New Rushpublic VIDEO: "America, we've met tough times before.. and come out on top"

By GottaLaff

From the One. The Only. Eric Cantor's Very Special YouTube page!



"We stare down the barrel of tough challenges..." Gun references and being threatened with firearms are so typically Rushpublican, aren't they?

Why does that terrible, singsong voice-over remind me of middle school sex-ed films from yesteryear?

And why do Rushpublics continue to think that singsong voices are effective?

Coke heads

By GottaLaff

Mark Lennihan / AP; Olivier

Some people think this is really, truly, awesomely, overwhelmingly important.

So important that they're rummaging through the recycling bins to see what kind of soda cans Team Obama tossed out.

VIDEO gag alert: House conservatives say Bush was a "knowing lion" who "walked among us"

By GottaLaff

And thus was the sinkhole of a being named George Bush, whose wisenheimer wisdom doth still touch us the way a cattle prod doth evoke agonized mooage; whose erudition was equal to none but that of Carrot Top; and whose repugnance still reverberates as doth that solitary brain wave in Sarah Palin's vacuous skull...

Reps. Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mike Pence (R-IN), and Steve King (R-IA) last Thursday:

– FRANKS: “President Bush often had to walk like a knowing lion — like a knowing lion, Mr. Speaker, through the chattering of hyenas. … [I]f those critics do not devour themselves in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, they may face the bared teeth of an enemy that will make us all wish the lion still walked among us.”

– PENCE: “I truly believe that this nation owes a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush.”

– KING: “I’m here to say thank you to President Bush for the things that he has done when he’s had his steady hand on the till of leadership, and especially with our national defense.”

At one point, Franks began to tear up when talking about how Bush made the country “brighter” and “more hopeful” for his children. Throughout the 40 minutes, they also compared Bush to Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill.

Let us bow our heads and pray...

Yes, pray, you heareth me correctly; this atheist is resorting to prayer so that we never, ever again haveth another president as loathsome as the wretched George W. Bush. Let that message be echoed from this moment on, so that our children and our children's children can add this particular "knowing lion" to the extinct species list.

Amen.

VIDEO-- Feingold Questions Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder on FISA

By GottaLaff

This is the video I've been looking for. Think Progress, thank you. However-- and this is a big "however":

The New York Times reports that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is expected to issue a major ruling validating “the power of the president and Congress to wiretap international phone calls and intercept e-mail messages without a court order,”even when U.S. residents’ personal communications are involved:

In validating the government’s wide authority to collect foreign intelligence, it may offer legal credence to the Bush administration’s repeated assertions that the president has constitutional authority to act without specific court approval in ordering national security eavesdropping.

Huh? Wha? No. Nonononono. No.

Heighten security! Donate to Team Sarah! Put an end to "devilish" liberal bloggers' "frameup" of Palin!

By GottaLaff

This e-mail was forwarded to me by one of our readers. Good lord. Who are these people? Maybe they should take a gander at this before they invest their hard-earned bucks (those would be the same bucks that nobody has any more) on a donation to Team Sarah.

But, you guys, I mean, oh em gee, we liberals are "so "busted*"! This is "*so* going to blow up in our faces":

A message to all members of Team Sarah

Reply to teamsarah08@gmail.com.

Team,

Happy New Year and let's bring you up to date.

We caught red-handed a conspiracy at an awful site plotting to use dirty tricks to undermine Team Sarah. Their main tactic is to join and then to plant racist, scandalous, and other horrid content, or to tempt innocent members into doing so. Devilish! And then, we suspect, they plan to take their postings to a liberal blogger as "evidence."

In a word, a "frameup."

Well, Bill Collier, with a major assist from TeamSarah member Kelly S, and others, has them so *busted*! Among other things we have over 40 pages of evidence of their planning. This is *so* going to blow up in their faces, totally discrediting any liberal blogger who falls for their scheme. You can read Bill's post on RedState about the plot here: http://www.redstate.com/freedomist/2009/01/02/liberal-conspiracy-to-frame-and-defame-teamsarah-busted/.

Don't just read it! Send it around -- with an invitation to join us here!

We have heightened security, requiring more stringent review of new members, and putting on many extra security measures. More details soon! We will do whatever it takes to maintain the integrity of Team Sarah. This is kind of expensive, so a heartfelt thanks to all those community members who have already used our little red Donate button to send whatever they can easily afford -- whether $5 or $1000, we are so grateful for this support. It Matters! Thank you!

Our hearts are warmed by emails of praise for how hard we are working. And even moreso by this community's lionhearted fortitude in dealing with those who violate our terms of use by quietly reporting an issue (rather than getting into arguments).

The bigger and more powerful Team Sarah grows, the more attacks we can expect. But the stronger we are at repelling them. We are inspired by the courage and grace of Sarah Palin! And by yours.

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Thank you again for any donation you can afford.

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If only we had their "lionhearted fortitude". Cuz, you know, like, "It Matters!" With a *Capital M*. And *extra* exclamation points!!

Let them eat cake

By GottaLaff

Shafer Cabernet “Hillside Select” 2003 can go for as much as $500 a bottle.

Maybe the post title should have been, "Let them drink $500 wine":

[W]orld leaders who are in town to discuss the economic crisis are set to dine in style Friday night while sipping wine listed at nearly $500 a bottle.

According to the White House, tonight's dinner to kick off the G-20 summit includes such dishes as "Fruitwood-smoked Quail," "Thyme-roasted Rack of Lamb," and "Tomato, Fennel and Eggplant Fondue Chanterelle Jus."

To wash it all down, world leaders will be served Shafer Cabernet “Hillside Select” 2003, a wine that sells at $499 on Wine.com.

The exceedingly pricey wine may seem a bit peculiar given leaders are in Washington to discuss a possible world financial meltdown, but Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for Laura Bush, said it "was the most appropriate wine that we had in the White House wine cellar for such a gathering.

Yeah, we wouldn't want them to bring out them $399 bottles. That would be tacky.

McDonough also said the White House purchased the wine at a "significantly lower price" than what it is listed at.

"Of course the White House gets its wine at wholesale prices," she said. "Given the intimate size of the group, it was an appropriate time for The White House to use this stock."

So they paid, what, about $250 a pop wholesale? What a bargain.

I hope they remembered to purchase their quail at Costco... in bulk. After all, that's a heckuva big group they've invited in for supper.

For those with strong stomachs, two Quotes-O'-The-Day

By GottaLaff

Have some Pepto Bismol ready:

"There is something else that Palin brings to the table, that may be an unspoken source of this angst. She is the first woman near the very top level of politics who really looks and behaves like a woman, a woman whom men want to look at, and other women may want to look like. She has cheekbones to die for, movie-star hair, and has mastered the delicate dress code of looking both stunning and powerful."

-- Noemie Emery, The Weekly Standard

Next (have a Tums ready):

"She didn't just win the vice-presidential debate, she showed that she belongs with Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as among the best communicators of our modern political times."

-- Dick Morris

Vetless in Alaska

By GottaLaff

This explains about half of our posts today:

NYT - Republicans Admit Palin Vetting Was Thin/Incomplete

"Republican officials said that though they had time to collect surface-level material on Ms. Palin and her husband, they had done no examination of the rest of her family."

What a fine display of sound judgment.

H/t: Eve