I get it that you’re really mad that Barack Obama is the president, but I can tell you that exhuming Andy Williams – of Moon River fame – to say negative things about him is not exactly the path to power for a party already viewed as the domain of the retirement home citizen.
Kids today barely know who the heck Michael Jackson was, much less Andy freaking Williams. What next, Frankie Avalon on cap and trade?
The quote from Williams:
Really? Obama wants the country to fail?
Young people may not recognize Williams’ name but there’s no mistaking the mindless drone of a crazy person when you hear one.
And please, wingnut trolls, if you can explain why you too believe that Obama wants the country to fail, I’m all ears.
Oliver,
Everyone is still using the same talking points. I have several Republican friends that like to talk about this at every turn. I love them to death, but now they sound like parents from Schultz’s Peanuts television specials I hear the same thing so much.
“Waaaah waah wa waaah waaa…socialist….Waaaah waah wa waaah waaa…Marxist…Waaaah waah wa waaah waaa…Muslim…Waaaah waah wa waaah waaa…indoctrination…Waaaah waah wa waaah waaa…taking over America.”
As America becomes a younger and less-white nation, it’s funny that old white farts think their opinion really carries any weight any longer.
Doesn’t “exhume” in this case suggest that someone else planned Williams’ appearance and opinions?
That is absolute nonsense.
Would you like to say that the Baldwins, and Penns and Sarandons, and Clooneys spoke for the Democratic Party?
Andy Williams is a Republican with an opinion, and that’s all.
“Would you like to say that the Baldwins, and Penns and Sarandons, and Clooneys spoke for the Democratic Party?”
No, but that doesn’t stop wing-nuts like yourself from saying they do.
Stop being such a fucking whiny ass titty baby, Frank the drunk.
I’m sure that Laura Ingraham will be exhorting Mr. Williams in her next column/book/O’Reilly substitute host appearance to just “Shut Up and Sing,” right?
Nonono, Oliver! NOT Frankie Avalon. Pat Boone.
FIFY
Actually, I just remembered: there was a coal-sponsored “freedom celebration” in West Virgninia a couple weeks ago where they did some teabagging over cap & trade. Headliner? TED NUGENT.
Andy Williams is a Republican with an opinion, and that’s all.
Is he? Or is he someone who’s been fed a line. It’s hard to say he actually holds an opinion of his own when he’s just mindlessly repeating wingnut boilerplate talking points. Did they really need to drag him out over this? What does Phyllis Diller think of Obama? That’s what I want to know.
“Born Free” was another big hit for him. Mainly, though, he was the guy who, through his Christmas specials, bestowed upon the world the Osmonds.
Don Surber. Egads.
No, but that doesn’t stop wing-nuts like yourself from saying they do.
Jaim, do you have to continue to be such an asshat? Go into town and get laid, will ya?
This shit’s getting creepy, man — you’re freaking out.
Did they really need to drag him out over this?
Who’s “they” The Telegraph?
Like I said before, Oliver wrote it up like he was a spokesman for the RNC. Nobody said the Dixie Chicks represented the Democrats in England. No one said Penn, Sarandon, Clooney, Baldwin, etc., etc., etc., spoke for the Democratic Party.
That’s what I am objecting to. Andy Williams is a singer who votes Republican. Unlike the people mentioned above, I do not recall him running around from one interview to another , espousing right wing / conservative / Republican views.
“No one said Penn, Sarandon, Clooney, Baldwin, etc., etc., etc., spoke for the Democratic Party.”
As a resident of Earth, this isn’t true. Maybe things are different on Planet Bourbon.
What Jaim said. For the last 8 yrs you would have thought Sean Penn was the DNC chairman if you watched fox and listened to the rightie blogs.
Doesn’t “exhume” in this case suggest that someone else planned Williams’ appearance and opinions
No, exhume in this case means what it always has: “to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth”
So, Oliver, you were reporting that Andy Williams’ dead body gave an interview. OK
The funny thing is , Jaim, that if anybody appears to be drunk when they post, it’s you. BTW, Jaim, don’t you have anything better to do than spend your time on a weblog stalking a man you wrongfully think is a drunk. I hope you and Burn, and S M and Mambolio realize that I prize my sobriety beyond emeralds and jewels, and hundreds of amateur assholes like you couldn’t make me feel bad by calling me a drunk.
I am more and more thoroughly convinced that all of you together don’t have a combined IQ in triple digits, when you do it.
Think about this for a moment : (This may require the use of that other brain cell — the one you use to imagine Rachel Maddow when you masturbate) — to imagine what I think of people who claim to be “intelligent, compassionate liberals” who wile away the hours trying to insult a recovering alcoholic of 23 years by calling him a drunk. Could there be a person stupider than someone who would do that? I doubt it. You guys take the cake.
Chuck Norris got the obligatory booking on Huck’s show last weekend. It’s okay if you’re a mouth-breather
“don’t you have anything better to do than spend your time on a weblog”
Sorry Frank. I keep forgetting that the name of this site if “Frankdisalle.com.”
And since you’re probably typing this next to a nearly empty bottle of Ripple, allow me to clarify: I love how you bitch and whine about the treatment you get here, as you troll a liberal website. Again, that’s your perogative, and Oliver is more than accomodating for all points of view. But if I spent four to five hours a day laying turds over at Freerepublic or Redstate, I wouldn’t expect people to address me as Sir and listen attentively to everything I have to say. Especially if my posts were, to be blunt, completely fucking moronic (”science is a belief just like religion!”).
For a grown man you sure do act like a fucking baby. If you want confirmation of your stupid, 13th century world-view, go to Freep and play with the bigots who have the guts to call themselves that. If you continue to be a serial troll here, expect to be shot down, mocked, and ridiculed every time you dare to post some more of your mind-numbling imbecilic bullshit.
Jaim is an asshole : quod erat demonstratum
Go to bed old man.
Jaim,
Saying “old white farts” and “drunk” invalidates the moral high ground you thought you had…..
If I’m not mistaken, I believe that Nelson Muntz is a big Andy Williams fan. So the GOP has the animated pre-teen bully vote locked up. Ha, Ha!
Jaim has no moral high ground, not even to someone like a Roman Polanski. Frank DiSalle answered the call to duty and fought for our country. When the going got tough for Jaim in this country, by his very own admission he left. And now he accepts no responsibility for his lot in life. He still blames Republicans for his inability to return to this country under conditions he would find acceptable.
Calling people who are his moral superiors ‘drunks’ and ‘old white farts’ is par for the course for vermin like him.
“Old white fart”…., how comical for a white guy to say that to another white guy on a blog owned by a black guy.
Jaim is exactly like the white wannabe black rapper kid in Whiteboyz, (except he’d never have a snowball’s chance in hell at at banging someone like Piper Perabo).
What a douche.
Jaim dreamed of the ghetto…But he woke up in Seoul.
–Whiteboyz (1999)
I didn’t think I could care less about Andy Williams’ opinions about anything, and yet, I now actually care less than less. Perhaps that’s the strategy; to say such mindless twaddle repeatedly that people actively stop caring about their existence, letting them do whatever they want. If Andy Williams came at me with a machete now, I’d be so actively bored by the fact, and idly wonder what was on TV.
The righties should continue to pray to their God that Clooney never truly gets interested in political office. Because, it’s kind of hard to win elections to win w/ no votes from women under 50.
Andy Williams???? Why not just insert his crazy diatribe into the lyrics of some Stephen Foster songs? Now that’s modern!
Wait. What? Andy says Obama is no good?!? Andy Williams!?!?!
Sorry guys. That does it for me. If Andy Williams is against Obama, that’s good enough for me. From now on, I’m on the other team.
Haw!
I stared at my computer last night… Andy Williams? Is he alive anymore?
Man, they sure can dredge them up, and I’m old and I’m too young for Andy Williams.
My mother-in-law starts playing his Christmas album even when she comes over at Thanksgiving. I don’t care if he is a Republican, I wish I had never heard the song ‘Coming down the chimney down’ ever in my life, much less the ten thousand times that I have. Uggh.
Four words, Quibner.
Harry Belafonte. ‘House slave.’
Made me want to declare myself a free agent and switch sides too.
“If I’m not mistaken, I believe that Nelson Muntz is a big Andy Williams fan. So the GOP has the animated pre-teen bully vote locked up. Ha, Ha!”
Just when you thought he wasn’t gonna do it…BANG! Third encore!
Republicans have never exactly been known for the hipness of their celebrity endorsers:
“The first McCarthy telecast raised a hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,” Ruth Jones said.
“Who gave the pitch?” Shakespeare asked.
“Paul Newman.”
…..
“We’ll use the same pitch,” Shakespeare said, “but we don’t have as strong a man.”
“Who do we have?”
“Bud Wilkinson.”
–”The Selling of the President 1968″
“You didn’t think he’d do ‘Moon River,’ and then second encore? BAM!” – Nelson Muntz
“Jaim is an asshole : quod erat demonstratum”
Oooo, snap! Boy, you sure got him, huh Frank?
OK, do you know WHY Jay, Dennis, Frank, and the other Hitler Youth like coming here? Because they are emotional masochists, and they get off on the abuse. They were raised by the ravings of the anti-Dr. Spock, James Dobson, who taught parents the joys of raising their children sado-masochistically. In his ‘teachings’, Dobson not only condoned physical and mental abuse, but praised it at “cleansing to the child’s soul.” Hit with one hand, hug with the other– hence laying the groundwork for a lifetime of sadomasochistic tendencies and martyrdom delusions.
Let’s look at the more common right-wing ravings: FEMA camps, child indoctrination to socialism, the birthers, the deathers, etc. Now, a normal, functional adult human being looks at this and says, “WTF? Where the hell do these ideas come from?” Well, where do you think? They’ve been being practiced for decades by the righties themselves in the form of Jesus camps, Bible schools, “Christian” day care centers, and at home. I mean, let’s face it– Nutters are not terribly creative because their brains don’t work creatively. Hence, they take what is familiar and twist it and project it unto those they are afraid of. It doesn’t occur to them that not everyone practices these things or believes in them.
A snippet from Juan Gonzales’ interview with Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gommorah:
“Dr. Benjamin Spock, who tells you to basically pick your child up and cradle it. And, you know, I mean, I was—you know, for whatever it’s worth, I was raised along those guidelines. When your child’s crying, you pick up the child.
By creating a belt-wielding army of millions, Dobson created the next generation of Republican shock troops, who are more radical than before. And sadomasochism—I know this sounds a little strange—is what defines the essential character, you know, that—this is what—at least what I’ve discovered—of the Republican follower of today. They’re sadistic in that they want to lash out at deviants, at people who are weaker than them, homosexuals, immigrants, foreigners, socialists. At the same time, they’re masochistic. They are followers of a higher cause, of a strong leader, a magic helper like Dobson or George W. Bush or the macho Jesus archetype that they worship. And this is what defines this movement.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/4/republican_gomorrah_inside_the_movement_that
I am standing somewhere between pity and terror.
You’re standing on the precipice of delusion and bad fiction-writing, Ivy, is where you’re standing. Take about ten steps backward and try controlled breathing and meditation for a while.
And please report back and let us know how you’re doing.
We care.
“I am standing somewhere between pity and terror”
Eh, no. You’re actually standing somewhere between paranoia and complete irrelevancy. But you are very, very entertaining.
OK, Dennis, if it makes you feel better about the world and your place in it…
Well, you’d klnow all about paranoia, Jo.
BTW, Jaim, where did you acquire a more than nodding acquaintance with Ripple? I never drank a drop of it in my life. I suppose in Jaim’s World, we alcoholics all huddle around a fire in a garbage can, passing a bottle around.
“recovery” “rehabilitation” “intervention”
Welcome to the 21st Century, you ignorant, uneducated, boorish swine.
Try to ignore him, Frank.
In the words of Samuel Johnson, Jaim ‘is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.’
Seriously, Ivy, what you are describing has now been replaced with Obama indoctrination in our schools. You want something meaningful, fresh and pertinent to write about, there you go. So much material ripe for the picking….low hanging fruit.
Go get ‘em.
More, Ivy.
Obama Jesus Camps?
Oh my.
Hey, lay off James Dobson! He is a man of God (the real God, not the gay Liberal Allah), who was a frequent guest of Technical President George Bush, Jr. at the White House and very influential figure regarding Supreme Court Appointees (he had veto power!) and Republican presidential nominees.
Four words, Quibner.
Harry Belafonte. ‘House slave.’
Um, OK. Uh…Billy Joel. Dishwater mosquito???
From the news Sep 26: “He glanced at a group of young men, clad in black, their faces covered with handkerchiefs, an anarchy symbol scrawled on their pant legs. They looked like many of the people who had been arrested the night before, whom TV crews had filmed throwing rocks at police.”
Sep 26: Taking back America, lefty style!
More Free Advice for the Right: Hire a translator
Videos at the link.
I can’t figure out why the Republican Party, the party of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and Lou Dobbs, doesn’t do better with Hispanic voters. Why is that?
Four words, Quibner.
Harry Belafonte. ‘House slave.’
Jeeezuschrist, you are a horrible human being.
I’m a pretty good dude, actually. Everyone tells me that, anyway. Even my Dim friends.
What Belafonte said was far, far worse than what Andy Williams said, and you’re the horrible human being if you disagree.
Did somebody say Pat Boone?
…said some self-proclaimed “pretty good dude.” Klassy!
Refresh my memory, Dennis. What did Belafonte say that justifies you calling him a house nigga?
I didn’t call anyone a house nigga, Duros, you lying stack of shit.
WTF is fucking wrong with you?
Idiot.
He called Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice house slaves.
You do that all the time, Duros. You come here not knowing shit from shinola and spouting off stupid crap.
Then you ask questions.
Your memory needs a lot more that simple refreshing, Duron the Moron.
Andy Williams?
Four words, Quibner.
Harry Belafonte. ‘House slave.’
Why would Harry Belafonte’s opinion on anything be important to anyone other than his immediate friends?
He called Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice house slaves.
That’s weird, I could have sworn he called them fat with bad skin. Or was that someone else.
Or was it:
Whoops, nope, that was Rush Limbaugh (and it’s not an Urban Legend either, it turns out–wow, who’da thunk it?).
I looked it up.
So who got the honors of shoving the hand up Williams’ ass so he could make the pronouncement followed by “Moon River”?
“Seriously, Ivy, what you are describing has now been replaced with Obama indoctrination in our schools.”
That’s right, Dennis. Keep validating my point
You’re doin’ GREAT!
Hi Dennis
Okie Dokie Artichokie, I went to the website you posted. And what did I see there? Hmm, let me reiterate…
Well, first off, Hot Air: Nice try. I can get more unbiased news off a box of Cheerios.
And let’s ee what the demon Gamaliel Foundation– that commie pinko Svengali site– has to say about this so called “Obama Jesus Indoctrination”. From the Gamaliel Foundation website:
1. Healthcare Reform
Our current health care system reinforces social division in this nation between those who have and those who have not. The Gamaliel Foundation asserts its faith values of sacred community and equal opportunity for all. Each person has an equal right to quality health care.
2. Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Current immigration policies represent a force promoting division and fear. They leave millions of workers in the shadows, vulnerable to abuse because they lack legal documentation, and unable to fully participate in a country they have helped to build. We will work for a comprehensive approach that provides work permits and a path to citizenship for those here and contributing, expanded family and worker visas, and smart enforcement.
3. Opportunity Housing
We believe that every family deserves to live in an “opportunity community,” defined as a community that includes both good jobs and good schools. We will work for fair share housing: where all communities within a metropolitan area shall include their fair share of the region’s low income and affordable housing. Gamaliel opposes segregation of housing by class and race and policies by local governments to establish barriers to low income and affordable housing that create or exacerbate segregation.
4. Transportation
Transportation is at the very center of opportunity for jobs, maintaining our health and connecting our communities. When transportation serves as a barrier to employment opportunities or access to the services offered by the community, something is unacceptably wrong and it is imperative that people of faith respond. We will work for transportation systems that provide equal access for all members of the community, as well as sustain and support the whole creation.
5.Jobs and Economic Development
Work, at its best, is not a burden but a glad and collaborative response to the One who created us. It should reflect God’s creative and redemptive purposes by providing not only a means of subsistence but also a way to honor human dignity and allow all too equally participate in community life. Gamaliel will work to get thousands of living wage construction jobs for low-income people, minorities, women and ex-offenders through alliances with minority contractors, unions and training providers and securing workforce development agreements with state transportation departments and other public entities.
Wow. Let’s help educate poor people and develop better public transportation so they can get to those jobs. And let’s give everyone in America health care and let’s also help those who risked everything to come here and work for $2/hour become American citizens. Positively SATANIC, Dennis.
Again, thank you so much for just making my point about you and the rest of the Lunabecks more so with every passing second.
PS: And as far as masochism goes, I know a very nice lady who would be more than willing to abuse you for however long you want. True, she costs $200/hr, but it’s perfectly legal and, trust me, you will feel SO much better afterward.
Lurve,
Ivy
Dennis the Cowardly Little Bitch and Frank the Drunk are BFF. How touching.
It’s like. . . the best Andy Williams song evar!
‘Mainly, though, he was the guy who, through his Christmas specials, bestowed upon the world the Osmonds’
He also paid for the defense for his ex-wife Claudine Longet after she whacked her former lover Spider Sabich.
My mistake, Dennis. I sincerely apologize. I vaguely remember that, but the whole “4 words” escaped me.
Mea Culpa.
Oh, and Jon Voight. Birther. FWIW.
Oh shit, Andy Williams is about as uncool as you can get. Pat Boone is next, although he gets one brownie point for good intentions with his 1997 release “In A Metal Mood”. Actually, I wouldn’t mind seeing Huckabee plug in his bass and jam with The Great White Buffalo, Ted Nugent. Now, THAT would be a spectacle!
Wow, this from the mouth of a white, senile, bigoted, washed up singer (Andy Williams). Due to their lack of leadership, ideas and vision of where our country needs to go the Republican Party is show casing the only thing they have to offer, the scraping of the bottom of their intellectual barrel.
I don’t know about you other Republican / Conservatives, but after 4 hours of FOX News , the next thing I read is political commentary by Andy Williams. Or is that Walter Williams? Or is that Andy Rooney? Or Mickey Rooney? Or Mickey Mantle?
One of those famous guys that know all about politics .