Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

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

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Not all heroes wear capes.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Consistently wrong since 2002

When I was faster i was always behind.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

In my day, never was longer.

White supremacy is terrorism.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

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In this one, a lucky tip and Roethlisberger’s haste to try to get points when Pittsburgh wasn’t in position to score late in the first half helped get the Colts back into the game after Pittsburgh led 7-0 and 17-7. All three of Roethlisberger’s interceptions were pivotal.

“You’ll never hear me say ‘I’ anything, but I lost this game,” said Roethlisberger, who appeared to be crying into a towel when reporters entered the locker room. “I take it on myself. I let the guys down on offense and defense. It hurts, but we’ll learn from it.”

I thought accepting responsibility was dead.

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  2. 2.

    Paul

    It takes guts to actually come out and say that. I give him credit.

    Granted, I don’t usually have a dog in the fight, but the Colts win made my workplace fan of the Colts insufferable yesterday.

  3. 3.

    Zifnab

    When was the last time the Colts beat the Steelers on home turf? 1960-something, wasn’t it? Man, that’s got to hurt.

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    SarahPA

    Reminiscent of PSU QB Daryll Clark’s statement:

    "First of all, I want to apologize to the whole Penn State nation for my gameplay today. I take full responsibility for that loss," Clark said, tears welling in his eyes. "I apologize to our seniors and our captains. I keep having that turnover in my head, over and over. I just can’t get it out of my mind."

    Nobody likes a loss, but I like how these guys are adults.

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    Blue Neponset

    Big Ben’s two minute drill at the end of the game was gawd awful. It took him a minute to run two plays and he couldn’t get a play off as the two minute warning was coming. Still, crying into a towel is a bit much. Your family didn’t die in fire Ben, you lost a football game. There will be another one next week. Suck it up and play better. There is no crying in baseball football.

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    Jay B.

    Ok, Big Ben "accepted responsibility" for playing like shit.

    Now what? Is he going to give up his paycheck? Will he lose his starting job? Is there some other ramification for this? Of course not. I’m not saying he should, that would be ridiculous, I’m just pointing out that the consequences of taking the blame for one loss in the NFL are about nil — and since there are almost no real consequences, it’s hardly a profile in courage to take the rap. Their season didn’t end. They still have ample opportunity to make the playoffs. There’s still a half of a season left.

    The Penn State kid, on the other hand, knows that he probably cost his team a chance at the national championship. He’s got the weight of the world and thousands of idiot alumni on his back. My heart goes out to him.

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    thomas

    Comrads
    I’d like to ditto boonagain.
    Accepting responsibility is not something we’re gonna see from this administration – similar to how the good news last week was not the fault of the McSame compaign. And, actually, they’re right. they had no chance once Super O hit the ground running.

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    Damned at Random

    I call it leadership. Be generous with credit for the wins, accept responsibility when you don’t come through. I always liked watching Roethlisberger – I like a quarterback who will break and run or take a hit to make the play. Now I respect him as a man.

    My spousal unit, by the way, thought it was a bad omen when his first couple of passes were on the numbers. We are used to him taking a few minutes of playing time to hit his stride.

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    BooBooBear

    @Sarah

    Nobody likes a loss, but I like how these guys are adults.

    Perhaps we could talk him into running in some republican’s district?

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