Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

Giving up is unforgivable.

“Alexa, change the president.”

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

No Kings: Americans standing in the way of bad history saying “Oh, Fuck No!”

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Dear legacy media: you are not here to influence outcomes and policies you find desirable.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

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Disgusting Krugman

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I don’t know why I read the NY Times anymore- all it does is piss me off. Today, Paul Krugman makes sure all the bases are covered regarding the election:

A lot can change in 11 days, and Mr. Bush may yet win convincingly. But we must not repeat the mistake of 2000 by refusing to acknowledge the possibility that a narrow Bush win, especially if it depends on Florida, rests on the systematic disenfranchisement of minority voters. And the media must not treat such a suspect win as a validation of skewed reporting that has consistently overstated Mr. Bush’s popular support.

Talk about trying to deligitimize an administration before the election has even happened. Krugman is just following the DNC playbook, preparing us for a long court battle after the election, and putting the GOP on notice:

Even if you win, we are going to act like you didn’t.

I guess this is not that big of a surprise really, when you consider the source. After all, the NY Times is openly partisan, bltantly political, and not only did they never find anything wrong with Saddam Hussein’s elections, but they openly admired the Iraqi voter turnout.

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BoSox and Mr. Botox

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I woke up this morning and was reminded of the stunning Red Sox victory over the hated Yankees (although as a Pirates fan I always root for the NL, I also root for anyone but the Yankees). My first thoughts were: “How long before this is part of the Kerry campaign?” According to a conversation I had with Matt Yglesias, all the DC insiders think this is a sure sign that Kerry is going to win, so apparently we will hear this a great deal in the next few weeks.

In a related vein, all of the cable news coverage of the celebrating fans really drives home how accurate the Jimmy Fallon skit spoofing Boston really was- and it is frightening. I always thought the skit wass hysterical, now I have a new found appreciation.

Finally, as far as sports and prediction goes, there is this piece of information that is always interesting:

FOOTBALL + ELECTION

Did you know….??

The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power.

According to Snopes, this has been accurate for every election since 1936. This year the matchup is Green Bay (2-4) vs the hometeam Redskins (2-4) at 1 pm, 31 October.

Go Skins! Does this mean Oliver will be rooting for the pack?

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Racial Divide

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That didn’t take long. Another hit piece trying to stir up racial divides.

Did you know that as a Republican today, you are responsible for Jim Crow? Time to go cut some holes in my pillow cases, I guess.

If the African-American community continues to buy this shit wholesale from the Democrats and the professional race-baiters who masquerade as ‘black leaders,’ I have come to the decision that perhaps they just deserve each other. They have a weird symbiosis going, anyway. Every election, the black community gives the Democratic candidate 80-90% of the vote. In return, the Democrats ignore them for four years. Then, when it is election time, the Democrats send another white liberal to black churches all over the country to court their vote again.

I guess if it works for them…

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David Brooks

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David Brooks reads Balloon Juice.

Brooks nails it with this graf:

Why is he doing this? First, because in the insular Democratic world, George Bush is presumed to be guilty of everything, so the more vicious you can be about him, the better everybody feels.

But there is a deeper assumption, which has marred Democratic politics for years. Some Democrats have been unable to face the reality that people have been voting for Republicans because they agree with them. So these Democrats have invented the comforting theory that they’ve been losing because they are too virtuous for the country.

According to this theory, Republicans – or usually some omniscient, omnipotent and malevolent strategists, like Lee Atwater or Karl Rove – have been tricking the American people into voting against their true interests. This year, many Democrats decided, we’ll be vicious in return.

The truth, however, is that voters are not idiots. They are capable of independent thought. If you attack your opponent wildly, ruthlessly, they will come to their own conclusions.

Last nigth when I wrotethat post, it wasn’t because I had received a bunch of talking points from Unka Karl. Brooks is simply right- the voters, me included, are not idiots. We are capable of independent thought, and we can recognize when someone is being a sleazy asshole.

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