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

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

The republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Do not shrug your shoulders and accept the normalization of untruths.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Wait, what?

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Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

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People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

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Just to reiterate what John said last night, every time a pundit says “Chicago politics”, an angel gets his wings.

Goal Thermometer

Establishment media will cluck and say “both sides do it” no matter what, so we may as well actually do it. If the refs are just handing out double technicals, you should get your money’s worth and kick the other guy in the balls as hard as you possibly can.

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  4. 4.

    Cargo

    I’m actually surprised and delighted to see the Dems actually fighting back this go-around. Remaining ‘above the fray’ worked so well in 2004!

  5. 5.

    Comrade Mary

    @aretino: They’re locking non-subscribers out of that link, even when you access through Google News. Business Spectator has it for free.

    The tale of Key Airlines spans the creation of Bain Capital in 1984 – spun out from the Bain & Company management consultancy – and provides a glimpse of its methods and results. Key grew during its Bain years. Sales roughly doubled from 1983 to 1985 and employment more than doubled to about 200 jobs. Bain bought the company on the cheap, rode a turn in the industry cycle and then sold for a remarkable price.
    __
    A start-up pilots union was unlawfully suppressed, according to a federal court ruling. Some other methods foreshadowed the later success of Bain Capital: Key Airlines was an early example of a leveraged buyout. The initial deal was 100 per cent debt financed with no capital from the investors.
    __
    Bain also reshaped Key Airlines, turning it from a profitable, taxpaying company with a $13m balance sheet and its own aircraft, into an operating company with a $2m balance sheet and a holding company from which it sold assets separately.

  8. 8.

    Linda Featheringill

    Just a thought: If Romney is 65 years old or so and has NEVER had to explain, defend, or sell himself to others, this campaign must be very hard on him. It’s understandable that he would come down on critics like the wrath of God Himself. Understandable, if not acceptable.

    What would he be like as president? Would public criticism of President Romney result in a prison sentence? Or worse, would the critic just disappear?

  10. 10.

    The Moar You Know

    Obama’s campaign has offered Romney a deal: just show us the last 5 years of tax returns. Romney says no.

    @Comrade Mary: Team Obama knows what’s in them.

    The timeframe being proffered lends credence to a theory that’s been floating around here – namely that Romney took the 2009 amnesty to bring a shitload of offshore money back into the country.

  11. 11.

    Ben Franklin

    kick the other guy in the balls as hard as you possibly can.

    Easier said, than done, DougJ. I have to find my tiny white sneakers for the diminutive challenge.

  12. 12.

    maya

    In the interests of “both sides do it” it is only proper to point out that Rmoney engages in Macao style politics with the financial backing of Saul Alinsky Sheldon Adelson.

  16. 16.

    red dog

    Adelson and the Koch brothers should be target #1 for political reporters. Their money shelters would fit right in with Mittens as they are sure the election can be bought. Thanks Justice Roberts and cohorts.

  17. 17.

    Spatula

    In for $5,000.00

    I want to FOUR MORE YEARS of the kind of ass kicking Obama’s justice department gave Goldman Sachs last week. About time those Wall Street crooks were taken to account for what they have done and are doing to this country!

    Oh, wait…

  18. 18.

    Janks

    Just watched that crazy video “Disclosures”. It really is a big load of shit. This has Dick’s paw prints all over it with all his ranting about how nothing can be accomplished without intel.It was really pathetic. But I know they have barely scracthed the surface of the shit storm they’re getting ready to release after the convention.

  20. 20.

    Hill Dweller

    @Spatula: Why do you continue to try and fuck up every thread? You did this same shit on a thread last night. Can’t you wait a couple of days before doing it again?

  22. 22.

    ruemara

    @Hill Dweller: No. Because it has to be about what he thinks. SATSQ.

    Back on topic. Maybe mid month. Right now, I have to make sure I can pay next month’s rent and maybe buy some food. But I’ll be in for a bit.

  23. 23.

    General Stuck

    Witness the unvarnished stealing of an election in an American state in the 21st century.

    Pennsylvania announced on the same day that a judge said he would not block a controversial voter ID law that the state will not be offering online voter registration or give voters the ability to apply for an absentee ballot online this year. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

    Absentee ballots would allow residents who lack a valid form of photo identification to cast a ballot under the voter ID law.

    This needs to be stopped, and stopped right now.

  26. 26.

    General Stuck

    I have two comments in moderation, and neither with any sign of forbidden words. death to WP!!

  28. 28.

    Smiling Mortician

    Re “kick the other guy in the balls as hard as you can” . . . I’m not sure who posted this link the other day, but it’s a brief bit of an interview from late 2007 in which Obama first explains his strategy of infinite patience followed by complete evisceration — and then he smiles. To watch it is to understand the interesting relationship between how he has conducted his first term in office and how he is waging his second campaign.

  30. 30.

    Cacti

    @Linda Featheringill:

    Just a thought: If Romney is 65 years old or so and has NEVER had to explain, defend, or sell himself to others, this campaign must be very hard on him. It’s understandable that he would come down on critics like the wrath of God Himself. Understandable, if not acceptable.

    I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. Mitt’s had a life surrounded by subordinates and sycophants, and just doesn’t know how to handle scrutiny, or how to ask for something (i.e. votes). Bad for him, good for us.

  31. 31.

    Violet

    @Smiling Mortician: Someone posted it here and I’ve been reposting it. It’s such a fantastic interview. Crush them. That’s what we’re seeing. He tried to reason with them and treat them as adults. They didn’t act in good faith. And now he’s going to crush them. Calmly, methodically, and with that fantastic smile. I love it.

  36. 36.

    Kristine

    I give every month, but I threw in a little more.

    I may have missed something, but in every Mitt protestation I’ve read, he states that he paid at least 13% in taxes. He doesn’t say federal taxes.

    I’m willing to bet that some years, he received refunds. People wouldn’t look at the amount he paid in those years. All they would see is that he got money back.

  37. 37.

    The Dangerman

    @Smiling Mortician:

    …in which Obama first explains his strategy of infinite patience followed by complete evisceration…

    I have to wonder what big ideas he has for Term 2; far from what today’s Troll Du Juor is claiming, Obama has done quite a lot. Just not everything, of course.

    So, what might he go after in Term 2? Something that was so poisonous that he’d never get re-elected? Shit, Obamacare was damn near that poisonous. Term 2 should be a wild ride if he can flip the House and keep the Senate…

    …which leads me to the first thing he (more correctly, Harry Reid) should do, which is to end the fucking filibuster.

  38. 38.

    Poopyman

    Already kicked in a couple of Benjamins. What those two do behind the ActBlue firewall is their own business, but sadly I don’t think we’ll be getting little baby Benjamins out of them.

    So you guys better pony up.

  39. 39.

    Violet

    @Linda Featheringill:

    Just a thought: If Romney is 65 years old or so and has NEVER had to explain, defend, or sell himself to others, this campaign must be very hard on him. It’s understandable that he would come down on critics like the wrath of God Himself. Understandable, if not acceptable.

    I would guess this sort of thing is very difficult for him because he has never, ever experienced it. Your comment about him being 65 years old made me wonder about his health, as well. Of course, many 65 year olds are perfectly healthy and he seems healthy. But getting your first taste of not being bowed down to at the age of 65 in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign would be pretty confusing and difficult.

    I get the sense that Mitt is very angry about people not just handing him the presidency on a silver platter, since he deserves it and it’s his turn, for pete’s sake. He tries to hide it, but it’s obvious in his tone of voice, body language and inability to deal with the punches. The punches aren’t going to let up, he’s going to continue to be angry unless he figures out how to deal with it. We’ve already seen his campaign claiming Mitt’s being “tired” as an excuse for something he said, and “exhausted” as an excuse for canceling a campaign stop. Sustained anger that someone tries to keep under wraps is exhausting and can be damaging physically. I wonder if Mitt has the capacity to deal with it over the next few months or we’ll see some health consequences of it.

  40. 40.

    Waynski

    @The Moar You Know:

    The timeframe being proffered lends credence to a theory that’s been floating around here – namely that Romney took the 2009 amnesty to bring a shitload of offshore money back into the country.

    It also means he admitted that he’s guilty of at least one felony. I wonder if they put some clause in the anonymity agreement that if the person who took the amnesty talks about the amnesty, the anonymity provision becomes null and void. Can’t wait for a reporter to ask the direct question: Governor, did you take advantage of the amnesty offered for offshore accounts in 2009? Yes or No?

    What a hoot the Rs convention will be if its revealed their candidate’s an admitted felon. Plus it would be impossible for the media to dismiss and there’s no way to spin it.

  41. 41.

    Poopyman

    @The Dangerman:

    which leads me to the first thing he (more correctly, Harry Reid) should do, which is to end the fucking filibuster.

    If Harry gets a Democratic House I think that’s exactly what he’s going to do.

  42. 42.

    General Stuck

    Gotta admit. I didn’t see this one coming.

    Geraldo Investigates: Is There A ‘Lesbian Cabal’ Leading The Department Of Homeland Security?

    After the investigation is finished at DHS, Geraldo can get on the case of militant midgets taking over the Pentagon.

  43. 43.

    The Dangerman

    Next, Big Idea for Term 2…

    …massive Tax Reform; first up, I’d tax Capital gains as ordinary income. That should piss off the 1%…

    …and then go after the Water Boarding enablers. What’s the statute of limitations for being an asshole?

  45. 45.

    The Thin Black Duke

    @General Stuck: Correct me if I’m wrong: wasn’t there a time when Geraldo was a real journalist? Then again, what can you expect from a hungry and shameless brown-noser who began his career as “Jerry Rivers”?

  49. 49.

    Cacti

    @Violet:

    Your comment about him being 65 years old made me wonder about his health, as well. Of course, many 65 year olds are perfectly healthy and he seems healthy. But getting your first taste of not being bowed down to at the age of 65 in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign would be pretty confusing and difficult.

    Mitt seems fairly healthy and clean-living, but 65 is 65. If elected, he would be the 4th oldest to enter office.

    Of the 3 that were older, one died within 30 days (Harrison), and one had dementia onset while in office (Reagan).

  51. 51.

    Redshift

    @Kristine:

    I may have missed something, but in every Mitt protestation I’ve read, he states that he paid at least 13% in taxes. He doesn’t say federal taxes.

    Yup, and he specifically doesn’t say federal income taxes. Same with John McCain’s “defense.” And considering how comfortable Romney is lying about everything, the fact that he’s danced around that has to be significant.

    I wonder if that’s to convince himself that he’s not lying, or if he actually thinks that would help if the tax returns ever come out. ‘Cause if he thinks he can then say “I never said income tax” and get a response of “oh, how clever,” he’s delusional.

  52. 52.

    Violet

    Has anyone seen this yet?

    In the days since Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate, Fox News has been gushing over the Wisconsin congressman, calling him a “rock star,” a “bold, transformational” pick, and “the future” of the Republican party.
    __
    Some of that praise sounded familiar, so Media Matters took a look at Fox’s coverage of another Republican vice presidential candidate — current Fox News contributor Sarah Palin, who was 2008’s “rock star” pick and “future of the Republican Party.”

    Video at the link. Bunch of Republican cheerleaders, that’s all Fox News is.

    ETA: As I said way back when, Paul Ryan is the Male Palin–The Malin. This confirms it.

  53. 53.

    Bill Arnold

    @Redshift:

    Yup, and he specifically doesn’t say federal income taxes.

    Also, 13% of what?
    (e.g. the taxable income might be pretty small…)

  54. 54.

    Hill Dweller

    The Village is trying very hard to mitigate any damage Willard might incur for not releasing his tax returns.

    They’re also doing a horrendous job refuting Willard’s and Eddie Munster’s lies on Medicare.

  56. 56.

    Redshift

    Oh, speaking of the tax returns, there’s one facet that I haven’t seen discussed. Unless I’m mistaken, Romney talks about having released as much information as is “legally required.” Again, unless I’m mistaken, releasing tax returns is not “legally required” of a presidential candidate.

    So in addition to his other lies and dodges, this dodge is also a lie.

  59. 59.

    Culture of Truth

    Romney paid 13% in taxes. Even more, if you count charity, birthday presents, change lost behind his couch, and beachfront mansions.

  60. 60.

    Suffern ACE

    @General Stuck: Hmmm. I saw the story about the lawsuit on the news program. Some guy claiming that men aren’t promoted and given offices in bathrooms and whatnot. They didn’t say “Lesbians” were behind it.

  61. 61.

    TK421

    I hate “both sides do it”. That just isn’t true. No Republican ever claimed the power to have an American killed without a trial like President Obama has.

  62. 62.

    Valdivia

    So have we gotten to the brazen no one but the rich white folks can vote decision out of PA this am?

    I really just can’t take it anymore. I hope based on this there can be another lawsuit since this contradicts what they told the Judge.

  64. 64.

    Cacti

    @TK421:

    No Republican ever claimed the power to have an American killed without a trial like President Obama has

    Abraham Lincoln?

  65. 65.

    Violet

    @Culture of Truth: I heard some bimbo talking head on CNN say, “Romney says he paid 13% in taxes and when you factor in charity it’s 20%” or something along those lines. She of course didn’t bother to say that charity donations aren’t a tax. Just repeated the 20% number. Ridiculous.

  67. 67.

    Bunter

    Ryan is Otto from a Fish Called Wanda, only not funny. He’s a Catholic who seems to think Church doctrine is “Screw you I got mine” instead of “Help the less fortunate”. Granted, I left the Church a long time ago, but I’m fairly certain I’d have heard if they’d changed that position.

  69. 69.

    Cacti

    @Violet:

    I heard some bimbo talking head on CNN say, “Romney says he paid 13% in taxes and when you factor in charity it’s 20%” or something along those lines. She of course didn’t bother to say that charity donations aren’t a tax. Just repeated the 20% number. Ridiculous

    And the majority of R-money’s “charitable contributions” are tithes to the Mormon church, an organization that gives less than 2% of their annual income to charitable causes.

  70. 70.

    lamh35

    @Comrade Mary: Ok. I’m seriously beginning the suspect that there will be a leak or some explosive story about Romney taxes either before the convention or sometime after the DNC concention

  71. 71.

    rikyrah

    @Kristine:

    I may have missed something, but in every Mitt protestation I’ve read, he states that he paid at least 13% in taxes. He doesn’t say federal taxes.

    You haven’t missed a damn thing. plenty of folks say the same thing, especially Larry O and David Cay JOhnston – they were the first ones on tv, from what I watch, that point this out all the time.

    Neither HE nor Miss Ann …

    EVER SAY

    FEDERAL INCOME TAXES.

  75. 75.

    burnspbesq

    Bloomberg weighs in with a headline DougJ will love.

    “Standard Chartered Fought the Lawski, and the Lawski Won”

  76. 76.

    General Stuck

    @TK421:

    I hate “both sides do it”. That just isn’t true. No Republican ever claimed the power to have an American killed without a trial like President Obama has.

    Not so, grasshopper

  78. 78.

    wiscomom

    @Violet:
    Someone on Twitter mentioned today that Mitt will have been off the campaign trail for three straight days today. Except for fundraisers and the “press eval” with whiteboard, Mitt isn’t meeting and greeting any voters. I am thinking there might be real exhaustion issues going forward. How will he make it through October with a schedule that requires him to hop from state to state? When the book on this election comes out I am thinking we will hear Mitt was either lazy or just not up to the physical challenges of campaigning.

  79. 79.

    Kane

    Chicago. San Francisco. Hollywood. Los Angeles. New York. Massachusetts. California. It is amazing how the republican party can vilify entire cities and states, yet accuse democrats of divisiveness and dividing the country.

  81. 81.

    General Stuck

    @Valdivia:

    I tried to on this thread, at comment 23, but was also moderated and still is. PA announcing they won’t even allow absentee ballots for those without ID, pretty much seals the case they are all out to steal the coming election in that state. Beyond shameful in a supposed democracy.

  83. 83.

    Violet

    @wiscomom: I think Mitt thinks that meeting big money donors is all he really needs to do, outside of the occasional press avail, very occasional campaign stop with pre-screened attendees, and a Fox News interview or two. Why should Mitt have to shake hands and talk to any of the unclean members of the lower orders? He’s rich and running for President, for pete’s sake!

  84. 84.

    Violet

    @General Stuck: I wonder if the PA travesty will be enough for any of the media to catch on. Voters in PA need a Rosa Parks figure. Someone with standing in the community who can take a principled stand, hurt the Republicans somehow and embarrass the state.

  85. 85.

    Valdivia

    @General Stuck:

    I did too, I linked to TPM and got put in mod. So after the Judge says law is ok because the State said it would do everything to get people id’s and absentee ballots etc, the State says: ooops sorry we don’t have time to do both voter suppression and anything that may alleviate it like absentee ballots online, so we are just going with voter suppression.

    Death of the Republic, it’s here.

    @Violet: I saw at Benen’s place that they gave the lead plaintiff, a 92 year old woman, an id free of charge and without really upholding the rules they made it. So–she gets to vote but the millions of people like her don’t. I hope they make an ad with her saying shame on you, trying to hide what you are doing, etc.

  86. 86.

    wrb

    @rikyrah:

    Neither HE nor Miss Ann …
    EVER SAY
    FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

    I hope the careful shaving of words is as unattractive to most people as it is to me.

    That is schoolboy-grade attempted deception.

    Doof.f

  87. 87.

    Violet

    @wrb: Some enterprising reporter needs to ask. “Governor Romney, is that 13% Federal Income Taxes? If not, can you tell us what your Federal Income Tax rate was in each of those years?”

  88. 88.

    Cacti

    @Kane:

    Chicago. San Francisco. Hollywood. Los Angeles. New York. Massachusetts. California. It is amazing how the republican party can vilify entire cities and states, yet accuse democrats of divisiveness and dividing the country.

    Just once, I’d like to hear a Dem refer to Romney as a bigoted provincial, with Salt Lake City values.

  89. 89.

    Valdivia

    I would like to see the Obama campaign do two videos with grandmothers. One showing a grandmother speaking to the tv about how she won’t be able to vote in PA. Another one with a grandmother talking about Medicare with someone under 55. The Reps are already trying to use Ryan’s mother to soften the medicare lie, we have to hit them back hard.

    Grandma’s for Obama where are you? :)

  90. 90.

    pragmatism

    Galt n Gekko’s here
    [Now wait a minute, y’all
    these tax cuts ain’t for everybody
    Only the producing people
    So all you wealthy mothers, get on out there and dance
    Dance, I said!]

    Galt n Gekko’s here and they’re in effect.
    Want you to cut it yeah.
    Cuttin taxes by day then at night ending entitlements.

  91. 91.

    SatanicPanic

    @TK421:

    No Republican ever claimed the power to have an American killed without a trial like President Obama has.

    Abraham Lincoln?

  92. 92.

    catclub

    @Bunter: How stupid a Catholic do you have to be to read Ayn Rand and think: “_This_ is the philosophy I will live my life by, plus go to Church and such.”?

    Also, who were the political advisors pushing for Veep when they were overruled by the Romney clan?

  95. 95.

    Cacti

    @Valdivia:

    I would like to see the Obama campaign do two videos with grandmothers. One showing a grandmother speaking to the tv about how she won’t be able to vote in PA. Another one with a grandmother talking about Medicare with someone under 55. The Reps are already trying to use Ryan’s mother to soften the medicare lie, we have to hit them back hard.

    The question should be, if it’s such a wonderful plan, why does Ryan want to exempt his own mother from it?

  97. 97.

    Valdivia

    @Cacti:

    Exactly. Also–in their plan everyone under 54 continues to pay into medicare but never get medicare! so: we pay for something that will never be as good as the obligation entails.

    ugh.

  98. 98.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    @lamh35:

    I followed a link on twitter this morning briefly (and now I can’t find it) it was an opinion by some tax expert that basically said chances are Harry Reid (or some other politician) already has the tax returns because certain members of congress can legally request them from the IRS.

  99. 99.

    Cacti

    @Mark S.:

    Out of curiosity, I googled “ayn rand abortion” and, whatever else you want say about her, she was completely pro-choice.

    Ayn Rand described the idea of a fetus having a right to life as “vicious nonsense”.

    I wonder how Paulie squared that circle with his Catholicism.

  100. 100.

    gogol's wife

    The NYTimes today says Romney says it was his effective Federal tax rate. I can’t seem to find the original statement. All I see are reporters reporting it as referring to his Federal income tax rate. Are you guys sure he didn’t say that? If he didn’t, they are interpolating that into his statement, I guess.

  101. 101.

    Spatula

    @Hill Dweller:

    Why do you continue to try and fuck up every thread? You did this same shit on a thread last night. Can’t you wait a couple of days before doing it again?

    Seriously? One nonbot commenter commenting is all it takes to “fuck up” your precious little echo chamber thread?

    BJ is a BotBlog, but it isn’t hermetically sealed, not yet anyway.

  106. 106.

    Xecky Gilchrist

    @Spatula: One nonbot commenter commenting is all it takes to “fuck up” your precious little echo chamber thread?

    Hill Dweller didn’t say that you’d succeeded, only that you’d tried.

  107. 107.

    EconWatcher

    Got stuck watching Fox News while I was with my dad in the hospital yesterday. I very seldom watch it, but it really shocks me every time.

    We started with an interview with Doug Wilder, who was talking about how outrageous Biden’s “chains” reference was, and how Obama would now like to dump him from the ticket but can’t. When did Wilder become such a jerk? (For the record, I thought it was a stupid thing for Biden to say, but the notion that it’s a firable offense is beyond absurd.)

    From there we went to Paul Ryan–Paul “Voucher Boy” Ryan–attacking Obama for stealing $700 billion from Medicare for Obamacare. Then on to “fast and furious” and then alleged leaks of military secrets.

    This is the world many people live in every day. I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was left shaken.

  109. 109.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    @EconWatcher: While “the old ball and chain” implies a lot of things, the chain is not implying slavery. Come up with a better metaphor for being bound by someone wanting to oppress you.

  110. 110.

    gogol's wife

    @EconWatcher:

    And I assume this television was on turned to Fox in some common area of the hospital? I have noticed that all health-care facilities in my area have their televisions turned to all Fox News, all the time. When I complain, the employees claim there is nothing they can do about it.

  111. 111.

    NonyNony

    @Chyron HR:

    I wonder who’s going to be more upset if Obama is re-elected, you or Rush?

    Spats. Rush will have the consolation of four more years of easy-to-compose spittle flecked rants about the blackity-black guy in office to keep ratings up. Spats doesn’t get that kind of consolation.

  112. 112.

    EconWatcher

    @gogol’s wife:

    You are correct, in the waiting room for MRIs.

    But that’s my father’s channel of choice at home too. He’s living with us while he fights a losing battle with a brain tumor. I’d let him watch reruns of Mussolini speeches if that made him happy.

  113. 113.

    Hal

    I’m not sure how much more of Paul Ryan’s facial expressions I can take. He looks like he practices in front of a mirror every morning to get just the right combination of fake sympathy and smugness.

  114. 114.

    The Moar You Know

    @Spatula: Clime/Kola! Hey, welcome back. We’ve missed your pedophile-worshipping ways around here for the last few weeks. Where you been? Scrubbing your hard drives? hahahahahaahhaahahaha.

  115. 115.

    SatanicPanic

    @EconWatcher: I thought they were going to try to say “chains” was a reference to the Communist Manifesto, but I guess it’s more important to push the idea that liberals are the real racists.

  118. 118.

    The Thin Black Duke

    Uncle Joe talking about “chains” doesn’t offend me. That two-faced motherfucker Ryan spewing lies about Medicare and Social Security does.

  119. 119.

    EconWatcher

    @gogol’s wife:

    Thanks. I’ve been through the drill a few times now, with family or close friends dying of cancer, as so many on this site have been. That disease just sucks.

    Wonder where we’d be if we’d spent the Iraq War money on cancer research instead? But that’s just crazy talk.

  122. 122.

    mclaren

    Establishment media will cluck and say “both sides do it” no matter what, so we may as well actually do it. If the refs are just handing out double technicals, you should get your money’s worth and kick the other guy in the balls as hard as you possibly can.

    Abso-fucking-lutely. The Democrats need to rip Romney’s head off and shit down his neck, politically speaking. Put the Innumeracy Twins down so hard in this election, the GOP doesn’t even think about running such far-right lunatics in a general election again.

    Send ’em a message. After the polls close on election day, “Romney and Ryan sleep with the fishes.”

  123. 123.

    Spatula

    @Chyron HR:

    I wonder who’s going to be more upset if Obama is re-elected, you or Rush?

    Hmmm…well, I just don’t know. But given that I’ll be voting for Obama, probably Rush.

  127. 127.

    Punchy

    Why is there a thermometer collecting money? Shouldn’t you have a Strapping Young Buck(TM) avitar with the money (food stamps?) piling up in his pockets?

  128. 128.

    Bulworth

    @Violet: I have no trouble believing the 13% number. Who would make that up? The good patriotic severely conservative Amercians are supposed to be TaxedEnoughAlready. 13% is a contradiction of that claim.

  129. 129.

    burnspbesq

    @mclaren:

    Put the Innumeracy Twins down so hard in this election, the GOP doesn’t even think about running such far-right lunatics in a general election again.

    It’s not going to work that way. All that’s left in the Republican Party are far-right lunatics. There are no Scrantons or G. Romneys, and no Ripon Society, to play the roles those people and institutions played after the 1964 election.

    The best you can hope for is that 2012 for the Republicans turns out to be what 1852 was for the Whigs. And even that seems highly unlikely.

  130. 130.

    pragmatism

    @Yutsano: I’m sure that President Stein would, on day one, use the bully pulpit to fight for what real progressives want and achieve it unilaterally, despite the limitations on executive power.

  133. 133.

    burnspbesq

    @pragmatism:

    And if anybody doesn’t like it, she’ll sic Attorney General Greenwald and SEC Chairman Taibbi on their miserable asses.

  134. 134.

    Calouste

    @Cacti:

    David Cameron said that it was easier to hold the Olympics in the middle of nowhere. That’s probably a lot closer to “Fuck off you hick.” than you are going to hear from any dem.

  136. 136.

    wrb

    @burnspbesq:

    The best you can hope for is that 2012 for the Republicans turns out to be what 1852 was for the Whigs. And even that seems highly unlikely.

    Unfortunately or fortunately, there are crazy billionaires behind the crazy party, so it probably isn’t going away.

    They could have had this election and maybe secured permanent power if their candidates weren’t so gawd-awful.

    And they aren’t out yet.

  137. 137.

    burnspbesq

    @pragmatism:

    Actually, she won’t need to act unilaterally, because filibuster-proof progressive majorities will ride her coattails into both houses of Congress. After which Scalia and Kennedy will conveniently die.

  138. 138.

    Spatula

    You know…since I’m in Boston and Mass will surely go for Obama without my little, meaningless vote, perhaps I will vote for or write in Roseanne Barr.

    She’s for all the things Obama used to pretend to be for.

  141. 141.

    Spatula

    @pragmatism:

    These are your fantasies, not mine.

    ETA: I will enthusiastically be voting for Elizabeth Warren. She has yet to be Beltway-assimilated.

    Pity that Prez O couldn’t be bothered to appoint her to the CFPB cause, you know, if he did the Republicans would be mean or something…

  143. 143.

    pragmatism

    @Spatula: your fantasy is the unilateral ability of the executive to effect all of his or her proposed agenda. it’s nice to have fantasies. i choose not to bitch about it when mine don’t come true because i realize that my expectations may be misplaced or don’t represent reality. but that’s just me. you’re here to troll.

  145. 145.

    Spatula

    @Yutsano:

    Oh horseshit. Gullible, much?

    I’m guessing you believe Mitt Romney paid his taxes in full too, cause you know, he SAID so.

    BTW, I thought I “bore” you. It’s ok, though…that you’re my stalker, both hating and wanting me.

  147. 147.

    rea

    “Take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago,” Romney says, responding to Biden.

    Is Chicago in Delaware?

  148. 148.

    Xecky Gilchrist

    @rea: Is Chicago in Delaware?

    hee hee

    They must think that “back to Chicago” line is a real zinger.

  151. 151.

    brantl

    @TK421: Wake up, moron. If you don’t think Bush had people killed on the QT, you’re really stupid. How about they were holding Jose Padillo in solitary for 5 years? How about they try him, after he’s too nuts to defend himself, saying “this word, in this transcript, actually means this, instead?”? Wake up, doofus.

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