Comments on: Right-wing comedians chortle at tire-gauge strategy, but the joke’s on them http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4758 Pat Cunningham Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:04:19 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4758 Hey, Bob! UPDATE: PolitiFact.com ran the numbers, too, and declared Obama's statement to be true. See here: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/608/ Hey, Bob! UPDATE: PolitiFact.com ran the numbers, too, and declared Obama’s statement to be true. See here:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/608/

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4752 Pat Cunningham Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:10:41 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4752 Bob: Good work. Points well taken. You've scored again. (What is that? Twice in a week? Way to go.) But this doesn't excuse the GOP lies about Obama's energy program as a whole. Bob: Good work. Points well taken. You’ve scored again. (What is that? Twice in a week? Way to go.) But this doesn’t excuse the GOP lies about Obama’s energy program as a whole.

]]> By: Craig Knauss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4747 Craig Knauss Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:15:34 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4747 "...what idiot didn’t know that proper tire inflation improved mileage(?)" The idiot with the half-flat tire going down the road. The idiot with black smoke pouring out his exhaust. The idiot driving all around with the brake pedal pushed. The idiot that lets his car idle for a half hour with the A/C on. The idiot that has a ton of crap in his trunk. There are lots of idiots out there. You might be surprised how few people check their tires on a regular basis. If you do, then you are clearly in the minority. Hopefully, a couple of these idiots were listening. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. “…what idiot didn’t know that proper tire inflation improved mileage(?)” The idiot with the half-flat tire going down the road. The idiot with black smoke pouring out his exhaust. The idiot driving all around with the brake pedal pushed. The idiot that lets his car idle for a half hour with the A/C on. The idiot that has a ton of crap in his trunk. There are lots of idiots out there. You might be surprised how few people check their tires on a regular basis. If you do, then you are clearly in the minority. Hopefully, a couple of these idiots were listening. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4746 Menlo Bob Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:03:16 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4746 Link for the above: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/from-the-fact-1.html Link for the above:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/from-the-fact-1.html

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4745 Menlo Bob Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:02:01 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4745 Thank goodness <a> ran the numbers on Obama's goofy statement. Thank goodness ran the numbers on Obama’s goofy statement.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4740 Pat Cunningham Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4740 Oops! The Kathy Sammons who wrote comment No. 1 is NOT the Kathy Sammons I know. Therefore, my reply in comment No. 2 does not apply. My Kathy Sammons is a big Obama supporter. This other one I guess is serious in her dislike of Obama. Such a shame! Oops! The Kathy Sammons who wrote comment No. 1 is NOT the Kathy Sammons I know. Therefore, my reply in comment No. 2 does not apply. My Kathy Sammons is a big Obama supporter. This other one I guess is serious in her dislike of Obama. Such a shame!

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4728 Pat Cunningham Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4728 Obama's got a pretty good retort to his critics on this issue: "Now two points, one, they know they're lying about what my energy plan is, but the other thing is they're making fun of a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent. It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant." Well, of course they do, senator. McCain even brags about graduating from Anapolis near the bottom of his class. And the boobs think the fact that you graduated from Harvard Law School makes you an elitist. Obama’s got a pretty good retort to his critics on this issue:
“Now two points, one, they know they’re lying about what my energy plan is, but the other thing is they’re making fun of a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by 3 to 4 percent. It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.”

Well, of course they do, senator. McCain even brags about graduating from Anapolis near the bottom of his class. And the boobs think the fact that you graduated from Harvard Law School makes you an elitist.

]]> By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4727 Pat Cunningham Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:47:27 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4727 taraariano: Thanks for the link. taraariano: Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4726 Menlo Bob Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4726 No one disputes that proper tire inflation can improve mileage. What Obama said was that regular tune-ups (not something cars today actually need) and tire inflation would yield more oil savings that that provided by additional drilling. When I first brought this to your attention I wondered if Factcheck.org would be looking into it. So far they're content not to look. No one disputes that proper tire inflation can improve mileage. What Obama said was that regular tune-ups (not something cars today actually need) and tire inflation would yield more oil savings that that provided by additional drilling. When I first brought this to your attention I wondered if Factcheck.org would be looking into it. So far they’re content not to look.

]]> By: taraariano http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4725 taraariano Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:35:34 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/08/05/right-wing-comedians-chortle-at-tire-gauge-strategy-but-the-jokes-on-them/#comment-4725 We just posted <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/clips?keywords=inflating+tires" rel="nofollow">audio from McCain's rebuttal over on Entertonement</a>. We just posted audio from McCain’s rebuttal over on Entertonement.

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