Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Second rate reporter says what?

This fight is for everything.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

The willow is too close to the house.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Also, are you sure you want people to rate your comments?

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

“Alexa, change the president.”

When we show up, we win.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Stand up, dammit!

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

The lights are all blinking red.

All hail the time of the bunny!

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

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Let The Ad Hominems Begin

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Yesterday I wondered how the Democrats would handle the Swift Boat commercial, and stated:

It will be interesting to see the Democrat response to this- I am almost willing to bet it will be nothing more than character assassination of the 16 men who dared to speak out.

The Political Animal aims to please:

I hope nobody minds if I ignore the whole Swift Boat veterans thing. These people are certifiable lunatics, and I just can’t stand the thought of wasting neurons over them. I’m sure you can find plenty of coverage elsewhere from hardier souls if you’re really in the mood to torture yourself.

Here are some more lunatics.

Hey- I oppose Kerry, and I am a veteran. By Drum’s criteria, I am a raving lunatic!

More lunatics here!

For those of you keeping score at home:

Joe Wilson- credible.
Kerry’s Band of Brothers- not credible.

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Lamest Defense Yet

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How damaging is the Swift Boat commercial? I think you can get an idea by the lame defenses being offered. This one is just a gem:

The Kerry campaign has denounced the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, saying none of the men in the ad served on the boat that Kerry commanded. The leader of the group, retired Adm. Roy Hoffmann, said none of the 13 veterans in the commercial served on Kerry’s boat but rather were in other swiftboats within 50 yards of Kerry’s.

Jim Rassmann, an Army veteran who was saved by Kerry, said there were only six crewmates who served with Kerry on his boat. Five support his candidacy and one is deceased.

So, when I run for President, and some people in my platoon denounce my candidacy, all I have to say is:

“Hey- they were never on the same 4 man tank as me. Often when we moved in formation, the other tanks were 100 to 200 yards away.”

Snicker.

But don’t worry- Media Matters is on the story. David Brock and Duncan Black probably can sniff out who the liars are!!!

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Then and Now

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I have to take issue with Roger Simon on this one:

Ultimately, I don’t care what a man did thirtysome years ago. I have to allow him to grow and change, if I am to allow that for myself. I care about where the man is today… and this man seems nowhere.

That seems fair on the surface, but his analysis has no bearing on Kerry’s viability as a candidate. In fact, the essence of the Kerry campaign is that he is the same man he was 30 years ago, otherwise voters would know more about the man other than he has a second rich wife and served in Vietnam.

Not to mention, as Jay Caruso and Jay Reding, Kerry isn’t helping us know who he is or what he intends to do, because he refuses to divulge his intentions or plans for Iraq or for the economy.

In short, John Kerry’s platform to date reminds me of the old joke:

Q: “How do you say ‘F— You’ in Los Angeles?”

A: “Trust Me.”

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All the News That is Fit to Misrepresent

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It is Thursday, so Atrios is once again spinning good economic news as- well, bad news:

Congratulations to the 336K new lucky duckies.

But, more importantly, tomorrow the monthly jobs report comes out. The usual reminder – anything under 150K or so is a “bad” number and anything under 300K or so is less than the average monthly job creation number Bush used to justify his most recent tax cut…

Now, that would be a question for a press conference. “Mr. Preznit, in Februrary of 2004, your Council of Economic Advisers predicted that if your tax plan passed, that 3,672,000 new jobs would be created. What went wrong?”

As you can clearly see- the employment situation is improving, at a rather decent clip:

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As Atrios was a loud opponent of the tax cuts and is clearly claiming the tax cuts did not do ENOUGH, a better question might be- why are the Democrats in favor of widespread unemployment? Also note- initial claims are very close to where they were during the ‘miracle economy.’

BTW- Props to anyone who can tell me what the number 357,000 means and who came up with the figure.

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The Big Lie

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One of my favorite mantras from the loony left is being re-packaged by Atrios and delivered to us for our consumption today:

There is a lot that makes me angry… but, I have to say that the lost opportunities post-9/11 really make me sad.

There may have been a brief hiatus from public partisan sniping, but the Democrats only piped down their rhetoric temporarilybecause the public demanded it. They found unity in much the same way that death row inmates find Jesus.

At any rate, it appears unity was dead by the time Atrios started his weblog in April of 2002:

Hey Ashcroft, did you catch Eric Rudolph yet?

The Anthrax mailer?

Osama Bin Laden?

Anybody?

Didn’t think so. – 20 April 2002

I can respect that, but anyone who uses the term Bush Doctrine without collapsing into a serious case of the giggles is not someone to be taken seriously. – 20 April 2002

Brad Delong makes the obvious point that it actually matters if our president is a drooling imbecile. I think the fact that someone even has to make this point speaks volumes. – 18 April 2002.

Bush sure did kill that unity quick.

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