The GOP’s No. 1 waterboy
February 22nd, 2008 at 01:15pm Pat Cunningham
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Just days ago, Rush Limbaugh and others of his rabid ilk were vowing to flee the country or throw themselves off cliffs or something before they would ever support the apostate John McCain for president.Â
That was then. THIS is now — and it’s pretty funny.
POSTSCRIPT: It’s strange that the radical right is ready to burn down The New York Times for having picked on Mr. Straight Talk while they’ve got almost nothing to say about the Washington Post’s stories (HERE and HERE) on the same matters. The truth, of course, is that the radicals don’t give a damn about defending McCain’s honor. It’s just that the Times, more than the Post, makes them go bonkers. If the Times did a negative piece on Satan, the Limbaughs would find fault with it. They can’t help themselves, the pathetic fools.  It’s Pavlovian.
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1. Mike Carroll | February 22nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below. She shouts to him, ‘Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.’ The man consults his portable GPS and replies, ‘You’re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.0 9 minutes west longitude.
She rolls her eyes and says, ‘You must be a Republican!’ ‘I am,’ replies the man. ‘How did you know?’ ‘Well,’ answers the balloonist, ‘everything you tell me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’re not much help to me.’
The man smiles and responds, ‘You must be a Democrat.’ ‘I am,’ replies the balloonist. ‘How did you know?’ ‘Well,’ says the man, ‘You don’t know where you are or where you’re going. Y ou’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it’s my fault.
2. Kaus | February 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
….and the name on the balloon is….”Hope”.
3. Pat Cunningham | February 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Mike and Kaus, the Abbott & Costello of our time. Martin & Lewis? Burns & Allen? Olson & Johnson? Laurel & Hardy? (I’d better stop; you guys aren’t old enough to remember all the great comedy teams of the past.)
4. hokumboy | February 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I find a certain sense of irony that Mike posts a joke about Democrats rising to where they are “due to a large quantity of hot air” below a photo America’s Gasbag Laureat, Rush Limbaugh.
5. Mike Carroll | February 22nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Cheech and Chong and ,not speaking for Kaus, I did inhale.
6. Kaus | February 22nd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
The greatest comedy team of all time is now appearing to be Bill and Hillary….but I would never want to associate myself with that duo.
7. Pat Cunningham | February 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Mike: You inhaled just before unloading that hot-air balloon story, didn’t you?
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