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Glamrock

(11,787 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 04:38 AM Feb 2016

The GOP implosion is giving me a boner...

Last edited Sun Feb 14, 2016, 01:01 PM - Edit history (1)

I just watched the GOP "presidential" debate. That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Is this fun or what? The level of schadenfreude I feel watching the self-engineered implosion of the GOP is sooo high and soooo delicious I have an erection. My apologies to the permanently offended. But shit, this is great. From every angle you look at it from.

Looking at the beltway media is like walking through Willie Wonka's garden. The constant looks of incredulity and confusion at the rise of Trump and Sanders has been like picking candy off the bushes and drinking chocolate from the stream. Oh, and here's the mushroom filled with creme! Liberals have been predicting this since Reagan put this coalition of loons together in the first place. That's an awfully thick bubble they're living in if 30+ years of warnings are so unheard that Trump can take them by surprise. And Bernie? Almost the same fucking thing! How long did they actually think the American people wouldn't notice money in the political apparatus? How long did they think the economic gains could continue to be vacuumed up to the top before the pendulum swung back to the left? It's fucking comical watching them derisively spit Bernie's name from their mouths. The horror, the sheer fucking horror they experienced when the FDR socialist trounced Hillary in NH, right? I could actually taste the tears welling up in Chris Mathews' eyes. Once again, boner inducing.

And speaking of tears, there's the GOP establishment. Oh fuck, the taste of GOP tears. Like Jack Daniels Honey. So smooth. Sooo delicious. Watching the monster they created stomping around beating on Fox, Jeb!, the RNC, Cruz, Rubio, Carson. Holy shit, man. This is freaking awesome! The brain dead horde is now splitting off into groups that don't trust Fox, or don't trust Glen Beck, or don't trust their own fucking eyes. Like Spanish fly! And the bonus. The establishment candidates can't get a foothold regardless of how much money is spent.

Which leads us to the donor class. Sure to be a viagra like rush of blood to be found here! Sure enough! Millions spent on Walker, Christie, Cruz, Rubio, and Jeb!. For nothing! Nothing! Millions upon millions upon millions pissed away. They've influenced nothing! Trump is Bizarro Superman. Evil, dumb, and can't be controlled. He's the reason these guys are throwing good money after bad out the window. And even better, their heavy-handedness with the political influence they've bought has, in fact, made a 74 year old socialist jew an actual contender for President of the United States. Oh yeah, he's purple and angry now. That is like viagra!

And finally, the horse race. The cherry on the top. The show of shows. A collection of dimwitted idiots the Three Stooges could look down on. Sarah Palin lowered the bar so low, anything is acceptable. And it shows. Good Christ man. Seriously? Ben Carson actually killed off some of my brain cells. I'm not kidding. I'm now dumber from just hearing what he had to say. And the rest? "You're a poopyhead!" "Nuh-uh!" "Nuh-hu!" "No, you're a poopyhead!" "Nuh-uh!" Then bad idea, bad idea, not grounded in reality, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan. "You're a poopyhead!" John Kasich: "Oh for fuck's sake!" Bad idea, bad idea. The pure stupidity, racism, and theocratic bent is fully on display for the 70% of the country that hasn't drunk the cool-aid. I'm like a 15 year old in his first makeout session. The implosion of the GOP is giving me a boner.

P.s. I know what's at stake. I know the troubles facing this nation. I don't wanna hear it. I'm 44. It can rarely crack granite like it used to. Lemme enjoy it.


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The GOP implosion is giving me a boner... (Original Post) Glamrock Feb 2016 OP
It IS the small things in life that makes it worth living DJ13 Feb 2016 #1
Hey! Glamrock Feb 2016 #2
Thanks for the chuckles, hope this gets to stay nolabels Feb 2016 #4
this was a GREAT read Skittles Feb 2016 #3
well, that was a pure delight! thank you. bbgrunt Feb 2016 #5
Awesome read. So funny and so true. Thanks. GoneFishin Feb 2016 #6
Jury results: Mariana Feb 2016 #7
Someone alerted this!?! DU has lost its damn mind and the this proves the jury system is not only Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #11
Did you read the reason? Too funny. LOL nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #15
I did. lol 840high Feb 2016 #77
Chill. The jury voted to leave. Hortensis Feb 2016 #17
Something tells me that was a pre-emptive alert. Someone MH1 Feb 2016 #73
DU has not list its mind! This jury voted 7-0 in favor of leaving it! (eom) Samantha Feb 2016 #80
The alert was the reason. The result is good, but people are abusing the jury system Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #81
Oh my, that was the funniest alert ever. Kudos to the alerter. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #12
Alerter needs a meal for french cries, a waahburger and a whinekin Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #18
But the only thing they objected to was the "mushroom filled with creme." Live and Learn Feb 2016 #19
Yeah, that could become the next DU meme. sarge43 Feb 2016 #32
Yep, I love it. "Just another mushroom filled with creme argument." Live and Learn Feb 2016 #36
Limitless possibilities sarge43 Feb 2016 #41
Already looking for where I can use it. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #42
"That's a MFWC rebutal." sarge43 Feb 2016 #43
ROFL. Already trying it out: Live and Learn Feb 2016 #44
Looks like it could take. sarge43 Feb 2016 #46
Definitely. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #47
Bwaaaaaa Glamrock Feb 2016 #51
It should be served with Chicken breaded with cornflakes Sanity Claws Feb 2016 #35
That sounds yummy. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #37
I'm offended too! lol opiate69 Feb 2016 #59
ROFL Live and Learn Feb 2016 #63
Maybe they're allergic to Mushrooms? Quackers Feb 2016 #60
or creme? Live and Learn Feb 2016 #64
LOVE IT Skittles Feb 2016 #26
This could actually make juries and jury duty fun. lol nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #27
ooh that's a tough one Skittles Feb 2016 #62
That actually made me laugh out loud. myrna minx Feb 2016 #38
You mean ALOL? lol nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #39
What, someone's never watched the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka? Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #13
Was that you? If so, I can only say: Live and Learn Feb 2016 #21
The alert? No. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #23
Damn, I would have bet on that. ROFL Live and Learn Feb 2016 #25
I suspect the alert was a joke nxylas Feb 2016 #29
It really is. But it is hilarious either way. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #31
Oh ffs! Glamrock Feb 2016 #50
What an awesome realistic post appalled_again Feb 2016 #8
politics has become entertainment olddots Feb 2016 #9
Politics has been entertainment for a long time. Mariana Feb 2016 #22
Giving you a what? TrollBuster9090 Feb 2016 #10
Oh yeah Glamrock Feb 2016 #75
can we have an AMEN! anniebelle Feb 2016 #14
I have nothing to add. Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #16
DUZY nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #20
Hmmm .... the taste of GOP tears? Delicious! ebayfool Feb 2016 #24
Rec & Kick. MerryBlooms Feb 2016 #28
It was such a complete shit show Nyan Feb 2016 #30
Agreed. That debate was one of the funniest, laugh out loud, spectacles that I've ever seen prayin4rain Feb 2016 #33
Ah, and thanks to whoever gave me the heart :) nt prayin4rain Feb 2016 #58
Your OP should be pinned! eom LiberalElite Feb 2016 #34
Simmer down now. lonestarnot Feb 2016 #40
Simply marvelous CanonRay Feb 2016 #45
Hopefully not an orange one! Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #48
fantastic verbal ejaculation! tk2kewl Feb 2016 #49
Are you having a OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #71
Yes! Yes! Yessss! tk2kewl Feb 2016 #72
This is absolutely the best I have read in a long time. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #52
Awesome thread, thank you! Very funny! :) nt steve2470 Feb 2016 #53
I don't have the plumbing to produce a boner, but that was a hugely Nay Feb 2016 #54
And yet--the surviving member of the clown troupe has a 50% chance of being the next President... First Speaker Feb 2016 #55
Boner killer! Glamrock Feb 2016 #56
...... Hotler Feb 2016 #57
posts like this are why I'm at DU! n/t cynannmarie Feb 2016 #61
Y'all have been very very kind. Glamrock Feb 2016 #65
Good... deathrind Feb 2016 #66
I think we're living it! Docreed2003 Feb 2016 #74
It calls to mind a heavily armed, meth-fueled riot hifiguy Feb 2016 #67
you mean a boehner? spanone Feb 2016 #68
Purple and Angry. Iggo Feb 2016 #69
"Trump is Bizarro Superman." klook Feb 2016 #70
You're a poopyhead. Bwahahahahaha! valerief Feb 2016 #76
Epic! HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #78
Sometimes I wish I had your cojones... dchill Feb 2016 #79
i love the title of this post ;) lmao mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #82
The real cherry on the cake is the super PAC system Warpy Feb 2016 #83
This election cycle is so wonderfully bonkers. killbotfactory Mar 2016 #84

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
7. Jury results:
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:33 AM
Feb 2016

On Sun Feb 14, 2016, 05:07 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

The GOP implosion is giving me a boner...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027609957

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I object to "mushroom filled with creme" - that just sounds disgusting.

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Explanation: Mushrooms filled with crème may well be disgusting, but I don't think they're against the TOS!

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Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
11. Someone alerted this!?! DU has lost its damn mind and the this proves the jury system is not only
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:58 AM
Feb 2016

becoming worthless, it's being abused by people with skin so thin, paper is thick by comparison.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
18. Alerter needs a meal for french cries, a waahburger and a whinekin
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:02 AM
Feb 2016

Liberals who are offended so easily are the ones that give us a bad name. You know the ones that change the "e" to a "y" in women, who believe the drug war should end, but want to ban tobacco. . .

Phil Ochs was right. Love me, I'm a liberal.

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
32. Yeah, that could become the next DU meme.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:58 AM
Feb 2016

A post filled with the seven four letter words and that's what wadded up alerter's panties. Brilliant.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
36. Yep, I love it. "Just another mushroom filled with creme argument."
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:57 AM
Feb 2016

"Did a mushroom filled with creme just explode in this thread?"

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
43. "That's a MFWC rebutal."
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 09:20 AM
Feb 2016

It's like Einstein's "What would the world look like if I rode on a beam of light? WHOA, what I could do with that!"

sarge43

(28,940 posts)
46. Looks like it could take.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 09:45 AM
Feb 2016

Perfect for a Leave on jury duty. "That's a mushroom filled with crème" alert.

Sanity Claws

(21,836 posts)
35. It should be served with Chicken breaded with cornflakes
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:52 AM
Feb 2016

Maybe we can make it a menu item at the Olive Garden.

Skittles

(153,103 posts)
62. ooh that's a tough one
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 05:27 PM
Feb 2016

I would partake but........there's too many delicate flowers around here who give me REAL ones

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
22. Politics has been entertainment for a long time.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:14 AM
Feb 2016

My grandmother told me her family would go see a politician whenever they had the chance because it was a free show. Of course, that was before there was teevee...

TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
10. Giving you a what?
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:54 AM
Feb 2016



"Millions spent on Walker, Christie, Cruz, Rubio, and Jeb!. For nothing! Nothing! Millions upon millions upon millions pissed away. "


But surely, during the 2012 election when the donor-class donated $300,000,000 to Karl Rove, and got NOTHING (not even elected one candidate that Turdblossom bankrolled)....that must have given you (to quote Amy Schumer) a "reasonable chubb?"

anniebelle

(899 posts)
14. can we have an AMEN!
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:00 AM
Feb 2016

I was absolutely glowing last night for the first time in a long time. What with the news about Scalia and then watching these feces slinging clowns, it was like Christmas.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
30. It was such a complete shit show
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 07:45 AM
Feb 2016

I almost felt bad for the moderator. You could almost hear him say "My god, what a mess this is..."

prayin4rain

(2,065 posts)
33. Agreed. That debate was one of the funniest, laugh out loud, spectacles that I've ever seen
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 08:00 AM
Feb 2016

Pure comedy gold.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
54. I don't have the plumbing to produce a boner, but that was a hugely
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:29 AM
Feb 2016

satisfying and wonderful read! It's exactly how I feel -- Trump is absolutely trashing the place by basically telling the truth. I keep thinking that Trump must be a Democratic plant. God, wouldn't that be something!

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
55. And yet--the surviving member of the clown troupe has a 50% chance of being the next President...
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 11:41 AM
Feb 2016

...is that the most terrifying thing imaginable, or the funniest joke of all? Or maybe both?

deathrind

(1,786 posts)
66. Good...
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 06:18 PM
Feb 2016

Read!

"Sarah Palin lowered the bar so low, anything is acceptable."

So true.

If you have never seen the movie "Idiocracy" I highly recommend it. It is art come to life. The Republican Party in all its glory.

Warpy

(111,108 posts)
83. The real cherry on the cake is the super PAC system
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:37 AM
Feb 2016

that billionaires lavished many millions on, thinking Citizens United would allow them to buy the election, hey, no sweat!

Now it turns out those super PACs are nothing but big scams, spending less than 5% on average on the election. That means for every million they put in, they get $50,000, enough to buy two or three 30 second commercial blocks in one market. And that's if they've spent any money making commercials! So where did the money go? Hey, executive salaries, posh office suites, and slick mailers looking for more suckers to pour money down the rathole.

The Republican Party started to devolve into a racketeering organization in the 70s with the Nixon Dirty Tricks squad. You want to talk schadenfreude, let's talk about how the rackets are now scamming them.

killbotfactory

(13,566 posts)
84. This election cycle is so wonderfully bonkers.
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:06 AM
Mar 2016

If only racist misogynist bigots turn out to vote, he'll probably win. But... I'm pretty confident that won't happen.

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