LiveBlog for Friday, February 24, 2012

• Sexy Liberal John Fugelsang calls in at 11am ET / 8am PT to talk about tomorrow’s Sexy Liberal Show at The Orpheum in Phoenix

Tina Dupuy of Crooks & Liars calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about Rick Santorum’s religious, homophobic, sexist rhetoric

• President Obama said Thursday his Republican critics promising immediate lower gas prices are either uninformed or dishonest, and he pledged in a speech to University of Miami students to continue pushing for alternative energy sources.

Newt Gingrich lambasted President Barack Obama for apologizing to Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai Thursday after Muslim holy books containing extremist language were burned by NATO soldiers.

• Standing before members of eight Detroit-area Tea Party groups on Thursday, Mitt Romney angled for their support by promising to shrink government by slashing deficits and cutting programs.

The Maryland Senate voted Thursday evening to legalize same-sex marriage, the latest sign of growing national recognition of such unions among gay and lesbian couples. Gov. Martin O’Malley has pledged to sign the bill into law, which was approved last week by the House of Delegates.

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Klassie 30 pts

Bye Mama and Mooks! Later livefyre's!

juliet bravo 42 pts

The sequels are never as good, but really, it couldn't touch the book.

Klassie 30 pts

Mama has her own checkout lane at Liquor Barn

juliet bravo 42 pts

 Klassie Wide enough for the Great Pyrenées to get through so they can haul them home by dogsled

juliet bravo 42 pts

Now see here, Roberts!  You tell me that announcement in one quick hurry!  On the double!  That is all!

Klassie 30 pts

I KNOW! Steph is going to bring the cats and dogs to the studio to be part of the show! Awesome!

juliet bravo 42 pts

Eat your Romney kibble, Republicans!

Klassie 30 pts

No Santorum-filled snausages til you eat your Romney kibble!!

juliet bravo 42 pts

Because frogs raining down would be French and gay...

Klassie 30 pts

Didn't Jim have a recreational abortion?

Klassie 30 pts

Being Karen Santorum - bad gig.

juliet bravo 42 pts

The cats are taking over Stephanie's brain  LOL

Klassie 30 pts

 juliet bravo won't be long now. heh heh.

juliet bravo 42 pts

 Klassie Good CATCH, Klassie!  Har-har-har...

Klassie 30 pts

Somewhere, the comedy gods are weeping...

juliet bravo 42 pts

Speaking of Gov. Jan Brewer, I was watching her Papers Please press conference video -" I do not know what an illegal alient looks like":

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23RWyRsl00&feature=related

 

I realized she sounds EXACTLY like kids' flash animation everyman, Homestar Runner, pitching FluffyPuff Marshmallows:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23RWyRsl00&feature=related 

 

 

Somebody on the liveblog 9 pts

Know what I want to hear? A grouch-off between Art in Chicago and Sid Flegel in Boca Raton. "Hold on, Art, we've got Sid on line 2..." Oy vey, by cracky!

Klassie 30 pts

 Somebody on the liveblog there'd be lots of "eh?" 'WHAT?" .Art would run his mouth and not even listen to Sid, say a few heh heh's, and try to slam down his cellphone.  Hope it happens.

Klassie 30 pts

Maybe Fuge will bring his illegal Mexican cat-walker to the Phoenix show.

juliet bravo 42 pts

Mama's such a tease - wait, I've got it!  Steph & Lisa and all the critters are moving back to a cramped apartment in New York City!  That's the sitcom - Producer Chris will be the wacky neighbor who peers over the fence, and Jim Ward will drop in for Jimitations.

Klassie 30 pts

 juliet bravo lol. Booze and dope return to Broadway!

Somebody on the liveblog 9 pts

@juliet bravo Each episode, Jim's character dies an unexpected and hilarious death.

juliet bravo 42 pts

 Somebody on the liveblog  juliet Jim shows up in a lab coat with a German accent and ka-BOOM!

Klassie 30 pts

 Somebody on the liveblog  juliet Jim likes to finish early. ha ha.

Klassie 30 pts

Oh Marcus, we miss you so. Somebody give him a tv show for the love of god.

Klassie 30 pts

maybe that's the SMS surprise - a sitcom starring Marcus (Jim Ward) and Bat-Shit (Steph). Lavort could be a foster child.

juliet bravo 42 pts

 Klassie That would be awesome!

Klassie 30 pts

Jan Brewer will call in a bomb threat to the Orpheum just you wait.

Somebody on the liveblog 9 pts

@Klassie All the sexy liberals have to show their papers to get in!

Klassie 30 pts

oil men playing out their hand to make Obama fail...yawn

Somebody on the liveblog 9 pts

Morning all... Once they re-write the textbooks in Texas, a whole new generation of little Texans will be raised to pronounce the word "nucular"...

juliet bravo 42 pts

 Somebody on the liveblog Jesus on a dinosaur!  Oh, wait, that's the title of Chapter 7....

juliet bravo 42 pts

Babykillers in pinstripes, obviously  :-(

Klassie 30 pts

Good morning. BREAKING: Frothy Santorum today announced a war on Candy Stripers. "They work in hospitals where prenatal testing is allowed", he frothed.

juliet bravo 42 pts

I think it was Chris Hayes on Lawrence O'Donnell last night who pointed out that the Republicans mentioned jobs 6 times and contraception twice as many times at the debate - that just underscores your point.

Davefromboston 5 pts

The Republicans live in their own little bubble. They seem to think these social issues are going to be a winner in the general election. I can't imagine that in a country that is slowly but surely becoming more tolerant and diverse, that's going to work. Electing Obama in 2008 was an example of our country at its best - hopefully the same will be true this year.

juliet bravo 42 pts

I will definitely check it out - sounds a little like the Britcom "The IT Crowd", with Irish comedian Chris O'Dowd  and Richard Ayoade as the socially inept but charming IT department in the basement of Denholm Reynholm Industries.  

 

I think it's still on Netflix - you will laugh till your face hurts.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDA1HUmuuJo

Davefromboston 5 pts

Geek heaven is an understatement. Got into the show about two years and have been addicted ever since. It's a pretty standard sitcom format (4 geeks, pretty girl moves in across the hall, they don't have a clue). However, the characters are amusing and every episode has at least a few complete laugh out loud moments. Some episodes are downright hysterical.  

juliet bravo 42 pts

The neocons are constantly hatching these paranoid plots to go after worthy charitable groups (Girls Scouts, Doctors without Borders. etc.) or infiltrating and warping their charitable purposes, e.g. Susan G. Komen.  

 

At least Planned Parenthood overlaps with one of their cherished cultural issues, but Girl Scouts? Really?  What's their offense, promoting competence and achievement by girls, instead of teaching them to be docile and subservient?  It's just so wacky...

 

 

miblue 5 pts

 juliet bravo What do the American Heritage Little Flowers do when they lose their flowers - turn into an American Heritage Trophy Wife?

juliet bravo 42 pts

Hiya, Dave!  Gotta check that show out, sounds like Geek Heaven.

Davefromboston 5 pts

Another voice bumper from the "Big Bang Theory". I have a feeling Chris is a Sheldon fan.

juliet bravo 42 pts

Goooooooood Friday morning, Livefyrebloggers!

 

I just remember "That is all" on the tannoy in Mister Roberts as the deadpan signoff to every announcement, and John McCain's personality had a streak of Captain Morton's bantam bully (played brilliantly by Jimmy Cagney).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMYh1EV-8GQ

 

The movie (William Powell's last) was excellent, but a little more slapstick and lighthearted than the darker, more cynical play, which was based on a true story by Thomas Heggen - a timeless classic.