They say you can tell a lot about a person by the friends they hang out with, and so when HA commenter I Got Nothin’ went trolling around Susan Hutchison’s Facebook page, he couldn’t help but notice her friend Orly Taitz.
And who is Orly Taitz? Only the crazy queen bee of the “birther” movement, a woman who accuses mainstream journalists of being Brownshirts, and who compares the Obama administration to Nazi Germany.
But don’t you worry, Hutchison’s friendship with Taitz doesn’t make her a Republican. After all, Hutchison is also Facebook friends with Joe Mallahan, so that makes her about as nonpartisan as they come, right?
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Is she a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?
So…you can judge by who they have as a Facebook friend?
I am Lee’s Facebook friend, so what does that make him? You, Goldy, have rejected my friend requests, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have some “friends” who might be considered creepy-crawly.
You have to be desparate to haul out such a…well…desparate tactic.
I call upon you to release the names of your Facebook friends so that we can hold you to the same standard.
The Piper
Piper… I haven’t rejected your Facebook friend request. I just haven’t accepted it. If it’s any consolation, it’s sitting there in a big pile of friend requests I haven’t made up my mind on yet.
Then again, I’m just some partisan, foul-mouthed blogger, so I’m not sure I should be held to the same standard as that of a candidate for King County Executive, an office essentially equivalent to that of being governor of a small state.
So, given that Hutchison is friends with the good Dr. Taitz, is it fair to ask her if she believes that Obama is legitimately president of the United States?
Because that could be fun to watch.
Hmph. I’m “friended up” with a lot of people on MySpace and Facebook, for a variety of reasons, including some of them being relatives, some being co-workers, and a hell of a lot sharing common interests in arts and music–by far, more of the latter than anything else. Some of us have a common ground politically, but some of those I correspond regularly with are at the opposite end of the political spectrum. For the most part, we try to keep politics from wrecking our experience there, not to mention those of others. That gets saved for other places online–like this one.
Even Goldy seems to have a number of Republicans on his Facebook friends list. So how can you blame Susan Hutchison for her friends list? She is a politician running for office. I am sure that she (or the staffer running her Facebook page) would accept anyone who made a friends request. Why, Hutchison even has “Barry Soetoro” on her friends list — the name that many birthers say is the legally correct one for the incumbent president.
I’m more inclined to judge Piper by his stating on his Facebook page that he’s a big fan of Beck and Hannity. I mean BIG. Like in, those two made his “top five” list. Just imagine, of all the people who’ve ever lived, of all the people he could have picked to convey just who Piper thinks he is, he comes up with those two ding-a-lings to put in his top five “I’m a fan of” list. I about flew like a Malkin monkey when I read that.
Goldy,
Relax…Dr. Taitz is probably Susan’s dentist.
@1 “Is she a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?”
No, she’s a dentist who also has a mail-order law degree. The “doctor” prefix comes from her dental training in Israel.
(Although she passed the California bar exam, her legal experience is minimal, mainly consisting of participating in dingbat lawsuits challenging Obama’s eligibility to be president. She makes her living by owning a string of dental clinics in the Semi-Autonomous Republican Republic of Orange County, California.)
More specifically, she’s a Russian Jew who was born in the Soviet Union, emigrated to Israel where she met her husband, then immigrated to the U.S. — once you know this, it’s not hard to figure out where her very extreme anti-communism and pro-Israel sympathies came from. (Hey, Stalin was a real shit and communism sucks, but how about a pragmatic approach to containing a communist empire that no longer exists?)
A full-blown conspiracist and whack-a-doodle, she’s been dubbed as (among other appellations) “The Queen Bee of Birferstan” (Wikipedia).
So good to see His Holiness back in the basilisk basilica where all good friends of Goldstein hang out.
So how’s it hangin’, Richard? Still bottom feeding in dumpsters? Gonna invite me to your birthday party, birthday boy?
They say you can judge people by who they hang out with. Hutch and Taitz: Two Republican bats hanging upside down in a cave.
Taitz is jealous of Obama because he’s a natural-born citizen and she’s not, neener neener!!
@2 “creepy-crawly”
Goldy has at least one friend who is hippy-hoppy. =:-D<<
In case you’ve never figured it out =:-D<< is a pictoral representation of a grinning rabbit laying on his side.
A Russian Jew. Oh my.
Is Rabbit channeling Rude Pundit, the rood boy who told Stephanie Miller this morning that all those screaming townhalls are filled with old Jews who remind him of “Hanukkah in Hell”?
* Just kidding! Left-wing bigot jokes, which are always permissively permitted. See the FDR tutorial in the Open Thread for Franklin doing his laff-riot Shylock impression.
I hope Dow (the likely winner) gets a LOT of support, not just from Dems but from rationalists.
I actually have no interest in who Hutchinson’s Facebook contacts are or even who she talks to. What does concern me is her interviews. She seemingly has no real reason, never mind competence, to run. Hr opinions on EVERYTHING substantive are vague to the point of being scary.
The ideal campaign would be some sort of rationalists for Dow.
@7…Steve…
Facebook protocal limits you to 5,000 friends (I have over 1,100). So to connect with someone like Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck you must register as a fan, which is what I’ve done in order to follow them.
If you were to send me a friend request, I would certainly accept it like I have many, many other liberals. I want to be friends with a diverse group of people – don’t you?
The Piper
Barry Soetoro? Everybody knows he’s bogtrotter Barry O’Bama, born in County Cork. So put a cork in it and pass the wafer.
“an office essentially equivalent to that of being governor of a small state”
Gee, who does that remind you of?
The fact that Republicans follow people like these should totally discredit them. It’s no longer respectable or defensible to vote Republican. Think about that when you’re filling out your ballot — and remember ballots must be postmarked by tomorrow to count.
… pictoral representation of a Dead Rabbit laying on his side … although the Dead Rabbits skewered theirs and carried them thru the mean streets.
Help me remember. Was it the Republicans who accused Obama of hanging out with terrorists?
Is it possible that nobody here wants to discuss the apparent passing (as in passed away) of public option? And of the death panels?
(Still say Democrat death panels are change we can believe in.)
@18 I want to see George Washington’s birf certificate! If you can’t produce George Washington’s birf certificate, that means he’s not a real American, right? I mean the long form — I want George Washington’s long-form birf certificate, not a xerox copy of a short-form, I don’t care if it’s certified with a state seal, if you can’t produce the original long-form birf certificate that proves George Washington was never born and therefore he isn’t a real American!! So there!!!
@9 Maybe the Bravo network can star her in a new series called “The Real Whack Jobs of Orange County”.
Wait a minute! George Washington wasn’t born an American citizen in the U.S.! He was born a British subject in the Colony of Virginia!! Therefore he wasn’t eligible to be president!!!
@25 Salon suggested her as a replacement for Paula Abdul on American Idol.
Roger,
And since birth certificates didn’t even become common until the early part of the 20th Century, the first 30 or so Presidents didn’t have one – I say retroactively de-President them!
Very good, counselor. I demand a do-over.
@23 Interesting comment considering Republicans do all the killing in this country. See, e.g., Paul Hill.
Sounds like a Hefner photo, uh, spread.
@28 Absolutely! They should be re-designated “pro tem presidents” and only those who can produce original long-form birf certificates should be referred to as “presidents.”
@30: Just trying to push the outrageousness envelope until I gets whacked. A day without whack is a day without sunshine.
@21 Keep dreaming, buddy, I’ve been on this blog for years and I ain’t going anywhere!
Roger Rabbit LLPC — kicking wingnut shins two at a time!
Give me Millard or give me death. Must you liberal progressives tear down everyone who is great and good? Can’t you let us keep intact just one of our DWM WASP American idols?
(Oh well … too much dark death imagery for one day. Gotta lighten up.)
What’s so unusual about Orly Taitz? Aren’t all Orange County Republicans crazy?
@35 Now don’t you go parodying George, WA! George, WA is a perfectly good little truck stop! I stop there all the time when I’m hopping through eastern WA.
@26…RR…
Again you misstate the law.
Article I, Section 1 of the US Constitution states, in relevent part:
George Washington, and all other presidents until John Tyler qualify under this provision since the Constitution became effective June 21, 1788. One president subsequent to Tyler, William Henry Harrison, also was covered since his birthday was in 1773.
Get your facts and your law straight.
The Piper
Joe Hill, @30? Wasn’t he a wacky left-wing wobbley/ie like you?
Bush Death Panel in Texas
In 1999, Texas passed a bill which was signed by then Governor GW Bush that, in effect, set up a procedure that allowed hospitals to discontinue life support measure for terminally ill patients without the consent of the parents or guardians.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/.....l-in-Texas
@38 So where’s the proof George Washington was a citizen at the time of adoption? I want to see his long-form citizenship certificate! No xeroxes, certified or uncertified! Only the original long-form certificate counts!! And if he has one, even that won’t count!!!
Roger Rabbit @ 41
What were the qualifications to be a United States citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted? The Constitution said nothing about citizenship qualifications when it was adopted.
@38 Hey piper, anyone ever tell you that you’re a nut? Well, I’m tellin’ ya … you along with all the other birthers! You’re all nuts!
@42 So I guess that means none of those old-timers can prove they were citizens, doesn’t it? Well, doesn’t it?
@43…RR…
Show me any evidence that I’m a birther – any evidence at all.
Then when you can’t find any, I’ll accept your retraction and apology.
The Piper
So, piper, when was the Constitution amended to require presidents to have long-form birth certificates? I missed that one. I can’t find it. The amendment, I mean.
@45 Prove you’re not a birther.
@39 Two different guys. Joe Hill was murdered by rightwing killers. Paul Hill was a rightwing murderer.
@45 (continued) We’re already 49 comments into this thread and you have yet to criticize Taitz for being a birther lunatic. That proves you’re in sympathy with the birfers.
Sometimes silence is the same thing as confession.
LOL!
@2
I am Lee’s Facebook friend, so what does that make him?
I accepted your friend request so that I could gather more material to make fun of you. So, once again, thank you!
@52
http://effinunsound.com/?p=1209
Roger Rabbit @ 48
Wasn’t Joe Hill executed by a firing squad in Utah? There was a lot of doubt about his guilt, even in Utah at the time.
@49 – 50…RR…
So, in your liberal jurisprudence one is guilty until proven innocent?
Please clarify this fine point of law.
And you still can’t find anything to prove I find any validity in the birther movement.
But on your theory, because you haven’t specificially denied every conspiracy theory since the beginning of time, you must endorse them.
So you don’t believe the U.S. ever landed on the moon? Just checking…
The Piper
@52…Lee…
Sad…
I became your Facebook friend because I’m interested in learning more about you. And also to congratulate you on being a dad and the birth of your son, something I’ve done, haven’t I?
I befriend people on Facebook not to ridicule or mock…but because I am interested in people…even you.
The Piper
@54…RP…
Under rabbit’s jurisprudence, Joe Hill’s innocence isn’t relevent since he couldn’t prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
Remember…to rabbit, you’re guilty until proven innocent.
The Piper
@54 Joe Hill was railroaded. The jury took only a couple hours to decide he was guilty of being a Wobbly. The state of Utah shot him.
There was (and is) absolutely no doubt whatsoever about Paul Hill’s guilt. The state of Florida electrocuted him.
@55 “So, in your liberal jurisprudence one is guilty until proven innocent?”
No, that’s wingnut ideology, and as I’ve posted repeatedly in this blog, I mimic wingers to show them what they look like. However, if you want to make a fine point of it, what’s good for the goose ought to be good for the gander …
@57 Er, Joe Hill wasn’t railroaded in front of a firing squad by liberals, piper … and you wonder why we ridicule you …
@60…RR…
Didn’t say he was…
But you accused me of being sympathetic to the birthers because I have been silent on the subject. Sir Thomas More was sent to the block for being silent on the matter of Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn. You subscribe to the same jurisprudence, which also then means that you would hold that a refusal to testify in your own defense in a criminal trial is evidence of guilt. You might want to check the case law on that subject.
You would make a great judge in, say, Myanmar.
The Piper
It’s a compelling test for a modicum of reality acceptance from a right winger:
Do you believe based on a preponderance of fact-based evidence that President Barack Obama was born a citizen of the United States of America on August 4, 1961?
I’ve see one right wing Congressman actually pass this test and then go loony tunes on a whole bunch of other stuff. At least that demonstrates some hope in his case.
Wow.
To answer Pipers question… very juvenile.
@56
That’s nice of you, however it doesn’t change what my motivations were at the time you sent the friend request. Maybe you’ll convince me through your Facebook activity that you’re not just a gullible sucker who repeats right-wing propaganda (see your last status update and the comment from Jeff blowing a huge hole in it).
Something tells me you won’t be successful.
Facebook thought I should ask Goldy to be my friend, but I turned FB down. Not that I don’t like Goldy.
@2
Please tell me you think Orly Taitz is a nut job.
Considering that Hutchison has 1,107 friends and that the page I found looks to be part of her campaign, not a personal one, I’d say Goldy screwed the pooch on this one.
Her FB page is probably being run by a staffer or volunteer.
@17: Facebook protocal limits you to 5,000 friends (I have over 1,100).
I doubt that you have over 11 friends in real life, though. Do you really think that those 1,100 people would bail you out of jail, help you move, or anything that a real “friend” would do?
@68
I have 24 friends on FB and all except one would bail me out of jail, the one being my girlfriend. Why she thinks she needs to remind me of this on a regular basis I do not know.
@64…Lee…
My last status update detailed how I had just learned that my youngest son, USMC Cpl. Tom, will be deployed to the ‘stan in November while his oldest brother, army SFC Mark is currently serving in Kuwait in his third tour in that theater.
So you’re wrong again.
The Piper
@66…M…
I have no idea who Orly Taitz is, nor do I have any inclination to do find out.
The Piper
@67: I’d actually say the opposite. I’d really doubt that Taitz has a tendency of friending random conservative non-partisan candidates for regional offices outside of California; if the bar were set that low, her total would be WELL above 5,000.
Therefore, you’re left with either one of two possibilities: Hutchison did it herself, or one of her staffers acting for her did it. Either way, if you’ve friended a crackpot like that, you’re not doing it because you appreciate her cute accent or you like her dental skills: you’re doing it because you want to believe her crackpot theories about Obama. She’s not known for anything else on the national stage.
@71: Then why did you bother writing ANYTHING ON THIS THREAD?
I see you KLOWNS are avoiding the ass-kicking your Progressive Movement is taking on Single Payer. What an ass-kicking!
63 Blue Dogs in the House AGAINST.
Majority of Senate AGAINST.
It must be painful considering all the trash-talking most of you KLOWNS did the past several months.
Obama just got a lesson in CIvics 101 from some of his more Conservative Democrats…
DO NOT TRY TO PRESSURE MAX BAUCUS IN A TOWNHALL!
Kent Conrad just creamed Obama this weekend.
Now Brian Schweitzer…and many others!
TOO DAMN FUNNY!!
Wow. I see Goldy still hasn’t figured out the whole non-partisan race thing. He still seems to think that if anyone has ever been a Democrat or a Republican at any time in their life, they cannot run for a non-partisan office. Goldy is wrong on that. That is not what running for a non-partisan position means.
@72
I don’t put much stock in who someone friends on FB meaning much and Huch has more than enough crazies as real friends that there’s no reason to go there.
@71
I can roll with that.
I respect Susan Hutchinson more than Darcy Burner.
@71 “I have no idea who Orly Taitz is”
Good grief, Piper, from Goldy’s blog post here where you’ve left ten comments @2, 17, 38, 45, 55, 56, 57, 61, 70 and 71:
Once again–
Steve==zero substance. ZERO.
Go visit the pretend gravesite of your imaginary black friend you made up after insulting Puddy.
I see our resident racist goatfucker is back making up more insane shit. Tell us more racist jokes, Mr. Klynical. That’s more your speed.
Troll: “I respect Susan Hutchinson more than Darcy Burner.”
That says so much about you, you vile heap of dung. You prefer she who is empty-headed and vacuous, she who is either incapable of or unwilling to, or both, articulate a policy position, to someone who is thoughtful and fond of the smallest policy details. Thanks, Ass, for more insight into the character you lack.
Piper: You are not being tried. You are being accused of being less than forthcoming when asked a direct question, leaving the questioner in the position of having to surmise your opinion.
If the past is any predicter of the future, you know damn well that the birther business is mallarkey. But it’s useful for stirring the uninformed up.
My question to you is this: Why do you approve of manipulating the ill informed to support a conservative agenda that is not in their best intersets?
Max Fauc-us.
Sorry about the morbidity. The loss of Les is more than my sensitive soul can endure.
Thought Les Paul would last forever, but he’s gone, gone. Thought public option would last forever, but it’s dead, dead. Ron Paul, meanwhile, just won’t go away.
Taking a time out for grief counseling and rehab. Please try to carry on.
@61 This is a political blog, not a court of law, dummy. The burden of proof is different here.
@62, 66, 79 — Notice that piper continues to dodge the question. He could end the whole argument simply by coming right out and acknowledging that Obama is a citizen. But he will not do so, no matter how hard we press him. He’s dancing around words trying to hide the fact he’s a birther.
@82 “Troll: ‘I respect Susan Hutchinson more than Darcy Burner.'”
Of course you do. She’s a sneaky, lying, scheming Republican steaming pile of shit just like you. It’s perfectly natural to find clods of bull shit lying next to each other in the same field.
Protesters Brandish Guns At Obama Speech
Looks like the healthbaggers have decided to ratchet up their grandstanding and intimidation tactics several more notches:
“PHOENIX (Aug. 17) – About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.
“Gun-rights advocates say they’re exercising their constitutional right to bear arms and protest ….”
(Quoted from Associated Press under fair use.)
Roger Rabbit Commentary: Maybe they’re not breaking any laws, but I think the Secret Service should surround them with about 500 agents armed with M-16s and throw in a couple of helicopter gunships circling overhead for good measure, so these protesters understand what will happen if any of them get any bright ideas about trying to remove our elected government by force of arms.
Whatever Piper’s problems might be, he doesn’t strike me as being a goatfucker like the Klynicalzoid and Marvelous Marvin.
Heh- Speaking of which, Klynical was talking the other day about how he and Marvin practice safe sex – they paint a big “X” on the goats that kick. heh- But seriously now folks, what does Marvin call Mr. Klynical when he finds him on a street corner with a goat under each arm? “My pimp.” heh- But seriously now folks, one day Klynical and Marvin were touring Klynical’s goat ranch when they came upon a goat with its head stuck in the fence. Klynical pulls over the pickup truck, jumps out and fucks the goat! Finishing up, he hollars to Marvin, “Hey, Marvin, you want some too?” Marvin replies, “I sure do, Mr. Klynical! But do I have to stick my head in the fence??”
90
Can we have more, please oh please oh please? That is such a touching love story.
But seriously now folks, do you know what Marvin calls Mr. Klynical’s barn? “My whorehouse!” heh- But seriously now folks, I was gonna fuck Marvin’s mama last night but the line of goats was a mile long! And damn if the last goat in line didn’t growl at me! heh- But seriously now folks…
Did you catch Mark going off on “Jigaboos” the other day?
Mr. Klynical’s kind of guy, no doubt.
92
In Cynical’s little home town, at a bar one night, one bar regular leaned over to the other and said, “I hear Cynical fucked a goat.” The other guy responded, “Male or female goat?” The answer, “Well, a female, of course. Cynical’s not queer, I’m sure.”
@90 Excellent!!!
@94 heh- But seriously now folks, you know what Mr. Klynical says is the worst thing about fucking his goat? Kleaning his KLOWN suit afterwards. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA heh- But seriously now folks, you know what Marvin said to Klynical when an old goat walked past them? “I bet she was totally hot when she was younger!” Mr. Klynical replies, “Now that’s a MILF” But seriously now folks…
@93 “I dont feel one way or another about jigaboos, most of them are a burden on society but so is YLB.”
Not as much as Republicans, because they don’t demand nearly as rich a lifestyle as Republicans insist on enjoying at our expense as though it was a birthright.
@97 I suppose now I’m going to get from some troll that same tired old speech about how Republicans “work hard” for their money.
I can’t recall ever seeing a Republican work. All I’ve ever seen Republicans do is tell other people to work.
Just some librul smibrul gahh, bla, sput sput, –brain death momemt–
98
I’ve seen Republicans get money the old-fashioned way–they inherit it. Work for it? Not so much.
heh- But seriously now folks, what did Mr. Klynical say the difference was between an apple and a dead goat? The KLOWN sez, “I don’t fuck the apple before I eat it.” HAHAHAHAHA heh- But seriously now folks…
headless axked:
Yep, Bill Ayers comes to mind. Wasn’t he a terraist? (wondermoron spelling)
BFF
Steve with the pretend Black Friend who pretend died……
Yet another post by Steve with ZERO Substance.
Go back to your imaginery place and create another imaginery black friend.
Steve created his special black friend after insulting Puddy.
Sounds like she’s been hasseled by moose and squirrel.
As I recall, KLOWN, I insulted Puddy with my first HA post. With my second post I’m pretty sure I pegged you and Marvin as stupid goatfucking wingnut pedophiles. I sure got that one right. Look at how it rang both your bells, pushed all your buttons. I always linked to this site because you lowlifes are the rank underbelly of the foul wingnut beast and these wingnut pervs are your fucking heroes.
http://www.republicanoffenders.com/Pedophiles.html
Yeah, that link chapped both your asses and you goatfucking, panda costume wearing pedos have been babbling like brainfucked idiots ever since. Now you follow me around this blog like shit on my shoes, making shit up, blowing shit from your ass, and eating your own shit, because that’s all you two goatfuckers have left.
Don’t like the way I treat your sorry, goatfucking selves? Try doing something about it. heh- That’ll be the day.
@101 Brilliant! Of course, I realize you don’t have to dream up your comedic material, all you need to do is follow Mr. C around …
@102 I’ll see your terrorist and raise you one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jennings_Hill
She is a friend to herself on one of the Facebook pages, so I clicked on that one, and the second one is much bigger…
Names I recognized:
Chris Vance
Dave Reichert
Eric Earling…hah
John Carlson
Ralph Munro
Rob McKenna
Wendy Treat
@27 “Salon suggested her as a replacement for Paula Abdul on American Idol.”
Can’t be much worse than Tom DeLay on Dancing With The Stars…and that one’s for real, baby.
I can’t wait for DeLay to be on the show….I have always wanted to see a republican crook dancing in leg irons.
@108: Sparky
Nice little bit of research. The “non-partisan”, “non-opinionated” Ms. Hutchinson has a lot of rightwingnut republican buddies.
Still, it is just facebook and friends on facebook really don’t mean that much. I mean it is not as if you can call them up when your car tire goes flat.
My big problem with Hutchinson is that when she opens her mouth, nothing of substance comes out. I do like that she lied to her boss to go rafting….it shows a real independent and outdoorsy streak. I think it makes her more human…but trying to sue them for firing her after that trick…just a bit too litigious even for me to appreciate.
110. correctnotright spews:
I was hoping to see Teddy Kennedy and Robert Byrd!
105 – Go Steve! That was too funny!