Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

“Alexa, change the president.”

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

Stay strong, because they are weak.

You cannot love your country only when you win.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

The fundamental promise of conservatism all over the world is a return to an idealized past that never existed.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

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  2. 2.

    Foxhunter

    Luckovich rocks. Gets my office all in a tizzy when he put them big ears on Gee Dubya…he’s the best reason to look at the AJC.

    I wish they would go ahead and call this damn Chambliss/Martin race…

  3. 3.

    littlesky

    Perfect. I adore Luckovich.

    Michael Reagan on CNN: GOP sucks forever if they’re not Ronald Reagan.

  8. 8.

    dr. bloor

    I wish they would go ahead and call this damn Chambliss/Martin race…

    They’re waiting to see if Chambliss can clear 50%. If he can’t, he’s facing a December run-off.

  10. 10.

    JGabriel

    What Freaks Me Out About This Election [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

    … is how oblivious to facts people have been. Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant (including largely by the McCain campaign, save for Palin eventually talking about Ayers). Abortion? Near no one outside a handful of conservatives were talking about his record on infanticide — beyond abortion.

    While even many of Lopez’s fellow wingnuts are finding it within themselves to attempt at least one moment of graciousness and declare – if hypocritically – their pride in America’s first black president, that was the best Kathryn Jean could come up with. Infanticide.

    You stay classy, K-Lo.

    .

  11. 11.

    forked tongue

    That palinaspresident update is wonderful. Choked me right up all over again.

    If that’s what you say you’re not getting, Scrooge, click on the "view original site" link.

  12. 12.

    Incertus

    @JGabriel: Let her screech. She was irrelevant before and she’ll become even more so. Look at Ann Coulter–she all but disappeared for the last six months of this cycle, popping up near the end on Fox but nowhere else. That schtick gets old real quick.

  13. 13.

    dr. bloor

    While even many of Lopez’s fellow wingnuts are finding it within themselves to attempt at least one moment of graciousness and declare – if hypocritically – their pride in America’s first black president, that was the best Kathryn Jean could come up with. Infanticide.
    You stay classy, K-Lo.

    What do you suppose makes Buckley spin faster in his grave–her vapid thinking or her inability to craft a coherent sentence?

  14. 14.

    Gus

    The wingnut reactions I’m finding most entertaining are posts on my local newspaper sites in response to articles detailing Obama’s win. I learned that we’ll now be a Muslim nation, we’ll now be a socialist nation, and because Obama wants to cut the military budget by 25%, we’ll now get attacked like on 9/11.

  15. 15.

    Esther

    Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant…

    Can’t speak for anyone else, but I find those messengers to be highly irrelevant.

  16. 16.

    Tsulagi

    @Incertus:

    Look at Ann Coulter—she all but disappeared for the last six months of this cycle

    Several times I wondered what was happening with Annie. She was never shy about bulldozing her way to a mic and got off on people taking offense at her bullshit. I would have thought she’d be salivating over this prez cycle. Did she go through neocon menopause or something?

  17. 17.

    demimondian

    @Incertus: Personally, I’m glad to read The Corner today. They’re celebrating the win on Yes on 8 in California, for instance, while blithely ignoring the fact that the victories they’re getting are progressively narrower. They’re still in denial of the fact that they’re in retreat everywhere outside the South.

  18. 18.

    Geeno

    @dr. bloor:
    Her inability to craft a sentence – Buckley was a grammar Nazi. Those who lacked the ability to communicate in flawless English were …. "lacking".

  19. 19.

    NR

    Anyone in the mood for some schadenfreude? Go check out a PUMA blog.

    My favorite quote from the front page there:

    Sarah was a good choice who rejuvenated the Republican ticket.

    Clueless to the end.

  21. 21.

    MileL

    Ann Coulter pissed of the conservative base in 2006 with her John Edwards is a fag comment. She’s still out in the cold for the most part.

    I’m wondering what Joe the Plumber is gonna do now.

    I think Ed Rollins had it right – he should get a truck with Joe the Plumber and a 1-800 number on it and start making money. That will pay way better than whining about socialism.

  22. 22.

    Xanthippas

    Hillbuzz is hilarious. PUMAs are now wondering if Hillbuzz has perpetrated a fraud upon them. Really though, the victims’ own astounding stupidity should be a defense to charges of fraud, at least in this case.

  23. 23.

    Josh Hueco

    Slightly OT, but I’ve been lurking the message boards here at BU and one of the threads asked if that now Obama was president is whose football tickets is he going to take from in order to give to others. Someone said, Only if you’re a student at Howard University. They just don’t get it. They never will get it. They will always cling to their resentments and blame everyone else for their problems, while the rest of the nation moves forward.

  25. 25.

    The Other Steve

    Oh yeah, the sharp knives are out!

    NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

  26. 26.

    Paul L.

    I already have a standard/preview for President Obama’s golden age of enlightenment.
    Lets see if the Democrats can deliver
    …
    Good evening my fellow Americans. In 2000 when you overwhelmingly made the decision to elect me as your 43rd President, I knew the road ahead would be difficult. We have accomplished so much, yet challenges lie ahead.

    In the last six years, we have been able to stop global warming. No one could have predicted the negative results of this. Glaciers that once were melting are now on the attack. As you know, these renegade glaciers have already captured parts of upper Michigan and northern Maine. But I assure you, we will not let the glaciers win.

    Right now in the second week of May 2006, we are facing perhaps the worst gas crisis in history. We have way too much gasoline! Gas is down to nineteen cents a gallon and the oil companies are hurting. I know that I am partly to blame, by insisting that cars run on trash.

    I am therefore proposing a Federal bail-out to our oil companies because hey, if it were the other way around, you know the oil companies would help us.

    On a positive note, we worked hard to save welfare, fix Social Security, and of course, provide the universal health care we all enjoy today. But all this came at a high cost. As I speak, the gigantic National Budget Surplus is down to a perilously low 11 trillion dollars. And don’t get any ideas. That money is staying in the very successful lock box. We’re not touching it. Of course, we could give economic aid to China or lend money to the Saudis again, but right now we are already so loved by everyone in the world that American tourists can’t even go over to Europe anymore without getting hugged.

    There are some of you would like to spend our money on some made-up war. To you I say, "what part of lockbox don’t you understand?" What if there’s a hurricane or a tornado? Unlikely I know, because of the anti-hurricane and tornado machine I was instrumental in helping to develop…but what if? What if the scientists are right and one of those giant glaciers hits Boston? That’s why we have the lockbox.

    As for immigration, solving that came at a heavy cost, and I personally regret the loss of California. However, the new Mexifornian economy is strong and El Presidente Schwarzenegger is doing a great job.

    There have been some setbacks. Unfortunately, the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Michael Moore was bitter and divisive. However, I could not be more proud of how the House and Senate pulled together to confirm the nomination of Chief Justice George Clooney.

    Baseball, our national pastime, still lies under the shadow of steroid accusations. But I have faith in Baseball Commissioner George W. Bush when he says, "we will find the steroid users if we have to tap every phone in America."

    In 2001, when I came into office, our national security was the most important issue. The threat of terrorism was real. Who knew that six years later, Afghanistan would be the most popular spring break destination, or that Six Flags Tehran is the fastest growing amusement park in the Mideast…

  27. 27.

    ppcli

    … is how oblivious to facts people have been. Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant (including largely by the McCain campaign, save for Palin eventually talking about Ayers). Abortion? Near no one outside a handful of conservatives were talking about his record on infanticide — beyond abortion.

    .
    One of the best parts of this election was watching the Rove playbook fail so drastically. The Fox network became the "all Ayers, all the time" network, and nobody besides the 23%ers was fooled. They called the Democrats un-American, and it backfired. They called people "socialists", "Marxists", etc. and the public (besides the 23%’ers) just yawned. Happy days.

  28. 28.

    John S.

    Nice to see that Paul L. will remain as irrelevant as ever.

    I at least give him credit for being consistent, although I deduct points for failing to tie in Duke lacrosse.

  30. 30.

    JL

    @The Other Steve:

    You forgot to add this section from the same article..
    At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I’ll be just a minute," she said.

  31. 31.

    JasonF

    Great stuff about Governor Palin’s wardrobe. Are they still planning to give the clothes to charity? If so, I suggest an auction. Invite Rich Lowry and you could pay off all the campaign’s debts with the proceeds from a single pair of panties.

  32. 32.

    Paul L.

    The Feds assured the Obama team that it had not been hacked by its political opponents. (Obama technical experts later speculated that the hackers were Russian or Chinese.) A security firm retained by the Obama campaign took steps to secure its computer system and end the intrusion

    So that is why the Credit Card AVS was disabled for donations on the Obama website?
    And TOS missed this part.

    Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    This is worth a giggle. myiq2xu:

    What the hell do we do now?

    One of the most disturbing things this past year (there are several) was the complete abandonment of principles, ethics and respect for the truth by so many members of Left Blogistan. If we PUMAs are to have any relevance in the future we must firmly adhere to liberal principles and ideals, including, but not limited to, honesty, objectivity, equality, fairness and logic.

    -dms

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