Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

In my day, never was longer.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

The words do not have to be perfect.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Joe Lieberman disappointingly reemerged to remind us that he’s still alive.

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

So many bastards, so little time.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

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  1. 1.

    Faux News

    I nominate Darrell. He has all the answers to everything. Especially on how to win in Iraq.

    Mission Accomplished.

    Can’t wait to see Darrell in his flight suit.

  2. 2.

    VidaLoca

    The other brainchild of the surge, Frederick Kagan, thinks the czar idea is a dandy one: “Hope they do it, and hope they do it soon. And I hope they pick the right guy. It’s a real problem that we don’t have a single individual back here who is really capable of coordinating the effort.”

    So, Kagan is pushing for the surge back in December with the knowledge that “we don’t have a single individual back here who is really capable of coordinating the effort” (this can’t really be new material, can it?) in the face of a viable alternative. Now, he’s conceding it’s a cock-up — and suggesting that the solution is to bring in someone who can better arrange the deck chairs.

    It couldn’t be that your whole fecking idea was a crock of shit, could it Mr. Kagan?

  3. 3.

    chefrad

    Word has it they’ve been searching under every bar stool in Pentagon City looking for some guy willing to lose a war but gain a star. Soon it’ll be offered to the epauletted doorman at the Four Seasons at 28th and Penn.

    Or, if Dick Cheney is in charge of the search, he will select himself. Now if THAT doesn’t make you woof your scones & marmelade!

  4. 4.

    Devil's Advocate

    I thought we already had a War Czar? His name is Gates and he is the Secreatry of Defense.

    The WH is desperately looking for a scapegoat. They know that Iraq is an unwinnable mess.

  5. 5.

    Dave in ME

    Doesn’t matter who wants it, Americans of all persuasions know this is a Republican clusterfuck through and through. This makes it all the more entertaining watching Bush have his temper tantrum about time lines. The more he flails about the more esteem Americans have for Democrats holding the line on his idiocy.

    You think last November’s elections were bad for Republicans? Just wait for ’08 for a true watershed blowout.

  6. 6.

    Myrtle Parker

    How about we blame:

    1. George W. Bush
    2. Dick Cheney
    3. Secretary Gates
    4. Petraeus
    5. McCain
    6. Lieberman
    8. Rumsfeld
    9. Rice
    10. War mongers in general

    Thoughts?

  7. 7.

    Punchy

    Read that link, read the comments, and was struck by what one person said (I’m parapharasing):

    Basically, the WH demanded we all give Petreaus (sp?) a few months to get this to work. Well, those months are dwindling, and now they need a new Really New And Important War Person that we “MUST” give “time to work”.

    In other words, the WH wants to dangle a new toy in front of Americans and DEMAND that we play with that for a few more months before insisting on troop removal. And when this fails in a few months, they’ll then go and install a new commander, and “demand” we give him “time to work”. And when he fails, out comes another “czar” person.

    Lather, rinse, repeat. For 22 months.

  9. 9.

    Fruitbat Jones

    It’s telling that NONE of the military guys (read: those who know) want any part of this patsy appointment. They’ll end up forced to give this to a cronyistic civy, who’ll know not a damn thing about the military expect how to abuse it and use it for political gain.

  10. 10.

    VidaLoca

    They’ll end up forced to give this to a cronyistic civy

    Wonder if Rumsfeld would take it?

  11. 11.

    Chad N. Freude

    Doesn’t matter who wants it, Americans of all persuasions know this is a Republican clusterfuck through and through

    Your faith in the collective memory is greater than mine. When it comes out that Imus is the father of Larry Birkhead and our collective attention is diverted, the war will become unimportant and the Republicans will surge in the polls.

  12. 12.

    Lee

    I thought we already had a person like this.

    I think his title is called The Command in Chief.

    So…Bush is looking for someone to take over his job? Did he finally realize he is over his head?

  14. 14.

    Rome Again

    It’s a suicide mission, and the fact that Bush apparently thinks that a bit of org chart shuffling will make a significant difference in Iraq is just one more sign of how deeply out of touch with reality he is.

    Stop this train, I want to get off!

  16. 16.

    Chad N. Freude

    Bush is looking for someone to take over his job? Did he finally realize he is over his head?

    Not at all. He needs someone to be responsible for his decisions.

  17. 17.

    Rome Again

    I would nominate Bill Clinton. The Repubs will blame him anyway so it will save a lot of time and effort creating talking points.

    Spits coffee.

  19. 19.

    Jake

    I would nominate Bill Clinton. The Repubs will blame him anyway so it will save a lot of time and effort creating talking points.

    POTD before Noon.

    I nominate Dick “Duck!” Cheney for the post. I’ve been reading that lots of DoJ folks are pulling double duty and he doesn’t seem to be doing much as Veep these days. In addition he gets on well with tKing Abdullah, can sniff out an A-Q operative at 5,000 miles and will be close to his buddies from Haliburton when they move to their new digs.

  21. 21.

    les

    Georgie just needs to sweeten the pot–put the new War Czar (!!!!) in charge of all the wars–the War on Indefinite Concepts Related to Bad Acts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Drugs, the War on Science, the War on Poor People, the War on Governmental Competence–what else we warrin’ on at the moment? Who could turn that down? And then GB could dedicate himself to the War on Brush.

  22. 22.

    Fledermaus

    Bush apparently thinks that a bit of org chart shuffling will make a significant difference

    Well they don’t call him the CEO president for nothing.

  23. 23.

    Keith

    Punchy’s right-on with the “give the new guy time to work” bullshit we keep getting fed. Give the Almighty Petraus time to see if The Plan will work, and when it doesn’t, blame the naysayers for making him fail by talking, then find the next-most-senior general to install with a new plan and insist on 6 months of opposition (on permutation of “The Enemy”) silence.

  24. 24.

    Chad N. Freude

    put the new War Czar (!) in charge of all the wars

    Once upon a time, we had a Secretary of War. After WW II this was considered too aggressive for America’s position as a guarantor of peace, and the title was changed to Secretary of Defense. All Bush has to do is change the title back. Problem solved.

  25. 25.

    mrmobi

    I would nominate Bill Clinton. The Repubs will blame him anyway so it will save a lot of time and effort creating talking points.

    Seconded. All of our problems relate to the Clenis and the Clagina.

  26. 26.

    ThymeZone

    The New Plan for Victory is working AFAIC.

    It’s already claimed the presidential hopes of the godawful John McCain, may yet get those of the terrifying Hildabeast, and thereby save America.

    Unintended consequences …. gotta love ’em.

    I am looking forward to President Barack Obama, how about you? And we can thank the Serge … I mean, Surge.

  27. 27.

    mrmobi

    I thought we already had a person like this.

    I think his title is called The Command in Chief.

    That is what they call him.

    Mr. McFlightsuit has never, ever, run a successful business that didn’t require his father, or some of his father’s friends, to bail junior out.

    I sympathize with him completely, he had cocaine to snort and bourbon to drink. Why should he hurt his beautiful mind with things like failure?

    This is just the latest, and worst, in a long string of failures.

    This one, he (and his party) gets to own.

  28. 28.

    mrmobi

    I am looking forward to President Barack Obama, how about you?

    It’s a long race, and lots of strange shit tends to happen, but yeah, I’m glad my Senator is in the race. I admire him a great deal.

    He continues to draw the biggest crowds of any candidate. People are hungry for real leadership, and sick of leadership by hissy-fit. I wish him the best, and support him.

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