Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

In my day, never was longer.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

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

Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier for them to cheat.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

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

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

The arc of the moral universe does not bend itself. it is up to us to bend it.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

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  1. 1.

    LarsThorwald

    Rand Paul could be Goldwater on steroids, which is one thing, but he gives me that Greg Stillson vibe.

  4. 4.

    Spaghetti Lee

    I’m actually pleasantly surprised, and pretty optimistic so far. Dems are holding on to a bunch of house seats and senate seats, but we’d apparently rather feed a third-rate troll and bitch about Jane Hamsher.

  6. 6.

    robertdsc-PowerBook & 27 titles

    My polling place was stuffed with people at 5PM here in LA. Made me happy to see so many people.

    Fuck the GOP and their teabagger bitches.

  8. 8.

    CA Doc

    Sick, but cleaned myself up and voted. My Dems will all cruise to victory, but I’m crossing my fingers for Ami Bera to be a Dem pick up in the House. He’d be a great improvement over Lundgren.
    Now a G&T for medicinal purposes…

  10. 10.

    mai naem

    Oh, puhleeze puhleeze have Rand Paul block an increase in the debt ceiling. Maybe then those Wall Streeters will start looking back at the good ole days when Barack Obama asked them to accept some regulation.

  11. 11.

    lamh32

    Van Hollen Gets Feisty Over News Of Network Calling House For GOP

    “DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen paid a visit to DNC head quarters to tell reporters that despite early losses, he still thinks Democrats can keep the House.

    “Those were the [seats] who were expected to be called,” he said of the first returns.

    When a reporter from a different outlet told him that her network had already called a GOP takeover of the House, a visibly flustered Van Hollen insisted repeatedly “I think that’s a mistake.”

  12. 12.

    uila

    The Reason Blog has pointed me to this surprising news in the American Conservative…

    Return of the RINO: The Tea Party isn’t the only force on election day. Moderate Republicans are looking to reclaim House seats in suburban districts across the country and have several Senate candidates. This is the most under-reported story of this election cycle…

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    The only thing worse than hearing about our center-right country will be the new found insistence that Republicans really are serious about governing and not in fact worthless assholes. Fantastic.

  13. 13.

    Southern Beale

    Yes while Rand Paul has won it’s looking — knock on wood — as if he’ll still be in the Senate minority party.

    So, you know, all things considered … it’s about what we thought.

  16. 16.

    Martin

    @Spaghetti Lee: Dems are doing decently in the Senate. Getting killed in the House, though. Republicans have won or are leading more seats than they had coming in, and NY and everywhere west of the Rockies haven’t even begun coming in. Either they need to find a LOT of votes in races already reporting, or they need to sweep everywhere that polls are still open.

  17. 17.

    thomas Levenson

    May I be the first to say fuck Evan Bayh with a rusty shovel?

    (Warning. Link leads to brain-pan shattering 3rd way nonsense from a notable contributor to tonight’s debacle. Or at least one more strong argument against a hereditary political class.)

  18. 18.

    Spaghetti Lee

    @Martin:

    I think we’re looking at two different election maps or something. TPM has a bunch of vulnerable Dems winning in PA, NC, and the like.

    @WaterGirl:

    Dems are cruising in both.

  19. 19.

    Citizen_X

    Somebody in the last thread mentioned investing in foam rocks to throw at the TV screen. I remembered, hey, I actually have a foam rock! And dug it out.

    So I’ve got that going for me, at least.

  20. 20.

    fucen tarmal

    i already smashed my flatscreen, but its ok, i anticpate a tax cut to cover the cost of replacement, now that republicans are in control, i am going to get back to sacrificing what i can for my country, and in the name of patriotism, go shopping.

  22. 22.

    burnspbesq

    Back in the mid-1970s, there was a widespread belief among Denver Bronco fans that Howard Cosell didn’t give their team sufficient respect. So a local bar had a promotion every Monday night during football season. They ran a raffle for charity, and the winner got to throw a brick through a TV when Cosell did the halftime highlights. Raised a shitload of money.

    Perhaps we could do the same thing every time Boehner or McConnell are on teevee. Proceeds to ActBlue.

  23. 23.

    mai naem

    I think it’s total BS for any network to call for the house when voters across the country hae not voted. It’s bad enough that they start in on races where the polls have closed but to call for the house takeover is completely unethical.

  25. 25.

    Calming Influence

    “I read you were shot five times in the tabloids.” -“It’s not true. He didn’t come anywhere near my tabloids.” The Thin Man (1934)

  26. 26.

    LarsThorwald

    The reason Dems are getting smashed in the House and not the Senate? You can’t redistrict a Senate seat, baby. The redistricting process means there are about 30 to 40 truly competitive seats. A lot of those went Democratic last go round. A bit of an overcorrection the other way this way around.

    I don’t see this as the complete disaster for Democrats, this evening.

    We have 10% unemployment and massive economic problems, foreclosures out the ass, and the Republicans got one chamber back. One.

    Also, some key races are going our way.

  31. 31.

    wengler

    It was really great of MSNBC to project a final total for the House when half the damn country is still voting. I thought we learned about why we don’t do this after 2000.

  33. 33.

    Chat Noir

    @WereBear:

    I’m trying to think happy kitten thoughts.

    Thank you for that. Whenever I’m feeling down, my husband tells me to pet a kitten and it will help me feel better. And it does.

  34. 34.

    Jrod the Cookie Thief

    What good is having one of those old tube TVs if you don’t throw it when it gives you terrible news?

    Mr. Neely is missing out.

    @Southern Beale: It looks that way, but if the tally ends at 50 or 51, expect two things:

    1) Lieberdouche finally flips to the R side, probably after stopping by the White House to thank Obama for his support with an atomic wedgie.

    2) Republicans find some excuse to keep at least one Dem from being seated. Close election, ginned up scandal, whatever they can latch on to as an reason.

    Luckily it looks like we’ll get 52-53, which at least has the happy result of making Lieberman completely irrelevant.

  38. 38.

    Foobar

    I hope the black caucus takes little Rand behind the congressional lunch counter for a talking to.

  41. 41.

    Amanda in the South Bay

    Someone on another forum I visit just said that ABC has called PA for Toomey. Every blog I’ve visited (including Philly TV stations) says nothing about that. WTF is going on?

  44. 44.

    Restrung

    said it before, saying it again:

    Thank you, Anne Laurie.
    I’ve got a kitty in my lap and a yearning for some sketty with evoo and maybe cheese.

  45. 45.

    Anya

    From now on, dems should have their majority leaders from blue states, only. Every six years, we shouldn’t be worrying about the humiliation of losing our majority leader.

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