Yes, that was the headline and subhead for Mark Moford's column in the San Francisco Chronicle today. Not only does the very title of this screed of ignominious proportions rip into the first lady for no worthy reason, Moford also says that being a Catholic woman is "unfortunate." Shamefully, he also calls the Bush daughters their "twin Styrofoam peanut daughters," so it isn't just Laura Bush he unduly attacks. It's been a long time since a major newspaper has published a so-called editorial with this much vitriol contained within.
Moford tries to explain why conservative women find themselves raising an eyebrow at loudmouthed women like Teresa Heinz Kerry and Hillary Clinton (when she was first lady) but he completely mischaracterizes why people react to them the way they do as mere distaste of their gauche personalities as opposed to opposition to their ideologies and a feeling that such women overstep their boundaries.
Moford starts his column off recounting how a "conservative Catholic" female friend of his had expressed to him her hatred of Teresa Heinz Kerry. I have to say, I can't imagine why this woman is a friend of Moford's at all considering the way he describes her as having an "unfortunate choice of religious and political affiliation." It makes me wonder if he took the character he describes from someone else's life? Moford so obviously despises conservative Catholics that it is hard to believe that he suffers any to be in his life.
Anyway, here's the simplistic way that Moford describes why conservative women don't like people like Kerry and Clinton:
And my friend hated her. And why? Well, ironically enough, for most of the reasons I list above. Apparently, Heinz had too much personality. She was too strong, too in your face, too fearless and outspoken, something was "just not right about that woman." All this, of course, made Heinz into "a total bitch."
(And yes, this completely echoes the right's hatred of Hillary Clinton during the Bill Clinton years and up through today, because she dared to be the opposite of meek and quiet, dared to try and actually do something progressive and radical as first lady. Yes, she botched it badly, overshot her abilities and overestimated her powers to revolutionize health care. But the real problem was how badly she underestimated the violent, inbred misogyny and anti-feminism of the old-boys network in Washington).
Guess it doesn't have anything to do with their ideology, huh? After all, why the heck WOULDN'T a "conservative Catholic" woman like liberal women that advocate for gay marriage and unlimited abortion, eh? Nah, we couldn't imagine that a "conservative Catholic" woman would find herself standing against a Heinz Kerry or a Hillary Clinton, would we? It's just so hard to understand it all... at least for Mark Moford.
Then, after totally misunderstanding why conservative women might not appreciate leftists, and after obsequiously slobbering over how he so loves strong, liberal women, Moford attacks the first lady and the Bush daughters like a pit bull with a mailman in his sight. He goes on a rampage of name-calling and hate that should send your head spinning.
Here is a list of the name calling as the acid just drips from his pen:
- You mean docile, prudish, former librarian Laura Bush, she of the nonexistent inspiration and dull-as-dishwater personality?
- Laura Bush out on tour recently with her twin Styrofoam peanut daughters...
- There is Laura, looking exactly as she has looked for the past eight insufferable years. Prim, a bit glassy, reserved, her hair some sort of ironclad helmet of awkward architecture, the very epitome of nice, meek, domestic Republican female, not making the slightest wave and hoping no one really notices because, well, she's just a woman.
- Laura has indeed taken on that wild 'n' wooly issue, fought valiantly to ensure lots of white children have enough access to "James and the Giant Peach." It's a hugely divisive, hot-button topic that's tearing the nation apart and really needs someone of her position and influence to step in and ... Oh, never mind.
- And besides, meek, shy girls who want nothing more than to marry the male equivalent of a tub of spackling paste at age 22 and never think for themselves and never inspire anyone to do anything need role models, too. Right?
- For in choosing to be and do almost nothing at all for all these years, Laura has also come to epitomize the compliant, unobtrusive woman
- They call her "classy." What they mean is: She knows her place, keeps her mouth shut, possesses exactly zero sexuality, speaks only when spoken to, lets the men do the "real" work, stays so far off in the background she might as well be wallpaper.
- I think Laura Bush has been bad for America.
So why has Moford gotten his panties in a bunch? He thinks that Laura Bush wasted her eight years in office and didn't do anything to "make any real difference. A single issue. A single notable appearance. A single daring, interesting, engaging ... anything."
To which I ask of this fellow one thing: Who elected her to "do" anything?
To which I'll answer for him so he won't have to check in with some strong liberal woman to help him out: No one elected her to anything and she is not necessarily SUPPOSED to "do" anything with her eight years in the White House.
Maybe one of those "weird, prickly, unpredictable" women that Moford loves so much can drop him an email to let him know that the American people do not elect a first lady to "do" anything while her husband is president. In fact, conservatives most often think that there is enough "things" getting "done" in Washington in the first place and that we don't need unelected people to add to the din. And this is why conservative women hate loudmouths like Heinz Kerry. No one was voting for Kerry and her opinions that we were so constantly exposed to. Her droning on and on mattered not a whit to the country. SHE wasn't up for election. Her weakling, Frenchified hubby was the one we were supposed to be evaluating for the White House. What Teresa thought was immaterial. It is also why conservatives didn't want to hear from Hillary Clinton when hubby Bill was giving his personal intern lessons in the White House. Despite their claim that we "elected" them both, we didn't. We elected Bill and Bill alone.
This mass of hate from Moford is shameful work, indeed, and there is little else that can be said of it.
(h/t Michelle Malkin)













Comments Policy
Does Laura get the same consideration Hillary got? No.
April 30, 2008 - 18:20 ET by nkviking75Would you Newsbusters verify my memory on something? It seems to me that when Hillary was First Lady, one of the lines of defense used by her syncophants was that she was just the President's wife, for Pete's sake. Likewise, Chelsea was (properly, IMHO) out of bounds. But the Bush family doesn't get that kind of consideration.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
No one in the Bush family is spared Bush hatred
April 30, 2008 - 18:31 ET by Defector01The liberals can hit Laura for the sake of not being feminist enough and can get their jollies in attacking the Bushes more often. Win-win if your a liberal. Hillary got more then her fair share of criticism and the like but she also inserted herself, like a politician does, with her support of hillarycare. Laura has basically kept quiet and stayed out of the spotlight but because she's a Bush and married to Dubya, she's not safe.
I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it - Voltaire
This is outright
May 1, 2008 - 01:59 ET by CortillaenThis is outright disturbing. Was there any symbolance of a point to this or was it just a glorified "I HATE ANYTHING CONNECTED TO BUSH" screed? Seriously, you have to have something wrong in the head to spend an entire article bashing a wonderful lady without reason...
www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.
"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi
Given this "guy's" location...
May 1, 2008 - 09:10 ET by jazboI doubt he's much of a judge of female "hotness". 8-D
Those who beleive in nothing will believe anything.
If I was "W"...
April 30, 2008 - 18:31 ET by Uncle DonI'd call my secret service boys and tell them "Come on boys, we're going to San Francisco and whip some sissy a**. Nobody talks about my women like that". "Lets see what this sissy boy thinks when I walk in that press room and tell him to 'step outside'".
If only.....
What are this Morford's
April 30, 2008 - 18:33 ET by Hunter12What are this Morford's bonafides that make him a pundit on anything in real life? By stating "Just a woman", he makes it obvious he hates women, real women anyway. To call Laura Bush sexless points out his lack of observation or may point out something else entirely. They could put Hillary's or Teresa's face on little plastic discs and sell them as saltpeter. For a man to spew this kind of venom at a beautiful woman, I'd say he has a man-crush on George.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
You mean a "guy" from San
April 30, 2008 - 23:38 ET by CJK51You mean a "guy" from San Francisco (very macho pose, by the way) is repulsed by a very attractive older woman? I am stunned! <sarcasm a plenty>
Physical appearance aside, Laura Bush has always struck me as the most inoffensive and classiest woman to be first lady in my lifetime. I guess we need more contenders for Queen of the Harpees to get this clown all riled up.
Anyone think he has doodles saying "I love Shelly O" in his notebooks?
Not to speak ill of the
May 1, 2008 - 09:52 ET by Hunter12Not to speak ill of the dead (why do you add that phrase right before you do exactly that), but I knew some people who had contact with Jackie behind the scenes without the cameras and press scrutiny and they said she embraced the America's princess role to the hilt. She was spoiled and vindictive and wanted to be waited on hand and foot, but not to be joustled by the common man. All grace and courtesy was saved for when the cameras were rolling.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
San Fran columnist (jerk)
May 1, 2008 - 12:32 ET by merlin61Laura Bush is one of the nicest, classiest first ladies
we have had. This idiot from San Fran sounds to
me like an arrogant, egotistical maniac. He has no
real basis for this attack that was completely
uncalled for.
Absolutely
April 30, 2008 - 18:46 ET by bigtimerAbsolutely outrageous!
A First Class Lady is a definition that fits Laura Bush.
Deal with it.....
Class is a word Moford will never need to worry about fitting him.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
As my mother used to
April 30, 2008 - 18:56 ET by motherbeltAs my mother used to say...."No class, all A$$."
That's just more of that famed liberal "sensitivity" on display.
motherbelt,
April 30, 2008 - 21:12 ET by R D Helm"No class, all A$$."
I like that.
LOL-It seems to fit Broom Hilda to a T.
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
Moford = PUNK
April 30, 2008 - 18:53 ET by AgentAmericanI would have requested 5 mintues in the back alley if this little bastard insulted any of my family. Period. Excuse my French, Brothers.
Drill ANWAR
Try the Heinz look, Sweetie
April 30, 2008 - 19:19 ET by Mica the MagnificentShould Mark ever dance at a bar in drag, he should go for the Teresa Heinz look and see how many dollar bills they stuff in his fishnets.
Not many, I bet.
Ewwwww!
April 30, 2008 - 19:27 ET by AgentAmericanHow about a trip to the pokey by way of Vice Squad...
Drill ANWAR
...and the Kos crowd
April 30, 2008 - 19:20 ET by Chris Norman...and the Kos crowd applauds, while everyone else just shakes their head and think, "What an ass." In trying to make Laura Bush look bad, he succeeds only in demonstrating that he's a catty, mean-spirited, and petty person.
Holy Smokes!
April 30, 2008 - 19:26 ET by BlondeThe idiocy of the left knows NO bounds.
Laura Bush has more class in her little toe than Teereeeeazahhh has in her entire being. Or any of the other feminist "libbers", for that matter. Sheesh!
This is just a despicable hit piece.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
You know, maybe Laura
April 30, 2008 - 19:33 ET by AlabamaYou know, maybe Laura Bush just doesn't like to be the center of any kind of media attention. I wonder if Moford ever considered that? Personally, I think she is a very classy woman, and it has nothing to do with the fact that she is content to remain out of the spotlight. She wasn't elected to her position. No one is elected first lady, because, other than playing hostess on occasion, there really are no inherent duties consigned to the first lady. You could be first lady and do absolutely nothing all day long and it wouldn't change the way the country runs one little bit.
I've read quotes and heard sound bites of Hillary as first lady, and she had absolutely no class as far as I'm concerned. It had nothing to do with the fact that she was actively involved in Bill's day-to-day policy making. It had everything to do with the fact that she cusses like a sailor with tourette's, and treated most of her staff like crap. And I wasn't at all surprised to learn those things about her. I would be VERY surprised to find out that Laura Bush has a potty mouth and treats people like dirt on her shoes. She acts like a lady. Why is it that liberals and feminists consider "acting like a lady" a bad thing??
Oh, and as an aside, if Moford's critera for being an admirable woman includes outspoken "ballsy-ness," he must really love Ann Coulter... somehow I'm thinking he makes an exception for outspoken CONSERVATIVE women...
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner here, folks!
April 30, 2008 - 21:52 ET by Scout FinchOh, and as an aside, if Moford's critera for being an admirable woman includes outspoken "ballsy-ness," he must really love Ann Coulter... somehow I'm thinking he makes an exception for outspoken CONSERVATIVE women...
This guy
April 30, 2008 - 19:37 ET by zoro7957.........has the audacity to say that Laura Bush has no class? He would'nt know class if he was slapped in the face with it.
What causes has she
April 30, 2008 - 19:39 ET by balboaWhat causes has she championed? Something to do with libraries, right?
Yes. Was there anything else
April 30, 2008 - 19:51 ET by Chris NormanYes. Was there anything else she should've done? Universal Healthcare, bimbo eruption suppression?
boa.... I am not going to
April 30, 2008 - 19:51 ET by bigtimerboa....
I am not going to get into a back and forth with you...but who the heck cares if she has NO so-called causes that makes someone on the outside of her life PC happy...wonder if being her husbands mate and raising a family were just fine for her goals in life that full-filled her and made her own family happy to-boot...eh?
She didn't run for anything, unlike the political whore who is running again on the back of her husband, has all her life, at the expense of integrity to her own pride as a so-called woman, let alone her daughters...what a gal eh?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
bt, I always thought Ms.
April 30, 2008 - 19:56 ET by Chris Normanbt,
I always thought Ms. Bush was a refreshing change from "Look at me, I'm Hillary!" we had to endure for eight years.
Chris... She was and
April 30, 2008 - 20:01 ET by bigtimerChris...
She was and is.
I remember my husband and I talking about how refreshing it was too...just the sparkle in that gals eyes made me happy...
First Class all the way...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Chris & BT
April 30, 2008 - 20:05 ET by MrShy"bimbo eruption suppression"
Hahaha.... very funny :)
And yeah, Laura is great, their daughters are great (at least the cuter, George-looking one -- dunno much about the brunette) and George himself is great.
I admire this presidency AND this family more and more.
* * * SOCKS THE CAT '08 * * *
For REAL Change
She is who she is. They
April 30, 2008 - 20:17 ET by Chris NormanShe is who she is. They criticized Nancy Reagan for being too lavish. They criticized Barbara Bush for being too dour. Now, they criticize Laura Bush for not being an activist. Can't they just let her be who she is - a quiet, unpretentious, and gracious lady, wife, and mother? No, I guess not - proving there are no more bileous and vicious people than those that can found on the left.
"Can't they just let her be
April 30, 2008 - 20:37 ET by Indiana Joe"Can't they just let her be who she is...?"
No, apparently some of them can't. "Who she is" is not an acceptable person to the modern leftists.
Ironic for a movement whose theme used to be "It's your thing, do what you wanna do."
(As long as "what you wanna do" is what WE think you should do!)
Not going to get into a back
April 30, 2008 - 20:23 ET by balboaNot going to get into a back and forth? Just asking a question.
LOL boa...well you were
April 30, 2008 - 20:28 ET by bigtimerLOL boa...well you were more than answered...plus I know ya' just a littl bit.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
She's done a lot
April 30, 2008 - 20:10 ET by CobraMan"During her husband's years as governor of Texas (1995-2001), Laura Bush became known as an advocate for education and literacy -- issues she continued to pursue in the White House."
"Among Laura Bush's charitable endeavors are teacher training programs in Afghanistan and educational campaigns to combat breast cancer and heart disease. She also helped start Preserve America, a national preservation initiative. She is the only first lady to conduct a presidential radio address, discussing the problems women and children face under Taliban rule."
http://www.answers.c...
I'd say that Mrs. Bush has done a lot, just not in the public eye. How can anyone condemn her for that?
How can anyone condemn her
April 30, 2008 - 20:22 ET by Chris NormanHow can anyone condemn her for that?
An intelligent and civil person wouldn't. This guy would.
Balboa
April 30, 2008 - 21:08 ET by shawn228I don't agree with Warner very often, but I feel this author personally attacked a very classy lady and her 2 daughters. Liberals attack the right and say they are neocons and hatemongers, but there is plenty of hate on the left as well.
I'm not arguing the validity
April 30, 2008 - 21:11 ET by balboaI'm not arguing the validity of WTH's post. I was merely asking what causes Laura was a part of.
Balboa
April 30, 2008 - 21:20 ET by botghere you go
“i am the quixotic botg and i approved this message”
Much obliged. :-)
April 30, 2008 - 21:57 ET by balboaMuch obliged. :-)
I'm not arguing the
April 30, 2008 - 22:56 ET by motherbeltI'm not arguing the validity of WTH's post. I was merely asking what causes Laura was a part of.
Sure you were. Just wondering, asking an innocent question.
I'm surprised you didn't have an innocent question about those "unfortunate" Catholic women.
At least she's not awarding the Travel Office to FOB's...
April 30, 2008 - 21:57 ET by Eileen RightHOPE to CHANGE the subject...
ER...Bingo...lol.I
April 30, 2008 - 23:07 ET by bigtimerER...
Bingo...lol.
I couldn't agree more...I mentioned something somewhere regarding her about that little travel-gate issue too..or as the msm spin and her mind at the time presented this...this is such a non- issue...just move on along.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
There's so much wrong with
April 30, 2008 - 19:40 ET by mikejThere's so much wrong with this guy's article it's hard to explain without charts. However here's just two quick observations.
1)On Hillary "because she dared to be the opposite of meek and quiet". I wish people who write this crap would at least get the definition of meek. Meek does not equal weak and shy. Meek is strength under control. Something I have never seen a Cliton exhibit.
2)Also on Hillary: "But the real problem was how badly she underestimated the violent, inbred misogyny and anti-feminism of the old-boys network in Washington)." So it's not ok for the good old boys of Washington to insult Hillary because that would be violent, inbred, misogyny and anti feminist, however it is ok to call Laura Bush and her daughters all sorts of names?
Typical liberal hypocrisy, vitriol and hate.
"she dared to be the opposite of meek and quiet"
April 30, 2008 - 19:57 ET by bias-fighterhow outspoken was she while Bill was running around with multiple women. Oh, that's right, she was loud and aggressive towards females victims alleging rape. Just like when she was when she was an attorney cross examining a young girl.
Let's see...
April 30, 2008 - 19:43 ET by DEVILDOCMOMa woman who has two childen who attended college and have successful careers...who has written a book with one of her children about the joys of being a teacher and making a difference in a child's life. Who has indeed done the same, taught and helped children in their early life.
A woman who has stayed married to her first husband...a husband WHO DID NOT CHEAT ON HER WITH MANY WOMEN. A woman who earned her masters degree...a woman who encourages reading and literacy...a woman who brings to the media the plight of women in Afghanistan...a woman who is encouraging patriotism in American schools, the National Anthem Project.
Yes, I can see why that little twerp likes the liberal women he does...
DDC... Class A
April 30, 2008 - 19:58 ET by bigtimerDDC...
Class A post.
Speaking as a gal, wife and mother.... you put it beautifully.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
:)
April 30, 2008 - 20:48 ET by DEVILDOCMOMThanks, BT
HEADLINE: LIBERAL WOMEN, USED & ABUSED
April 30, 2008 - 19:59 ET by bias-fighterDetroit's mayor's wife
Client #9's wife
HRC: A ten-time cheated on presidential candidate
Hispanic women complaining about the hispanic caucus
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2583.html
Kanas Attny Gen Sex Scandal
Rhandi Rhodes tirade about HRC, Oblerman's call for HRC to be beat
Antonio Villaraigosa
McGreevey's threesome
Thomas Athans, the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Who's the party that treats their women like doormats?
What would one expect from a party that bashes Clarence Thomas for an allegation of sexual harrassment but defends Clinton from multiple allegations of rape and harrassment.
bf.... Excellent. "Never
April 30, 2008 - 20:05 ET by bigtimerbf....
Excellent.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
I wonder if his boyfriend
April 30, 2008 - 19:55 ET by AntiMediaI wonder if his boyfriend helped him write this column.
Laura Bush exudes charm and
April 30, 2008 - 20:09 ET by JerLaura Bush exudes charm and class...a model first lady. I wouldn't put too much stock in the juvenile blathering of one lefty provocateur. She has been treated rather well by the media during the entirety of her husband's presidency--much better than her predecessor.
Jer
Jer
April 30, 2008 - 20:19 ET by BlondeMrs. Bush has been "treated much better than her predecessor" because she has been a "First Lady". Which means the wife of the President. Not a feminist activist with her own agenda.
Hillary, as First Lady, deserved every bit of criticism she received. She attempted to step out of the traditional role, and was skewered for it. Too bad, so sad. But she's parlayed that role into a seat in the Senate....and now is running (on coattails, BTW) for the Presidency.
There is absolutely no, none, zero, zip....comparison between the two. To try to even bring it up is absurd.
Oh jeez, the woman is now doing a first cackle on O'Reilly. She was the First Cackler. Sorry...I can't tolerate that idiocy.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Blonde?
April 30, 2008 - 20:32 ET by MrShyIs that you?
And Jer??
I feel like I'm on NB circa late-2007 :p
And yes, I really like Laura. As Chris Norman put it, above, she's totally unpretentious. A rare quality these days.
* * * SOCKS THE CAT '08 * * *
For REAL Change
--much better than her
April 30, 2008 - 20:25 ET by bigtimer--much better than her predecessor.
Speaking of her Jer, I'm listening to her right at the moment on BOR...I just wonder why the press would treat her different eh Jer... she had her claws in everything, still does, it is called running for Pres. after she got done using NY to get there.
Come on...you know the difference...from whitewater, travel-gate the bimbo's, illegal campaign money...on and on...FBI files missing...Rose law firm billing records....
There is no comparison between the two.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
"I wouldn't put too much
April 30, 2008 - 20:42 ET by Chris Norman"I wouldn't put too much stock in the juvenile blathering of one lefty provocateur."
We don't. However, a major newspaper, the SF Chronicle, apparently feels this is the kind of "commentary" their readers are looking for.
Blonde, bt, and Chris...
April 30, 2008 - 21:02 ET by JerBlonde, bt, and Chris...Without a doubt, Hillary invited much of the criticism, and it was delivered--by the boatload.
Laura, to her credit, invited little [criticism], and the media, to its credit, delivered little. Moford's dopey piece was clearly the exception, not the rule. But several of the posts--most notably the first--suggest otherwise.
Jer
Fair enough, Jer.
April 30, 2008 - 21:05 ET by BlondeI know you're cool about this.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Thankyou, ma'am.
April 30, 2008 - 21:08 ET by JerThankyou, ma'am.
Jer
He's just mad because Laura
April 30, 2008 - 20:23 ET by JerryHe's just mad because Laura is more feminine than he is...
I find it quite ironic that he blasts his "friend" for hating on Heinz Kerry while he churns out a major HATE piece about Mrs. 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).
This is what you get when a
April 30, 2008 - 20:35 ET by AJThis is what you get when a Liberal is sitting in his leather seat and is trying to think of something that:
Sure, like we don't know
April 30, 2008 - 20:36 ET by Jack BauerSure, like we don't know Moford spends his spare time dressing like Laura Bush.
Only he's biiter because he can't carry it off, and even in San Francisco they laugh at him and his bobbing adam's apple, and large ugly wrists.
Yowza,
April 30, 2008 - 20:47 ET by BlondeClaws, Jack.
Too funny.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
hey Blonde -- as Homer says,
April 30, 2008 - 20:50 ET by Jack Bauerhey Blonde -- as Homer says, it's funny 'cause it's true.
Quite
April 30, 2008 - 20:54 ET by BlondeOf course it is....
I'm going to the other bastion of gay wierdness next week....Key West.
They're a tad less rad there, tho....and don't do nasty things like taking shots at our lovely First Lady. Thank heavens.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I look askance at anyone who
April 30, 2008 - 20:54 ET by Chris NormanI look askance at anyone who poses for a picture with hands held in that position. It's a pose of pretentious smugness - unless one was caught in the act of prayer.
Chris,
April 30, 2008 - 21:08 ET by R D Helm...unless one was caught in the act of prayer.
LOL-Uhh, I don't think that would be it in this case, unless he is hoping the Secret Service doesn't snatch him out of bed in the middle of the night and cause him to, shall we say, be with us no-longer.
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
RD, Where I lived
April 30, 2008 - 21:17 ET by Chris NormanRD,
Where I lived previously, there was a local DJ and TV personality who posed in all his PR shots with his hands held like this guy. He was an arrogant little weasel who had pretentions of greater things - although, alas, those dreams were never realized. I've come to associate this pose with these traits.
Chris,
April 30, 2008 - 21:27 ET by R D HelmI agree, as I have seen that sort before as well. I always took it as meaning they thought they were "holier" than the rest of us mere un-washed types.
As in their mind, theirs didn't actually stink, IYKWIM.
I'll bet it did. :-)
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
Chris & RDH, i scrolled up why oh why??
April 30, 2008 - 21:37 ET by upcountrywaterEWWWWWW , thanks guys.. holeier than thou, fur sur!
The POPE says, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
IranianUranium<sleep>New/Infrastructure/repair?/ROFLMAO
Both of you, I know, on the
April 30, 2008 - 21:47 ET by Chris NormanBoth of you,
I know, on the Smarm Factor scale, it ranks a "10".
Chris, a conversion transfer is needed
April 30, 2008 - 22:04 ET by upcountrywaterYou need to convert that smarmy "10 " to
spittle head units !
thereby coaxing more elk samples from bt
The POPE says, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
IranianUranium<sleep>New/Infrastructure/repair?/ROFLMAO
What was this newspaper?
April 30, 2008 - 20:41 ET by pbthinkerDid I understand that his writer was from the SF Chronicle? Who, outside of San Francisco, pays any attention to that liberal rag? This may be one of the few papers that the NY Times can hold out as more daffy than that Times.
Had the Washington Times done the same thing against Hillary and Chelsea, during their time in the White House, the yelling would have hit a scale we couldn't believe.
It's articles, such as this one, that keep websites, such as Newbusters, alive and kicking. You guys have to be loving this stuff.
Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.
You know,
April 30, 2008 - 23:16 ET by DEVILDOCMOMcenturies ago when I grew up in Sacramento I loved reading the "old Chron"...Herb Caen, etc. The paper was a treat to read. My how the years have changed.
Monica Conyers: How a Lady's Supposed to Act
April 30, 2008 - 20:59 ET by bias-fighterConyers' Wife Accused of Throwing Punches
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179617,00.html
Conyers’ Wife Threatened To Shoot Aide
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/conyers-wife-threatened-to-shoot-mayors-aide
Monica Conyers, Ken Cockrel Outburst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQLxVO-qjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqOSNI7l0bQ&feature=related
Rep. Conyers' Wife in Bar Fight
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1546085/posts
It makes me wonder if he
April 30, 2008 - 21:04 ET by R D HelmIt makes me wonder if he took the character he describes from someone else's life?
Or if he made this up completely, as I suspect he did.
This is just dispicable all the way around. I mean, what has Laura Bush ever done to anyone?
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
So, a foaming at the mouth
April 30, 2008 - 21:23 ET by SmartypantsSo, a foaming at the mouth liberal displays a complete lack of class. Wake me when something unexpected happens...
Smartypants...
April 30, 2008 - 21:29 ET by MightyMouthI'll bet you never expected this...
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
MM,
April 30, 2008 - 21:45 ET by R D HelmThis reader comment was a flaming red (pink?) flag:
"I'm truly all on my knees in stunned awe of your inspiring, wry, tasty,
irreverent, fluid, continuing ode to Ultimate Truth and Goodness and
Self Realization and Strange and Intimate Sex for us all. Really."
-- Shakya, SF
Some seriously sick puppies they have out that way. :-O
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
MM
May 1, 2008 - 01:25 ET by gfrrmanthe guys' profile reeks to high hell of gayness in the nth degree......"not that there's anything wrong with that"!!!! I'd bet a paycheck that if he was confronted on ANYTHING that he wrote, he'd buckle like the coward that he/shim is. He'd NEVER say anything like that directly to the person he his skewering....just like all cowardly "journalists". Just another tool(I'm sure he'd like to be called that though... ;-) )
"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER
Smartypants, should you really use "foaming at the mouth" when..
April 30, 2008 - 21:31 ET by R D Helm..referring to a SF male...oh, never mind.
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
lol
April 30, 2008 - 21:41 ET by Smartypantslol
RDH
May 1, 2008 - 01:19 ET by gfrrmanyou never disappoint!!! ROTFLMAO!!
"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER
gfrrman,
May 1, 2008 - 01:46 ET by R D HelmAs you well know, we have a fairly sizable homosexual community around here. I mean, Midtown is a haven for them.
However, aside from staying the heck away from Piedmont Park one or two days a year, as well as avoiding the annual Shirley Franklin-blessed (a'hem) "Gay Pride" parade, we really don't see the excesses associated with SF's Folsom Street Fair. In fact, we don't even approach that silliness.
Although, I used to hear rumors of what went on back when they would raft down the 'hooch once a year, but that is pretty much a thing of the past.
Darned polluted that river has become. :-(
What the American people are looking for is somebody who can solve their problems. - Barack Obama, April 27, 2008
RDH
May 1, 2008 - 02:05 ET by gfrrmanAgreed, but when the flamers come (sorry) to town it is a MOST celebrated thing..."not that there's anything wrong with that"..$$$$$$. I WILL say that I have been around since the original "Chattahoochee River Raft Race". Bunch of libs supposedly cleaning up the river but leaving more trash, and I say that looooosely, on the river than when it began.
"Eventually, Socialists run out of other peoples' money...." MARGARET THATCHER
Moronic Morford
April 30, 2008 - 21:52 ET by harry flashmanI'm shocked! Flabbergasted! What could a gay, inclusive Ess-Eff liberal like Morford have against a nice librarian lady? Morford, a Pelosi constituent and rabid babbler in Babylon-by-the-Bay makes his living utilizing his posion pen for the vicarious prurient enjoyment of Ess-Eff's Pelosianos and Liberalites. I woudn't give him to much serious effect outside of the Castro & Marina Districts - which have long been conservative wastelands. Morford preaches to the Kool-Aid choir - it's the only readship he has. Occaisonally he manages to place some red meat to us carnivorous conservatives but rarely has any resonance east of Reno.
Just another gynophobe homosexual that hates all women but reserves his most maniacal diatribes for the conservative women who top his hit list.
Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter and Patricia Heaton all could easily kick his desigener jeaned a$$ in any venue, intellectually or physically.
Morford has no intellectual substance, is an inch deep and mile wide.
Water off a duck's back. He's like a fly - they both eat sh1t and bother people. A minor irritation that can, and should be, ignored.
Hmmm, let's see . .
April 30, 2008 - 22:38 ET by Free StinkerHmmm, let's see . . .
Hillary - Puts up with her husband's drinking, drug use and adultary.
Laura - Told her husband that the drinking/drugs go, or she does.
And naturally, this idiot Moford thinks that Laura is the weak woman.
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
Kinda hard to say what HRC
April 30, 2008 - 22:47 ET by balboaKinda hard to say what HRC did or didn't say to Bill in re: his infidelities. If she had left him, you would say "Typical liberal: giving up on a marriage instead of trying to work through the problems."
Bal
April 30, 2008 - 22:50 ET by Free StinkerOkay, you have a point there.
Glad to see you're conceeding the drug issue though. ;-)
Pledge to not support RINOs ever again!
Hey, he didn't inhale!
April 30, 2008 - 22:53 ET by balboaHey, he didn't inhale! That's a lung problem, not a drug problem.
LOL! :-)
April 30, 2008 - 22:58 ET by Free StinkerLOL! :-)
Actually, Bal
April 30, 2008 - 22:58 ET by RESTLESS 1That's a stupidity problem. If he is going to accused of it anyway, he may as well have breathed deep and enjoyed. :)
Dude, you're harshin' my
April 30, 2008 - 23:02 ET by balboaDude, you're harshin' my buzz. Wanna hacky-sack?
Nah, I'm going to get a
April 30, 2008 - 23:15 ET by RESTLESS 1Nah, I'm going to get a snack. Suddenly got the munchies.
Hey...is it munchie time
April 30, 2008 - 23:15 ET by bigtimerHey...is it munchie time yet...did you call the pizza guy and how longssssit gonna' take? Didja' remember the anchovies on half?
Btw...whose payin' here?
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
Except Bal
April 30, 2008 - 22:50 ET by DEVILDOCMOMwith bill there are TOO many problems to work thru, as can be seen...
AND Free
April 30, 2008 - 22:49 ET by DEVILDOCMOMI am sure he thinks that President Bush is the weaker man...an excellent point, this guy has it totally wrong-as usual for his ilk.
think of this jackass everytime a liberal whines about "rights"
April 30, 2008 - 22:55 ET by pmohbuckthis is the price we pay for the liberties we have ... the same weaklings who whine about how bush has "taken away" so many freedoms go out and attack the President's wife and daughters. typical immature passive-agressive tactics of an insecure man ... provoking people from the safety of his office on the other side of the country.
childish ... stupid ... and utterly gutless... now we know why the newsprint media's audience is evaporating so quickly. did moford actually use thought-process to write his column or did he simply plagerize the writing off the walls of a high-school restroom ... it's hard to tell.
Audit
April 30, 2008 - 23:28 ET by Prof.ChaosHmmm,is there an IRS audit in this nitwit's future?
Wouldn't fret
April 30, 2008 - 23:27 ET by doug1950too much over this turd's comments. He is typical of his type; they are trying desparately to impress someone, anyone, so they write some nonsense such as this. They always look around and pick an easy target. Someone who is least likely to get upset or say anything back against them. The one thing this kind of girley man can't take is criticism. Laura Bush is a perfect target for his brand of journalism because she is a too much of a lady. While he lays in the street licking himself and enjoying his few seconds of praise and accolades from a small band of misfits, he and they convince him of his wit and insight. I get great comfort from knowing that what goes around comes around and one day he too will slam into the wall of life, or he will one day pick the wrong target and get his puny butt kicked through the goal posts of life. On the grand scale of things important, he doesn't make a pimple on the backside of the paperboy that delivers his worthless rag.
Very
May 1, 2008 - 00:14 ET by DEVILDOCMOMwell put doug...
Yes, liberals are great at
May 1, 2008 - 10:07 ET by SmartypantsYes, liberals are great at attacking people they know will not fight back. This is why Bush has gotten so much grief while Saddam Hussein, Al Quaeda, etc. are blameless in the liberal world. It is also why they spill their bilge in forums where they know there is a friendly audience and they rarely subject themselves to an unfriendly, or even neutral, crowd. These people are cowards in the truest sense of the word.
Where is Morton Downey, jr when we realy need him?
May 1, 2008 - 01:03 ET by hgabrahamsonMoford should be the dictionary portrait for Downey's ageless cognomen, butt jockey! Class women, like Laura, drive these sickos nuts! Guess because they keep a lot of real men out of the san fransicko bath houses.
Difference of Opinion is what makes a Horse Race