The U.S. political scene just got a little less weird
Yesterday, Newt Gingrich “suspended” his campaign for president, in the same sense that back in 1776 the British “suspended” Nathan Hale for spying. The campaign is dead, and with it whatever remaining hopes Gingrich had to be president.
In his speech, Gingrich offered a very tepid endorsement of Mitt Romney, whose campaign had said more than a few unkind things about the former speaker. Romney himself had called Gingrich’s behavior “highly erratic,” pointing out that “it does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course, which is normally associated with leadership.” Gingrich has been less than complimentary to Romney as well; in fact, the Obama campaign has released an ad featuring Newt’s repeated skewering of his party’s nominee.
So on Wednesday, Newt promised to work to elect Republican candidates for the House, Senate, staet governors and state legislatures.
“As for the presidency, I’m asked sometimes, is Mitt Romney conservative?” he continued. “And my answer is simple. Compared to Barack Obama? You know, this is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan. This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”
All of which is prelude to this, from Shep Smith at Fox News after watching Newt’s withdrawal speech:
You ain’t so bad your own self, Shep.
– Jay Bookman
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Paul
May 3rd, 2012
10:31 am
JB
So you’re saying the experience issue was a cynical ploy used by Republicans against Obama and they’re ready to drop it to get Rubio on the ticket?
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
10:32 am
Jerome – Newcastle fan? I thought you liked the Evilness from Manchester? I so confuse.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
10:32 am
USMC
You can save yourself a lot of typing by reading the prior posts re. Warren.
Lord Help Us
May 3rd, 2012
10:33 am
‘ELIZABETH WARREN: I called myself Native American to make friends…’
Mitt Romney: I called myself pro-choice to make friends…
Mitt Romney: I called myself pro-life to make friends…
Mitt Romney: I called myself for a health care mandate to make friends…
Mitt Romney: I called myself against a health care mandate to make friends…
What is you point?
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
10:33 am
“I’m sure Mr. Cathy and I would disagree on a lot of things, but IMO he makes a quality product. And I like that they’re adding grilled choices to the menus.”
He and I are 180 degrees on religion. With that said, I think he and his family are hardworking, industrious and smart businessmen………..
Interviews one of the sons for a marketing projecting years ago……… I came away very impressed with how they conduct business and themselves
jewcowboy
May 3rd, 2012
10:34 am
Joe Hussein Mama,
“Apparently, if you get a diet drink and don’t supersize, *every one* of their value meals is under 500 calories; they’re the only fast-food chain that can make that claim.”
If I have a hankering for a fried chicken sandwich I’ll get mine from McDonald’s. Theirs doesn’t come with a side of anti-gay bull-s###.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
10:35 am
JB
Look forward to that link to verify the info you posted as fact
Thanks again for your assistance
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
10:35 am
JHM – Yeah, no health problems caused that type change with me, but one day I did look in the mirror and realize I had put on a few (dozen) pounds. After taking a hard look at how that happened I decided that giving up the crappy food I was eating was way easier than the soda. And I don’t care how good for you CFA’s meals are, they don’t taste good to me.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:35 am
What is you point?
repeating winger stories. And apparently the outrage of the week this week is that Elizabeth Warren mighta leveraged a bit of Native American heritage for some professional gain in the past.
oh the humanity and all of the passengers.
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
10:36 am
Lord Help Us: More like Scott Brown: I vote for Democrat bills to make friends.
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
10:38 am
If I have a hankering for a fried chicken sandwich I’ll get mine from McDonald’s. Theirs doesn’t come with a side of anti-gay bull-s###.
I second that.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
10:38 am
Kayaker
From downstairs. I also went to the Blue Angel show in Warner Robins this past Sunday. They are amazing as wasthe F22 demo.
Appears that the military is already cutting their budget for shows. When I saw them 2 yrs ago at Dobbins they had more teams do demonstrations before the Blue Angels came on than they had this past weekend……….
Anyone who hasn’t seen the Blue Angels (Navy) or Thunderbirds (Air Force)……………. It is a treat and honor to see either team……… Check them out if you ever get a chance
MiltonMan
May 3rd, 2012
10:39 am
Liberals using Fox News for their story??? What next, world peace???
And still no peep out of Jay in regards to Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren and her claim to being a Native-American Indian??? Pass the peace pipe Jay!
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:40 am
And still no peep out of Jay in regards to Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren and her claim to being a Native-American Indian???
yep. Consevo-poutrage of the week.
This is what they bring to the debate. A whole lotta stupid and not much else.
Gator Joe
May 3rd, 2012
10:40 am
Jay:
Gingrich the emperor (at least in his own mind) really has no clothes, or shame. When one of their own is labeled as weird by Fox, what can you say. What is really pathetic, some Georgia Republican voters spawned this creature.
Jerome Horwitz
May 3rd, 2012
10:40 am
(ir) – Red Devils thru and thru. Couple weeks ago it Wigan who shut us out in their home? Or am i confused? Was one of the lower tier teams.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
10:41 am
TBS — “Rubio could very well help deliver FL which is very important. However this notion that he will bring non Cuban Hispanics in mass to Romney is another story”
Here’s the ‘why’ of that, for our conservative friends.
Cubans are treated COMPLETELY different from all other Hispanics for immigration purposes. If a Cuban gets his feet onto American soil, he’s allowed to stay, regardless of whether he followed legal procedure to get here or not. Any other Hispanic — Mexican, Guatemalan, Peruvian, Uruguayan — if they get into the country without documentation, they can be deported.
So how do you think that makes MOST Hispanics feel about Cubans?
Resentful, that’s how.
So let me say this again. Cubans get to STAY, EVEN IF THEY SNEAK IN. No other Hispanic group is allowed to do that. And why aren’t conservatives pooping their pants about that? Don’t most of y’all get angry about people sneaking in and getting away with it? Yet you’re prepared to throw in with a possible Romney-Rubio ticket?
Do you think that kind of disparate treatment is going to attract Hispanic voters to Romney, if he should happen to pick Rubio as his running mate? I don’t. In fact, I think it will guarantee at least an 80% break to Obama from Hispanic voters.
Finally, how do I know this? My wife’s Mexican-American. And I didn’t understand it until she explained it to me — like I just explained it to you.
Rubio may be a very competent and suitable man to fill the VP slot. I have nothing personal against him, other than the fact that he’s a Republican and thus someone I’m not likely to vote for anyway. That said, putting him on the ticket might help Romney win Florida, but it’s going to hurt him SIGNIFICANTLY in other states where there are strong Hispanic voting populations. A strong Hispanic shift to Obama might tilt some of those states into the Democratic column, and when you look at the electoral math, Romney can’t afford to lose ANY state that’s leaning his way.
Romney will have to calculate if the electoral votes he could win in FL would be worth the electoral votes he’s lose in the rest of the country. That’s what it comes down to with Rubio.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
10:43 am
(ir)Rational
German heritage? Sweet.
Lord Help Us
May 3rd, 2012
10:43 am
Rubio! I thought the GOP learned their lesson last election.
No more ‘Game Changers.’
‘Country First’ – what a laugh…
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
10:44 am
stands: You can’t justifiably call “Jay’s not talking about MYYYYY topic (whine)” as “bringing something to the debate.”
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
10:44 am
Jerome – I was referring to the Manchester Derby. Then you brought up Wigan so I thought you were referring to their 4-0 handling of Newcastle Saturday. Which was both amusing and sad at the same time.
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
10:44 am
“Consevo-poutrage of the week.”
not so much poutrage as we’re having fun with it…you live by ethnic identity politics, die by ethnic identity politics…fauxcahontas deserves some ribbing.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
10:45 am
Joe Hussein Mama
That’d make a GREAT debate question.
“President Obama, Governor Romney, do you support treating Cubans who enter the US illegally just like every other illegal alien, or do you favor continuing allowing them to stay?”
Lord Help Us
May 3rd, 2012
10:45 am
‘You can’t justifiably call “Jay’s not talking about MYYYYY topic (whine)” as “bringing something to the debate.”’
If it is headlined at Fox and/or Drudge it is THE only thing that can be discussed…
Adam
May 3rd, 2012
10:46 am
http://www.alternet.org/story/155149/the_self-made_myth:_debunking_conservatives%27_favorite_–_and_most_dangerous_–_fiction/
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
10:47 am
JCB — “If I have a hankering for a fried chicken sandwich I’ll get mine from McDonald’s. Theirs doesn’t come with a side of anti-gay bull-s###.”
No argument there, and I respect your position on that.
The missus and I know from personal experience that CFA engages in discriminatory hiring practices as well. Some years ago, she was trying to fill an IT position over there, and she managed to find someone who fit the ‘purple elephant’ requirement they had. They were blown away on paper; they were ready to hire the guy just on the strength of his resume.
Then came the interview, and they weren’t interested any more.
Why? The guy was very conservative Jewish, and the management freaked when they got a look at him. They made up reasons why they didn’t like him, but it was obvious to the missus that they didn’t cotton to having one a’ them thar HE-brews a-working in their nice christian office building.
Considering we’re atheists, I don’t think they’d want to hire me or my wife, either, but it’s not like we have horns or tails or anything.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:48 am
you live by ethnic identity politics
ok, so when did Elizabeth Warren live by “ethnic identity politics?”
Her thing is “I stand with the 99%.”
or, as righties try desperately to re-cast it, “class warfare.”
Do try to get *that* much straight, as least.
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
10:49 am
“President Obama, Governor Romney, do you support treating Cubans who enter the US illegally just like every other illegal alien, or do you favor continuing allowing them to stay?”
Paul,
I’d bet they would have the same answer, yet both sides of the electorate would hear two different ones.
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
10:49 am
JB
Don’t you let me down……….. Let Google, Yahoo and Bing be your best friend………. Shouldn’t take you long to back up your assertion, correct?
I’m heading out the Braves game………. Will check back in later
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
10:50 am
(ir)Rational — “JHM – Yeah, no health problems caused that type change with me, but one day I did look in the mirror and realize I had put on a few (dozen) pounds.”
After major abdominal surgery, I have to be *extremely* careful what I eat, how much of it I eat and when I eat it. Eating too much at one sitting or eating the wrong things could easily put me in the ER — or require emergency abdominal surgery to save my life.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
10:50 am
ty webb
While at the same time attacking the other side.
And simultaneously believing both.
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
10:52 am
“Her thing is “I stand with the 99%.”
so she checked the “99%” box instead of the “native american” box when asked for her ethnicity multiple times?
Finn McCool (The System Isn't Broken; It's Fixed ~ from an Occupy sign)
May 3rd, 2012
10:52 am
Wow, if this is true it explains a LOT. I need to figure out a way to monetarily exploit the scared conservatives.
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/03/republican_fear_factor_salpart/
Research suggests that conservatives are, on average, more susceptible to fear than those who identify themselves as liberals. Looking at MRIs of a large sample of young adults last year, researchers at University College London discovered that “greater conservatism was associated with increased volume of the right amygdala”. The amygdala is an ancient brain structure that’s activated during states of fear and anxiety.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
10:52 am
mmmmmmmmmmmm Chick Fil A….
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
10:52 am
MiltonMan
May 3rd, 2012
10:39 am
We took up the banner for Jay and discussed it earlier…keep up, please…
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
10:53 am
mmmmmmmmmmmm Spaniel Fil A….
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
10:54 am
Paul — “That’d make a GREAT debate question.”
Gawd, it would, wouldn’t it? What a great idea you’ve had.
The policy is a total sop to Cuban-Americans. I don’t have anything at all against them, but singling out one group for special treatment when the rest of the larger group can get ARRESTED for doing the same damn thing seems quite antithetical to the American way of doing things to me.
I’m frankly amazed that Republicans haven’t been assailing that practice for years.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
10:54 am
ty webb
you found a 99% box to check?
cool
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:54 am
it was obvious to the missus that they didn’t cotton to having one a’ them thar HE-brews a-working in their nice christian office building.
color me shocked, shocked.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:56 am
Apparently checking a box at some points in one’s professional life equals “playing ethnic identity politics?”
ok.
USMC
May 3rd, 2012
10:56 am
“You can save yourself a lot of typing by reading the prior posts re. Warren”–Paul
I am just spiking the futbol like Comrade Obama, Paul. But Thanks
By the way, how are things in Dallas?
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
10:56 am
Granny
yeah, and I check the “not as much as I like” when I get to the “sex” box.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
May 3rd, 2012
10:56 am
No…………..if the Federalie Obama had a son, he would look like this—————————-
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“MAY 2–The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of five anarchists for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in the midst of his cooperation with federal investigators, The Smoking Gun has learned.”
.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/fbi-informant-shaquille-azir-756123
.
These FBI guys are…………………………………………despicable.
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
10:57 am
“so she checked the “99%” box instead of the “native american” box when asked for her ethnicity multiple times?”
Who the hell cares?
Jerome Horwitz
May 3rd, 2012
10:57 am
(ir) – Didn’t mean to confuse the issue. Monday was real bad and we’ve had some real poor showings lately. Like giving up two goal lead to Everton.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:57 am
seems quite antithetical to the American way of doing things to me.
yebbut Castro is the worstest Commie evah.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
10:57 am
Joe Hussein Mama
Okay, all together now. To Marco Rubio and Republicans everywhere:
“WHAT PART OF ILLEGAL DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND?!!?!!?”
They BOTH suck
May 3rd, 2012
10:57 am
JHM
My mom being from Panama…….. I will quickly say the “political issue” you point is a major sticking point, however it is not the only one…………
And our family has numerous Cuban friends here in the Atlanta and South Florida areas……….. but it is a “singled out” treatment because of Castro regime
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
10:58 am
JHM @ 10:41
I don’t think the people who really need to understand that will believe a word that you posted.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
10:58 am
…and we’re still fighting the Cold War, right? I mean, it’s not like we ever got a peace dividend, so I assume the sucker’s still on.
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
10:59 am
“Research suggests that conservatives are, on average, more susceptible to fear than those who identify themselves as liberals.”
Heck, we could have saved them a lot of time and money. All they had to do was come here and read the comments!
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
May 3rd, 2012
11:00 am
ty
when I get to that one I check the box labeled….tigress.
stands for decibels
May 3rd, 2012
11:00 am
“Research suggests that conservatives are, on average, more susceptible to fear than those who identify themselves as liberals.”
See also:
http://www.gopstore.com/cgi-bin/rnc/scan/st=db/co=yes/sf=prod_group/se=stickers/op=eq/tf=description/ml=12/sp=1stickers.html?id=e5gqZMc4
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:00 am
SFD — “yebbut Castro is the worstest Commie evah.”
I have to laugh when a conservative uses the “COMMIES EVIL” argument and then has to explain why we do so much bidness with China and why we ship food and fuel oil to North Korea.
Apparently, Commies get more evil the closer they live to you.
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
11:01 am
Normal
ty webb
May 3rd, 2012
11:01 am
Granny,
my wife checks “daily”.
jewcowboy
May 3rd, 2012
11:02 am
Joe Hussein Mama,
“The missus and I know from personal experience that CFA engages in discriminatory hiring practices as well.”
I have a similar story about a friend who used to work for HomeBanc.
Paul
May 3rd, 2012
11:02 am
USMC
Pretty well, thanks. Looks like political leaders convinced the Air Force to keep C-130s at the Ft Worth base rather than moving them to Wyoming or Montana or some such place. Would’ve taken out a significant hurricane response force.
DFW connector’s going well. And yes, as people marvel at how well construction’s going and how much it’s helping traffic move, I do occasionally like to ask “but that is being built with Obama stimulus dollars and was billed as shovel ready! Shouldn’t we give the money back?”
But I do that only with friends.
And water level are near normal now but it’s gonna be another killer summer.
How’re things in your neck of the woods?
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
11:05 am
Republican conservatives are scared of everything. They feel safest when carrying a Glock in one hand and a Bible in the other. Long as it’s not one of those Mormon Bibles. They’re scared of those.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:06 am
Brosephus — “I don’t think the people who really need to understand that will believe a word that you posted.”
Probably true.
TBS — “My mom being from Panama…….. I will quickly say the “political issue” you point is a major sticking point, however it is not the only one………… ”
Please, by all means, fill me in.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:06 am
JHM – The amount of evilness of a commie is directly proportional to his/her closeness. Duh.
Jerome – Yeah, Manchester has been trying to fall apart it seems. That Everton showing was somewhat odd to say the least.
Bro – Yeah, we be German. Easy enough to trace where your family is from when you type in your name, and Google Maps pops up with a couple of cities.
Butch Cassidy
May 3rd, 2012
11:10 am
Stepped away form the computer for a bit, has JB presented anything to back up his 11 million dollar claim?
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:11 am
Butch – A steaming pile of, wait, no that was something else, never mind.
Doggone/GA
May 3rd, 2012
11:11 am
“Stepped away form the computer for a bit, has JB presented anything to back up his 11 million dollar claim”
You’re joking, right?
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:12 am
“As for the presidency, I’m asked sometimes, is Mitt Romney conservative?” he continued. “And my answer is simple. Compared to Barack Obama? You know, this is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan. This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history.”
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More lies and useless rhetoric from one of the bigger asshats in the republican party on his way out the door………
Just remember the posters here who support Newtie. What does that say about them? LOL nothing more than their support of that thief Nathan Steal says………
Ocmulgee Paddler
May 3rd, 2012
11:13 am
They Both Suck,
I went to the Air Show Saturday. The F-22 was indeed AWE-some. Some of those turns looked like the aircraft came to a complete stop.
The Blue Angels are pretty great as well, I think they held back a little on Saturday due to the real windy conditions. I was also disappointed Fat Albert the C-130 wasn’t there.
Leaving on Saturday was a pain, the base I didn’t expect there to be 110,000 people there Saturday. Should have read all the negativity in the Macon Telegraph the next few days after, people complain just to complain sometimes.
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:15 am
Yo Butch, we need to get you into first person shooters………………
sheepdawg
May 3rd, 2012
11:19 am
kyle voted for noot
Recon 0311 2533
May 3rd, 2012
11:19 am
Liberal Democrats are fearless and that is why their party symbol features a jack ass.
mm
May 3rd, 2012
11:21 am
“That said, putting him on the ticket might help Romney win Florida,”
Not so fast my friend!
Rick Scott has poisoned the GOP brand here in FL. Even though his approval rating has skyrocketed to around 38%, people are not happy with what the GOP legislature has done to schools, teachers, etc. Case in point: Heavily republican Jacksonville elected a democratic mayor last year.
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
11:22 am
If we offered to let Newt be the first Imperial Ruler of the moon, how long would it take for him to find a way to get there.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:26 am
TaxPayer – I don’t know, what are the payload capacity on vehicles that can travel to the moon, and who has them? It is worth a shot though.
TaxPayer
May 3rd, 2012
11:26 am
kyle voted for noot
Kyle must be easily distracted by shiny baubles.
carlosgvv
May 3rd, 2012
11:29 am
stands – 10:58
Russia still has thousands of nuclear warheads and land based missiles, bombers and missile carrying subs. These weapons don’t care about the political persusaion of whoever pushes the button.
Putin, a former KGB officer, will stay in power as long as possible. I don’t think he wants a nuclear war with us but, as long as we and the Russians are armed to the nuclear teeth, our world is anything but safe.
St Simons - he-ne-ha
May 3rd, 2012
11:30 am
Shep – “After all, we have to live by a set of facts”?
did he really say that, mon? Hysterical for a dude on Faux
a whole network that jumped the shark 15 yrs ago.
cons nominate a Mormon RINO from Massachusetts
wow that tea potty bowel movement really got results
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
11:31 am
Off topic, but it seems that even Bin Laden knew Fox news was biased…
The correspondence suggests that al-Qaida carefully monitored U.S. cable news networks and generally didn’t like what it saw. “We can say that there is no single channel that we could rely on for our messages,” Gadahn wrote, although he described ABC as “all right, actually it could be one of the best channels as far as we are concerned.” He complained that Fox News “falls into the abyss, as you know, and lacks neutrality.” CNN, he said, “seems to be in cooperation with the government more than the others except Fox News, of course.”
Read it here…
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20120503/US.Bin.Laden.Documents/?cid=hero_media
Brosephus™
May 3rd, 2012
11:31 am
(ir)Rational
If Nuremburg is one of the cities, you gotta hook a brother up with some bratwurst.
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:31 am
What’s a damn shame is that JEB Bush might have been a great President. Unfortunately his brother torpedoed any chance of that ever happening………
Look before I leap...
May 3rd, 2012
11:33 am
“TaxPayer – I don’t know, what are the payload capacity on vehicles that can travel to the moon, and who has them? It is worth a shot though.”
The Saturn V has sufficient lift capability to take Newt, his toupee and his wife as well 500 pounds of Twinkies and 5 cases of Mountain Dew.
Cailista will however have to leave her bling behind.
jewcowboy
May 3rd, 2012
11:33 am
Butch Cassidy,
“Stepped away form the computer for a bit, has JB presented anything to back up his 11 million dollar claim?”
This is just supposition, but methinks JB has his talking points confused. According to the tinfoil hat brigade (and their leader Trump), Obama’s legal team spent $2M trying to hide his birth certificate:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-obama-has-spent-2-million-lega/
And according to no less than the that great bastion of responsible reporting, the National Inquirer and The Daily Mail, Michelle Obama has spent $10M on vacations:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201108250005
You know how hard it is to keep your fabrications straight.
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
jewcowboy
May 3rd, 2012
11:35 am
Recon 0311 2533,
“Liberal Democrats are fearless and that is why their party symbol features a jack ass”
Then why does the GOP use Chris Christie as their party symbol?
Just saying..
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 am
True. But my guess is that Newt will yet try to have some effect on this Presidential election. And 100% of that effect will be calculated to benefit Newt.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 am
Bro – It isn’t, but you gotta check out Patak’s in Austell if you want to get some good (although garlicky) brats around here.
Look before I leap...
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 am
“What’s a damn shame is that JEB Bush might have been a great President. Unfortunately his brother torpedoed any chance of that ever happening………”
Bet ole Jeb is is kicking himself now for having his FL SecState rig those results in PB county now.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:37 am
Bro – Also, I realize that Austell is way out of the way, even if you’re going towards NE Alabama, but it is worth going out of the way for their selection.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
11:38 am
“Then why does the GOP use Chris Christie as their party symbol?”
OH! OH!…I know! I know! It’s because he’s the closest thing they have to a white elephant…
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:38 am
jcb — “Then why does the GOP use Chris Christie as their party symbol?”
What was that dig at Christie earlier in the week? Some wag telling Christie that NJ was The Garden State, not The Olive Garden State?
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 am
(ir)Rational — “Bro – It isn’t, but you gotta check out Patak’s in Austell if you want to get some good (although garlicky) brats around here.”
And getcher baked goods at Bernhard’s on Atlanta Road, between Smyrna and Marietta. European-style loaves and pastries, and seasonal baked goods. They make fresh pflaumenkuchen in August, for example, and you can get a Black Forest cake to order.
They also make excellent breakfast pastries, and among the sweet ones is a real hidden gem — a croissant with Black Forest ham and Gruyere cheese. Ausgezeichnet!
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 am
jewcowboy
May 3rd, 2012
11:33 am
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
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Is that really a true quote lol? I’ve been using a version of that all my life and thought it was “original.
I always say, “I’m too stupid to lie. If I do I’ll forget what lie I told to whom and get in all sorts of trouble. Better I just tell the truth.”
Abe’s is shorter and easier to teach my daughter ……..
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:43 am
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:36 am
Bro – It isn’t, but you gotta check out Patak’s in Austell if you want to get some good (although garlicky) brats around here.
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I’ve been told by Kamchak that the Dekalb Farmers Market carries Patak’s sausages as well………..
Oscar
May 3rd, 2012
11:44 am
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 am
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That is a valid quote from Lincoln. Personally, I doubt that he was all that honest, but that’s his reputation anyway.
Normal Free, Plain and Simple
May 3rd, 2012
11:44 am
oe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:41 am
I have a sister who works there…
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:44 am
Fred — “I’ve been told by Kamchak that the Dekalb Farmers Market carries Patak’s sausages as well………..”
I’ve seen them at Whole Foods in Marietta as well, but never at a Publix or Kroger or any place like that.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:45 am
Fred – I had heard rumors, but I haven’t checked on the accuracy of those rumors yet. I shall be soon though.
Joe Hussein Mama
May 3rd, 2012
11:46 am
Normal — Your sister works at Bernhard’s?
There are nice people there.
But the Swiss butcher next door is a real prong; we don’t even go in his shop any more.
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:46 am
Joe Hussein Mama: If you are ever over the other way, the E48th Street Market is awesome as well. They make their own mozzarella and their muffalato is superb.
http://www.e48thstreetmarket.com/
JKL2
May 3rd, 2012
11:47 am
st simons- a whole network that jumped the shark 15 yrs ago.
You mean CNN. Not even sure how they’re still on the air. I think women’s soccer puts up higher ratings than they do.
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:48 am
Can anyone tell it’s lunchtime by the last several posts? Anyone wanna meet at E48th street market lol?
Oscar: Thanks.
(ir)Rational
May 3rd, 2012
11:48 am
Y’all are making me hungry. I may have to take a trip to Marietta this weekend. Oh the choices, Arsenal Game or good Germanic foods?
Fred ™
May 3rd, 2012
11:50 am
(ir)Rational? Have you been to Das Beir Garten yet?
http://www.derbiergarten.com/