Comments on: Rundle08: The going gets weird, the weird get Republican http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Johnson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2680 Chris Johnson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2680 I can't help thinking how god-awful Sarah Palin is. What a ghastly parent for dragging her five children onto the world stage at a time when all five are likely doing it tough. The eldest is just 19 and off to war in Iraq, 17-year-old Bristol is pregnant to a guy who's not apparently fussed about having kids, the 14 and 7 year-olds are probably like the other two slightly traumatised by having a new brother with debilitating special needs. Yet Mum parades them all as part of her entourage on the way to the White House, trumpeting that Bristol will “have the baby, get married and realise very quickly the difficulties of raising a child”! Can you believe a mother could be so grossly insensitive and manipulative? Bristol’s appearance at the Dayton convention was heart-breaking. A young pregnant teenager nursing her baby brother and draped in a baby blanket to disguise her condition – not exactly the kind of headline a young girl would dream of being. Sarah Palin doesn’t exude the milk of human kindness she appears punishing and 18th century. At a time when her children probably need her more than ever, the gun-toting, moose-shooting broad is more distracted by fame and fortune. Why the Republicans think she’s Mum and apple pie I have no idea. She’s the very antithesis of motherhood. I can’t help thinking how god-awful Sarah Palin is. What a ghastly parent for dragging her five children onto the world stage at a time when all five are likely doing it tough. The eldest is just 19 and off to war in Iraq, 17-year-old Bristol is pregnant to a guy who’s not apparently fussed about having kids, the 14 and 7 year-olds are probably like the other two slightly traumatised by having a new brother with debilitating special needs. Yet Mum parades them all as part of her entourage on the way to the White House, trumpeting that Bristol will “have the baby, get married and realise very quickly the difficulties of raising a child”! Can you believe a mother could be so grossly insensitive and manipulative? Bristol’s appearance at the Dayton convention was heart-breaking. A young pregnant teenager nursing her baby brother and draped in a baby blanket to disguise her condition – not exactly the kind of headline a young girl would dream of being. Sarah Palin doesn’t exude the milk of human kindness she appears punishing and 18th century. At a time when her children probably need her more than ever, the gun-toting, moose-shooting broad is more distracted by fame and fortune. Why the Republicans think she’s Mum and apple pie I have no idea. She’s the very antithesis of motherhood.

]]> By: Michael http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2681 Michael Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2681 Rundle's stuff is just great and cuts through all the crap we get from so-called "main stream" news sites. Rundle’s stuff is just great and cuts through all the crap we get from so-called “main stream” news sites.

]]> By: hoodathort http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2682 hoodathort Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2682 Another great piece Guy - love your work!! Another great piece Guy - love your work!!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2683 Daniel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2683 Q: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?"<br />A: "Because Janet Reno is her father"<br /><br />- John McCain, 1998<br /><br /> Q: “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?”
A: “Because Janet Reno is her father”

- John McCain, 1998

]]> By: nick http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2684 nick Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2684 oh, get over yourself jamesk- you're peeved simply because "you can't handle the truth", to quote another right-wing nut from film history...<br /><br />i LOOOOOOOVE guy rundle's blogs!! he's channeling the zeitgeist of US fed'ral pol'tix to the nth degree because it IS weird, and his blogs are gonna get even more weirded-out over the next couple months leading up to the election we have to have. everyone in the world can see just how screwy american politix are and it's gonna be a bumpy ride while both sides dig deep to fight the weird war that always happens when yanks elect their new prez... and don't i know it: i'm a transplanted yank and i escaped over 30 years ago before Raygun achieved his apotheosis as "The Great Communicator". aphasics would laugh at him when he was on tv because even though they couldn't understand the words,d they could interpret his body language, and that indicated he was lying through his teeth in everything he said... <br /><br />let's face it: US republicans are doing their utmost to elect a ticket with a VP candidate that is the epitome of something from The Simpsons... "all amur'can" and quintessentially WEIRD. whadda family, eh? aint it great they've got Dan Quayle with a ponytail as VP- giving the job her "all" while she deals with her pregnant 17 y/o daughter, a son farmed out as a target at a shooting range, and a four month old baby with special needs... she'll really have her eye on the ball, won't she? wonder if there's a "mothers room" at the VP office?<br /><br />so, KEEP IT UP, GUY- YOU ROOL!! i reckon you're having a ball too! tell it like it REALLY is, without all the pussyfooting blather and "nice-ness". it's gonna be a real rollercoaster over the next couple months, and we'll all be watching the whole train wreck- wincing, wanting to look away, but eyeballs glued to the slooooooowwww carnage that will result. talk about a gladiatorial contest- last man standing wins, but jeez, you'd hafta be loony, right? <br /><br />YEE HAA!! oh, get over yourself jamesk- you’re peeved simply because “you can’t handle the truth”, to quote another right-wing nut from film history…

i LOOOOOOOVE guy rundle’s blogs!! he’s channeling the zeitgeist of US fed’ral pol’tix to the nth degree because it IS weird, and his blogs are gonna get even more weirded-out over the next couple months leading up to the election we have to have. everyone in the world can see just how screwy american politix are and it’s gonna be a bumpy ride while both sides dig deep to fight the weird war that always happens when yanks elect their new prez… and don’t i know it: i’m a transplanted yank and i escaped over 30 years ago before Raygun achieved his apotheosis as “The Great Communicator”. aphasics would laugh at him when he was on tv because even though they couldn’t understand the words,d they could interpret his body language, and that indicated he was lying through his teeth in everything he said…

let’s face it: US republicans are doing their utmost to elect a ticket with a VP candidate that is the epitome of something from The Simpsons… “all amur’can” and quintessentially WEIRD. whadda family, eh? aint it great they’ve got Dan Quayle with a ponytail as VP- giving the job her “all” while she deals with her pregnant 17 y/o daughter, a son farmed out as a target at a shooting range, and a four month old baby with special needs… she’ll really have her eye on the ball, won’t she? wonder if there’s a “mothers room” at the VP office?

so, KEEP IT UP, GUY- YOU ROOL!! i reckon you’re having a ball too! tell it like it REALLY is, without all the pussyfooting blather and “nice-ness”. it’s gonna be a real rollercoaster over the next couple months, and we’ll all be watching the whole train wreck- wincing, wanting to look away, but eyeballs glued to the slooooooowwww carnage that will result. talk about a gladiatorial contest- last man standing wins, but jeez, you’d hafta be loony, right?

YEE HAA!!

]]> By: Nubbles Magillacuddy http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2685 Nubbles Magillacuddy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2685 Joe Biden? what are you people talking about? Biden is Obama's running mate. Lieberman was the man MCain wanted to be his VP. The Republicans wouldnt let him. Try to keep up. Joe Biden? what are you people talking about? Biden is Obama’s running mate. Lieberman was the man MCain wanted to be his VP. The Republicans wouldnt let him. Try to keep up.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2686 Chris Johnson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2686 JamkesK its the appearance in firstdog's that's done it.!! Fame does weird things ...look what happened to Costello...he's still suffering. Why on earth would you think I'm left, right or centre or sick... I simply stated empathy for young children, particularly a teenage girl not in the most desirable situation in life. I've probably trodden on your Republican tootsies? JamkesK its the appearance in firstdog’s that’s done it.!! Fame does weird things …look what happened to Costello…he’s still suffering. Why on earth would you think I’m left, right or centre or sick… I simply stated empathy for young children, particularly a teenage girl not in the most desirable situation in life. I’ve probably trodden on your Republican tootsies?

]]> By: pmx http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2687 pmx Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2687 It might just be me, but I don't understand a word of what Guy Rundle writes. It might just be me, but I don’t understand a word of what Guy Rundle writes.

]]> By: Pag A http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2688 Pag A Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2688 I sometimes wonder whether Guy is on drugs on the turpes, both, or just high on political life. I don't know whether he means to sound like he's on some mind altering bender fender, but gawd he's funny!<br /><br />Keep taking whatever you're on dude. I sometimes wonder whether Guy is on drugs on the turpes, both, or just high on political life. I don’t know whether he means to sound like he’s on some mind altering bender fender, but gawd he’s funny!

Keep taking whatever you’re on dude.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2689 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2689 Jeez if Rundle should be reprimanded, Chris Johnson needs to be sectioned on mental health grounds!<br /><br />Rundle demonstrates with bravura that he is a guttersnipe:<br /><br />" “John McCain has a face that says 'yes',” some stooge said earlier at the GOP. Yeah, dude, but sadly, so does Bristol Palin." <br /><br />....whilst Chris Johnson in response criticises Sarah Palin for presumably 'allowing' ("dragging her five children onto the world stage") said gutter press to defame her daughter. <br /><br />WTF?<br /><br />You Chris Johnson are one sick left wing nut<br /><br /><br /><br /> Jeez if Rundle should be reprimanded, Chris Johnson needs to be sectioned on mental health grounds!

Rundle demonstrates with bravura that he is a guttersnipe:

” “John McCain has a face that says ‘yes’,” some stooge said earlier at the GOP. Yeah, dude, but sadly, so does Bristol Palin.”

….whilst Chris Johnson in response criticises Sarah Palin for presumably ‘allowing’ (“dragging her five children onto the world stage”) said gutter press to defame her daughter.

WTF?

You Chris Johnson are one sick left wing nut

]]> By: Dave Liberts http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2690 Dave Liberts Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2690 I'll keep defending Guy, even if it costs me my rightful place in a First Dog cartoon (JamesK, you're one lucky bastard). And as a young grandparent (okay, grand-step-parent) due to the miracle of teenage pregnancy landing on our household (no abortions at our place, John James) I genuinely feel for the whole Palin family but suggest that Sarah Palin has done none of them any favours by making them front-page news at this difficult time. I’ll keep defending Guy, even if it costs me my rightful place in a First Dog cartoon (JamesK, you’re one lucky bastard). And as a young grandparent (okay, grand-step-parent) due to the miracle of teenage pregnancy landing on our household (no abortions at our place, John James) I genuinely feel for the whole Palin family but suggest that Sarah Palin has done none of them any favours by making them front-page news at this difficult time.

]]> By: John James http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2691 John James Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2691 Hey pmx, don't worry. You're not missing much. I think Guy forgets his medication sometimes. Hey pmx, don’t worry. You’re not missing much. I think Guy forgets his medication sometimes.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2692 Chris Johnson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2692 And PMX...I used to feel a bit ambushed on Rundle earlier when he rambled a bit... but he's making more sense now he's getting revved Go Guy .. And PMX…I used to feel a bit ambushed on Rundle earlier when he rambled a bit… but he’s making more sense now he’s getting revved Go Guy ..

]]> By: The Duke http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2693 The Duke Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2693 Guy Rundle writes like I want to live. I'd love to be that man's psychiatrist. <br /><br /> Guy Rundle writes like I want to live. I’d love to be that man’s psychiatrist.

]]> By: Mark http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2694 Mark Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2694 Thanks pmx, thought it was just me. Thanks pmx, thought it was just me.

]]> By: John James # 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2695 John James # 3 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2695 Wow, Nick, you and Guy, with 'Duke' as the psychiatrist. And Chris Johnson telling this '... Awful" ( Sorry, mate, I dont blapheme. Its an American thing! ) mother off 'cause she's 'dragged" her children onto the stage by having the temerity to accept a request to run for VP. Can anyone recall a male seeking public office being attacked for similar things. Isn't this so typical of the tree hugging, blapheming, 'liberated' Left.<br />In the end they are the most 'sexist' mob in town. Wow, Nick, you and Guy, with ‘Duke’ as the psychiatrist. And Chris Johnson telling this ‘… Awful” ( Sorry, mate, I dont blapheme. Its an American thing! ) mother off ‘cause she’s ‘dragged” her children onto the stage by having the temerity to accept a request to run for VP. Can anyone recall a male seeking public office being attacked for similar things. Isn’t this so typical of the tree hugging, blapheming, ‘liberated’ Left.
In the end they are the most ‘sexist’ mob in town.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2696 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2696 Oi! Rack off Lucy!......my comments on Rundle's article yesterday saw me starring in today's First Dog on the Moon! I bet you haven't starred in a cartoon role yet........ or have you?<br /><br />Perhaps you might enjoy a columnist sneeringly deriding you and your 17 yo daughter if it was mouthed by a fictional cartoon character?<br /><br />Perhaps your daughter says "yes" to men rather too easily too?.... not you yourself I am sure.<br /><br />"Apart from that it was gold though."<br /><br /> Oi! Rack off Lucy!……my comments on Rundle’s article yesterday saw me starring in today’s First Dog on the Moon! I bet you haven’t starred in a cartoon role yet…….. or have you?

Perhaps you might enjoy a columnist sneeringly deriding you and your 17 yo daughter if it was mouthed by a fictional cartoon character?

Perhaps your daughter says “yes” to men rather too easily too?…. not you yourself I am sure.

“Apart from that it was gold though.”

]]> By: John James # 2 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2697 John James # 2 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2697 Levi Johnson... a My Space page that reads.. " in a relationship but I dont want kids" Hey, this kid sounds like the quintessential Democrat. Next thing you tell me is that he's voting for Obama, for a "change we can believe in". Boy, the Palins really are in trouble. Levi Johnson… a My Space page that reads.. ” in a relationship but I dont want kids” Hey, this kid sounds like the quintessential Democrat. Next thing you tell me is that he’s voting for Obama, for a “change we can believe in”. Boy, the Palins really are in trouble.

]]> By: JamesK http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2698 JamesK Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2698 " Yeah, dude, but sadly, so does Bristol Palin." <br /><br />Rundle's final sentence in this report really should be his last in Crikey.<br /><br />He stinks ” Yeah, dude, but sadly, so does Bristol Palin.”

Rundle’s final sentence in this report really should be his last in Crikey.

He stinks

]]> By: Daniel http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2699 Daniel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2699 Also I believe the band playing in St. Paul is 'Rage Against the Machine', unless they've gone establishment. <br /><br />Fun, entertaining piece, Guy. Glad to hear the Paulistinians still have some life in them. They're so cute in their madness. Also I believe the band playing in St. Paul is ‘Rage Against the Machine’, unless they’ve gone establishment.

Fun, entertaining piece, Guy. Glad to hear the Paulistinians still have some life in them. They’re so cute in their madness.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/03/rundle08-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-get-republican/#comment-2700 Lucy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-2700 Yo Rundle, I wish you would stop holding a gun to people's heads and making them read your election coverage and then post about the experience in the comments section. <br /><br />The last joke would probably have benefited from being told by a fictional man standing next to you. Apart from that it was gold though. The Republicans need to nominate more secessionists for public office. Yo Rundle, I wish you would stop holding a gun to people’s heads and making them read your election coverage and then post about the experience in the comments section.

The last joke would probably have benefited from being told by a fictional man standing next to you. Apart from that it was gold though. The Republicans need to nominate more secessionists for public office.

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