Well, Butter My Butt And Call Me A Biscuit
The largest newspaper in Texas, The Houston Chronicle, who rarely if never, supports a Democrat hauled off and endorsed Hillary Clinton this weekend.
I know that’s pretty darned unbelievable. Yet, it happened. They not only endorsed her, they praised her. And the cherry on the top? They quote Michelle Obama.
The rightwing folks have blown a gasket and their doohickey ain’t working proper. They are upset on top of angry covered by desperation with fear dripping around the edges. In short, they are not happy.
My local newspaper, the smallest in Texas, editorialize that you can’t vote for Hillary because she lies. You know, like the time she said the NFL sent her a letter about the debate schedule. And that she had proof that Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States because she sent investigators to Hawaii and they were the best investigators, not like your stupid investigators. And that she said three times that she had a relationship with Putin and now says she doesn’t. She’s a liar.
We’re having fun now.
Hurray for the Houston Chronicle.
1In their long history of whatever it is they do…… The Houston Chronicle has endorsed (3) Democrats for the presidency of these United States.
(1) Hometown favorite: Lyndon Johnson
(2) Barrack Obama (I don’t know, the other choice was McCain/Palin.)
(3) Hillary Clinton…. (the other choice is a psychopath).
So… there you go. Thanks Chronicle.
2Hey snacilbupeR, Houston says you have a problem. What’s plan B? Maybe Dump Drumpf, which makes Mike Pence and a choice of one of the other 16 you had to be kidding they ran losers your ticket. Or, maybe something nice in a concession speech. Now.
3Well Damn.! The Rats are jumping off the sinking ship.
4Hope the captain goes down with it. Can we start a Boycott Trump campaign? Boycott him and any one that is with him.
A Dump Trump Like Flush Rush— Lets get Bumper Stickers. Put an end to anything with his name on it. And any one that works with him. Hit him In what he loves— $$$$$–
I see a pattern forming here. First LBJ. Then Obama. Then just four years later, Sec’y Clinton. The Chronicle is going all liberal on Houstonians!
5To Miemaw, re: McCain/Palin … in large swaths of this country it was PALIN/mccain.
6They’re beginning to see the writing on the wall: Yuge Loser!
7Pleased by the unexpected outbreak of sanity. I hope it spreads faster than Asian tiger mosquitos, and it will be vastly more welcome.
I’m surprised to learn that they also endorsed Obama over McCain, but the prospect of leaving Palin in charge of anything more complicated than a manure pile should have caused anyone to veer in the opposite direction.
8Rhea: Manure piles must be turned and aerated to ensure proper composting. Good job for any republican, perfect for Caribou Barbie.
9Sorry Rhea, manure piles have souls and feelings and I think you hurt them both.
10I view this very welcome news not as a sign of the increased progressiveness of the Houston Chronicle, but of the increased regressiveness of the Republican Party.
Donald Trump: too ignorant, crazy, and stupid for the people who support Louie Gohmert.
11So now, in addition to being tree huggers, we also have to hug manure piles, epo? Ewwwwww! Sorry, I’ll have to draw the line at excrement.
12“Well, Butter my butt and…”
I hesitated to read. I thought it was about another snacilbupeR porn video.
Oh, c’mon. Like that didn’t occur to you?
13Okay. You’re a biscuit.
14But, in 2012, the Chronicle endorsed Romney. I cancelled my subscription. However, since the demise of the Post years ago, they were the only game in town. And, they offered a cheap price. I renewed nine or ten months later. Not optimistic that the sanity will hang around too long.
15Not to sure that the endorsement of LBJ was a favorite son son move on the part of the Chronicle. Remember in 1964 the GOP nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater.
16If I remember correctly the Democrats held their convention in Atlantic City that year. There was a Goldwater billboard near the Boardwalk Hall with his picture and the caption of, ” In Your Heart You Know He’s Right “. Someone had purchase the sign below it and placed the caption, ” EXTREME RIGHT”. The Republicans did not fair well in November. Three, Two, One….
New immigration policy proposal: can we please keep the folks with documentation issues and deport the snacilbupeR instead? Let’s start with the snacilbupeR elected officials and candidates; or as they say “criminals first.”
17Frying pan, meet fire.
The last thing the Repubs should want–especially the fiscally conservative Repubs–is for Trump to win this election. If he does, then he is the party leader for the next four years and he seems to be leading him over a cliff–much like lemmings. Can you imagine what he can do to the GOP in four years with a Presidential win under his belt?
I suspect they think he will step aside and let Pence and the House run the show, but the Repub’s record of predicting and/or controlling Trump to date is pathetic.
I wonder how many of Trump’s endorsers, in the secrecy of the ballot box, will pull the lever for Clinton.
18epo: sorry, I guess thoughts of Trump and Palin naturally led me to thoughts of manure piles. And now I’ve just insulted manure piles again. (Do they ever spontaneously combust, or is that just silage? I mean the manure piles, not…)
JAKvirginia: I’d seen the biscuit expression before– it’s an older version of “Well, dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!”
Cole: I believe the other mockery of that slogan, pointing to Goldwater’s potential use of nuclear weapons, was “In your heart, you know he might.” Cue the Daisy ad.
And here’s a column explaining that, if President Trump decided to launch nuclear weapons against whomever had annoyed him that day, nobody would have the authority to stop it:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/08/01/theres-no-stopping-a-thin-skinned-president-trump-from-going-nuclear/
19LynnN: I don’t mean to criticize you but others have used some of your same words. Are we being aware when we write words like “controlling Trump” and similar. This is a presidential nominee who needs to be controlled?!!! A person (using the term loosely) who needs to be kept in check, watched, edited and double-checked? What in all that is holy is this nation doing? We have become, without a doubt, an international embarrassment!
20There’s only one thing that can stop Trump now: an interview with Katie Couric.
21OK now listen up snacilbupeR. If you have a candidate that causes you to fearfully review Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution nightly, then maybe you maroons should not have nominated him if the first place.
Now snuggle up and give a smooch with we Bernie supporters. Our choices are Hilz or Hell. You decide.
22Rhea: Someone did dip me in honey and threw me to the lesbians. They were not impressed.
23Any thoughts on what happens if the the Orange Ass decides to quite the campaign? I mean, he’s such a massive egotistical manic I don’t really see that, but on the other hand he’s such a massive spoiled toddler that’s not completely out of the question. Pence as Pres candidate? Rolling weasel fight for VP? Or Cruz trying to claim the top spot?
24Rhea-you just got confused between compost and composed. Manure piles ( I keep one on the edge of my garden) compose themselves as they compost. The compost is good for my veggies. Neither the former half-guv of Drumpf have composure.
25Rhea-you just got confused between compost and composed. Manure piles ( I keep one on the edge of my garden) compose themselves as they compost. The compost is good for my veggies. Neither the former half-guv or Drumpf have composure.
26Must be an echo in the Salon today.
27Starting to look like Papa Don DuTrumplier and his TonTon Teabaggers have gotten lost in the deep middle of a huuuge sugar cane field.
Just as the burn crew is is fixin’ to torch the edges, heheh.
Burn Baby, Burn…
Hilz is gonna flame-broil his fat, pomp-ass tRump to a nice smokin’ char.
(If any of y’all have ever watched a cane burn you know how awesome it is; if not, I recommend seeing one sometime if you can, or watching a vid. The 150′ foot high flames and the roar is muy cool. I was going to use a hot air balloon analogy, but in view of the tragic Lockhart mishap, ain’t going there.)
28When you burn the cane don’t forget to flood the ditch on the lea side. Ya don’t want those burning escaping rats to spread the fire
29JAKvirginia, my apologies for not remembering, but I can’t always keep track. If you are male, you can safely shrug off the unimpressed lesbians. If you are female, it may be a trifle more embarrassing. Or maybe they’re just on a low-sugar diet.
30AnneB, I like your image of the “rolling weasel fight for VP,” and imagine it would look like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkeVjkUKwF4
Anybody who needs a laugh, it’s a bunch of ferrets in a wading pool filled with packing peanuts. Go watch!
31I love me some biscuits. Homemade, slathered with butter and strawberry jam.
32JAKvirginia, I guess I should have said “contained.” You know, like they do with forest fires. I think that’s pretty much how the Repubs feel at the moment.
Seriously, the only reason I can think of why establishment Repubs would want Trump to be President is because they don’t think he’ll do the job, leaving them to fill the vacuum.
33I know this is OT, but a must read relative to the MSM and their enabling of Orangenator
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/opinions/trump-mccarthy-khan-welch-kaiser/index.html
(I guess not totally OT, anyway . . . )
34The trump campaign signed a contract yesterday to appear in our small city on Thursday and 2 hours later cancelled it.
35I was really hoping to go protest.
Thankx< Rhea. That was fun to watch. Now if we could train ferrets to legislate with Dems and teach wingnuts to eat prairie dogs, what a wonderful world that would be.
36This was, for me, the most surprising phrase in the article:
“or even the hyper-ideological Ted Cruz,”
This is a Texas newspaper? And it called out Cruz? Maybe the pundits are right, maybe there IS hope for Texas.
Of course, in the same sentence, the paper mentioned Marco Rubio who hasn’t done a lick of work in the Senate, who went on record to say how much he hated the job [after deciding not to run for the Senate again and to pursue the presidency instead (what? that’s an easier gig?)] and, when he lost the nomination, ran for the Senate after all. And it didn’t call HIM out. In fact, it put him forth as a viable presidential candidate who would “spark debate.”
So Texas still has a lot of work ahead of it.
37I take it back. THIS is the most surprising:
38“As President Obama noted, she’s the most qualified person in years to serve as president – “and that includes Bill and me.” The only candidate to come close is George H.W. Bush.”
Maybe if Diane Sawyer were to ask what that scream was all about it would make him look like he’s out of control.
39I’d like to volunteer for that honey and lesbians thing. Pleeeeeze?!
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