Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

In my day, never was longer.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.

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

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

People are weird.

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

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

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

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

I really should read my own blog.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Petty moves from a petty man.

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

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

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  1. 1.

    Emrventures

    My brain tells me I should vote based on policy, and I try to, but damn I like having a cool president.

  4. 4.

    Kristine

    According to the mouseover, the name of the page is “Obamajuice 2012”–is that the search name I should use for ActBlue? Because if I follow the link and then log in, I am directed to a page of most popular donation pages, and I’m never able to find the page on which I wanted to donate.

    I like logging in first, b/c then I am able to keep better track of donations.

  5. 5.

    Tone In DC

    “What is it about working men and women that the GOP finds so offensive?”

    Ted, that was a great line.

    And, yeah, I like having a cool president, too.

  6. 6.

    Emrventures

    At :29 seconds or so he does a head turn after telling a joke, and right there there’s a stone-cold look that says I’m going kick your ass you run against me. Clinton had that ability too. Mitt Romney doesn’t want to run against this guy. It’s why Republicans keep reaching for the person they think has the chops to rip Obama apart. This time, Obama’s had four years of practice being president. Once the campaign really gets wound up, he’s going to tear Romney limb from limb.

  7. 7.

    Shadow's Mom

    Wish this had come up 2 days ago. Yesterday, I donated $100 directly to the Obama campaign website. As I’d planned to also donate comparable amounts to DCCC and DSCC to help ensure that we retain Senate majority and increase House representation, I’m not in position to do more here. Happy to add on later.

  9. 9.

    kgc16

    @Emrventures: Snicker ;) And can I just say, man is it nice to be talking about someone inspirational for a change. Didn’t realize how much I missed it after these weeks of Santorum, Catholic bishops, Limbaugh, and Breitbart. I just watched that clip two times, and I feel better already. Thanks!

  10. 10.

    Emrventures

    I can only assume the teleprompter had [Connect with audience] scrolling by on it.

  12. 12.

    JGabriel

    Things are getting nasty at The Cato Institute. It looks like the real reason for the Koch Brother’s attempted takeover is to add Cato to it’s private shadow network of organizations operating below the radar with the single goal of beating Obama in Novemeber. This is the kind of thing we’re up against.

    Ilya Somin via Jonathan Adler @ The Volokh Conspiracy:

    Last year, [David and Charles Koch] used their shares to place two of their operatives – Kevin Gentry and Nancy Pfotenhauer – on [Cato’s] board against the wishes of every single board member save for David Koch. Last Thursday, they used their shares to force another four new board members on us (the most that their shares would allow at any given meeting); Charles Koch, Ted Olson (hired council for Koch Industries), Preston Marshall (the largest shareholder of Koch Industries save for Charles and David), and Andrew Napolitano (a frequent speaker at Koch-sponsored events). Those four – who had not previously been involved with Cato either financially or organizationally – were likewise opposed by every member of our board save for Gentry, Pfotenhauer, and David Koch. To make room for these Koch operatives, we were forced to remove four long-time, active board members, two of whom were our biggest donors. At this moment, the Kochs now control seven of our 16 board seats, two short of outright control.
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    Why are they forcing out Cato board members, all strong, principled libertarians who have been heavily involved with Cato – financially and organizationally – for years? The answer was given in early November of last year when David Koch, Richard Fink (he of many Koch hats), and Kevin Gentry met with Cato board chairman Bob Levy. They told Bob that they intended to use their board majority to remove Ed Crane from Cato and transform our Institute into an intellectual ammo-shop for American for Prosperity and other allied (presumably, Koch-controlled) organizations. That statement of intent is certainly consistent with what we’ve been hearing from both Kevin Gentry and Nancy Pfotenauer. They’ve frequently complained during their short time on our board that Cato wasn’t doing enough to defeat President Obama in November and that we weren’t working closely enough with grass roots activists like those at AFP. [Emphasis added.]

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  13. 13.

    gbear

    @JGabriel: Hopeully they’ll spend millions battling each other and won’t have it resolved until it’s too late to put the focus back on the November elections. One can hope.

  15. 15.

    Culture of Truth

    Santorum: Obama Is a “Rock Star”

    “Back in 2008, the American public at a time of crisis went for a rock star that they believed could solve their problems, someone that they believed in to make a difference in their lives”

  17. 17.

    PeakVT

    @JGabriel: If the Kochs want to destroy Cato’s brand image (to the extent that it exists among libertarians) that’s fine by me.

    @Culture of Truth: Rih would be irritated by that. After all, he apparently wants Americans to vote for someone who would make their problems worse: him.

  19. 19.

    Culture of Truth

    @Emrventures: No one wants to run against him. That’s why no one is, except for grifters and has-beens, and the relentless Wall Street robot.

  20. 20.

    Violet

    @Culture of Truth:
    I’m disappointed Santorum seems to be dropping in the Ohio polls and Mitt is gaining. I want the Republican primary to go on forever. So entertaining.

  21. 21.

    Chris

    Back in 2008, the American public at a time of crisis went for a rock star that they believed could solve their problems

    Right, because that’s exactly who people turn to when they want a solution to their problems. Rock stars.

  22. 22.

    Violet

    No one could have predicted:

    American Spectator Calls On Conservatives To ‘Rally Around Rush’
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    The advertisers who pulled their spots from Rush Limbaugh’s show after a barrage of criticism from groups on the left may be about to face a barrage of criticism from the right. The American Spectator has published a list of advertisers who abandoned Rush’s show and called on its readers to contact the companies and express their displeasure:
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    No one disputes the right of any would-be sponsor to choose where they place their advertising dollars. That simply isn’t the question.
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    The question is: do these sponsors listed above, all willing participants in this thuggish behavior, understand that they are going out of their way to self-identify with those who have quite effectively demonstrated themselves to be anti-free speech thugs?

    Go on, wingnuts. Eat your own.

  23. 23.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    We’ve got a Newt Super Pac ad running on the radio here in NC right now and I cannot fathom why they thought it would be a good idea. It is basically a fake radio host listening to a female fake caller who says she likes Newt cause he can “whip” Obama. *head desk*

  26. 26.

    Violet

    @Litlebritdifrnt:
    Must be a national buy, I heard it where I live and I’m nowhere near NC. It’s paid for by Newt’s SuperPAC. They said that at the end of the spot.

  27. 27.

    eastriver

    You’re purposely misinterpreting what Mittens meant by “firing people”. Don’t be a putz. Leave the lies and misleading shit to the other side. Kay?

  29. 29.

    Brachiator

    @JGabriel:

    Things are getting nasty at The Cato Institute. It looks like the real reason for the Koch Brother’s attempted takeover is to add Cato to it’s private shadow network of organizations operating below the radar with the single goal of beating Obama in Novemeber.

    Well, yeah. This makes sense.

    The only question is whether libertarians will show that they have even less spine than Democrats during the Reign of Dubya, and passively let this stuff go by?

    Probably.

    Meanwhile, some libertarian leaning techies continue to love the GOP:

    Take Marc Andreessen, for example. He has contributed $100,000 to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign via a SuperPAC.
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    Andreessen is the biggest fish there is in Valley right now. He’s on the board of Facebook and HP. He’s already a huge investor in startups through his VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and he still has billions more to seed.
    __
    In this CNBC clip, Andreessen says he supports Romney because he is a “dyed-in-the-wool” businessman who understand that “regulations” get in the way of business. Andreessen says he used to support Democrats, like Clinton/Gore, for example, but “I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.”

  30. 30.

    JGabriel

    @PeakVT:

    If the Kochs want to destroy Cato’s brand image (to the extent that it exists among libertarians) that’s fine by me.

    Can’t say I’m terribly worried about Cato’s image either. What’s worrisome is the damage the Kochs can do funneling their billions under the guise of a nominally non-partisan and widely cited think tank.

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  31. 31.

    JGabriel

    BI via Brachiator:

    Take Marc Andreessen, for example. He has contributed $100,000 to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign via a SuperPAC. … Andreessen says he used to support Democrats, like Clinton/Gore, for example, but “I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.”

    Why? Is there something genetic in Andreessen’s family history that turns men into morons when they hit forty?

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  32. 32.

    Violet

    @Brachiator:

    Andreessen says he used to support Democrats, like Clinton/Gore, for example, but “I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.”

    WTF? Is he the kind of guy who makes all his decisions via aphorisms his drunk uncle used to tell him at holiday gatherings?

  33. 33.

    Raven

    I donated to the cause in Wisconsin and now I get an email from everyone running for dog catcher and up. I don’t mind giving but I really don’t like getting on these mailing lists.

  34. 34.

    PeakVT

    “I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.”

    Translation: Got mine, fuck you, and the Repukes are more likely to keep things that way.

  36. 36.

    TooManyJens

    Andreessen says he used to support Democrats, like Clinton/Gore, for example, but “I turned 40 last year and so I figured it was time to make the switch.”

    Jesus Christ, I hate EVERYBODY today.

    Edit: OK, not quite everybody. AOL just dropped Limbaugh. http://twitpic.com/8setlh

  38. 38.

    Applejinx

    I guess there’s no reason you can’t have DUMB billionaires.

    More specifically- I think a few of those guys think, ‘it’s nice to have a functioning society’, and a fair number of the rest figure, ‘there should be no taxes and no regulations because I’m rich, so if society needs anything _I’ll_ do it, thank you’.

    Sort of a perverted noblesse oblige. Like ‘by definition, if anything happens ever, it should be ME making it happen, or it’s not worth happening’.

  39. 39.

    JGabriel

    @Applejinx:

    Sort of a perverted noblesse oblige.

    Problem is, 55 years of American asshole training via the Ayn Rand oeuvre has pretty much obliterated any sense of oblige the noblesse, nouveau or ancien, may have ever been inclined to indulge.

    .

  40. 40.

    David Koch

    What a terrible video clip.

    We should have listened to our progressive betters and supported Ron Paul.

  41. 41.

    Anoniminous

    I’m not supporting anyone for President who doesn’t publicly sing a 1950’s TV theme song while on the campaign trail. In order to be bipartisan and show I’m not a Professional Leftist I’ll stretch the time limit to 1964.

    But. That’s. IT!

  42. 42.

    David Koch

    @Anoniminous: I won’t support Obama until he stops singing Let’s Stay Together and Sweet Home Chicago and starts singing Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

  43. 43.

    slightly-peeved

    Marc Andreessen; he’s one of those guys who made millions doing a minor value add to a DARPA project, isn’t he? Any dot-com millionaire complaining about the concept of government involvement in the marketplace shits me to tears.

  44. 44.

    David Koch

    @slightly-peeved: This.

    The truth is he’s greedy. I’ve seen him make various greedy statements on tee vee the past 10 years centering on how US tech workers earn too much money. Seriously.

  46. 46.

    SarahT

    @JGabriel: HA ! I’d like to see guys like this “make the switch” to being poor. And speaking of being poor, just donated at the link – wish it could’ve been more. Being a liberal east coast elitist college grad really doesn’t pay well these days…

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