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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Great Calls from John Sterling, If He Had Been Bush's Press Secretary

After Condoleezza Rice assures Congress of WMDs in Iraq...



“AN A-BOMB, FROM A-CON! EL CONDI DUCI... SWEETER THAN CHENEY!”


After Dick Cheney shoots a friend in the face...

“THE CHENEANBINO! EL VICE PRESIDENTE DECLARES WAR! AN UPPER-LICKY FROM DICKIE!”



After Katrina decimates New Orleans, and Michael Brown’s FEMA launches the rescue...



“BROWNIE GOES BOOM... MICHAEL BROWN, COME ON DOWN... BURN, BROWNIE, BURN!”


After Karl Rove evades prosecution in the Valarie Plame scandal...

“WHO’LL FLOSS ‘EM? TURD BLOSSOM... DOCTOR SPIN DOES IT AGAIN... THE BILK MAN DELIVERS!”


After Donald Rumsfeld tells Iraq G.I.s they must put makeshift armor on Humvees...


"HE IS HIGH, HE IS FAR, HE IS... DON! A RIBBY FOR RUMMY!”

On a certain battleship in May 2003...


“BALLGAME OVER! WAR OVER! YANKEES WIN.... THU-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH... YANKEES... WIN!”

18 comments:

BernBabyBern said...

A great, great bit from Sterling at the end of yesterday's game (and I paraphrase, since I didn't have my notebook)

"The Yankees are in a real funk lately. The win one, they lose one; they win one, they lose one; they lose one, they win one. And you know what you get when that happens?"

- dramatic pause -

(Tell us, John! Don't keep us in suspense!)

"You get just what the Yankees are now - a .500 ballclub!"


You know, I got my calculator and figured it out - he's right!

These are the insights that will get him the Frick award next year.

Anonymous said...

Keep up on current events boys and girls, in the last 12-18 months, the Iraq situation has massively improved on all fronts: Take your pick: Defeat of Al Qaeda, Iraqi forces taking back the country from militias, US casualties decreasing significantly...We are winning.

This is not 2006, it's 2008.

Let's go Yan-kees.

Anonymous said...

If it's not 2006, then why are you saying the same things you said in 2006?

Anonymous said...

Because they have the added benefit of being true.

Anonymous said...

Prediction: Iraq will certainly not hurt McCain this year and could very well help his candidacy. Obama will have a hard time continuing the "failure" theme.

Anonymous said...

Obviously, neither of us know.

But anybody who still thinks we're going to "win" the war -- that is, declare it over and hold a parade -- that's pure delusion.

Because every time somebody does that, the whole thing caves in all over again.

It's been that way for 100 years.

You know that sand we're bleeding into? We're just renting it.

Anonymous said...

Duque...

Is Jason the guy who thinks we won the war in Vietnam?

Anonymous said...

Nah. He's a guy with an opinion, which -- believe it or not -- is always better than a guy without one.

Anonymous said...

Agree to disagree re: the historical interpretations, but smart guys like Bernard Lewis will tell you that the Iraqi people are an educated, civilized bunch in general stretching back to when Baghdad was the center of learning in the Islamic world:

and don't take my word for it on the current situation:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/2959990

Alright, enough: Brett Gardner in CF, please!!

Anonymous said...

Damn straight.

The guy is batting .300!

Anonymous said...

Duke, Gards is so ready for the big leagues it's killing me.

Anonymous said...

We either bring him up or trade him. I'm fearing that latter, but he's definitely outplaying Triple A. He's succeeded at every level, and he's been a catalyst for the entire batting order. I can't help but believe he would transform our team -- moving Damon maybe to third, in place of Abreu. We have to do something.

Anonymous said...

Wang finding the proper arm slot tonight is a start.

Anonymous said...

Right. Things are better in Iraq. Yay! Now let's get the fuck out of there.

Anonymous said...

We are getting to the point where I favor setting benchmarks and a date:

If the Yanks aren't at least 10 games over .500 by August 1, I'm for pulling out of the pennant race.

Trade the bums.

Wailin' Suzyn said...

Hey guys!

I've been tied up for a couple of days ... I miss anything?

michael kei said...

Hey guys!

I've been outside enjoying the nice weather instead of watching Yankee games that make me think that someone slipped LSD in my vodka and tonic!

Anonymous said...

Who the frig is Gards? Brett G?

Our AAA speedster?

Does he think we are winning in Iraq?

Can he play first?

Can he be an 8th inning set-up guy?

Can he be relied upon to knock in the tying run from second? From
3rd? From anywhere?

Can anyone here play this damn game?