Stephanie Miller

LiveBlog for Thursday, June 25, 2009

sarbanesRep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

jillettePenn Jillette calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the new season of “Penn & Teller: Bullsh**” on Showtime

blumenauerRep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about movement on the energy reform bill.

• South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), just back from a secret trip to Argentina unknown to his staff or his wife, admitted yesterday he has carried on an extramarital affair with a woman in Buenos Aires. In a press conference yesterday, Sanford apologized to his wife and 4 sons, his staff and supporters, and said he would resign immediately as the head of the Republican Governors’ Association.

A ceremony today to remember the victims of Iran’s post-election protests has been postponed – a day after security forces crushed a planned demonstration with a show of force. The event has been postponed for a week, but no specific rescheduled date was given.

President Obama took his case for major health care reform to the airwaves last night in a nationally televised health care forum while congressional negotiators tackled numerous proposals relating to coverage and cost control.

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429 Responses to “LiveBlog for Thursday, June 25, 2009”

  1. I pledge that if I am elected governor, I will have all my affairs in-state (unlike govs. Sanford & Spitzer).

  2. flombaye says:

    “High flying, adored
    What happens now, where do you go from here?
    For someone on top of the world
    The view is not exactly clear
    A shame you did it all at twenty-six
    There are no mysteries now
    Nothing can thrill you, noone fulfill you” – tim rice

    i am constantly amazed by how well a few timeless lyricists have predicted the central items in the news. the murder of NEDA and other innocent individuals, remains the level of operation and consequence by which the mullahs’ attack upon iran is seen in the eyes of history, no matter what internal terminologies are attempted to dilute the reality.

    this 9>6>17 report mentions that faith-based initiative spokesturd mohammed reza habibi prefers to go by the name “god”.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfS38sCIJAg&feature=fvsr
    - the proper response of course, whatever the vicissitudes of transmission, is “that’s adorable, but now god will answer for it just like a grown-up”. – - – it really is impressive how much the details of the textbook case ego trips were also outlined, thus predicted, in the 1964 classic “the true believer” by eric hoffer. – after all, if there were no component of showing off, holy faith-based initiatives would be limited to behaviors one could distinguish from satanic faith-based initiatives without needing a program.

  3. shāf says:

    #1 LOL! An excellent litmus test for all future governors. At least keep the dalliances whithin state lines, so that tax dollars (for the security detail, hotel rooms and the ‘cleaner’) are keep locally. Brings a new meaning to ’stimulus package’, eh?

  4. shāf says:

    keep = kept (waiting for caffeine to kick in)

  5. flombaye says:

    any theories on what’s turning these republican offials hetero ? – or is this a case of the hetero “promiscuous-keepers” getting more careless ? – it seemed very original at first, that j ensign peterman of nevada had an affair with a female staffer, and then i realized that it was a “ziggy”.

  6. flombaye says:

    one development i dont find PARTICULARLY surprising is that governor MARK TRAIL reflexively claimed to be hiking the appalachian trail. – perhaps while fixated on the state of the marriage, the governor unconsciously drew upon the romantic spirit that inspired the honeymoon trip back around christmas of 1995: you may recall that the governor surprised his beloved bride with the thrilling honeymoon selection of hiking the appalachian trail together (illustrated with cherry carrying the same 80 pound backpack as mark). – at least the governor seems to be contrite, as regret has been expressed to everybody back at lost forest including andy the bionic saint bernard. – but how did the gov manage to bridge that part of the trail that crosses the bermuda triangle, and come out so sparkly fresh ?

  7. gpo6 says:

    Great another politician from the Great state of Fake

  8. Carol Hussein in Central Mass says:

    gotta tell y’all, I was laughing out loud like crazy yesterday reading the blogs of the last two days. omg, what a funny, clever group.

  9. Carol Hussein in Central Mass says:

    good morning to y’all!

  10. flombaye says:

    brandokelly says that the wrong person has been identified as NEDA SOLTANI SOLTAN.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0I-PdAgAMU

  11. shāf says:

    I’m looking forward to the Mark Sanford “trail mix” that our enterprising audio editors put together. I heard NPR mention that Mark is a family man and immediately thought of the Hall & Oates song.

  12. Part of me was disappointed that Sanford’s paramour really was Argentinian. There were rumors that his car was seen parked at the airport next to that of Nikki Haley at the airport. Haley is running to fill Sanford’s seat, and scrubbed a picture of herself with him from her campaign website hours before Sandord’s press conference. Now that would have been really scandalous: a Governor schtupping a candidate for Governor!

    Also, Sanford was a total crybaby. “I spent the last five days crying”. Jeez. I’d have had real respect for him if he’d said, “for five days, the sultry sounds of the bandoneón did not cease, as we danced the forbidden dance in Argentina!” But no, he had to go to Argentina to cry. What a wuss.

  13. Tony says:

    Good morning, all. The humidity is about to join us here in the DC area. Oh, well, it’s almost July, so how could I expect anything but the arrival of triple H weather — hazy, hot, and humid.

    I think that Sanford wanted to get caught. How do you expect, if you’re the governor of a state, to be able to just leave for five or six days without someone wondering, where the hell did he go?

    Also, if you read only one of my blog posts, please read Required Reading for Investors. It goes over the most common investing mistakes and gives an example of how they can kill you financially.

  14. shāf says:

    Warning to Mama… Penn Jillette is a strong libertarian. So expect some crazy sh*t if you start talking politics.

    Source: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/25575/
    (Sorry for referencing Beck’s website, but the article is timely)

  15. #15, you hear that libertarians (starting with Milton Friedman’s son) are trying to figure out how to live on rafts of garbage on the ocean to get away from all governments?

    I’m not freakin’ joking. Libertarianism is nothing more than a rationalization for severe antisocial personality disorder.

  16. flombaye says:

    13: does this mean that a ukulele break is absolutely necessary ? – that sort of depends on what the definition of “iz” is, but here is one musical exploration on the atmosphere that abounded once governor MARK TRAIL’s hike went south. – to zoom in on the “gee! oh! graphic!” details, one may dive in at 1:40 into this video for the juicier elements. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeqOpg0pcJk

  17. shāf says:

    #12 Cute song. I recognized Kate Micucci (who played Stephanie Gooch in the last season of Scrubs). Loved her song with Ted:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQtX-ap1KxQ

  18. LeftCenter says:

    Good morning live blogospherians. A hit and run right now but I’ll be back sometime before the bottom of the hour for the duration of the show.

    #13 I suspect the only crying he did was after boinking his girlfriend when he found out he had been found out.

  19. Ukelele breaks are always necessary. So says the spirit of Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.

    Also, from now on, “hiking the Appalachian trail” shall be a euphemism for jetting away to a foreign destination for an adulterous affair, especially when done very indiscretely.

  20. Dan The Man says:

    Good morning Board!

    Just heard on Bill Press’s show what the name of Sanford’s hot latina mistress is. Here’s a hint:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdB6CN7jww

    Bill read one of his love e-mails to her.
    Good God, talk about mushy, gushy shlock!

  21. ProducerChris, you need a music drop of a really sultry tango for any Mark Sanford stories from now on.

  22. flombaye says:

    18: quite a positive dose of progress. i remember when all that gooch was into was terrorizing arnold on “different strokes”.

  23. Shane-O says:

    #11 – Ken in Cleveland has a great one on Sanford (up on StephSpace) – hope that Chris runs it.

    Nothing from me – dog ate my audio, sun was in my eyes, the grass was too long…

    maybe I’ll try one for tomorrow – just too much material and too many ideas for me to sift through (and still sleep a few hours!)

  24. LeftCenter says:

    #24 Sleep? You think of sleep at a time like this. This stuff is just dying for the Shane-O touch!

  25. flombaye says:

    13: okay, it’s haunting. it wont go away. nikki haley was running to fill governor MARK TRAIL’s seat? – can you please re-assure us that nikki haley is not gay, and has never been gay, and loves his/her wife?

  26. Shane-O says:

    #25 – me with no sleep is not pretty — I think some on the Live Blog have witnessed how grumpy I can get :) no fun!

  27. gpo6 says:

    Great Stephanie let me say it first:

    “Another politician from the Great state of falsehood” – 9 out of 10 politicians who call into your show are frauds and criminals – I wonder why you call these freaks in and with so much fervor!!

  28. flombaye says:

    25: your move, chemistry guy. please whip up some sort of AMSTEPHAMINE that keeps mooks and minstrels awake.

  29. shāf says:

    Woo Hoo! It’s Miller Time!

  30. Hi everyone, good to see you.
    I’m in some kind of existential crisis here, I don’t
    know. I think I’m having a breakdown of some sort.
    Maybe a cup of coffee, you all and Momma will make
    me right. Or at least better.

  31. Dan The Man says:

    The beautiful voice of Jim Ward singing Maria!

  32. Why would those 119 million Americans leave their private plans if they were HAPPY???

  33. flombaye says:

    28: thank you for reminding me about frauds and criminals. penn really needs to stick to physical dexterity to deceive anybody. argumantively, there’s no real skill to just repeating that anybody who dares question dear leader is a [fill in the bad word]. this video is a fairly comprehensive cure for anybody who thott they could respect penn gilette.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcrF346sS_I&feature=PlayList&p=FF5542338BDC78C1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1

  34. gpo6 says:

    Well Chris stuff it! your “I move to Canada if she is the president” – Palin is your next president and you suck it up.

    If Obama f-s up on a couple more of these critical issues it may make her come back even sooner

    But don’t worry, in 3 years time you’ll have Stephanie saying “he’s better than palin”,

    “I’m so delighted to here thaat”, “better” not “good”

  35. Tony says:

    I don’t have a problem with the libertarian philosophy. It’s good in theory but it assumes that people act rationally. There’s a great book out on how investors do not do that.

    Hell, man, can anyone explain paying for the “privilege” of holding short term treasuries in the height of the financial crisis last year? If you were worried, put the money in the bank, where it’s insured up to $250K. Don’t pay to hold a three month treasury!

  36. at least my crisis isn’t as bad as dumb liar cheat
    Mark Sanford, or criminal scam artist ‘Sir’ R. Allen Stanford.

    Anybody heard about this bizarre story of 134.5 Billion
    in US Treasury bearer bonds found being smuggled into Switzerland?
    It’s been blacked out here in the US but you can find it on
    the internets.

  37. flombaye says:

    31: another existential crisis? – it is definitely time for a war on these existential terrorists.

  38. Derrick says:

    Mark Sanford created a new euphemism, it’s called “Hiking the Trail”. For example:

    employee#1, “Where did the boss go for lunch”?

    employee#2, “He’s out hiking the trail with the new secretary”.

  39. Dan The Man says:

    Everybody Mambo!!!

  40. flombaye says:

    33: happiness is severely overrated. you must admit you had some pretty intense epiphanies last time you played hacky-brambly-yamsack.

  41. Derrick says:

    Richard Nixon was for abortion only in the only unfortunate case of a a black and white couple having a baby.

  42. shāf says:

    Wasn’t E.M.O. a rock band in the 80’s?

  43. Dan The Man says:

    I’m sorry Board – can’t help getting silly!!! All this Latin stuff has touched a nerve with me. You know, musicals like Evita and West Side Story (sorry, but Madonna absolutely sucked in the movie version), dancing the Macarena with Charo, Maria and Gov Sanford doing the Lambada in the spotlight dance, followed by Carmen Miranda doing “Cuando le gusta”, and everybody forming the Conga line out the door!

  44. Jim has a second career as a sex guru

  45. shāf says:

    Charlize Theron, or George Clooney if that’s your bag. ;)

  46. flombaye says:

    45: i just hope the couple that nixon had in mind was tom and helen willis. they were just extraneous.

  47. so was he saying good bye to the mistress??? was that why he was crying? for 5 days … reconciliation while you’re still banging your mistress???

  48. flombaye says:

    48: no, no, actually, jim has been known to last longer than that.

  49. well the press was waiting for him at the GA airport

  50. flombaye says:

    52: you seem skeptical. would laffter have been a better ashley-medicine?

  51. flombaye says:

    54: that’s wrong. bill press is not GA. bill press has never been GA. bill press loves his wife.

  52. and her radiator’s steaming
    and her teeth were in a wreck
    and she won’t let you kiss her
    but what did you expect

  53. SpiffyHussein says:

    Hi all.

    I wish the news had not read their love letters on air. TMI. While I was listening to that yesterday my eyes bugged out.

    I feel sorry for all of them, especially the kids. What a mess.

  54. SpiffyHussein says:

    52—I think he was crying because reality hit him in the face like ice water.

  55. Tony says:

    Re: hiking the trail. Well, you know, sometimes, you’ve got to get through some mighty tough brush to get to the valley you want to get to if you know what I mean and I think you do.

    Oh, by the way, Air America is back on in the DC area. It’s on 1050 AM now.

  56. Can’t help but laugh at another Rethug bastid in trouble.
    Even though I know schadenfreude is ultimately corrosive

  57. Skyhawk says:

    Hello everybody!

  58. SpiffyHussein says:

    46—That’s E.L.O. I think.

  59. shāf says:

    #64 I was just kidding! ;)

  60. AuntFuthie says:

    We knew you were Shaf, spiffy might just be a little sleepy.

  61. SpiffyHussein says:

    45—that was an amazing quote that came out in the Nixon tapes wasn’t it? But I remember those days, that era, and my dad was a fervent Republican and a racist, so I am sure Nixon’s attitudes were not all that unusual for the time.

    My dad did change over the years though. He watched Oprah a lot in retirement. He learned a little. ;-)

  62. the damned gays they wrecked Mark Sanford’s marriage

  63. SpiffyHussein says:

    65—I know. I was playing the fool! ;-)

  64. SpiffyHussein says:

    69—Or the foil.

  65. Tony says:

    Who’d have thunk that guys like Sanford and Ensign and Vitter would be poster childs for gay marriage? Ruining the sanctity of marriage? Well, uh, when you’ve got a porn star running against you because she says at least she screws people honestly….

    BTW, I think we should all support Stormy Daniels for Senate. We all know that most of the Senate are boobs. And hers are mighty fine, so she’s definitely qualified.

  66. AuntFuthie says:

    How about the sanctity of telling the truth!!!! (sanctity has titty in it huh huh)

  67. gpo6 says:

    Wow ! It becomes clear now that democrats are just the set of puppets to show that there is another systems, but when comes down to the grind there is one flat system of money.

    The democrats refuse to proceed with the health plan because they are the same as the republicans, why don’t you say that?

    And then you have Ed Schultz who is louding off “I can’t understand it!” but when it comes to person to person talk with the senators he’s cooling off – he wants of course to be in good terms he also promotes his agenta.

  68. SpiffyHussein says:

    I just don’t understand how the wife is able to take him back after such a public humiliation for both of them. Maybe she’s just doing it for the kids.

    LOL—OMG what a cabaret quote!!

  69. SpiffyHussein says:

    I missed the town hall. How was it? Was ABC at all biased toward the public option? ;-)

  70. AuntFuthie says:

    Mark Sanford giving new meaning to wag the dog.

  71. #74, according to the wife’s statement, they were already doing a trial separation, which is why she didn’t know where he was, and it doesn’t look like she will be taking him back.

  72. AuntFuthie says:

    May the Mrs should finish out his term.

  73. Derrick says:

    Cenk Uger of The Young Turks, called it right, he called bulls**t on the Apalachian trail thing. He said that he was probably on a trist somewhere.

  74. AuntFuthie says:

    Meant MAYBE

  75. flombaye says:

    76: well, andy is after all a saint bernard. that’s a pretty difficult stunt. let me know how cherry davis trail and her lovely popsicle toes fare thru this crisis. i must take the bermuda shorts-cut to WERK now. pasta la trail-mix pizza.

  76. Tony says:

    73…don’t drag that Ralph Nader type nonsense out. There is a huge difference between the democrats and republicans on so many issues. Just look at what Obama has done thus far and what kind of support he’s received from the republicans. That should tell you everything.

    Are the democrats in bed with all sorts of big money donors? Of course they are. They are all bought and paid for. It’s just a question of who writes the checks.

  77. Nixon had a code word for the JFK hit: “that whole Bay of Pigs thing”.
    He sent Haldeman to the CIA to try to stop the Watergate thing, and
    he told Haldeman to mention “the whole bay of pigs thing”

    There are 3988 hours of unreleased Nixon tapes. It’s speculated that
    the JFK hit is openly talked about in there.

  78. Shane-O says:

    #74 – that one was from FG – Seth impression of Liza

  79. Mark Stanford won’t resign cause he’s a scumbag.
    Keep doing what you’re doing, rethug bastards

  80. Shane-O says:

    peas and carrots

  81. Tony says:

    Mark…it’s Mark SANFORD. Of course, there is another scandal going on around Sir Allen STANFORD, who is being charged with running a Ponzi scheme to the tune of billions of dollars.

  82. SpiffyHussein says:

    Octomom is inspiring the artists. There is a musical about her life opening here in L.A. soon, and now a sculpture:

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/octomom-art-installation-has-whittier-talking.html

  83. thanks Tony, I’m getting the two scumbaggios confused.

  84. #73

    And then you have Ed Schultz who is louding off “I can’t understand it!” but when it comes to person to person talk with the senators he’s cooling off – he wants of course to be in good terms he also promotes his agenta.

    Let me get this straight. Schultz is making nice to senators so that he can diplomatically pressure them to advance his programs? Sounds like he puts his money in his mouth regularly.

  85. shāf says:

    Coulter needs a big steaming cup of STFU!

  86. actually we should call Ann .. satANN

    because I don’t want to cast aspersions on transsexuals and basically she’s evil

  87. Tony says:

    You would think that someone who got a law degree (Man Coulter) would know that the definition of hypocrisy is saying one thing and doing another.

    But it was too busy taking steroids or something.

  88. SpiffyHussein says:

    84—I actually like Liza Minelli as a performer. I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl and she is an entertainer like in the Golden Age of Hollywood. I have never seen a person fill the Hollywood Bowl with energy the way she does.

  89. I don’t think it’s a question of hypocrisy, but it is a question of character.

    #$%^$&!!!!? HUUUUHHHHH!?

    Let’s start a list of Man Coulter’s oxymorons!

  90. Skyhawk says:

    Tool on line 1.

  91. SpiffyHussein says:

    85—and why was his party considering him for a presidential candidate? What RW smell test did he pass?

    I think their qualifications are:
    1. He/she has to be good-lookin’ and camera ready
    2. He/she has to protect those earning $250,000 a year or more to the death
    3. He/she has to have a spouse and kids
    4. He/she has to be from a rural state

    Then in Republican land you can run for Pres!

  92. isn’t it funny how they look over the hypocrisy

  93. Derrick says:

    This idiot doesn’t get to make the rules, the nerve of this guy.

  94. we are children OR the rww politicos are children

  95. shāf says:

    The wheels are off the caller’s ‘car’.

  96. I think caller is threatening us with hellfire.

  97. SpiffyHussein says:

    Would you buy a door from a company called “Aggressive Sash and Door”? That’s inspiring an SNL skit in my head.

  98. AuntFuthie says:

    So if homosexuality is like alcoholism? Cirrhosis is . . I don’t get it.

  99. Caller speaks to a religious authoritarianism. His god is an angry monster that punishes both individuals and society collectively for ritual transgressions, so he thinks government’s job is to protect society from sinners.

  100. Dan The Man says:

    Mann Coulter can keep it in her pants ’cause nobody wants it.

  101. shāf says:

    In Kevin’s metaphor…

    It’s a ‘fobidden cookie’ of homosexuality. Getting you hand caught in the ‘cookie jar’ will get you run over by the Holy SUV of God’s wrath. ;)

  102. Derrick says:

    Tom Davis was under the bed.

  103. The ONLY reason you don’t see women senators and congresspeople is because there is a double standard AND THEY KNOW IT.

    Men can get away with it where a woman wouldn’t be able to

  104. gabby hussein hayes says:

    Tom Davis is Al Franken’s comedy partner in Franken and Davis.

  105. AuntFuthie says:

    Flying Spaghetti Monster is a much better god. Bless the pastafarians, Ramn.

  106. gabby hussein hayes says:

    you can’t have sex on the side. I’ve tried. It’s either from the bottom, the top, the front, or the back.

  107. 73, 90 Something about Ed always seemed wrong. I’ve never
    liked him like Thom Hartman or Rachel Maddow or of course Momma

  108. AuntFuthie says:

    Drat can’t type today. RAMEN.

  109. Dan The Man says:

    Wonder if this Maria chica is hawt.

  110. gabby hussein hayes says:

    We have only governor sanford’s word that Maria is a woman.

  111. LeftCenter says:

    #113 I’ve known dogs who have tried sex from the side of my leg.

  112. Jesus is waiting in the parking lot to kick your ass,
    hypocrite ‘christians’

  113. Jesus said nothing about homosexuality.

    Paul did.

  114. gabby hussein hayes says:

    where can you get a ticket to argentina for a dime?

  115. Dan The Man says:

    #117 – OMG – didn’t even think of that!

  116. #113, I quite assure you you can have sex on the side.

    Spooning!

    Crossing the T!

    Mmmmm…

    Um, what was I saying?

  117. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I just met a girl named Maria
    And suddenly I know…

  118. gabby hussein hayes says:

    Spooning is, by definition, front to back. Not side to side.

  119. gabby hussein hayes says:

    if you can spoon, why then can you not fork?

  120. SpiffyHussein says:

    106—I don’t think they want gov’t to protect society from sinners. I think they just don’t want their taxes to pay for the sinners.

    But we’re all sinners according to the Bible so that means none of us should pay taxes or receive any of the benefits of taxes if you think along the lines that taxes should not support sinners.

    But I’m all for gov’t trying to preserve morality. After all, isn’t that why we’re all upset with Sanford? It’s because we all have a sense of morality.

  121. Tony says:

    When I heard the name Tom Davis, I wondered what the hell the former basketball coach of the University of Iowa had to do with things. Was he recruiting some Argentine basketball star while Sanford was hiking the trail?

  122. LeftCenter says:

    Maria, I’ve just met a guy named Maria….

  123. gabby hussein hayes says:

    If you spoon and pork at the same time, is that sporking?

  124. Tony says:

    Spiffy, I figure if someone cheats on his wife, it’s none of my business. If they do their job, that’s what they were hired to do.

    Now, leaving the state and disappearing for five days without anyone knowing how to get in touch with you? That’s job related.

    Being a hypocrite? Well, that’s not a crime but it’s damn shady.

  125. You didn’t say “have sex in the side”, but on it. Well, spooning has both on the side. So there.

  126. gabby hussein hayes says:

    clearly government’s purpose is to ensure that we can sin without being interrupted or harassed by other people who sin but haven’t been caught yet and are not honest enough to admit that they sin.

  127. Stephanie Miller fantasy #267
    Steph’s fetching in her sailor suit
    “Hey Sailor, lookin for a good time?”
    But then it all goes to sh%t when it turns out she cusses so
    blue it offends hardened good old girl irish barmaids
    she drinks so much you’re under the table
    then she starts a bar fight with the Bulgarians off the
    rusting tramp freighter but all is well in the end as
    she carries you out of the wrecked bar over her shoulder
    before the police arrive

  128. #131, I’ll let you know, next time I find myself hiking the Appalachian trail.

  129. Ed’s smart that way … he’s taking a different tact … you can’t engage someone it they refuse to talk to you because they know they are going to get blasted … after hearing him on the radio and watching his show a few times, sometimes you wonder if the senator will agree to be on ever again.

  130. LeftCenter says:

    #132 It would especially upset me if he used taxpayer money to leave the country for sex.

  131. gabby hussein hayes says:

    is kaiser sosa there?

  132. David in Maine says:

    Morning all bloggers

  133. #126, then explain why sodomy and adultery are actual punishable-by-jail crimes in most states still (though the SCOTUS has stricken the laws down).

  134. gabby hussein hayes says:

    “the appalachian trail” would be a great new euphemism for tan lines.

  135. LeftCenter says:

    #142 As in “I was riding along the Appalachian Trail.”

  136. what’s the world coming to when a politician can’t
    cheat on his wife and kids while claiming to be
    living at the foot of the cross and santimoniously
    calling on Jesus every time he does anything?

    So he had a tryst in Argentina with someone or
    something called “Maria”. So he lied repeatedly
    and left his state in danger. So he spent public
    money and his publicly paid time on hookers and blow.
    So he whorships satan and sells out his state to the
    highest bidder… what else did you expect, he’s a
    god damned rethug. Business As Usual for these creeps.

  137. gabby hussein hayes says:

    hypocrisy is the greatest sin, according to Jesus. While he didn’t have the time in his brief 33 years to mention that homosexuality or abortion were bad, he was very clear about hypocrisy.

  138. SpiffyHussein says:

    110—Plus I don’t think women get quite as drunk with power as some of the men do. Not all the men get that way, but a lot of them do.

    Plus a lot of women find rich, powerful men irresistible. I don’t think rich, powerful women get that kind of attention from men unless they are also gorgeous.

    Madeline Albright—a woman I admire greatly—is rich and powerful but I don’t think she has a line of lovers calling her up. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think if she had a line of suitors she’d choose one and settle down. ;-)

    Plus a lot of women still marry for money.

  139. nkd says:

    Did Sanford “come clean” because he felt guilty or because he got caught at the airport coming back from Argentina?

  140. 127 nice one Gabby
    Johnny Carson electric fork: fork on, fork off

  141. SpiffyHussein says:

    114—I like Ed on the radio but his TV show is kinda Johnny One Note.

  142. LeftCenter says:

    #147 I’m betting on the latter. The press conference came after he lied to that reporter in the airport.

  143. SpiffyHussein says:

    132—-well that’s thw whole thing! If he had an affair and trouble in his marriage it’s really none of our business, IMO. But he left the state without telling even people close to him how long he’d be gone. He didn’t put his 2nd in charge in his absence. He’s accountable to the people who voted for him. You’d think he might remember that at some point in 4 days.

  144. trojanrabbit says:

    Goood morning all.

    Off to a bit of a late start.

    I haven’t checked in on Two Lumps lately, I’m about a month behind, now clutching my belly laughing.

    http://twolumps.net/d/20090529.html

  145. LeftCenter says:

    #151 He must have forgotten because he was crying so much.

  146. shāf says:

    #149 I agree. I’m particularly tired of the ‘three window’ panels with a lefty and a righty arguing over the topic of the day. At least Keith and Rachel avoid turning their shows into a shout-fest. Rachel has played host to Republicans on her show and has treated them fairly (and still asked tough questions).

  147. Jim Louise Ward you scamp!
    Tap That Did I!

  148. shāf says:

    “Size matters not!” :lol:

  149. Skyhawk says:

    He met her at a cantina.

  150. SpiffyHussein says:

    154—Yes, they can’t all have the same format. That’s one thing CNN has learned well. They mix it up with the formats of their shows.

  151. Jim’s argentine/bangalore mix is weird

  152. H is for Hussein says:

    Good morning! Yoda doing Squeezy McFeelPants…that is so wrong… ROTFLMAO

  153. 151. Instead of thinking with his little head.

  154. okay as much as I hate ashley madison, THAT is funny

  155. SpiffyHussein says:

    LOL, what is this clip from?

  156. Deb says:

    Morning all.

    Wonder how old “maria” is?

  157. LeftCenter says:

    Well, he met her 8 years ago, so I’m guessing she’s about 16.

  158. shāf says:

    I can’t believe It’s Not Fabio!

  159. SpiffyHussein says:

    160—that was very wrong and rather creepy.

  160. oops never mind Deb … I miss read that

    I thought you wrote “mama”

  161. Deb says:

    This guy is really dumb…leaving a state car at the airport full of hiking stuff. Sounds like he wanted to get caught or just assumed everyone is so in awe of the great man, they would not question him.

  162. LeftCenter says:

    Somebody needs to do a little investigative reporting and find out when he bought those tickets to Buenos Aires.

  163. conspiracy snausage:

    Haldeman writes:
    “In fact, I was puzzled when he [Nixon] told me, ‘Tell Ehrlichman this whole group of Cubans [Watergate burglars] is tied to the Bay of Pigs.’ After a pause I said, ‘The Bay of Pigs? What does that have to do with this [the Watergate burglary]?’ But Nixon merely said, ‘Ehrlichman will know what I mean,’ and dropped the subject.”

    Later in his book, Haldeman appears to answer his own question when he says, “It seems that in all of those Nixon references to the Bay of Pigs, he was actually referring to the Kennedy assassination.”

    If Haldeman’s interpretation is correct, then Nixon’s instructions for him to, “Tell Ehrlichman this whole group of [anti-Castro] Cubans is tied to the Bay of Pigs,” was Nixon’s way of telling him to inform Ehrlichman that the Watergate burglars were tied to Kennedy’s murder.

    Nixon’s possible inside knowledge of JFK assassination secrets was buried on a White House tape until 2002. On the tape, recorded in May of 1972, the president confided to two top aides that the Warren Commission pulled off ‘the greatest hoax that has ever been perpetuated.’

    http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=115653

  164. shāf says:

    “Hey guys, I think I’m going to go down on an Argentina tail, I mean, go to an Appalachian trail”

    Yep, a simple mis-communication.

  165. Tony says:

    What do you think? If Sanford didn’t get nailed…whoops, bad choice of words…caught, he wouldn’t have said a thing.

  166. Deb says:

    #172 – Just watched Frost/Nixon. Excellent…highly recommend.

  167. trojanrabbit says:

    I wasn’t surprised when the resident “Murdoch owned newspaper right wing sports radio puppet” was defending Sanford this morning. Of course he completely ignored the rank hypocracy and the fact he left his state unattended.

  168. 176 — Langella — the throughline between Nixon and Vlad the Impaler.

  169. Hi Maddy
    173 I hafta see Frost/Nixon, meant to already

  170. those many images makes wonder how many prat falls mama does in bed with someone else … must be like sleeping/bonking the 3 Stooges

  171. so if Iran’s Ahmadinejad compares Obama to Bush can be compare him and the supreme leader to the Shah?

    oh yeah, the difference is that our comparison would be CORRECT

  172. Tony says:

    In Sanford’s defense, Argentina definitely does have some hotties. Did you see the woman who beat Sharapova yesterday? I was watching her play, and at some point, I was like, wow, not only is she smoking Sharapova, but she looks damn good doing it. Hot, hot, hot!

  173. Secret Honor directed by Rob’t Altman is a good look at Nixon
    alone with a tape recorder a fifth and a pistol

    so for that matter is Dick, Dan Hedaya did a good Tricky Dick

  174. Deb says:

    Well…there ya go Haley. Hypocrites R Us…

  175. 182 Momma does not have sex. She french kisses her dogs.
    Chris rubs lotion between her toes and changes the channel
    so she can watch her stories. And brings more box wine.

    o’course if she DID have sex she’d prolly chatter away the
    whole time, like it was a radio show or something…

  176. so bring on the video of Haley’s comments about Bill

  177. SpiffyHussein says:

    172—so if Nixon knew about it who killed Kennedy? The military machine?

  178. Haley Barbour. Republican. Hypocrite. Mark Sanford. They’re both nypocrites.

  179. LeftCenter says:

    #188 The big difference was the (D) after Clinton’s name as opposed to the (R) after Sanford’s. You must stay out of the personal lives of those with the (R).

  180. Neal says:

    Any low-level South Carolina state employee who drove a state-owned vehicle hundreds of miles on their vacation would be fired immediately. Same should apply to the Governor….

  181. i meant hypocrites. (193)

  182. Skyhawk says:

    Maria or Maurice? You decide.

  183. 187
    thanks for that.
    “The State received the Sanford e-mails in December !!!
    from an anonymous source”

  184. Deb says:

    No, at the end he finally did use the pronoun “her”…..

  185. He actually did refer to her by name and did refer to her by female pronoun once.

  186. Shane-O says:

    no – he avoided them — but there were references to “her” (Maria) and her two sons

  187. Not just Mario. His brother Luigi too!

  188. Tony says:

    So…how long will women with the name Maria have to roll their eyes before they smack someone?

  189. 196 — I like that word you invented. “Nypocrites” — cross between a hypocrite and a nympho?

  190. Tony says:

    The super mario brothers tag teaming Sanford? Uh….creepy.

  191. SpiffyHussein says:

    194—-yup. There ya go. When a Dem sleeps around it’s grist for the mill. When a Republican sleeps around we must not discuss sucha private matter. Of course, Clinton was Pres. so that’s a bit more noteworthy.

    Are they going to impeach Sanford now?

    And what’s with Ken Starr endorsing Sotomayor? I thought Ken Starr was working for Blackwater or some other find institution by now.

  192. 205 — oh, I don’t know. I think that Luigi is pretty hot.

  193. trojanrabbit says:

    Well, when a Rethug sleeps around or visits the mens room for other than its intended purpose, in Faux’s eyes he becomes a “D”.

  194. 191 it seems Nixon knew a lot about the JFK hit,
    and talked about it on tape. Hunt is supposed to
    have made a deathbed confession about it. The Congress
    concluded in 76 that JFK was killed by a conspiracy.
    The onion of the story is this:
    1. The Commies did it.
    2. OK, the Commies had nothing to do with it, it was
    the Mafia.
    3. OK, the Mafia AND the CIA. Rogue elements of the CIA.
    4. OK, the CIA did it, under orders from the Military/Industrial
    Complex, but for Good Patriotic reasons. JFK was a commie and
    compromised himself with the Mob, it was gonna be worse
    than Nixon. We saved the country a trauma. You should thank us.
    O’course it’s all BS. JFK tried to change the status quo.
    Read JFK by Fletcher Prouty.
    http://books.google.com/books?id=TRiK5if_VOIC&dq=JFK+by+Fletcher+Prouty&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=xbgVEs_wjS&sig=GkyWSofmqmfoZagF-3AmE2zDZPA&hl=en&ei=n4pDSuv3B4O2swOh7L3wDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1

  195. trojanrabbit says:

    Someone (that I don’t know) just texted me wanting a Jr Bacon Cheeseburger. Hope that person isn’t hungry, she won’t haz cheezburger.

  196. nkd says:

    I couldn’t believe this part! When EXACTLY did he learn this? How hypocritical! I will do whatever I want and then have this sudden insight–!

    “But I guess where I’m trying to go with this is there are moral absolutes and that God’s law indeed is there to protect you from yourself, and there are consequences if you breach that. This press conference is a consequence.”

  197. Deb says:

    Yeah, gee you finally had to get off your behinds and do some work.

  198. nothing on 135?
    Stephy in a sailor suit?
    ok, back to Steph the Katholic Skool Tough

  199. shāf says:

    #212 I knew you were cooking some electronics, just not that kind of cooking! ;)

  200. Skyhawk says:

    Change=Actual Work – that’s what the Boner’s crying about.

  201. 216 I’ll have the Argentine Spicy Salad…

  202. LeftCenter says:

    #212 I’ll have a double steakburger with everything, a large fry, and a baked bean.

  203. SpiffyHussein says:

    210—But here’s the thing. At some point someone talks. Someone gets drunk and at least tells their lover or spouse and then their spouse starts talking.

    I dunno. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe keeping secrets is just a powerful tradition in government that all those players on the Warrem Commission and their spouses really could keep that secret for all those years.

    Plus, people talk in their sleep. Surely someone must have heard something.

  204. Yeah, Obama said Change, and rethugs are still screwing over
    the county. What’s with that, Barack? Quit screwing around!

  205. 223 yes, and many have talked. It’s all out there if you look.

  206. LeftCenter says:

    #224 Tell Reid to grow a pair. Then something might get done.

  207. SpiffyHussein says:

    Yup—delivery system reform. Get people to the doctor early so they can take a pill or change their lifestyle to cure their issues instead of waiting until they need major surgery or chemo.

  208. 217. And now back to fantasies about Stephanie while she chats with the Senator….

  209. They do NOT have a 60 vote rule in the Senate.

    They have a 60 vote cloture rule.

    A bill still passes on 51 votes.

  210. SpiffyHussein says:

    227–why don’t they replace him. Someone explain to me what he brings to the Dems that someone else can’t do better.

  211. LeftCenter says:

    They FEAR losing their donations from insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, etc.

  212. Deb says:

    Their blocking everything because they don’t know how to do any work. They got to cost on b.s. for 8 years

  213. LeftCenter says:

    If the Republicans are leaderless what about the Democrats?

  214. Oops… Representative….

  215. 211 thanks, nice to see what local S. Carolina papers say about
    Sandford. That moron won’t resign and he’s gonna really hurt his
    state. Oh well, typical rethug scum.

  216. The purpose of the Republicans is to advocate for not giving the public any concessions, and the purpose of the Democrats is to talk about doing things in the public’s interest and then folding at the last minute. Right now, they’re having a hard time making the reasons to fold believable.

    Watch, people. How the health care bill goes will be an indicator of how well congress actually represents us.

  217. do you know why more obese people refuse to loose weight? Because the insurance companies refuse to cover plastic surgery, tummy tucks, etc. when they’ve lost all the weight and kept it off but their skin is so stretched and needs to be removed for health reasons.

    And it’s not like that skin goes to waste… it’s donated to burn centers

    but obese people rationalize “why should I loose all this work and look even worse with all this draping skin which I can’t get rid of. They actually wear girdles and tight body shapers for under arms, etc.

  218. 233. Case in point. Norm Coleman wasting time and money keeping Al Franken from the Senate seat he won fair and square. That’s their idea of work.

  219. 227 yes, Reid is a eunuch. Why WHY do the Dems still
    act like the minority party? Spineless Punks. Sickening.

  220. Deb says:

    #234 – I’m not too impressed with Pelosi/Reid either….

  221. did he really say they broke up? I must have fallen asleep

    shane-os and assoc. producer?!! cool

  222. Skyhawk says:

    The rethugs spent $900K for Coleman’s legals fees. Money well spent (in their view).

  223. Laura in Binghamton, NY says:

    Associate Producer Shane-O?????

  224. #238, speaking as the technically obese (255 @ 5′11″ – but I gots broad shoulders!), I’d say the main reason is that food is really really good and exercise is really hard to get into, in that order.

  225. Skyhawk says:

    245 – Cue drama sting.

  226. Congrats for Shane-O!

  227. 229 YES! My eyes roll up in my head with a the blah blah blah
    discussion. We really wanted more of a shake up out of this
    administration and congress. I know it takes time. But after
    a while I just get tired of it all and start putting Steph
    in different outfits… Cowgirl? Argentine Gaucho-girl?
    Round me up and brand me… giddy up littul doggy

  228. 238 the insurance companies say that the surgery is unnecessary …. even though the people are healthier which costs insurance companies less and IMHO the obese should be rewarded for that by the companies covering this NECESSARY surgery

  229. random question for discussion — what would your autobiography’s title be?

  230. Shane-O says:

    #242 & 245 — ProducerChris was using that title loosely – I’m still just a pocket/cub producer :)

  231. LeftCenter says:

    Shane-O got a promotion…now let’s get that ticket place’s ad re-recorded so it sounds like it wasn’t done inside a toilet.

  232. 245 kudos to A.P. Shane-o!
    someone gotta produce while Chris is busy with getting
    the wine/changing the TV channel/rubbing the lotion/picking
    up the dogpoop

  233. shāf says:

    #232 That’s why public financing for campaigns is a must. The umbilical to corporate and special interest money must be cut.

  234. TItles mean nothing — it’s the bag that matters.

  235. trojanrabbit says:

    So this means Shane-O’s on the payroll of Stephanie Miller International? Cool.

  236. Shane-O says:

    #253 – although I must admit – I’m keeping that recording for my own ‘kicks’ and giggles…

  237. SpiffyHussein says:

    238—I don’t think that is true Cindy. I speak as a chubbette. What blocks me from losing weight this time around is that 1)my metabolism is as slow as molasses thanks to a dysfunctional thyroid that is under treatment, 2)exercise is not fun to me—I do it but it’s boring—and 3)I find it very discouraging that everytime I have lost 20 to 40 lbs. in the past it always creeps back on.

    #3 is the biggest factor. Losing weight is so hard for most heavy people that it’s like working to get a 4-year degree so you can get a better job and then right before graduation someone says, “Oh. We cancelled your major. You have to do the whole 4 years over again.”

    Losing weight is that kind of depressing discouragement for most heavy people. Some do manage to keep it off, but statistics say most of them gain it all back.

  238. shāf says:

    #253 Still, an awesome recognition. Congrats, Sir!

  239. 252 did you read my autobio title at the tail end of yesterday’s blog?
    “Street Girls Bringing Sailors Into Hotel Must Pay For Room In Advance”

    it was an actual street sign in Norfolf, VA.

    may also be the title of my tribute to Steph.

  240. Deb says:

    Who cares that he fell in love with someone. So what? He left his kids over Fathers Day, left his wife, left his job responsibilities. It took 5 days to supposedly break up with someone when he could have just done it in an email or phone call. Give me a break….

  241. Momma reading Sanfords sext msgs… two magnificent parts o’herseff..
    her ears? she’s holding?

  242. 204. It was a typo put that works too.

  243. trojanrabbit says:

    218. No cooking electronics today, shaf, unfortunately. Did about a month’s worth of cooking last week, though. :D

  244. SpiffyHussein says:

    Chris is right—poetry, songs and roses. We’re kinda easy. Don’t tell the guys. They still think we are all mysterious.;-)

    LOL—it does read like Fabio’s novel!

    Geez. How can any woman take a man back after that? I say let him go.

  245. shāf says:

    Where’s ZZ-Top’s “Pearl Necklace” when we need it?

  246. LeftCenter says:

    #264 He couldn’t have boinked her four days out of the five he was there and broken up on day five if he’d done it by email.

  247. We know Maria wasn’t Cuban. She didn’t write ‘you are my lof!”

  248. SpiffyHussein says:

    Love Paul Begala. He tells it like it is.

  249. spiffy — it’s was actually the situation to a woman who cut my hair. She lost the weight, hated her body even more, insurance companies wouldn’t pay for the surgery, she gave up and gained all the weight back

  250. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Here’s the RedStateUpdate about the Sanford affair. Check it out during the break:

    http://www.redstateupdate.com/profiles/blogs/governor-mark-sanfords-affair

  251. Amy Outside of DC says:

    Has the governor of SC said how gay marriage hurt his marriage and caused him to cheat?
    Or why the women of South Carolina are so unattractive that he had to go to another continent to cheat on his wife?

  252. trojanrabbit says:

    I wish they all could be Argentina girls

  253. SpiffyHussein says:

    246—I actually am beginning to think, thanks to Thom Hartmann’s show, that our food has become addictive thanks to high fructose corn syrup, which is in EVERYTHING, and many obese are chemically addicted to the high fructose corn syrup.

    That’s my conspiracy theory for the day.

  254. Krauthammer was both reasonable and right!

    That sound you heard is one of the seven seals opening.

  255. LeftCenter says:

    #282 As a friend of mine is fond of saying, “Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.”

  256. #281, I have cut HFCS almost entirely from my diet, which has almost no processed food in it anymore.

  257. Deb says:

    VonCeil – that takes personal integrity. Sandford doesn’t have that.

  258. trojanrabbit says:

    I wish they all could be Peloponesian girls…
    Sparta?

  259. He and his wife had already separated. That’s why he didn’t have Father’s Day plans.

  260. Sparta…. here, Sparta….

  261. LeftCenter says:

    People are holding back in anticipation….

  262. Derrick says:

    Krauthammer looks like one of those eagles on the Muppets Show.

  263. trojanrabbit says:

    Explosive Sparta coming

  264. 288. And why the wife didn’t know or care where he was when asked.

  265. 284 — me too, except for the Dr. Pepper and the fugdesicles and the bubble gum and the gummi bears and the…

    SPARTA!!!

  266. If everybody had a Xiphos… across S. P. A. T. A.

    Then everybody’d have a short sword, fightin Pers- I. A.

  267. trojanrabbit says:

    Sparta Sparta Sparta Sparta Sparta

  268. LeftCenter says:

    SPARTA!

  269. trojanrabbit says:

    I’d like a Jr Spartaburger

  270. Sparta… here comes the Wild Thing music…

  271. LeftCenter says:

    Okay, Sparta?

  272. trojanrabbit says:

    ah forget it. sparta

  273. shāf says:

    Yo, Sparta!

  274. 287 lolololololololol

    You play the fool too long, no one takes you seriously.
    If I really did meet Stephanie I’d just want to talk
    to her about mundane stuff… dogs, whatever, not politics,
    the show, her celebrity.
    Anything that might come up… the weather.
    Have a glass of wine with her and talk like regular people.
    No crush, nothing weird or funny.
    Of course she’s not a drunken slut, she just plays that
    on the radio, and of course I’m not really an obsessed
    fan, I just play that on the blog.

  275. LeftCenter says:

    YES!!!!!

  276. SpiffyHussein says:

    275—-I’m sure that does happen in some cases and I have seen those reality shows where the ladies with all the hanging skin actually show what they look like in a bikini—and it’s pretty gross—but if she intentionally gained the weight back that has more to do with her mindset than the insurance companies.

    She could have done medical tourism and had it all removed in another country. She also could have concentrated on the health benefits of losing the weight, been grateful for that, and held on for health care reform or lobbied her representative for help with the issue.

    There’s more than one way to get to a goal if you don’t get your head stuck in one “perfect” plan only.

    But I can certainly understand her frustration with the system!

  277. Missed it by that much….

  278. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Good yawning blogovites…

    #20: so does “hiking the Appalachian trail” come before “driving down the Argentinian coast”, or vice-versa? And where does “going south of the border” fit in?

  279. shāf says:

    And at the top o’ the hour, it’s LeftCenter! *bows*

  280. Lefty! Congrats! Ouzo for you! And retcina! and some nice
    mossaka… um, getting hungry for greek food Opa!

  281. SpiffyHussein says:

    I always miss sparta. :-(

  282. LeftCenter says:

    Thanks…Greek food…Mmmmmm….

  283. 309 nice squeezy thing… ‘down Mexico way….’

    we’re back in better form, Sparta with an hour almost to spare..

  284. #315, all it takes is a good Republican scandal.

  285. LeftCenter says:

    #312 Don’t fret, until two weeks ago, I’d only Sparta’d on the second day of a live blog when Steph and the mooks were on vacation. Since I’ve been on vacation, I’ve succeeded three times. Your time will come.

  286. SpiffyHussein says:

    284—-I’m working on it. It’s a sneaky chemical. Everytime I have a craving for McDonald’s food—which is disgusting when you think about it—I’m sure it’s a high fructose corn syrup addiction calling me. I’ll bet it’s in the hamburger buns, the yogurt, and certainly in the ice cream. I’ll bet it’s in all the condiments too. And maybe in the fries.

  287. Shane-O says:

    Well done, Left!

  288. SpiffyHussein says:

    288—that’s ridiculous! I’ll bet he was simply so obsessed he forgot it was Father’s day.

  289. 281 yes the high fructose corn poison is wrong, bad evil in
    every way. It is killing us. It’s addictive, it strips minerals
    and vitamins out of your body. Don’t drink pop. don’t eat fast
    food. try to eat healthy. take fish oil and coQ10. you will
    feel better and be happier. It’s critical.

  290. feude1 says:

    YIPPEEE the self-righteous pr–k is getting his come-uppance! Too bad he’s taking his family with him…

  291. Deb says:

    Isn’t Penn a conservative?

  292. Laura in Binghamton, NY says:

    Hey- does anyone know why Frangela wasn’t on I’m A Celebrity last night?

  293. trojanrabbit says:

    323
    More like a Libertarian.

  294. 312 Sparta will come to you!

    McDonald’s sprays their fries with sugar. They won’t rot.
    MickeyDees is evil, like Disney. not kidding.

  295. #318, that’s nothing compared to the addictive chemical the Colonel puts in his chicken to make you crave it fortnightly, smartarse!

    /Heed, move your noggin!

  296. trojanrabbit says:

    324.

    I thought they weren’t coming back. Change in plans or something.

  297. SpiffyHussein says:

    323—he is a Libertarian

  298. Shane-O says:

    #324 – they both got voted off :(

  299. #323, yes, Penn is that particular brand of right-wing loon we call “Libertarian”.

  300. Laura in Binghamton, NY says:

    Last i knew they were going to come back, then they weren’t. But it’s kinda odd to not have participants come back for a reunion show despite their squabbles. I thought it would be in the contract.

  301. 323. Penn is a libertarian…
    324. Frangela didn’t go back to the jungle.

  302. Skyhawk says:

    Drat I missed Sparta. Stupid client call. Congrats LC!

  303. I’m with Penn if the scum were decent policy makers
    I don’t care what they sleep with but they are all scum
    selling us out

  304. #333, there were no fun or games, so she didn’t feel welcome.

  305. trojanrabbit says:

    334
    Yeah, damn them clients. Who do they think they are, interfering with important things like Mama & Sparta.

  306. SpiffyHussein says:

    He has a show? What’s his show called? It must be on Showtime or HBO yes?

  307. Shane-O says:

    Who better to design a female masturbation device than Penn Gillette?? *scooby huh?*

  308. shāf says:

    #323 I refer you back to the link to Jillette’s column at post #15

  309. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    It’s voice activated! “Jill on!” – “Jill off!”

  310. shāf says:

    Hydro-massage? Sounds interesting.

  311. I hear the boxes calling me. I must answer. Probably won’t be on tomorrow, so you kids have a fine first full weekend of summer! Yay!

    Buh Bye, Bloggoes! :mrgreen:

  312. 336. I know Angela almost got into it with Speidi but Frances chose to leave on her own, I believe.

  313. Skyhawk says:

    337 – Really! I could have sworn I made it clear to my employer that time must be made for Momma. I should’ve had that in writing. ;)

  314. They’re all sexed up…. well, except Chris….

  315. Shane-O says:

    August

  316. SpiffyHussein says:

    I think I’ll go too. Have a nice Thursday.

  317. Steph and Chris fighting hurts the kids
    Jim is sobbing in his room again

  318. Shane-O says:

    Must have taken MONTHS! — Chris – who did the Stephie So Fine montage?

  319. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    When did W ever pronounce the syllable “Steph”?

  320. Best of Stephanie Miller…. too bad the archives only keep 2 weeks of Stephcasts.

  321. trojanrabbit says:

    353
    Yes, but some have better archives….

  322. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Dear Randi Rhodes,

    Are you lurking in here on the live blog?  I only ask because of your joke yesterday that if Sanford had gone to Switzerland he could have come back as Margaret Sanford – hmm, that sounds familiar, where did I read something like that earlier?  (scratches chin quizzically)  Oh yes, here it is:

    208. PeterW the Robobagpiper says:
    June 24, 2009 at 7:30 am
    Now, if he’d gone to Sweden, he’d have come back as Governor Marcela Sanford.

    If you two are sharing a writer, that guy got paid twice for the same joke!  You also mentioned Sanford’s “3am moment”, well that was one of mine (not that I’m counting or anything) but hey, I guess jokes about right-wing hypocrites pretty much write themselves these days!  I’m going to use your “what happens in Argentina stays in Argentina” though I’ll substitute Appalachia ’cause that’s funnier for some reason. 

    Log in and play with us, Randi!  We’ll be here ALL WEEK!

    Love, PJ     (Call me, you wh•#*≠!!) 

  323. great caller!
    Kill the careers of the insurance scum
    and the rethug bastards they bought.

  324. Steph you scamp, she’s sneaking off to Argentina while
    on vacation to french kiss Some Other dogs, cheating
    on Max and Oliver and drinking Argentine box wine

  325. shāf says:

    Boy Howdy, that bus is doing donuts over Gov. Mark Sanford! :lol:

  326. 354. I’m a relatively new Stephanie Miller fan so I don’t have very much on my computer. Or podcasts. Just from March of this year.

  327. #355, and she screwed up the joke even! Sweden’s the country which is known for sexual reassignment surgery, and I went to some effort to look up the feminine form of Mark, rather than just use a female name that starts with ‘M’. Ha-rumph!

  328. shāf says:

    Yep, I remember that song.

  329. take a letter Maria

    nice joke! surprised now it took so long

  330. That brass is so ’70s.

  331. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    359-Good morning, and welcome to the wonderful world of Steph.

  332. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    I’m sure the e-mails came from the wife.

  333. jug ear’d charlie inbred idiot wanted to be cammila’s tampon
    gross

  334. 365 you think? kudos to her if she did

  335. listen to gov idiot, be boasting about his affair,
    you could hear it in his voice

  336. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    If the love notes had been written on beautiful ecru stationery, they would have been regarded far more favorably than they are as cold, electronic e-mail.

  337. trojanrabbit says:

    Don’t know if this has been discussed yet, but it looks like Mama’s getting a station back next month.

    http://www.radio-info.com/sections/2-breaking-news/news_items/6072-phoenix-am-kphx-1480-to-go-progressive-talk-again

  338. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Rachel Maddow had lots of clips of Sanford criticizing others for infidelity.

  339. shāf says:

    If that roller coaster is The Beast!

  340. 365 and 367… if that’s the case isn’t payback a biyatch….

  341. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    368-I agree with you, Mark. He was waxing poetic.

  342. shāf says:

    This was an awesome bit from Jim yesterday. Kudos!

  343. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    375-I forgot to add: The braggart was waxing poetic.

  344. the return of caribou moron!
    oh good keep on with that rethugs

  345. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Sarah Palin and the former Miss California – so cute, so popular.

  346. 45% voters like Palin?! how dumb can 45% of voters be?
    If I was a rethug I wouldn’t like dismal dreadful sara

  347. LeftCenter says:

    #380 To voters my age, Palin is hot. I have a favorable opinion of her for certain purposes, not so favorable for others.

  348. Skyhawk says:

    What is that website? Rupundit.com?

  349. You’re so cool Sarah, if we had an affair all my
    billets doux to you would be on beautiful ecu stationary
    and accompanied by orchids… no more crayon on old beer cartons…

  350. 379. And oh, so stupid and airheaded they are (Sarah Palin and Carrie Prejean)

  351. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Mark, I like to think of her as the Lesser Sarah.

  352. 381 dreadful sara palin has such an ugly character I can’t
    even see any attractiveness there. Plus she rangy, mangy,
    railroad-jawed, dumb glasses, screechy voiced… character
    is a BIG part of attractiveness and she’s got a dismal
    one. I find her hideous.

  353. LeftCenter says:

    #386 More like a Sarah in training.

  354. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    385 :)

  355. LeftCenter says:

    #387 Yeah, but she looks like Tina Fey.

  356. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Yay, Stereolab on the bumper music machine again.

  357. 385 ah! more Yoda commentary!

    386 I’ve always liked the name Sarah, and I’m
    not going to let that duncecap ruin it for me.
    At least she has no ‘h’ on the end, the classy
    way to spell it. Steph and I will prolly name
    our two daughters Sarah and Sophie… we’ll name
    Sarah after you…

  358. shāf says:

    Fabio + Steph + Fart jokes = Magical weekend

  359. 390 Tina Fey is gorgeous, except when she plays Palin
    she starts creeping me out, she gets that smarmy look
    on her face, that twisted leer…

  360. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Fabio: “I like to take a woman to the cinema … me in my grubby raincoat, she in her sailor suit … I love a woman with a sense of humour.”

  361. shāf says:

    Kevin es no en casa, man!

  362. Tom Davis is Sanford’s wife’s new guy?

  363. shāf says:

    Basement? I thought it was in the bonus room.

  364. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    El Kabong!

  365. 396 something something “where all the women are salty and all the
    boys are sweet”

    ha ha Fabio in a grubby raincoat his date in her sailor suit
    prolly in a grubby porn theater and Fabio with no pants…

  366. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Quote from Jurassic Park: “When you’ve gotta go, you gotta go.”

  367. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Rachel Maddow did quite a story on the rambling Sanford.

  368. Skyhawk says:

    Hypocrite on line 1.

  369. Ron "McLovin' says:

    I do sense a little glee.

    Otherwise this caller is full of crap.

  370. 400. I thought it was the kids’ playroom. (Shaf)

  371. Amy Outside of DC says:

    North Bergen! That’s close to my hometown. Gotta love the crazies from Jersey, we’re fun.

  372. 405 I gotta check out Rachel’s things on liar hypocrite gov Sanford
    and his views on Other Peoples’ Adultery

  373. shāf says:

    Caller is saying what? That Democrats are not being held to the same standard of morals/political consequences of their actions? Dunce!

  374. Skyhawk says:

    400 – I thought they called it the rump-us room.

  375. Skyhawk says:

    Have a good day folks. Uncle Hal tomorrow, yay!

  376. shāf says:

    A testosterone-drenched show! Bye, Mama. Enjoy your vaca!

  377. LeftCenter says:

    See you tomorrow!

  378. shāf says:

    Have an awesome day, everyone!

  379. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Bye, All
    Seeya

  380. Ron "McLovin' says:

    Normally I don’t enjoy the fill-ins but Hal Sparks is so great.

    I wonder how he’ll do solo. He does fantastic as a “color commentator”.

  381. k to the g says:

    BYE MAMA! HAVE A GREAT VACATION!YOU TOO, MOOKS! :cry:

  382. Ron "McLovin' says:

    Bye eMooks

  383. Dan The Man says:

    Not looking forward to SMS next week. Will tune in again on July 6 when Momma’s back home.

    Take care. Celebrate Gay Pride!

  384. whew over 400 today sparta and a third!

  385. trojanrabbit says:

    So no Mama tomorrow?

    If that’s the case have a great vacation!

  386. Dan The Man says:

    RIP Farrah Fawcett. (Crying)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lKqLY-3XpA

  387. Domitype says:

    Looks like Stephi picked a bad day to quit smoking, er, appear on the Ed Show…

  388. Domitype says:

    428 – my point exactly!