Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

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

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

Petty moves from a petty man.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

It’s the corruption, stupid.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Wake up. Grow up. Get in the fight.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

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  2. 2.

    Ripley

    That’s an average contribution of $59.83. And that’s exactly why the Republicans are so scared – hoi polloi-ish, riff raffing nobodies coming out by the millions to support a candidate and reject “the American Way” we’ve been subject to for the last few decades.

    I’m curious about who donated a dollar, though.

  4. 4.

    Adolphus

    I have a question.

    If I donate now am I donating to the Primary or the General or does it matter?

    I want to make sure my dough this time goes to the General.

    Thanks in advance.

  6. 6.

    BP in MN

    Adolphus:

    I don’t think it makes any difference in practical terms whether its money for the primary or for the general. Money for the primary can be spent up until the convention, so all the money going to field organizing and TV ads running right now are funded by primary contributions, even though they’re clearly targeted at the general election. It’s a bookkeeping distinction, not a real one.

  8. 8.

    Poopyman

    I’m not giving any money to anybody until I see who can run against my incumbent House member. They’ll get as much as I can give.

    I’m in Hoyer’s district.

  11. 11.

    Dreggas

    Uh Obama is against this FISA crap and has been since January and has said so several times and even voted against it before. It amazes me that people don’t think that he’s probably working on something right now. Also there’s the fact that he is in the senate, not the house, and while he is the “presumptive” nominee of the party he is not yet the HEAD of the party in congress, that would be pelosi and reid. Sure he has some sway and I am sure he is working with others in the senate to stop this horse shit.

  12. 12.

    Fwiffo

    Obama’s not going to come riding in on his white horse to save the day on FISA (nor would Hillary Clinton.) He’ll record a vote against it so he can claim he opposed it, but he won’t really lift a finger to actually stop it.

    Given that he’s the leader of the party, it’s certainly within his power to say “this will not pass”, and it would be stopped. But we don’t have that kind of leader, so we’re not gonna get that.

  13. 13.

    ThymeZone

    Take this down until he comes out against FISA amnesty.

    Wow, we are elevating stupid and cutting off noses to spite faces to a whole new level here.

    Good lord, what a fucking idiotic thing to say.

  15. 15.

    Napoleon

    Well I just contributed $200 to people running against people who are running against people who voted for amnisty today.

    I am finished contributing to Obama.

  16. 16.

    Jon H

    “Wow, we are elevating stupid and cutting off noses to spite faces to a whole new level here.

    Good lord, what a fucking idiotic thing to say.”

    Idiotic? Not at all.

    I personally don’t feel like throwing any more money at him until he does something useful on this.

  17. 17.

    TCG

    I am issuing a Wingnut Whigout Red Alert. The Mexican Garter Snake is trying to Muscle its way on to the endangered species act protection list.

    It could be a first step in taking away the jobs of hard working American Garter Snakes and eventually undoing the Gadsden Purchase and then the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

    If you can imagine that it is possible, it could actually be possible. Or not.

  20. 20.

    Jon H

    “It’s a bit early to be jumping Obama’s shit on this. The Senate doesn’t get going on it until next week.

    I’m not jumping on his shit, really. But under the circumstances it’s pretty silly to reward him for something as petty as not taking public funds.

    I’d just rather withhold the goodies until his position on FISA becomes clear some time in the next week or so.

  21. 21.

    Phoebe

    I think, but don’t know, that if you give him money now it will be for the primary, which means he can spend it now, but if you have maxed out, then if you give him anything more now it will be hoarded until he is the official and not just presumptive nominee.

    But yeah, all the money he’s spending now is for the fight against McCain.

  23. 23.

    Genine

    I’m not jumping on his shit, really. But under the circumstances it’s pretty silly to reward him for something as petty as not taking public funds.

    I’d just rather withhold the goodies until his position on FISA becomes clear some time in the next week or so.

    His position on Telecom immunity IS clear. He’s voted against it and came out against it. I am confident that he will vote against it again.

    But there is only so much he can do. Obama is not the Universe. He is not Superman. Hell, if Superman existed he couldn’t even stop Congress from passing a crappy law- legally.

    Sure, he could destroy the building and everyone in it- but that’s a whole other can of worms…

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