I'm sorry, but this Bush Derangement Syndrome has gone far enough, and if heads don't roll at the San Francisco Chronicle for this one, something is really wrong in this nation.
The following was the headline of an article published at SFGate.com, the Chronicle's website, Friday (h/t NBer drillanwr):
Bush Death Watch: Countdown!It's official: Less than one year until history slaps Dubya to the curb. Can you feel the tingle?
The piece began (reader is warned about further disgraceful content, emphasis added):
It's just that kind of feeling, that sense of hesitant, embryonic optimism, the sense that says, oh my God, we as a culture and a smash-mouthed, war-hammered society really are fast approaching something possibly, potentially, heart-achingly new and different and - because it cannot get any worse - just a little bit better.
Here is my suggestion: Mark your calendars, set your watch, program a celebratory ringtone well in advance, because the countdown has officially begun.
It is now less than one calendar year until the next presidential election. It is less than one year until the country finally takes a deep breath and flexes its atrophied muscles and opens its bloody, Cheney-punched mouth and lets it be known to the world, to the universe, to its own numb and dejected soul just exactly how unwell it has felt, how much pain has raked its heart, lo, these past seven (eight, by then) years, by ushering in an entirely new political era, as we all exhale a massive sigh of long overdue relief that - praise Jesus, Allah, Buddha and the devil all at once - the long national nightmare of George W. Bush is finally over.
It is now safe to imagine. It is now becoming increasingly easy to actually dare to think that, in less than one year's time, Dubya will begin packing his bags, jamming into his Spongebob duffel his map of the world coloring book, English-to-English translation dictionaries, mangled pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution, Bibleman action figure set and a "Mission Accomplished!" sweatshirt, and heading off to face his destiny as one of the bleakest, most morally repellent chapters in all of American history.
[...]
It will take every month and every week and every single day from the moment you read this until November 2008 to compile, to gather, to list all the names and all the horrors and all the deeply entrenched policies that are still clawing at the face of America as a result of Bush's reign, to fully get your mind around just how deep is the disease and how widely it has spread, so we may begin to excise the policies one by one like the malignant tumors they so very much are.
[...]
The coming year will slide by rather quickly and the feeling of urgent change and upheaval will only build and it doesn't really matter if it's Hillary or Obama or Edwards leading the shift, because no matter who gets the nod, they will require - from me, from you, from anyone who professes to care - a roiling tidal wave of progressive momentum behind them to help them cleanse and haul away the overwhelming mountain of moral fecal matter Bush has left behind.
Incredible. The reader should be advised that this detritus was published in Friday's Chronicle print edition, but with the title "Counting Down to Post-Bush Euphoria."
Is there any wonder why the Chron's readership has been plummeting for years?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.
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This doesn't surprise me in
November 17, 2007 - 14:26 ET by dmntd1This doesn't surprise me in the least. Around my hometown, I'm seeing a lot of cars, trucks, SUV's and even a hybrid with bumper stickers that say quite simply "01-20-2009"
I really think that questioning others' masculinity is a game probably better left to people who haven't had more cock in and out of them than a Tyson Chicken regional distribution center. AceOfSpades 06162007
stuck on stupid
November 17, 2007 - 15:35 ET by landsharkYou know what's really amusing is that, on January 20, 2009, they will be celebrating as if it's some sort of victory that GWB is gone. A POTUS that serves out two full terms and leaves office will be their greatest triumph. *snickering*
As for these morons with the 1-20-2009 bumper stickers; aren't they the same people who think that Bush is a fascist and has shredded the constitution? If that's the case, how can they be sure that he'll leave office by then? Isn't he expected to declare himself emperor for life, or something?
Isn't he expected to
November 17, 2007 - 15:40 ET by drillanwrIsn't he expected to declare himself emperor for life, or something?
a la Chavez, their idol ... ???
I saw some woman that had
November 17, 2007 - 19:13 ET by LighthouseJI saw some woman that had one of those stickers next to the GOP elephant upside down. To me, George W leaving on Jan 20 will be a good day only because it will have meant the democrats' position never took hold like they think it will/has. The democrats' elitism will be defeated by their ignorance.
"Boats are safe in the harbor, but that's not what they're made for." -- Maritime quote
Whither the "Munchkins"
November 17, 2007 - 14:30 ET by Bingo...when satire mandates an updated, contemporary performance.
Ding Dong
November 17, 2007 - 16:01 ET by Carbon SasquatchDing, Dong
The (w)itch is back
Which old (w)itch?
The Clinton (w)itch is baaaack!
Mark, Can you feel the tingle?
November 17, 2007 - 14:37 ET by kgI read the 'About Mark Morford' side-bar and about died laughing.
Mark Morford is a columnist for
sfgate.com and the San Francisco Chronicle. He also teaches yoga, subscribes to
magazines, admires trees, detests shrill alarmism (including his own), sleeps
naked. He has not seen your blog, but is sure it's amazing. He never wears
sneakers. He writes about politics, pop culture, sex, music, design, a wry and
punch-drunk universe, vibrators, scotch, media, spirituality and small European
cars. And sometimes, genital grooming.
This is an adult?
Gee
November 17, 2007 - 15:03 ET by drillanwrHe's somebody's kind of man ...
UBL's or Kim Jong Il's???? Perhaps Jabba the Chavez ...
I saw this article last
November 17, 2007 - 14:38 ET by fitzfongI saw this article last night. If you think what passes for commentary was disgusting, you should read some of the reader comments. The fact that this country is carrying this unwashed hippie, socialist riff-raff is embarrassing. They contribute nothing to the United States, they're simply squatters living well off the hard work of the rest of us. I really wish San Francisco would secede from the Union...better yet, can't we expel them? That way they can try their pathetic, anti-American Marxist experiment on their own and leave us the hell alone.
Some of us were discussing
November 17, 2007 - 15:33 ET by motherbeltSome of us were discussing this in the OT this AM. The consensus is: the man is sick.
Read this one last night
November 17, 2007 - 16:44 ET by Gary P JacksonRead this one last night myself. Had to respond to the guy. I don't get mad, really mad at this type of scum often. You just kinda expect these libs to be stupid. But this deal borders on criminal.
And reading the comments was like reading the ramblings from insane asylum. Many, BTW DO think Bush has shredded the Constitution, and won't be leaving. These peope remind me of Alex Jones' nutjob fans.
More and more I find myself saying this, If these people ever get their hands on power again, this country is over. And by these people, I mean democrats.
I agree BIGTIME!
November 17, 2007 - 21:03 ET by Cape ConservativeLet us hope Republicans don't "shoot themselves in the foot" again in 2008 by staying home instead of voting. Look at the price we've been paying since we lost the majority in Congress. Anyone in a kindergarten class could lead better than Pelosi and Reid!
And I'll vote a straight 2008 Republican ticket regardless of whether I agree with every if, and or but of the individual candidate's positions. To allow the democrats to assume power would definitely be the end of our country as we have known it!
That paper is confused as
November 17, 2007 - 14:44 ET by ConservativeRexThat paper is confused as to who is on a death watch. In fact, it appears they are whistling past the graveyard! They are the one's about to die. Dino media is on a slow march to death and it couldn't come too soon for me.
GWB doesn't care what these flakes come up with. They have been disrespectful from the beginning. The girl editors of this particular paper are the worst.
Also, in the future, remind these Neo-Stalinist every time they come up with "Republicans are mean spirited".
And they have bumper stickers saying 1/20/09? So what! That date just means that another democrat will be sitting on the presidential sidelines for the next 8 years! That crop of nothings they are putting in front of the American people is laughable! They honestly think we all have collectively lost our memories! They are pitiful.
There's a Bright Side
November 17, 2007 - 14:45 ET by BourbeauAs disgusting as this article and sentiment is; as disgusting as this despicable "Bush Syndrome" nonsense has been to our political dialogue, we need to look on the bright side. As unhappy as I and many others might be with how Bush has upheld conservative principles, there are some things he has done, and done well. For one, he's come thru mightily on tax reductions; secondly, he made huge appointments to the bench, Roberts and Alito are just two (once he got the Miers debacle out of the way). But that all aside, when history looks back on the President's eight years, we will be very, very happy that George Bush was President on 9/11. We may feel he went too far on Iraq; but unlike the Democrats, we can't forget the beating of the war drums on Sadam by the Clintons and everyone else, well before he walked thru the White House doors. History will decide whether he was right or wrong; I'm betting on the President. One more thing; all this angst about Iraq coming from people, who fifteen years ago, were criticizing his father for not taking Sadam out. I wonder what they think would have been different in Iraq then, versus now.
You know which persident
November 17, 2007 - 21:53 ET by Lord ElicaniYou know which persident was most hated during his time in office was, don't you? Some guy named Abraham Lincoln.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?
Noel -
November 17, 2007 - 14:58 ET by drillanwrFirst, thanks for the h/t nod.
opens its bloody, Cheney-punched mouth
I'm sorry but ALL perceived supposed wounds the left feels it has taken/suffered have ALL been self-inflicted. They like to throw the word hate around ... when all along I have never seen such a level of hate as been spewed by the left in this country in the last seven years. This "piece of work" is an example of the blindness such self-gratification produces. From this ass-clown, to Ted Rall, to Frank Rich to Keith Olbermann (the list is too long to etch in my computer ramblings) ... Those of us who loathed Clinton suffered through until his pardon-happy, WH thieving and desecrating departure.
I was more than happy to see Clinton go, and Gore to be shut out. Nobody discrased the office of the world's most powerful leader than Clinton did with his worthless and useless antics and cover-ups ... and I am sure I was not alone. However, I do not recall this level of pure hate and ugliness and disrespect and incivility. And that's just it ... the left is uncivilized. Clinton's troubles were primarily self-inflicted also. The liberal fatwa thrown on Pres. Bush has been contrived, manipulated, and spun by a very eager and willing MSM in this country that been fed time and again from the filthy liberal spoon. The man has made extremely tough decisions that he knew would be "unpopular". Clinton's decisions were always based on his popularity. You tell me who you would rather have standing in front of you taking the punches?
As for VP Cheney ... If his health wasn't an issue I would LOVE to see the man kick the left in the teeth and run/win the presidency. Then they would have a bloody mouth to complain about.
Well said, drill. I have
November 17, 2007 - 16:55 ET by motherbeltWell said, drill. I have NEVER BEFORE seen the level of hate that the left has disgorged at this man, and Republicans in general. Back in the 90's, even when Clinton was facing impeachment, and he really was detested, the rhetoric never got this bad by anyone on the right.
No, even then, with a Democrat in the White House, it was the left spewing hate: Alex Baldwin talking about stoning Henry Hyde to death, with all his children and family. Julianne Malveaux wishing out loud that Clarence Thomas would die early of heart disease. Nina Totenberg of NPR saying if there was a just God, Jesse Helms would get AIDS, or his grandchildren would.
There is probably a lot more...those just popped up without any effort at all.
But it's the Republicans and conservatives that are hateful, right?
You are right, mb
November 17, 2007 - 21:23 ET by Cape ConservativeRepublicans seem to always remember to "mind their manners" even when impeaching a president. It's just part of a conservative's general outlook on life - positive vs negative...the Democrats are so negative it is disgusting.
The liberals are so full of hate they can't see straight. And people who are consumed with hatred of another end up suffering most themselves. Hate is NOT a good thing...it does you more harm than it does the person being hated. These SanFran's are certainly proof of this statement...they are sick sick sick!
"It's just that kind of
November 17, 2007 - 15:07 ET by RESTLESS 1"It's just that kind of feeling, that sense of hesitant, embryonic optimism,..."
Since when have any of these people been optimistic about anything embryonic?
"...a roiling tidal wave of progressive momentum behind them to help
them cleanse and haul away the overwhelming mountain of moral fecal
matter Bush has left behind"
And it is laughable that this guy would speak to morality on any level. He knows not of what he speaks.
Remember ... Embryos and
November 17, 2007 - 15:20 ET by drillanwrRemember ...
Embryos and morals are cyclical to the left in the sense of what they want embryos used for, and whose morals they seek to crap all over ...
Well, crap over is certainly
November 17, 2007 - 15:29 ET by RESTLESS 1Well, crap over is certainly the right term, as the left is full of SH!T.
Am I missing something or
November 17, 2007 - 15:16 ET by midnight cowboyIt's official: Less than one year until history slaps Dubya to the curb. Can you feel the tingle?
Am I missing something or are the burned out acid taking, dolts at the SF chronicle really that stupid. Last time I checked the constitution, Bush would be leaving office in January '09. How is that less than a year from Nov. 07? And how would election day '08 slap Bush to the curb??? He's not running !!
Logic?
November 17, 2007 - 16:10 ET by Carbon SasquatchThere you go, trying to inject fact into a perfectly Liberal argument. This is Than Franthithco, don'cha know!
Bush thru a German lens
November 17, 2007 - 15:24 ET by RackieThis interesting considering it's from a European perspective. Apparently the see more positive results from a Bush presidency than our looney left and the Rino right.
Somethings never change,
November 17, 2007 - 15:35 ET by Sonny LykosSomethings never change, only the people. From 50 years ago to 2007, they are at it again:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_nazis_and_christianity.html
Countdown
November 17, 2007 - 15:44 ET by nkviking75At our local Walmart they're selling a calendar that counts down the last days of the Bush presidency. Expect more of this kind of thing.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Ha! Now, that's FUNNY!
November 17, 2007 - 15:53 ET by RJIt's probably Karl Rove or some other Republican, making money from BDS.
And it's a great Christmas gift idea for libs on my list. :^)
"...a calendar..." MADE IN
November 17, 2007 - 15:54 ET by Rackie"...a calendar..." MADE IN CHINA no doubt.
My local Walmart is the scariest place I've ever been (other than on my roof).
Run by and for trolls.
Remember when WM
November 17, 2007 - 21:14 ET by Cape Conservativestarted?? If I recall correctly, they emphasized "Made in America" products.
What a joke now. No matter what shelf or department, China is there!
If the libs practice what
November 17, 2007 - 16:04 ET by midnight cowboyIf the libs practice what they preach and are boycotting Walmart, who is buying those calendars?
That is a d^mn good question....
November 17, 2007 - 16:16 ET by WiggyIt does make you wonder who is buying those calendars since the looney left has proclaimed Wal-Mart as the evil empire.
I think you guys are
November 17, 2007 - 15:54 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think you guys are looking at this the wrong way. It gives me nothing but pleasure watching dumbasses like this writer gnash their teeth and pull out their hair, great pleasure knowing that these dumbasses have not had a good night sleep in 7 years. Nothing but pleasure. It also gives me great pleasure because we all know that some of the more socialist, er, progressive comrades here at Newsbusters had to change their underoos after reading that article, not having that kind of tingling down in their naughty-bits area since their Uncle John touched them many years ago.
Rejoice, my NB brethren! The lunacy and downright mental retardation of the Left is out there for all of us to enjoy!
Leon, er, Hater, will you be putting on Aquaman or Wonder Woman?
Drillanwar posted a link to
November 17, 2007 - 16:40 ET by ricklailDrillanwar posted a link to this earlier today in the Open Thread. I'll say it againd here what I said there. This is some sick bastard but what do you expect from someone from San Fran.
Southern by birth, Tarheel by the grace of God!
Okay, that article sucked.
November 17, 2007 - 17:43 ET by bretzysdudeOkay, that article sucked. But why would the Chron's subscriptions go down? You'd think that coming from that city, the population would be eating that stuff up.
Wait Mr. Sheppard for the Thompson derangement syndrome
November 17, 2007 - 17:54 ET by Lame CherryMr. Sheppard, no one with a life and a right mind would be marking to the day when any president leaves office, so it reveals just how much proof my law of mentality in liberals is, "They have no life until someone they can suck power off of is in power to convince them they are empowered too".
So if they are this upset yet in 8 years of George Bush, convinced a criminal like Hillary, an incompetent like Obama and a buffoon like Edwards is what normal America would elect........what will be the derangement syndrome when Fred Thompson IS elected and instead of a Democratic Congress, America elects new Republicans and the GOP with real Conservatives controls America again.
These people will go into triple insanity and no one has seen anything yet what these anarchists will come up with. I honestly believe if we are not at war that these creatures will call for a movement of "blue state confederacy".
Think of it Mr. Sheppard you go home to your nice home, ponder your future in God's grace, think about Thanksgiving and Christmas with a smile, plan for a day to succeed more.........but liberals go home, worry about dying from everything, hate Christian holy days as it makes them feel how lacking they are and their fantasy is a dead president.
I had smoked turkey tonight as a pre Thanksgiving fun Sabbath and I feel oh so very good.........they instead are miserable every moment of their existence.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
they instead are miserable
November 17, 2007 - 18:04 ET by drillanwrthey instead are miserable every moment of their existence.
Why is it stress kills good people?
Woops! Did I say that? Devil must've made me do it ...
Cherry... But with Fred
November 17, 2007 - 18:06 ET by Clear thinkerCherry...
But with Fred there will be a lot more fireworks. Fred will not take the abuse, he will fight back and try to bury (not literally) some of these idiots.
Get Email updates from Fred http://socialnet.imwithfred.com/email_alert_july_26.html
Isn't the San Francisco
November 17, 2007 - 18:04 ET by TEIsn't the San Francisco Chronicle the bible of the fundamentalist homosexualist religious cult?
Bush still handed them their asses ... HA, HA, HA!
November 17, 2007 - 18:14 ET by CrashWell we can always laugh about Gore (G) and Kerry (K) not making it to the big show.
After I saw the "No W" bumber sticker I came up with this:
(No) G, (No) K, Than_ _od!
Clever.. but I doubt the
November 17, 2007 - 19:42 ET by JerryClever! But I doubt the BDS crowd will get it. It has three concepts they don't understand. 1. God. 2. Humor. 3. It's not anti-Bush.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
You guys think this is bad?
November 17, 2007 - 21:01 ET by Richard RomanoYou guys think this is bad? What if Thomson or Guliani win? There will be collective suicide watches across the country and the world.
The left is beyond deranged -- how pathetic that their lives revolve so much around politics that it affects them on a daily basis...sad.
how pathetic that their
November 17, 2007 - 21:05 ET by balboahow pathetic that their lives revolve so much around politics that it affects them on a daily basis.
Which is unlike those who are so wrapped up in left/right that they won't watch certain TV shows because of the political stance of someone on the show, or those who think one side of the political spectrum is actually going to result in the "decline of western civilization."
Why watch politics on a
November 17, 2007 - 22:25 ET by well99Why watch politics on a entertainment show?When I watch tv or a movie I dont want to see some political bs.If it has pundits it is one thing but to turn to a entertainment show and have yahoos push his/her agenda forget that.They are just actors/actresses which means their opinion is on the same level as someone at McDonalds.In fact I would drather listen to someone from Mickey Ds opinion because they are real people.As far as the western civilization it will be around long after me and you are gone.
well99
November 17, 2007 - 22:37 ET by balboaI agree with what you're saying. What I've seen is people saying "I'm not going to watch Tom Selleck because he's in the NRA" or "I'm not going to watch 30 Rock because Tina Fey's a liberal." That kind of thing. Patricia Heaton's political views don't stop me from enjoying "Everbody Loves Raymond."
Balboa
November 17, 2007 - 23:06 ET by MrShyYou enjoy "Everybody Loves Raymond"?
ugh
"MY end justifies THAT mean." - Shakespeare (not really)
Ugh is right. What a crap
November 18, 2007 - 09:09 ET by Roger the ShrubberUgh is right. What a crap show.
Hey, hey... Everybody loves
November 18, 2007 - 11:08 ET by JerryHey, hey... Everybody loves Everybody Loves Raymond.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
True
November 17, 2007 - 23:21 ET by well99I dont care about their politics if it isnt brought to the show.I watch the show for entertainment not politics.If it is the Daily Show or 1/2 Hour news then it is fine because that is what they are about.Political satire.If it is a comedy or cop show I dont want some political garbage.Speaking of if you watched Cops tonight my brother was the quiet cop on the meth bust in Fontana.Got a kick out of that.Dont even watch it most of the time.
Wow! A celebrity in the
November 17, 2007 - 23:27 ET by balboaWow! A celebrity in the family! :-)
My hometown was on that Armed & Famous show with Erik Estrada...that's embarrassing.
rofl, these guys are out of
November 17, 2007 - 23:31 ET by wiwfrofl, these guys are out of ammo. Clearly
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
LOL
November 17, 2007 - 23:32 ET by well99That had to be scary ..Celebs with guns..
Just a reminder that, in the
November 17, 2007 - 23:55 ET by robert108Just a reminder that, in the world of today, conservatives are the men and lefties are the women. It's all about "feelings" with them.
robert108
November 18, 2007 - 01:34 ET by MrShyThat's a good one.
No, that's a great one!
No wait, better.... you are absolutely correct. There is no better analogy than that!! :)
"MY end justifies THAT mean." - Shakespeare (not really)