Comments on: McConnell's Reconciliation http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 04:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51998 Michale Sat, 23 Aug 2014 07:03:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51998 <I>How did we get on this subject anyway? Sigh...</I> I am assuming that is a rhetorical question.. :D If not I can provide the entire back-path that got us here from there.. :D Michale How did we get on this subject anyway? Sigh...

I am assuming that is a rhetorical question.. :D If not I can provide the entire back-path that got us here from there.. :D

Michale

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51979 John From Censornati Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:17:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51979 I will have to begrudgingly give credit for that one to Ted Rall. I used to like him until he went off the deep end criticizing gay rights organizations for not adopting his OWS agenda - truly baffling. I will have to begrudgingly give credit for that one to Ted Rall. I used to like him until he went off the deep end criticizing gay rights organizations for not adopting his OWS agenda - truly baffling.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51972 Chris Weigant Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51972 John From Censornati - Hadn't heard "Obomber" before, but it did get a chuckle out of me, I have to admit... How did we get on this subject anyway? Sigh... -CW John From Censornati -

Hadn't heard "Obomber" before, but it did get a chuckle out of me, I have to admit...

How did we get on this subject anyway? Sigh...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51968 Michale Fri, 22 Aug 2014 20:02:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51968 <I>thanks m, though it turns out i reinvented the wheel. it turns out they've been calling him that since '08: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uhbama</I> Good ideas are timeless.. :D Michale thanks m, though it turns out i reinvented the wheel. it turns out they've been calling him that since '08:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uhbama

Good ideas are timeless.. :D

Michale

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51967 nypoet22 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51967 thanks m, though it turns out i reinvented the wheel. it turns out they've been calling him that since '08: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uhbama thanks m, though it turns out i reinvented the wheel. it turns out they've been calling him that since '08:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uhbama

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51962 Michale Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:08:01 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51962 <I>a more accurate play on the name because it's essentially how he speechifies, would be Uhhhbama</I> Ooooooooo nice one.. I like that. It's so apropos... :D Michale a more accurate play on the name because it's essentially how he speechifies, would be Uhhhbama

Ooooooooo nice one.. I like that. It's so apropos... :D

Michale

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51951 nypoet22 Fri, 22 Aug 2014 18:00:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51951 a more accurate play on the name because it's essentially how he speechifies, would be Uhhhbama a more accurate play on the name because it's essentially how he speechifies, would be Uhhhbama

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51931 Michale Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:17:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51931 <I>I'm partial to Obomber.</I> Are you partial to apologies for false accusations?? Because that would be the adult thing to be... I'm just sayin'... Michale I'm partial to Obomber.

Are you partial to apologies for false accusations??

Because that would be the adult thing to be...

I'm just sayin'...

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51930 Michale Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:16:06 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51930 Yea, OBummer is a good one.. Personally, I have always like 'ODumbo' because of the ears... :D Michale Yea, OBummer is a good one..

Personally, I have always like 'ODumbo' because of the ears... :D

Michale

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51910 John From Censornati Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:23:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51910 "I've always thought "Obummer" was the best" I'm partial to Obomber. "I've always thought "Obummer" was the best"

I'm partial to Obomber.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51900 Chris Weigant Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:20:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51900 Michale [12] - For name-based taunts, I've always thought "Obummer" was the best, purely on the level of wordsmithing (or maybe I just like the word "bummer" for some reason). My $0.02, as they used to say... -CW Michale [12] -

For name-based taunts, I've always thought "Obummer" was the best, purely on the level of wordsmithing (or maybe I just like the word "bummer" for some reason).

My $0.02, as they used to say...

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51898 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:25:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51898 <I>It's humorous to see the McConnell ads here in KY. </I> And here I thought you were in Birmingham, AL... :D Michale It's humorous to see the McConnell ads here in KY.

And here I thought you were in Birmingham, AL...

:D

Michale

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51897 John From Censornati Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:08:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51897 "I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh!" I don't know if that one is a JFC original or not. I know that I've spread it far and wide. I've been hounding the paulcult for so long now (7 years?!) that I don't recall, but it may be my friend HeevenSteven's from that other site. He was one of the very earliest commenters there and now he's also banished. It's humorous to see the McConnell ads here in KY. Rant's face appears in almost all of them. You've got to love seeing wRong Paul's son as Mitch's BFF because it's all about principle and driving up the value of the silver coins they're hoarding. "I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh!"

I don't know if that one is a JFC original or not. I know that I've spread it far and wide. I've been hounding the paulcult for so long now (7 years?!) that I don't recall, but it may be my friend HeevenSteven's from that other site. He was one of the very earliest commenters there and now he's also banished.

It's humorous to see the McConnell ads here in KY. Rant's face appears in almost all of them. You've got to love seeing wRong Paul's son as Mitch's BFF because it's all about principle and driving up the value of the silver coins they're hoarding.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51895 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:38:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51895 <I>John From Censornati - "Rant" Paul? Wow, that's brilliant! I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh! Simply perfect...</I> So, how do you feel about 'Odumbo' or 'OBumble'??? :D <B>"What's good for the goose is NOBODY'S business but the gander's!!"</B> -Mr Furley, THREES COMPANY :D Michale John From Censornati -

"Rant" Paul?

Wow, that's brilliant! I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh! Simply perfect...

So, how do you feel about 'Odumbo' or 'OBumble'???

:D

"What's good for the goose is NOBODY'S business but the gander's!!"
-Mr Furley, THREES COMPANY

:D

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51893 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:49:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51893 For the record, I am gonna catch a lot of grief from my dad and my son for wearing this pro-Obama shirt.. Just want ya to appreciate it.. :D hehehehehehe Michale For the record, I am gonna catch a lot of grief from my dad and my son for wearing this pro-Obama shirt..

Just want ya to appreciate it.. :D hehehehehehe

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51891 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:34:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51891 <I>Heh. Thanks for the link! I promise not to make comments about renovations, since this site is undergoing its own sort of renovations itself...</I> Touche... :D Michale Heh. Thanks for the link! I promise not to make comments about renovations, since this site is undergoing its own sort of renovations itself...

Touche... :D

Michale

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51887 Chris Weigant Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:09:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51887 John From Censornati - "Rant" Paul? Wow, that's brilliant! I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh! Simply perfect... :-) LewDan - Well, I did warn you about the "focusing in on one tree" aspect... But I think we're largely in agreement -- this is beyond "politics as usual," that's for sure, but I'm just trying to see where (into uncharted waters) Republicans may be heading next, that's all.... dsws - Well, anyone <em>here</em>, of course... but I wrote this for HuffPost, and you never know the relative level of wonkiness of the reader over there, these days. So I decided an explanatory intro was needed. The unanswered question this column really raises: Will Harry Reid (and the rest of the Senate Dems) regret not using this tactic more boldly in the past few years? Michale - Heh. Thanks for the link! I promise not to make comments about renovations, since this site is undergoing its own sort of renovations itself... :-) -CW John From Censornati -

"Rant" Paul?

Wow, that's brilliant! I can't believe I've never heard this before, since it is so fitting. Whether you made it up or not, I thank you for the laugh! Simply perfect...

:-)

LewDan -

Well, I did warn you about the "focusing in on one tree" aspect...

But I think we're largely in agreement -- this is beyond "politics as usual," that's for sure, but I'm just trying to see where (into uncharted waters) Republicans may be heading next, that's all....

dsws -

Well, anyone here, of course... but I wrote this for HuffPost, and you never know the relative level of wonkiness of the reader over there, these days. So I decided an explanatory intro was needed.

The unanswered question this column really raises: Will Harry Reid (and the rest of the Senate Dems) regret not using this tactic more boldly in the past few years?

Michale -

Heh. Thanks for the link! I promise not to make comments about renovations, since this site is undergoing its own sort of renovations itself...

:-)

-CW

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51883 dsws Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51883 Did anyone here see the title and <i>not</i> think budget reconciliation process? It's not that obscure, ever since it was used to remove the Cornhusker Kickback and Louisiana Purchase from Obamacare. Did anyone here see the title and not think budget reconciliation process? It's not that obscure, ever since it was used to remove the Cornhusker Kickback and Louisiana Purchase from Obamacare.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51874 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:47:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51874 <I>No cracks about how messy my shop is... I ain't the most organized person in the world. :D</I> For the record, I am doing some renovations.. Which is why things are messier than usual :D Michale No cracks about how messy my shop is... I ain't the most organized person in the world. :D

For the record, I am doing some renovations.. Which is why things are messier than usual :D

Michale

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51869 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:41:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51869 OK As promised.. :D http://173.12.139.82:1234 user: cw pw: cw.com Site can use Java or ActiveX... Java gives you better clarity, but ActiveX gives you more control.. I'll be there in a couple hours with my OBAMA GOT OSAMA T-shirt in all it's glory... No cracks about how messy my shop is... I ain't the most organized person in the world. :D Michale OK As promised.. :D

http://173.12.139.82:1234
user: cw
pw: cw.com

Site can use Java or ActiveX... Java gives you better clarity, but ActiveX gives you more control..

I'll be there in a couple hours with my OBAMA GOT OSAMA T-shirt in all it's glory...

No cracks about how messy my shop is... I ain't the most organized person in the world. :D

Michale

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51868 John From Censornati Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:39:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51868 This article is on the front page of the HuffFace, so maybe Rash Limpbone will mention you today during his three hour hate-orama. This article is on the front page of the HuffFace, so maybe Rash Limpbone will mention you today during his three hour hate-orama.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51861 Michale Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:28:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51861 JFC, You find that instance where I called you a nazi??? Of course not, because it never happened.. Don't worry, I'll be around to keep reminding you of how you lied until you man up and apologize... Michale JFC,

You find that instance where I called you a nazi???

Of course not, because it never happened..

Don't worry, I'll be around to keep reminding you of how you lied until you man up and apologize...

Michale

]]> By: LewDan http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51850 LewDan Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:29:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51850 CW, You may be seeing the trees instead of the forest. The continuing theme is Republicans' abusing the rules to circumvent the democratic process, overturn a democratic election, and destroy the executive branch if they cannot control it.--Simply by lying. Flagrantly. Incessantly. To be blunt, the Republican response to the election of Obama as President has been to destroy the democracy that "betrayed" them. To defy the constitution they claim to revere. To ignore their oaths of office. To place party above country. And to literally destroy America to "save" it. These are fanatics. And, like every other fanatic, they are incalculably dangerous. To themselves, and everyone else. We are way past politics as usual. CW,

You may be seeing the trees instead of the forest. The continuing theme is Republicans' abusing the rules to circumvent the democratic process, overturn a democratic election, and destroy the executive branch if they cannot control it.--Simply by lying. Flagrantly. Incessantly.

To be blunt, the Republican response to the election of Obama as President has been to destroy the democracy that "betrayed" them. To defy the constitution they claim to revere. To ignore their oaths of office. To place party above country. And to literally destroy America to "save" it.

These are fanatics. And, like every other fanatic, they are incalculably dangerous. To themselves, and everyone else.

We are way past politics as usual.

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51847 John From Censornati Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:36:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51847 He's flogging The Death Tax again. Honestly, I don't think the optics are good for Mitch-thuselah. If I looked like something that death brought with it in a suitcase, I wouldn't highlight the word DEATH in my ads. Just some friendly advice, MM. That other one, that ALG, she doesn't look like the undead. If I were her, I would cast him as a zombie in an ad. Rant Paul (R) would be a vampire, of course. He's flogging The Death Tax again. Honestly, I don't think the optics are good for Mitch-thuselah. If I looked like something that death brought with it in a suitcase, I wouldn't highlight the word DEATH in my ads. Just some friendly advice, MM. That other one, that ALG, she doesn't look like the undead. If I were her, I would cast him as a zombie in an ad. Rant Paul (R) would be a vampire, of course.

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/20/mcconnells-reconciliation/#comment-51845 John From Censornati Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:12:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=9536#comment-51845 Thank your lucky stars if you don't see his nauseating ads every time you turn on the TV. He's all about petitions lately, but I'm pretty sure that "petition" is a euphemism for "email list". Ditch Mitch. Thank your lucky stars if you don't see his nauseating ads every time you turn on the TV. He's all about petitions lately, but I'm pretty sure that "petition" is a euphemism for "email list".

Ditch Mitch.

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