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Imagine if, upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, that the Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace was ILLEGALLY sworn in as President rather than Vice President Harry Truman simply because Roosevelt had designated Wallace as his successor. Of course, such an action would have been universally protested because it was clearly UNCONSTITUTIONAL. However, that is pretty much what just happened in Venezuela. The Venezuelan constitution states that upon the death or the exit from office of the President that the Speaker of the National Assembly, NOT the Vice President, becomes president. However, because Hugo Chavez designated his big, lumbering,...

Being anti-Western trumps all for the Left. You can be a narrow-minded fascistic political organization like the Muslim Brotherhood that treats women and religions other than fanatic Muslims like dirt but that is all okay with the Left as long they proclaim themselves to be against Western Civilization. Thus we have a situation in which American liberals consider Pat Robertson to be much more dangerous to freedom than Mohammed Morsi who now rules Egypt under their new Sharia Law constitution. The DUmmies and the KOmmies have yet to react to Sharia Law Egypt but we have a HUffie THREAD...

On Thursday NBC's Andrea Mitchell asked Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt: "When is he going to be accessible for questions other than to People magazine and Entertainment Tonight?" LaBolt replied: "I wouldn't assume that, if he's in a local market, that the reporters' questions will be any less serious." Well, on Friday, President Obama had an interview on a local radio station in New Mexico. As you can hear on this VIDEO, these are some of those "serious questions," along with a couple of the president's answers: "Our big question is, red or green?" (i.e., chile peppers). The president's...

So what do you think has been the inevitable result of all the "hate crimes" reported ever since the Kerri DUnn(ce) "hate crime" of 8 years ago? You would think that the left, including DUmmies and HUffies, would finally learn to curb their outrage until the final results are in. Even a DUmb dog would learn that trick after so much practice but nooooooo the HUffington Post HUffies went straight to extreme gullible OUTRAGE mode the moment they read this STORY, "Joseph Baken, Montana Gay Man, Allegedly Beaten Outside Club On His Birthday." Now watch the outrage UNTIL the...

It can't be! It can't be! The feds are now cracking down bigtime on medical marijuana dispensaries despite a promise from the Obama Regime that it would leave them alone if they were in compliance with state laws. That is why the HUffington Post HUffies are so upset over the news that the feds are cracking down on the Harborside Health Center of Oakland, CA, the biggest medical marijuana dispensary in the world. You might remember Harborside and its owner, Steve DeAngelo, from the discovery channel's "Weed Wars" last year. Your humble correspondent, despite never having partaken of the...

Because the leftwing requirements for posting at the HUffington Post are much less stringent than at DUmmieland, the HUffies are much more skeptical of Anthony Weiner's weiner story than the DUmmies who have SWALLOWED it whole. You can see HUffie skepticism about Weiner in this THREAD, "Anthony Weiner Says He Was #Hacked, After Briefs Shot Tweeted From His Account." So let us now watch most of the HUffies who have kept their hands off Weiner comment skeptically on the story in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, posting yet another story on this topic because he...

The Looney Left's bête noire, Chimpy McHitler, has recently emerged from the Führerbunker and awakened the latent BDS always boiling just beneath the surface. A softball interview on the Orca Windbag Show only served to rehabilitate the Evil One. What's next, a turn on Brush-Clearing With the Stars? Well, if that were not enough, now comes President Obama morphing INTO Barack W. McSame! HuffPo has broken a story--perhaps just a trial baloney at this point--"White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts," and even this whiff of a RUMOR is enough to set off a FIRESTORM across the Lands...

Some county official out in Nebraska was having a little FUn with a picture of Dear Leader puffing a cigarette, and now the HUffies are in a HUff about it! Mad over a pic of Obama lightin' up? Lighten up! Read about it here in this THREAD, "Obama Cigarette Portrait To Be Replaced With Official Portrait At Nebraska's Adams County Courthouse." It's the HUffies vs. the HUskers in the Tobacco Bowl! The HUffie smoke rings are in Bolshevik Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, Charles Henrickson, a native of the city of Chicago who lived for...

All we heard last week was that the "Teabaggers" were guilty of "inciting violence." For instance, by her use of traditional political metaphorical language like "reload" and "targeted," Sarah Palin, the right-wing Moosiah, was sending clear signals to her rabid followers to literally hunt down progressives. And there were those stories about protesters shouting the "N"-word against Reps. Lewis and Cleaver--although audio of the alleged incident could detect no such shouts. Even so, all you heard last week was how the right wing had become dangerously unhinged and was turning violent. Well, now today, lo and behold, there is...

Peter Daou of the HUffington Post has had the jobs that political player wannabee William Rivers Pitt could only dream about. Daou has been an integral part of both the Hillary Clinton and John Kerry campaigns among many other things. Therefore, when Daou warns the Democrats that they are making a big mistake by focusing on and attacking Rush Limbaugh, smart folks should pay attention to the warning he posted in this HUffington Post THREAD, "Why on Earth Are Democrats Legitimizing and Empowering Rush Limbaugh?" Yeah, by focusing on Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats are making...

The HUffies are worried that the Cabbage Patch Doll known as Rod Blagojevich might drag their Obamassiah down as you can see in this HUffington POst THREAD titled, "Blagojevich Scandal: Governor's Lawyer Wants Obama Staff Subpoenaed." However, unfortunately for Team Obama, the Cabbage Patch Doll is NOT going gently into the night. He absolutely intends to drag his fellow Chicago Machine Democrats, including the Obamassiah and Rahmbo, down with him. And the best thing of all is that the Cabbage Patch Doll has plenty of audiotape evidence care of federal wiretaps, to make his case that the rest of...

This STORY is HUGE over at the HUffington POst. How huge? At least 29 pages of comments worth, many of which I shall be DUFUing. Apparently Hillary Clinton suckered Barack Obama into "offering" her the post of Secretary of State. What she did is take Obama's rather vague suggestion that Hillary could help out in a number of areas, including in foreign relations and turned that into a solid "offer" to become Secretary of State. The details follow in the story below so let us follow the HUffies ranting on it in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your...

The Dems are getting nervous. The polls are tightening, knuckles are whitening, and the prospects are frightening! Witness this HUffPo THREAD by Sherman Yellen, "My Coming November Crackup." In spite of some polls giving Obama a sizeable lead, this old HUffie fears Rovian Republican chicanery come Election Day. Hee! Hee! So before we get to his thread, let's reinforce Sherman's fears with a song. Click and sing along! CRY (If you see polls)By Johnnie Ray-of-Sunshine Tune: "Cry" (If your sweetheart) Original If you see polls that turn out to be too high It's just Diebold, you'll feel better if...

So just how upset is the leftwing blogosphere over Barack Obama's switch on his "rock solid" opposition to offshore oil drilling? Try over 4700 angry post (as of this writing) at the HUffington POst THREAD, "Obama Shifts, Says He May Back Offshore Drilling," announcing this latest 180 by the Obamassiah. Perhaps the left was reconciled that the switch on FISA by Obama would be his last major switch but this change on position on offshore oil drilling is just too much for them. Likewise the DUmmies and KOmmies are beyond upset with Obama on this switch as well as...

Lee Stranahan has posted what is currently the most popular story at the HUffington POst questioning why liberals have been avoiding the John Edwards scandal story. Although a liberal himself, Stranahan has gone off the leftwing reservation to post this THREAD titled, "Say It Ain't So, John -- Why Progressives Need To Get Out In Front Of The John Edwards Affair Rumors." Stranahan has made a long but very fascinating post on this topic. I'll post only an excerpt of it but I recommend that everybody read the entire post. What is interesting is the HUffie reaction to Stranahan's...

The mainstream media might try like hell to avoid mentioning the OBVIOUS effect of Rush Limbaugh's Operation Chaos on prolonging the Democrat primary but the HUffington Post HUffies sure know who to blame. Come to think of it, both John Kerry and the Obama campaign have credited Operation Chaos with giving Hillary her slim win in Indiana. Of course, some people like Pied Piper Pitt think an extended and bloody Democrat primary is a BLESSING but that observation can be chalked up to both grandstanding and an excess of Bukowski's brew. The HUffies themselves are somewhat more rational than...

I was originally going to DUFU Erica Jong's HUffington POst BLOG titled, "Inspiration Versus Degradation," on Monday but now I'm glad I didn't. Much better to let Jong go out on the limb with her paean to Rev. Jeremiah Wright and then watch it being sawed off behind her as even Barack Obama disavowed his former pastor and mentor. This should serve as a reminder that Wright, who is now being disparaged by many in the left and the media for betraying their beloved Obama, was just a few days ago highly praised by these same folks. Their defense...

Whomever the Democratics nominate this time, it will be a first: It will NOT be a white male (unless you count Barry as half-white or Hillary as ha--uh, let's not go there). Identity Politics has driven the Democrat race. Guilt-wracked whites, wanting to appear enlightened, have supported the clean and articulate Magic Negro. They were joined finally by blacks, when Bill's dismissive South Carolina comments made them decide Barack was black enough. Meanwhile, old feminist teacher-union types have been supporting Hillary!. But Identity Politics will not be enough to win in November. In order to succeed, the Dem candidate...

Thanx in large part to Rush Limbaugh who urged his listeners to cross party lines to vote for Hillary in Texas, we now have the BEST of all outcomes in the Democrat nomination process: a long bloody fight to the bitter end this summer. Out the window is a dull, scripted, happy face Democrat convention this summer (and possibly beyond). Instead we will be treated to the spectacle of anger, hate, and above all extreme bitterness as reflected in this HUffington POst THREAD accurately titled, "The Race Goes On -- And Gets Uglier." Among the great entertainment to be...

The big news made last night at the State of the Union address wasn't what was said by President Bush at the podium. No, as you can see in the news story below, the big news was made in the audience when Barack Obama snubbed Hillary Clinton when he turned his back on her as she shook Ted Kennedy's hand next to him. Of course, the snub is quite mutual since Hillary has also been avoiding personal contact with Obama like he had the plague. This is yet more evidence of their mutual detestation which is going to make...