Watch Your Lange-uage, Sir!

My goodness, what a potty mouth that man has on him!  Gracious Sakes, Alive!

Okay, by now, pretty much everybody (and my brother) has commented on Mike Lange's little meltdown.  Be sure to watch the video (I especially like the uncensored version).  Even the Dark Lord in his Orange Hell has weighed in.  So, apparently all that's left is for Montana's proud and curmudgeonly R-rated blogger to take a stance and give comment, Right?  It's what you're all waiting for, AMIRIGHT?   Okay, probably not so much.  But I do have a few comments to share.

1)  I expected that from John Sinrud well before  Mike Lange.  Kudos to Lange for taking the initiative.

2)  Anyone who was surprised by this is pretty silly.  This stuff is diriger for hard line Republicant's.    It's their way or the highway, and if you don't agree then you can shove it up your ass.  Seriously, how can anyone be surprised by this when Vice President Dick Cheney told a sitting Senator to go fuck himself?  This isn't the exception, it's the norm.

3)  As you've probably guessed, I have no problems with the profanity at all, and in fact, find it amusing that there are those who do, left or right.  Our children are not so fragile that hearing words spoken in anger and disgust will scar them.   Yes, words have power, but only so much as we give them (individually).  No, the amusing part of this foul little meltdown on Mike Lange's part is that he represents the party of personal responsibility and family values.  And yet he accepts none of the  former and cares not a whit for the latter.  No, the problem here isn't dirty words; it's stupid hypocrisy.

4)  I am upset that Mike Lange gives those of us who cuss a bad name.  Stick it up your ass?    God Bless in the same paragraph as I don't give a shit?  Mikey, Mikey ... you're doing it all wrong.  You really need to unleash, man.  If you're pissed off and you have a point, then let it flow.  You presented theater, not invective.  It just doesn't ring true.

Ya' see, Mikey hasn't really got a point, other than that the Governor won't flow his way.  He's not appearing to be pissed off; he's just being petulant.  Like the little boy who  screams poopy to hear himself stretch a boundary, Mikey thinks that telling the Governor to  stick it up his ass is  high dungeon.  No, no no no no.  No.  You tell the Governor to shove it up his ass.  You call him a sonofabitch, not an SOB.  You don't whimper about how you'll follow your buds off a cliff when you're attacking the cocksucking muckraking motherfucking asshole who stands in your way.  Take charge, you pissant.  Jesus Christ in a jumped up fucking sidecar, you are pathetic, Mikey!

The simple fact is this.  As Ed Kemmick well points out, Schweitzer attempted no bribe; he attempted statesmanship.  And Lange threw a hollow tantrum that helped the Governor.  Lange had no reason for anger, and so his invective resounded with stupidity.  There are many reasons to use profanity.   Lange had to search for one, and couldn't find it in the end.   He wasn't tough in stance, he was silly.  Most of us laugh at the silly.  Schweitzer certainly did.

5)  The real reason behind all of this is that there will be a special session.  They were the one's shouting "Stay Till May", right?  That was the Republicant goal all along, to derail the  process and make their betters look bad.  To call their efforts a dismal failure would be kind.  Schweitzer's popularity has risen.  I'd shudder to think what harm Lange has done to his political future.  But I strongly suspect that a special session will be greeted with horror ... as it should be.  After all, it will mean that brave citizen legislators are torn from their homes just as our soldiers in Iraq are.  I don't doubt that there will be those who will point out that the Governor's actions will mirror those of the President who sadly had to extend the term of our soldiers serving in Iraq.   As Truly Tragic as this is, we must think of Kim Sinrud.

Comments

[Dilton]

“words have power, but only so much as we give them”

“diriger”

You really powered-down that word!

[Shane C. Mason]

Hehe, what a take! Seriously, you points are well made but will not likely be well received. That is the funniest part of it all: that there was nothing to what he cursed.

[Gee Guy]

You didn't disappoint, Wulfgar.

[GiftShoppeGuy]

I'm a died in the wool Republican.... from Nixon, to Reagan to Boosh... oh, did I say "Boosh?"... oops

You know... Wulfgar... This is exactly what we get. When you snooze, you lose... it's just as simple as that. The Republican party has been snoozing quite a bit over the years, and though I don't care much for schnitcher... er...um... Schweitzer.... I'll live with it. This is what happens when Republicans are found to be sleeping at the wheel.

[Matt T]

"Take charge, you pissant. Jesus Christ in a jumped up fucking sidecar, you are pathetic, Mikey!"

Wulfgar..... oooooooh that made my Friday! I had to stop laughing at my keyboard to get this out!
As a connoisseur of the art of swearing (though by my own admission, feeble compared to your considerable talents) you hit the nail on the head! If you're gonna pop-off, GO BIG!
That post was fuckin' LOVELY.

[Tanaria]

Indeed! This was great. I wasn't at all surprised at what Mike Lange said. And yes, his "rants" were indeed very pathetic. More whiny, than explosive! Keep up the good work. ((And Woo! I now have my own blog!))