The Daily Show: Come For The Lord, Stay For Teh Gay
By Logan Murphy Thursday Mar 13, 2008 12:40pm
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Thursday on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took a trip back to Mess O'Potamia to reflect on President Bush's 2003 speech during the run up to the invasion of Iraq in front of the National Religious Broadcasters. The event was held at the Gaylord Opryland, where Bush claimed Saddam Hussein was lying about having WMDs. Fast forward to 2008, after all the WMD propaganda has been debunked and Iraq is in shambles, and the president once again spoke in front of the NRB and once again, the event was held at the Gaylord Opryland.
"Five years ago in the build up to the Iraq war, President Bush gave a speech to a group called the National Religious Broadcasters at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee called the GAYLORD Opryland Resort & Convention Center. I'M NOT KIDDING. The evangelical group stayed at the GAYLORD. Apparently, it's a hotel for people who are gay for the Lord."
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.
Bush claimed Saddam Hussein was lying about having WMDs
Wow, I guess Bush was right. Hussein was acting like he had WMD, but really, he didn't have them! Bush is a visionary!
"I feel your prayers" says "Lord" Dubya! Heck of a guy!
OK, besides Stewart and Olbermann, is there any body else in the MSM who gets it? Heck of a country!
Filthy Harry @ 2:
Yeah and Bear Stearns was one of the company's Bush wanted to let handle peoples Social Security money too.
JM @ 3:
A few. Even those who think they get it still don't get it.
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
God, I forgot about that! I hope some brave reporter will ask Bush how his SocSec plan would be fairing in today's HIGHLY volatile and declining market. (I know, it won't happen)
First?
van140 @ 7:
Not Even Close
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
...and Refco as well.
(Ok, I just made that up, but I wouldn't doubt that he would've used Refco to handle SS).
The hotel is probably named for the fellow that owns it. He used to be on Hee-Haw. No, really, he did. Now he's like a gazillion-aire because of all the real estate and stuff he's bought up.
But, the coincidence is still funny as hell.
NRB should be sued because they aren't "religous" broadcasters, meaning Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Scientology NOOOOOOOOOO they are only Chirstian broadcasters .
. ..
either that or all other religions including liberal Christians should charge NRB's gates and demand to be let in.
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
Oh boy...Bear fucking Stearns. Yeah we have to help out those poor hedge-fund managers. They might not be able to afford the new Ferrari this year! Wouldn't want them to suffer!
Opryland used to be an Amusement Park. Now it’s a mall. It too shall pass.
JM @ 12:
I wonder where CDS is?
Same old same old. Privatize the profit, nationalize the risk. Its the sneaky "left hand in your pocket while the right hand is waving thing" that the Grover Norquist fuckers do.
JM @ 12:
Alan D Schwartz
President/Director/CEO at
The Bear Stearns Companies, Incorporated
Cash Compensation (FY November 2007)
Salary $250,000
Bonus $16,237,150
Latest FY other long-term comp. $19,247,272
Total $35,734,422
Stock Options (FY November 2007)
Total 727,376 $52,907,900
JM @ 12:
Or do I have them confused with the Carlisle group folks?? BfS, investing in sub-primes. We have to protect their blue-blood butts don't we??
HAHA! Tree-packing fudge-huggers!
The Gaylord Opryland?
Man some shit you just can't make this shit up.
Nine BlueDogs in the House FISA vote. Repugs were well-whipped.
L.A. Confidential @ 15:
This is the guy who just got a federally guaranteed loan to help save his company after too many stupid investments in bundled sub-prime mortgages.
This is fucking criminal.
So, who is the proprietor of the GAYLORD Opryland Resort & Convention Center?
Phil McCracken?
Sorry...couldn't resist.
I'm 3 minutes away from the Gaylord.
Nice hotel.
Pretty Gay.
Anyone ever been to Gaylord, Michigan? ha Interesting place.
JM @ 3:
Colbert!
I've been about 3 times to that joint... huge multi-purpose joint off the median of a highway. Actually nearly missed a convention meeting because they were going to close off the road because... Bush's motorcade was soon to be rolling by.
It's a fake plastic world with fake streams and roads inside... and a pain in the ass to traverse. They're building one like it nearby on the Potomac in the DC area. These places suck.
OT, but IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID!
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/03/14/us_faces_severe_reces...
I always thought that this was a rather unfortunate name for a street gang, but i wasnt about to tell them that!
Almighty Gaylords
RppPolyp @ 25:
Fake...just like their morals.
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
Really? Do you have the link? That's weird. Wouldn't an attack tilt the election in his favor, since it would frighten everyone?
Old Billy Hussein @ 20:
I don't see how we are going to make it through this year without a major crash, panic, or both.
blue lanugo @ 29:
McStraightjacket is senile, my friend.
blue lanugo @ 29:
http://tinyurl.com/2asxof
Why is it, when FISA is stalled in the House....
... another 'top' Al-Queida operative is captured?
Bud @ 33:
House OKs Democratic surveillance bill
AP - 22 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The House has passed by a narrow margin a Democratic surveillance bill that President Bush has vowed to veto if it reaches his desk.
"Aah'd pre-she-ate never having to listen to that lying little sociopathic prick ever agin"
L.A. Confidential @ 34:
Veto Away, Monkey Boy!!
Bud @ 33:
WASHINGTON - Authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001, the Pentagon announced Friday. He was handed over by the CIA to the Pentagon earlier this week and is being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Maybe Bush will finally be able to present Osamas head to the public on a platter at some precise moment in this up and coming election.
Then the public will go hey maybe torture is a good thing after all! We got him!
"Some people you don't have to satirize - you just have to quote 'em." - Tom Paxton
My stomach hurts again... :(
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
Right. If they attack, it's to stir up anti-war sentiment against him. If they don't attack, it's to stir up anti-war sentiment against him.
Yer fuckin' crackers, Johnnie.
I believe that the Gaylord is owned by the Gaylord family of Oklahoma City. They also own The Dallas newspaper and The Daily Oklahoman.
L.A. Confidential @ 5:
correct, Bush has the ‘Messianic principle’ , we are so screwed.
hey Nancy IS NOW something on the table or are you praying at the feet of the godlet.
L.A. Confidential @ 37:
"So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you.... "
Shadow Hussein GM @ 40:
He's the Neocons Boy. McBoosh 3
http://tinyurl.com/36oj9z
LA- I've been tortured for 7 years now. Believe Me it don't work. only thing it did was make me put dents in my forehead and drink heavily.
bush is a fuckin gay cheney probably pounds him in the ass every night
L.A. Confidential @ 44:
Foreign policy, national security
• Henry Kissinger - Former U.S. secretary of State.
• William Kristol - Editor of the Weekly Standard, a Washington-based political magazine.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/special3/articles/0811mccain-advi...
Liberal AND Proud @ 36:
Chimpy and his appointed deities, they utters only lies, deaf to the cries, perceive nowt except themselves and the flies.
George Bush speech you never heard
george bush speech on the state of the union
George Bush said: "Freedom has the power to transform lice"...........huh?.......R U serious?
steelthing @ 41:
Yep. The Gaylords definitely own the Oklahoman and have for 100 years. Hence one reason the state is so damn backwards is their far-right-wing control of the media. They have a lot of power. Gaylords also own Opryland-what a coincidence! (I'm a native Okie and live in Oklahoma City.)
Off topid: A Gaylord son-in-law, Clay Bennett, and his cronies three former mayors, recently shilled for an extension of a sales tax to raise millions to refurbish the not-very-old Ford Center so Bennett can move his Seattle basketball team down here and make himself millions more. It passed, 60 to 40.
Oklahoman editorials also shilled it bigtime, but did they mention one of the beneficiaries was a member of their family? Nope.
IOKIYAR = It's OK to sponge off the taxpayers if you're a Republican. In fact, it's mandatory........
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman declined to say when or where Mohammad Rahim was captured—or by whom—announcing only that he was handed over by the CIA to the Pentagon earlier this week and is being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
ah yes........yet another #2 man...We must defeat the evil Kaos.
Did anyone else happen to think that Dana Perino sounded and even looked like Bill Kristol in a blond wig last night?
For all those that says Jon is too soft on his guest-- observe what he is doing. He is doing something new in political interviews, yes he can biting(and it can be argued that he is not biting enough), but he also shows some respect, if for nothing else at least respect towards the art of journalism. He simply draws up up the sludge from deep within these people, and while letting the guest speak for themselves, he lets it fester on the surface and in the open for all the world to see and scorn. He can be very cat and mouse, but has no doubt been moving farther and farther up the chain of command in the WH. He ended the interview by really pushing for Dubya to be interviewed. Though does anyone think Georgie-boy really has the balls? Ironic isn't it how the "most powerful person in the "free world"" seems to be so scared of a short statured, stand-up comic who host a cable comedy show.
Hey, now...I stayed at the hotel in question once for a military pharmacy conference, and I am not gay for the Lord...I am a straight agnostic!
The hotel is fantastic, btw.
buck_fush @ 55:
I'm sorry. A military pharmacy convention? There HAS to be a joke in there!
I'm a native to Nashville, TN, so I see references to the Gaylord Opryland hotel/convention center all the time. It really is one of the nicest places to stay while in town, so I cant say I blame em.
Shadow Hussein GM @ 40:
Well, I'll be waiting for the old "COLOR CODED TERROR METER OF DEATH" to make it's triumphant return this summer. Woo-hoooo!!!
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
In other news, a wolf has been sighted in the woods outside of town. No, really! He's vicious, and I swear this time it's true.
"...Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me..."
Or as Sigmund Freud might say:
"Freudian symbolism, much?"
Major Mel Funkshun @ 58:
to keep us all going until then 'Bathroom Terror Level Alert Indicator' Danger! Danger! (Flails arms wildly)
JudyLou @ 52:
and as the taxpayer wised up, the Repugs (Baron Ward von NRCC) had to resort to scamming their own.
IOKIYAR(or do your own audits)
Who wouldn't be gay for God? Am I right? Huh? *elbows fundamentalists repeatedly*
oakling @ 63:
they have the technology they can
rebuildrehab them, look 'Haggard' he walks he talks he sez nothanksoakling @ 63:
draft two:
they haz the tekwizardry they can
repackagerehab them, look @ Huggard he walks he talks he snorts 'nothanks'What's with the teh?
When I've seen it before I thought it was a typo.
Now it appears to be an idiotic reference
Like starting every thread with Frist and references to internets and tubes.
ysbaddaden @ 66:
check wikipedia, just type in teh.
"Tree-packing, fudge-huggers...the Pentagon."
Sure glad the writers are back!
ysbaddaden @ 66:
aghh draft three:
they haz teh tekwizardry they can repackage rehab them, look @ Huggard he walks he talks he snorts ‘nothanks’
Is Bush is so big on freedom, why has be been single-mindedly trying to destroy it here at Home? Must be because he is the regifter, like Jon says.
BTW, with the Bush crowd, the slogan could more aptly read, "Stay for Teh Gay, Cum for the Lord".
Why does eveyone mispell teh ghey?
The Bush drunk belongs in a rubber room. Prayers. Fucking prayers. What is that twit, six years old?
Pechorin @ 72:
He's probably already in rubber pants.
Yes while trying to bring them freedom we've taken away things like their electricity, clean water, health care, etc... Not to mention bringing in several mercenary organizations like Blackwater to help keep them safe. Yep, I bet the people of Iraq pray...pray that we leave their country in this century.
He's talking as if people are actually praying to him, not just for him. Or is there another reason why he's saying that he feels people's prayers?
JudyLou @ 52:
Oh, don't stop there. I've said for years, as a true Okie (moved to L.A.), that no single factor kept Oklahoma culturally "barefoot and pregnant" than Gaylord Inc. Major state reforms always pass in the NE, "Green Country," thanks to the tone of the Tulsa media, and fail or fight uphill elsewhere. Ironcially, for years, the cheap "Cleveland" punchline of comics for Oklahoma has always been "Tulsa," but TULSA is a far more diverse, cultural and progressive city--even for its rich, Oil-Capital-of-the-World-legacy Republicans--than more backward, and yes, often white trash OKC could ever be. What passes for progressives come from the two islands of sanity in Oklahoma, Tulsa and Norman, the univeristy city (go Sooners!). But that Gaylord bunch, by controllng THE state paper that dominates 2/3 of the state--as well as major radio and the NBC affiliate for years--you can thank them for being BushCo types years before their time.
I stayed at Gaylord Opryland in Nashville last year, it's... actually a beautiful hotel with a waterfall, plenty of flower arrangements, a nice staff and walking distance to the Grand Ole' Opry. I can't wait to go back and visit, I had a great time!
That was brilliant stuff, right to the very last line.
Stewart needs to limit himself to only 35 cups of coffee.
I asked this on another thread:
What does "teh gay" mean? Why the misspelling?
Why is Bush still President of the United States? Well, I know why, he really isn't the person pulling the strings, God is. Or is his God the war profiteers? Gosh, it certainly looks that way. Every common descent person should rise up against this fool. Thou shalt not kill... one of the commandments that that prick purposely broke for his real God-$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$! US Wake up! I know Nader has been kicked around but he truly is the only man that will get this country back in the right direction. I will never get over what Bush has done and how America slept through this whole thing and let this happen.
Veritas @ 10:
No, Veritas, it was named for the late Edward L. Gaylord, the son of the long-time owner of the Daily Oklahoman, named the worst daily newspaper in America by Columbia Journalism Review about a decade back. I am a native Oklahoman, a former long-time radio news reporter, and, sad to say, a Daily Oklahoman paperboy back home in Purcell in the mid 60s.
The Gaylords are about as right-wing and reactionary as they come. The Daily Oklahoman has been a major debilitationg influence on the fight to achieve social justice in Oklahoma.
The Gaylords' Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO) has a broadcast component, through which they bought the Grand Ole Opry and Opryland.
Michael Dodson
Shawnee, Oklahoma
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