Deadspin Editor Melts Down After Cruz Owns Him
Today, I leave discussion about Trump’s obsession with the popular vote, his threatening to “send in the Feds” to Chicago, or the upcoming week of “Celebrity Apprentice: The Supreme Court” in the capable hands of others. This post is going to be about making fun of a snarky lefty.
You have likely heard about the little Twitter interchange between Deadspin and Ted Cruz. If you missed it, you can see the embeds at Mickey White’s post. The executive summary is: Deadspin’s Ashley Feinberg tweeted out a request for pictures of Ted Cruz playing basketball (after Politico reported that Cruz is playing basketball as part of a new collegiality campaign). Cruz tweeted out a picture of Grayson Allen, a Duke basketball player who looks so much like Cruz it’s a meme. Deadspin responded with humorless profanity, and Cruz responded humorously with the Ron Burgundy “that escalated quickly” meme. All good, fun stuff.
Then it got even better. (This post is about to go all Twitchy on your backside, with a lot of Twitter embeds — but hey, this is a Twitter-centric mockfest.) Deadspin editor Tim Marchman got busy:
Amazing that low-testosterone Ted Cruz enthusiasts are comfortable haranguing @ashleyfeinberg but not me, Deadspin's actual editor!
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
Ted Cruz is a pathetic asshole, his social media intern's joke was basic, and complaints should go to marchman at deadspin dot com.
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
But don’t email him. Tweet him. Trust me. It upsets him a lot more.
Unsurprising that not one Ted Cruz-supporting cuck/Twitter user is willing to face me in the UFC octagon.
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
Hundreds of dudes who can't do a pushup are tweeting at me but literally not even one has had the brass to send me an email.
— Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) January 25, 2017
DO YOU HAVE THE BRASS TO EMAIL TIM MARCHMAN?? WELL, DO YOU?
I’m not sure if the reference to the “UFC octagon” was a reference to an actual physical fight, or just the hardscrabble manly testosterone-infused brawling that is an email exchange with Tim Marchman.
Anyway, it’s not a real big surprise that the ridicule kicked into high gear right about then. Here’s one example:
This day is amazing pic.twitter.com/jyJhhkJk7R
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) January 25, 2017
Sounds like the email thing isn’t working out for old Tim though.
@timmarchman ok Tim pic.twitter.com/BgtcIM1Waf
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) January 25, 2017
[Cross-posted at RedState and The Jury Talks Back.]
Last spring whenever I was asked why I was a Cruz supporter, I simply said “He’ll be the smartest guy to be President, maybe since the founding.”
Idiots from the left take him on at their peril.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:19 amThat entire mess of incomprehensible crap reminded me why I don’t do the Twit thing. Thanks.
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:21 amDeadspin for years has been one of the leading sites trying to drag politics into sports — they’re basically the sports website for people who actually hate or are bored with the games, but would rather spend time talking about the politicial issues around the games and players, from a snarky progressive position.
Their egos can’t stand the idea one of their targets might get in an even more clever/snarky reply, and because of that react like an angry sports talk show caller who gets cut off cursing out the host by the seven-second delay button.
John (c7bcb1) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:22 amtwitter so crazy
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:26 amWatched this meltdown yesterday as it was happening. Ashley Feinberg could have just said “well played Sen Cruz” and it would have blown over and gone away. But you have to understand this is Gawker Media, a cesspool of hate and snark directed towards any conservative available. Deadspin is their sports-themed site but they make ESPN seem like the National Review.
Deadspin even has a sub-site called The Concourse where they load up extra on hate and bile for conservatives. My favorite headline there was from early Nov: DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO GET HIS ASS KICKED TUESDAY.
Go to the original post asking for Cruz basketball photos and you’ll see they buried his response wasaaay deep. If he had been the one getting owned and melting down it would be front page featured on everything Gawker still squeezes out (Jezebel, gizmodo, jalopnik etc.).
Harkin (afc7a6) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:33 amShould add that Gawker Media was bought by Univision after the bankruptcy caused by the Hulk Higan lawsuit but still operates in the same way except for openly declaring they willfully violate libel laws.
Harkin (afc7a6) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:40 amR.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore. ‘Oh Robbbbbb.’
DCSCA (797bc0) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:42 amTim Marchman is just a geeky sports guy who fantasizes about being the toughest guy in the room.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:44 amHe likes to dish out the snark, but when it’s fired back at him, he freaks out.
Give that guy a safe space!
Wow, Mary Tyler Moore died!
Obviously, the two sitcoms made her career, but she was also fantastic in the film, Ordinary People.
Wait until the MSM finds out she became pretty conservative politically during her later years.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:48 am@9- CS, Several of the teevee newspoodles are already cooing over how she inspired them to go into the biz. If memory serves, her ‘gams’ were featured on one of the early TV detective shows as well. Peter Gunn, maybe… don’t recall exactly. Quite a talent. Her politics were known in town but her shows generated $, which is all that matter. The MTM show is the 1970s. God bless her for giving us Ted Baxter.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:54 amThe left truly cannot stand having a conservative considered anything but a mouth-breathing racist. Dylan Byers at CNN reported on the exchange and he’s getting tons of Twitter hate…..just for accurately laying out what happened.
Examples:
“@DylanByers @CNN – you’re a journalist. Consider expending your time on something of any journalistic value, like our swiftly eroding rights.”
@DylanByers Dylan. Buddy. You think THIS is the way to combat the fact the President wants to have you executed? Kissing his ass? [not sure if this guy thinks Cruz is president]
Harkin (afc7a6) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:01 pmCanadians have always had a good sense of humor.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:03 pmDCSCA, yeah, she and her ex-hubby Grant Tinker (who passed a couple months ago) made some serious bank with MTM Productions.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:06 pmWho could ever forget MTM’s parody of the MGM roaring lion by having a logo of a meowing kitty cat at the end of the credits for each show.
> I simply said “He’ll be the smartest guy to be President, maybe since the founding.”
The smartest Presidents in the first half of the nineteenth century were Quincy Adams and Buchanan. Neither of their terms leave me believing that raw intelligence is an indicator of success.
aphrael (3f0569) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:06 pmCanadians have to, DCSCA.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fmvzXt4-XNU/WH7vJUrB46I/AAAAAAABeEs/8_X4iCvz7zwTlm-jBkyNqyK-xfN7hrVSgCLcB/s1600/funny_picdump_1385_640_30.jpg
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:06 pmRIP MTM –
Find a copy of the Dick Van Dyke episode The Curious Thing About Women – about opening packages addressed to Rob. She was never better.
Harkin (afc7a6) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:08 pmWasn’t Bill Clinton a Rhodes Scholar?
Leviticus (70ca80) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:09 pmYes, and Obama got the Nobel Peace prize and Biden the Medal of Freedom. So if your point is that the left is filled with idiots who have all kinds of “creds” your point is well made.
Name a Leftist with a Medal of Honor.
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:20 pmAbe Lincoln had only a year and a half of formal schooling.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:27 pmRead more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/marytylerm361101.html
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:31 pm> Name a Leftist with a Medal of Honor.
I don’t know how you define ‘leftist’, but would Bob Kerrey count?
aphrael (3f0569) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:36 pmJohn Kerry once met a man with a magic hat!
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:45 pmOf course he wants private e-mails rather than the public flogging he’s receiving on Twitter.
windbag (031e0b) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:49 pmDaaaaammm! (saw images on MTM’s wikipedia page from Dick Van Dyke and the detective show). I thought she was much shorter than 5’7″ but nonetheless She was smoking. RIP
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:56 pmHey, happyfeet:
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 1/25/2017 @ 12:59 pmhttp://dailycaller.com/2017/01/25/uber-exec-calls-trump-deplorable/
It was meant to be rhetorical aphrael. But I looked up Kerrey and yes, I think he would be considered a leftist. As soon as I saw when he was being thrown out of his job as college president he was the highest paid private college president at over $3million compensation and still cried about being a victim. So yes, he’s a leftist.
That’s that internet law I guess. Say something and somebody will find the one exception. I gotta learn to phrase things differently like: “How many Navy SEAL’s do you think are leftists, One maybe two?”. Sorry, my bad.
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:02 pmugh I already switched to lyft for this year anyway cause uber’s owned by a bunch of saudi royal perverts that hate Jesus
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:03 pmwhat kind of unbalanced twat sends a company-wide email out about their political feewings
an uber twat i guess
lol!
swidt?
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:05 pmRev Hoagie, if even Debra Winger got tired of Bob Kerrey, then maybe … (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:06 pmMy blonde haired brunette.
This is the Dick Van Dyke show episode where Laura doubts her sex appeal, and on the spur of the moment dyes her hair blonde.
It’s a pivotal moment for Mary Tyler Moore, because this is the episode where Rob Reiner discovers her natural flair for comedy.
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:09 pmMr happyfeet, Tim Marchman is such a tuff guyyyy, that’s he was saying, “Hey, come join me in the UFC Octagon!!!”
… and then once he got some RSVPs, he went on a sudden vacation.
Cuzzz dat’s wut tuff guyzzzz dooo!
Tim Marchman needs a safe space where he’s free from insults!
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:12 pmDoes a place like that even exist on the internet? (LOL)
“That’s that internet law I guess. Say something and somebody will find the one exception. I gotta learn to phrase things differently like: “How many Navy SEAL’s do you think are leftists, One maybe two?”. Sorry, my bad.”
– Rev. Hoagie
I was gonna say that Albert Parsons voluntarily returned to Chicago to face capital punishment on trumped up charges. I suppose that doesn’t count in your book, though.
Leviticus (efada1) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:13 pm@13- Yeah, MTM Productions really piped out some superb comedies. If I click into 1970sNewhart or MTM on cable rolling through the dials, I’ll stop and watch just to get a laugh or two. Really holds up over time.
@16- The Van Dyke episode where she outs Reiner for being bald is priceless. But the MTM ‘Chuckles The Clown’ funeral episode stops them all for me.
‘A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants…”
DCSCA (797bc0) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:18 pmyes yes Mr. Supporter if i had a twitter account which i don’t cause I’m too cool for that but if I did I’d do a tweeter what said haha Tim Marchman you a big stupid
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:22 pmR.I.P. Butch Trucks, original drummer for The Allman Brothers Band
Icy (7d9c05) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:26 pmThat was probably Carl Reiner, papertiger.
Icy (7d9c05) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:27 pmthey also had the analysis of the Crowley claim,
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265558/soross-womens-march-hate-matthew-vadum
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:46 pmCarl Reiner – the other dude is meathead. Got the two confuzed.
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:59 pmyes, they were brought by corell’s (forget his character’s name, ray gun
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 1:59 pmthe irony is rob left to his own devices, like spinal tap, and the princess bride, which one credits William goldman to, does display a certain wit, on his own, it’s the story of us,
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:05 pmalso the black knight, from holy grail ‘it’s just a flesh wound,
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:09 pmmeathead is a term of endearment. – Hey I remembered his name without the prompt. Got to be worth something.
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:12 pmyour tax dollars at work
headline today at national soros radio
The Stock Market Is On An Epic Upswing. Here’s Why It Probably Hasn’t Benefitted You
ok let’s ignore that they can’t spell benefitted
pls to ask yourself how all the money failmerica’s flushed down the NPR toilet has benefited you
my guess is it probably hasn’t
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:15 pmin other dialing to eleven news,
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/24/durbin-powell-oconnor-commission-should-investigate-russias-election-interference/
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:16 pmit is striking how hugh any good could come from talking to Katie
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/315991-hugh-hewitt-says-trump-could-be-impeached
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:23 pmworth mentioning from the win column.
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/25/here-comes-the-wall/
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/24/change-trump-to-approve-keystone-and-dakota-access-pipelines/
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/25/fossil-fuel-divestment-crashes-and-burns-at-the-university-of-denver/
After months of meetings and deliberation, the University of Denver (DU) has officially rejected fossil fuel divestment.
Tadoocha.
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:37 pmThe loony left, which is pretty much all of it, is going absolutely bonkers. Although this is a back and forth between Marchman and Cruz, which Cruz handles magnificently, the source of the insanity is really Trump.
Steven Hayward over at Powerline had this to say:
“I’m starting to think Trump really is a one-person wrecking crew for the left delivered by divine Providence.”
The word “beclowing” is overused, but Marchman’s behavior surely qualifies.
The clowns are legion; it doesn’t get much better than this.
ThOR (c9324e) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:49 pmOur friend DCSCA is talking about Rob’s dad, Carl Reiner.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 2:54 pmPatterico’s is educational. I had no clue what Deadspin was until today.
nk (dbc370) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:11 pmDeadspin makes the provocative tweeters like them facebookers on the instagram what share all the fake news with everyone because putin
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:22 pmThis Tim Marchman guy isn’t the type of fellow you’d want to invite to a friendly discussion in your living room.
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:26 pmDo they have pictures of Ashley Feinberg doing the ping-pong ball trick? (I don’t think I want to know if Tim Marchman does it.)
nk (dbc370) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:27 pm/ON TOPIC
Offered as a visual aid to illustrate the Cruz ownage over Deadspin in a real world allegory.
Top 10 Boxing Taunt Fails (YouTube)
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:28 pmconsequences are significant,
https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2017/01/25/fear-god-and-dreadnought/
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:35 pmso who was who’s tool:
https://twitter.com/davereaboi/status/824377793505017868
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:42 pmConfession here: I used to read Deadspin back in its earlier days, before the writing staff became infected with Gawkeritis and decided that they too should all be obnoxious Social Justice Warriors. At one point, the writing was often insightful and funny, but as I said they got hijacked by a bunch of crybully millennials and decided that they all wanted to be deep and insightful.
So here’s what I’m getting at: Tim Marchman is being ironic and glib when he pretends that he wants to “take on” any critics in the UFC Octagon. Deadspin writers often joke about how weak and ineffectual they are, so that’s him just trolling those whom he certainly assumes are mouth-breathing red-state morons and probably laughing at his clever little inside joke with all his lefty pals over there.
But it’s interesting to see that Deadspin remains a cesspool of asshole behavior, even now that Gawker is dead and gone. They have decided they can do with out readers like me and have chosen to make their site narrowly partisan and mean-spirited; I don’t expect they will amount to much in their new iteration.
JVW (6e49ce) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:44 pmi09, is the only outlet of that time, that I occasionally frequent, for entertainment news, about sci fi shows.
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 3:51 pmi09, is the only outlet of that time, that I occasionally frequent, for entertainment news, about sci fi shows.
I always liked Gizmodo for the latest in geeky gadgets too, though they also appear to have also gone overboard with all the left-wing politics. I think the Gawker/Jezebel ethos ruined all of those sites.
JVW (6e49ce) — 1/25/2017 @ 4:26 pmpapertiger,
Rob Reiner is a meathead, so you got that right! (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 4:30 pmYou missed on Twitter where an actual UFC competitor tweets to Marchman “I’m your huckleberry.”
SPQR (a3a747) — 1/25/2017 @ 4:49 pmThe smartest Presidents in the first half of the nineteenth century were Quincy Adams and Buchanan.
‘Scuse me?
It is news to me that Buchanan was particularly smart.
It is really news that he was smarter than Jefferson and Madison.
Come to think of it, it’s even news that 1857-61 fell within “the first half of the nineteenth century.”
Neither of their terms leave me believing that raw intelligence is an indicator of success.
There, I admit, you have a good point.
On the other hand, neither of them would have placed Buchanan’s presidency in the first half of the 19th Century. So, there’s that.
gwjd (032bef) — 1/25/2017 @ 4:57 pmJames Buchanan! (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:20 pmBill Belichick said it best:
“Yeah, as you know I’m not on SnapFace and all that, I don’t really get those,”
“I’m not really too worried about what they put on InstantChat, or whatever it is.”
AZ Bob (f7a491) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:23 pmme i am also weirdly enthusiastic about james buchanan
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:24 pmDidn’t see anyone else post this but Ashley Feinberg also posted fake news about Trump firing nuclear safeguard officials. Didn’t take it down, just updated that original story was horse manure.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BlakeSeitz/status/818679158981226496
Harkin (eda32e) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:24 pmmr happyfeet, i always had you pegged as a james polk kind of guy
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:31 pmRichard Nixon is reputed to be the smartest President in living memory, with Bill Clinton a close second. Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, LOL?
In the first place, how do you define success in a President and in the second place how do you measure it and in the third place becoming President is a pretty successful thing in and of itself.
Daniel Inouye was also a Medal of Honor recipient, BTW. So was Teddy Roosevelt I think. You’re not going to find too many politicians, on the left or the right, who got the Medal of Honor, because the things Medal of Honor recipients do to earn it are not really very pragmatic. It’s not a medal for pragmatists, like the Russian Order of Friendship is.
nk (dbc370) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:32 pmRichard Nixon is reputed to be the smartest President in living memory, with Bill Clinton a close second.
guess which one has herpes nodules on his penis
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 5:42 pmBuchanan had all the credentials, yet no vision.
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:00 pmbut no penis nodules either
that’s not nothing
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:09 pmWell I don’t know about that, but there is another troubling thing about Buchanan.
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:13 pmdon’t do this now
happyfeet (28a91b) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:16 pmHe crushed the Mormon rebellion, using an officer who would make a bigger name for himself sown the road, Albert Sidney johnson
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:26 pmBarack’s college credentials are so impressive that he wants everyone to see them
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:38 pmnot really
james garfield was destined for greatness
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:40 pmhis greatness was interrupted by a bad man
But to some, recently, wouldnt that be a point in Buchanans and Johnstons favor.
urbanleftbehind (e45a83) — 1/25/2017 @ 6:46 pmI’m not gonna say that Cruz and Marchman plotted this whole back-and-forth out from the start to make Cruz look good because I don’t have hard evidence to prove it.
jcurtis (89261c) — 1/25/2017 @ 8:06 pmThey should have done this a year ago. Cruz would have gotten more of the Roob and jockocracy (Howard Cosells term) Trump vote right in time for the primaries.
urbanleftbehind (e45a83) — 1/25/2017 @ 8:24 pmThe ufc fighter who took up marchman’s challenge, is ex green beret Tim Kennedy, Lola.
narciso (d1f714) — 1/25/2017 @ 9:10 pmI think he put that up after I wrote the post (which was written early this morning and scheduled for later) but yeah, that’s a good one.
Patterico (20560f) — 1/25/2017 @ 11:21 pmMarchman should probably fire Barbara Streisand as his internet dispute consultant.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:00 amYou’re not going to find too many politicians, on the left or the right, who got the Medal of Honor, because the things Medal of Honor recipients do to earn it …
usually kill them.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:01 amIf it had been Cruz vs Trump, that “Go eat sh1t” response would have been lauded as brilliant by many here.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:03 amIn the middle of last years PRIMARY campaign, hell yes. Would have went well with the Cruz/Badass posters that were seen on street poles in LA.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:10 amContrary to popular belief, I just thought Trump would be more effective than Cruz. Never thought they were rowing in opposite directions.
When the primary came down to Cruz or Trump it was kind of like a box of donuts. Either way it goes I’m getting a donut.
papertiger (c8116c) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:28 amCruz would have won, only his speech would be 11ish the next morning which is par for a Texan candidate (Kerry had that overnight jammy jam in Boston before he gave up on Ohio). But his nuts would truly be owned by the Wisconsin GOP mafia.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 1/26/2017 @ 10:45 am