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Title: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 27, 2009, 03:59:28 PM
Anyone else see this performance?

Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: brianh on December 27, 2009, 08:23:37 PM
I've heard something like that before.

Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 02:15:51 PM
Baucus channeling Gabby Johnson



I get no points for originality, saw this at DU.

Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 28, 2009, 02:28:10 PM
Baucus is plowed, more f**ked up than Bernie Madoff's checkbook.  Where's FOTD to talk down this man's disability/illness like he has so frequently about Rep. John Sullivan?
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: rwarn17588 on December 28, 2009, 03:04:04 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on December 28, 2009, 02:28:10 PM
Baucus is plowed, more f**ked up than Bernie Madoff's checkbook. 

As drunk as Ulysses Grant during breaks in the action during the Civil War. Lincoln, upon being informed that Grant may be a drinker, told his aides that if it were true, send the other generals a case or two of whiskey.

In other words about Baucus, BFD. It's not like he's driving a forklift or anything. Time to move on to the trivial "controversy."
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 03:13:35 PM
Quote from: rwarn17588 on December 28, 2009, 03:04:04 PM
As drunk as Ulysses Grant during breaks in the action during the Civil War. Lincoln, upon being informed that Grant may be a drinker, told his aides that if it were true, send the other generals a case or two of whiskey.

In other words about Baucus, BFD. It's not like he's driving a forklift or anything. Time to move on to the trivial "controversy."

Translation:  Behaving like a drunken a$$ on the floor of the U.S. Senate is a story when its a repub.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 03:20:01 PM
He's still more coherent than Sarah Palin ever has been in any of her speeches or interviews. ;)
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Hoss on December 28, 2009, 03:21:27 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 03:20:01 PM
He's still more coherent than Sarah Palin ever has been in any of her speeches or interviews. ;)

Oh, snap!
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Hoss on December 28, 2009, 03:22:18 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 03:13:35 PM
Translation:  Behaving like a drunken a$$ on the floor of the U.S. Senate is a story when its a repub.

Not really.  Both our state senators act drunk on a daily basis...
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 28, 2009, 03:43:04 PM
Quote from: rwarn17588 on December 28, 2009, 03:04:04 PM

In other words about Baucus, BFD. It's not like he's driving a forklift or anything. Time to move on to the trivial "controversy."

No, you are right, Senator Baucus is driving something far more nebulous: healthcare reform.  I'd be shitfaced too if I'd been told I was going to vote for this pile with slime on top and like it.

Yeah, it's okay to be drunk while on your Federal job that pays $174,000.  Gee whiz, it's not like they are doing anything important in the Senate they need to be sober for.  What was your reaction when you found out Rep. Sullivan had checked in to Betty Ford?  What would it have been if it were Sens. Coburn or Inhofe?
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 03:46:17 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 03:20:01 PM
He's still more coherent than Sarah Palin ever has been in any of her speeches or interviews. ;)

Well well, another "I can't handle successful women" poster. What's the matter, taken off the teet too soon? As for being coherent, I guess you were all over this gem:



Which of the 57 states was that speech given? Certainly not in Kansas where 10,000 people were killed in a tornado:



or the home of the Nittaly Lions:
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 05:00:01 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 03:46:17 PM
Well well, another "I can't handle successful women" poster.

Have we met? Didn't think so. For all you know, I am a successful woman.

No, its the stupid, lying ones I 'can't handle' actually.

But I digress. You were making fun of the way someone talks?......carry on.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 05:20:37 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 05:00:01 PM

No, its the stupid, lying ones I 'can't handle' actually.



Can you handle these lies?



Thought not.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 06:17:20 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 05:20:37 PM
Can you handle these lies?



Thought not.

You should check out this website- it's pretty interesting and appears to be mostly non-partisan:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

I would tend to trust it a bit more than a badly edited youtube video.

And my favorite, the biggest whopper of 2009, was this baby:


"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil." - Sarah Palin

Awarded the Lie Of The Year.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/


Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Hoss on December 28, 2009, 06:50:07 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 06:17:20 PM
You should check out this website- it's pretty interesting and appears to be mostly non-partisan:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

I would tend to trust it a bit more than a badly edited youtube video.

And my favorite, the biggest whopper of 2009, was this baby:


"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil." - Sarah Palin

Awarded the Lie Of The Year.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/




Better not be dissin' on Gweed's Squeeze!

:o
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 07:50:16 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 06:17:20 PM
You should check out this website- it's pretty interesting and appears to be mostly non-partisan:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

I would tend to trust it a bit more than a badly edited youtube video.

And my favorite, the biggest whopper of 2009, was this baby:


"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil." - Sarah Palin

Awarded the Lie Of The Year.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/dec/18/politifact-lie-year-death-panels/



It looks like the "lie of the year" award is founded upon the pontifications of editors at Politifact, an arm of the St. Petersburg Times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA&feature=player_embedded

You trust them more than a "badly edited" youtube video of the president's own words? Speaks volumes.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: rwarn17588 on December 28, 2009, 08:51:19 PM
Quote from: Hoss on December 28, 2009, 06:50:07 PM
Better not be dissin' on Gweed's Squeeze!

:o

If she really was guido's squeeze, she would have quit him by now.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: rwarn17588 on December 28, 2009, 09:00:26 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on December 28, 2009, 03:43:04 PM

What was your reaction when you found out Rep. Sullivan had checked in to Betty Ford? 


That maybe Sullivan now had an excuse for being a third-rate politician.

Although having known a few boozers in my time on Earth, I've always found that the terms "high-functioning" and "alcoholic" were hardly mutually exclusive. Given that, I wish Sullivan well, but detoxed or not, it's increasingly clear that he's simply not very good at what he does.

He's to Congress to what JaMarcus Russell is to NFL quarterbacks.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 09:15:02 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 28, 2009, 07:50:16 PM
It looks like the "lie of the year" award is founded upon the pontifications of editors at Politifact, an arm of the St. Petersburg Times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA&feature=player_embedded

You trust them more than a "badly edited" youtube video of the president's own words? Speaks volumes.

Actually, it does speak volumes. If you bothered to look at the website, you would see that it is co-written by the St. Petersburg Times (6 time Pulitzer prize winner and largest daily paper in Florida) and Congressional Quartery, the nation's premier provider of news and analysis on Congress, politics and public policy and is widely recognized as one of the most fair, balanced and nonpartisan news organizations in America.

So yes, I do trust them more. Btw, I never disputed anything in your Obama youtube video. Some of it appears accurate, some of it is just petty and some of it remains to be seen. It's a campaign speech. Duh. Believe me, I'm still waiting to see if Obama will deliver on some of his promises. I do not believe the man is a saint.

What I do know: YouTube and Fox News are not reliable news sources.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 11:10:16 AM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 09:15:02 PM

Btw, I never disputed anything in your Obama youtube video. Some of it appears accurate, some of it is just petty and some of it remains to be seen. It's a campaign speech. Duh. Believe me, I'm still waiting to see if Obama will deliver on some of his promises. I do not believe the man is a saint.



Wow:

(http://diannej.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/backpedaling34.jpg)

I did read the website, and stopped taking it seriously once I saw it citing Media Matters as if it were a legitimate news source.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/497/

Interesting that the linked story from Politifact cited to MSNBC and YouTube.  
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Cats Cats Cats on December 29, 2009, 12:21:40 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 28, 2009, 09:15:02 PM
I do not believe the man is a saint.

Not yet
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: azbadpuppy on December 29, 2009, 01:00:14 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 11:10:16 AM
Wow:

(http://diannej.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/backpedaling34.jpg)

I did read the website, and stopped taking it seriously once I saw it citing Media Matters as if it were a legitimate news source.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/497/

Interesting that the linked story from Politifact cited to MSNBC and YouTube.  

You are hilarious and seem to have a selective memory. I initially never said anything one way or the other about the petty Obama video you posted. In response, I posted a site where you could check out in more detail the apparent 'lies' that it claims. We were speaking about a certain lying woman I believe.......and then you switched gears. Remember??

Politifact uses many differing sources. Feel free to pick and choose the ones that suit your own purposes.

I am bored with you. You present nothing other than one side and are not interested in truth, only agenda.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 02:22:20 PM
Quote from: azbadpuppy on December 29, 2009, 01:00:14 PM
You are hilarious and seem to have a selective memory. I initially never said anything one way or the other about the petty Obama video you posted. In response, I posted a site where you could check out in more detail the apparent 'lies' that it claims. We were speaking about a certain lying woman I believe.......and then you switched gears. Remember??

Politifact uses many differing sources. Feel free to pick and choose the ones that suit your own purposes.

I am bored with you. You present nothing other than one side and are not interested in truth, only agenda.

No, we WERE talking about a drunken idiot rambling on the Senate floor and you thought it would be cute to take a shot at Sarah Palin. Look at the damned title of this thread for a reminder. Jeez, you're successful? At what?

As for me being one sided, lol!

(http://tsfiles.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pot-kettle-black.jpg)

Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 03:33:48 PM
Quote from: Trogdor on December 29, 2009, 12:21:40 PM
Not yet

According to a Danish newspaper, Obama is greater than Jesus Christ now.

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article868683.ece

Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Townsend on December 29, 2009, 03:39:22 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 03:33:48 PM
According to a Danish newspaper, Obama is greater than Jesus Christ now.

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article868683.ece



Aw man, and there's a picture too.

I'm putting out a jihad for this insult
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 03:39:29 PM
"Obama is, of course, greater than Jesus"

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/360234052_8c99870b1a.jpg)
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Red Arrow on December 29, 2009, 04:25:08 PM
Quote from: Townsend on December 29, 2009, 03:39:22 PM
Aw man, and there's a picture too.

I'm putting out a jihad for this insult

I think you put out a fatwa calling for jihad.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 04:28:02 PM
Oh Gweed, I still love the Gabby Johnson reference- what a classic movie.  Every time I watch that Baucus video I'm convinced he's channeling Gabby.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 04:39:35 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 04:28:02 PM
Oh Gweed, I still love the Gabby Johnson reference- what a classic movie.  Every time I watch that Baucus video I'm convinced he's channeling Gabby.

Of course Baucus denies he was intoxicated:

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=Gd2GSUVr4z

Whatever Maxie!!!
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 09:35:51 PM
Quote from: guido911 on December 29, 2009, 04:39:35 PM
Of course Baucus denies he was intoxicated:

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=Gd2GSUVr4z

Whatever Maxie!!!

Can't get the audio, I'm sure he sounded 10 times more lucid in his denial, Duh!
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: USRufnex on December 29, 2009, 09:54:55 PM
(http://www.motivationalbuck.com/pix/Low_5253f2d3d9bb4c0.jpg?current=12/29/2009%207:58:19%20PM)
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 10:12:58 PM
Here, I've got one even more relevant to the original topic:
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Hoss on December 29, 2009, 11:06:07 PM
Quote from: Conan71 on December 29, 2009, 10:12:58 PM
Here, I've got one even more relevant to the original topic:


I know this is slightly off topic and probably not very nice, but that photo reminds me of a trip my co-workers and I took to Legend's BBQ at 27th & Memorial when it was still there.  The cashier lady had two black eyes.  While in line, we quietly wondered to ourselves what happened.  Our 'class clown' coworker spouted off...

"She doesn't listen".

This is also the same guy when we first met him, just matter-of -factly told us that he had stopped a sexual assault before.  We asked how.

He said "I changed my mind"...

:o
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Conan71 on December 30, 2009, 09:37:28 AM
Quote from: Hoss on December 29, 2009, 11:06:07 PM
I know this is slightly off topic and probably not very nice, but that photo reminds me of a trip my co-workers and I took to Legend's BBQ at 27th & Memorial when it was still there.  The cashier lady had two black eyes.  While in line, we quietly wondered to ourselves what happened.  Our 'class clown' coworker spouted off...

"She doesn't listen".

This is also the same guy when we first met him, just matter-of -factly told us that he had stopped a sexual assault before.  We asked how.

He said "I changed my mind"...

:o

Classless oafs are a dime a dozen.
Title: Re: Baucus on the Senate Floor...WTH?
Post by: Hoss on December 30, 2009, 10:44:17 AM
Quote from: Conan71 on December 30, 2009, 09:37:28 AM
Classless oafs are a dime a dozen.

He wasn't classless; he just had a very weird sense of humor we found engaging.   ;)