The Daily Banter provides us with a list of 10 Republicans who should go away. I added the forever. Not just forever in the Britney Spears comeback sort of way, but forever forever. Gone. Kaput. Never to infect American politics again. Ever.
See Ya!
Who are these 10 Republicans? I’m providing the list, but you have to read the entire piece to see why. It’s quite good.
1. William Kristol – he who is wrong about everything. Go away, Bill. We don’t need your desire for empire building and global domination via war and misery.
2. Sarah Palin – vacuous, vapid, a pitbull piranha without a brain or a conscience.
3. Michelle Malkin – Hateful and ignorant. She even earned an award in her name, to be given to others (by Andrew Sullivan); the ‘Malkin Awards’ for bigotry, prejudice or downright meanness.
4. Dick Morris – a bought and paid for hack. Watching his constant boner for Palin was disgusting. And he does not lie too deftly. Buh bye, you lying sack of shit.
5. Dick Cheney – he who should not be named, or seen. Crawl back into that undisclosed location and take your dark heart with you. One of my favorite lines:
Cheney is the epitome of a political hack, a gutless grey blob of a man with a record of detached violence and personal greed. We won’t see much of him after next January, and hopefully someone will have the decency to arrest him should he venture out of the United States.
6. Mitt Romney – tried to buy the presidency by spending $47, 000, 000 of his own moolah. And lost. Don’t go away mad, Mittens, just go away. Forever.
7. Alan Greenspan – Greenspan’s own words are best for why this guy should go away forever:
I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organisations, specifically banks, is such that they were best capable of protecting shareholders and equity in the firms … I discovered a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works.
8. Bill O’Reilly – Cut his mike! Forever! Loofah’s anyone?
9. Sean Hannity – the manatee. Dumber than Palin a stone and unable to do anything but regurgitate GOP talking points. Dumb and loud and proud.
10.George Bush – Why should GWB go away forever? Let’s let the Daily Banter run with this one.
The ‘Decider’ will go down as the worst President in the history of the United States, and as Chris Rock put it “Bush is not just the worst ever president of the USA, he’s the worst ever president, period. Of anything.” It’s hard to top the hyperbole commentators have used in describing just how bad Bush really was, because there aren’t really words to do it justice. Bush has presided over monumental fuck up after monumental fuck up, groping his way through the president with the finesse of a 800lb gorilla. I tried to come up with a list of accomplishments he has achieved, and came up with the following:
1. He has increased financial support to Africa to alleviate AIDs and poverty.
2. …………
Uh, that’s it.
He has presided over two disastrous wars, an increase in poverty at home, an increase in wealth inequality, an increase in the number of people without health care, a crisis in public education, the break down of national infrastructure, the literal drowning of a city, the use of torture as official policy, the biggest financial crisis in 80 years, and the irreversible decline of America’s prestige abroad. Here is something to think about. Every ex President (aside from Ronald Reagan who had alzheimers) has a role to play in public life after office. They give advice, do lecture tours, write books, sit on boards of huge companies and head non-profit organizations. How many people do you think will be itching to receive advice from W? How many companies would have him on their board? Who would buy his autobiography? Who would pay to hear him speak? No one. And that pretty much sums it up.
TheZoo 
Rove doesn’t make this list?
Limbaugh? Tom Delay? This list is waaaaayyy too short.
Michael Weiner-Savage is much worse than Billo.
I can think of many but I want someone else to add their choices.
Really Limbaugh has to be on the list. He flings his poo the farthest.
Oh, most definitely. Let’s add:
Grover Norquist
Joe the Plumber
Fox News
Joe Scarborough
Glenn Beck
Give me a couple of minutes and I could come up with many, many more.
What’s his/her face, uh, coulter with the wired jaw…P.B.&J…Happy Thanksgiving all..
Ann Coulter, though she just had her jaw wired shut.. That should shut her up for a while..
Couldn’t happen to a nicer mouth.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/11/oh-dear-page-si.html
I think crediting Fox with being a “news” organization is giving them way too much credit.
GdJ, it is what they call themselves. That they are anything but news is what should have landed them on the list.
The Fox Propaganda Network.
Witch1, Coulter was the one I had forgotten, but she (he?) HAS to make the list! I hadn’t heard about the wired jaw but nwmuse’s link confirms it, and Hartmann just mentioned it, too.
Michael Reagan was the one who said, and it was played as a promo on Air America or NovaM, that Arab babies should get a present on their first birthday, of a grenade up their butts with the pin pulled. He has to at least get a dishonorable mention.
I finally got around to reading the article and comments underneath, who had suggestions much like ours here, but we never considered religious figures like Falwell (yes I know he’s dead, now), Robertson, Dobson, Haggard, etc. It makes me think that we dismiss them with less contempt than the names we came up with. I think that’s a good thing.
Dana Perino
Richard Perle
Paul Wolfowitz
Ben Stine (How humiliating for you, falling all the way from ClearEyes guy to Republican wonk. Ya coulda been somebody, Ben.)
The Bush Twins (May you go the way of Tricia Nixon.)
Donald Rumsfeld (Actually, Rummy, I sort of miss you. I liked the little puppet shows you gave with your hands when you talked. But do you have any characters besides drunk spiders?)
Did I say Dana Perino?
Tony Snow (I know. You’re dead. Why, oh, why did you have to be so annoying? You make me speak ill of the dead.)
Ari Fleischer (May you go the way of… No, I won’t say that!)
Others. Lots of them.
Definitely Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Rush Limbaugh, and Dick Morris. WHY does anyone in their right minds still listen to ANYTHING these lying, cheating, insufferable, pompous hypocrites have to say??
William “The Bloody” Krystol was the perfect choice for #1..
Oo, oo, MICHELLE BACHMAN! (May you go the way of Joseph McCarthy. Here. Here’s your bottle of rot-gut whiskey. Get ta drinkin’, Michelle!)
Oooh! Bachmann…good call! Throw Steve King (the idiot from IA) out with her!
Rupert Murdoch (You are old enough to have been dead for years. Catch up!)
Bill Frist
David Vitter (Oh, yes, you are well on your way out, David. Don’t let the doorknob hitya where the dog shoulda bitya!)
Matthew Continetti, Ben Ferguson, and Jason Materra (Otherwise known as The Pussies — which is decidedly unfair to pussies.)
David Horwitz (Die.)
Others. Many, many.
Horowitz.
Who was the “freedom fries” guy? He must be driven far, far away!
Joe Lieberman (the UnRepublican.) ((Rude Pundit has this to say:
“Lieberman was Barack Obama’s mentor when Obama came to the Senate. However alienated the election might have made them, understand that Barack Obama is a smarter natural politician than even Bill Clinton. As Howard Dean said, it was Obama’s call on Lieberman. A Joe Lieberman who owes the continuation of his career to Obama is far more valuable than a sullen douchebag who holds grudges caucusing with the opponents. By holding on to Lieberman, Obama and the Senate Democrats have cut the Connecticut Senator’s nuts off, and you can bet that he will fall in line.”
Kneepads, Joe. In assorted colors!))
Otherwise, Joe Lieberman, tarred and feathered and out on a rail.
Walter Jones was the “freedom fries” guy. But, in his defense (and, yes, I hate doing that), he was among the first republicans to change his mind about the invasion of Iraq. Sort of.
Okay, so we added Rush Limbaugh (add his brother David, too), Michael (the Savage” Weiner, Karl Rove, (M)Ann Coulter (Tom may be Ann and Ann may be Tom/It’s her e-mail address/and I wonder how come?/Tom at Ann Coulter – her actual e-mail address – tom@anncoulter.com), Rupert Murdoch, Ben Stein (who didn’t become a Republican hack, he always was one – he used to write speeches for Nixon), Tom DeLay, Dana Perino (add Tony Fratto, too), Bill Frist, David Vitter, Michelle Bachmann, and probably some I missed.
To this list I would add:
Sen James Inhofe, who mysteriously won re-election, perhaps because he’s proud of the fact that there’s never been a gay person in his entire family (as far as he knows;
Sen Tom Coburn, who has personally held up about forty bills in the Senate just because he doesn’t like him – he abuses the anonymous hold privilege; and…
Former Disgraced Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is probably more responsible than anyone around for the nasty, negative campainging we see now. Newt recommended to fellow Republicans that they should demonize their opponents as quickly as possible (“go negative early”) and use words like “sick” and “pathetic” to describe your opponent. Newt’s not in public office any more, but his legacy lives on.
God, I missed Gingrich?!
Trent Lott
John Bolton
The Cheney girl, whatsername
The Reich Reverend Hagee
Did any one mention seven felony stevens or the weepy boner(sp).?.There are so many…Blessings
Just curious, if there are any Republicans that while not liking their their policies or principles, you would none the less want to stick around as part of the “loyal opposition”?
Huh! Lot’s of satire today…Blessings
Indeed, Witch1. Indeed.
Thought of two more..
David Frum and Pat Buchanan.
Someone else mentioned John Bolton. Yes!
Who was that guy they interviewed all the time who spoke for McCain.. He is of course already gone.. See! I already forgot his name!
Sorry to dissapoint, it is a serious question not meant to be satirical in the least.
LOL..Good night Dear Critter’s, have a wonderful safe day tomorrow and every day….Blessings
Rudy Giuliani!!
@nwmuse – Do you mind if I ask why?
As for keeping some of the “loyal opposition” around? I ask “Why?”
Look, either you’re right about an issue or you are wrong. And if you’re right, there is no reason to compromise with those who are wrong. Why should you? We all agree that pumping harmful pollutants into the air is bad for every living thing on the planet (in one way or another). So we should be reducing, as soon as possible, how may of these pollutants we pump into the air. Those who would oppose such a measure are wrong. So why should we listen to them? Why should we do what they want?
And, speaking as a resident fo New York, I can tell anyone who wants to know that Rudy Giuliani is a scumbag, a terror-monger, a piss-poor judge of character, and a person motivated purely by his own self-interests and financial gain. While I agree that he publicly showed tremendous leadership skills in the aftermath of 9/11, he also showed horrendous management skills in the days before and after. (And if anyone in the Republican Party wants to “defend the ‘sanctity’ of marriage”, they better not tolerate this man intheir party.)
Wayne, let’s add Newt to the “sanctity of marriage” list, as he blind sighted his ex wife for a divorce – while she was in the hospital with cancer.
And his getting his own hummer, while married, by the now Mrs. Gingrich (I think…maybe it was just a staffer, but I think it’s his now wife), while railing against Clinton for lying about, yeah, a hummer.
And then there is Diaper Dave Vitter, he of the family values crowd, who not only got elected by railing Clinton on those same family values, and who also was seriously into prostitutes.
@ Wayne – So harmful pollutant issue aside, are you suggesting that there is no place for any Republicans in Congress. I want to make sure I’m not taking your statement out of context.
One last peak at the site….LOL.It must be getting really lonely in reichland…..Final night all..Blessings
Oh, muse…that reminds me…
Nancy Pfotenhauer!
And Brad Blakeman, too.
Both are liars extraordinaire!
Bill “Don’t You Bet On It – I Will” Bennett.
G. Gordon “Shoot Them In The Head” Liddy.
Tucker “I Used To Wear A Bowtie So You Would Remember Me” Carlson
Tucker “Out Of” Bounds (McCain spokesjerk – was that the one, muse?)
And along with Brad Blakeman (who annoys the hell out of me when he interupts the other guests who sat quietly while he lied), we can live without seeing his friend Cliff May. I’m getting tired of trying to look Ron Christie in the eye. (Cheap shot, yes, but he’s an idiot).
Let’s also get rid of Rep Don Young, Sen Jim Bunning (not just because he’s insane, but because he pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets), Sen Mitch “Still Closeted After All These Years” McConnell, Sen-Reject Liddy “I’m No Atheist But She Is” Dole, and the empty-headed whip of the House GOP Rep Eric Cantor.
Oh, and Rep Adam Putnam. (I hear he’s a Ginger.)
I can only presume Larry Craig was left out because he hates himself far more than any of us hate him?
I was thinking Gingrich in my first post, plus a few others, but I didn’t want to ruin it for everybody.
I also want to recognize two persons who would have made my list a couple of years ago, who I admire much more now, and that is Andrew Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens. Sullivan is almost an ally now, and Hitchens took on sacred cows (literally) with his book “God Is Not Great” and the promo tour for it. When McCain chose Palin, Hitchens really gave them hell for it, and whether you like him or not, he’s not stupid and he shows up extremely well prepared to debate.
Let’s also not forget Chris Buckley, who said Obama was a smart person who he thought might actually do smart things. He even left his dad’s publication over it.
See, there are a few conservatives who could qualify as a “loyal opposition”. I bet if we thought really hard we could get all the way to ten.
LOL!
I oppose the idea of a “loyal opposition” at all. What does it mean, anyway? It means to be there to oppose for the sake of opposing. And that defines Conservatism. (Especially the modern conservative movement, founded in opposition to FDR.)
Conservatism, as a way of governing a free nation of people (not corporations), does not work. Period. And frankly, the way the Republicans (the supposed Conservatives in our government) have run things when they had the chance only proved Reagan partly right. What he should have said was, “Government run by the Republicans isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.” But he’s dead now, so he doesn’t matter any more.
From the wiki:
“Loyal opposition is the concept that one can be opposed to the actions of the government or ruling party of the day without being opposed to the constitution of the political system.
But I put it in quotes because I was merely trying to be humourous, Wayne. I was referring to a comment by Chris Wiseman. I know he gets some people worked up here, but on topics in which I have interests, I enjoy a bit of opposition. If it looks like it is getting annoying, we can take it to his blog and spare this one.
We overlook the obvious: Buhbye, Condoleeza.
And, Alberto, why are you not rotting in a Fed prison about now?
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Can’t understand how anyone who says of himself that he’s fiscally conservative and libertarian on social and domestic issues would want to tote an “R” behind his name these days, Mr. Wiseman. That’d be like a car manufacturer with a mid-sized, mid-priced, fair to good gas mileaged vehicle to sell wanting to market it under the brand, Hummer, to me. Who needs “moderate” republicans when we have Blue Dog Democrats? And where WERE so-called moderates in 2003, 4, and 5 when they were needed to help reel pResident Flightsuit guy in a bit (or a lot)?
@ Wayne and Bansaipajamas: Perhaps my philosophy is not clearly enough articulated in that it may not conform to your definition of either “R” or Conservative. When I say conservative, I suppose its more aptly to be called classical liberalism in the style of John Locke, Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke.
It troubles me Wayne, that what I get from your comments is a sense that anything other than strict acceptance to a mode of governing, would be only opposition for the sake of opposing, and disloyal. Who is to be the arbitor of what is right and how to rid the body politic of “opposition”? It may sound good when you are in the majority, not so much when the tables are turned. Your viewpoint seems very totalitarianistic to me.
Bonsaipajamas – Believe you, me, it is difficult to put an “R” behind my name when I feel that most of the “R’s” currently “leading” have betrayed their very ideals. My hope is to help reform and return the party to ideals far wiser and time tested than the most offered by today’s punditry and neocons.
Okay, Chris, let me try to clarify, because the last thing I am is a totalitarian.
First of all, you used the term “loyal opposition”. What does that mean? To me, the term “loyal opposition” means, inherently, to be opposed and (from what it sounds) to be opposed for the sake of being opposed. Not because there’s anything wrong with the argument being made, it’s just opposing for the sake of opposing.
And to what, exactly, is the “loyalty” in the phrase “loyal opposition”? The way I see it, Republicans (more so than Democrats) will put loyalty to their own party and their ideological beliefs above loyalty to their country or their oaths of office in a heartbeat. And they are wrong to do so.
So, when you speak of defending the “loyal” opposition, I have to know to whom or what are they “loyal”?
This is why I hate debating when vague, nebulous terms like that are thrown out there. I stated what I said – you don’t compromise with Wrong. If the “loyal opposition” is going to be loyal to being Wrong, then there is no need to have them in on the discussion. I’m not totalitarian, but there are things that ought to be done, and the idea that we ought to not go down that road because we have to compromise with people who are completely wrong in their beliefs is stupidity.
I’m off to other things now.
Wayne,
Here are a couple of examples of the loyal opposition (the first from 11/1/08):
To which Steve Benen says: “Think about that. The second highest ranking Republican in the Senate, just a few days after the election, is already talking about blocking Supreme Court nominations that haven’t been named, in response to Supreme Court vacancies that don’t exist.”
And then there is this from 11/21/08:
Again, Benen says: “Remember when McConnell opposed an open amendment process when Republicans were in the majority? Remember when McConnell used to believe “up or down vote” were the four most important words in the English language?”
Digby adds:
And then there is this from conservative thinkers at Cato (via Digby):
Which echoes what Kristol said in 1993 about Hillarycare:
Loyal opposition, my ass. Loyal obstructionists, plain and simple.
Links respectively:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_11/015582.php
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_11/015763.php
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/new-era-of-comity-and-bipartisanship-by.html
@ Wayne – I would put it to you this way, men and women of principle who compromise on principle, are neither loyal nor principled. Those who can compromise on policy without compromising principle I would call “loyal” in their opposition.
For one example, which you might find supprising, I would classify those who voted against the War in Iraq and Afganistan on the grounds that using force based only on Security Council Resolutions and Congressional authorizations cloaked in the War Powers Act as loyal opposition. I am of the opinion that these are in fact are illegal wars, maybe not for the same reason you might, but none the less we’re in agreement on this one.