Photo of the Day: Let’s Hope Ted Nugent Was As Miserable As He Looked During the State of the Union Speech
Day: February 13, 2013
Rubio’s ‘Shaky And Sweaty’ Performance Was the Worst GOP Rebuttal Since Gov. Jindal Channeled Kenneth the Page
In his rebuttal to Pres. Obama’s State of the Union speech last night, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio delivered the worst political performance on the national stage since, well, Oct. 3 — and the worst GOP rebuttal since Louisiana GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal unintentionally imitated Kenneth the Page on “30 Rock” when he delivered the rebuttal to the president’s first address to Congress in February 2009.
Joe Scarborough is ‘Ron Burgundy Come to Life’
What makes Joe Scarborough such an enjoyable figure is his combination of affability, good intentions, high self-regard, low self-awareness, and total lack of analytical reasoning skills. He is not remotely dislikable. He is Ron Burgundy come to life. … The nerd is the natural enemy of Joe Scarborough, as nerds defy everything Scarborough has come to believe about the expected order of things.
— Jonathan Chait, in New York Magazine.
Most Who Watched It Liked Obama’s SOTU Speech
77%
Of those watching President Obama’s State of the Union had a somewhat or very positive view of the address, while 22% had a negative response, a new CNN/ORC instant poll found. However, Obama was speaking to a relatively friendly audience. Of those who watched the speech, 44% were Democrats and 17% were Republicans.
Nugent Proves Yet Again What His Brains Are Made of
He probably has shit for brains. I couldn’t be more proud of myself, what I stand for, and for this pompous ass to claim that he cares more about a family that lost a child than I do is a perfect example of the brain-dead critics of Ted Nugent.
— Ted Nugent, quoted by Politico, when Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) questioned Nugent’s presence at the State of the Union. Langevin is in a wheelchair and paralyzed from a shooting accident when he was a teenager.
Menendez’ Daughter Offers Scandal Advice to ‘Generic Politician’
So you’ve found yourself embroiled in a scandal, huh? In a perfect world we’d rewind to before this ever happened, when you were just some up and comer who was running for city council or state assembly. I’d tell you to make a list of your real, true friends. No big donors. No one who trades your name like a baseball card. No one who is more invested in you, the mighty and powerful than in the real you. My instinct is to tell you that that person is someone from your childhood, someone who knew you when you were still wearing bad suits and actually eating the chicken dinners they serve at political functions.
— Alicia Menendez, daughter of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who is embroiled in a burgeoning scandal involving a donor. She wrote this advice in 2011 “to a generic embattled politician brought down by scandal,” as discovered by Roll Call.
Rubio Says Water Grab Was Part of God’s Plan
God has a funny way of reminding us we’re human.
— Sen. Marco Rubio (GOP/Tea – Fla.), citing divine intervention as the reason for his bizarre grab for water in the middle of the Republican response to the recent State of the Union address.
Water You Doing?
The GOP’s grooming Marco Rubio to be its prez candidate,
But we have to wonder if the lad is ready for that yet.
In his response to the SOTU
He didn’t quite shine through,
Succumbing instead to panic, cottonmouth and flop sweat.
