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Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

75% of people clapping liked the show!

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

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

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

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

Optimism opens the door to great things.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

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  2. 2.

    ThymeZone

    “Sometimes I just make shit up on the spot. Holding me at my word when I do that is not fair.”

    From the I Like Pie Academy of Blogtrolling?

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    Rome Again

    Don’t forget to hit the tip jar for these valuable services I provide.

    Short on cash, are you? Perhaps you got hit in the stock market plunge today? I considered contributing at one point, and then decided against it. You may be someone I appreciate reading and watching as he transitions from Repub to something else; but you’re demeanor sucks and I’m not giving you a dime until that changes, sorry.

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    Zifnab

    Don’t forget to hit the tip jar for these valuable services I provide.

    *tosses in a quarter*

    He gets paid by the word right?

    It’s alot harder to write columns when all your material is stuffed up your own ass.

  6. 6.

    Snarky Shark

    It often boggles my mind how different are the worlds Joe Klein and I inhabit.

    My wake-up call was the Richard Clarke testimony before the 911 committee. I watched the whole thing, and was struck by how profound the damning evidence was. I expected the whole nation to wake up and slam the neo-con evil-doers.

    Then I watched the MSM afterwards to see how they were going to break this most important story, and learned that Clarke was a DirtyFuckingHippy(tm) trying to hawk a book and therefore not to be taken seriously.

    It was like I was watching some kind of alternate reality.

    Thats where Joe Klein lives.

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    Jake

    Sometimes, instant opinions offered on TV shows (see above), can seem deeply unserious and ill-considered the moment they escape one’s lips.

    Pay no attention to what I said, pay attention to what I say about what I … er … said. Seriously.

    [Hands you a crumpled, damp dollar bill.]

  8. 8.

    ThymeZone

    It was like I was watching some kind of alternate reality.

    Thats where Joe Klein lives.

    Yes, exactly. To Jokeline, reality is only of value if you can sell it for money. If not, sell what you got.

  9. 9.

    Tim F.

    Greenwald:

    But note how odd — and unserious — Klein’s confession is. He actually seems to be saying that he accidentally supported the invasion of Iraq as the result of a “singular and momentary lapse” on television whereby a pro-war position “escaped his lips” — almost like it was an involuntary outburst or seizure of some sort — and he argued that we ought to militarily invade another country. To the viewer, Klein’s advocacy of attacking Iraq might “seem deeply unserious and ill-considered the moment [it] escaped [his] lips,” but he is still Serious.

    I propose a new term:

    kleinilepsy (n). A pathological state which forces one to repeatedly, fervently argue something that, with long reflection and the wisdom of hindsight, proves to be idiotic.

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    Krista

    You may be someone I appreciate reading and watching as he transitions from Repub to something else; but you’re demeanor sucks and I’m not giving you a dime until that changes, sorry.

    That’s part of his charm, though! This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self. If John were always cheerful, this blog would be…blah.

  11. 11.

    Halffasthero

    kleinilepsy (n). A pathological state which forces one to repeatedly, fervently argue something that, with long reflection and the wisdom of hindsight, proves to be idiotic.

    Will likely join the Friedman Unit (F.U.) as a new term in blogging…

  12. 12.

    Snarky Shark

    This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self

    True that

  13. 13.

    VidaLoca

    This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self

    True that

    Ayup.

    /tosses in a handful of change and some pocket lint.

  14. 14.

    Krista

    /hits tip jar with a bunch of toonies, now that they’re actually worth something.

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