Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

President Biden is doing good where he can, and getting it done.

We’re not going back!

The gop couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

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

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

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

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

Another missed opportunity for Jamie Dimon to just shut the fuck up.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

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

Never forget that he train is barreling down on Trump, even as he dances on the tracks.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

Be a traveling stable for those who can’t find room at the inn.

I am pretty sure Katy Tur wasn’t always such a bootlicking sycophant.

The willow is too close to the house.

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

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

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  1. 1.

    les

    Nope, can’t shut up now, it would ruin the horserace for the talking heads. God I hate our “journalists.”

  4. 4.

    gbear

    Kill the nonsense in a presidential campaign? Might as well ask for Rupert Murdoch to retire and name Bill Moyers as his replacement.

  5. 5.

    Doug H. (Fausto no more)

    OT, but while we’re talkin’ Obama:

    “I’m happy to have all sorts of conversations about how we deal with Iraq and what happens with Iran, but the fact that somebody on a cable show or on a news show like Gen. Clark said something that was inartful about Sen. McCain I don’t think is probably the thing that is keeping Ohioans up at night.”

    I guess we’ll have to turn in our pearls and hyperventalting bags.

  6. 6.

    Davebo

    It’s purely anecdotal, but I know a lot of Hispanics and they are definately fired up about voting Obama.

    And from what I can tell, it has a lot less to to do with the GOP’s immigrant bashing and more to do with the economy and the war.

  7. 7.

    Bob In Pacifica

    But what about poor white women? But what about rich white women? But what about white men who won’t admit that they’re bitter? But what what about low-information unemployed white men who are concerned about Obama taking their guns away and forcing them to become Muslims?

    Surely, there is some demographic that feels angry or threatened by the black man!

  8. 8.

    ThymeZone

    I guess we’ll have to turn in our pearls and hyperventalting bags.

    And get on the tubes and learn to use teh google, too.

    The Obama campaign advanced two principal ideas on Monday:

    One, he is setting the tone for the proper respect of his and other candidates’ patriotism in this campaign and has the chops and the will to make that stick, as evidenced by his Missouri speech.

    Two, his campaign aggressively attacked John McCain on defense, charging that McCain has supported wrong policies that have led to dangerous situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the successful entrenchment of Al Qaeda in those regions, while directing resources toward Iraq in a move that has not made the country safer.

    So, we go after the GOP for its demagogic use of patriotism as a club, and after McCain for his claim that he’s better qualified to handle national defense when his record shows that he has consistently used bad judgment as evidenced by ongoing developments and a weaker military.

    These are themes that are going to be effective and relevant in the months ahead. But please, let’s spend all our time blathering about whether every remark or statement made by everybody is in perfect alignment with our own preferences and priorities.

    Look, that’s how the GOP got its 60-year dominance of the White House, isn’t it? By carping over every subtle nuance of its policies and candidates’ facial expressions all this time?

  9. 9.

    Zifnab

    Obama doesn’t have a problem getting Hispanic votes.

    Yeah, the only people who were actually pitching that line were the dumbfucks who kept yammering on about “reverse racism” and Obama as the affirmative action candidate.

    On a secondary note, I’ve never had the desire to take a second look at affirmative action more than I do today. If a black man gets elected by the popular fucking vote and wingnuts can spin it as affirmative action, I feel pity for every colored person who walks into a job interview with one of these people. I’m not sure if forcing black job applicants down a bunch of wankers’ throats would solve the problem, but I’m beginning to see why the idea was proposed in the first place.

    Of course, if Colin Powell or Condi Rice was the GOP candidate, we wouldn’t be seeing this kind of bullshit. But then, I think there’s a rather obvious reason why neither of them made the final cut.

  11. 11.

    PaulW

    Sorry, boss. We can never stop talking about the b-llsh-t. Because if we stop focusing on the b-llsh-t we’d be forced to focus on the real matters facing us like a collapsing economy, broken military, poor health, toxic environment, and all the 100,000 other things that have gone wrong between 2001 until now, and no one wants to deal with reality anymore.

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