Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Bark louder, little dog.

In my day, never was longer.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!

“woke” is the new caravan.

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

Take your GOP plan out of the witness protection program.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

In short, I come down firmly on all sides of the issue.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

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Life as an iconic hairdo isn’t as glamorous as media depictions would have you believe. Take the sad case of the self-contained hair-pod that resides on the noggin of the third Mrs. Gingrich.

If you only knew what those titanium tresses have had to endure. Crushing ennui brought on by endless rubber-chicken circuit events. Listening to the same tired stump speech and wondering dimly who this “Saul Alinsky” person is (Emmanuel Goldstein maybe?).

Rope-line encounters with supporters sporting hideous, tightly permed follicular fortresses reeking of Walmart “Great Value” brand conditioner. Stale hotel rooms with Fox & Friends blaring in the background and cheap Conair blow-dryers affixed inconveniently to the bathroom wall. And then of course there’s…him.

Mrs. Gingrich’s hair has had quite enough, thank you, and she hopes last night’s substandard performance by the spouse of her owner will finally put an end to this absurdity so they can return to Fairfax County and the tender ministrations of Salon de Paris and Mr. Pierre’s miraculous keratin treatments.

The end. (Please consider this an open thread.)

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  4. 4.

    FFrank

    I’m calling it now. NEWT wins FL because no REAL Republican watches the debates. And those that are voting in FL are going for NOT ROMNEY. And the Santorum is spread too thinly and drying out to act as a lube to slide it in and win the FL race.

    Michele Bachman is kicking herself right now ;-).

  5. 5.

    Cermet

    No matter how the race goes, its a win for Obama. Rommy really never had to worry – money buys all in a thug election.

  7. 7.

    DanielX

    Oooh, snap! You have to admit that hair is absolutely amazing, though. Forget airbags if she’s ever in a car accident, that ‘do looks like you couldn’t muss it with a cruise missile.

  8. 8.

    flukebucket

    Just heard Jake Tapper say on ABC that Obama could not run on his accomplishments because he had not had any and the few things that he had gotten done were not popular with the people. I guess that is the way the media will frame the election going forward.

  9. 9.

    c u n d gulag

    Not so fast!

    She won’t be off our radar screens anytime soon.

    That hair-do wasn’t exactly made using “stealth” technology.

    PING!

  10. 10.

    geg6

    Oh, Betty! For this post alone, if for nothing else, you are a great addition to BJ.

    That hair! My dawg! And can someone please tell me why a woman who is probably at least a decade younger than me chooses to look at least a decade older than me?

  12. 12.

    spartacus

    For some reason, I especially like the integrated-visor look in pic #3.

    I think the hair is counting on having Lincoln-bedroom-invitation privileges, so I’d say it’s all too early to call.

  13. 13.

    vernonlee

    So now that song will be stuck in my head for hours.

    BTW, not to be catty (er, well maybe no more catty than necessary), I was surprised to learn she’s 46. So @geg6: yeah.

  22. 22.

    harlana

    Betty, absolutely love it!

    btw, the braindead question about who would be the best first lady, i missed part of his response, did Newt say any of his 3 wives??

  27. 27.

    Privatize the Profits! Socialize the Costs!

    Yes, Callista has revolutionized modern Republican hair as we know it.

    Could her secret be from that famous scene from the movie “There’s Something About Mary”…?

  36. 36.

    maya

    Hummm. Saul Alinski? Could he be thinking of Sheldon Adelson IDF sniper fanboy and BFF (Best Financial Friend)?

  37. 37.

    Sean

    Do we really have to pass the time mocking the candidates’ wives’ looks? Isn’t there enough to be mocked in the views of the actual candidates?

  42. 42.

    trollhattan

    I’m thinking Callista rides a Ducati and isn’t required to wear a Bell. An amazing…assemblage.

  43. 43.

    jimPortlandOR

    just a day ago, my very conservative older sis and talked about the hair lady. She called it an NFL or NHL helmet. This from someone who hasn’t watched any non-Fox news in at least 20 years – and her Rush-listening hubby thinks the hair is a cast-iron replica of somebody.

  44. 44.

    jl

    Oh, third Mrs. Gingrich? When I first saw the pix, I thought we were talking the Trump-do here.

    But I didn’t notice the lady shoes.

  45. 45.

    Stillwater

    Awesome post, Betty. Personally, I’d very much like to see even further explorations into the inner life of hair.

  46. 46.

    Betty Cracker

    @jl: Now, now. Mrs. G3 apparently has multiple hairs growing out of separate follicles. I think Trump gravitates toward long-haired blondes so he can extract snarls of their hair from the shower drain and slap it onto his bald pate!

  48. 48.

    Kilkee

    Late in the game, I think that Calista is a big drag on Newt in the unlikely event he gets the nom. Zillions of women will go to the polls and say “Ain’t makin’ that home-breakin’ be-ooch the First Freakin Lady…..”

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