Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Rep. Billy Long tweet compares Amy Winehouse with debt-ceiling negotiations (UPDATE)

Posted by Ben Palosaari on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:00 AM

click to enlarge Twitter master.
  • Twitter master.

UPDATE: The Springfield News-Leader has received an apology from Rep. Billy Long. The paper reports Long texted it to them Monday night:

"Although I do believe spending 42 percent more than we take in is an

addiction, I certainly meant no disrespect to Amy, her family or her

fans. She was one of the few true artists to come along in a long time.

What happened to her was a senseless tragedy and drawing an analogy

wasn't meant to minimize the loss of life. If anyone took offense, I

sincerely apologize."

Original post: Someday, politicians will learn how to effectively use Twitter. Maybe. Until then, we'll just have to continue to stare in total befuddlement at the stream of projectile vomit that some of our elected officials choose to spew onto the Internet.

Rep. Billy Long, he of tweets mocking rural tornado-alert systems fame, made the connection everybody was grasping for yesterday. Long tastefully compared Amy Winehouse's death with the squabble in Washington over raising the debt ceiling. Well done, congressman.


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He

even got the trending hashtag in there to make his tweet maximize his

reach. And his implication that the nation meeting its debt obligations

in order to continue functioning is the same as drug and alcohol

addictions? Spot on.


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Come on man!  It's even in Urban Dictionary......

v. to reject with denialA portmanteau of repudiate and refuse.

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Posted by justthefactsmaam on 07/29/2011 at 6:13 AM

Refudiate, you dipshit, is not a word.

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Posted by kcsoviet on 07/28/2011 at 1:14 PM

....not a real word???? Commie is short for Communist........

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Posted by justthefactsmaam on 07/28/2011 at 6:27 AM

You are joking I hope...you know that is not actually a real word.

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Posted by kcsoviet on 07/27/2011 at 11:00 PM

it's REFUDIATE....get with the program Commie!

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Posted by justthefactsmaam on 07/27/2011 at 8:35 PM

Wow, you just used every large word that you know all in one sentence below to "refute" my argument.

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Posted by kcsoviet on 07/27/2011 at 10:01 AM

You missed the memo that education and idiocracy aren't mutually exclusive.  I would venture to guess you're just an run of the mill un-educated idiot, based entirely on your comments of course.

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Posted by justthefactsmaam on 07/27/2011 at 9:55 AM

Of course, I may be behaving a little too generously, you are probably not married, and you are most likely still a virgin. Fuck you, and the idiotic, fat body, politician mentioned above in your fucking eye.

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Posted by kcsoviet on 07/27/2011 at 1:05 AM

Well, just to set the facts straight, our current POTUS is more educated than you, has accomplished more, and his wife is better looking than yours. I'm sorry, what were you saying again? Why aren't you running the country?

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Posted by kcsoviet on 07/27/2011 at 1:03 AM

He should apologize, no one should compare Amy Winehouse and gifted and talented artist with the current POTUS.  Obama is a no talent hack and Amy's family should have taken those comments as an insult.

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Posted by justthefactsmaam on 07/26/2011 at 5:38 PM

Never trust someone in a cowboy hat that isn't on a horse.

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Posted by Starmooncar on 07/26/2011 at 9:28 AM
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