Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Motown is Joe-Town!

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

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

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

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

Ah, the different things are different argument.

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

Come on, man.

Of course you can have champagne before noon. That’s why orange juice was invented.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself. We’re allowed to grow past that.

Republicans don’t trust women.

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

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

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

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

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Made it home about an hour and a half ago, had a joyous reunion with the pets, unloaded the car, then had what I like to call “vodka therapy,” and then cooked the ladies some ribeyes, bake potatoes, a garden salad, and some tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil with a touch of olive oil. It’s the quietest Imani has been all week.

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  3. 3.

    Linnaeus

    I don’t know if you do this, John, but I brush my potatoes in olive oil, then roll them in coarse salt before I bake them. The result is excellent.

  4. 4.

    Johnk

    What is chiffonade and why does ABL want some? Come on, tell us the whole story, ya secrative basturd.

  7. 7.

    Santa Fe

    @Linnaeus:

    Wow, my first comment here after years of daily lurking, and LMAO all week at the convention threads, and it’s to thank you for a baked potato tip! Can’t wait to try.

  9. 9.

    peorgietirebiter

    Glad you enjoyed yourself. Your home looks pretty damn welcoming to me, maybe you talk nice to it for awhile. I was planning on a very light dinner, but seeing the baked spud has changed my mind.

  11. 11.

    bago

    Jeezy frickin creezy, when will website managers, coders, and ad agencies stop using DNS for embedded resources? Seriously, having rendering block on a DNS lookup for a script resource that makes up an ad is just balls.

  12. 12.

    YellowJournalism

    Oh my god does that baked potato look good. Just realized that I haven’t had one on a long time. Everyone here prefers theirs I either baby red, mashed, or french fry form. Sigh.

    And mozzarella and basil? Yum.

  14. 14.

    Garbo

    Welcome home. We will try to be patient for your convention report. I said try.

    From the view on my teevee it looked like an overwhelmingly positive, fun, optimistic, energizing event. If that’s what I got through the screen, I can only imagine what it was like in the room.

    So glad you went.

  18. 18.

    Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason

    John, if those two girls have the sense that God gave a rutababa, they will never leave your house!

    Tell Tunch to shove aside, there’s an extra room, house, mansion.

  23. 23.

    Anne Laurie

    @Johnk:

    What is chiffonade and why does ABL want some? ‘Chiffonade’, as a verb, is the way Cole chopped thin strips of the basil that’s on the tomato in the picture. Which is now a chiffonade of basil (like a slice of tomato, or a slab of steak).

  26. 26.

    mainmati

    @Johnk: I didn’t see him mentioning chiffonade but basically it is a way of cutting up leafy veggies or herbs like basil that have relative uniform leaves. Stack leaves in a pile, fold and them cut across the pile narrowly to create ribbons of leaves: chiffonade.

    Not a legal sexual maneuver however.

  38. 38.

    Ash Can

    Glad you guys had such a great trip. It seems that Imani in particular got a lot accomplished, blogger/contact-wise, and that’s terrific. (And I’m not even talking about that photo with Cory Booker.) All my bitching aside, it was easily worth the scratch to have you all there bloggin’, tweetin’, and representin’.

  40. 40.

    jl

    Glad ABL, Heather and Cole had a good trip, and safe trip back to W B G Va.

    And, who’s plate was that? Better be another bowel of veggies (Cole).

    Also, will follow ABL to see if she spills on the Cole AWOL.

    Cole went from cranky Dad with his mandatory bathroom breaks to kid gone wild on Spring Break in no time, didn’t he?

  42. 42.

    Heliopause

    I see the FPers are celebrating Bill Clinton’s DNC speech by consuming red meat. What’s next, accept Jesus Christ and move the capitol of West Virginia to Jerusalem?

  43. 43.

    Comrade Mary

    John really likes cooking for people, doesn’t he?

    Welcome back, y’all. (Well, Imani and Heather still have some travelling ahead of them). Rest up over the weekend!

    (So was Tunch actually joyous about the reunion?)

  44. 44.

    1badbaba3

    Scorecard of the last five bj posts:

    “Lustful cockmonsters”

    “Pussycat”

    “High-priced fellatio of the Beltway gigolos”

    And three (count ’em, three!) pictures of meat, I say meat.

    Is it the blog, or is it just me?

    Welcome back hearty travelers. Rest you now.

  45. 45.

    dance around in your bones

    Anybody watching Chris Matthew’s thingamajig about Barack Obama? Much of it has me in tears – remembering how hard the struggle was for Black Americans and the right to vote….and how far we have come in having an AA as President.

    Yes, we can.

    ETA: P.S. Welcome home – it was a wild ride, most enjoyable – even with the towel-head pics :)

  46. 46.

    RossInDetroit, Rational Subjectivist

    Now, this is just awful. I’ve been on restaurant food all week and that baked potato looks delicious.

    Welcome back, John. And thanks for the fine reporting. We look forward to the debrief.
    Wow, that sounded naughty right in my head as I typed it.

  47. 47.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @Linnaeus: Yes! This is the best way to bake a potato. Yum. And then of course you have to eat the skin, which is crisp and tasty. I know some people shun the skins, but this method can redeem them for many.

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    CarolinaDave

    I’m so glad y’all had a great experience in my hometown. Imani, thanks for your pics and posts. I’m glad somebody kept the mission in mind. JC, I do appreciate the occasional post, opinion and observations on YOUR blog.
    Glad your back home safely in West, By GOD, Virginia. A great meal in your home after returning from a trip is a joyful experience. Plus your kids. Did they miss you?

  51. 51.

    1badbaba3

    Why is my comment in moderation? I was merely pointing out the randy strain through the previous posts using direct quotes from said posts. I didn’t blame it on the convention of whores, blasphemers, and satanic sexytimers like Eva Longoria, Scarlett Johanson, Ashley Judd, secret Head strumpet Sandra Fluke and her lovely purple dress, and our own ABL (by the way, nice outfit the other night). Nor did I speculate on the still secret activities of one John Cole, lapsed republican and closet master chef. Say, maybe the reason Cole doesn’t want pics taken is because he’s in witness protection. Maybe he was Dick Vader’s personal chef and just snapped when Dick would bellow ‘Where’s my lunch?! Where’s my dinner?! Where’s my hossenfeffer?!”

    Shit,where was I? Oh yeah, I’m shocked, shocked to find gambling……

  52. 52.

    trollhattan

    Am rewatching Granholm’s speech from last night. Holy hell, did she bring it. Bottle some of that, Dems.

  53. 53.

    The Pale Scot

    Sounds like Lily and Rosie ate good, only right after leaving them all week. What’d the rest of you guys eat, Domino’s?

  56. 56.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @var:

    Such as…

    Once John had the ladies in his house he slapped his meat down for them. While the ladies were worn out from their long, hard ride earlier in the day, the sight of John’s delectable meat quickly revived them. They thought his two smooth potatoes looked pretty damned good too.

    Take it from there… ;p

  60. 60.

    Beauzeaux

    @Comrade Mary:

    Holy Crap is from people just down the road from me in British Columbia.

    As for that dinner, it’s exactly what we had tonight. Except NY strip instead of rib eye. Fantastic.

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