Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

They spent the last eight months firing professionals and replacing them with ideologues.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Our messy unity will be our strength.

How stupid are these people?

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

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

75% of people clapping liked the show!

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

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

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

This blog will pay for itself.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

“In this country American means white. everybody else has to hyphenate.”

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

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Another Election Open Thread

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Watching Terry McAuliffe try to bullshit his way into getting Michigan and Florida to count makes it crystal clear that the people behind Hillary are really, when it boils down to it, no better than many in the Bush administration.

The damage he did to the party should not be forgotten.

*** Update ***

During Huckabee’s concession speech, it appeared to me that he is really enjoying himself, which is kind of sick. He is starting to look like the Mayor in BTVS. I mean, no one enjoys this crap. And anyone who does has to be evil. Like the mayor.

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Primary Open Thread

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Including some Texas info:

This is my voting precinct location:

There were two Obama volunteers there, both middle aged white men. Neither was standing within the frame of this shot — they flanked the sidewalk leading up to the house. The young girl in a wheelchair was from New York. Her mother was a Hillary supporter who was very much in favor of Clinton’s health care plan.

The street out front featured two more Hillary Clinton backers:

One carries a “Honk for Hillary” sign. No one honked in the 30 minutes I was there.

A volunteer at the B&B said that up to that point in the day (and including early voting) around 35% of the precinct’s eligible voters had voted in the primary. This location only hosted the Democratic primary — the GOP’s was several blocks away. The staff was in a panic because they are concerned they may have to move the caucus outside due to the size of the crowd, or even move locations ( a resolution the volunteers out front were protesting against vigorously).

And as further evidence of his Communist leanings, the side of Barack Obama’s Houston headquarters:

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RIP Gary Gygax

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This stinks:

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and one of the fathers of tabletop role playing games, died on Tuesday at the age of 69. He had suffered from heart problems.

The news was first announced on the message board of Troll Lord Games, the publisher of Gygax’s most recent works. It has since been directly confirmed by the company, which will post an announcement on its web site later today.

Gygax was best known for helping create Dungeons & Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, and pioneered tabletop role playing games. The first D&D rulebooks were released in 1974 by TSR, Inc, and since then produced three full-fledged sequels, numerous revisions and updates, and dozens upon dozens of additional rulebooks, settings, and campaigns. While Gygax hadn’t had much direct involvement with D&D for many years, he developed and contributed to many role playing games, Troll Lord Games’ Gary Gygax’s Fantasy Worlds.

I am sure I mentioned it before, but I still have all my D&D books from 1979 in a closet at home, including the original player’s handbook, monster manual, and dungeon master’s guide.

(via Ned Raggett)

*** Update ***

I guess this isn’t really in bad taste, considering:

Death attacks Gary Gygax.
Gygax misses his saving throw.
Gygax dies.

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Suckers

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Admit it. You fell for it:

Desperate Hillary Clinton will stay in the White House race even if she loses tomorrow’s pivotal primaries in Texas and Ohio, top aides claimed today.

The former First Lady had staked her political future on wins – with even her husband, former President Bill Clinton, saying she would drop out if she lost the make-or-break contests.

But, as rival Barack Obama closed in on Mrs Clinton’s once formidable leads in the two states, her spin machine has changed their tune and insisted she would not give up.

Neck and Neck: Hillary Clinton will stay in the race if Barack Obama wins tomorrow

Her chief strategist, Mark Penn, said: “There are 16 remaining contests after Tuesday.

“There’s nothing wrong with letting the people in the remaining jurisdictions have their say.”

And Mrs Clinton’s communications director Howard Wolfson, insised “onus” was on Obama to win Texas and Ohio as well as the tiny states of Vermont and Rhode Island which are also holding primaries.

While I have no problem with the generic principle of her staying in the race, we are now approaching the point where it is mathematically impossible for her to win without the super-delegates over-turning the vote of the people. She needs to win Ohio and Texas by large margins. Not win by a point or two, not lose by a point or two, but win 65-35 or better. Not to mention, I am more than a little tired of her people cutting the McCain campaign commercials. but the nagain, you knew it would come to this. You have no one to blame but yourself if you were surprised that all of a sudden, Ohio and Texas don’t matter.

A rundown of possible scenarios here.

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The Dog Ate My Mideast Policy

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Can’t put it much better than the Bradrocket. When you look at the glorious hash that our great leader made of elections in Palestine certain trends ought to stand out – we casually interfered in another country based on “plans” that could best be described as fanciful. We didn’t have a fallback plan. When things didn’t work out as expected we panicked and made a series of sloppy decisions that just made the situation worse. Then we threw in guns and support to an armed faction that lost.

FAIL

Ten more months.

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