• February 12, 2012

Hey Columbus Dispatch, you have a Moral Obligation to release audio of this interview with Sen. George Voinovich! All Americans must hear this terrifyingly transcribed hell-screech of the Southern Republicans: “We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns. It’s the southerners. They get on TV and go ‘errrr, errrrr.’ People hear them and say, ‘These people, they’re southerners. The party’s being taken over by southerners. What the hell they got to do with Ohio?’” So next time you and a sexytime friend are on the sidewalk and hear some nearby people saying “errrr, errrrr” to each other, you can turn to your sexytime friend and whisper, “These people, they’re southerners,” and sound cool and smart and learned in tongues, and then you can bone, hooray. [Columbus Dispatch]

{ 78 comments }

stew July 28, 2009 at 12:52 pm

As a hater of everything dixie, I’m lovin’ this.

Mild Midwesterner July 28, 2009 at 12:53 pm

I love the name “DeMint.” It sounds like the South Carolinians elected a French breath freshener.

user-of-owls July 28, 2009 at 12:53 pm

Er, what?

4tehlulz July 28, 2009 at 12:55 pm

>>What they hell they got to do with Ohio?

Today, we learn that Senator Voinovich has never been to Cincinnati.

bureaucrap July 28, 2009 at 12:55 pm

How are the southerners that say “errrrr” related to the Knights that say “Ni”?

hobospacejunkie July 28, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Tell Voinovich that a panniculus is a much more reliable way to identify southerners, and doesn’t involve whispering behind anyone’s back

orange July 28, 2009 at 12:57 pm

I thought ‘errrrrr errrrr’ was the sound of Cind’s vibrato.

gurukalehuru July 28, 2009 at 12:57 pm

You got the Voinovich Republicans and you got the Alaska/Southern Republicans. Socialism is in our future, my friends.

queeraselvis v 2.0 July 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

*sigh*

For the record, Southerners do not go “errrr, errrr.” The correct pronunciation is “errruh, errruh,” followed by the obligatory “y’all” or “all y’all.” Other than that, spot on Voino!

SmutBoffin July 28, 2009 at 1:01 pm

Well, that mating call is apparently enough to attract Argentinian ladiez, with their hottness and exotic plumage and whatnot.

V572625694 July 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm

This validates the Kinsley Hypothesis: most so-called gaffes are just inadvertent statements of the truth.

[re=372429]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Had to go to Wikipedia to find out what a panniculus is. Or could’ve just looked down.

Saragon July 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm

Has he never heard DeMint speak? It’s a much more high-pitched noise than that. More of an “eeeeehn, eeeeehn” sound.

SmutBoffin July 28, 2009 at 1:03 pm

[re=372424]4tehlulz[/re]: Ha!

Mahousu July 28, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Wait, what kind of name is “Voinovich”? I think we better see a birth certificate, pronto!

(Actually, I went to school in northern Ohio, and about half my classmates were named something like Voinovich. It did make pronunciation easy for me when I studied Russian.)

liquiddaddy July 28, 2009 at 1:06 pm

[re=372436]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: You are entirely correct, suh. Unlike northerners who utter “aay, aaaaay.”

Terry July 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Honestly, Ohioans have very little room to talk. That state is the land of white bread and miracle whip.

Noodle Salad July 28, 2009 at 1:12 pm

I like how he uses “Southern” as a pejorative, like how everyone else uses “Republican.”

freakishlystrong July 28, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Southern Western ones go “heeennnngggggggghhhhhh”, while their wives titter-scold Wonkett….

ManchuCandidate July 28, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Birthers keep on screeching
Carrying on ’bout the Muslin
Screaming rants about certificates
I miss Dixie once again
And I think its a sin, yes

Well I heard Voinovich errr about her
Well, I heard ole George put her down
Well, I hope Voinovich will remember
A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow

Sweet dumb Jesusland
Where the taxes are so low
Sweet dumb Jesusland
Lord, we’re going home to you!!

V572625694 July 28, 2009 at 1:13 pm

[re=372453]Terry[/re]: Mmmmm…Miracle Whip on Wonder Bread: that’s fine eating!

ManchuCandidate July 28, 2009 at 1:14 pm

[re=372460]V572625694[/re]:
And deep fried. Don’t forget the deep frying.

CrunchyKnee July 28, 2009 at 1:16 pm

I have been to Ohio and I have been to the south and there really is not much difference.

finallyhappy July 28, 2009 at 1:16 pm

[re=372419]Mild Midwesterner[/re]: Graham and DeMint- the two cookies from SC

V572625694 July 28, 2009 at 1:18 pm

[re=372464]ManchuCandidate[/re]: What doesn’t taste better when you coat it in bread crumbs and cook it in hot oil? Gimme a big plate of chicken-fried sushi, please!

Carrie_Okie July 28, 2009 at 1:19 pm

hahaha Senator of Nothingsville sez whuh? I mean why are all those people moving FROM tardbelts like OH & MI to the South? Also Howard Dean sez Yyyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaarghh! So suck it Voiny.
/my parents are from Toledo….

DoctorCulturae July 28, 2009 at 1:21 pm

[re=372429]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Quite right. And as a public service here are some specifics on panniculi:
Grade 1
Panniculus barely covers the hairline and mons pubis but not the genitalia.
Grade 2
Extends to cover the genitalia.
Grade 3
Extends to cover the upper thigh
Grade 4
Extends to cover the mid thigh.
Grade 5
Extends to cover the knees or beyond.

user-of-owls July 28, 2009 at 1:25 pm

Coburn? When did Oklahoma become part of the Confederacy? Errrr?

Hooray For Anything July 28, 2009 at 1:26 pm

You know things are getting weird when even people from the midwest are saying bad things about people from the south. It’s one part of Real America is turning on the other part of Real America- who will win?

bright virago July 28, 2009 at 1:26 pm

[re=372474]Carrie_Okie[/re]: omg, Katie Holmes is that you?

bright virago July 28, 2009 at 1:28 pm

[re=372474]Carrie_Okie[/re]: omg, Katie Holmes – is that you?

head58 July 28, 2009 at 1:29 pm

My Yankee New Enlander ears hear all Southerner speak as “Tekeli-li” and “Ia! Fhtagn!”

user-of-owls July 28, 2009 at 1:34 pm

[re=372497]head58[/re]: “Tekeli-li” and “Ia! Fhtagn!”

Southerners all speak some sort of Polynesian-Welsh hybrid language?

snideinplainsight July 28, 2009 at 1:35 pm

White guys go like this “eeky eeky ickle ickle!”
Black guys go like this “Doo-dee Doo-dee Doo-dee doo!”

McDuff July 28, 2009 at 1:35 pm

I’ve read that a Southern accent (DeMint, Vitter, et al) is now more and more considered the “normal” American accent rather than a Midwestern accent (Cronkite, Tom Hanks, etc.). I’m sure this has something to do with the dumbing down of America, also.

ForTheTurnstiles July 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm

[re=372497]head58[/re]: All the vowels are backward. You walk up a heel, but that thing on your shoe is a hill? You eat deal pickles and that’s not a big dill?

That said, I’d choose Raleigh or Richmond over any city in Ohio. I prefer to be employed, even if it’s among people who pronounce the word “oil” as if it had one syllable.

hobospacejunkie July 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm

[re=372440]V572625694[/re]: You funny. But I guarantee if you had a panniculus you’d know it. For more fun search your Wonkette for panniculus. We’ve had some good times recently.

likeafox July 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm

from the comments there: ” Red Boy:

Obama’s biggest problem: NO BIRTH CERTIFICATE. And Voinovich insult of the south is shameful. Southern GOP is the only ones leading right now. Traying to take back America!”

Now I’m imagining souther politicians and birthers out hobo sledding sledding together on cafeteria trays. It’s a beautiful image, but I’m not sure how it will make Obama show us his birf certifkit.

TGY July 28, 2009 at 1:37 pm

It’s obvs the fault of Grant and Sherman for not killing enough southerners.

ohiolobbyist July 28, 2009 at 1:38 pm

*puts hands in pockets, avoids eye contact*

Cape Clod July 28, 2009 at 1:40 pm

[re=372453]Terry[/re]: I visited the state once. I have to agree with you. Ceder Creek was fun, but I was a little nervous getting on the roller coasters knowing what kind of stress loads they needed withstand.

DollarStorePregnancyTest July 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm

[re=372493]Hooray For Anything[/re]: clearly the midwest. and us local liberals define the midwest as Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota (also recently Iowa). except for Bachmann’s Minnesota.

come to think — you don’t suppose there’s some way we could gerrymander Bachmann’s district OUT of MN, do you?

queeraselvis v 2.0 July 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm

[re=372506]user-of-owls[/re]: Only when we’re drinking. Which is often.

DangerousLiberal July 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm

What part of the “Southern Strategy?” do these chowderheads not understand? The part about coopting and pandering to the Wallace Democrats (and not Henry Wallace, you weisenheimers)? Or the part about cooking up their own brand of fear, hatred, white supremacy and gun violence to to win the same dumbfuck vote that southern race baiters had locked up for years?

These G(r)OPers are so out of touch with their own history, they probably forgot what they ate for lunch–and definitely forgot who paid for it (the AMA, Big Pharma, etc.) Asshats, also.

DoctorCulturae July 28, 2009 at 1:49 pm

[re=372527]DangerousLiberal[/re]: Because since Reagan and Willie Horton: “they forgot!”

TGY July 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

It’s fun to see the GOP stressed so many ways: northerners vs. southerners, straight Johns vs. closet gays vs. pedos vs. furries vs. diaper-wearers etc., retards vs. idiots, and Steele vs. everybody. They’re becoming more and more like Democrats.

norbizness July 28, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Southerners are trying to “take back America”? Didn’t that work out semi-disastrously 145 years ago or thereabouts? Oh, I’m sorry; that was their “going Galt” phase.

P.S. YOU’RE RIVERZ ARE ON FIRE VOINYVICHY LOL.

mookworthjwilson July 28, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Norbert July 28, 2009 at 1:58 pm

We got too many DeMint’s and not enough Trig’s.

Lazy Media July 28, 2009 at 2:00 pm

People from the Deep South don’t pronounce the letter ‘r’ at all, Voinovich, you bohunk retard. And it’s well known that the worst-sounding accents in U.S. America are from the Midwest, centered on Michigan, but including Ohio.

Brendan M. July 28, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Why doesn’t my senior senator do the honorable thing and switch parties in a desperate, transparent attempt to stay in office, like they do in that gay neighboring state, Pennsylvannia?

Manos: Hands of Fate July 28, 2009 at 2:01 pm

Ever been to Columbus? Lots of errrr, errrring going on.

Dirtbag Jones July 28, 2009 at 2:05 pm

As a life long resident of Northern Ohio ( people still live here, GASP! America) I agree with Voinovich. I would rather eat glass every day for a thousand years than live in the south, also.

TGY July 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm

[re=372579]Dirtbag Jones[/re]: It’s not really that bad as long as you don’t listen to what people are actually saying.

Dolmance July 28, 2009 at 2:13 pm

The most beautiful sight in the world must have been the night they burned Old Dixie down. I would have sang, “Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah,” over and over with tears in my eyes.

Oh, if we could only do it again. Sniff, sniff… Whine, snivel… Snurk…

Better American Than You July 28, 2009 at 2:17 pm

I believe that Cleveland, Youngstown and some other Ohio garden spots have been certified “Unfit for Human Habitation.” Worst places for jobs, worst places to raise your kids, worst urban decay, worst for childhood asthma…. Maybe Ohioans say “errr” when they try to catch their breaths.

Better American Than You July 28, 2009 at 2:19 pm

[re=372579]Dirtbag Jones[/re]: And we would rather eat glass than have you here, so that works out just fine.

Extemporanus July 28, 2009 at 2:24 pm

Every summer when I was growing up, my family used drive from Milwaukee to D.C. to see my grandparents. Dad would always time the return trip so that we hit Cleveland around mid=afternoon, and then he’d make us roll down our windows.

It was his unspoken way of reminding us that there were worse cities in which to live than Milwaukee.

user-of-owls July 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm

[re=372570]Manos: Hands of Fate[/re]: Makes you wonder what Talk Like A Pirate Day sounds like in Columbus (or the South, depending on your position in this lofty debate).

Aaaarg, errrr, aaaarg, errrr. with a Avast, y’all thrown in for good measure.

user-of-owls July 28, 2009 at 2:29 pm

[re=372615]Extemporanus[/re]: Good thing Child Protective Services didn’t hear about that. You’d have been raised by the sisters at the orphanage. Or wolves. Or, if you wound up in the hands of a particular N.J. rabbi, harvested for parts.

edgydrifter July 28, 2009 at 2:34 pm

I use the Santorum test–if they wipe the Santorum off their junk with the Wall Street Journal, they’re Northern Republicans. Southern Republicans use Moon Pie wrappers and Dale Earnhardt commemorative dish towels.

likeafox July 28, 2009 at 2:36 pm

Since I apparently retain some attachment to my old hometown: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3918000.html

Just fyi, before you completely dismiss Ohio/Columbus, it’s actually a pretty decent place to live. You know, despite all the fatties. Also.

Perrys Mollycoddler July 28, 2009 at 2:46 pm

You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?

Just listen to a Jim DeMint speech.

ThomasAllen July 28, 2009 at 2:46 pm

I warned you about humanimals and cloning, and now look –We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns!

schvitzatura July 28, 2009 at 3:07 pm

It’s the first shots of the resumed war between the pin/pen mergeristas and the Northern cities vowel shifters!

Maybe means a millhunkie Serb-American senator with a funny name gets to beat an errr-errr soundin’ Scots-Irish Southron upstart with a cane this go-around, to start the proceedings in a manner befitting, as it were…

McDuff July 28, 2009 at 3:08 pm

[re=372521]Cape Clod[/re]: That’s Cedar POINT to us (former) locals.

And all this equating the South with Ohio has got to stop. Ohioans do not eat fried green tomatos. We grow’em in a summer garden and eat them fresh or our grandmas can them for eating during the winter or a Great Depression, which ever comes first. We do not fry tomatos in pig fat. We do, however, fry pork products in pig fat, like our Germanic forefathers did.

smoke5032 July 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm

[re=372521]Cape Clod[/re]: Cedar Point is the amusement park – Cedar Creek was the Civil War battle turned from defeat to victory by Ohio’s own Phil Sheridan who, along with Grant and Sherman obviously didn’t kill enough of them.

LibertyHiller July 28, 2009 at 3:47 pm

Ohio may not be southern, but it has plenty of Appalachia to make up for that.

AxmxZ July 28, 2009 at 3:48 pm

My Southern Republican cat is going ‘errr, errr’ right now.

TeddyS July 28, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Errr, errr! (Translation: That Veronomitch guy nailed it.)

Err, er! (Translation: The South has done slid offa the political map).

Eear, oar, err! (Quitter Snowbilly is moving to Dixie to complete the comical collapse of the GOP).

Er! (Also.)

Tito Puente July 28, 2009 at 9:14 pm

They took ‘er jobs!

zhubajie July 29, 2009 at 3:17 am

Southern Ohio and Indiana are pretty damn southern! The south ends (in Ohio) somewhere between Cincinnati and Dayton. Indianapolis actually boasts it’s the northernmost southern city! (They need something, I guess). It’s the Appalachian south, too, not something slightly refined like Memphis or New Orleans.

Zhu Bajie, too long a resident of Cincinnutty.

zhubajie July 29, 2009 at 3:19 am

[re=372446]Mahousu[/re]: “Wait, what kind of name is ‘Voinovich’?” Serbian, I believe. Remember when Milosevic et al. had their Bosnian peace conference in Dayton? And M. was wondering there would enough naughty entertainment for him? (In Dayton!!)

Zhu Bajie

zhubajie July 29, 2009 at 3:24 am

[re=372546]TGY[/re]: And here I was hoping that they’d end up as perverted as the Tories in England!

zhubajie July 29, 2009 at 3:25 am

[re=372568]Lazy Media[/re]: I would say East Kentucky, Hazzard County, etc.

Zhu Bajie

zhubajie July 29, 2009 at 3:38 am

[re=372717]McDuff[/re]: Get real. When someone can’t make a living in Hazzard County, KY, anymore off tobacco subsidies or illegal whacky tobaccy plantations, they head for Cinci! Some move on to Dayton.

Zhu Bajie

Min July 29, 2009 at 4:01 pm

‘errrr, errrrr.’

My southern credentials are impeccable, and I have no idea what the hell that’s supposed to be. If he had said, “eh, law”, on the other hand…

carlyt July 30, 2009 at 7:11 am

The Republicans are disintegrating. There is an interesting related post from a moderate Republican at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?page_id=588

GaySailor December 26, 2009 at 5:52 pm

I thought the mating cry was “y’all! Y’all! y’allll!”

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