Taibbi: Surreality at the Lieberman Insurgency Launch

[BurtWorm]

I laughed at the same things Taibbi says he laughed at:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/11151851/the_low_post_lieberman_is_not_going_away/print


"If the people of Connecticut are good enough to send me back to Washington . . . " he began, "I promise them I will keep fighting for the same progressive new ideas and for stronger national security . . . "

At the words progressive new ideas I couldn't help myself and let out a little laugh, recalling Lieberman's determination to yank funding from public schools that counseled suicidal teens that it was OK to be gay. Was that the kind of progressive idea he was talking about? I really did try to muffle it, but it was too late -- a middle-aged woman with big dangly earrings in a Lieberman T-shirt whipped around and glared at me.

"Yes?" I said.

"Have some respect!" she snapped.

"What?" I shouted.

"You should be ashamed of yourself!" she hissed.

I shrugged. A few minutes later, Lieberman ended his speech with an impassioned promise to fight on: "I believe tonight, more than ever, in America's greatness in its values . . . Will you join me? "

Roars, cheers from the crowd; the sneering lady in front of me jumped up and down; and then, weirdly, Joe descended from the stage to the strains of the Tattoo You-era Rolling Stones anthem "Start Me Up." As the defeated Democrat (now officially an insurgent candidate) hugged his family and shook hands with his supporters, the familiar but suddenly unpleasant lyrics shot out through the ballroom:

If you start me up

If you start me up I'll never stop . . .

Slide it up!

As I listened to this, another Joe supporter -- a somewhat older woman in horn-rimmed glasses -- came over and cornered me.

"You know what?" she said. "You reporters are all alike. You won't admit it, but you're all anti-Semites . . . "

I scratched my head. Anti-Semites? The song rattled on creepily:

If you rough it up

If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up

I shuddered at this, trying to keep my wits, but Horn-Rimmed Glasses was still whaling away at me. "You people really do have no respect," she went on. "Joe is such a wonderful man . . . "

"Listen," I exploded, interrupting her. "Do you know what this song is about?"

She froze.

"It's about a guy who gets an erection that doesn't go away," I said. "Can you explain to me why this song is playing now? What the hell is wrong with you people?"

Horn-Rimmed frowned and listened. At that exact moment Mick Jagger was wrapping the song up:

You, you make a dead man come . . .

You, you make a dead man come . . .

The woman recoiled, briefly assumed a quizzical expression, then walked away shaking her head, like the song was my fault.

[zonkers]

1. kick.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Maybe Joe is taking campaign contributions from the 4 hour erection folks.

If you have an erection that lasts more than four hours, consult your physician.

Or maybe it's because Lieberman IS an erection that won't go away.

"Have some respect". Yes- respect for THE FUCKING PRIMARY PROCESS, shitheads!

[ChiciB1]

3. OH, Keep It UP... Mr. Lie!!!

That was just what I needed for now. Was just getting ready to go read a book because I am so mad about so many things and my posts are getting almost ABUSIVE!

I was thinking if I stayed here posting I was risking getting kicked off DU! Now I am leaving for a while. I want to finish that book!

Everyone needs to get the book FIASCO! There's also another book that should be read, but UNFORTUNATELY I forgot who wrote it and the name. But it's written by the man who wrote the movie "The Siege" with Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis. I just saw that movie about 3 months ago and it made me wonder about so many things. Especially since it was made in 1996 or around that time! It was so "on" about 8/11 without actually being 9/11! The similarity was scary! GOOD MOVIE!!!

[reichstag911]

6. Lawrence Wright's...

...The Looming Tower.

[porphyrian]

4. "You people..."

That's always a good way to talk when you're concerned with people being racist.

[Hav]

5. .

Nice. DJ Holy Joe with his new song: "I had an erection last night, will you join me?"
I hope you all sleep well tonight.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Lose an election, but never an erection....

:rofl:

[Bucky]

8. I hope you know that by posting this excerpt, you are an anti-semite

Also, understanding the lyrics of that song makes you a pervert and probably a necrophile. And since you undoubtedly criticize Mary Cheney, too, I'm sure you're a homophobic misogynist. Who hates Christians and people from Wyoming with equal blinding hateful fury.