Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

In my day, never was longer.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

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

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

Consistently wrong since 2002

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Bark louder, little dog.

No Justins, No Peace

The choice is between normal and crazy.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

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

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

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

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Don’t Eat The Brown Acid

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Mike Gravel’s Helter Skelter:

This is going to be the longest and weirdest election year ever.

(via Matt Yglesias by way of Sully)

*** Update ***

I had a Venti Starbucks today for the first time in forever, and, as always, it gave me the shakes. Combined with this video, I think I am having flashbacks at the office. I might need Jimmy Carter to talk me down.

*** Update ***

And while we are at it, who can forget this:

Phil Hartman was such a loss.

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  6. 6.

    leinie

    Smiley, I’ll take your “what the hell” and raise it to a “what the fuck?”

    The thing is, it’s oddly compelling. I couldn’t look away, I couldn’t turn it off.

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    maxbaer (not the original)

    I’ve officially seen everything now. It was great in a “Plan 9 from Outer Space” way. Top that, Gavin.

  11. 11.

    Wisdom

    Paul wrote the only good heavy rock song the Beatles ever did to counter Pete Townshends claim that the Who was nastier.

    Gravel steps up for his Dem roots.

  13. 13.

    Helena Montana

    That SNL Clinton bit was one of their funniest–back from when I still loved Bill Clinton.

  14. 14.

    jeffreyw

    The thing is, it’s oddly compelling. I couldn’t look away, I couldn’t turn it off.

    i could

  15. 15.

    Napoleon

    Paul wrote the only good heavy rock song the Beatles ever did . . .

    What?

    How about Hey Bulldog, or Revolution.

  16. 16.

    Damned at Random

    Mike Gravel is the candidate I would most like to have a beer (or other mind altering substance)with

  18. 18.

    Tsulagi

    That Gravel video is great. I dunno, given the retarded Pubs and the pussy Dems, it just might be time for the Hunter S. Thompson party.

    Mike Gravel, a man ahead of his time!

  20. 20.

    Poltically Lost

    So, this morning I’m thinking what’s John Cole up to…so I click on over and see, “Don’t eat the brown acid.” At first I’m not quite sure about the incongruence, begin to giggle at the visuals and remember back to the days of the good acid and the not so good (you know the stuff you got in the parking lot at the dead show instead of waiting till you got inside). So, then I click the you tube without reading that it has to do with Gravel.

    My. God.

    What has you-tube wrought upon our souls?

  21. 21.

    capelza

    I love that! Gravel reminds me of William S. Burroughs doing “Sharkey’s Night” on a Laurie Anderson album.

    This is the best thing to come from this election “cycle” that began the first Wednesday in November 2004.

  25. 25.

    Gerald Curl

    The other night, my wife and I made the same comment about what a loss his death was. At the time we were watching the clip where he played James Stockdale with Dana Carvey as Ross Perot. “Gridlock!”

  26. 26.

    tBone

    Fuck. Both Veoh and Hulu are locking me out. Can’t donate to the MUP, can’t stream American tv online.

    You say this like it’s a bad thing. Unfettered access to our never-ending parade of shitty sitcoms and soul-devouring reality shows is not as cool as it may sound.

  27. 27.

    Sue E. Generous

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen that clear a print of the Zapruder film and from that angle. That thing still has the capacity to shock.

  28. 28.

    Gus

    That Jimmy Carter thing never fails to make me laugh. “Do you have any Allman Brothers?”

  29. 29.

    Zippity

    I hadn’t thought about that SNL skit forever. The funny thing is that Tom Arnold actually worked at a McDonald’s in Iowa City-I worked there with him. The owner’s son-and general manager’s name was Kevin O’Brien. This skit was the talk of IC McDonald’s alumni for a while.

  30. 30.

    OniHanzo

    Does anybody else remember the Dana Carvey show? And that skit where Bill Clinton had surgery to give himself six breasts to feed the homeless with?

    Lasted only two months and it beat everything SNL has ever put out.

  33. 33.

    Keith

    Does anybody else remember the Dana Carvey show?

    I do, but all I can remember from it is the skit where they pay for food in drive-thru lines and tear out of there before picking up their food (“WOOOHOOOO!!!!”) and some song about chopping broccoli. I figured they’d give Dana Carvey at least a few more eps than a then-unknown Ben Stiller got for his skit show

  34. 34.

    gypsy howell

    Mike Gravel is completely crazy. Does the fact that I think I agree with him also make me completely crazy?

    Shit, I got you beat — I sent him money!

    But you know what, when you wade through all the crazification, he’s right.

  35. 35.

    RoonieRoo

    Gee thanks for the warning John. Ignorant me didn’t know what the hell brown acid or any of that meant and clicked the stupid video this morning. Not all of us get off on some of those images, though they be famous. I only got a couple of seconds into the video because, unlike most Americans, I’m not heartlessly numb to seeing people shot in the head and killed.

    Thanks so very much for the warning that it might have images some still functional people who are not brain dead from years of violent TV might be slightly disturbed by.

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