Is that myiq?

For the record, the term “Tennessee wingnut” is redundant.

That is how it needs to be done.

Do you think our Congress will ever grow a set?

An a male Hambeast illustration to boot! Huzzah!

Is that myiq?

No.  That guy’s better looking than myiq.

Probably gets laid more often than myiq too.

There are plenty of good people in and from Tennessee - I like to count myself among them. There just aren’t nearly enough of them.

Texas did something like this too.  There is some small hope for dixie.  Congrats on lapping the field, I sure nice deb will be gracious in defeat.

Is the ole perfessor clutching at his explosive pearls and gasping for air, at present?

Just axin’

I like the description of the jeebus Freak who was all prepared with his family heirloom bible to be sworn in.

The Lord does work in mysterious ways, doesn’t he Mr. Flat Earther?

Apparently there is a God, and he’s a liberal.

ooooooooooooo.  Mumpower reads comic books.  Has over 17,000 of ‘em.  Wow.  At least he can say what he reads, unlike another Republican.

Ralph-

There are plenty of good people in and from Tennessee - I like to count myself among them.

And then you have to switch to the other hand to finish ?

Great article!  But man, that picture…ugh!

I see that the natives are getting restless at our old friends, VastLeft&Co;.

Great, “Riverberry” is commenting there, too.  Loved this comment:

GAWD, I’ve got to take up another hobby.

Ya think? How about not being a narcissistic butt twitch?

How do you fuck up a t-shirt?  T-shirts should be Fail-proof.

I would like to ask the other Rumproast mindless sex slaves on here a question.  I was reading the articles on the MS Magazine cover and of course in every article there was a picture of the cover, and of course ever time I saw it I kept thinking to myself “now that is one DAMN FINE looking man right there” anyhoo my question is, is is wrong to have naughty thoughts about the next POTUS cause ya know the very idea of it in the past would have just made my skin crawl.  Am I alone in this?

“is IT” (obviously, I am sure it is wrong to have the word is consecutively three times in a sentence.)

I was just thinking about The Farmer today.

Sean,

Wow.  I’m constantly amazed at Murphy’s willingness to use any opportunity to manipulate her readership.

I know I’m sad to see someone’s idealism used, as Jennifer4Hil’s has been used, by this movement.  I certainly hope J4H finds what it is that she’s looking for, and that it’s in a non-violent direction.

What is it with the “icepick voice” of some American females (notice I say some), where I am from most females have a sort of Margeret Thatcher voice, ie once they have got passed their early teens the metaphorical “balls drop” and they get their adult voice.  However for some reason here in the States that doesn’t happen and lots of females end up sounding like 5 year olds, what is up with that?  I was listening to my local radio show a while back and this woman came on and I swear it sounded like she had given the phone to her child.  My mother in law has the same voice, I can’t understand it.

AltHippo, that is one of the saddest, and most alarming parts of this whole mess: Murphy encouraging J4H’s worst fears and behaviors and squeezing her for money. Every now and then a flash of J4H’s probably worried-sick family comes through,telling Jenni to “pick her battles.”

Litlebritdifrnt,

This is something that comes up in acting classes I’ve taken over the years.  “Ice pick” voice is a result of physical tension that forces the voice up into the head as opposed to the chest.  Correct support comes from the leg muscles, and yes, the genitals.  Relaxing the throat muscles also helps.

Actors, opera singers, etc., get this from training.  I don’t know why you see less of a problem in the UK and Europe, though.

@ sean and AltHippo

Although we are being equated with the Wonkette commenters, it seems to me that—with very few exceptions that I can recall—RR has restricted its criticisms of J4H to observations that she is delusional, homicidal and prone to hysterical, sputtering rant—assertions that are supported by voluminous documentation.

In truth, I’m honestly impressed that she was able to construct a lengthy epistle that wasn’t just a profanity-drenched call for death, suffering, revenge and the sexual mutilation of men.

Of course, it’s a disingenuous piece of self-serving hooey, but it’s pure recruiting gold on a site that glamorizes and venerates victimhood, while encouraging the same sort of juvenile mockery that seems so low-down and contemptible when they’re on the receiving end.

Mrs. Polly - sadly the entire movement has become that, feeding into people’s worst fears and basically scamming them for money, Murphy has done it, Berg has done it and Orly has done it.  Right now over on Orly (if Patrick of YTD is to be believed and of course he is) she is basically inciting a second Civil War, calling on all her followers to rise up and forcibly stop Obama from being sworn in, luckily her followers amount to approximately 10 PUMAs so this will not be a problem.  However, in every post it is “send more money so we can continue the fight” these people are pretty much the latter day equivalent of the worst of the televangelists, milking their followers for money while living high on the hog.  It is sad.

O/T @ Mrs. Polly—Have you checked your yahoo mail?

Althippo - actually you are right, that reminds me of the scene in “sister act” when Whoopi Goldberg smashes sister whatsherface in the diaphram and all of a sudden there is a voice, you are correct.  I took voice lessons in my acting past and the breathing part is key.  I can go from Alto to Soprano depending on the role and it is all a matter of where you are breathing from.  However, I STILL do not figure how someone like J4H would figure that going through life with a voice like a cheese grater would benefit her.

litlebrit, I don’t know why, but back in the late 70s? In high school and college? Women started talking as if they were on helium? One of public radio’s best interviewers, Terry Gross, spoke purely in interrogatives, until she was clearly sent to a consultant, and her voice dropped an octave at least.

As to the piercing volume, it could be IPOD-deafness. It could be pop-culture: it seems most brutal to me when we’re at a restaurant and a few pretty, made-up,twenty-something women enter, gabbling like steel turkeys.

However, I STILL do not figure how someone like J4H would figure that going through life with a voice like a cheese grater would benefit her.

Yes, that’s hard to understand.  Though, I’m the first to say that I’ll put off anything that might require some work until absolutely necessary.

Making one’s voice a little less ice-picky is one of the easier things to do, though.

You guys have already covered pretty much everything I would have written about that festering pile of bullshit except for one thing ... please, for the love of god (or Dworkin), will someone clue Murphy into the fact that the awards voting ended six hours ago. Zoinks!

Kevin K.—For the record, I would like to add that framing the J4H firestorm as a “fat” issue is quite possibly the sleaziest piece of misdirection I’ve ever seen, even on a PUMA blog.

Darragh Murphy is a malevolent ass, and quite possibly the most insincere predator her members will ever have the pleasure of being hosed by.

littlebrit-

Have you checked out the MEN that are on right wing radio? Sean Hannity, Michael Medved, I forget all of them.

They have tiny little voices like fingernails on chalkboard.  They wouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near a microphone 20 years ago.

It’s the new balls in a vice fashion

You guys have already covered pretty much everything I would have written about that festering pile of bullshit except for one thing ... please, for the love of god (or Dworkin), will someone clue Murphy into the fact that the awards voting ended six hours ago. Zoinks!
Comment by Kevin K. on 01/13/09 at 11:12 PM
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If we tell her, she’ll think it’s a conspiracy.  Nope.  Not gonna do it.

As soon as that video of J4H was put up, I remember a lot of us were taken aback and discussed NOT referring to her weight, which the archives will show.

Every so often someone here yielded to temptation, but this is a pretty humane blog overall. Wonkette is Wonkette, and as soon as they got the bit in their teeth I knew they’d run with it.

@Strange: I checked. The Lovely Mountainsong of Songs is dirtying up my hard drive even now. Thanx.

It should be noted that Patrick McKinnion at YTD was also quite clear that knocking J4H’s appearance was out-of-bounds. The Wonketeers were considerably less generous, but J4H can kiss a cardboard cut-out of my ass if she thinks the Roasters were beating up on her mass, rather than her substance.

@Mrs. Polly—Glad it came through. That was a day rich in rewards, and rife with comic mayhem.

Murphy’s Icepick Apologetics and J4H’s screed remind me so much of George W. Bush’s recent press conference. Both are object lessons in the power of delusion.

Bush can’t fathom that he’s the most despised president in history and among the most reviled people on the planet because of stuff he’s done—like starting a war based on lies, allowing an iconic American city to drown and fucking around while the financial system collapsed. During the press conference, he made it clear he thinks all the fuss is about symbolic shit like the Mission Accomplished banner, the New Orleans flyover and his ersatz cowpoke rhetoric. Clue: It’s not, George. It’s about your catastrophic policies and decisions, not stagecraft.

Similarly, Murphy, J4H and the rest of the addled PUMAloons conveniently forget about their blood-curdling racism, grisly castration and murder fantasies, serial killer worship, anti-Semite apologetics and—above all—their cynical, hypocritical attempts to keep a faltering country in the hands of the wingnut shitbags who brought us this low, insisting all the while that they’re “liberals.” That’s why the PUMA cretins are contemptible.

Their abject stupidity and lurid personal psychodramas just make them easier to mock, much as Chimpy’s malapropisms and perma-sneer made him easy to spoof. But taking the occasional cheap shot doesn’t mean there’s not deadly serious intent beneath the ridicule.

It’s not surprising neither gets it, though. That would take self-awareness, and the lack thereof is another trait shared by GWB and the PUMAtrons. Happily, both are rapidly dwindling in relevancy. Bush will be out in a mere SIX DAYS, and the PUMAs can’t even call upon their mighty 18 million to swing a goddamned internet award dealio. Roar, muthafuckas…

The J4H video is all over the internets.  It’s on lots of sites.  Because it was absurd.  Like it or not, she is famous.  For a few more minutes anyway.

jenniforhillary 01.14.09 at 12:27 am

Okay, 5 more minutes and I have to sleep. I could NOT sleep last night and woke up at 3:23 (after going to sleep at midnight)….not enuf :(

Thanks a lot murphy and dances and trish and sheri and every single puma who called, wrote and emailed. I am truly in awe and humbled beyond words (and yes I am talking a lot but when things get quiet I sometimes cannot speak when I think about it all).

I love PUMA and what it stands for very much. But what I really love are PUMAS and that means each and every one of you. Fighters, dreamers, lovers, leaders–we are the ones they are scared of and we are the ones who legends are made of. Martin Luther King would have voted for Hillary, and he would HATE BO and Trinity Church and the Democratic Party (remember, he WAS a republican)….and he would LOVE PUMA!!

and to the boys and girls who think like boys…get a life. please.

“Oh, and Murphy—Thanks for using me, my blind loyalty to you and my unfortunate weight problem as a cynical excuse for the PUMAs’ humiliating rout in the Weblog Awards competition, and a convenient substitute for the ‘Pig of the Day’ thread, the umpteenth rerun of the Jon Favreau pic or the usual Klaus-von-Bulow-shook-Sonny-so-all-men-are-fascist-rape-murd erers rant…which are pretty much all you’ve got to work with anymore.

“I will always love your leadership, AND I WILL GLADLY LET YOU MAKE ME OUT TO BE A HELPLESS VICTIM OF THE ALL-POWERFUL PENCIL-DICKS whenever it pleases you, or serves the overarching goals of women everywhere who self-identify as powerless, vindictive rage-bags.”

They actually screwed up a T-shirt.  I’ll be damned!

What sucks is that I agree with the sentiment.

Griffin 01.13.09 at 9:59 pm

  Murphy: There’s nothing evidence free in what I’m saying. Everything Clinton did is a matter of public record. Only the spin you choose to put on her actions is a lie. Please, don’t further condescend to me by saying you’re “giving me a warning.” A warning of what? That I’ll be consigned to the dungeon for speaking the truth. Go on, then. Confine me to the dungeon. Big fucking deal. Does it change the truth about what Clinton did? NO.

Murphy erased the previous post by this person but not the rebuttal after she tried to smack her/him/it down. Expect it to be erased soon, I believe she gets much more dissension than this it just never gets through.

To Jenni, you reap what you fucken sow, you have said the most vile things about barrack and his family, even his little girls. You are a disgrace to the human race and to every liberal out there. Please STFU cause when you open that large mouth of yours you cover the world with shit!

#####

#####—I copied that entire exchange.

Griffen may be gone, but the record is intact.

“Griffen,” that is.

“Griffin.” Jesus.

jenniforhillary 01.14.09 at 12:04 am

  yes…..it is 4 minutes into the 14th….

  WOW…now it is official RUMPROAST and WONKETTE are the dumbest…..sucks to be them…

The Great Pumpkin Speaks!

I’m really digging comments like this on PUMA PAC:

But you’re right, they fear to debate you because they lack knowledge and integrity.

No one outside their echo chamber gets much chance to debate any of them - even the supposedly oh-so-bright and “articulate” Riverdaughter/Goldberry - because once the going gets tough on those rare occasions when they venture outside PUMA PAC or the Effluence, they usually scuttle right back home as soon as they can to the heavily censored and moderated unreality cocoon they’ve had constructed for them.

None of their pontificating about jenniforhillary’s appearance explains why she first hit the radar and was subjected to ridicule as a result of a radio show.

Very, very few people knew what she looked like until somone later posted her video. Scooter had seen her at the station while she was there for the broadcast, and he’d made no comment about her appearance in any posts I saw.

So, as usual, it’s a load of PUMA bullshit. Yes, once the video came to light, a few comments were made that I was uncomfortable with, as were some others, who actually piped up about it (I said something on YTD as “Abroadsider”, mainly that I was uncomfortable with personalizing things to the extent of focusing on one - pretty obviously demented - person).

I doubt that it would have been much of a factor - here at least, Wonkette is Wonkette, and much as I enjoy the quality snark, you take the rough with the smooth there or just don’t visit the comments - if the pump hadn’t been primed by jenniforhillary’s hatespeech and the fact the PUMAs are a worldwide laughing stock at this stage.

I’d have more time for this whole argument from them if they weren’t so ready to pick on physical attributes themselves when it suits them. Trivial examples include Obama’s ears (which he’s made fun of himself) and Michelle’s “scoopmouth” (which is pretty damn close to a racial epithet). Given a couple of minutes, I’m sure any of us could find far worse on any PUMA site.

So spare me the fake outrage yet again, PUMAs, you bunch of cowardly hypocrites. /rant

why does Murphy say “Our name is People United Means Action. It’s not Party Unity My Ass — never has been, never will be.” 

Yet, if you go to PUMAPAC.COM, you get a redirect message that includes the words “PUMA! (Party Unity My Ass!)”.

I guess she done forgot.

The main pumapac site is down, so they’ve retreated to their back up site, where this happened:

#234 hillstheone on 01.14.09 at 2:19 am

  What’s going on people, is rumproast bored again?

That’s all folks. I’m sleeping now.

freakingbrit: after the first debate, I forget if it was RD or Murphy, but the assessment was, “Well, Nobama’s penis didn’t fall off, so they’ll say he won.”

When is it too early for beerland? It’s only a grain—-perfect for breakfast!

Jeebus fuck it’s not like Tennessee is a desert country! We can bomb them too, in time. OH WAIT I am switching things around. Forgive me.

I was in Tennessee this summer… looking at property for a possible move.  But, other family members would be moving with me.  We’re gonna turn that state BLUE. 

But, now with the sludge issue, maybe not so much.  Wanted waterfront.  And, Tennessee has one of the best tax structures.

Back to the drawing board/map.

Reasonably priced, good climate (not too hot, not too cold), waterfront.  What’s a person to do?

Meanwhile, I guess Tennessee will be 6 folks less blue.

TENN AINT BLLU WHY YOU GIVING DEM TIME *fart*?

When is it too early for beerland? It’s only a grain—-perfect for breakfast!

Don’t tempt me, Mrs. P! I only have rubbish Tennents canned lager here ATM, or I’d maybe have at it. Inadvertently starting the day with a PUMA hit was a bit like mainlining a double espresso. As it is, I’m rehydrating on plain water. Yum.

So I’m befuddled. Is Hillary a TRAITOR who’s sold out to THAT ONE, or is she a STRONG woman whose grasp of her portfolio will embarrass NOBAMA so much that he’ll amend the Constitution, impeach himself, hand over the reins to her and let her serve as President for Life? I’m glad I’m not a PUMA. Life must be so confusing.

Nice to see that despite myego2xu’s protestations, the birfers still have a foothold over there, too.

I’m also again mystified by jenniforhillary’s claims to have been a mover and groover in the feminist movement in years gone by - unless she’s changed her name, I can’t find any record of her in that context anywhere I’ve searched. Fantasist or unsung heroine? - I’m serious, if anyone knows about this - I don’t want to misuse the info, just curious.

StrangeAppar8us - Like I said, there’s enough to dislike Icepick Voice for without stooping to their level and going after her weight.

What I’m starting to notice is the simularities in writing between J4H and Berg’s cheerleader / political officer “Linda Starr’  Both show an utter and complete ability to make shit up as they speak and a complete disconnect from reality…....

Patrick—“Like I said, there’s enough to dislike Icepick Voice for without stooping to their level and going after her weight.”

In case my comments above gave any other impression, yes you did say that, loud and very clear. My own qualms were slightly different. But then some of you will have gathered by now that I’m a bit of a wuss. After all, we’re talking about the person who posted this:

jenniforhillary 11.27.08 at 4:02 pm

my poem (ode to his lowness) goes like this (I apologize for the tone but you know how I am)

Fuck you BO, and fuck your wife
Fuck your family (not the kids) and your life
May all that you have done to us and her
come back to you times seven I’ve heard
And on that day that you face the music
remember that I did not choose ya
I walked alone and held my head up high
support you nope I’d rather die
I’m proud to say that you’re not the messiah
and I hope to hell that you are soon exposed as a big liar
sleep softly and remember this
you chose the wrong women to dis
we’ll never forget, and we’ll never stop
Until she is queen, and you are not!

Long live the girl child….may she rule soon and forever!!

Oh, and I was fossicking around Betty’s blog in my lunchbreak (nice one, Betty) and followed one of her links. Here you go:

Do I feel bad now for having posted the video to Wonkette? Only to the extent that people (predictably) made fun of her appearance, which i’m sure is something she’s sensitive about. However, the larger (heh) issue was not her appearance but the constant stream of batshit-crazy coming out of her mouth.

And fuck you, Daragh.

I think pushing icepick out front as the “voice” of PUMA Pac and clowny boy as the “voice” of the Effluence is pure genius on the part of Zoinks and Riverchucky, respectively. Really.  How could that possibly go wrong? I mean, together they’ve only been banned from like a hundred sites, blogs, forums, etc.  They’re immensely lovable characters.

So I’m befuddled. Is Hillary a TRAITOR who’s sold out to THAT ONE, or is she a STRONG woman whose grasp of her portfolio will embarrass NOBAMA so much that he’ll amend the Constitution, impeach himself, hand over the reins to her and let her serve as President for Life? I’m glad I’m not a PUMA. Life must be so confusing.

According to the NY Daily News she’s a wonkette.  Fess up.  Which of you vicious Obots is a headline writer for the NY Daily News editorial section?  That’s how the headline of an editorial in today’s edition describes her in a piece praising her grasp of the issues before the Senate yesterday.  It could only have been written by one of the boiz.  If a NY Puma reads that in a crowded place this morning I fear for the safety of any nearby citizens.  Well, not really.  I’d actually love to be there with a video camera to capture the reaction.

Do I feel bad now for having posted the video to Wonkette?

I’m unclear on the origins of that video, but it’s my impression that she voluntarily had a reporter film that deranged rant to publicize her loony views. Just as she donated to a radio station to broadcast them, with similar results.

It’s not like you or Wonkette hacked into the family video vault and stole private tapes, though the morons seem to be trying mighty hard to frame it that way. That seems to be a PUMA hallmark: They’re all “we’re strong and powerful—hear us roar!” when they’re trying to bully everyone else. But when one of them gets called out, they’re all “how can the cruel meanies pick on poor [fill in the blank]!”

According to the NY Daily News she’s a wonkette.

*Ouch* LOL

Actually, even I find that a bit demeaning. What was wrong with calling her a plain old “wonk”?

I re-read that and wondered about the use of “plain old” in that context. I’m leaving it in because my day started shakily with a jenniforhillary bang, so if there’s any passing PUMAs, now it’s their turn.

I’m now debating whether I want my screen name associated with the string “jenniforhillary bang.” If Kevin can handle it, I think I can. Glad I didn’t dispose of that peroxide.

Lanwguylander, you sure it was the Daily News?  Not seeing it.

Oops, ,,under the main header.  Scroll to the bottom of page 2.  It’s unfortunate that they set it up that way.  Probably trying to slip it in there unnoticed to avoid the devastating impact of one of their mighty prowls.

Still can’t see it. They must have scrubbed it.

Nope, it’s still there:

The wonkette

Hillary Clinton put on a masterful performance yesterday at Senate hearings for confirmation as secretary of state. There was hardly anything she didn’t seem to know. Were you aware that Botswana has a model program for mining without despoiling land and for equitable distribution of wealth? No? Clinton did.

I’ll take a screencap in case.

Does the whole Rumproast/Puma feud seem all Victor/Victoria to you?

But instead of a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman…It’s them watching us watching them watching us. 

Of course, we get the funnier material.  They just get more fodder for the outrage machine.

Duh. Again, not had my fifth cup of coffee yet…

They just get more fodder for the outrage machine.

And that’s why we’re rolling up the circus tent in a day or two. They’re attention-starved gluttons for punishment and we’re kinda over feeding the beast. Just want to wait until the official Weblog Awards winners are announced.  I’ve got one last round of nose-rubbin’ to get in before I’m through.