Welcome to the mainly because half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them DUzy Awards, a compendium of star-spangled amusement from this week on DU. Congratulations to this week's winners!
Note to Mods: Skinner has authorized the DUzy Awards to be posted in GD. Special thanks to Breeze54, jazzjunkysue, rocknation, hootinholler, gateley, babylonsister, FlyingSquirrel, Wetzelbill and NanceGreggs for their invaluable assistance with this edition. This should have appeared last week.OP by Bleachers7: Please read this if you don't want DU shut down by them.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Ut at sem. Vivamus rutrum enim. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus at justo non orci laoreet suscipit. Praesent in ante. Nullam vestibulum augue vitae risus. Fusce libero lectus, faucibus sed, laoreet a, accumsan quis, ligula. Phasellus tempus, nisl vitae faucibus molestie, enim ante tristique dolor, nec dictum dolor felis id libero. Donec et massa vitae purus pretium tempus. Phasellus libero lectus, pretium a, consequat ut, vulputate ac, lacus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Aliquam auctor diam. Sed consectetuer sapien eget orci. Cras vestibulum congue tellus. Quisque orci. Ut cursus mattis nisl. Nunc accumsan, arcu eu consectetuer consectetuer, sem dui pulvinar nulla, sed ornare massa lectus et pede. In iaculis consequat magna. Maecenas urna justo, mollis et, congue eu, volutpat vitae, lectus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
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response #1 by Lucky 13:
Tempus Fugit. Carpe Diem. E Pluribus Unum. Sic Semper Tyranus.And a partridge in a pear tree....
response #8 by Occam Bandage:
Lorem Ipsum: The thinking man's rick roll.response #15 by paxmusa:
Dupe. Someone posted this earlier.The Lounge, September 5, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8074182 On a thread by bigbrother05: What's the difference between Palin & Cheney?response #1 by NightWatcher:
? two cup sizes? Dick does have a nice rack on himresponse #3 by scheming daemons:
I'd like to f*** Palin.... but Cheney is too busy f***ing me......response #4 by mtnsnake:
Palin only shoots defenseless animals, not lawyers.response #9 by az chela:
OH OH OHtheir glasses
response #18 by jazzjunkysue:
Palin's gotta be ready when the mother ship comes.Dick's just got to be back in his coffin in his homeland soil before dark.
response #19 by IWantAnyDem:
From what I understand, Palin is a better shot. n/tGDP, September 5, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6958070 OP by Boojatta: Why isn't there a McCainald's restaurant?Instead of serving French fries, it could serve 100% American fries. Well, the potatoes might be imported, but the fries themselves would be fried up by docile American workers who could earn more if they were willing to work hard, but who unfortunately refuse to pick lettuce even at $50/hour.
GDP, September 7, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6977361 OP by swampg8r: ******************Official DU Panic Thread************************ah ah ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh npoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo omg omg omg
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ok your turn
response #2 by ocelot:
Is it OK if I just curl up in fetal position and whimper?I don't like creating a scene.
response #28 by AldebTX:
Ack....I think I just coughed up a fur ball.
GDP, September 7, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6981128 OP by Ichingcarpenter: Palin and Gibson have now even agreed on the interview questions.1. Gov. Palin, is Barack Obama the most liberal person ever to run for president?
2. How bad do you think the economic fallout from Sen. Obama's catatstrophic plan to raise capital gains rates will be for working class hockey moms across America?
3. Does it bother you how unfair the media and the left wing bloggers have been to you so far?
4. How insulted were you at the unfair insinuation that you had not made any decisions in your role as commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard?
5. How important do you think Reverand Wright's un-Americanism was in Barack Obama's political development and how much do you hate Robert Ayres?
6. Do you believe women are intimidated by your enormous attractiveness?
7. How hard was it for you to single-handedly stop the "Bridge to Nowhere?"
8. How does it feel to have the most executive experience of any candidate in this race and how do you deal with the unfair attacks on that experience?
response #1 by Starbucks Anarchist:
I won't be surprised if they put Vaseline on the lens.response #2 by BrklynLiberal:
Next: Agree on the answers as well....response #3 by gratuitous:
They're writing the answers nowGee, will Sarah be able to stand up to the withering examination of Uncle Charlie?
Bonus question: What's your favorite color?
response #8 by BrklynLiberal:
That color question will be a real tough one......x(
response #9 by crimsonblue:
it really is...If you're Palin, Do you go with "Black as my soul" or "red as the blood of Iraqis that God commanded us to kill" ? Or even the audacious "green as the pile of earmarks covering my office floor"
response #4 by ColbertWatcher:
When God addresses you, does he call you "Governor" or "Sarah"? n/tresponse #12 by Mabus:
You forgot one: "George W. Bush, Great President or Greatest President?"And even then she won't be able to come up with an answer of her own.
GD, September 8, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3946441 On a thread by sabra: Newsweek: McCain Camp compiling all of McCain's policies on large index cards for Palin to studyresponse #1 by Mabus:
They ought to make an extra set for McCainSo he'll know where he stands on issues too.
response #3 by alcibiades_mystery:
Hooked on Reaganomics:eyes:
response #4 by BeyondGeography:
This after they realized building blocks were too cumbersomeresponse #21 by wienerdoggie:
Why can't I be VP then? Just put everything on index cards for me.I like to fish, I've borne children, I have more education than Caribou Barbie, I've held respectable jobs and was responsible for people's lives as a nurse. I didn't enter politics, but...that makes me an OUTSIDER, an everywoman.
response #23 by No Surrender:
America deserves better than a Cliff Notes veep.Poor little Sawwah, so much to learn, so little time.
response #34 by Riddler:
Did they give her 2 sets, one for each position McAss has taken on every issueresponse #38 by blondeatlast:
They did, but damnit, she dropped 'em--and they weren't color coded. No one can tell which one applies THIS week.
response #39 by livetohike:
One index card should be plenty - she probably can'teven memorize that much. I can't even name one policy of the McCain campaign. Oh, is being a P.O.W. a policy? Then I do know one :-).
See below for some Special Visual Achievement awards from this thread.
GDP, September 8, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6986179 Poll question by prodn2000: What is Sarah Palin's Favorite Dinosaur?:bluebox: Eopraptor
:bluebox: Brachiosaurus
:bluebox: Tyrannosaurus Rex
:bluebox: Protoceratops
:bluebox: Stegosaurus
:bluebox: John McCain
:bluebox: Robb/Dingbat/You Know the Drill
:bluebox: Other - ?
At press time, "John McCain" was winning with 55% of the votes, and that's the only thing he's going to win. And see below for some Special Visual Achievement awards from this thread.
GDP, September 8, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6990542 OP by sniffa: Obama will rue the day he didn't take me on as his campaign adviserIf only he had hired me when he had the chance, his campaign wouldn't be the train wreck it is now, and getting creamed in the polls.
I know how he needs to run his campaign, and it's better than what he's doing now.
Not hiring me is going to go down in history as the moment he lost the election, and I won't let DU forget it!
response #4 by blondeatlast:
Hey, I was at that group interview too! I told him to let online posters worry abouthis campaign finances and poll numbers in September!
Did they ever call you back...? I don't get it; I was BRILLIANT. :shrug:
response #14 by sniffa:
He didn't call me back either. That's right, FUCKING ME OF ALL PEOPLEHe sealed his own fate that day.
You were brilliant. I still can't believe he didn't like your suggestion of eating a fetus on live television to show the value of stem cell research.
response #41 by paparush:
If you shoot a moose in the face while pregnant and riding a snowmobile for jesus..maybe you can count McCain's pills for him each morning.
GD, September 8, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6990483 OP by Lakerstan: About this whole "maverick" business...Somebody explain why anyone would vote for a member of a party that claims to be against their own party, rather than someone in a completely different party?
Isn't the person in the different party really the true maverick?
{Whew - that hurt my head}
And see below for two Special Visual Achievement awards from this thread.
GD, September 9, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3954593 OP by Kurt_and_Hunter: Listen Up! Keep the families out of it, or elseWe need to get our act together and not delight in the latest revelations about the Palin family.
I don't care whether Bristol Palin knows who the father of her baby is. I don't care that she made out with every boy in Wassila. I don't care that she was shipped out of town by her horrid mother when the pregnancy became apparent.
And it is none of our business that the "father" was flown into the RNC under duress.
And I sure as hell don't care that Sarah Palin sleeps with men other than her husband. That's her business, not mine.
And it is certainly none of my business that Track Palin (an unfortunate name in the context of drug addiction) is a crack addict and felon who was shipped out of town (like his sister) when his criminality became too public. And if he is shipping out to Iraq only to evade prison for sabotaging the brakes on school buses, well who fucking cares?
It's not like my kids ride those buses.
So keep the families out of it!!!
response #38 by regularguy:
And just because she sacrifices children to Baal...I mean who are we to judge, yknow?
GDP, September 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7013893 On a thread by VTGold: "Over Dozen Fall Sick At McCain-Palin Rally""Fairfax County Fire and Rescue responded to a call of several sick people at Wednesday's McCain-Palin Rally. Emergency crews transported several patients to a local hospital after they suddenly became ill..."
response #2 by hisownpetard:
Same thing happened to me, when I watched it from home.response #3 by wienerdoggie:
Overdose of bullshit?response #14 by Xipe Totec:
They just couldn't swallow it all n/tresponse #20 by radfringe:
must have been something in the lipstick..... n/tresponse #39 by bobbiejo:
Palin's voice created an inner ear disturbance resulting in nausea and dizziness.Long-term exposure linked to severe psychosis and decreased intellectual functioning.
GD, September 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3965285 On a thread by Purveyor: More Than 300 US Rabbis Launch Campaign For Obama"... The struggle for the Jewish voice is crucial to the Obama campaign, as it is to Republican rival John McCain - particularly in swing states like Pennsylvania and Florida, which both have large Jewish communities..."
response #5 by IanDB1:
"When I was a POW, a guard once brought me a dreidel for Hanukkah, my friends..." n/tGDP, September 10, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7019056 OP by SalmonChantedEvening: Palinnochio : )Sarah Palin Lies – To the tune of Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes
It’s something to behold, how she must disguise
More than her soul’s been sold, see how Sarah Palin lies
She turns the fundies on, easy fooling them twice
Prepare for knee-deep snow, see how Sarah Palin lies
And she’ll fleece you, oil lease you
She’ll Morality Police you
Pro secession, and regression
Got pork barrel cash obsession
But her affairs we dare not scrutinize
See how Sarah Palin lies
She may not speak in tongues, tho hers is forked just right
Un-Solomon her songs, see how Sarah Palin lies
Three star promotion for you, deny you criticized
Amnesia will do, see how Sarah Palin lies
Her Aleutians and confusions
Constantly seeks retribution
This non-thrilla from Wasilla
The 900 pound gorilla
Dobson blessed you say goodbye
See how Sarah Palin lies
Her religion, nowhere bridgin
Embellish just a smidgeon
Close to Russia, don't past muster
Or I could rule King of Prussia
Dobson blessed you say goodbye
See how Sarah Palin lies
GD, September 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3972527 OP by jazzjunkysue: ****The First Official Sarah Palin Is So Dumb Thread****Finish this sentence:
"Sarah Palin is so dumb....
response #2 by DontTreadOnMe:
OK, I'll go first...Sarah Palin is so dumb she tripped over a cordless phone.
response #7 by mitchum:
...she pronounces the "b" in "dumb"response #19 by truthisfreedom:
she thinks " bush doctorin' " is wilderness first aid.response #21 by Curtland1015:
Alternate: she thinks " bush doctorin'" is shaving her bikini area!:P
response #30 by KathieG:
...it takes her two hours to watch 60 minutesresponse #32 by dicksteele:
... she thinks the Gettysberg Address was Abe Lincoln's vacation home.response #37 by DearAbby:
Palin is so dumb, it took her an hour to make minute rice n/tresponse #39 by dailykoff:
she took the Pepsi challenge and chose Jif.GDP, September 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7037725 On a thread by redstate_democrat: THE DUMBEST MF'ER TO EVER RUN FOR VICE PRESIDENT---IM FUCKING PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!response #5 by lapfog_1:
Race between her and Dan QuayleYou say potato and I say potatoe.
response #10 by FKA MNChimpH8R:
At least Quayle got through law school and passed the barJeebus, I am defending Dan Quayle. How far has Mooselini lowered the bar?
GDP, September 11, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7037344 OP by TK421: Okay..I get it now....I have found the perfect cop-out when posed with a difficult questionand when I get asked that question, I will respond " In what respect-persons name"?
BOSS: TK421..why were you late for work today?
TK421: In what respect, boss?
BARTENDER: Sorry, but your credit card is over the limit
TK421: In what respect, bartender?
COP: Sir, you're being pulled over because you were going over the speed limit
TK421: In what respect, officer?
Yeah, I just watched the video again and thought it was a pretty straight-forward question myself.
GD, September 12, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3983577 OP by rufus dog: Hate to say it - but I am now voting for McCainAnd it is largely due to his pick of Palin. She truly is a reformer and will bring about the change that this Country needs.
Think about it, we can save billions by not funding public schools! We can just drop the kids off next to what used to be education centers and they will become scholars.
We can solve the health care crisis by dropping patients off near hospitals and Dr.'s offices, the patient will gain the knowledge and be able to cure themselves.
Immigration and National Defense, she solved it, we will just take some of those afore-mentioned students, place them along our borders and borders of problem nations - problem solved.
Financial crisis and unemployment, solved! An army of people will be placed near financial institutions and they will know how to fix everything.
Hunger, now you are getting it, the hungry will be placed next to fast food restaurants!
Come on people it is all so easy, get on board!
GDP, September 12, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7046040 OP by Wetzelbill: Make up your own folksy campaign saying... You know, like the "lipstick on a pig" thing that McCain and Obama and others use sometimes. Go ahead and make up your own folksy campaign saying, and it can be absolutely nonsensical.
I'll start:
If you want a duck to walk straight you don't quack on the other side of the pond.
response #2 by Rabrrrrrr:
If it walks like a horse, sounds like a duck, and flies like a turtle, it's Kafkaesqueand that ain't Christian no how.
response #8 by DS1:
This campaign is serious as a hurricane telephone pole up the cornhole in a crackhouseresponse #9 by DS1:
She's like a one-sided toaster working overtime on a rack of lambresponse #15 by Wetzelbill:
My opponent runs around the issues like a chicken full of Ex-Laxresponse #21 by DS1:
Felt like a bullet wound you could throw a cat through and bled like a stuck pork link in Bermudaresponse #31 by Rabrrrrrr:
Havin' a Rolex don't make ya a beekeeper.response #33 by Wetzelbill:
If gubment ain't like that pond out back, well I don't know what the hell is!response #36 by DS1:
Ain't no worse than shooting 15 people at comcast billing supportresponse #37 by Wetzelbill:
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.response #40 by regularguy:
McCain: Change that's not all black and such like.The Lounge, September 12, 2008: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8090382
OP by tannybogus: Take a closer look at the RNC confetti! response #1 by bushwentawolresponse #2 by Doozygirl54response #5 by Contrary1response #7 by Ghost in the MachineGD, September 5, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3932540OP by symbolman: "Sarah Palin TUNDRA CHICKEN" Graphic for use. Let's FLUSH her OUT!GDP, September 5, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6947827OP by LunaSea: Seen this note from Barack?GDP, September 6, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6959015OP by underpants: Lick my CAPTIONresponse #1 by terryaresponse #13 by rurallibresponse #4 by Zombie2response #7 by bob_weaverresponse #8 by Kurt_and_HunterGDP, September 6, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6962505OP by spanone: who dresses cindy?response #1 by Canuckistanianresponse #3 by proud2Blibresponse #5 by seemslikeadreamresponse #6 by Bozitaresponse #10 by Happyhippychickresponse #18 by edwardlindyresponse #32 by Ikonoklastresponse #44 by Contrary1response #49 by IndenturedebtorGD, September 7, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3943237OP by Cheap_Trick: This just in: Mattel to be introducing the Sarah Palin dollresponse #3 by LunaSeaGDP, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6981794OP by Patsy Stone: Sarah, I'm watching you...GDP, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6992191OP by EarlG: The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 351Editorials & Other Articles, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x382478OP by IndianaJones: what're we gonna do now man? game over, man, game over....response #3 by berni_mccoyresponse #8 by Elrond HubbardGDP, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6981839On a thread by sabra: Newsweek: McCain Camp compiling all of McCain's policies on large index cards for Palin to studyresponse #9 by edwardlindyresponse #30 by Ichingcarpenterresponse #33 by JBoyGDP, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6986179On a poll by prodn2000: What is Sarah Palin's Favorite Dinosaur?response #2 by Kristi1696response #4 by tridimresponse #11 by Buckyresponse #14 by 48percenterresponse #26 by ruckyGDP, September 8, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6990542OP by scheming daemons: I made a new McCain/Palin logo.... you like?response #9 by intheflowGDP, September 9, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7007756On a thread by Lakerstan: About this whole "maverick" business...response #5 by yorgatronresponse #10 by ColbertWatcherGD, September 9, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3954593OP by IDemo: LOL Headline fun for Firefox usersGD, September 9, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3954617OP by demdog78: McPalin McPig - Fun With Photoshop!!!GDP, September 10, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7018381OP by 1corona4u: --------OMG this is GREAT!!!-------GDP, September 10, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7015959OP by ElsewheresDaughter: good niters DU....GDP, September 10, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7009876OP by KitchenWitch: We interrupt your discussions here in GD: P to ask a simple question...GDP, September 11, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7024605OP by Canuckistanian: Hey! How would y'all like to be "foreign policy experts"?response #2 by CAGresponse #4 by Kristi1696response #27 by beacresponse #9 by vpilotresponse #12 by Taylor4changeresponse #22 by FlyingSquirrelresponse #28 by BigleafGD, September 11, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3979787On a thread by blitzen: You can put lipstick on a cocky whacko, but...response #3 by bob_weaverGD, September 12, 2008:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3979993