Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

Second rate reporter says what?

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

T R E 4 5 O N

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

White supremacy is terrorism.

You passed on an opportunity to be offended? What are you even doing here?

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

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

I really should read my own blog.

Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls 2 years from now.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

He really is that stupid.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

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At work, so I am missing the testimony.

*** Update ***

Ok. Found it streaming via CNN. I have been watching for several minutes, and have not heard a damned word from Petraeus and Crocker. All pols giving statements. Now Petraeus’s mic is broken. Skelton looks pissed.

*** Update #2 ***

When I hear things like “ethno-sectarian deaths,” my bullshit detectors go off.

*** Update #3 ***

This chart shows… That chart shows…

But don’t ask about the data to make those charts.

*** Update #4 ***

Lost my feed for a while, but it is back now, and I see the job of banging the Iran drum fell to Crocker.

*** Update #5 ***

Is it just me, or does Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen look like Sean Hannity in a red dress?

Although Hannity may be less of a hack.

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  1. 1.

    My Truth Hurts

    Why do we have to suffer through this kabuki? Over an hour’s worth of partisan “statements” from the legislators on the committee? Can’t we leave politics out of this?

    Baby Jesus weeps for our once great nation. We have no leaders on government. God help us all.

  2. 2.

    Keith

    Now Petraeus’s mic is broken. Skelton looks pissed

    Petraeus isn’t pulling an Emmet Fitzhume (Spies Like Us) and faking the broken mic, is he?

  3. 3.

    Pb

    Magical September: wait until Marchnext September–this time, for real!

    The Democratic party is the party of Charlie Brown, and Gen. Petraeus is the GOP’s designated Lucy for the current F.U.:

    “the US has six months to win the war in Iraq – or face a Vietnam-style collapse in political and public support that could force the military into a hasty retreat.” — Top advisors to Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, 2/27/07

  4. 4.

    Ugh

    Shorter Petraeus: I have reviewed my work for the last six months and I’m here to report that I’m doing fine.

  6. 6.

    My Truth Hurts

    The general just called the troops “Americans New Greatest Generation”. They just can’t let go of the dishonest WWII analogies can they? I mean no disrespect to the troops over there, just to their dishonest leaders.

    This whole thing makes me sick.

  7. 7.

    whippoorwill

    The Truth=[The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
    The Truth=[Those things that are true which help us win.
    The Truth=[Whatever the hell I say it is.
    The Truth=[Not getting caught in a lie.

    Take your pick.

  8. 8.

    Zifnab

    The general just called the troops “Americans New Greatest Generation”. They just can’t let go of the dishonest WWII analogies can they? I mean no disrespect to the troops over there, just to their dishonest leaders.

    This whole thing makes me sick.

    Shorter: “It takes a real man to step into the middle of a sectarian civil war and play referee. I’m not that man, but I know a number of underpaid, ill-equiped, hastily drafted, boot camp graduates that are.”

  10. 10.

    Jake

    Well, there you have it. Punxatawney Petraeus came to Capitol Hill and saw his shadow.

    Six More Months O’ War!

    PoTM

    Fuckin’ A, I didn’t think I’d find any thing amusing about Gen. Pet Raeus’ the White House’s report on Pony Quest.

  11. 11.

    Wilfred

    Blah, blah, blah PROGRESS blah, blah THIS UP/THAT DOWN (Chart Blah) more blah, blah ANBAR blah, AL QUEDA, blah, blah ANBAR (CHART Blah), blah, blah, IRAN gasp, blah.

    The most remarkable thing was when he was running down the amount of money the Iraqis spent on defense and how much more they would spend. He looked right at Skelton when he said that, too: Show me the money, General. Pretty poor taste, imo.

  14. 14.

    cleek

    Lancet report: full of data, includes methodologies. LIBRUL HOAX MUST INVESTIGATE ! CHECK THE KERNINGGN!

    Petraeus report: just a couple of charts, methodology classified. YAY ! THE SURGE IS WORKING ! LIBRUZ R TRAYTOZR!

  15. 15.

    Zifnab

    Is it just me, or does Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen look like Sean Hannity in a red dress?

    Thanks John. Now my Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fantasies are totally ruined. I’m going to have to tear down the posters, throw away the blow-up doll, and everything. I hope you are happy.

  16. 16.

    ATS

    John: “Is it just me, or does Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen look like Sean Hannity in a red dress?”

    More like Ariel Sharon. I like how she asked, when is the US going to make neighboring Arab countries do something about the Palestinians. As if it were , say, Saudi Arabia that has impounded the Palestinian tax monies.

    Nice to see, though, that AIPAC is busy doing more than spying on us. Foxman is working his ventriloquist arts on the Comgresswoman.

    Synopsis of Petraeus: we need a few more Friedman units (6 month intervals) to show real progress.

  17. 17.

    Tax Analyst

    Is it just me, or does Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen look like Sean Hannity in a red dress?

    That’s really not very nice, John.

    Besides, Hannity’s a lot prettier.

    But I don’t think he would look good in that shade of red…he needs something a little more…hmmm…serious. Otherwise nobody is going to take the crap he spews out as anything but Simple Shit…some pearls might help.

  18. 18.

    Punchy

    I just want to point out that numerous times I stated that Bush would never decrease troops, until maybe Sept. 2008 just to game the elections.

    I’m here to announce I was wrong…by only 2 months.

  19. 19.

    capelza

    That’s a terrible picture of her. I’ve seen her a few times on Maher and she’s not that bad (unless she’s really packed on the pounds lately).

    Not that I don’t think she’s full of bull…but Sean Hannity will always be a creepy man. She can lose weight and change her views, he’ll still be a psychpath.

    I can barely bring myself to watch any of this. A person can only take so much lying without breaking something.

  20. 20.

    whippoorwill

    Is it just me , or does Rep. lleana Ros Lehtinen
    look like Sean Hannity in a red dress

    Yes, they do. Oh Gawd !! Maybe Murdoch cloned them in his plot to rule the universe, or, maybe Hannity used his stem cells to make a girl version of himself, just to see what it was like.

  22. 22.

    The Other Steve

    I’m here to announce I was wrong…by only 2 months.

    I’m confused. TPM is linking to a chart, apparently from Petraeus showing a schedule for drawn down of forces in Iraq.

    Hasn’t he just betrayed the US to Al-Qaeda? Isn’t AQ watching that and gloating, saying “Ah ha, we just have to lay low until March of 2008! WOO HOO!”. He’s just given us a schedule for surrender to our enemies!

    I feel betrayed. Can we call him Betrayus now?

  23. 23.

    demimondian

    I don’t think you’re being fair to Hannity in comparing him to Ros-Lehtinen, John. He may indeed be a hack, but at least he *earns* his salary.

  25. 25.

    Tom Hilton

    Apparnetly Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a one-issue Republican.

    The issue is when should we nuke Cuba.

    In fairness to her, she used to have another issue: should we give the Contras Nicaragua, or should we also give them Honduras?

  27. 27.

    Andrew

    The next 6 months will be critical.

    Maybe we can ask a brown skinned cab driver what he thinks about the situation.

  28. 28.

    Jake

    Hamnity? Nah, put a pink ribbon in her hair and she’d look like my mental image of Delores Umbridge. [/geek]

  29. 29.

    t. jasper parnell

    The Petraeus/Crocker is the biggest waste of words ever.

    And it seems that even the troops hate the troops:

    “President Eisenhower warned of the growing military industrial complex in his farewell address. Since Dick Cheney can now afford solid gold oil derricks, it’s safe to say we failed Ike miserably. After losing two friends and over a dozen comrades, I have this to say: Do not wage war unless it is absolutely, positively the last ditch effort for survival,” wrote Spc. Alex Horton, 22, of the 3rd Stryker Brigade in Army of Dude. “In the future, I want my children to grow up with the belief that what I did here was wrong, in a society that doesn’t deem that idea unpatriotic,” he blogged.

  30. 30.

    demimondian

    Nah, put a pink ribbon in her hair and she’d look like my mental image of D[o]lores Umbridge.

    Ouch. Just…ouch.

  31. 31.

    My Truth Hurts

    After listening to this bullshit all day, and watching the general give an exclusive interview to Faux News, why shouldn’t we call him “General Betray Us” John? That’s what he’s doing, that’s what this administration has done and that’s what the Democratic Congress has done and will continue to do. They have all betrayed us all.

  32. 32.

    Badtux

    Sigh. Bush’s Pet gives us pretty much the same report that John Cole predicted last week . Of *course* he wants a F.U. to continue the manly surging. I mean, what is it about F.U. that you don’t understand?! It is unknown whether Joe Lieberman has recovered yet from his faint at the sight of the manly surge in General Pet Rayus’s pants though. The one he fainted at the sight of after he recovered from fainting at the sight of General Pet Rayus’s medals. Feel the surge, the mighty manly surge! Surge surge surge! Wow, the 101st Keyboard Kommandos must be, err, surging, in their mommies basements BIG time at the sight of Bush’s Pet, err, surging!

    — Badtux the Snarky Penguin

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