Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

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

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Come on, man.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

People are complicated. Love is not.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

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

After roe, women are no longer free.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

“woke” is the new caravan.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

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

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

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

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

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  1. 1.

    beltane

    When I think of the GOP debate it is only Lily’s anal glands, not her beautiful face, that comes to mind.

  3. 3.

    lamh32

    Like I said I would rather stick hot pokers in my eyes, while simultaneously stabbing myself in the gut as I submerge myself in a tub of rubbing alcohol.

    So thx for those who will be watching.

  11. 11.

    Alex S.

    Since first impressions are so important: Brian Williams comes out swinging, Mitt Romney looks like a loser. (Edit: I should add why: The suit is too bright/boyish, and the hair looks worse than Perry’s)

  16. 16.

    Dave C

    Instead of torturing myself by watching the Crazy Fucking Clown Show, I’m going to play some Dragon Age (Origins). I’ll catch the highlights later.

  17. 17.

    lamh32

    @Hunter Gathers: ok, let’s see, 60 minutes in 1 hour each question will prob take bout 5 min to get out…so that’s about what 5-10 questions…multiplied times the number of candidates…divided by house long it takes Mittens to look up from his notes…rounded to the number of time Ricky P says “yee-haw…we do it big in TExas ya’ll” added to whatever crazy that will be spouted by Ronny P and Lil Michelley B. factor in little characters and Newts usually long answers and we should hear Ronaldus Magmus” name about…

    2 Bajillions times to infiinty.

  24. 24.

    JCT

    Hey Michelle — can you tell us some more about your dear mentor and role model PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY ?

    AKA the female Dick Cheney as far as I am concerned.

  25. 25.

    dmsilev

    Wow, a “Al Gore is fat created the Internet” reference. Someone just checked off a box on their Wingnut Bingo card.

  30. 30.

    Jager

    Rick Perry is just the perfect Republican Daddy, a big, well dressed smart ass.

    Why doesn’t Romney just say it, living in the Bay State was living hell.

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    And we have our first Reagan reference. Congratulations, Jon Hunstman, you’ve won a commemorative Nancy Reagan mug.

  42. 42.

    Boudica

    I’m confused. Perry claims that Romney created more jobs in MA than Obama has created. But then claims he created more jobs in TX in the last few months than Mittens created….don’t Perry’s job creations count towards Obama’s total, meaning Obama’s total must be more than Mittens’?

  43. 43.

    JGabriel

    @dmsilev:

    And we have our first Reagan reference. Congratulations, Jon Hunstman…

    Was it sincere or ironic? Did he do it just to help out all those Wingnut Bingo players?

    Would it even be possible for us to tell the difference?

    .

  44. 44.

    lamh32

    I do love twitter:

    “I feel like Mitt and Rick are in their own version of the Highlander and there can only be one Republican Ken Doll for President. #GOPdebate”

  47. 47.

    JPL

    Paul is right..If enough folks die taking tainted drug and driving unsafe cars then we don’t need those darn regs.

  48. 48.

    Boudica

    Now Ron Paul wants me to trust my car manufacturer to make safe cars for me w/o gov’t interference. Right…..Dream land these guys live in. Lucky for me my brownies are coming out of the oven….

  54. 54.

    Bnut

    And I thought the cheesy tuna pasta I made tonight wit Silk instead of milk was bad. This debate is like diarrhea.

  63. 63.

    dmsilev

    Moderator to Rick Perry: “Health care in Texas sucks. 50th out of 50 states. Care to comment?”

  66. 66.

    JGabriel

    @Boudica:

    Perry claims that Romney created more jobs in MA than Obama has created. But then claims he created more jobs in TX in the last few months than Mittens created….don’t Perry’s job creations count towards Obama’s total, meaning Obama’s total must be more than Mittens’?

    tHAT’S THE KIND OF IRRASHI iRAAT irASHUNAL THINKING THAT’RE TIPICLE OF LIBTARDZ! iF gOD SEZ ITS SO ,THEN IT MUST BE TROO! aND rICK pEARY WOULDN’T SAY IT IF GOD DIDN’T!

    dID i SPELL “THINKING” RITE? IT LOOKS RONG TO ME.

    .

  68. 68.

    lamh32

    btw guys, Tweety is on twitter you can practically hear the excessive saliva he seems to always have in his mouth.

  70. 70.

    MikeJ

    @dmsilev: You can’t hold the government of texas responsible for the fact that they have the laziest, most stupid people who therefore are not Galtian superheroes who earn enough for decent healthcare.

  76. 76.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    Fat little fucker.

    If the moderators swallow this shit I take back everything I said.

  80. 80.

    Jager

    Huntsman has turned himself into the president of your local Chamber of Commerce…who ever thought he was a reasonable Republican. There isn’t one of these asshats who could go toe to toe with Obama on any issue….

    Newt is nuts, must be the change from his unpaid for private jets to the middle row in coach.

  82. 82.

    Bnut

    Is Newt even running? It’s like he’s just cheerleading. Also, methinks Huntsman is gunning for that VP slot.

  83. 83.

    JGabriel

    lamh32:

    is it me or my tv or does Huntsman look like he went overboard on the self-tanner?

    Don’t know. I, quite fortunately, don’t have TV, so I can’t actually watch this thing. I’m just playing along with the comments.

    .

  85. 85.

    lamh32

    shorter Newt: how dare you to answer questions about my GOP colleagues records. what do you think this is a GOP debate?

  87. 87.

    Anne Laurie

    @lamh32:

    Herman Cain is STILL in this thing?

    Why not? The media is still willing to give him a forum for his “ideas”, and it beats trying to get the grandkids to unplug the danged hippity-hop and pay attention!

  89. 89.

    JCT

    Here I am watching this clown show and my son just asked me to help him with his college application to UT – Austin. Jesus, what timing with that ridiculous asshat Perry on the TeeVee.

  93. 93.

    lamh32

    @JGabriel: oh I’m not even watching it, I was flipping and happen to land on MSNBC as Huntsman was talking…dude ain’t giving Orange Julius a run for his money yet, but he def getting there.

  98. 98.

    Boudica

    I heard on NPR that we now have more green energy jobs in this country than oil jobs….but Mittens wants to know where the green energy jobs are?

  102. 102.

    nellcote

    Bachmann just said gas was 1.79 a gallon when Obama took office. I don’t remember that. They’re all just pulling numbers out of their asses!

  103. 103.

    lamh32

    wait are they really asking GOP about poverty in black and brown communities…um unless it’s being used to bludgeon POTUS over the head with it, these people could care less…especially Herman Cain!

  104. 104.

    JGabriel

    @L. Ron Obama:

    You know these live video things are available on the internets now.

    I wasn’t sure if this was going to be streamed over the intertubez or not, then I asked myself, “JGabriel,” cuz using my name makes me feel all third-person holy trinity’n’shit, “JGabriel, is that something you really wanna look up?”

    And I didn’t.

    .

  105. 105.

    dmsilev

    Bachman: “Every dime increase in gasoline is 14 billion dollars out of the pocket of every American”. Dunno about you folks, but I found 14 billion dollars in the sofa cushions yesterday, so I’m good.

  107. 107.

    Alex S.

    Huntsman: Presidential leadership is important! Tell us where we should be going!

    Though in general, I can’t deny, the candidates are in good form, except for Mitt.

  115. 115.

    Jager

    Does Huntsman know that for the past few months the US has been a net exporter of oil? The oil companies are selling it on the world market cause the price is higher than it is in the US…meanwhile gas is up 93 cents a gallon over last year! A line up of turds, turds!

  118. 118.

    MikeJ

    @Bnut:

    Wait, was gas really that low in 2008? I sure don’t remember that shit.

    WE were in a worldwide recession where there was no demand for shipping. Yes, Michelle Bachmann would get it below $2/gl by tanking the economy.

  120. 120.

    JGabriel

    @Linda Featheringill: Thank you, Linda.

    Now that I know where it’s being streamed, I guess I should watch a li’l bit.

    Oooh, just in time for Ron Paul’s entry in the “No, I Loved Reagan Most Purely” Contest.

    .

  126. 126.

    Anne Laurie

    @Boudica:

    Perry claims that Romney created more jobs in MA than Obama has created. But then claims he created more jobs in TX in the last few months than Mittens created….don’t Perry’s job creations count towards Obama’s total, meaning Obama’s total must be more than Mittens’?

    In ReaganWorld, “gubmint” jobs don’t count, just good Heartland Republican(tm) jobs.

  129. 129.

    JGabriel

    Who’s the guy next to BriWi that looks like a cross between Pat Buchanan and the Pillsbury Dough Boy?

    .

  130. 130.

    gwangung

    Ever since Cole discovered Twitter, he never comments in his posts. It’s like Cole doesn’t love us anymore.
    __
    Wahhh!

    Given what he has to clean up, why do you wonder?

  132. 132.

    RossInDetroit

    Is this about a thing on the Television? We used to have one of those but it stopped working when they sold the signals or something.
    Oh well. I’ll just read Catch 22. Pretty much the same plot but with chase scenes.

  133. 133.

    JGabriel

    Nancy Reagan says it was a very lucky day, the day she met Ronald. The first Mrs. Reagan, not so much.

    .

  140. 140.

    RossInDetroit

    This headline in the NYT:

    Heat-Seeking Missiles Vanish From Libyan Stores

    And I was like, “Honey! They have missile stores in Lib.. Oh, never mind”

  146. 146.

    Boudica

    My son just asked why the debaters are a bunch of 60 year old men. I told him it’s because that’s what the Republican party is.

  148. 148.

    Jager

    Mrs J just walked in and said, “what the hell happened to Bachman’s hair, she looks like a crazy woman, her stylist must have finally caught up to her politics”

  149. 149.

    nellcote

    @Boudica:

    Of course, gas was cheap then…the economy was in the shitter.

    I always forget that gas is at least .50 more in CA. also.too

  151. 151.

    Boudica

    Huntsman: Homeland security is a smaller issue.
    Gingrich: There are evil people out there who want to kill (KILL!) us.

  153. 153.

    RossInDetroit

    @dmsilev:

    “A gallon of gas for a dime. A silver dime”

    I just looked it up and the silver melt value of a Mercury dime is $3 right now.

  154. 154.

    Boudica

    @Perry…You lie!
    The education system in TX has declined in the 10 years you’ve been here. I know, cuz my kids have been through it.

  155. 155.

    JCT

    @Roger Moore:

    Good point.

    The Republicans want a bold leader like Pinochet to lead them.

    I can just see all of these imbecile GOP candidates jumping up and down and saying “pick me, pick me – I want to be Pinochet”.

  156. 156.

    Boudica

    And companies coming to TX doesn’t prove that you’re educating people well enough for the companies to hire them. It just proves that people are so desperate for jobs, the companies come to TX to hire desperate people at minimum wage.

  157. 157.

    Jager

    Newt reminds me of the crazy bastard who corners you at a cocktail party and runs his shit, to the point where when you try to walk away and he grabs your arm, then you have the excuse to punch him in his fat face!

  158. 158.

    Samara Morgan

    Cole is much better on twitter.
    my twitter stream is almost pure Cole right now because apparently everyone else i follow has been rendered comatose by this debate.
    except for al jazeera– they never sleep.

  159. 159.

    Samara Morgan

    Johngcole John Cole
    Has anyone pointed out we can’t even copntrol the fucking border in the Green Zone in Iraq?
    23 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

    and we still have 47,000 troops there!
    :)

  160. 160.

    RossInDetroit

    Yeah, Cole’s on an ethanol lubricated roll on the Twitmachine.

    I think he’s found his forum.

  164. 164.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh32:

    With you on both. Best wishes for a full and uneventful recovery, Andrea. Hope you’re around to annoy us with your reporting for many years.

    /no snark

  168. 168.

    Samara Morgan

    Michele Bachmans eyes were transplanted from Dr. Mondo, Pee Wee’s hypnosis doll.
    i swear its true.

    Johngcole John Cole
    Who the fuck did Bachmann’s hair? Furminator?
    1 hour ago

    Johngcole John Cole
    BACHMANN- LOOK INTO MY EYES
    1 hour ago

  171. 171.

    asiangrrlMN

    Lily is simply lovely. I refuse to watch the debate. I prefer to read my Twitter Timeline. It’s like the Cliff Notes, only smarter, snarkier, and saner.

  174. 174.

    Samara Morgan

    Epiphany!
    Johngcole John Cole
    I have now completely changed my position on Libya.
    2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

  175. 175.

    Samara Morgan

    davidfrum davidfrum
    by Johngcole
    Perry is like Will Ferrell doing Bush, but on half speed
    1 minute ago

  177. 177.

    JCT

    Great comment by Josh Marshall at TPM:

    Jon Huntsman defending science on stage at GOP event and the crowd goes silent like a candidate were forced to explain a NAMBLA membership.

    Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a NAMBLA membership. IOKIYAR

  180. 180.

    Samara Morgan

    Perry can barely speak coherently.
    AMG he IS the transgendered sarah palin.

    mixed with the genetic mosaic of Billy Jack.
    the ultimate justice …..
    we are so fucked.

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