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[Updated] You just might be a candi-bot.

Jeff Foxworthy infamous for his comedy routine regarding the identification of rednecks has provided a framework in identifying the cultural links among people who have identity markers due to their social behaviors. His mastery in delivery and timing was such that all audiences could understand his quick quips and punchlines that helped everyone understand a little better just how a redneck sees the world.

Take a look around you… “just look around you”… are you tired of the {insert candidate name here}-bot comments? You know who I’m talking about.

I thought we could build a list of “general” you-might-be-a-candidate-bot jokes…or CANDI-BOT that way when dealing with a candidate-bot you can just refer them to your comment…

Are you a Candi-bot? Do you like to take your ball and go home if people aren’t sweet on your candidate of preference?

Here’s a list to start it off…:

If you’re blood pressure rises when someone misquotes your candidate, you might be a candi-bot.

If you like to argue that your candidate is the only electable candidate, you might be a candi-bot.

If your friends and family groan when you mention your candidates name, you might be a candi-bot.

If you’ve missed time from work in order to catch up on your candidate’s YouTube channel, you might be a candi-bot.

If someone made fun of your straw-man argument, and it hurt your feelings, you might be a candi-bot.

If you have no less than 20 cats, you’re agoraphobic, and you don’t play nice with others, but you’re willing to go to a book store to have your book signed by your candidate, you might be a candi-bot.

If you use biblical references to describe the manifest destiny of your candidate, you might be a candi-bot.

And the obvious one: If your handle is {insert candidate last name}4Prez, you just might be a candi-bot.

Join in the fun…

[UPDATED WITH YOUR INSPIRATION]

If you try to remove the oil funnel from another candi-bot’s eye while you spraying WD-40 in your own eye … you might be a candi-bot.

{H/T: CraigPennsylvania}

If you declare intentions to vote for Obama if your candidate is not the GOP nominee, you might be a candi-bot

If you are convinced everyone else is naive because he/she does not support your candidate’s every position, you might be a candi-bot.

If you have the same reaction to an interactive poll which has your candidate in the lead as a teenage boy has when he clicks on a Victoria’s Secret ad, you might be a candi-bot.

{H/T: acat}
If you can’t wait to copy and paste the latest from your candidates’ web site to Red State so everyone can be enlightened, you might be a candi-bot.

{H/T: Lineholder for inspiration}

If you’re concerned your candidate doesn’t wear a flak jacket in front of a live debate audience you might be a candi-bot

If you avoid major league baseball satellites on your way to a stump speech you might be a candi-bot

If you use a proxy to avoid IP address detection when you make a comment you might be a candi-bot

{H/T: Remington Steele}
If your last four diaries are about your candidate, You know you’re a candi-bot.

If you have no diaries and >90% of your comments are about your candidate, You know you’re a candi-bot.

If you have to Kowalski multiple times on a 20 paragraph essay-comment, because you keep finding new ways to say the same thing about your candidate, you might be a candi-bot. (modified)

{H/T: Paula}

If you say things like…’If you met him, I’m sure you’d like him!”… you might be a candi-bot.

If you’ve broken the rules and registered here (or anywhere) under 2 or more ID”s so you can “spread the truth” about your candidate. Because the ends justify the means, right?… you might be a candi-bot.

If you spread the truth by spreading lies about the other guy, you might be a candi-bot.

If you justify your bad behavior, by the election of your messiah, you might be a candi-bot.

If you assume others need to meet your candidate personally in order to seal the deal, you might be a candi-bot. {and also a bad judge of character}

{H/T: SoFiMil}
You just might be a Candi-Bot if you’re mistaken for a troll.
If a site troll asks that you be banned because you’re not with their union, you might be a candi-bot.

{H/T: Runner12}

You may be a candi-bot if one of your closets has been recently converted to a shrine for said candidate.

{H/T: The Kim Kardashian of Blogging – Moe Lane}

If I already know what you’re going to post…just by seeing your username, you might be a candi-bot.

If EVERY SINGLE COMMENT that you’ve ever made has been about [INSERT CANDIDATE'S NAME HERE], you might be a candi-bot.

If your comment about [INSERT CANDIDATE'S NAME HERE] recent policy reversal has ever made somebody mutter “I see that Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia,” you might be a candi-bot.

If I’ve stopped reading your comments because you never say anything interesting about any candidate anymore and never swear, you may be a candi-bot.

{H/T: Repair_Man_Jack}
If you show up at your favored candidate/messiah’s rally and the entire room disperses from around you, you might be a candi-bot

If your messiah catches your eye and face-palms dejectedly at the sight of your presence, you might be a candi-bot

If you wet yourself like an excited puppy when you see your candidate [you have bladder control issues], and you might be a candi-bot.

{Well played! – The practical use in the comments of other diaries}
{You Done Been Banned Edition!}
If you posit a conservative purge on conservatives so your candidate is more electable… you might be a candi-bot…

{You Done Been Banned Edition!}

Now Now Now, if the best you can come up with is “creepy”…your trolling skills are lame, ergo you might be a candi-bot!

{DO YOUR HOMEWORK! Edition}
If you haven’t done your homework and call for the banning of the site’s Editor-in-Chief… you might be a candi-bot!

{MATHS!}
If you make up 22% of your comments with the same 22% comment 22% of the time, you might be a candi-bot.

{H/T: acat}
If the math you use to make the case for your candidate resembles something from the East Anglia Climatic Research Unit, you’re probably a candi-bot.

{H/T:RightWingMom52}

If you never provide a link to anything you claim, you might be a candi-bot

If acat has ever posted a recipe in reply to you, you might be a candi-bot.

{Variations on a theme edition: Issue-Bots (H/T: WestCoastPatriette)}

If you can re-use all of your outdated “raise-awareness” tees to from the last ten years to make a quilt, you might be an issue-bot.

If you have run out of room in your garage for soap boxes, you might be an issue-bot!

{I know you all have a lot more to offer… Keep them coming and thanks for your contributions… A good laugh is good medicine.}

COMMENTS

  • westcoastpatriette

    is because I remain open–especially this early in the game–to examining all of the candidates and I’m realistic enough to know they all have warts, weaknesses and things we wish we didn’t know about them. Also, rarely does a politician come along that is someone I get passionate about.

    I could categorize myself as an issue-bot, though. I have been known to manifest some of the behaviors listed above over issues that I feel passionate about.

    • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

      but…

      If you can re-use all of your outdated “raise-awareness” tees to from the last ten years to make a quilt, you might be an issue-bot.

      • freentn

        The rest of us just want the best CONSERVATIVE candidate to represent the Republican Party.

        • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

          Where’s the punchline?

          If you try to remove the oil funnel from another candi-bot’s eye while you spraying WD-40 in your own eye … you might be a candi-bot.

        • aesthete

          nt

          • freentn

            !

          • gekster

            Hinz Rule.

            What is ?The Hinz Rule??
            This ?rule? originates from a diary by RSer David Hinz, where he encouraged us to not ?feed the trolls.? When someone invokes the Hinz Rule, it says ?OK, folks, that?s enough, let?s not encourage this troll-like person to continue?. But what?s a troll, you ask? ?Troll? is a common term used to describe Internet message-board troublemakers.

      • westcoastpatriette

      • westcoastpatriette

        if you have run out of room in your garage for soap boxes.

        • rightwingmom52

          .
          .

        • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

          N/T

          • Repair_Man_Jack

            you show up at your favored candidate/messiah’s rally and the entire room disperses from around you.

            your messiah catches your eye and face-palms dejectedly at the sight of your presence.

  • rightwingmom52

    • westcoastpatriette

      .

    • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

      Nothing Moe’s already BLAM’d ‘em twice!

      • rightwingmom52

        ….

      • westcoastpatriette

        I get carried away with my issues, sometimes. Thanks.

    • runner12

      I must say that I am rather tired of the candi-bots. There is no discussing the pros and cons of each candidate with them because, of course, their candidate is perfect-and has-never-made-one-poor-decision-in-his-or-her-life.

      On that note, you may be a candi-bot if one of your closets has been recently converted to a shrine for said candidate.

      • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

        N/T.

  • Craigpennsylvania

    That’s some good stuff, thanks for a laugh!

    If you declare intentions to vote for Obama if your candidate is not the GOP nominee, you might be a candi-bot

    If you are convinced everyone else is naive because he/she does not support your candidate’s every position, you might be a candi-bot.

    If you have the same reaction to an interactive poll which has your candidate in the lead as a teenage boy has when he clicks on a Victoria’s Secret ad, you might be a candi-bot.

  • acat

    for staff .. this is a good list.

    “If you can’t wait to copy and paste the latest from your candidates’ web site to Red State so everyone can be enlightened, you might be a candi-bot.”

    Mew

  • westcoastpatriette

    My first diary at RS was news about the progress of E-Verify–one of my passionate issues. Hahaha.

  • lineholder

    that includes conspiracy theories?

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    If you’re concerned your candidate doesn’t wear a flak jacket in front of a live debate audience you might be a candi-bot

    If you avoid major league baseball satellites on your way to a stump speech you might be a candi-bot

    If you use a proxy to avoid IP address detection when you make a comment you might be a candi-bot

    have at it

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    Nt

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    …just by seeing your username, you might be a candi-bot.

    If EVERY SINGLE COMMENT that you’ve ever made has been about [INSERT CANDIDATE'S NAME HERE], you might be a candi-bot.

    If your comment about [INSERT CANDIDATE'S NAME HERE] recent policy reversal has ever made somebody mutter “I see that Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia,” you might be a candi-bot.

    If I’ve stopped reading your comments because you never say anything interesting about any candidate anymore and never swear, you may be a candi-bot.

  • olsmithie

    nt

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    If your comment is about #%$*#!#! and it comes across as #*@&!^#*…@&@(*!—@##!!… &%^^$#!!… the hell you say?…. you might be a candi-bot.

    Just covering my bases, since “interesting” is a qualitative metric.

  • Remington_Steele

    that means I expect to see Romney4Prez and Perry4Prez to show up as I need a secretary and a treasurer and remember, I’m the President.

    You know you’re a Candi-bot Anonymous President if you’ve been at Redstate for over four years and 90% of your comments are on candidate based diaries…

  • Remington_Steele

    you know you’re a candi-bot if you have to Kowalski multiple times because you keep finding new ways to say the same thing about your candidate.

    You know you’re a candi-bot if your last four diaries are about your candidate.

    You know you’re a candi-bot if you have no diaries and >90% of your comments are about your candidate.

    If you are a candi-bot, come and join me on Tuesday nights as we will discuss how to overcome our candi-ness. Open elections for officers this Tuesday, and no, your candidate can’t run.

  • http://whattoreadtoday.blogspot.com/ Paula

    If you met him, I’m sure you’d like him!

    or

    You’ve broken the rules and registered here (or anywhere) under 2 or more ID”s so you can “spread the truth” about your candidate. Because the ends justify the means, right?

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    Whenever new candi-bots come to the site, we can point them to the “Candi-Bot Corner” where they can play with soft chew toys and finger paint.

  • SoFiMil

    .

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    If you spread the truth by spreading lies about the other guy, you might be a candi-bot.

    If you justify your bad behavior, by the election of your messiah, you might be a candi-bot.

    If you assume others need to meet your candidate personally in order to seal the deal, you might be a candi-bot. {and also a bad judge of character}

  • Justin Spagnolo (standardcandle)

    If a site troll asks that you be banned because you’re not with their union, you might be a candi-bot!

  • Remington_Steele

    nice upgrade to Kowalski. :D

  • Remington_Steele

    nice upgrade to Kowalski. :D