Little Debbie Schlussel - Just Another Candy-Ass Republican

[Bob Geiger]

I do my best to stay out of blog-wars in which individual bloggers go at each other because I once got involved in one that truly did nothing but lower me to the level of the right-winger attacking me and, more importantly, because I truly believe that my readers are just not interested in that nonsense.

I primarily cover the United States Senate and that keeps me busy enough without getting down in the gutter with every conservative blogger who decides on a given day to heave some slime at me or one of my Liberal/Progressive/Democratic colleagues.

But I'm going to comment on this one because it is truly an example of how, after taking a couple of years to get up a good head of steam, our side of the blog world is truly bigger, stronger, faster and smarter than the hacks on the Republican side -- and the people who had become accustomed to being schoolyard bullies are now in consistent hysterics because they find themselves getting the crap beat out of them on a regular basis.

The picture at upper left -- used with the express, written permission of my friend Taylor Marsh -- depicts Debbie Schlussel, a conservative blogger who writes about such burning issues as the food at hockey games, New York Giants star Michael Strahan's marital woes and outing Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank for allegedly being a high-school drop out.

Yep, Debbie fits right in with the Algonquin Roundtable that is the wingnut blogosphere.

But a few weeks ago, she dipped into the Republican slime bucket and tossed a big blob of it in Barack Obama's direction, trying to scare her troglodytic readers to death by making a big deal out of Obama's middle name, which is "Hussein."

Taylor Marsh is from the new school of Democratic operatives and writers -- those of us who make clear that it's a new day in political discourse, we don’t reach across the damn aisle and any attacks from Republicans will open an enormous can of Progressive whoop-ass on them.

And that's what Taylor did -- here's an excerpt:

But the taking out after Barack Obama for his middle name is the most heinous attack I've seen against a Democratic candidate since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was attacked for his alleged sexual prowess with women not his wife.

I guess since we have continued to hold Republican racists' feet to the fire the right-wing wacko machine has to find another tactic by which to attack the rising young Democratic star. The line being forwarded by the likes of Ed Rogers and other Republicans, if only by cowardly inference, is that Senator Obama may call himself a Christian, but he's actually a Muslim out to do the U.S.A. harm through his masquerade of faith.

So what does Little Debbie Schlussel do in response? She threatens to sue Taylor for, of all things, using a widely-distributed picture of Debbie on TaylorMarsh.com and other sites to go along with her story on Schlussel's smear of Obama.

No, I'm not kidding.

In all the times the picture of my middle-aged mug (on my site) has been ripped off and ridiculed by the other side, I've never even considered going to my lawyer. I guess that's because it would make me feel like such a complete weenie. I also believe that those of us who write things that may upset others -- like I am in this very post -- ought not whine when somebody takes a slap back at us.

But Little Debbie Schlussel is like so many on the right-wing side of the blog world. They're real tough when attacking someone else and launching any manner of lying, racist or McCarthyite attack but they suddenly turn into sniveling little weasels when anyone hits back.

I guess she fits right in with every other candy-ass Republican in this country right now. Congressional Republicans are whining because the Democratic Majority may treat them much like, well, they treated the Democrats all those years. Likewise, many conservatives got into blogging at a time when they thought they could kick sand in every liberal's face and get away with it -- and they're finding that's not really the case now.

Little Debbie took a cheap shot a Barack Obama, Taylor Marsh counter-punched with devastating effectiveness and Debbie responded by covering her head and fleeing the ring as a wimpering mess.

Boo Frickin' Hoo.

But Schlussel's side of the digital fence better get ready for more because we only get worse from here.

If they're going to threaten lawsuits every time we fight back and hand their asses to them, they might want to line up a lot of lawyers willing to take losing cases from a bunch of crybabies.

[mentalsolstice]

1. She's an f'ing mess!

And her slutty picture looks nothing like her...I've seen her on TV, and I couldn't believe it was the same person. Just goes to show what "Glamour Shots" can do for you! And no, I don't want to pick on a women's looks, but in this case she is obviously trying to capitalize on the blond hair and boobs...but when you actually see her, it's something totally different.

And then she hates everyone Muslim! No matter whether they're peaceful or not.

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[pink-o]

4. WTF?

"...hell i did`t know she was a jew so no wonder there`s a muslim around every corner ready to destroy america...."


HI. Please explain that statement to me before I jump to the wrong conclusion.

Are you saying we're all scared of Muslims?

[mentalsolstice]

5. My opinion...

...she's against everything Muslim. My stance...we should not, must not, be. She's right up there David Duke in racism. And she builds up her readership with "come hither" fake blond, big boob shots. However, when you actually see her, she's anything but!

[pink-o]

6. But that's because she's a racist idiot...

...not because she's a Jew....right???

[mentalsolstice]

8. I would hate to think it's rooted in Judaism

She's just plain racist. If she were here in the south, her hatred would be aimed at African Americans, in the southwest against Latinos, and in the northwest against Asians or Native Americans. She's simply hatred waiting for a place to happen.

[mentalsolstice]

11. I personally...

don't know of any Jewish person that buys into her brand of hate. But I'm here in the south, and she's in Michigan, so I can't vouch for the religion of her followers. It's just a brand of hatred and racism that makes my stomach turn. I will say that she is very forthcoming in saying that she's Jewish...but I don't know of the beliefs of her faithful audience (if you saw some of the comments on her blog you'd know what I mean, they swear the sun rises and sets on her). It's pretty sickening!

[noonwitch]

14. In the Detroit area, where Debbie is from....

There is a large number of jewish people. Many jewish people in Detroit history were involved in the civil rights struggle for african americans, and in the union movement. Sen. Carl Levin and his brother, Rep. Sander Levin are both liberal jewish democrats from metro-Detroit. A lot of my female supervisors at Children's Services have been jewish, too.

[PretzelzRule]

3. Oh, I'll post a picture of Little Debbie

Oh wait, wrong one...

[mentalsolstice]

7. actually Li'l Debbie is more sexy...

...than the real one, once you see her on live TV.

Here's the fake one,

Believe me the real one has fried hair and looks NOTHING like this. Again, I do not want to talk about how a woman looks, but in this case she's trading in on a very false representation to get a mostly male following.

[badgerpup]

9. That looks remarkably like Ann Coulter might look...

...if she wasn't taking anorexia lessons...

NOTE: I have no idea whether St Ann of the Codpiece is anorexic, bulimic, using one of those designer drugs that make you skeletal or what.
Nor, frankly, do I give a damn.

All I'm saying is that she looks like a bag of coat hangers but might be attractive at a normal weight for her height.

[KingFlorez]

10. She's just another disturbed right-winger

[spooky3]

12. I thought wingnuts didn't like people who clog up our legal system

with frivolous lawsuits. You know, our litigious society, and all that...

They couldn't possibly be hypocrites about this too, could they?

:sarcasm:

[rosesaylavee]

13. Love the drawing.

Thanks for the laugh this am before I go to work. Am vicariously enjoying the DEM whoopass going around. Go Bob Go.