No Sweat?

The Ragister's Iowa Ear mentioned the National Guard jacket Governor Big Lug Nut has been wearing lately.

They opined it gives him...

A place to hide Patty Judge.

FATTY Judge?

Hardly.

They listed a half a dozen or more reasons, including...

A sweat stain cover.

Could that be it?





























We're SURE and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Ring Around The Collar

The Big Lug Nut turned into "Sweaty Chetty" for a primary night interview with KCCI.

The collar of his blue button down shirt was soaked and the sweat was spreading to his chest(er?) as he continued to wipe his face with his hands.

We offered a helpful hint, in April, to the BLN after we found out Florida Governor Charlie Crist uses a fan to remain dry during TV interviews.

At least he was smiling during his TV8 time, earlier on WHO HD he looked angry.

I don't think the public is ready to be drenched with his sweat in High Def and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The anger "Sweaty Cheaty" showed must have come from his "12:01 this evening — it’s on now; I love a good fight; all the way back to the last century in the early ‘80s" mode.

I agree with a Branstad supporter who said the fall election will be a contest between a man who's an ambassador for the state versus an embarrassment.

The Doctor?

The so called Dr. Politics has given his latest diagnosis on the Iowa Governor's race.

Iowa State Professor Steffen Schmidt doesn't believe it's over for the Big Lug Nut.

I'm sure most would agree, but the Dr.'s reasoning seems a bit flawed.

Culver and Terry Branstad will go head-to-head one more time in a televised debate before Election Day.

Schmidt said that debate could hurt Branstad if he follows the same course as the first two.

"It sort of had Branstad repeating the same reasons why he should be governor and it means there are no fresh ideas," said Schmidt.

Excuse me Dr. -- I'm not a professional, but I play one on this blog (and the scientific community is united in that fact) -- but as I recall you had Branstad winning the last debate.

The governor’s physical appearance weakened his presentation, according to Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State.

“(He) looked sweaty and he was constantly touching his nose,” Schmidt said. “If you watched the debate, it was pretty clear Branstad was the winner.”

How is it that a winning strategy would hurt?

Can you say malpractice?

If Culver flicks as much sweat as he did during the last debate, it'll be the pits for his campaign and the final stain on his administration.

Sad Panda?

This is what hurts in John Deeth's From The Left Ragister blog post

GOP bloggers get krude on Conlin

He left out the sweat on the Big Lug Nut, how can you miss that?

I can't figure out if I'm supposed to be Beavis or Butthead and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The headline, Headlights On The Parade, came from a YouTube search of the word parade. The song and the picture made the double entendre easier.

Out of deference to Conlin's age and how tender of an issue it can be for women, I didn't focus on her underarm fat.

What I'm taking away from this is that it's okay to make fun of men, but not women (unless they're Sarah Palin).

Also, women want to be treated differently than men.

My best half, Chris will just love the CUUUUUUTE Panda pictures.

Deeth continues to dole out compliments to IowasNewzLiter by citing us as longtime prominent bloggers.

Glad Panda!

Sweating With An Oldie

The second Iowa gubernatorial debate started with Terry Branstad walking nearly all the way to Chet Culver's podium to shake hands.

I thought that was a nice effort to probably keep the Big Lug Nut from breaking into Sweaty Chetty.

Epic Fail and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I found myself distracted by the number of times Culver had to fling his facial fluid from his nose and brow.

I'm not alone --The governor’s physical appearance weakened his presentation, according to Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State.

“(He) looked sweaty and he was constantly touching his nose,” Schmidt said. “If you watched the debate, it was pretty clear Branstad was the winner.”

There was no Brain Suck moment for Culver, but it was odd during the Arizona immigration law question, that Culver claimed "Illegal is Illegal" and then criticized Branstad for wanting to fill up the jails with detained illegals.

Branstad scored when he said only 34% of flood money that has been allocated has reached businesses.

Culver tried to claim that it took Branstad 12 years to close the books on the 1993 flood.

Twelve years would be 2005 and almost to the end of the second term of The Pickle, Governor Vilsack.

Culver became annoying by wanting to go back several times to answer previous questions, on unemployment and preschool, when the debate had moved on to the next question.

At one point the crowd turned on him when he tried to go back to Terry Branstad not rebutting the preschool question.

Numerous times Culver tried to circumvent the format by wanting rebuttal time after he'd had a rebuttal.

I'm not sure why he just didn't use time from the next question to revisit the previous question, like he'd been doing.

I thought Terry Branstad scored when he highlighted how free preschool for all had actually hurt K-12 and College education, especially in lieu of Culver's 10% budget cuts.

Branstad hit a home run here when he said -- “Now we now know what I-JOBS is, It’s Illinois jobs”.

Somebody's been reading our blog (I-JOBS).

Branstad further drilled the point home when he mentioned the people from Illinois that marched with Culver at the University of Iowa Homecoming parade.

Culver lamely turned it into having support from all over including his sister here from New York.

Must be here to help him pack up Terrace Hill.

Is part of Culver bringing IBM, Google and Microsoft to Iowa include constant name dropping?

They must have required numerous free plugs.

Culver has also increased the total number of jobs created by 5,000 in one month, from the first debate figure of 16,000, to 21,000.

Culver continues to be no mathlete when he criticized Indiana as having unemployment at 50% above the U.S. average.

Indiana's August rate was 10.2%, during the same time period the U.S. rate was 9.6%.

I loved Branstad's shot at Staci Appel-sauce for brains and her Supreme Court sitting husband, Brent, when Branstad mentioned how partisan the judicial nominating process has become.

In his closing remarks, it sounded like Culver was claiming Branstad was Governor in the 1920s and I know during the debate I heard Culver call his opponent Blanstad.

Lastly, I felt sorry for the people that had to shake the hand Culver used to mop the flop sweat after the debate was over.

A Fool Such As I

I was surprised to see a report on WHO DT last night that showed what a dope Dummycrat Chet Culver is.

The Big Lug Nut helped break a sweat and ground for a new state building that will house the Iowa Utilities Board.

WHO DT asked Culver, "Do you know where the funding's coming from for this?"

BLN immediately replied, "Yeah, its comes from the legislature, we have all sorts of capitol (capital) improvement funds every year."

Except he was wrong and the scientific community is united in that fact.

State officials sold bonds to raise the money for the building's construction and those bonds are financed, ultimately, by Iowa utility customers.

WHO DT had a sound bite of a reporter informing the Governor about that.

BLN; "Even better yet."

D'OH!

Either through taxes or fees, the BLN is happy anyway he can stick it to Iowans.

BTW, I was surprised it was on WHO DT because Erin Kiernan intro'd the piece at 5.

Kiernan's hubby Michael, is BLN's best buddy and Iowa Dummycrat Partay Chair.

Never Let Them See You Sweat

Today's helpful hint for the Big Lug Nut comes courtesy of fellow Governor Charlie Crist of Florida.

Crist uses an electric fan to keep himself cool during television interviews.

Perspiration problems are not new for the BLN and the scientific community is united in that fact.

You can see him using a hand to wipe his face during this WHO DT story (below).







The Liter is a problem solver and a helper, so we've taken the liberty of sending our solution to the Statehouse.




















It's an inflation fan for hot air balloons and it seems like a natural fit for the BLN.

It's being towed up from Indianola.

He's A Heart Attack (Looking For A Place To Happen)

This is Bruce Koeppl, state director for AARP, and you have to think this is the kind of person Leonard BOZO-well was referring to when he said...

"If you did a little people watching, you saw a lot of people who should be doing something about their health."

You can see the sweat stains on his shirt and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Koeppl is pictured because AARP released the results of a health care survey and surprise, 63-percent said the system needs major changes.

Of those that responded, 47% have a chronic medical condition.

Could those people be objective?

Why wouldn't you think to ask the membership about their satisfaction with their own personal health care?

It's always asked in any survey I've answered about health care.

As an AARP member, who won't renew, I wasn't asked to participate in their survey.

60,000 people have quit AARP as of July 1st, because they don't care for AARP's position on health care.

That's a far better response rate, than the 500 they cherry picked to survey.

AARP's attitude is that 60,000 is just a drop in the bucket.

That kind of attitude, demonstrated in this video, will cost them more.

Blood, Sweat And Tears

The Twinkie Tandem (Sonya Heitshusen & Erin Kiernan) giggle a lot during their 5 p.m. newscast and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Last night's laughter was inappropriate and insensitive.

After a story on Kirk Ferentz's first news conference, since 13 of his players were stricken with rhabdomyolysis after working out, Heitshusen mentioned she was glad they weren't invited to that workout.

The Giggle Girls do a different workout of the week for their WHO HD newscast.

"Make sure brain is engaged before opening mouth", a sign on the mic at my first radio gig.

Travesty?

The soon to be former first lady of Iowa, Mari Culver, shared her thoughts on the November 2nd democratic vote of the people.

First Lady Calls Vote To Oust Justices 'Travesty'

Does that make it a travesty at justice?

She also stated, “What happened in the November elections with our Iowa court system is a stain on the history of our state.”

A giant sweat stain?

Sounds like the fiberal attorney needs a cigarette.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

A travesty is one person denying the people the right to vote on the issue.

Summer's Almost Gone

So is any chance of the Big Lug Nut living up to this promise from February and the scientific community is united in that fact.

"And I guarantee you by late spring and summer, we're going to have a record amount of job creation and economic development in the state."

1,700 jobs for the state is no record.

Is this one of the feats daddy was bragging about?

I doubt that 113,800 Iowans unemployed Iowans agree.

No sweat, Chet can land one of those numerous I-JOBS for his next gig.

Degrees Of Separation

Though I longed to, I never got the chance to meet Ronald Reagan.

Therefore I had to rely on connections to greatness, such as Reagan and I both having worked for Palmer Communications (WHO & KLYF Radio), albeit years apart.

While I was on the Big Island, another of those Reagan connections passed away.

Robert "Bob" Weddell lived next door to the first home I ever purchased.

It was the early '80s and at that time I was working for KLYF, Bob invited me in to his house and showed me an invitation to Reagan's inauguration.

To say the least, I was curious about his Reagan memorabilia.

Bob explained that his dad had worked at WHO with Reagan.

Reagan fans will recall the story...

Jim Zabel: ...your ad-lib ability was really put to a super test with that machine right there, the old Western Union ticker tape that used to bring in the Chicago Cubs re-creations to you.

The President. Yes.

Zabel. And you had a stick one time—in that famous story—you fouled it off 34 times, 35 times.—

The President. [Laughing] Yes. It was— you sat—there was a window here. Curly Waddel was the operator, sat on that side with the headphones, and he would type and slip it under the window to me. And they used to keep track—because there'd be seven or eight stations competing and broadcasting, and most of them live, right at the park and we were within half a pitch of right up with the live ball game all the time.

Mr. Zabel. Sure.

The President. To do that, he had to abbreviate things down, like in would come the paper, and it would say, "Out 4-3." Well, that meant out from second base to first base, that meant it had to be a grounder. So, you'd take it, and you'd say, "And Dean comes out of the windup, and here comes the pitch, and it's a hard hit ground ball down toward second base. So-and-so going over after the ball, picks it up, flips it over to first, just in time for the out." And by this time you're waiting for the next one. Or he would send you "S-1-C." And that meant strike one called. So, you'd say, "He's got the sign, comes out of the windup, here's the pitch, and it's a called strike, breaking over the outside corner just"- [laughter] —"above the knees." And all of that.

But the thing that you're talking about was the time that—it was the ninth inning, the Cards and the Cubs, tied up 0-0, and he was typing, and I thought there's a play coming. And he kept shaking his head when I had—and it was Dean on the mound—and I had Billy Jurgess at the plate. And I had him getting a sign from the catcher, and finally here comes the slip of paper, and it said, "The wires have gone dead." And I knew in that ninth inning if I suddenly said, "Well, we'll have a little interlude of music while we get back connected with the ballpark," we'd lose every—they'd all turn on some of those other stations. So, I thought, "There's only one thing that can get in the—doesn't get in the score book: foul ball."

So, I had Jurgess foul one, and then I had him foul another. And then I had him foul one that missed a home run by a foot. Then I described two kids down back of third base that— [laughter] —were in a fight over the ball that had gone into the stands there. And pretty soon I know I'm beginning to set a world record for somebody standing at the plate and hitting successive fouls, if anyone ever kept those figures. And I was beginning to sweat a little, because I knew now that if I told them we'd lost the wire they'd know I hadn't been telling the truth.

Zabel. Who finally did get the hit in that game?

The President. Well, just—pretty soon, Curly started typing. And I had him throw another pitch, and in came the slip, and then I started giggling. I had trouble getting it out, because the slip said Jurgess popped out on the first ball pitched. [Laughter]

They mis-spelled Curly's last name, but his son Bob was proud of that story.

He was a good man and will be missed.

Crank It Up?

The TV Weather Wienies have been known to tell viewers to crank the AC up when it gets hot outside.

BUZZ--WRONG!

Turning the thermostat up effectively shuts the air conditioning off until the inside temperature reaches the higher setting and the scientific community is united in that fact.

From the Cedar Rapids Gazette comes this headline...

Keep your AC cranked this weekend, the heat is on

It seems to me you'd work up a sweat having to crank the AC.

Do you suppose the Gazette still puts out their product via hand cranked presses?

I Want Candy

That has to be on the mind of these kids who were co-opted by Iowa Senate Dummycrats for future campaign material.

The nearly identical pictures with Matt McCoy (top) and Amanda Ragan (bottom) ran in their hometown papers, the Ragister and Globe Gazette.

Boss Hogg and Squirmin' Herman Quirmbach were not so lucky, yet, with the Cedar Rapids Gazette or Ames Tribune.

I wonder how long these kids were made to sweat it out under the hot lights?

All for products that aren't available here or sold to minors and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Looks like somebody needs to tweak the child labor laws next.

Radio Ga Ga

Fiberals are all excited about the new one hour radio show to debut during the highly tuned in time period of 7-8p.m.(?)

Fallon For Um will air on 98.3 WOW tonight.

The station is ninth in the last ratings period, ages 12+ , with a 4.3.

That means 4.3 people tuned in each quarter hour Monday-Sunday 6a.m. to Midnight.

The most tuned in times for radio are morning, afternoon, mid-day, then evenings such as 7-8p.m.

The station is so excited, WOW-- let me say that again backwards--WOW, to have Ed on the air that they haven't even added him to their staff listings.

Maybe that's because technically Ed isn't on staff, see he's paying them to air the show--$350 an hour?

Is Ed paying himself again?

The online Ragister ran a story with the headline

Watch out Limbaugh, Fallon is after your gig

I guarantee, with both hands tied behind my back, the El Rushbo never paid for his air time and Ed will never earn the over $400 Million Limbaugh's last deal is worth--even if he plays the accordion.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Ed's guest tonight is Dolores Huerta, who helped establish the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.

Her message is supposed to be that which her mother taught her of being generous and caring for others, unless you count the lies she's spread such as "Republicans hate Mexicans" at the Tucson High Magnet School.

There's the controversy brewed up in a commencement speech this summer at Cal State Bakersfield where she asked graduates to shout a Zulu word that represents unity.

I'm not surprised, coming from someone who's an elected Honorary Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Does she know Barack Obama?

Apparently so--“He’s an opportunist…He’s not given a drop of sweat for the immigrant struggle…He hasn’t been involved with Latinos.”

Huerta was a Hellary supporter and she was none too happy with Obama's taking over of the UFWA’s slogan of "Si, se puede" with his "Yes we can.

Should be a riveting hour (YAWN!).

Other upcoming Fallon guests will include the Subjective Theatre Company of Des Moines, coincidentally a group helping to underwrite the Fallon For Um.

I can't wait until he gets around to his efforts to negate Gore-BULL warming.

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Sweat Popa Chubby

I'm trying to figure out if the look on Sweaty Chetty's face is one of dazed because of dehydration, or if there's a beer sign up ahead and he's dreaming of double fisting.

The Big Lug Nut is trying to scare us out of a "past we can't repeat" with Terry Branstad, but it is painfully obvious that Chet Culver is a future we can't afford.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

From his $875 million (plus interest) I-JOBS borrowing scam, to the IDED film office fiasco and the IABD (Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Divison) bender that makes the RIO $19,000 carpet look like a wet spot.

How is it that the Governor can help three top level state employees find the exit sign over IDED, but can't get Attorney General Tom Miller to agree that one of Miller's former assistant Attorneys General, Lynn Walding, needs to be canned after improperly spending tens of thousands of dollars?

If all of this hasn't taxed your patience, there's also the more than $133 million increase in property taxes.

Chet Culver -- A Future We Can't Afford!

It's only for Governor, just make it up ya BIG LUG

The Quad-City Times caught Chester Culver, the man with Iowa Common Sense, making stuff up in his last debate with Jim Nussle.

In Monday night's debate, not televised in Central Iowa, Chester said that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranks Iowa the fifth-best business climate in the country.

David Felipe, a spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said he doesn’t know what Culver is talking about. He said his organization doesn’t compile business-climate rankings.

“We didn’t do the study,” he said.

Taylor West, a spokeswoman for Culver, said he misspoke during the debate. She said Culver was referring to Iowa’s fourth-ranked legal liability climate, which she said is a significant piece of the business climate.

“The overall point here is that Iowa actually has a strong business climate, and that under Chet Culver, it’s going to get better....

It turns out that the U.S. Chamber’s magazine did an article this year about the business climate rankings done by another group, the Tax Foundation.

The Tax Foundation’s most recent report on business-tax climate, released last week, ranks Iowa 43rd best in the country.

43rd out of 50!

Chester's a former teacher, but couldn't do the math!!

Two things Chester, never let 'em see you sweat and lying isn't an Iowa Value.

Krusty Conservative has more.

For Chester, It's the PITS!

According to the Hotline blog, Dummycrat candidate for Governor Chester Culver has a fundraiser in D.C. tonight.

The $1,000 per person fund raiser is at the Georgetown home of Jim Johnson, who ran Walter Mondale's 1984 Presidential campaign and headed up John Kerry's search for a running mate in 2004.

Signing on to help the son-of-a- former-Senator as sponsors are; Senators Joe Biden (DE), Chris Dodd (CT) & John Kerry (MA). Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle and Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner.

Friend of Bill Clinton (FOB) Vernon Jordan is a sponsor too. Jordan was last heard of trying to buy off Monica Lewinsky with a job in New York City.

I'm not sure if it shows here, but this picture ran in Monday's Ragister and showed Culver (second from right) pitted out from his appearance at the CommieTommie Harkin love fest Sunday.

FYI, the temp at the time of this picture was probably 70 with a brisk breeze.

NO SWEAT FAT BOY!

VS.

It's Jim Nussle vs. Chet Culver for Governor of Iowa.


Let's get ready to RUMMMMBBLLLE!!

Actually, In 1993, I do believe, I had a meeting with Congressman Nussle in his D.C. office. After it was over I gave him a paper clip and told him it was a Clinton money clip, he laughed. I caught Culver's acceptance speech, he was sweating like a PIG! I also caught an interview he did with WOI TV/Channel 5 and his blue dress shirt was just soaked. Drop a couple of tons PIG BOY, you'll find you won't sweat nearly so much!