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Republicans pounce... on Peanut.

I'm reading "How the Death of a Celebrity Squirrel Became a Republican Rallying Cry/After P’Nut and a raccoon named Fred were taken by wildlife agents and euthanized, Donald Trump and local candidates accused New York Democrats of 'state overreach'" (NYT).

In the frantic last days of an election when candidates are scrabbling for any edge, the death of P’Nut (who also went by Peanut) has been pounced on by some Republicans as something of a fur-covered November surprise.... 
P’Nut’s demise has been mourned by conservative talking heads on television.... “RIP Peanut,” read a post on a Trump campaign’s official TikTok account on Sunday. “Needlessly murdered by Democrat bureaucrats in New York.” The accompanying slide show included an image of Mr. Trump with what presumably is P’Nut’s ghost resting a paw on his shoulder. “We will avenge you on Tuesday at the ballot box.”...

Trump takes whatever material comes his way and uses it, often with surprising creativity — think of all the play around "garbage."

In contrast, Democrats have seemed to stay out of the P’Nut fray. New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, declined a request to comment, as did Vice President Kamala Harris, the presidential candidate.

Just one of many opportunities squandered by Democrats, I'll say. And by the way, we are down to the last few hours for making statements in the category I've been calling pre-postmortem.

The owner of Peanut, Mark Longo, is, we're told "apolitical." He's never voted, he said.

“I am not knowledgeable on everybody’s agenda, I don’t know their policies, and there is a minor bit of me that is concerned,” Mr. Longo said on Monday, his voice growing emotional.... "I don't care if it was the blue side or the red side.... Somebody on this planet is fighting for my animals.”

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donald म्हणाले...

What was the opportunity? The we’re the real fucking nazis, so fuck you we’ll kill who and whatever we want coalition?

Iconochasm म्हणाले...

New York Democrats won't do anything about violent crazy people attacking women and children on the subways. They aggressively go after any citizen who steps in to protect people. And they can spare 16 armed agents to assassinate an improperly registered squirrel. The squirrel owner's wife is the only person in NY whose immigration status has gotten any scrutiny in years.

The important phrase is "anarcho-tyranny". Make sure you pre-plan which parts of Madison you want to loot if Trump wins.

Danno म्हणाले...

It is truly amazing how the Ds position themselves on the wrong side of every common sense issue.

ron winkleheimer म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
ron winkleheimer म्हणाले...

They could have attempted to display normal human emotion and expressed sympathy. But apparently they are unable to fake that. I'm starting to think maybe that shape changing lizard people theory isn't so far fetched after all.

Rory म्हणाले...

You can't tell if you own someone if they agree with you on the common sense stuff.

Mark म्हणाले...

It's nice to see Conservatives finally stand up against law enforcement.
Telling that it was for a squirrel and not a human.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

You betcha! We have secret training sites in the Colorado Rockies where we Republicans get trained in pouncing. We watch videos of tigers stalking their prey and … POUNCE! Also cougars pouncing on deer and even house cats pouncing on mice. Of course we can’t really pounce unless the Democrats do something stupid, but if they weren’t stupid they wouldn’t be Democrats.

Lucien म्हणाले...

How does someone at the NYT not know about the “Republicans pounce” cliche and walks right into it? Is this intentional or unintentional self-parody?

Lucien म्हणाले...

How does someone at the NYT not know about the “Republicans pounce” cliche and walks right into it? Is this intentional or unintentional self-parody?

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Gutfeld asks why there's no "Peanuts' Law" or "Peanut Alerts" in NY now

rehajm म्हणाले...

I went to the facility in Jordan. Special forces pouncing taught there…

Iman म्हणाले...

Pnut and Fred were just some good old boys and they didn’t mean any harm. They were making their way through life the only way they knew how. Unfortunately, this ended up being just a little bit more than the tight-assed, two-faced New York leftwing ruling cabal would allow.

Hassayamper म्हणाले...

I’m surprised Ann doesn’t have a “Republicans Pounce” tag.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

The NYT went with the "P'Nut" spelling and is sticking to it. It's the second most questionable apostrophe of the week.

If this were the golden age of blogging, I'd start a blog about apostrophes.

wendybar म्हणाले...

There's a million rats (not counting the Progressives ) in NYC, and they go after the trained squirrel and raccoon??

wendybar म्हणाले...

GFY!!

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

"Euthanized" is what you do to beings who are suffering, The perfectly healthy P'Nut was killed by Hochul's death squad.

Kate म्हणाले...

I saw someone in my MMO gaming zone chat write, somewhat ironically, "Justice for Peanut" in regards to an upcoming PvP battle.

It's not Republicans pouncing, it's everyone. A beloved pet was killed when the state invaded a man's castle. It's a universal rallying cry.

Gospace म्हणाले...

You obviously haven't been paying attention. It's conservatives who have been leading the fight against no knock middle of the night swat raids. Which in DemoncRAT run cities often enter the wrong house.

Political Junkie म्हणाले...

Peanut & Fred Forever. Fight Fight Fight.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Apostrophe means missing letters; and sometimes aids in parsing, e.g. I saw yesterday "Levi's" as in acronyms.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

It means good death.

Douger म्हणाले...

Asked ChatGPT to create a picture of a squirrel in a red MAGA hat and got a cute critter in a red hat but no MAGA. Specially asked for “Trump” on the hat but it refused due to “content restriction policies”. At least it was consistent and refused to write “Harris” for the same reason…. Vote for the sake of all of the Peanuts (P’Nut) out there

Tank म्हणाले...

"Iconochasm said...

New York Democrats won't do anything about violent crazy people attacking women and children on the subways. They aggressively go after any citizen who steps in to protect people. And they can spare 16 armed agents to assassinate an improperly registered squirrel. The squirrel owner's wife is the only person in NY whose immigration status has gotten any scrutiny in years.

The important phrase is "anarcho-tyranny". "

The concept of anarcho-tyranny is exactly why this story resonated, whether people consciously knew it or not.

William म्हणाले...

I watched TMZ last night. Their report of the incident was more thorough than the NYT. The squirrel caretaker and his wife are porn performers on Only Fans. They also babysit for some of the local kids. One of the neighbors was concerned that porn performers were babysitting and dropped a dime. The covert purpose of the raid was to check the house to see if there were any kiddie porn videos. The squirrel and the raccoon were unintended casualties of the raid......On TMZ it was reported that the couple involved took care of other wounded animals besides the ill fated Peanut and Fred. There was a brief interview with Longo. He seemed like a decent person, but I'm of the opinion that porn performers should not take care of children. That opinion might be unfair, but there's definitely a red flag.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

If that's your idea of good "Law Enforcement" Mark then it explains a lot about your other subliterate musings on here. Did you ever apologize for lying about me? In September you slandered me saying I "regularly argue that assassination jokes are funny" on this blog. Then you disappeared like a typical leftist flamethrower.

I'm starting to believe you actually might be an attorney, giving your penchant for being a lying weasel. Meanwhile my attorney just made the cover of a magazine this month for being a top litigator. You should meet him!

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

One of the great things about Florida is all the free gun ranges and pouncing training!

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Where the hell is PETA?

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

It's the second most questionable apostrophe of the week.

Our droll host. I really did LOL at that!

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

I've seen dozens in the last week. You must not be on X or reading Twitchy.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

We get a huge discount renting out ski lodges in July and August. I hear the Florida facilities are great because they use alligators to show how to pounce from unexpected directions.

John henry म्हणाले...

"We've got no deal squirrels" - George costanza
https://youtu.be/xPCZtrac-Ss?si=HyzvtEhCeabHb-0S

John Henry

wendybar म्हणाले...

PROGRESSIVES POUNCE.....on white men.


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This is insane. Imagine a controversial murder trial in the south where the prosecutor merely refers to the alleged killer as "the black man."
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Thread from Daniel Penny trial. Prosecutor refers to Penny throughout as ‘the white man.’
10:20 PM · Nov 4, 2024

Iman म्हणाले...

Mark has had his chipmunk grabbed on a few too many occasions.

planetgeo म्हणाले...

So, the Sanctuary State raided a Squirrel Sanctuary and terminated a dreamer migrant squirrel?

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Reptiles are good for practicing political pounces.

Eva Marie म्हणाले...

“I don’t care if it was the blue side or the red side.... Somebody on this planet is fighting for my animals.”
BOOM. The guy who doesn’t know anything about politics understands the Trump voter more than all the talking heads in Washington.

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

THe "Peanut" thing was a funny meme. That's all it was.

Gospace म्हणाले...

So what you're saying is that prosecutors lied to the court to get a search warrant. NYDEC cops aren't trained for that. Totally the wrong law enforcement agency to use.

But it's already been established that Democrats lying to a court to obtain a search warrant will go unpunished. Even if it's to a FISA court to spy on a presidential candidate or the president himself.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Professors get their red ink in 55 gallon drums.

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

Loudon Wainwright III would have immortalized that little squirrel.

mikee म्हणाले...

Peanut ain't no Harambe. But letting a pet squirrel bite you should cause death by embarrassment to the person who seized that Critter and got bit by it.

Tom T. म्हणाले...

The larger point here is that if the Harris people are too dull and rigid to respond to campaign opportunities (McDonald's, Rogan, Peanut), then they wouldn't be able to respond well to unexpected world events if they're in power.

PJ म्हणाले...

"Euthanized" is what you do to beings who are suffering, The perfectly healthy P'Nut was killed by Hochul's death squad.

Deplatformed with extreme prejudice?

MartyH म्हणाले...

The Washington zoo put down Kamala the elephant to end her misery. The only more potent omen would have been if Kamala were a donkey.

Jupiter म्हणाले...

To the Democrats, it is common sense that anyone who opposes you must be punished.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Longo would be smart to not say anything political- were he to take a political stance on this the state of New York would definitely come down hard on him and send him to prison for the two animals that once lived in his home. I imagine he was warned by state authorities to keep his yap shut.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Ah, now it makes more sense. It did seem odd to me that it was a full ransack 5-hour search of the home for a couple of animals.

hombre म्हणाले...

NYT prefers to pretend it's about the squirrel. It's the same evil affliction that results in their support for Kamala Harris.

Skeptical Voter म्हणाले...

Who is next in line for Sainthood? Peter the Squirrel or Greta Thunberg? Your mileage will vary.

Lilly, a dog म्हणाले...

I didn't anticipate an OnlyFans pornographer becoming a Cause célèbre for MAGA, but then again, some of you are nuttier than squirrel shit.

Gospace म्हणाले...

A miscarriage of justice is a miscarriage of justice. It's the issue, not the person or perception. For demoncRATs, it's the person and perception. George Floyd died of a self inflicted overdose and innocent people are in jail for his murder.... and demoncRATs celebrate it. And now their trying to jail Daniel Penny for a murder that wasn't a murder. While simultaneously decrying the fact that men won't come to the aid of women being accosted in subways... And they're totally unable to connect the two.

Eva Marie म्हणाले...

I didn’t think anything could make the government look worse. If this report is correct, then this does.

D.D. Driver म्हणाले...

But he broke a rule! If he just would have followed the rules none of this would have happened. We should just abolish the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. We don't need them if everyone just does what they are told and follows the rules and helps only those animals that the government grants you permission to help.

D.D. Driver म्हणाले...

This the mentality that makes me hate the left. Thanks for the reminder. Justice does not depend upon what you look like, what your job is, how you pray, who you vote for. Traditional conservatives *and liberals* used to agree on this point. The New Left is downright evil. They will kill your pet to get their way. Who cares? You are just a pornstar.

Mike (MJB Wolf) म्हणाले...

Why does New York state Department of Environmental Conservation even have a SWAT team? A 12-person team at that!

Mary Beth म्हणाले...

They care about an innocent life. Seems to be in line with what they say they care about.

tim in vermont म्हणाले...

"The covert purpose of the raid..."

Lilly, a dog म्हणाले...

I'm not on the left, D.D. I just came back from voting...for Trump, and a straight Republican ballot.

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

We all have the ability to be cruel, but psychopaths can't resist it.
What amazes me is how automatic is was for everyone to accept that it was naturally Leftist to be psychopathic in power. We all just know it.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

Great googly-moogly!

Enigma म्हणाले...

The USA left very quickly morphed into a fat, happy, lazy, and cruel establishment that seemingly parallels the rise of Germany's political troubles in the 20th century (pre-WW1 and before the Nazi-era).

See The White Ribbon (2009) for lots of creepy cruelty-for-fun sadism. Note that the Nazis arose a generation or two after the time period of this film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Ribbon

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

I have 4 adults in my house 30yr - 66yrs. I spent a couple hours researching every candidate and every proposition including judges and minor issues. We all agreed on the Presidential pick, but everybody else just copied my ballot on the rest. It was worth the work to get 4 votes. I'm drunk with power!

Aggie म्हणाले...

The porn angle was not anticipated, although I did notice that he seemed to have pants that were weirdly tight in ways designed to draw attention. But now that it's pointed out, I can see the 'Only Fans' angle, both him and the wife. I guess this is why the storm troopers kept asking if they had cameras in the house - maybe they were hoping to score something juicy and titillating, for their efforts. It's hard work, getting warrants for squirrels.