmm. This is an interesting argument.

Though, now that I think about it, how can I prove that you are not an anti-semite? It's not beyond imagination, anyway.
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Khrushchev
11/03/08

@braak: I find it easiest to use the formula anti-semite unless proven not-anti-semite. It's virtually foolproof.
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/03/08

@Khrushchev: The problem is that now, I'm not sure how to prove that I'm not an anti-semite.
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DevilsAvocado
11/03/08

@BookishLookish:

But, most likely, anti-septic.
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DevilsAvocado
11/03/08

@braak:

If an anti-semite falls in a forest with no-one around to hear it, does it make a sound?
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braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
11/03/08

@DevilsAvocado: If an anti-semantic fell in the forest with no one around to hear it, what would it mean?
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Trixie from Toronto
11/04/08

@Pareene: Execute! Execute!!!
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Bitter Poor
11/03/08

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The thing that is sad about this is that I know some people who take things like this as the gospel truth because it confirms what they wanted to believe all along -- that their racism is justified.
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Mount_Prion
11/03/08

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This is almost as funny as Drudge's thing on the side that says:

THANKS FOR MAKING OCTOBER 2008 THE BIGGEST MONTH IN DRUDGEREPORT'S 13 YEAR HISTORY! THE PAGE WAS VIEWED 798,524,935 TIMES FROM 153,563,619 VISITS FOR MONTH, NEARLY 6X SITE'S TRAFFIC IN OCTOBER '04... AND SOMEHOW IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ONLY JUST STARTING...

The only just starting to collapse, buddy.
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DevilsAvocado
11/03/08

@Mount_Prion:

Just wait till December, sunshine!
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