Top Ten Conservative idiots of the week (a day early)

[Nanjing to Seoul]

[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Defending the Constitution Edition[/font]

I will be traveling all day tomorrow to get back home to Suzhou (my honeymoon was amazing. My Chinese wife is very support of me spending her time showering to write this article), so I am moving up this week's Top Ten (normally out on Saturday my time in Asia) one day (to Friday my time in Asia).

We all know how much those fun, wacky Republicans love the Constitution. Some carry a copy of it with them like a political prop. Well, this week on the Top 10, we're going to examine ten different Republicans. . .some are defending the constitution, others are just defending their own addiction to power. Rand Paul (2) loves racists, Senate and House Republicans show how much they love America and hate Americans(3, 4) and the Republican Circular Firing Squad is in full swing a full 14 months before election day (5, 7) And as always, don't forget the key.

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Mark Kessler[/font]


Remember this clown from last week's top ten? He's back and more insane and American hating as ever. Remember this is the defender of the Second Amendment against John Kerry, Barack Obama and the United Nations. He is defending the 2nd amendment. He's a good American.

Sadly, that first amendment seems to be forgotten in his attempt to win his argument. According to Huff Post:

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Wait? What? Huh??? Please continue, I am wondering what happened in small town Pennsylvania.

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They also angrily confronted Michael Morrill of Keystone Progress, who delivered petition signatures from 20,000 Americans who want Kessler fired. In an email Morrill told me, "I have been organizing for four decades. I have faced Klansmen in Kentucky, Ustase in Bosnia and police indiscriminately beating demonstrators in Italy. [Wednesday] night in Gilberton was more frightening than any of those situations."

Private citizens are now threatening people exercising their first amendment right to redress grievances? Surely this couldn't happen because the police chief, Mark Kessler would arrest these people. Right?

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I will sacrifice all I have defending my country, our constitution, OUR FREEDOMS
 
NEVER AGAIN WILL I BE RULED BY TYRANTS, DICTATORS,  OR SCUM POLATICIANS
 
 For I am jus one man who stood against many and said, NO MORE!

I copied it word for word. No mistakes. Go check it out if you enjoy bleeding from the eyes and your brains leaking out of your head with spelling and grammar that would make George W. Bush look like a Rhodes scholar.

Back to the subject at hand: Tyrants, Dictators or scum POLITICIANS (asshole, get a fucking dictionary if you can't spell correctly. You even got the word “just” wrong) are who you are standing up to? From the sounds of the citizens in your little town, you are describing yourself. Maybe when you ask for donations, you should buy a mirror and look at the real tyrant, dictator and scum police officer looking back at you.

But Kessler believes he is right and good. Sadly for him, the residents have started a petition asking for the Feds to come in and protect them from their local legalized extrajudicial goon squad known as:


Cute, huh?

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“Whereas, the Chief of Police of Gilberton, Pennsylvania have usurped the government of the Town of Gilberton through the use of arms and armed intimidation and Whereas, he has recruited armed vigilantes to block access to town meetings and further has threatened and intimidated town citizens who might speak out in opposition against him and Whereas he has posted videos threatening the life of Secretary of State John Kerry and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; we the people of the United States call on the President of the United States, Barack H. Obama to order the federalizing of the Pennsylvania National Guard to go to Gilberton to disarm the Chief and his gang and restore law and order to the Town of Gilberton,” the petition reads in full.

Why do they need this? Well, that's simple too.

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“I have been organizing for four decades. I have faced Klansmen in Kentucky, Ustase in Bosnia and police indiscriminately beating demonstrators in Italy. [Wednesday] night in Gilberton was more frightening than any of those situations,” Michael Morril of Keystone Progress told Huffington Post.

In all, around 100 members of the CSF — outfitted with AR-15 assault rifles — are said to have descended on the scene last Wednesday. Inside the borough hall, the handful of residents lucky enough to bypass Kessler’s security detail spoke of the chief’s intimidation tactics — and a petition signed by 20,000 people demanding Kessler’s termination was delivered to the council.

"He's a nut. I do not feel safe with him around at all," resident Wade Greg Necker said, according to the Huffington Post. Another attendee, Gregory Grove, said of his wife: "She's afraid of him. Kessler is a detriment to this borough."

Sounds like a warzone? Thank God we have that second amendment. It keeps that pesky first amendment from being used by people who don't support destroying the first amendment in order to keep the second amendment logical in their warped view of what a “well regulated militia” is.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Rand Paul[/font]


Oh, the Kentucky Rugman is back again. Fake doctor Rand Paul is back in the news again, this time he has company in his stupid crap. We all know about this guy by now. “Accidents happen” when discussing the Dotiki mining deaths, the US should stop punishing Apple for their tax dodging and openly tells Hurricane Sandy victims that their [link:http://|greed] is costing the military money.

So, he's a loon to begin with. Michael Savage style crazy. Anyway, he hires this guy Jack Hunter to ghost write Rand's tomb of crap, The Tea Party Goes to Washington. According to The Washington Free Beacon, Jack Hunter has quite a long idiot resume:

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During public appearances, Hunter often wore a mask on which was printed a Confederate flag.

Prior to his radio career, while in his 20s, Hunter was a chairman in the League of the South, which “advocates the secession and subsequent independence of the Southern States from this forced union and the formation of a Southern republic.”
Racist? Check. Sessionist? Double Check. Revisionist Historian? Triple Check. He's PERFECT for the Republican Party.

Wow, good vetting there, Rug Doctor. You did an amazing job finding this turd to write your turds of wisdom. Care to back peddle? Oh, don't be serious.

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Stay tuned next week when Rand Paul shows up in black face, screams for his “mammy” and demands some fried chicken and watermelon while driving through a black neighbor, dropping n-bombs, waving the Confederate flag and telling all black people that they need to “be more white.”

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]36 Senate Republicans[/font]


Now that Senate Republicans are getting ready for their election season, it's time to ramp up the crazy bullshit they love. These Constitution defending folks want to expand the constitution by removing and teeth in the Interstate Commerce Clause of Article One. Specifically, as a way to screw over the average working American.

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Okay, who drafted this crap? Let's see. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and. . .my oh my. . .the Kentucky Rud Doctor himself! What a shock! In layman's terms, what will this bill do? Don't worry. . .thirty four of their fellow Republicans signed on to this horrendous crap. A full list can be seen here.

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Okay. . .the Republicans have now openly declared war on:
1: LGBT
2: Women
3: Teachers
4: Children
5: Immigrants
6: Minorities
7: Unions
8: the city of Detriot
9: Now the working American.

Someone needs to explain to me how people keep voting for these assholes. Oh, I know. Gays, God and Guns. . .Gotcha!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]House Republicans[/font]


Not to be outdone in their nutfuckery, House Republicans are also going onto the bandwagon of dumb ideas. Their newest one involves defunding a group that's been dead for almost four years for the record-breaking 13th time

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First, let's start with the word “if.” There have only been 15 bills passed that have been signed into law in this Congress. “If” the bill was passed. . .The Ohio Tearduct keeps telling us to judge him by how many laws they repeal. They tried repealing funding for a group that has been dead since Spring of 2010.

But when the GOP finds a boogeyman, they beat that horse until it's dead. . .then keep beating it. And beating it until it is SUPER-DUPER dead. Let's hear more for the Small-Time Speaker:

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Oh, it's a standard provision. Defunding a group conservatives hated since it inception. I guess then the liberals can do that too. I hope Alan Grayson moves to defund the NSA and their domestic spying. . .Nancy Pelosi moves to defund Big Oil and Pharma subsidies. . .Nah, that won't happen. Those things a Pol can wrap a money covered flag in and sell is “sermons on restraint.”

At least some Democrats can mock this idiocy.

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Next up for the Ohio Tearduct. . .a measure to defund gravity! Wait. . .gravity actually exists in 2013.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Eric Cantor[/font]


Usually Fox News is a safe haven for Conservative bunko-artists. It is a jingoistic, right wing propaganda machine that burps out bullshit in bite sized tidbit their uneducated viewing rubes can easily understand. Bumper sticker logic, I call it. “All political debates should be summed in a sound byte or enough worse to fit on a bumper sticker.”

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor went on Chris Wallace's idiot show and proceeded to spout off the typical mantra that Republicans do: “We work for bipartisanship. . .it's that black guy's fault nothing gets done. . .if that black guy would just sit at the table with us and agree with everything we want, life would be skittles and butterflies. . .” Yadda, yadda, yadda. Chris wasn't having any of it.

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Uh oh. . .Christopher seems like a real journalist now. He led Cantor into the trap and then pounced, leaving Cantor to fumble over stale talking points. But, to Cantor's complete shock, Wallace didn't let up.

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See, we passed more bills then those useless Senators, even though the Senate said they were DOA and Obama immediately threatened veto. That's how bipartisanship works for the modern GOP. Do everything we want and if you question or fight back, we Republicans will whine, throw temper-tantrum and act like a spoiled six-year old child whose Mommy didn't buy them the chocolate bar they wanted.

Let's finish up:

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This a network that is still hyping the debunked IRS and Benghazi scandals, but yet, they are telling House Republicans to wake up and get real.

Wallace’s aggressiveness spoke to how unpopular House Republicans are within their own party. Everyone is tired of their decision to waste their time on stunts like votes to repeal Obamacare, and meaningless week long votes on “government waste.” Republicans know that they need to at least give the impression that the House is doing some serious work, but Boehner, Cantor, and developmentally tea disabled House crew refuse to listen.

Expect Roger Alies and Rupert to come down on Chris Wallace. Expect softball questions to the next Republican on his show. “So, do you like blue ties?” “Obama is the devil. . .Agree or really agree?”

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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]NRA[/font]


My Chemical Romance came out with a song called “Teenagers.” While I am not an MCR fan, I like this song and it is on my gym mix. One line is “but what you have under your shirt will make them pay for the things that they did,” implying the teenager has a gun and is ready to shoot up his school.

We have laws to prevent the sale of weapons to people under 21, specifically handguns. Wayne LaPierre, the “dickless lunatic” that runs the NRA (thanks to George Carlin for that comment) thinks this is a bad idea. We need more guns, and more guns in the hands of minors.

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The powerful gun lobby is challenging a lower federal court’s October ruling that upheld the ban. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the current regulations are consistent with a long-held view that young adults between the ages of 18 and 20 “tend to be relatively immature and that denying them easy access to handguns would deter violent crime.”

That sounds logical. What was the basis of the lower court's decision?

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The court noted it is legal for adults under the age of 21 to buy other types of guns, including rifles and shotguns. Further, parents or guardians can give their 18 to 20-year-olds handguns as a gift, and there are no laws barring either the possession or use of a handgun by adults younger than 21.

Again, sounds logical and fair. Young people should not be allowed to by handguns, which is the weapon of choice of gangbangers, school shooters and would be assassins. LaPierre now has his knickers in a twist. Look at this tortured logic.

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They can buy uzis, assault rifles, hunting rifles, shotguns and sniper rifles. But because they can't buy handguns, the Constitution is about to be lost. Mark Kessler would be so happy to hear this, Wayne. Maybe you can find him and give him a big kiss as you and he fantasize whose gun is bigger while believing each's other “weapon” is smaller.

“Teenagers scare the living shit out of me,” sings MCR. With the NRA doing this shit, teenagers will do the same to me.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Teabaggers[/font]


It has begun. The Tea Party has turned itself masters. Dr. Frankenstein lost control of its mutant monster and is now working to destroy the lab, Igor and the good Doctor all in one fell swoop.

Because the tea party baggers don't like that their hand chosen stooges don't follow lock and step to destroy everything that uppity black man in the White House (who is actually a Kenyan, Muslim, Communist, Socialist, Fascist, Mao Zedong loving love child of Stalin), they are threatening to abandon the people they worked so hard to get into power. Why?

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Waah! Obama hasn't been impeached yet and I still have to pay taxes. . .WAAAHH!!!!! I hate you for not doing what I think! You all lied to me, GOP teabaggers in Congress! And because of that, I will find even more conservative morons to replace you!

If you don't believe, look what they are doing to Marco Rubio, one of the tea party “darlings” (and intellectual lightweight who is always thirsty during the response to the State of the Union address).

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One sweltering July day, a half-dozen tea party protesters gathered under a tree in front of Rubio's Miami office, seeking shade as they denounced his support for an immigration overhaul. But the protest soon turned into more of a support group, with the four men and two women grousing to each other about how Rubio had turned into a "back-stabber," a "liar" and a "flip-flopper."

Back-stabber? Them's fightin' words, pardner! So much for the tea party supporting you, Marco, as you might run for president. I guess you're passe. Rand Paul must take up the torch now.

Want more evidence? Look at this exchange between Robert Pittenger (R-Naturally) and an unseen teabagger.
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The exchange was captured and posted by the tea party website ConstitutionalWar.org. A man off camera can be heard asking Pittenger about the defunding effort spearheaded by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).
"Do you want the thoughtful answer?" Pittenger asked.
"I want yes or no," the man said.
Pittenger then said "no," a clip that the tea party website re-played in slow-motion.

I never thought I will live to see the day that Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan (and for a lesser extent Barry Goldwater) would be considered Republican “moderates.” How did the Republican Party become to the right of Atilla the Hun? But letting the lunatics run their asylum and let the monkeys run their zoo.

All I can say about the GOP monkeys eating each other is: Bananas, anyone? Popcorn isn't my thing.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]RNC[/font]


The teabaggers aren't the only ones that are going to take their ball and go home. The RNC has its panties in a wad over a planned documentary on Hilary Clinton, aiming the venom at both CNN and NBC. Oh nos!!!!

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Rinse Penis actually came out and said that with a straight face. They have TBN, Fox News, countless newspapers, all of the AM radio dial, pundits that get a pass and a cowed media that believes all views are legitimate, no matter the facts or logic used in the position.

Rush Limbaugh is your campaign operative. . .shut the fuck up! Sorry to swear, but seriously, is this guy saying this pablum with a straight face?

Well, CNN would not take this laying down. They struck back with a nice smackdown on Rinse Penis.

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So the Republican answer to Mr. Bean changed tactics and aimed squarely at NBC, saying the they were “partisan” because of MSNBC. So, Fox is the same? Hypocrite!

However, with their new marching orders, a few GOP State Party chiefs sprung into action:

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Don't worry, A.J. Your voter base only watches Fox News. That's all you need to partner with. Just make sure the candidate follow the tea party line or else they will be crucified. Actually, forget the bananas and popcorn. . .I think watching this Republican infighting and petty partisanship need a huge amount of weed. That way, I can eat even more bananas and scarf down more popcorn, laughing all the way to the 7/11 for more munchies!


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Conservative Media[/font]


Stansberry & Associates, a right wing investment firm, makes the list simply because they are grifters that milked the tea party hard! So much so that they have sold out the tea party to make a fast buck, similar to Glenn Beck, that uses their stupidity to enhance his bottom line. However:

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In 2007, Stansberry and his firm -- then called Pirate Investor LLC -- were ordered by a district court to pay $1.5 million in restitution and civil penalties as a result of a Securities and Exchange Commission complaint. As reported by the Baltimore Sun, Stansberry was accused of "disseminating false stock information and defrauding public investors through a financial newsletter ... They claimed investors could double their money if they paid $1,000 for a stock tip involving Bethesda energy company USEC Inc. In total, 1,217 people purchased the report, although 215 of them got their money back after complaining."

Wow! Bernie Madoff would be proud. The sad thing is, right wing media still uses them, even though they are frauds.

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Stansberry is a columnist for WND. Since January, WND has published 10 of Stansberry's financial advice columns. WND describes Stansberry as a "well-known investment adviser" who exclusively offers WND readers his insights. WND publisher Joseph Farah has emailed readers on behalf of Stansberry claiming the firm has found "a rarely publicized loophole in the consumer banking system" to "accumulate some silver anonymously."

Fox Business' Markets Now hosted Stansberry & Associates analyst David Eifrig on May 1, 2013, to discuss the bond market. Fox Business made no mention of the firm's shady past. To the contrary, anchor Dennis Kneale suggested at the conclusion of the segment that Eifrig's Stansberry newsletter, Retirement Millionaire, has been a winner for investors. Retirement Millionaire claims to show its subscribers "secrets" such as "How to help prevent cancer with two foods" and "How to receive a free wine vacation."

Porter Stansberry appeared on the May 2 edition of Glenn Beck's radio program "to talk about gold and the reasons for holding it." Beck held up Stansberry as a financial expert during the interview, and promoted his website. He also thanked Stansberry "for your sponsorship" of the program. A note on GlennBeck.com states that "Glenn's radio and TV broadcast from the NRA is brought to you by PrimeGuard Personal Defense, Target Focus Training, and Stansberry and Associates Investment Research."

Conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones has hosted Stansberry throughout the years on his program. Stansberry appeared on the November 15, 2012, edition of Jones' program to promote his website and claim that Obama is seeking a third term. Jones enthusiastically praised Stansberry and his ideas during the interview. Jones also appeared on Stansberry's own radio program in January for "a friendly, spirited discussion about the current political environment of the United States, gun control laws and what each calls the socialist agenda of the United States government." Jones' website Infowars.com has reposted financial articles, by Stansberry, accompanied by "Sponsored" links to his company's website.

They are frauds, but still get used. Like right wing media. Frauds, but still get legitimacy. I guess fools and their money are soon parted. Tea baggers, how does is feel to be swindled? Don't answer that. . .I know you'll just go all birther, truther, talking to empty chairs on me. Because I know when you listen to this line of crap:

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You will believe it, especially if Fox, Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck say it. . .but Hannity and Limbaugh not for long. They are getting bounced off the air in major markets.


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[font style="font-size:1.539em; text-transform:uppercase;"]Arizona Racist Republicans[/font]


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"Bye Bye Black Sheep," the protestors shouted at one point, a reference to the president's skin color, according to the Arizona Republic.

Another protestor carried a sign that said "Impeach the Half-White Muslim!"

“He’s 47 percent Negro,” one protestor shouted.

I am sighing writing this one. Again, my state shows itself to be the home of complete fucktards. Most of us refer to Maricopa County as the “Evil Empire.” Between the Phoenix 40, the Arizona Government that passed the “Papers Please” law and that sick, racist psycho Joe Arpaio. . .my state is quickly become a fuckwit's paradise.

President Obama went to Phoenix for a speech. Protesters arrived, held signs, chanted racist chants, but apparently left their klanhoods at home.

Let's look at the boobs that vote for the boobs that make laws:

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"Obama is ruining American values. He is ruining the Constitution. He needs to go back to where he came from because obviously, he is a liar," she said. "I am not racist. I am part Indian. Obama's half black, half white."

I am part Indian too (mother is Mohawk). You're a racist. . .and you go to my alma mater too! I AM HURTING HERE!!!
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"My grandson is third-generation Marine, and it bothers me to have this man as our commander in chief. I'm ashamed," Enderle said.

Did you mind an AWOL TANG pilot that skipped out of Viet Nam due to his daddy's connections? No? Didn't think so!
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"We have gone back so many years," she said. "He's divided all the races. I hate him for that."

And the Republicans want to bring back Gilded Age America by bring back Jim Crow laws, poll taxes in the way of ID cards and rolling back all labor protections. The Republicans have divided themselves into racists, homophobes, misogynist and bible thumping xenophobes. Don't worry. According to Rand Paul, nothing about anything done by Republicans is racist. Only their words, actions, affiliations and sentiments.

One more Obama protestor's turd of wisdom:

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God for-fucking-bid. God help us all! Now, I am scared.

On note: Anyone who wants to nominate someone for the list, PM me the name and the article(s) showing their idiocy.I live in Asia, so I miss a lot.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Happy to be the first rec!

How do you confine it to just 10, given the wealth of material?

[Nanjing to Seoul]

4. EarlG did for years. I'm just following his amazing lead. But it is hard!

[MissDeeds]

14. I was just going to post the same thing

With so many, many asshats on the right, how do you pick the the top ten?

Thanks for asking - for all who wonder the same.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Ooo. Thanks for posting! I really missed these.

I hope your honeymoon went well!!

[FSogol]

3. How can VA Gov Bob McDonnell and his AG Ken Cuccinelli not make this list?

[Nanjing to Seoul]

5. Too many idiots, not enough spaces.

I mentioned Bobby last week.

[FSogol]

6. Cuccinelli

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/08/ken_cuccinelli_s_sodomy_obsession_the_frightening_legal_implications_of.html

[Nanjing to Seoul]

7. Oooo. . .i missed that. I will remember this one. If you want to nominate, PM me.

I am open to all input.

[FSogol]

8. No worries. Keep up the good work. n/t

[KamaAina]

9. The Rug Doctor!!

[Nanjing to Seoul]

10. Feel free to use it. I do all the time.

[Borchkins]

15. Thanks!

Thank you soooo much. This list is why I first found DU way back in 2008. I have missed it so much. It is so nice to have it back. You've done a great job!
B

[shenmue]

11. Another good list

Thanks.

[BlueManFan]

12. Glad To See The Top Ten. Now When Bob Boudelang Comes Back The Universe Will Be Restored To Order

[Nanjing to Seoul]

13. I really miss Bob Boudelang too.

[BlueManFan]

16. I went back to the archives all the time to see what was up

at the Daisyview trailer park where he did not get kicked out of so stop saying that.....priceless!!!!

[Mopar151]

35. Country Dick Montana tells the tale of the Lakeside Trailer Park

Bob may be living there incogni... - in disgus... - underwat.... Stop Sayin' That!

[wandy]

17. It's good that you are doing this..........

Yes you're trying to fill one big pair of boots, but you're getting better all the time.
Much thanks. The top 10 was missed.

[longship]

18. Happy to R&K. That Kessler really is a piece of shit. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Spelling mistake in the rant about spelling mistakes:

{on edit: another one}

#1 (Kessler)

"subject hat hand": surely "at" is not spelled "hat".

All the same, it can be an enjoyable read seeing how idiotic conservative idiots can be. Thanks!

#5: Roger Ailes, not Alies

[Nanjing to Seoul]

26. dyslexic...american citizen but english is not my first language. my apologies.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Understood. Thanks for posting the series! I enjoy them. nt

[ut oh]

37. Maybe find someone to edit it for you

First: Very well done. Kept the spirit of the original while injecting yourself into it as well. Keep it up!


Since it's not your first language some of the phrasing was a little weird. And spell check doesn't work well for grammatical errors.

I would help, but am not sure if I'm the best qualified for it. Maybe there's someone on the forum who's got some experience and would be willing to help.

Just a thought....

[RevStPatrick]

20. Good Stuff!!!

Everything is right in the world again, now that the Top 10 is back.

I have one small beef, however.
I don't think you should scold people for spelling mistakes, Mark Kessler in this case.
I found quite a few in what you wrote.
It's petty, and in this instance, can be turned back against you.

Just sayin'...

[Nanjing to Seoul]

27. i am not a native english speaker though i am an american citizen. plus i am dyslexic.

severely.

[all american girl]

30. Nanjing, I so understand. My son is dyslexic, also.

I have to say that my spelling got a lot better because of it We would always chuckle because his name is David, and he would mess up his b's and d's....

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for bringing back the Top 10 Conservative List. All is good in the world again!!!!!!

[RevStPatrick]

31. No worries...

But it's probably best to not mock other people for something you deal with.
That's all...

[warrprayer]

21. K&R n/t

[Javaman]

22. K & R! nt

[skydive forever]

23. You're doing an amazing job

following up after Earlg. Keep up the good work and thanks.

[sakabatou]

24. Awesome.

[Initech]

25. Do they know any number other than 47?

[dembotoz]

28. good stuff please keep it up

[Half-Century Man]

32. You have picked a difficult task to appoint yourself to...

...and seem to be doing it well.
I did notice you picked groups of dumbass over individual dumbasses by a ratio of 7:3, I assume because the combined effort is more noticeable than the output of the individual. Which seems a shame to me, as there are so many dedicated dumbasses who don't receive their just dues. So,
Would you consider chairing a committee to award recognition of dumbass to the most deserving fuckwits of the year? The DU's "Ignoble Prize for Political Action" complete with accompanying bill to offset public expenses caused by the winners.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

39. Yes. The last one of the year will be "Top Three Conservative Dumbasses" of 2013

Right now, the nominees are:

Louie Gohmert
Wayne LaPierre
Steve King
Rand Paul
Scott Walker
Rick Scott
Bob McDonnell
Pat McCrory
Paul LePage
Tom Corbett
Peter King
Ted Cruz
Chris Christie

[Half-Century Man]

40. Good luck in singling out the "special" turd in the bowl.

Just had a thought; if you come in second, do you feel happy or sad?

[Nanjing to Seoul]

41. The difference between being King Pompous Fool and "Not So" King Pompous Fool.

[russspeakeasy]

33. You have made my day...Thanks.

[maddiemom]

34. Great job! A lot of writers and pundits are being paid very well for a lot less effort.

[LongTomH]

36. You need more use of the "Batshit Crazy" and "Just Plain Evil" icons....

......especially for numbers 6 (NRA), 7 (Tea Party), and 10 (Arizona Racist Republicans).

[flying rabbit]

38. I am impressed with your

stepping into very big shoes to do this. VERY good job sir.

[Scurrilous]

42. Boink.