Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

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

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

The revolution will be supervised.

Giving up is unforgivable.

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

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Innocent people do not delay justice.

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

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

Celebrate the fucking wins.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

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  1. 1.

    Culture of Truth

    Obama’s Inauguration Day, January 2013:

    Mitt Romney, driving his bus in circles around the U.S. Capitol, dogs strapped to the roof, blaring his horn, while Neil Munro yells questions out the window.

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    Baud

    Is that really Romney’s campaign slogan?

    Conservative
    Businessman
    Leader

    That’s really lame. Obama’s “Forward” doesn’t have the oomph that “Hope and Change” did, but at least it’s about his vision for the country and not all about himself.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Baud:

    That’s really lame.

    That slogan — Conservative. Businessman. Leader. — is the kind of thing you would expect to see on campaign flyers from some unknown running for city council.

  5. 5.

    RossInDetroit

    @Baud:

    Is that really Romney’s campaign slogan?
    Conservative
    Businessman
    Leader

    Here’s what they want people to stop thinking about him:

    Mormon
    Wealthy
    Job Destroyer

  6. 6.

    harlana

    FUCK, there he is wearing jeans, trying to look like regular people. give me a fucking break. he doesn’t know what a fucking donut is nor would he touch it. at least he knows that a cookie is.

  7. 7.

    harlana

    @amk: I like it. Whenever I seen the clip of him singing, I think of Frank Drebbin trying to sing in Naked Gun.

  8. 8.

    Boudica

    What’s wrong with his right shin? Has this photo been retouched? What is the Romney campaign hiding?

  10. 10.

    amk

    @Baud: Also. Too. His MA govnor records. His real character. His real beliefs. His real self. So on and so forth.

  11. 11.

    harlana

    ok, is it me or is Romney missing a tooth, the gap being visible when he smiles, or fakes a smile, rather, on the upper left side? what’s up with that?

    does he have a bridge which he pulls out when mingling with the help who very often cannot afford dental care?

    does anybody believe that he, unlike the unwashed masses, couldn’t afford to have his teeth fixed?!

  13. 13.

    Watusie

    Today I also officially began my multi-day bus trip through an assortment of American states. I must confess I had some trepidation, as buses are generally for commoners or musical groups appreciated primarily by commoners, but so far I am quite enjoying this. For starters, That Palin person was correct—it is rather satisfying to travel around in a vehicle with your own name plastered prominently upon it. The bus itself is quite comfortable, and I am already beginning to bond with my new mechanical friend. In an attempt to put myself at ease in this new, foreign environment, I began to make an impromptu list of the more admirable qualities of this bus. It is emotionless, but hard working. While it tends to move stiffly and awkwardly, it clearly has more monetary value than most other vehicles on the road. It has no opinions of its own, but acts solely as an empty shell in which other people’s opinions can be safely, albeit temporarily, transported. In many ways, this bus and I are kindred spirits.

    From DK.
    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/15/1100423/-The-Chronicles-of-Mitt-June-15-2012

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    Hill Dweller

    Romney is an awful candidate, running an incompetent campaign. The media was going to have to carry his water for him to have any real chance, barring some sort of massive financial catastrophe.

    That said, the level of willful ignorance and favorable coverage the media has given Willard is appalling, even by their low standards.

  17. 17.

    Riilism

    LGBT Pride Parade in my neck of the woods today. Out!, rain or shine, to support and be supported by my peoples…

  18. 18.

    CA Doc

    ABL retweeted a pic of a Cadillac Escalade with a fake dog in a cage strapped to the top, which has been following Mitt’s bus. Maybe someone smarter than I could link it. All kinds of awesome.
    In other news, going to escape 105 degrees in the Valley and head to Santa Cruz to take my daughter to her Girl Scout camp open house. I went to this camp in the summer of 1975, so I’m looking forward to wallowing in the nostalgia of it all.

  19. 19.

    Zagloba

    A nice little snapshot of the War on Women, courtesy of Memeorandum:

    Elizabeth Wurtzel, The Atlantic — 1% Wives Are Helping Kill Feminism and Make the War on Women Possible

    Jezebel — Elizabeth Wurtzel Thinks Rich Stay-At-Home Moms Are Directly Responsible for the War on Women [Feminism]
    The Jawa Report: For God’s Sake ! — Would someone, anyone, please f8ck Elizabeth Wurtzel!

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    smintheus

    You can’t make this stuff up. John Yoo is accusing Obama of abusing the power of the presidency and trampling on the rule of law for choosing not to deport people aggressively enough. This from the guy who wrote specious memos justifying the torture of prisoners:

    President Obama’s claim that he can refuse to deport 800,000 aliens here in the country illegally illustrates the unprecedented stretching of the Constitution and the rule of law. He is laying claim to presidential power that goes even beyond that claimed by the Bush administration, in which I served.

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    Baud

    @smintheus: He knows he’s a lightening rod and had decided to use his infamy to become a GOP troll. Like all trolls, the worst thing you can do is take him seriously.

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    danah gaz (fka gaz)

    Somehow, I need to be able to convince my body that No, 6:45am is not in fact an appropriate time to be awake on a Saturday morning.

    I hate this. Every day I’m up at this horrible hour. It was better when I didn’t share a bed. meh.

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    slippy

    You know what I want to know? I don’t give a fuck what Mitt Romney’s vision for the future is. I want to know what Sheldon Adelson’s vision for the future is, since all indications are that HE is the guy Romney will be reporting to if he wins the White House.

    That’s the question I will be asking right-wingers for the next five months. What will President Adelson do with his puppet?

  27. 27.

    g

    So will Romney be riding the Romney bus when it continues its fun and games, honking and driving in circles? That would be awesome.

  29. 29.

    Villago Delenda Est

    A leader?

    A man who avoided his generation’s foremost opportunity for leadership by hiding out in Paris?

    He is not a leader. He is a coward.

  32. 32.

    gogol's wife

    @amk:

    I loved it, but you really have to be familiar with the original contexts to get it. A friend I sent it to who doesn’t follow the news was completely perplexed.

  35. 35.

    handsmile

    Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Pull down that dogeared copy of Dubliners and read a chapter or, if more ambitious, open up at random that more pristine copy of Ulysses and read aloud.

    Like most other days since June 8, I’ll be watching Euro 2012 football matches, but this afternoon it will be among duelling partisans of Poland and the Czech Republic at the venerable Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria, NY. Great beer and grilled meats will be consumed amidst the yelling.

    This summer weekend is forecast to be glorious here in the urban hellhole, and mittens (or Mittens) has no place in it.

  36. 36.

    The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

    I sure hope the Mitt-droid’s bus is air-conditioned when the really hot weather hits this summer.

    “Oh it’s no feat to beat the heat.
    All reet! All reet!
    So jeet your seet
    Be fleet be fleet
    Cool and discreet
    Honey… “

  37. 37.

    Ruckus

    Reading a CA political blog. Calitcs. CA senator Mark Leno has written a short piece on executive retirement. So now we know what they want to do with SS. I’m sure that they want to use their piece of SS funding(6.2%) to fund their own retirement without any change in expenses or to the bottom line.

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