Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

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

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

Hot air and ill-informed banter

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

When we show up, we win.

People are complicated. Love is not.

He really is that stupid.

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  3. 3.

    Ash Can

    Only Chuck Grassley so far? He’ll be joined by all his GOP colleagues as the election campaigns gear up.

  8. 8.

    Edward G. Talbot

    yeah, he also supported mandates before he opposed them too.

    He’s being smart, though. I’d be perfectly content for Republicans to start taking this approach.

  9. 9.

    freelancer

    C’mon, Cole, he was just playing eleventy dimensional chess with his own caucus and all those grandmas getting heart palpitations over plug-pulling were his pawns.

    “hehe, Checkmate!”

    See, Republicans can be intellectually consistent.

  10. 10.

    FlipYrWhig

    That gives me a thought! Instead of all these cheesy back-room deals and arm-twisting, what if a center-right Democrat–say, Max Baucus–could have sat down with an old-school Republican like Grassley and worked out a health care bill that reflected a consensus view? :P

  11. 11.

    jacy

    Well, somebody’s got his finger in the wind. How long until the rest of the idiots on the SS GOP all run to the other side of the ship and capsize the thing for good?

    BTW — got a Bobby Jindal plea for funds email telling me to read my Consitution and quick send money to repeal healthcare reform before the gopocalypse. I’ve written him a return letter stating I’m be using my money to instead purchase the insurance I’ll now be able to afford for the first time in 10 years. I tried to remain civil, but that’s never been my strong suit. Motherfuckers.

  13. 13.

    The Dangerman

    With all the Republican heads exploding, if I get any “matter” on me, what should I use to wash it off?

  14. 14.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    @freelancer:

    C’mon, Cole, he was just playing eleventy dimensional chess with his own caucus

    Indeed, he just called for passage of his amendment titled like all the wingers recon. amendments. Or, let’s poison pill this motherfucker and kill it dead as a barn door. GOP – The Hail Mary Party.

  15. 15.

    Bob L

    So is Grassely tossing out any last minute amendments to kill the bill he is so supportive of? Two faced doesn’t even begin to describe this clown.

  17. 17.

    pillsy

    After the other loony shit we’ve been seeing coming from the GOP in the last few days, this just made me smile.

  19. 19.

    Redshift

    While I’m sure the GOPers will be spinning this so hard they could be an alternative energy source, I don’t think it’ll be as easy for them as the stimulus flip-flop a lot of them did. For one thing, most people had no idea the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” written on the big checks was in fact evil soshulist stimulus. But more important, that wasn’t happening during an election campaign. For most of them, if they try to pull a Grassley, they’ll have an opponent asking “then why did you vote against it?” and perhaps more important, pointing out to the teabaggers that their Republican is saying nice things about the anti-American Obamacare instead of demanding complete repeal and is therefore a RINO who must be destroyed.

    But I’ve always been an optimist.

    (Not that I think any of this will cause trouble for Grassley; he’s too well entrenched, but I doubt anyone who isn’t already a lock for re-election will be able to get away with it.)

  20. 20.

    liberty60

    Erick the Red to issue a fatwa- or at least mailing Grassley some crazy shit- in 5,4,3,2…..

  25. 25.

    patrick II

    I am probably going to get nailed here for saying this — but Obama opened this door by saying how many good republican ideas are in the HRC. So, all of the good parts will be theirs and the bad parts Dems.

  26. 26.

    Brachiator

    @Edward G. Talbot:

    yeah, he also supported mandates before he opposed them too.

    Even more fun is the inconvenient truth that Republicans used to love mandates (and not just the Larry Craig kind): “Health bill included big Republican idea: individual mandate”.

    “The truth is this is a Republican idea,” said Linda Quick , president of the South Florida Hospital and Health care Association. She said she first heard the concept of the “individual mandate” in a Miami speech in the early 1990s by Sen. John McCain , a conservative Republican from Arizona , to counter the “Hillarycare” the Clintons were proposing.
    …
    McCain did not embrace the concept during his 2008 election campaign, but other leading Republicans did, including Tommy Thompson , secretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush .

    So is the GOP going to twist itself into a knot and suggest that health mandates are cool if they come from the state plans, but un-American if they are part of a federal plan?

    Oh yeah, and Mitt Romney loved individual health mandates when he was pushing for the Massachusetts health care overhaul.

  28. 28.

    phantomist

    Judd Gregg says:Now, the fact that the other side of the aisle has refused to let us in the room when they negotiated this — remember, this was — this bill was built in a hidden room behind a hidden room behind a hidden door. No Republicans were allowed to participate.

  29. 29.

    Annie

    I think the Republicans are starting to put their little noses in the air and realize that the stench is coming from them.

    As the public becomes more educated about the bill, and starts to feel some relief and benefit, more and more Republicans will start taking credit for bits and pieces. I think they are begining to realize November may not produce the results they thought they had in the bag…

    OT: I spent the day emailing fellow Virginians to start an email and phone campaign against our out-of-control Attorney General. So, we will begin against our Governor.

  30. 30.

    batgirl

    I like to take Republicans at their word. (ha ha) Haven’t they told us time and time again that they were locked out of the process and that hcr was not bipartisan? If they didn’t have any input, how did Grassley’s idea get in? Care to answer that Grassley? No, I didn’t think so.

  33. 33.

    PaulW

    @PeakVT:

    The anti-Republican ads are going to write themselves this fall.

    Which is sad, because this means there will be a lot of copywriters and PR people in the unemployment lines this fall… :(

  37. 37.

    burnspbesq

    @The Dangerman:

    “With all the Republican heads exploding, if I get any “matter” on me, what should I use to wash it off?”

    No substance known to man is strong enough. Report yourself to the EPA as a new Superfund site. They will entomb you in concrete for 10,000 years or so.

  39. 39.

    Jim Once

    @patrick II:

    Obama opened this door by saying how many good republican ideas are in the HRC. So, all of the good parts will be theirs and the bad parts Dems.

    This. It’s coming – and probably within days. Grassley didn’t say exactly what’s being bandied about here (his opponent’s campaign manager did), but it’s still close enough, and a precursor of what’s to come.

    BTW – his opponent is Roxanne Conlin, and in light of the millions of dollars Chuckles is getting from out of state, a few dollars her way would be greatly appreciated. I’ve known Roxanne for years and years – she’s a solid, competent progressive.

  40. 40.

    Jim Once

    he just called for passage of his amendment titled like all the wingers recon. amendments. Or, let’s poison pill this motherfucker and kill it dead as a barn door.

    And this. He did indeedy. Sent me an email bragging about it. Fucker. I sent him an email back – never send me one more fucking thing from your batcave. I grew up with him in New Hartford, Iowa – it makes me feel dirty.

  41. 41.

    Alex

    I really don’t think that they’ll be able to pull off the Good Ideas = GOP, Bad Ideas = Dems dance. Not after they fought so hard and so long against this bill. People will notice. Hell, their own constituents will notice. Or maybe I’m underestimating the power of the Republican lie machine.

  42. 42.

    Jim Once

    @Alex:
    I gotta say, Alex, I think it won’t matter if they think they can pull it off. They always go for it anyway. And I think we’re both underestimating if not the power of the R lie machine, then at least the force of the reality nullifying density field that surrounds so many American voters.

  44. 44.

    CalD

    Alternate shorter Chuck Grassley: “I was for Health Care Reform before I voted against it.”

    Grassley must be unaware that his state has one of the highest adult literacy rates in the country. People there can read.

  46. 46.

    th

    Ok. I got cancer at 31. My mom died of ovarian cancer in 1978. I didn’t want to die = but who really needs insurance at 31? When you’re going baci to school fo ran engineering degree?

  47. 47.

    patrick II

    @ th

    My deepest wishes that everything turns out well for you. If you do not have insurance (and it reads that way to me), get on a fresher thread and tell people what’s happening. There are a lot of very smart people hanging out here, and very nice ones too.
    I assume you are a lurker because I don’t really recognize your handle. Don’t be shy. I’ll be reading on this thread for awhile if there is anything you want to say. And God’s good graces upon you.

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