It’s sad that this needs to be brought up, but it must: it would appear that the Netroots – as per their continuing habit of acting as if the American political system was identical to a pre-Giuliani Times Square peep show emporium – has gotten themselves in a bit of a scrape, again. Specifically, they spent several cheerful hours hooting and hollering over the way that THAT WOMAN suggested that the Tea Party not “party like it was 1773″ before they noticed that… well, that the Boston Tea Party was in, well, 1773.
A couple of things: first, this storyboard; which is both cruel and accurate.
Second, while I understand and expect that your average online progressive blogger has about much awareness of American history as, say… Oh, this is awkward. An online progressive blogger would be the actual yardstick for ‘abysmally ignorant about American history.’ Nonetheless, while I understand that the Online Left is dumb… really, Gwen Ifill. You’re supposed to be one of the bright talking heads.
Tsk, tsk.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: THAT WOMAN is LAUGHING at you, netrooters. And you DESERVE it.
Moe Lane
PG DeFreese
Victoria Coates
Daniel Horowitz
Dan Spencer
Your Average Progressive Blogger.....
wolfgang Tuesday, October 19th at 6:54PM EST (link)….is just a half step removed from the guy in Shelton who was recently caught in the stable fornicating a horse.
Here is the deal Moe...
kyle8 (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 7:00PM EST (link)If you went to the finest Ivy league colleges (never-mind that you barely graduated). If you are part of the “OH so Chic” liberal zeitgeist, then you cannot imagine that a simple journalism student, from a state college no less, who is (OMG!) a christian, of all things! Can ever be right about anything.
There is no critical thinking, no research or evidence, involved. These people HAVE to hate Palin and the right wing, Because their very existence depends on them being superior to such people.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
5, Kyle. Looking down on the "rubes" is just a part of life for those in a "ruling class" works. [nt]
acat (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 7:07PM EST (link)——
Caveat Suffragator
Right. It is how they justify themselves. nt
davesinsanantonio (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 7:24AM EST (link)And Gwen Ifill
itrytobenice (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 7:24PM EST (link)was the person who moderated the VP debate. And now she’s mocking SP for being right.
If we needed more proof that Palin has rooted in the brains of these people, we have it now. Heh.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
Which is why I will never, ever donate to PBS
WarEagle01 (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 9:02PM EST (link)or NPR. No conservative should. No matter how much one may enjoy Celtic Woman.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
Celtic Woman is teh awesome!
azaeroprof (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 12:26AM EST (link)Saw them in concert last month here in Prescott Valley, AZ. But you can get their CD’s and DVD’s cheap in Costco and not have to send the Commies at PBS a red dime!
Celtic Woman?
edintexas Wednesday, October 20th at 10:38AM EST (link)Who is she? Oh, wait. Is that the group which advertises on TV and they don’t seem to understand there is more than one woman?
Moe, You Misspelled "Nutroots". (nt)
IJB Tuesday, October 19th at 7:44PM EST (link)5 LOL! nt
davesinsanantonio (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 7:26AM EST (link)I feel silly but what does "5" stand for?
mdd1956 Wednesday, October 20th at 9:23AM EST (link)thanks
mdd1956, I don't know what it means either.
whimsley (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 12:06PM EST (link)Would someone please answer?
Didn't you guys get your VRWC secret decoder rings yet? ;)
qixlqatl (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 1:08PM EST (link)Sorry, couldn’t resist…mea culpa, mea culpa, I will attempt to explain as best I can. Since the practice predates my registration at RS, I may be wrong on some particulars, but as it has been explained to me:
At one time RS had a comment quality rating system with 5 being the highest rating. That system is no longer in use, but the 5′s remain as an expression of approval of one sort or another.
“Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunderstorm against the wind.”
George Gordon Noel Byron
Iowahawk, LOL...
Josh Painter (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 7:56PM EST (link)KosHistoryQuiz Pearl Harbor was attacked by (a) Japan (b) Italy (c) Teabaggers (d) Screw ‘Em
Kos History Quiz: the War of 1812 took place in (a) 1812 (b) 1967 (c) 3.14159 (d) George Bush
KosHistoryQuiz “Moulitsas” is Greek for (a) Frog Eyes (b) Remedial (c) 1773 (d) Fail
http://twitter.com/iowahawkblog
- JP
“An armed society is a polite society” – Robert A. Heinlein, “Beyond This Horizon” (1942)
No hair of the dog
blooch Tuesday, October 19th at 8:59PM EST (link)They plowed through a fifth ofChristine O’Donnell’s First Amendment last night.
It’s only natural that they would guzzle a bottle of Sarah Palin 1773 today without checking the label.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
If you haven't read the twitter trend,
INC (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 10:17PM EST (link)don’t miss it.
http://twitter.com/search?q=%23KosHistoryQuiz
It's also evident they know little about today's Tea Party.
INC (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 10:24PM EST (link)I went back and searched for the phrase, Party Like It’s 1773, because I knew I’d heard it since at least April of 2009.
Here’s a post by Dana Loesch dated February 19, 2009:
Party Like It’s 1773 with the New American Tea Party
Rick Santelli called for another Tea Party on February 19th, 2009.
I don’t know if Dana invented the slogan, but as you can tell it goes back at least as far as one week after Santelli lit the match.
If they’d been paying attention, they’d have known Sarah Palin was reminding Tea Partiers of one of their common signs!
Date correction:
INC (Diary) Tuesday, October 19th at 10:26PM EST (link)Dana Loesch’s column was on February 25, 2009–six days after Rick’s Rant!
Where did you read that Gwen Ifill was "bright"?
Adjoran (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 1:57AM EST (link)On her resume, or in her autobiography?
You don’t have to start out stupid to be a leftist. Gullible is good enough. But you will have to dumb yourself down pretty quickly to reconcile the inconsistencies in their philosophy, not to mention tolerate your new colleagues.
That explains them all very nicely! 5! nt
davesinsanantonio (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 7:31AM EST (link)Perhaps it's time to coin a new phrase:
eschultz Wednesday, October 20th at 12:34PM EST (link)“Wow! That’s quite an Ifill!” (eye-full)
Libs lose on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
tngal (Diary) Wednesday, October 20th at 5:27AM EST (link)Yeah next time they play that game on twitter, maybe they should avoid the American History category. Stick with Flowers that begin with P.
Let me count the ways
cpa2222 Wednesday, October 20th at 9:25AM EST (link)Failed history, economics, accounting, table manners, and ROTC–so what DID they pass? You suggested flowers beginning with a “p.” Maybe, “famous holes in the ozone” or “we will always have the polar ice caps to remember” or “honorable leftist politicians (easy A).”
“We are one generation away from a return to the dark ages, if good men don’t act responsively and vote out the liberals and humanists.”
Apologia to Todd.
miroco Wednesday, October 20th at 12:27PM EST (link)Sorry pal, no getting around it, I LOVE YOUR WIFE!!!
I come from a time the perfidy of such a statement would not raise an eyebrow—I also love your family. Confession, I come from a time where there exists a bit of discomfort admitting I —- you. Please keep her going and know there are gazillions of us who love y’all!