Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The next time the wall wtreet journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

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

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

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

This fight is for everything.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

You cannot shame the shameless.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

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  2. 2.

    JPL

    Mistermix, The problem is the republicans and the tea party are willing to drive us all over a cliff.

  4. 4.

    JPL

    The Town quote was fine but according to TPM the Post didn’t use the entire quote.

    Doug MacRay: I need your help. I can’t tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we’re gonna hurt some people.

    IMO, the Republicans think that good governance means hurting some people.

  6. 6.

    agrippa

    I think that they do not care.

    They are on a mission and whatever happens is not a serious problem.
    They were elected to sort out Washington.

  7. 7.

    Rommie

    @ agrippa

    They were elected to sort out Washington from the people who voted in a President who is “Irish.” That’s all the proof they need that everyone else is insane.

  9. 9.

    JPL

    agrippa @ 6 This is what my Representative Tom Price said

    “The U.S. won’t default, because default means that you don’t pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that’s coming in right now” to pay interest to bondholders.

    Politifacts gave it a false rating. DUH

  10. 10.

    cat48

    OK, Our Horrible Nightmare is Almost Over! SteneySmash is gonna get Boehner Out of Trouble & We’ll Get Maybe Cuts that start in a year or two & StenySmash & Nancy Smash Go For the
    Win & Debt Ceiling Vote. They’ve been working on it & Boehner is about to have a stroke, Steny says so Steny & Nancy for the Win!

    Also2 Maybe Stimulus!

  12. 12.

    JPL

    cat48 @ 10…If Boehner introduced a bill that would only get votes from the democrats, he would still need the help of some republicans. At that point he would lose his leadership position. Do you really think Boehner will put country first?

  13. 13.

    Yevgraf

    Days of Wine and Roses – Jack Lemmon is the Teatards and Lee Remick is America.

  14. 14.

    KCinDC

    Is it possible for a talking point to be too moronic for Republicans to repeat? Apparently not, since I’m seeing blog comments from wingnuts saying that Obama is the one trying to crash the economy and benefit politically. Because we all know how great it is for a president to be running for reelection with a lousy economy.

  16. 16.

    jwb

    For some reason I found the Moustache of Understanding inadvertently amusing this morning. What Congress and the President really needed to do, you see, was hold hearings and form a commission! That’s the proper way for government to solve this problem. What an idea! How serious!

  17. 17.

    Jason Bylinowski

    @KCinDC: the editorial of my hometown paper (The Augusta Chronicle, a pretty big deal around here) just said the exact same thing, said it was all intentional and part of his crazy plot to discredit the Republicans. Our paper has always been wingnutty but it’s gotten to where I just don’t even bother to look at the back pages anymore.

  20. 20.

    Bailey

    The “I’m on a mission from God” scene from The Blues Brothers. (Though I hate to tarnish a good movie with the teabagger association.)

  22. 22.

    KCinDC

    Raven, the talking point that Obama is making it all up and not raising the debt ceiling won’t cause any problems is moronic, but the one that Obama is intentionally crashing the economy for political gain is an entirely new level of stupidity—though it does follow the Republican habit of projecting their own motivations onto others, even when they don’t make sense.

  24. 24.

    AxelFoley

    “To be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man! And I’m the man! WHOOOOOOO!”

    Not from a movie, but you can’t go wrong with a Ric Flair quote.

  27. 27.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    KCinDC

    But, of course, I happen to believe that the pukes are doing exactly that, crashing the economy for their gain. My question remains, what do you think they are going to say. “We are crashing the economy for our gain”?

  28. 28.

    AxelFoley

    OOOH-OOOH! These are some good ones from Bruce Lee:

    “Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.”

    “Don’t think; feel. It’s like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all the heavenly glory.”

    “You have offended my family and you have offended the Shaolin Temple.”

  29. 29.

    gene108

    I don’t think Republican members of Congress would kiss each other on the lips, therefore they wouldn’t use Thelma & Louise as an appropriate basis for their decision making.

    Note, they have no problem with driving over the cliff in a suicide pact, but the kissing….grrrrrooooooosssssssss…

  30. 30.

    Judge Crater

    No contest, it’s Dr. Strangelove with Major Kong (Slim Pickens) riding a nuke into the Evil Empire. link

    It’s the Tea Party’s wet dream.

  31. 31.

    Face

    Between all the false hopes, dick swinging, and disappointment, this has lots in common with The Crying Game.

  32. 32.

    JPL

    Raven, I called Price’s office and even though he can release idiotic statements, he hasn’t made up his mind yet.

  33. 33.

    JPL

    I wish I could remember quotes because I’m sure there is something from Pan’s Labyrinth that would be appropriate.

  35. 35.

    Mark S.

    Surprised no one’s mentioned Titanic.

    Here’s the Dems’ plan. I don’t think there’s enough time and I think we’ll default. One thing I know for sure is that I would rather us default now than accept Orange’s plan to do this all over again in 6 months. This has completely taken everything else off the table for the past 6 months, and it’s pathetic.

  36. 36.

    Mark S.

    Speaking of stupid shit:

    The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s losing $30 million a day in taxes because Congress let the agency’s revenue-raising authority expire.

    But as Thomas Friedman likes to say, when God closes a door, he makes you lemonade:

    Most major airlines have raised base ticket prices by at least 7.5 percent to capture the forgone federal revenue, Rick Seaney, chief executive officer of FareCompare.com, a website that tracks ticket prices, said in an e-mailed report. “With the added ticket revenue and the reduction in sales tax on jet fuel, this could be a major boon for airline bottom lines if the issue goes unresolved for several weeks,” Seaney wrote in an e-mail.

  40. 40.

    Ash Can

    @Mark S.: And when the FAA finally gets its ability to collect revenue back, the airlines will bump ticket prices up so that they can keep collecting that extra little windfall, and when passengers get grumpy about it, the GOP and their mass-media enablers will explain that it’s all Obama’s fault.

  42. 42.

    jwest

    Palin: You have to answer for the economy, Barack. You ran the country into bankruptcy.
    Obama: Sarah, you got it all wrong.
    Palin: Ah, that little farce you played with the debt ceiling. You think that would fool a Tea Partier?
    Obama: Sarah, I’m innocent. I swear on the kids.
    Palin: Sit down.
    Obama: Please don’t do this to me, Sarah. Please don’t.
    Palin: Big government is dead. So is socialism. Uncontrolled spending. Tax hikes. Class warfare. Today I settled all government business so don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Admit what you did.
    [Barack starts sobbing]
    Palin: Get him a drink. Don’t be afraid, Barack. Come on, you think I’d make an ex-president a convict? I’m your successor.
    [Barack gets handed a drink]
    Palin: Go ahead. Drink. Drink. No, you’re out of government business, that’s your punishment. You’re finished. I’m putting you on a plane to Chicago. John?
    [Boehner hands Barack an airplane ticket]
    Palin: I want you to stay there, you understand?
    [Barack nods]
    Palin: Only don’t tell me that you’re innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry. Now, who approached you first? Soros or Katzenburg?
    Obama: It was Soros.
    Palin: Good. There’s a car outside that will take you to the airport. I’ll call your wife and tell her what flight you’re on.
    Obama: Listen, Sarah…
    Palin: Go on. Get out of my sight.

  44. 44.

    Hewer of Wood, Drawer of Water

    If only because of the stupid, futile gesture, I think of Animal House

  45. 45.

    no video at work

    Interesting thread but they block all video here at work *SIGH*

    I could hear Boner quoting a bad line from ‘Waterhole Number 3’ when trying to excuse his rape of the sheriffs daughter:
    “Assault with a friendly weapon?”

    Clueless, tasteless and completely oblivious to the violence he is committing.

  48. 48.

    Culture of Truth

    So… Boehner STILL can’t get the votes for his fake non-cutting plan which couldn’t get through the Senate or White House anyway….

  49. 49.

    JGabriel

    I don’t think there’s video of it, but the Republicans are Breivik massacring our future.

    .

  50. 50.

    jwest

    Barack Obama: I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to the budget process… on the day of the budget process. And I hope my first budget is a masculine budget.

  51. 51.

    Culture of Truth

    Deathly Hallows Part II:

    “You have one hour to send out the black President, or we will kill your country…”

    .

  52. 52.

    Chyron HR

    Now, who approached you first? Soros or Katzenburg?

    We interrupt your regularly scheduled Teabagger fantasies to bring you some Judenhass.

  53. 53.

    grape_crush

    I saw someone else reference Thelma and Louise earlier in the week…it’s an apt comparison, only that we get to see from a first-person perspective what happens after the car lands.

  55. 55.

    gex

    @45 – Ditto. Would it be so hard to describe what the link is to? I’ve never understood the point of posting but giving your post a very high chance of not saying anything to anyone.

  58. 58.

    catclub

    “This has completely taken everything else off the table for the past 6 months, and it’s pathetic.”

    NOT AN ACCIDENT. They needed something to keep people from asking “Where are the JOBS bills?” This has worked marvelously.

  61. 61.

    scav

    My suggestion has more to do with what reflecting their internal state and that’s the freaking test screen. Almost went with static, but even that amount of meaningless motion seemed too coherent and, well, active, for them.

  63. 63.

    JGabriel

    @jwest: Dude, if you must indulge your Sarah Palin fetish, at least do it in private. It’s like watching John McCain eat his own splooge in public.

    .

  65. 65.

    mantis

    exiled from Outside the Beltway? Wow. Dude must have some issues.

    Yeah, they cleaned house a few weeks back, banning a few commenters who couldn’t stop posting racist screeds and constantly trying to change the topic of every thread. jwest did both.

  66. 66.

    jwest

    Mantis,

    It appears unapologetic liberals have a bit more tolerance for opposing views than liberals posing as libertarians.

  69. 69.

    sukabi

    the main problem with the Thelma & Louise analogy, is that Thelma & Louise are thoroughly likable characters through out the movie, even up to the end… the Teabaggers & Repubs, thoroughly repellent sociopaths from start to finish…

  70. 70.

    AxelFoley

    re: jwest

    I was wondering where this new troll came from.

    You won’t be long for this blog, my friend.

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