Posts Tagged ‘John McCain’
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Frank Rich/Tet Happened, and No One Cared The Short Version: McCain is a big fucking idiot. In his words: “The sum total of his public record suggests that he could well prolong the war for another century — not because he’s the crazed […]
Filed under: Drivel, Politicians, Stereotypes, The Gay Recluse, The Times | 1 Comment
Tags: Frank Rich, John McCain, Maureen Dowd, McNice, Nicholas Kristof, Racism, Sexism, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/The Dilbert Strategy The Short Version: Any “reform” of the financial markets proposed by the Bush administration is a joke. In his words: “Oh, and the Bush administration actively blocked state governments when they tried to protect families against predatory lending.” Score: […]
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Tags: John McCain, Paul Krugman, Regulation, The Maverick, The New York Times, William Kristol
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/Betting the Bank The Short Version: Economically, we’re fucked. In his words: “I’m more concerned that despite the extraordinary scale of Mr. Bernanke’s action — to my knowledge, no advanced-country’s central bank has ever exposed itself to this much market risk — […]
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Tags: Asshole Men of Either Gender, Asshole Republicans, David Brooks, Elliot Spitzer, John McCain, Midlife Crisis, Paul Krugman, Recession, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse would laugh at government doublespeak (and the media’s reporting of the same) if it were in a novel instead of the real world. Today Jeff Weinstein sent us the following quote from an article in The Times (of London) about the British government’s decision to reopen the asylum case of […]
Filed under: Capitalism, Communism, Disaster Footage, Gay, Government, Language, Politicians, Quotes, The Gay Recluse | 1 Comment
Tags: Ahmadinejad, Doublespeak, Executions, Gays, Iran, John McCain, Mehdi Kazemi, Mike Huckabee, Quotes, The Times of London
In which The Gay Recluse enjoys a game of “Would You Rather,” the elementary school game in which you must choose one of two offered alternatives and explain why. The Set-up: You are at the gym over lunch, about to get on to the treadmill for fifteen minutes when you realize — fucking-shit! — that […]
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Tags: 38-Special, Bethel Park, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Rose, Condileeza Rice, Dead Battery, iPod, John McCain, Pittsburgh, Republicans, The Allman Brothers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, WDVE
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