Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You cannot shame the shameless.

…and a burning sense of injustice to juice the soul.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

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

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

Let’s finish the job.

We’re not going back!

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

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

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

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

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

It’s a doggy dog world.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

Republicans in disarray!

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

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

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  2. 2.

    Utsu

    Why has no one made a non-ideological, well-publicized evaluation of Obama’s idea about transferring US military resources from Iraq to the Afghanistan territory closest to Pakistan? I am intrigued.

  3. 3.

    harlana pepper

    Re: Edwards Love Child Obsession Thingie

    The guard said he escorted Edwards, who was not a registered guest at the hotel, out of the building after 2 a.m. Edwards did not say anything while he was escorted out, said the guard, adding that at times the reporters on the scene were “rough on him,” *sticking a camera in his face* and shouting questions.

    Um, where are those pics?

    And this:

    The Enquirer says it has videotape showing Hunter entering the room where she met Edwards, and shows Edwards leaving the same room. However, the Enquirer has thus far declined repeated requests by FOXNews.com to release any photographs or videotape evidence of the incident.

    If the Enquirer really had something, Fox would have paid the price and we’d be seeing it 24/7. But at least they can still propagate and milk the rumor. Although, I am in agreement with most everyone here and not excepting my deep admiration and respect for Elizabeth Edwards, I could care less if Edwards had or is having an affair in the grand scheme of things.

    But when the turd that is the republican party finds itself swirling down the toilet, desperate times call for desperate, if completely bizarre, measures, I guess. :)

  4. 4.

    Dennis - SGMM

    If the Enquirer really had something, Fox would have paid the price and we’d be seeing it 24/7.

    It’s the Michelle Obama “whitey” tape redux. When this dies down the R’s will throw out some new fabrication and let the media stir that one around and around. Lather, rinse, repeat.

  5. 5.

    PaulW

    I’d like to complain about:

    1) the lack of audiences at the new X-Files movie. C’mon people, you’ve already seen Dark Knight! Duchovny and Anderson need to pay the bills!

    2) The fact that everyone kept saying that the last guy before Obama to draw such large crowds in Berlin was Hitler. LIES, ALL LIES! It was HASSELHOFF! At the fall of the Berlin Wall! If you’re gonna compare Obama to a guy guilty of crimes against humanity, make sure it’s to teh guy from Knight Rider (or better yet, his evil twin Garth… you know the guy with the goatee).

    3) I still haven’t won the lotto. DAMMIT

  6. 6.

    harlana pepper

    Fixed:

    But when the turd that is the republican party finds itself swirling down the toilet, desperate times call for desperate, if completely bizarre, formerly tried & true ‘morality’ smears that no longer work because they are worn out and because the republican party has lowered the morality bar so far it has clanged onto the floor of airport restrooms.

  10. 10.

    Incertus

    Rush playing Rock Band (via Boing Boing.)

    For some reason, I expected Rush Limbaugh. That would have been funny–at least in my head.

  11. 11.

    nightjar

    Seems like Obama got a nice little bump in the polls after his overseas junket last week. Gallup and Rassmussen.

    Next we’ll hear from the Worry Warts and Nativist Neocons that it’s the media’s bias, or dumb luck, or Obama now doing Voodoo on the ignorant masses. Can’t be people just think he’s an appealing candidate, nah, not that.

  13. 13.

    TCG

    Anyone heard that the new Batman movie was inspired by the Bush administration and that Batman was modeled after George Bush?

    Thankfully the WSJ has the scoop. We can call him Bat Bush now. He’s a real super hero.

  15. 15.

    Brachiator

    Utsu Says:

    Why has no one made a non-ideological, well-publicized evaluation of Obama’s idea about transferring US military resources from Iraq to the Afghanistan territory closest to Pakistan? I am intrigued.

    This is the United States of America. All military and foreign policy for both candidates is typically reduced to “how quickly can we blow shit up, kill somebody, and declare victory?” on the idiot conservative side, and “can we pull out, now, can we pull out, now, huh, can we, can we, when are we gonna pull out, when are we gonna pull out?” on the most idiotic pseudo-progressive side.

    harlana pepper Says:

    Re: Edwards Love Child Obsession Thingie

    If the Enquirer really had something, Fox would have paid the price and we’d be seeing it 24/7. But at least they can still propagate and milk the rumor. Although, I am in agreement with most everyone here and not excepting my deep admiration and respect for Elizabeth Edwards, I could care less if Edwards had or is having an affair in the grand scheme of things.

    I agree with you, but neither you nor I are the sole intended audience for this.

    The alleged incident happened Southern California. I find it somewhat interesting that there are a couple of local talk show hosts here who have been playing this up big time, complete with crocodile tears over what Elizabeth Edwards might be going through, and featuring an interview with a National Enquirer editor. Meanwhile, local media and newspapers have been going out of their way to downplay the story. The LA Times instructed its bloggers not to discuss the story (Outside The Beltway: Los Angeles Times Bans Edwards Scandal Story)

    The whole thing is turning into a game of journalistic chicken. The Enquirer is being told to put up or shut up, especially before other news events start taking up media space (the Olympics, the party nominating conventions), and not dangle this shit out as potential “October Surprise” gotcha journalism. Other news bureaus are betting that there is nothing here, but will be criticized as deliberately trying to protect the Democrats if there is anything behind the rumors.

    I blame Hollywood producers. If they hadn’t precipitated a writers’ strike, there would be more good entertainment out there, and less of a need for scandal mongering.

  16. 16.

    Delia

    Why has no one made a non-ideological, well-publicized evaluation of Obama’s idea about transferring US military resources from Iraq to the Afghanistan territory closest to Pakistan? I am intrigued.

    Well, here are two articles by William Pfaff, whom I generally regard as eminently sensible, on what is wrong with the whole thing. Not the moving troops out of Iraq bit, but the moving them into Afghanistan bit. I’m also pleased to note that he cites a factoid I’ve been muttering on various blogs for some time, which is that no foreigner has held Afghanistan since before the time of Alexander the Great, which is to say, never.

    Fighting the Wrong People in the Wrong Place

    And

    Obama and Afghanistan

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