• February 15, 2012

Our favorite recent McCain campaign talking head, Nancy Poopenheifer, done did it again today on MSNBC while discussing the demographics of Northern Virginia, an area known to John McCain’s brother as “communist country.” Poopenheifer says NoVa has gone bluer in recent years because the Democrats, one day in 2005 or so, decided to move there en masse so as to steal elections. Ergo it doesn’t count as a geographical region anymore — it’s not even on maps — unlike “real Virginia” which is more “Southern in nature.”

Our understanding of how Northern Virginia got so blue is a little bit different: ever since 9/11 the place has been BOOMING in the engineering, tech and telecom industries; there’s plenty of fun new “stuff” that needs a-makin’ for George W. Bush’s various wars — killing weapons, shields — and for spying on everyone who ever makes a phone call. This is all in Northern Virginia, and most of the government’s money goes there. Then fancy kids straight out of college decide, “Let’s move to Northern Virginia to get some of that sweet, sweet Terror money, because we want shitloads of money,” and suddenly a huge wealth gap develops between this new-money terrorbot plutocracy and the lowly serfs. Localized, visible wealth gaps trigger liberal guilt, and liberal guilt triggers voting for Democrats, patting oneself on the back, and then continuing to make weapons of death.

In other words, George W. Bush’s wars and spying turned a Confederate state blue, or as Poopenheifer would have it, “not real.” Hooray for George W. Bush, the president of funding!

Fake Virginia [Ben Smith]

{ 101 comments }

Gopherit October 20, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Awww, Poopenheifer is so cute. Real Virginians hate the Browns, unless they’re landscaping or some such thing.

jamescarmel October 20, 2008 at 5:27 pm

To be fair, ask any of us here in Philadelphia, and we’ll tell you New Jersey doesn’t exist, either.

edgydrifter October 20, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Yes, George certainly has made the world somewhat unreal.

shortsshortsshorts October 20, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Oh I get it! New Republican strategy:
Any state or area of a state that votes for Barry does not, in fact, exist. You can’t beat that. I mean you really can’t beat that.

Cogito Ergo Bibo October 20, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Hmm. Northern Virginia is verifiably within the border of Virginia and is home to a full 1/3 of all voters in the State. Way to piss off 1/3 of the voters Nancy!

BeatrixSlaughter October 20, 2008 at 5:28 pm

Ah, I see. So, the part of the state where all the people live doesn’t really count. Makes sense.

TGY October 20, 2008 at 5:29 pm

Good Lord, she’s hot. I’d definitely sit down with her and earnestly try and persuade her to go into the tank for Obama. With me, preferably. In the tank vis a vis me or hombre e mujer, whatever furren expression works the best. I bet it’s just a job to her.

Sorry. What?

WagTehGod October 20, 2008 at 5:29 pm

Nancy looks as if, like probably everyone else on the McCain team, she is going to need a good hard screw after November 4.

And I would like to be the first to volunteer.

checkonechecktwo October 20, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Wow. Back when I went to Mason, and the Governor Macaca-appointed Board of Visitors (turns out they were hardly visiting, after all) unanimously denied funding for our new LGBT resource center, that sure seemed “real”. I’ve heard Mason has the resource center now, but obviously it’s “fake”.

ph7 October 20, 2008 at 5:30 pm

A good friend of mine got paired up with Joe McCain in a golf foursome this past spring in a charity function at a Virginia Beach country club. During the 18 holes, Joe told several racist jokes making fun of blacks – to a complete stranger (my friend). At least most racist know to only tell racist jokes to other confirmed racists. I guess Joe McCain figured that since my friend was (1) white (2) belonged to a country club, and (3) successful, he must be a Real Virginian.

Captain Flaps October 20, 2008 at 5:30 pm

Someone give her a cheeseburger, she looks starving…

Liverspots October 20, 2008 at 5:31 pm

No wonder reality sucks so bad these days.

NewSpence October 20, 2008 at 5:32 pm

Those 70% of Americans that live in cities and suburbs aren’t even Americans. We need a new name for them. I mean, other then faggot.

Eastcoast Elitist October 20, 2008 at 5:33 pm

[re=140523]WagTehGod[/re]: I call next

Dave J. October 20, 2008 at 5:33 pm

Also, “Democrats have come in from the District of Columbia” = “blacks have moved here.”

The GOP is getting pretty blatant with its code-speak these last few weeks.

jagorev October 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm

To be fair, ask any of us here in Brooklyn, and we’ll tell you that Manhattan isn’t “real New York City” either.

shortsshortsshorts October 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm

[re=140531]NewSpence[/re]: I propose “United Cities of Commi Cosmopolitan Commiton Communist Terrorist Jihad,” or UCCCCCTJ.

Lionel Hutz Esq. October 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm

“Real Virginia” = “More Southern in Nature” = “Don’t take kindly to them color folk.” = Republican base.

iwillsavethispatient October 20, 2008 at 5:35 pm

She thinks she’s experiencing a Life On Mars style delusion, except in reverse. She thinks that when she wakes up, she’ll be safely back in her real 1973 America, where Nixon is the President.

edgydrifter October 20, 2008 at 5:36 pm

[re=140522]TGY[/re]: I believe that would be “manbearpig y guanaco” in High Furren.

StrangelyBrown October 20, 2008 at 5:36 pm

More bitching and whining from the McCain campaign. At least now we know who Phil Graham was talking about.

Lionel Hutz Esq. October 20, 2008 at 5:37 pm

But we can’t throw Poopiehuffer under the bus. McCain has already thrown a half dozen female spokeswomen under the bus. The only women left who McCain could possibly get to be a spokeswomen for him is Hillary Clinton at this point.

Ilikepigeons October 20, 2008 at 5:37 pm

Ms. Pfotenwhore, go back to your old job as a lobbyist for the dirty energy industry and for god’s sake,
eat something already.

NewSpence October 20, 2008 at 5:38 pm

[re=140539]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: As Rick Davis said from the bathroom stall, “That’s a mouthful!”.

Lionel Hutz Esq. October 20, 2008 at 5:38 pm

[re=140548]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: I should note, I don’t think Hillary would take the job. But throw a nice dress at Bill, and he might.

jasonelias October 20, 2008 at 5:38 pm

Virgina’s Virgina godamnit. I see Nancy still did that ridiculous smile at the end. Those lips–dreadful.

iwillsavethispatient October 20, 2008 at 5:38 pm

[re=140539]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: How about “Cosmopolitan Communist City People” or CCCP?

sleepy October 20, 2008 at 5:41 pm

[re=140540]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]: = “as you, kevin, the black guy i’m talking to via this split screen, are aware “

Mista Eko October 20, 2008 at 5:42 pm

That’s odd, because the last time I heard the state senate demanding the resources to prop up the cesspool that is Richmond, Northern Virginia’s tax revenues were VERY REAL.

spencer October 20, 2008 at 5:43 pm

Next time I am asked my race I am going to put down “Real”.

NewSpence October 20, 2008 at 5:44 pm

[re=140554]iwillsavethispatient[/re]: Don’t some dead Russians hold the copyright on that one?

Gopherit October 20, 2008 at 5:45 pm

I originally read that as “A McCain spokesperson class herself a fake Vagina” and though, yeah, that’s probably true. Couldn’t buy into the Republican platform any other way.

StrangelyBrown October 20, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Wait, “real Virginians”? This sounds familiar:

“Sue Dickson, was a teacher in the Arlington schools and spoke out publicly in support of the Moncure bill. She argued that teachers were too intimidated to take a stand for segregation and that the PTAs had become “political parties” for promoting integration. Both Rathbone and Dickson, as well as other speakers, contended that Arlington was no longer controlled by “real Virginians.” (Washington Post, February 10, 1956)

Source: http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/glossary/people-038.html

Ah, yes. Those real Virginians.

shortsshortsshorts October 20, 2008 at 5:48 pm

[re=140554]iwillsavethispatient[/re]: That is by far more palatable.

Gopherit October 20, 2008 at 5:48 pm

[re=140566]Gopherit[/re]: calls, dammit.

SayItWithWookies October 20, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Too bad Nancy hasn’t left fake Virginia long enough to find out that my white socialist atheist real-Virginian self is voting for Obama, as are most of my neighbors. Yeah, the capital of the former CSA isn’t real Virginia either.

natoslug October 20, 2008 at 5:49 pm

[re=140518]shortsshortsshorts[/re]: You may not be able to beat that, but is it wrong to hope someone beats her?

expatinOz October 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm

It was nice of the reporterman to let her “climb back off that ledge.” I would have given her a big ole shove to ground many stories below. Cuz she admits – she lives with them eleeets in the fake Virginia.

TGY October 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm

[re=140543]edgydrifter[/re]: Ah, uh, Ok. I bow to your superiorishness Furrenity.

Lionel Hutz Esq. October 20, 2008 at 5:52 pm

Oh, my mistake. I thought you said that Poopiehuffer had called herself a “Fake Virgin.”

bitchincamaro October 20, 2008 at 5:52 pm

Ha! What a real cunt.

masterdebater October 20, 2008 at 5:54 pm

Do people with really tragic surnames ever consider not going into politics? I’m not saying they should but…Poopingheffer, poopyheffer…it’s just too easy.

Senator Boomdog October 20, 2008 at 5:56 pm

She sure is sticking her neck out on that one.

Ha ha, ha.

petite brawnley October 20, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Her neck is so skinny, it doesn’t seem real. Like it could just pop out of her shoulders if she tenses up and smiles really big.

Clovis October 20, 2008 at 5:58 pm

The first and best Republican carved West Virginia out of the Great Dominion, don’t forget. He did that to create a buffer of scalawag union supporters just across the river. Eventually they’ll have it carved up the way they like it, but it’ll only be the size of Richmond then.

rocktonsammy October 20, 2008 at 5:59 pm

I love her giraffe neck.

WIDTAP October 20, 2008 at 6:00 pm

[re=140540]Lionel Hutz Esq.[/re]:

So if we are to believe Nancy, all of those Telcom jobs in Northern Virginia were taken by black former inner-city DC residents. This is going to be one hell of a surprise to the census people.

I am still trying to figure out her explanation for what qualifies for “real” Virginian. Apparently it not residency, but an adherence to some definition of “Southern”. Does anyone have the code book? She lost me.

TeddyS October 20, 2008 at 6:03 pm

The War of Northern Aggression set the darkies free to settle in Arlington and Alexandria and Tyson’s Corner, where they raped all the white women and established ghettos that have been registered by ACORN to vote for communist terriers, you betcha.

AnnieGetYourFun October 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm

[re=140579]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Ooooh, snap.

S.Luggo October 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm

[re=140522]TGY[/re]: McCain senior adviser Pfotenhauer bears a strong resemblance to a certain presidential candidate’s Oxy-craving little lady. Chance or mere coincidence? America wants to know.

Itsjustme October 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm

[re=140526]ph7[/re]: It ain’t just Virginia. I have to hear the word “spook.”

Lazy Media October 20, 2008 at 6:06 pm

[re=140522]TGY[/re]: SRSLY? I guess, if you go for anorexic bottle blondes with bad nose jobs. She just looks like all those emaciated, leather-skinned, fake-boobed trophy wives I see at the grocery store in north Atlanta. Do Not Want.

HuskyMescan October 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm

God damn, I cant wait until Nov 5 so I don’t have to see Gooseneck Nancy and Pig-nostril Rick Davis. On Nov 5, goodbye, good riddens, and choke on some dick.

gogal October 20, 2008 at 6:15 pm

Joe the Plumber is a rip-off!
http://gogal.wordpress.com/

Another DC Lawyer (Again) October 20, 2008 at 6:16 pm

Wait, is Oakton even in the “Real Northern Virginia”? I don’t know…I don’t trust anybody who lives outside the beltway…

dano October 20, 2008 at 6:16 pm

Like Nancy I live in an alternate reality of my own creation. In my world Giselle Bundchen is my girlfriend and Nancy Poopenheifer sells handjobs behind the BP station for $2.50 each.

SayItWithWookies October 20, 2008 at 6:16 pm

[re=140618]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: I’ll leave out the part about how I came here from NoVA.

Yours,

SIwW the Plumber

Mr. Herpes October 20, 2008 at 6:17 pm

Ah, to be back in the Old Dominion, barreling across Key Bridge with a trunk full of Dixie Liquor Black Label, chunking empties out the window on Chain Bridge Road. I miss living in a state where high schools are named after Confederate generals and you can’t spit without hitting a Civil War marker. Where most teen-agers didn’t have acne, they had heat rash. Where you wore your blue jeans even on the hottest summer days because Yankees and queers wore shorts. Where you’d park at the Frozen Dairy Bar on a Friday night or head over to Giffords for sit-down ice cream. She talkin’ about that Vuhginyah?

Neilist October 20, 2008 at 6:20 pm

You know, I read “Northern Virginia,” and my mind immediately goes to one thing that Faulkner wrote that I can read:

“For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two oclock on the July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet….”

:::Sniff:::

We’re about to elect a Nigra President of the Republic.

The Sainted Robert E. is Spinning In His Grave. SPINNING, I tell you!

(So I say we hook the old bigot up to a generator, and DO SOMETHING FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE!)

kirkaracha October 20, 2008 at 6:20 pm

It’s pronounced “Hfuhruhurr.”

Neilist October 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm

[re=140638]Mr. Herpes[/re]: Isn’t “Yankees and queers” redundant?

I mean, at least down there in Pig Fuckin’ Land?

magic titty October 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm

This is like, three days in a row she’s done this.
Will they now disappear her like Carly Fiorina? For that one, it was like when Elijah Muhammad silenced Malcolm X for 90 days. Haven’t heard from Fiorina since.

rocktonsammy October 20, 2008 at 6:24 pm

Sir, I must slap you with my dueling gloves.

kirkaracha October 20, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Ms. Pfottentot’s house is in unreal-Virginia. So is one of Senator McCain’s bazillion homes. So is McCain campaign HQ.

Itsjustme October 20, 2008 at 6:33 pm

[re=140646]magic titty[/re]: They can’t “disappear” her fast enough for me.

ph7 October 20, 2008 at 6:34 pm

Poster girl for estrogen therapy.

GlennBecksTaint October 20, 2008 at 6:39 pm

i can’t believe this twat still has a job.

etherspirit October 20, 2008 at 6:49 pm

She’s obviously been trained by George Allen.

hardcorepops October 20, 2008 at 6:51 pm

Ugh. I hate this bitch. She suffers from Michele Bachmann Syndrome, in the sense that she always seems to talk shit through a maniacal smile. She needs a good dick slapping.

voyetra8 October 20, 2008 at 6:55 pm

[re=140603]Senator Boomdog[/re]: I C WUT U DID THERE

tinybubbles October 20, 2008 at 7:08 pm

[re=140656]kirkaracha[/re]: would that be in the pro-America part of unreal Virginia?

problemwithcaring October 20, 2008 at 7:24 pm

When Obama becomes prez, will places like Wonkette be overwhelmed and exist simply to chronicle all the shit like this: http://www.wyff4.com/news/17764161/detail.html#- ?

AutomaticPilot October 20, 2008 at 7:26 pm

What I mean to say is…we don’t like the darkies too much in Real Virginia.

Vewol Mevemont October 20, 2008 at 7:35 pm

Richmond = deep blue = not real Virginia?

Why doesn’t she just say non-Macaca Virginians? What else could she possibly mean?

Vewol Mevemont October 20, 2008 at 7:37 pm

By the way, nice nose job, Poopenheifer. Next time tell your plastic surgeon not to be so obvious.

Neon Trotsky October 20, 2008 at 7:42 pm

Northern Virginia will be the vanguard for the International Revolution! Long live the Soviet Republic of NoVA!

Accordion-o-rama October 20, 2008 at 7:50 pm

[re=140526]ph7[/re]: I realize I’m putting myself up for a Chicago-style put-down, but who’s Joe?

Neon Trotsky October 20, 2008 at 7:52 pm

Also, I find it funny that George “Macacawitz” Allen was supposedly the quintessential “Real Virginian” considering he was born in California to a mother who was a French Jewish immigrant (from whom he learned the French language and fun words like “macaca”) but we Northern Virginians who were born and raised here are “Fake Virginians” cause we vote for teh libruls…

blinky_twinkie October 20, 2008 at 7:56 pm

[re=140640]Neilist[/re]: Damn! but that man had a way around a sentence…

blinky_twinkie October 20, 2008 at 7:59 pm

[re=140738]blinky_twinkie[/re]: Sorry–meant the “Faulkner” ref.

WIDTAP October 20, 2008 at 8:07 pm

So here’s my suggestion. How about Virginia cede Fairfax, Loudoun. Arlington and all of the independent cities therein to West Virginia, extending the panhandle down to DC. West Virgina will accept a few more Democrats, no problem, and Virginia will be free and clear of those fake Virginians.

ph7 October 20, 2008 at 8:24 pm

[re=140732]Accordion-o-rama[/re]: Why, John’s half-brother: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/mccains-brother-calls-vir_n_132011.html

Tito Puente October 20, 2008 at 8:35 pm

If being part of the terrorbot plutocracy is wrong, I don’t ever want to be right.

Tito Puente October 20, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Oh, and while we’re on Joe McCain stories…

I was getting take-out at the Five Guys in Old Town a few years back when I recognized Joey Joe Joe at the counter (I had met him a couple times during the 2000 primaries). For nearly five minutes he was trying to impress the the guy at the register by spelling words on his calculator, including 01134 and the always crowd-pleasing 59009 (for translation, invert your monitor).
True.

Neilist October 20, 2008 at 8:50 pm

[re=140739]blinky_twinkie[/re]: More of a Hemingway man, myself. But the imagery in that passage is pretty good.

There is a bit in Bruce Catton’s three volume history of the Civil War to the effect that Lee ordered the Pickett/Pettigrew assault because he was convinced that the Army of Northern Virginia, if directed to take a position, could not be stopped by any force on Earth.

Nice theory, anyway . . . .

Weeping Jesus October 20, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Her teeth are the whitest I’ve ever come across.

Lemming Caution October 20, 2008 at 9:19 pm

Does Oliver North, the realest American that ever was, still live in McLean?

Ah, I remember 1994, when Republicans were Republicans, and Senator John Warner and Nancy Reagan gave Ollie the finger, and he lost his very expensive race for Senate, in *all* of Virginia, real and unreal. Good times.

[re=140558]Mista Eko[/re]: too true

HughJennicks October 20, 2008 at 9:20 pm

Poopenheifer? Isn’t that a Republican code word for cowchip?

dave666 October 20, 2008 at 9:51 pm

hate fuck bait

Hooray For Anything October 20, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Can they let me know if I’m a real American or not cause if I’m not, I’ll need to get a new passport.

Outstando October 20, 2008 at 10:25 pm

By “real”, she means the part of Virginia where people presumably have happy lives, filled with good friends and loving family, and where they don’t spend every morning and every evening retching the contents of their stomach into the toilet bowl, because their Daddy never loved them as much as her brothers. But she will get ahead. She will show them that real power isn’t exercised on the football field. One day soon she will not merely sit atop her imaginary throne in her fantasy world. In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!

ivenson October 20, 2008 at 11:43 pm

[re=140590]expatinOz[/re]: EXACTLY…

“I’m not talking about the Virginia where I live…I’m talking about the redneck, shitkicker Virginians.” Why would any self respecting southern Virginia voter respond positively to this horseshit?

Furthermore, fuck you madam. I’m your neighbor up here in NOVA…I run a business with 25 employees, half of whom are immigrants who work harder than anyone I know. These folks work 2-3 jobs to give their kids a better life than they had and you are so oblivious that you don’t even realize that they exist as a voting bloc. You know who does recognize that these hard working folks are here? I’ll give you a hint. Do the words “Si, se puede” mean anything to you?

I would say that ignoring the HUGE FUCKING DEMOGRAPHIC THAT MANS YOUR SERVICE/RETAIL INDUSTRY is kind of…what’s the word I’m looking for…

ELITIST.

Queen Regine October 20, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Can’t get more real than my lovely Lynchburg, VA. But guess what Dr. Poopenheifer-Smarty Pants? WE ARE GOING BLUE THIS YEAR! oh yeah…Pres. Hopey, Sen MARK Warner..
REALITY SUCKS FOR YOU BAY-BEE!

ivenson October 20, 2008 at 11:56 pm

Oh, wait, I’m not done yet….

Riddle me this, Ms. Poopenpoop.

You know how, over the last decade or so, lots of the folks who take your money at the gas station, or sell you floor tile at the home improvement store, or itch cream at the CVS, or vacuum cleaners at the mall….

You know how more and more those folks are named Mustaq, or Ahmed, or Bilal, or Yogini…where they used to be named Dave or Steve or Veronica?

How do you think it plays with these middle class, hard working Americans when your side tacitly approves the “Obama is a Muslim” nonsense?

And you know what’s really going to fuck you? There are lots of shitkicking rednecks like me who understand this dynamic perfectly and sympathise with the little guy…whether he’s a Muslim, Christian, Zoroastrian, or whatever.

Sorry for the lack of snark, folks. This close to the election, my trigger has gotten a little hairy.

Mo MoDo October 21, 2008 at 12:43 am

It’s a shame that Real Virginians have to share all their electoral votes with those Imaginary Virginians.

Lascauxcaveman October 21, 2008 at 1:00 am

[re=140876]ivenson[/re]: Admit it though. You’d still fuck her, right?

Robbertjan October 21, 2008 at 4:38 am

“McCain spokeslady calls herself a fake vagina.”

DangerousLiberal October 21, 2008 at 5:42 am

I lived in Rosslyn for a year. It didn’t feel anything like DC. Didn’t feel anything like Virginia, either. Except all these people trying to get me to vote for a guy named Webb. WTF? Why can’t I vote for that Fenty guy? Whatta fucked up place.

That tee vee lady needs a square meal. Meet me at the Orleans House next to the Rosslyn Metro for a nice prime rib, ‘kay?

TGY October 21, 2008 at 9:41 am

[re=140624]Lazy Media[/re]: Yes, well, at my age (45) my standard of beauty is broader. It’s one of the few things that’s good about aging: there appear to be more beautiful women in the world as one gets older. Who knows? I might have a thing for bad nose jobs or whatever.

binarian October 21, 2008 at 11:15 am

Wow, they are desperate, aren’t they?

mikey mike October 21, 2008 at 12:46 pm

This bitch is a real vagina.

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