FromAlbum4 Not that I think a dazed and confused Paul Ryan would have much influence on the electorate, but if itamped down the hyper-punditry,good. In the meantime, until tonight here are acouple oflinks from America’s Finest News Source. Um, that second one is borderline NSFW. Continue reading What I Hope To See Tonight

I dunno, and yeah, I’m biased, but I agree withAdrastos…I also think the punditocracy, particularly good old librul MSNBC, allowed themselves to get dragged under by an avalanche of bulllshit truly remarkable to behold. As remarkable as Mitt’s performance, which to me reeked of an amped-up-on-caffeine Eddie Haskell (even though Mitt’s religion prohibits him from touching the stuff). FromAlbum4 Hello, Mrs. Cleaver. That’s a lovely offshore bank account you have. Mitt’s “victory” rings hollow in my book — while he managed to not saying anything jaw-droppingly cloddish for once — he sure as hell didn’t do anything to change the … Continue reading Spinshit

FromAlbum4 They’ll never letreality get in the way of of a good wingnut fantasy…but if it does, well…that’s whatwhining is for. Continue reading Meet the Poll Sample Truthers

FromAlbum4 Rachel Maddow noted Mitt’s engaged in somewhat unusual tactics for this late stage of the presidential campaign, mostly avoiding big rallies in swing states in favor of fundraisers in safely red ones. I dunno, maybe they need the money (sarcasm)…or maybe that’s just what makes them feel comfortable while avoiding any more embarrassing moments of Romney telling us what he really thinks. Continue reading The Mittistry of Silly Walks

FromAlbum4 It’s one thing for theRude Pundit to (correctly) point out your ocean-sized dickitude, but when your own side hangs their head in shame, I doubt even a cold reboot would do much good. Continue reading Looks Like the Romneybot Crashed Again

FromAlbum4 …people listen. Wheneven Faux News (warning — Faux News link) talks about “chrisma and eloquence” I guess it means one hell of a speech. And while I personally thought it ran a tad long…hey, what do I know? Clinton’s a politician…but, as I mentioned a couple of days ago in the Crack Van, that’s ok…in contrast, the Redumblicans sound like sociopaths. More reviews and commentshere, here, andhere. One last thing I’ll note is that while Democrats can take pride in Bill Clinton, the Rethugs have to hide their last president in the attic, lest anyone be reminded… Continue reading When Bill Clinton Talks…

FromAlbum4 About the only thing missing is Rich Lowry’s little starbursts.Ugh. Via. Continue reading More Like “Daddy Issues”Party

FromAlbum4 Math is hard. Continue reading Shorter Paul Ryan

FromAlbum4 With the discussion about whether once amateur boxer Harry Reid landed aclean blow, made a decentfeint — orhit below the belt — in full swing, no pun intended, here’s my .00002 cents worth: Why don’t the self proclaimed fact checkers, and insiders who work for newspapers, magazines, journals, etc., go out and, oh, I don’t know, practice some journalism? Harry Reid said a source from Bain told him Mitt’s little (income) tax secret. Now, it might actually take some work, god forbid, but I doubt it’s impossible to determine if Reid has any relationships with Bain insiders. After making … Continue reading Give ’em Hell, Harry

FromAlbum4 Really? Really? This is just plain stupid — comparing an insurance mandate to cover contraception costs to Yamamoto’s decision to attack Pearl Harbor — and it should be reported as stupid, ridiculous, and insulting, and not just by the blogs or partisan media. Family planning is basic to modern society, and contraception is basic to family planning. Additionally, insurance premiums aren’t some sort of tribute paid to insurance companies as testament to their awesomeness. Besides, insurance companies benefit as well, since covering pregnancies, and particularly unplanned pregnancies, cost more than covering birth control. Allowing mental midgets like Mike Kelly … Continue reading Cranking the Loony Meter Straight Up to Eleven

FromAlbum4 SoMitt’s in full walkback/denial mode as to his adviser’s cloddishphrasing… But aside from the piss-poor choice of words — dog whistle, even for wingnuts, calls for a bit more tact — was anyone really surprised? Clift, not my favorite writer, gets it right this time — there’s been a sustained and ongoing effort to paint Obama as less-than-American…and, to paraphrase another not favorite writer, only a fool — or a pundit — would fail to see what’s so “other” about the president. And you can bet if it had gotten some positive traction they’d be shouting Anglo-Saxon from the … Continue reading Gaffe – n. – When You Accidentally Say What You Think

FromAlbum4 So Dick, still kind of fresh from his heart implant (transplant would imply a heart was there in the first place) brought hissulfurous essence to Capitol Hill this week. But the only question for me is whether “escapted from Hell” is accurate. I wonder if Satan personally ordered the implant, either out of professional courtesy or fear that Cheney might take over the joint once consigned to his eternal fate… Continue reading He’s Baaaack!

FromAlbum4 So, Vanilla Lite didn’t exactly wow them in Houston — though some people think that was a feature, not a bug. Still, like Charles Pierce said, credit for showing up (Shrub snubbed the NAACP throughout his entire accidency), but that’s all. Continue reading Ali Jeebus Magic Underwear

FromAlbum4 You mean they weren’t all Republicans? Continue reading Our Founding Commie Fathers

FromAlbum4 So it’s D-Day and not quite minus two hours to go…yesterdayI saw this article by Sean Trende. He mentioned something I commented on here a couple of days ago — Scalia’s tantrum/dissent in the Arizona immigration law case was particularly childish/churlish — but then noted Tony has a history of writing petulant dissents if an important case doesn’t go his way. So perhaps there’s some modest hope. Trende is also pretty sure Roberts is writing the decision, hence this post’s title…andoptional soundtrack. Guess we’ll see in just a bit. Continue reading Dr. Robert-s

FromAlbum4 Joe the actually Sam the not the plumber gets the trophy, butRachel Maddow’s opening to yesterday’s show (video link) really hits the nail on the head. It’s difficult enough to debate issues, but quite another thing trying to argue facts versus a bizarro world mythology… Continue reading Wingnut Zombie Lie of the Week

FromAlbum4 Here’s a partial transcript, andthis is the video. Continue reading Schoolgirl Crush

FromAlbum4 Ok, yeah, this is my own sour grapes reaction, but watching the election returns Tuesday, obviously disappointed, I took small comfort, but some comfort…history will judge wingnuts for what they are. In 1972 Nixon beat George McGovern like a rented mule. But Nixon, as Hunter Thompson wrote (citing Robert Kennedy), still “represent[ed] the dark side of the American dream, ” and McGovern is still a genuine war hero and decent human being. It’s unfortunate but true that there will always be Scott Walkers representing the dark side, and plenty of cretins happily following along. But there will also be … Continue reading Doesn’t Mean They’re Any Less Wrong

FromAlbum4 So, aweek to go and Norman Bates lookalike Scott Walker isin a dead heat…hanging on by the skin of…barely managing to stay even despite an absurd amount of mostly out-of-state money that might be able to purchase an election…but can’t buy back Walker’s credibility. Anyway, even though I hate having to settle for moral victories — and literally bang my head on the table when“our” side doesn’t even bother to show up, much less bring a knife to a gun fight — the people of Wisconsin have scared them. Scared them enough to throw an ocean of money into…Scott … Continue reading Crunch Time

FromAlbum4 They were…white conservative Republicans! Gee, who’d have figured? Actually, in a day and age when Arnaud de Borchegrave is lionized as a “cool-named foreign correspondent” as opposed to a right wing kook/conspiracy theorist nut (and plagiarist, according to the report), it’s not surprising they’d try to pull off a full twist of Civil Rights movement history. I guess they think they can make us believe almost anything. Continue reading National Review Exclusive — The REAL Titans of the Civil Rights Movement

FromAlbum4 Here are the “job creators” in action — engaged infull-blown con artistry. Fuckers. Continue reading “Procedures, Schmecedures”

FromAlbum4 Asbusinesses rake in record profits, Paul Ryan demands that basic assistance for the poor be slashed even further. I’m old enough to remember when supply siders smugly asserted the private sector was inherently faster, better, cheaper, and even pretended trickle down honest-to-Jesus was real. Now they don’t even bother. It’s just a grand experiment to see how much they can shovel to the top before things fall apart. At which point they’ll insist that what we need is…more tax cuts for the rich, and greater austerity for the rest of us. Rinse, repeat. Continue reading Let Them Eat, Oh, I Don’t Know, Bowls Of Steam, I Guess

FromAlbum4 For all of Conard’salleged daring todefend the obscene amounts of money he and his kind accumulate, it’s really just an updated version of uplift and Christianize, minus any acknowledgement of the circumstances that allowed them to become so obscenely wealthy. Circumstances in no small part the function of a civil society that owes a substantial debt to government. In a genuinely competitive world, I doubt Conard would last twenty minutes. Continue reading White Rich Man’s Burden

FromAlbum4 Or maybe it’s a Nightmare on Elm Street. Anyway, I guess in the future, or, in this case, the recent past, every Republiclown lunatic will be famous for fifteen minutes…or the front runner for presidential nominee. True, I had to fudge a bit, pun intended, by adding Chris Christie as filler, along with Jeb… Meanwhile, down in Florida, Bat Boy defies his critics and announces he will seek re-election in 2014. FromAlbum4 Continue reading A Trip Down Memory Lane

FromAlbum4 OK, a little creative license with the picture — it’s not fish with three eyes, no, the fish are either deformed or covered with lesions, as are shellfish.The shrimp have no eyes. No eye sockets either. Also too, like First Drafter Southern Beale, I’ve been wondering what the hell the orange slime is. Of course, the authorities are saying no problem because it’s been tested, whatever that means. Meanwhile, the rest of the media has gone to the dogs.Literally. (Link includes audio.) Continue reading Third Eye Blind

FromAlbum4 Chris Christie knows what ails us: And now New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is warning against a nation filled with “a bunch of people sittin’ on a couch waiting for their next government check.”… “I think it’s really simple: it’s because government’s now telling them ‘stop dreaming, stop striving, we’ll take care of you.’ We’re turning into a paternalistic entitlement society.” That would bethis Chris Christie, who’s made living large on the government’s dime a way of life. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has elevated his national political profile as a conservative cost-cutter since taking the state’s … Continue reading Like Getting a Lecture on Dining Etiquette From Mr. Creosote

FromAlbum4 Villagerpunditsspeculate about a Herman and Eddie ticket. Continue reading Technically, a Nightmare is a Dream

FromAlbum4 Something about the vegetable (video link with audio) turns-daddy party Republiclowns into blubbering, whimpering children. And, full disclosure, it’s not myfavorite food, but neither is it the sum of all my fears…that would be John Roberts. Or Alito. Or Scalia…oh my. Continue reading Barackolliphobia

FromAlbum4 While the political press had a good laugh aboutEtch-a=Sketches, Paul Ryan doubled down on his screw the poor vision of our country. But it’s one thing to say to hell with ’em, and quite another to pretend it’s “for their own good.” Ed Kilgore: I know that some conservatives with the best will in the world have concluded that smaller government, lower and more regressive taxation, and in general a world where private forces exert more power produce a better society for everybody. I don’t agree, but I can respect their position. But when they befoul it with this … Continue reading Channeling His Inner Ebenezer

FromAlbum4 So, according to now-former Goldman executive Greg Smith, pretty much all the stuff behind the curtain is crap. And that’s by design. Continue reading High Finance For Our Time