Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

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

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

Come on, man.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

the 10% who apparently lack object permanence

When they say they are pro-life, they do not mean yours.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

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

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

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

Let there be snark.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Trump should be leading, not lying.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Innocent people do not delay justice.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

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  1. 1.

    nancydarling

    John, when I was a little girl, we had a parakeet named Jake who could say quite a few words, among them “Oh, shut up” which my brother and I said a lot to each other apparently. Thanks for the laugh and the memories.

  3. 3.

    Xecky Gilchrist

    Who schedules a debate for a Saturday night?

    People who are hoping to God that nobody actually watches the debate apart from a few cranks?

  5. 5.

    Benjamin Franklin

    “who schedules a debate for Saturday Night?”

    It’s a tough economy and I can’t afford to go to the movies

  7. 7.

    Yutsano

    @The Dangerman: I’m amazed you’re capable of typing. I figured you’d be drunk out of your skull after the UCLA hiring. We’ll talk more later, I need a nap.

  9. 9.

    lamh35

    Gonna miss the debate. I’m at an “adult” Christmas party…i.e there will be a Santa, but he probably gonna be half-naked! Y’all go ahead and enjoy the GOP freak show…lol

  12. 12.

    RossInDetroit

    @SensesFail:

    Does anyone know where to find some good snark-filled debate live-blogging?

    Usually The Guardian. But I’m too bored with the whole thing to go look. Let us know if you find out. YAAWWWNN!!

  20. 20.

    maya

    Well, my yahoo page is filled with “Newt is the target”, “can Newt deliver?”,”will Romney go negative, Newt positive?”,”will they go the full 15 rounds?” Obviously they have a ho in this race. I think Newt will ‘rope-a-dope’ his way through it. I’ll read about it here, in the am

  21. 21.

    Brian S

    All week long, we’ve been getting emails from the university administration about taking care of the school’s image when it comes to responding to the debate. Not one word about what’s going to happen to the image as a result of the debate, but then again, Iowans are polite like that.

    Me, I’m going to a potluck with two bottles of wine and a pie.

  22. 22.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    I wish it was moderated by a panel of comedians, Bill Maher, Chris Rock, Denis Leary and others. Oh BTW they should announce the Heisman soon, why bother watching that whole show on ESPN(which as totally hijacked the prestigious award) and lose an hour of your life.

  25. 25.

    eemom

    This is hilarious — republican debates have gotten so frequent that nobody even notices they’re happening anymore.

    Probly too late for this season, but by next year there’ll be a Deluxe Collector’s Edition Set complete with never-before-seen episodes that you can delight your favorite wingnut with on Christmas morning.

  27. 27.

    garbo

    Alternate programming note: Just downloaded Louis CK’s Live from the Beacon which he is making available directly for download/streaming from his website for $5.

  28. 28.

    The Dangerman

    @Yutsano:

    I figured you’d be drunk out of your skull after the UCLA hiring.

    UCLA Football is … a curious entity. I’m not at all surprised they had to make a reach to get a Coach.

    As for getting lit up, meh, it’s football. Now, if UCLA screws up the Pauley rebuild, I might start drinking heavily; the last design I saw sucked, but it’s changed a few times since that time (each time, radically more expensive, of course).

    What’s wrong with Mora?

    Edit: My understanding is the last 2 coaches have been begging to get the academic entrance requirements decreased, but it ain’t gonna happen. Somehow, Stanford has found the answer; UCLA, not so much….

    …and folks wonder why UCLA can’t get a big name Coach….

  30. 30.

    Linda

    Who schedules a debate for Saturday night?

    People who know nobody will see it, and don’t care. Saturday night is a well-know ratings graveyard, and tonight will be particularly bad since 90% of the offices on earth are having Christmas parties tonight (including mine). So, it’s like scheduling an infomercial, except there won’t be any advertising dollars, but infinitely more potential for comedy.

  31. 31.

    HRA

    “who schedules a debate for Saturday Night?”

    Losers?

    Yeah, I am going to watch it. It’s comic relief after an entire day of being in the kitchen making cookies and cleaning up after it.

  32. 32.

    cathyx

    It’s amazing how much that line is used in movies. I will admit that I hate hearing shut up. That is like fingernails across a chalkboard for me when I hear it.

    I got my 8ft Noble Fir today for $10. It’s in the garage right now. I can’t possibly put it in the house this early because of my cats.

  34. 34.

    Elizabelle

    Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer on CBS.

    And then a brandy and NO debate. Missed all the other ones; why start now?

  36. 36.

    cathyx

    I just checked the TV guide. They don’t televise the debate in real time. It’s on at 9:00pm on the west coast.

  39. 39.

    Tara the Antisocial Social Worker

    @eemom:

    Probly too late for this season, but by next year there’ll be a Deluxe Collector’s Edition Set complete with never-before-seen episodes that you can delight your favorite wingnut with on Christmas morning.

    Try to guess which one is the blooper reel!

  41. 41.

    Vodkamuppet

    I have no money. no plans and I’ve yet to watch one of these “debates”, what channel is it on and when? I wanna see the batshit cray-cray in its entirety for once.

  42. 42.

    Bmaccnm

    A little OT, but… On my way home from work this morning I was listening to Nice Polite Republicans- so sue me- talking about the continued power of the TeaParty, despite the ruins of Michele Bachman, Herb Cain & Rick Perry, and to whom they will throw their awesomely powerful support in New Hampshire. A N.H. Tea Partier was interviewed, saying “I really like Newt Gingrich. I like what he’s got to say. But I’m worried he might turn out to be just another politician.” In some way, this explains why they have so many debates. And why we’re all fuked.

  48. 48.

    curious

    ooh, this should be fun. they are being asked for numbers of jobs they could create. did gingrich really just say 25 million?

  49. 49.

    RossInDetroit

    Bachmann just said abolish the tax code and make the poor pay FIT because they don’t now.

  50. 50.

    RossInDetroit

    I wonder if the government actually employs anyone to count beans in some capacity. Because I would love to have “Federal Bean Counter” on my business card.

  57. 57.

    rikyrah

    from the Clown Car Debate via the liveblogger from the UK’s Guardian:

    Gingrich narrows his eyes and shoots back:

    Let’s be candid the only reason you didn’t become a career politician is you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.
    Ouch! “Just a second, just a second,” wibbles Romney. But Gingrich keeps going and smacks down all of Romney’s points. And wins a big round of applause.

    If this was boxing fight the ref would have stepped in by now.

    In his response, Romney falls back on babbling about numbers.

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