Daily Kos: Larry McAwful

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Friday June 03, 2011 · 11:31 AM PDT

2011/06/03 · 11:31

So Sarah Palin's summary of Paul Revere's famous ride is making the rounds. No doubt you've seen it:

Paul Revere's, um, Ride for Guns and Stuff

So I figure that since some new information has come to light, thanks to Half Governor Palin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem needs to be rewritten. However, in honor of Sarah Palin, I'm not going to finish rewriting all of Longfellow's poem. It only seems appropriate.

Listen, my children and you shall hear...
Well, just what it is, it's not quite clear.
On the nineteenth of April in seventy-five,
Who'd Revere warn on his horseback drive?

From Concord to Boston to Lexington,
The British were warned 'bout touching our guns?
A Tea Party Patriot, armed to the teeth!
...At least in the words of Palin, S. Heath.

The lanterns were lit, no doubt says she,
In the Old North Church—for liberty!
One if by land, two if by sea,
Three if by air, four if by Wii.

Good golly gosh, I'm sure I don't know
Just what's the point of her traveling show.
One thing is clear: you're going to be failin'
If you learn your hist'ry from Sarah Heath Palin.

Burn the Koran—to disk!

Larry McAwful

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Saturday September 11, 2010 · 7:14 AM PDT

2010/09/11 · 07:14

With all this talk about people burning Korans today, whether it be Reverend Jones down in Florida or one of his crackpot copycats, I've been bitten by the bug. In order to make up for any Korans that these lunatics might destroy, I'm going to make sure there's at least one more Koran in the world. I'm going to the link below to download the holy Koran in Adobe Reader, and burn a copy—to disk.

Burn a Koran to disk today!

As Henry Jones, Sr. (no relation to Pastor Terry Jones) said in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, "Goosestepping morons like you should try reading books instead of burning them!"

Happy downloading!

Carly Fiorina is running for Senate

Larry McAwful

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Wednesday November 04, 2009 · 8:58 AM PST

2009/11/04 · 08:58

She's challenging Barbara Boxer. I doubt there'll be much of a primary. You'd normally expect a hot primary in California, since the shambles of the state Republican party are so ideologically divided, and dominated by the right wing. Fiorina won't campaign as a right winger, but it's reasonable to expect that her money would swamp whatever candidates the party will cough up.

She already seems to know how to get bargains. She made her announcement, for free, in the guise of an opinion piece in the Orange County Register. That's free advertising there. TV ads are usually costlier.

Politics, gay marriage and the English language

Larry McAwful

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Tuesday November 03, 2009 · 6:50 AM PST

2009/11/03 · 06:50

In today's "Cheers and Jeers" post, Bill in Portland Maine presented us today with the text of the ballot question that Maine voters are voting on now, as we speak. The ballot question reads, literally:

Do you want to reject the new [Maine] law that lets same-sex couples marry and allows individuals and religious groups to refuse to perform these marriages?

What worries me is that those opposed to marriage equality are better organized than those out there who simply think marriage equality is fair. Thus the opponents' forces will be able to simply send their forces to the polls, armed with information on how to think, while proponents will be more prone to get their wires crossed--like I did, when reading that poll question. Three times. And I've already forgotten whether voting yes or no means supporting marriage equality. Okay, I just read it again: yes means you oppose marriage equality, no means you support marriage equality. Quick! Write that down before you forget it! (Especially if you’re voting in Maine today!)

Why bother voting?

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 10:59 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 10:59

Often you hear people complain that it's not worth voting, that because of the Electoral College, my vote won't make a difference. While it's true that your vote probably won't alter the way your state's electors vote—particularly if you live in a state that always goes for one party or the other—like Massachusetts, New York, Texas or Idaho—all votes still count for something. The Electoral College are the ones who officially make the decision in December, yes, but the voices of the 130,000,000 or so voters do count. After all, while a president can lose the popular vote and still win the presidency, it sure doesn't look good for that president if he gets into office that way.

Shouldn't those kids be in school, Governor Palin?

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 6:02 AM PDT

2008/10/12 · 06:02

Every time I see the Palin kids on TV I feel like I'm losing my mind. It's not just because I think their mother could wind up being one of the worst executives in history (though that's certainly part of it.) No, what bothers me is one question: why aren't those kids in school?

Bumper sticker and lawn sign report

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 10:40 AM PDT

2008/09/06 · 10:40

If you ask pretty much anybody if bumper stickers and lawn signs sway their opinions of a candidate, they'll probably say no. I would. And maybe that's accurate.

At the very least, no one is probably aware of these campaign fixtures' influence on them. However, they're a good, unscientific gauge of enthusiasm for candidates in a particular area.

Poll

217 votes Show Results

In my neck of the woods, I've seen more...

217 votes Vote Now!

In my neck of the woods, I've seen more...

Obama campaign material

146 votes

McCain campaign material

14 votes

Bob Barr campaign material

1 vote

Cynthia McKinney campaign material

1 vote

It's about tied between the two lead candidates

6 votes

I haven't seen much campaign material at all

36 votes

I don't live in America, so I should expect to see much

2 votes

I live among American expats, and have seen more material for Obama

2 votes

I live among American expats, and have seen more material for McCain

1 vote

I live among American expats, and have seen little or no material at all

3 votes

Wait a minute: there's an election going on?

4 votes

Clinton backers who won't back Obama: what's to worry?

Larry McAwful

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 11:04 AM PDT

2008/08/24 · 11:04

There's a lot of talk about whether the Hillary Clinton supporters are going to back Barack Obama by sufficient numbers. Polls seem to show they've already moved to back Obama by anywhere from 50% to 70%, which sounds pretty dire, but I'm not convinced that it really is.

What happens to Biden's seat?

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 5:25 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 05:25

I'll preface this by saying that I'm very pleased that Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his running mate, and that Biden had been one of my top preferences until he became my utterly top preference a couple of weeks ago. So I don't regret that he was picked.

Support John McCain! Win valuable prizes!

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Thursday August 07, 2008 · 7:34 AM PDT

2008/08/07 · 07:34

Apparently if you copy and past pro-McCain messages on message boards around the internet, you can earn yourself "McCain points" which you can redeem for great McCain merchandise and even a chance to ride the Straight Talk Express!

Who's the conservative scapegoat after San Francisco?

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 8:35 PM PDT

2008/05/21 · 20:35

Time was when John Birch Society-type conservatives wanted to demonize the political left, they zeroed in on Berkeley, California—but that wild college town failed to capture their interest after a while. After that, they started leaning on New York City as the bastion of modern liberal Babylon. Then the World Trade Center attacks happened. New York is still just as liberal, but attacking it now is un-American.

Poll

70 votes Show Results

Conservatives' top new liberal Babylon scapegoat should be:

70 votes Vote Now!

Conservatives' top new liberal Babylon scapegoat should be:

Boston

7 votes

Vermont

6 votes

Seattle

7 votes

Los Angeles

3 votes

Minneapolis

4 votes

New Orleans

0 votes

Austin, Texas

3 votes

Portland, Oregon

17 votes

Stars Hollow, Connecticut

4 votes

It's time to start beating up on New York again

10 votes

You forgot about ______________ (see below)

8 votes

The first post-identity politics and post-Boomer election

Larry McAwful

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Saturday May 17, 2008 · 7:46 AM PDT

2008/05/17 · 07:46

We had a black candidate and a female candidate running, both as serious contenders, but the voters for the most part didn't fall back on identity politics. Obama, as part of the post-Baby Boom generation, understood that identity politics are a thing of the past, and that they're no way to reach voters. Had he gotten up there on the podium and said, "It's about time we had a black president. Vote for me!" I wouldn't have voted for him. The goal is to look past skin color and gender, which Obama has implored us to do by way of not talking about his race as a reason for running.

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