Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Biden: Oh no. We’ve upset Big Pharma again.

The new republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

He really is that stupid.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

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

When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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  14. 14.

    Joe Lisboa

    Anybody want to grade these papers for me? It’s got to be at least as much fun as watching the debate will be.

    Funny, I was putting off grading my own papers until the debate. Then, instead of taking a shot per the standard drinking game rules, I’d read another tortured paragraph.

    Speaking of tortured paragraphs … ah, screw it. The McCain joke and (more predictably/literally) the Palin joke write themselves.

    Still, I’ll swap paper-piles with ya, Incertus. What’s the discipline? Or lack thereof?

  16. 16.

    Matthew

    You think McCain is going to lose his mind slowly over the course of the night as his impending defeat dawns on him or does he come rarin’ out of the gates crazy, yelling out "Ayers!" to every question?

    These Bastards

  17. 17.

    JL

    @Dreggas: every day they add a new item, for example, the bridge on the desk. I enjoyed it but Katie being waterboarded or the deer splat was a tad much.

  19. 19.

    JL

    Is anyone watching Chris on MSNBC. He had Romney on talking about why he picked Palin. His first response was that she would look good with him in the White House. I’m not sure what else he said because I was laughing to hard to listen. Gee I want one of those fancy gadgets that I can back up and listen again. I wonder if Cindy knows.

  24. 24.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Howard Wolfson on Countdown about the debate, "McCain must appear presidential."
    You mean that wandering around the stage looking for the closure tape for his Depends in the last debate wasn’t presidential?

  26. 26.

    Keith

    Jeez, CNN has 13 pundits/hosts sitting around 2 tables for the pre-debate analysis. They don’t even have enough chairs to seat them all! Seriously, Anderson Cooper and Campbell Brown are standing in the middle, but they’ve got people on the ends standing due to lack of room. I actually need a widescreen TV to see them all.

  28. 28.

    donovong

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  29. 29.

    D-Chance.

    @Keith:

    Bennett takes up half the screen by himself.

    And why can’t we get a squiggly line to judge the pundits?

    Feh. Off to bed… I got work in another 4 hours and need the rest. I know how it’s going to go, anyway.

    (Republican) McCain won.
    (Democratic) Obama won.
    (Independent) Can we just get this over with and find my damn missing 401k money?

  31. 31.

    Laura W

    Hooper is ADORABLE.
    Nice feets, too.

    Jeez, CNN has 13 pundits/hosts sitting around 2 tables for the pre-debate analysis.

    Oh god. Don’t tell Stewart. He’ll burst into OCD flames trying to fit 13 heads into a 12-box, full-screen joke.

  32. 32.

    Laura W

    Skippy:
    Your gorgeous birdies match your elegant decor most perfectly.
    Seeing this on your sidebar:

    JESUS WAS A
    COMMUNITY ORGANIZER;
    PONTIUS PILATE
    WAS A GOVERNOR

    reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw for the first time last weekend:

    Jesus Saves
    Buddha Recycles

  36. 36.

    Laura W

    Speaking of Stewart, I just watched last night’s Daily Show and Colbert.
    Stewart’s side-by-side McShame "new" speeches were the BEST.
    I am only sorry there was no mention of the Bear DNA issue.
    Paternity? Criminal? You be the judge.
    snicker snear — insert creepy grin here.
    Is it just me or is he missing an upper tooth on the left side?

    OK, when I wake up tomorrow and turn on Morning Blow, will I hear Pat. B. finally say: "Obama closed the sale!"?

  37. 37.

    Tsulagi

    Seems there’s some speculation Colin Powell might make an endorsement sometime after this last debate, and that it would be for Obama.

    Hope he has his countertops in order and cleaned. Look forward to the serious adults opining they always knew he was a stealth Democratic operative. And that the endorsement would prove he doesn’t see the big picture in Iraq and elsewhere unlike all the patriot wingtards with “Yankee” in their username.

  38. 38.

    skippy

    thanks laura, but we’ve gotten rid of that chair.

    mrs. skippy has just undergone a major redecorating tear, getting new furniture for the living room and the office.

    but the birds like it.

  40. 40.

    Keith

    K-Lo: Drunk blogging the debate.

    It’s gonna make it a lot easier for her to go fuck herself, then.

  41. 41.

    gypsy howell

    My drinking game for tonight is to take a drink every time Scheiffer brings up one of McCain’s smears.

    No way will McCain have to screw up his courage and confront Obama with Ayers, Wright, ACORN or any of his other nonsense – Scheiffer’s gonna do it for him.

  43. 43.

    Seanly

    oh… I made the mistake of watching the pre-debate Republican talking points channel CNN. Bill Bennet, Candy Crowley and the harpy who used to worked for Sen. "Catkiller" Frist can all go die in a fire.

  44. 44.

    gbear

    OT. I took a scooter ride this evening and wound up out in Michelle Bachman’s district (lots of windy roads with good fall color). The wingnut force is very strong there. Must have seen 20 Bachman signs for every Tinklenberg sign. LOTS of Bachman signs. Just awful.
    Lake Elmo seems to be a Democratic oasis though. Lots of signs for Obama, Franken, Tinklenberg and Bunn.
    Seemed to be a LOT of signs for Bunn. Gotta like Lake Elmo.

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