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Cocktail Hag: The Blog

15 Responses to “Cocktail Hag: The Blog”

1. Comment by Kolohe —
   September 12, 2009 @ 11:36 pm

   And the first thing I read is that sure the Post Office is all messed up, but it’s still mostly Bush’s fault.

   My father worked for the USPS for 30 plus years *and* is an ardent Nader supporter, but even he will tell you that the problems with the organization that saved Santa Claus from going to the loonie bin were there back when dubya was still getting DUI’s while living in his dad’s basement.

2. Comment by Mona —
   September 13, 2009 @ 12:02 am

   Kolohe: Hey, I do not agree with every word or post written there, but in general they post interesting stuff.

3. Comment by Kolohe —
   September 13, 2009 @ 12:35 am

   All I’m saying is that, compared to the current top post, a post with simply ‘Bush sucks’ would be pithy (and true) – but not particularly fresh nor piquant. As it is, the current ‘big white lies’ post is imo none of the three

   And I was going to let this go, and probably should but-

   Although it plainly seduced South Carolina wingnut Joe Wilson and goes over big in the tooth-deficient parts of Dixie, it really is too nonsensical and offensive to utter in those precincts where very few homes have license plates and/or appliances in the yard, but utter they do.

   sure as heck wilson’s a dogwhistling mofo, but what on earth are progressives going to do when universal healthcare acomplishes its erstwhile goal and they are no longer able to make remarks about the dental care of poor white people? Or, like most stereotypes, will it be used it long beyond it’s expiration?

   Or is the blog saying that Wilson is trying to court Arican Americans who “suffer greater early tooth loss, more tooth decay and more periodontal disease than Americans in general,” particularly in the rural south?

4. Comment by Kolohe —
   September 13, 2009 @ 12:46 am

   dang I just can’t stop-

   on the emotional intelligence post – “Republicans have the mentality of a neglected three-year old; promoting this meme will reduce political polarization, and at the same time, inner city violence”

5. Comment by Kolohe —
   September 13, 2009 @ 12:52 am

   Predictably for campaign finance reform in the name of ‘free speech’ so that part doesn’t bother me, but this is a gem regarding fmr soliciter general Olson (of late trying to legalize gay marriage in CA):

   (and of course since his loudmouthed harridan of a wife, Barbara, was fortuitously eliminated on Sept. 11th…)

   Now *that’s* piquant! (and shows copius amounts of emotional intelligence)

6. Comment by Mona —
   September 13, 2009 @ 12:58 am

   and of course since his loudmouthed harridan of a wife, Barbara, was fortuitously eliminated on Sept. 11th

   Oh Geez.Whose post was that– date and name? That’s sick.

7. Comment by Kolohe —
   September 13, 2009 @ 1:06 am

   The Golden Rulers
   Posted on September 8, 2009, 4:21 pm, by cocktailhag, under News Network.

   http://www.cocktailhag.com/blog/news-network/the-golden-rulers/

   commentary on Citizens United Vs FEC.

8. Comment by Mona —
   September 13, 2009 @ 1:23 pm

   Kolohe: Well, I’m certainly not going to defend that repugnant parenthetical about Barbara Olson. (And am surprised at the Hag; I wouldn’t have thought he’d write anything such as that.)

   But I nevertheless find the site interesting. YMMV.

9. Comment by joe from Lowell —
   September 13, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

   That’s a terrible thing to say. Our discourse would be better off without out.

   Are there any UO bloggers who’d care to disagree? Keep in mind, Ted Olson is one of those powerful government people.

10. Comment by Mona —
    September 13, 2009 @ 6:50 pm

    joe: I know you are appalled that some of us don’t think Joe Wilson’s shouting “Liar!” during Obama’s speech is The Greatest Travesty Evah, but while indecorous — and possibly a violation of congressional rules — it is not the equivalent of celebrating the death of a 9/11 victim. It pains me to say that because I like Cocktail Hag; but what he wrote about Mrs. Olson was awful.

11. Comment by joe from Lowell —
    September 13, 2009 @ 10:00 pm

    But…but…Ted Olson is powerful. As in, the government.

12. Comment by dhex —
    September 13, 2009 @ 10:16 pm

    “Unfortunately, to rid the world of the Joe Wilsons means we have to start with parenting and early childhood education.”

    so cute!

13. Comment by BDB —
    September 14, 2009 @ 11:02 am

    All I’m saying is that, compared to the current top post, a post with simply ‘Bush sucks’ would be pithy (and true) – but not particularly fresh nor piquant.

    Eh, the Reds still yammer on about Jimmy Carter to this very day. Nearly 30 years later. We’ll hear a lot about George W. Bush in the coming decades.

14. Comment by joe from Lowell —
    September 14, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

    And Jimmy Carter was, at worst, somewhat below average.

    George W. Bush was a uniquely awful president, possibly the worst ever. We went through 26 years when the range of presidential quality was calibrated to clearly distinguish between Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.

    It’s like tuning your ear to distinguish the first five notes on the G string of a guitar, and then somebody plays the low E on a tuba.

15. Comment by Cocktailhag —
    September 20, 2009 @ 6:12 pm

    Sorry, Mona, for tossing out something so offensive to many in such close proximity to your recommending my blog. But Ted certainly seemed to get over his bereavement pretty quickly, and Babs was never mentioned again. I’m no “truther,” except to the extent that we’ll never be allowed to know what really happened before, during, and after 9/11, and that pisses me off. Sorry to speak ill of the dead, but have any of you read one of Barbara Olson’s “books?”
    She’s hardly something to be pitied, and she’s one of the many “none of your business” stories we’ve been forced to swallow.
    Since I’m just a blogger, and not, say, the WaPoo, I felt I could toss that in.

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