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88. what passes

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 08:20 AM

Mar 2013

What passes for humor at Republican gatherings fails everywhere else.

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Pic Of The Moment: McConnell: Dems' 2016 Presidential Ticket Looks Like Rerun Of The Golden Girls [View all] EarlG Mar 2013 OP

I can't help it about the shape I'm in... Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #1

Uh huh, and pretty much every Republican ticket ever looks like a rerun of The Twilight Zone Downtown Hound Mar 2013 #2

an astute description, I'd say Voice for Peace Mar 2013 #3

All they seem to have is "moral" messages concerning vaginas and what not. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #34

Guillermo del Toro used him in a movie once . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #4

The scariest scene too siligut Mar 2013 #8

One of my favorite movies. reflection Mar 2013 #29

So sick of misogynistic Repugs lark Mar 2013 #5

Normally I'd suggest they give up on comedy and stick with what they're good at corkhead Mar 2013 #6

They're also good at pissing off various voting blocks Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #81

Golden Girls - Funny, Witty, Clever - always succeeded despite obstacles Smilo Mar 2013 #7

I'd put Dorothy and Sophia in charge tblue Mar 2013 #18

Exactly - they were a LOT more popular BlueMTexpat Mar 2013 #87

And they had a sense of humor- something modern Republicans lack completely. Initech Mar 2013 #90

We gonna talk about looks now? Iggo Mar 2013 #9

That's Okay TheBadWolf Mar 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author KamaAina Mar 2013 #16

I'd sooner have Walter and Jack in charge than Mitch McBleepstick and the Bronze Drunkard any day. 47of74 Mar 2013 #91

Thank You For Being A Fiend......... thelordofhell Mar 2013 #11

The Dem 2016 ticket???? AlbertCat Mar 2013 #12

What CRUST! And how good that he slammed women just in time for his re-election bid! MADem Mar 2013 #13

and, leaving aside the sexism and ageism--he's older than any of the GG actors were at the time! spooky3 Mar 2013 #31

But that was a grievous insult. And speaking of numbers, Turtle Boy might not have MADem Mar 2013 #38

And thankfully Mitch wasn't aware that the Golden Girls are a great favorite of maddiemom Mar 2013 #66

Picture it. Washington. January 2015. KamaAina Mar 2013 #14

Hehe. +1 n/t RZM Mar 2013 #36

Great Sophia! maddiemom Mar 2013 #67

Mitch, when Ashley runs against you, you will look like an ancient turtle ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #15

I hope those shirts... dreamnightwind Mar 2013 #62

hee hee! but why should we be forced to look like him!? ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #63

Rose, he's not really a turtle! KamaAina Mar 2013 #17

Dorothy, I do believe that was the worst date I have ever had! KamaAina Mar 2013 #19

LOL! And, Rue M. was a good Dem. spooky3 Mar 2013 #32

Betty White 2016! Fearless Mar 2013 #20

That was great! Thanks. nt valerief Mar 2013 #24

You're quite welcome! n/t Fearless Mar 2013 #25

Absolutely hilarious! MADem Mar 2013 #39

When I was a child in the early tv days in the fifties, Betty White had a series maddiemom Mar 2013 #47

She's terrific. Beacool Mar 2013 #61

Um, we don't have a ticket, yet. Bette Noir Mar 2013 #21

Idiot libodem Mar 2013 #22

I'd LOVE Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche to run the country!!!! nt valerief Mar 2013 #23

Truly. It would be a great place to live. n/t Cleita Mar 2013 #26

Dorothy would be an education advocate, Blanche would be valerief Mar 2013 #27

We'll need a job for Sophia Petrillo, Dorothy's mother! MADem Mar 2013 #40

Good. I wouldn't trust her as Treasury Secretary. She'd be as bad as Geithner. nt valerief Mar 2013 #54

Maybe she'd get good at betting on the ponies, eventually...but no, we can't take that risk! nt MADem Mar 2013 #55

Rose's brother ran the country for eight years. KamaAina Mar 2013 #33

Yeah, but Mitch is only 18 - in turtle years aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #28

He needs to pull his head in to protect his dewlaps! xtraxritical Mar 2013 #35

Uh, how old was McCain when he ran? nt alsame Mar 2013 #30

McCain was 115 when he ran SummerSnow Mar 2013 #56

I'd say the Repubs are more like the Golden Girls RZM Mar 2013 #37

No no no! I love the Golden Girls... David__77 Mar 2013 #42

But he's engaging in wishful thinking anyway. David__77 Mar 2013 #41

This coming from a chinless guy who looks like a turtle. Beacool Mar 2013 #43

THe GOP: the Toxic Sludge Party. Their presence in D.C. makes it an EPA Toxic Supersite. Bill USA Mar 2013 #44

Supposing that this was an insult says it all about the cluelessness of Mitch and maddiemom Mar 2013 #45

Elizabeth Warren and Ashley Judd as Golden Girls? tclambert Mar 2013 #46

Of course Mitch and the GOP look like a casting call for a GRUMPY OLD MEN remake. TeamPooka Mar 2013 #48

But the "Grumpy Old Men" were reacting naturally to their changing circumstances. maddiemom Mar 2013 #49

Kentucky Dems demand McConnell apologize for 'Golden Girls' quip Tx4obama Mar 2013 #50

I've got some good news and some bad news for everybody . . . Jack Rabbit Mar 2013 #51

Have you seen his wife? Attractive woman 59 year old. SummerSnow Mar 2013 #52

The funny part is that he got the balls to say that when he's 5 years older than Hillary. Beacool Mar 2013 #69

The GOP's fear of Hillary is absolutely hilarious. But.... SummerSnow Mar 2013 #75

Don't they realize that with those kind of remarks they'll never get the women's vote? Beacool Mar 2013 #83

I can't find anything appealing or attractive about McConnell. Nothing. AndyA Mar 2013 #53

I'd make a crack about Grumpy Old Men... cyberswede Mar 2013 #57

as opposed to Geriatric Mutant Ninja Turtles eShirl Mar 2013 #58

Here ya go Mitch: SHRED Mar 2013 #59

I didn't think it possible xxqqqzme Mar 2013 #60

THIS....IS THE BEST ONE YET!!! :D lexw Mar 2013 #64

Hey Mitch, Peaceful Protester Mar 2013 #65

He is just downright repulsive. His repulsive looks mirror his evil interior. olegramps Mar 2013 #68

This...from the party of Strom Thurmond... KansDem Mar 2013 #70

Yeah, and he had been a segregationist and a lech. Beacool Mar 2013 #84

Sexism redqueen Mar 2013 #71

Good God. How does that wife of his stand him? nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #72

Funny thing is, Mitch is older than both Hillary and Joe Biden. tarheelsunc Mar 2013 #73

Mitch, please don't smile. ballaratocker Mar 2013 #74

I don't know why anyone wants to replace him as the face of the Republican Party BeyondGeography Mar 2013 #76

VP Michelle Obama?...he won't be smiling then ELI BOY 1950 Mar 2013 #77

McConnell is an asshole gopiscrap Mar 2013 #78

goodbye Galapagos Mitch MFM008 Mar 2013 #79

Galapagos Mitch? Beacool Mar 2013 #85

Please... SummerSnow Mar 2013 #80

If Mitch's main attack against Hillary is that she is old, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #82

I hope it looks like a rerun lovemydog Mar 2013 #86

what passes JEFF9K Mar 2013 #88

PLEASE get this hideous face off DU's Home page. It's been up long enough already. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #89

RIGHT AFTER complaining about the racist Twitter post about his wife? HYPOCRITE!! n/t alp227 Mar 2013 #92