Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

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

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

People are weird.

Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker

Giving up is unforgivable.

Their boy Ron is an empty plastic cup that will never know pudding.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

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

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Republicans choose power over democracy, every day.

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

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

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  5. 5.

    belieber

    In honour of Doug of the BJ Dougs and his stupid song lyrics schtick.

    Liquor and whores
    Liquor and whores
    Cigarettes and dope and mustard and bologna
    Liquor and whores

    I went down
    Drinkin’ at the Legion
    I met a girl she was nice
    She was pretty and pleasing

    She said “Hey boy
    We should do some marrying”
    I said sure but before we do
    There’s something that you should know

    I like
    Liquor and whores
    Liquor and whores
    Cigarettes and dope and mustard and bologna
    Liquor and whores…

    Then one night down at the legion
    She walked in, I was drunk on gin
    Dancin with a lady friend
    She said hey boy, You’d better fly the fuck home
    I said no cause five little words I coulda
    Swore I said to you

    I like
    Liquor and whores
    Liquor and whores
    Cigarettes and dope and mustard and bologna
    Liquor and whores…

  6. 6.

    JWL

    Think Nixon in Cairo, standing upright in his limo on a parade route, all but begging to be martyred rather than face the disgrace of impeachment and/or resignation.

    McCain is a sick man.

  7. 7.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    As long as they don’t let him fly the plane he should make it back just fine.

  8. 8.

    Mark S.

    @Baud:

    We go to war and Lindsay gets a new office.

    Oh, and Jan Brewer gets to appoint a new Senator.

  9. 9.

    Maude

    It has to be a joke account. It’s a great tweet.
    Who gets dibs on all of McCain’s houses?
    There are photo op pics of McCain in Syria.
    He must be so proud of himself.

  10. 10.

    Multimoodia

    Sen. Butters didn’t go with his main squeeze Johnny cuz the Syrian gaydar would have gone hyperactive.

  11. 11.

    JPL

    Did James Rosen accompany him since he also wants to change foreign policy. hmmm…

  14. 14.

    GxB

    But Lindsey would be the one in a torn dress. Fortunately both their faces are a mess, so no slap fight there.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    @trollhattan: Lindsay could be lamenting cuz who is he gonna screw now..
    also, too.. I don’t mean to defame anyone but I have had it with the Lindsay and McCain roadshow.

  20. 20.

    shortstop

    One day last month, I happened to be sitting in the Senate gallery while there was no-thing do-ing. Occasionally a senator would come in and speak for the record about the internet tax bill, then wander out, but other than that the place was devoid of everyone but administrative folk. Suddenly, a door bursts open and McCain strides in like a bantam rooster, smirking all the way. Miss Lindsey follows him deferentially, and Kelly Ayotte, armed with charts and graphs, trails Graham. McCain proceeds to bloviate in the McCainiest way possible (“Ask the people of Boston if they think their city is a battlefield”) about the burning need to hold Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant — all for show since Tsarnaev had been mirandized a couple of days before. As McCain whines on, Graham watches him with wide, puppy-dog eyes, unrequited love bursting from every pore. I mean, it’s bad watching it on TV, but in person the longing is almost radiant.

    Eventually McCain runs out of steam and Miss Lindsey picks up the pointless cause, pissing himself in his eagerness to piss on the spots of the constitution that missed his master’s urine stream. McCain watches, leaning against a desk and smiling beneficently. Ayotte gets up to speak and McCain IMMEDIATELY high tails it for the exit, making it clear he has better things to do than watch his other protege speak — anyone else ever noticed how often he does this when the speaker is a woman?

    It really was all I could do not to shout down at Graham, “He doesn’t love you! Nothing you do will ever make him love you!” The last Republican man I saw so thoroughly humiliate himself for love in public was Sanford at his “soulmate” press conference.

  21. 21.

    namekarB

    So sorry had to turn on the adblock. Every time I opened BJ there was a front page ad from Tea Partier Rep Tom McClintock CA-04 staring me in the face. Could not take it any more.

  22. 22.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    This, and “cut the bullshit”, is the kind of deep, careful thought that has made John McCain NBC’s most frequent political guest and a the accepted sage of foreign policy for the entire Village, not just conservatives or Republicans

    “We need to have a game-changing action: No American boots on the ground, establish a safe zone, and protect it and supply weapons to the right people in Syria who are fighting for obviously the things we believe in,” McCain said on “Fox News Sunday” earlier this month.

    No boots on the ground, just “establish a safe zone and protect it”. With The Force. Or maybe Aurors. I think it was Gates who called this a cartoonish view of military capabilities. Stone and Parker made an actual cartoon with similar logic.
    ETA: also, too, “obviously”. WTF? Who is he talking about? Has anyone asked him?

  24. 24.

    Fuzz

    McCain is one of those guys that disproves- to an extent- the whole ‘skin in the game’ idea. His kid was in the Marines in Iraq back in I think 06-08ish, and not only then but still today with another kid in the Navy he is absolutely jacked up about the prospect of war, one or two wars just isn’t enough. There is essentially no foreign policy issue that McCain doesn’t think can be solved by war.
    Same for Kristol, his kid is a Marine too and his father would probably personally push him out of the landing craft onto the shores of Iran if he could.

  29. 29.

    The Dangerman

    @Narcissus:

    What is it with these people just being so damn weird.

    Romney was supposed to put THAT ONE in his place; they have completely lost their shit after losing to THAT ONE twice.

  31. 31.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @Citizen_X:

    Today, we are all al-Queada-affiliated rebel groups.

    There are rebel groups fighting each other for control of towns and roads. There are rebel groups who’ve taken up kidnapping for ransom. I seem to recall reading a report from one of the NGOs that the rebels used sarin gas. Thirteen people were killed and twenty were wounded in a recent battle between Kurdish rebels and non-Kurdish rebels.

  32. 32.

    Shortstop

    @Baud: I didn’t think it would be worth the arrest. But
    I did confront and yell at Joey Leebs at National (I won’t call it Reagan) once, if that redeems my courage at all?

  34. 34.

    pokey low

    Maybe he can record treasonous anti-American statements in exchange for cigarettes, just like his hero days in Vietnam.

  36. 36.

    ChrisNYC

    Imagine working for McCain? Constant demands for stunts! “Carl! Where’s Carl? Carl, I need a five NEW BIG stunts by COB! None of that name the unqualified governor as VP namby pamby stuff. I want Bruce Willis on the runway, lighting the landing lights with the Zippo stuff, my friend!”

  37. 37.

    JPL

    It’s Memorial Day and I am hoping that McGrandpa was waving the flag and shaking hands. The Syrians would appreciate that.

  38. 38.

    JPL

    @kc: Someone needs to tell Lindsay, McCain lost and hanging his future around McCain’s won’t help him win elections in SC,

  39. 39.

    PopeRatzy

    Actually a great homage to the old days of USENET (web boards before the web) when it was announced that someone had died/was dying:
    “can I have your stuff?”
    or
    “I knew him best, I get his stuff”
    …

  40. 40.

    mk3872

    Chill, sheeple, it’s just President McCain’s way of setting up some more titillating dialog on next Sunday’s political talk shows.

  42. 42.

    mouse tolliver

    @Fuzz:

    McCain is one of those guys that disproves- to an extent- the whole ‘skin in the game’ idea. His kid was in the Marines in Iraq back in I think 06-08ish,

    Maybe he loves his children the way Tywin Lannister loves his children.

  46. 46.

    Chris

    @Fuzz:

    McCain is one of those guys that disproves- to an extent- the whole ‘skin in the game’ idea. His kid was in the Marines in Iraq back in I think 06-08ish, and not only then but still today with another kid in the Navy he is absolutely jacked up about the prospect of war, one or two wars just isn’t enough. There is essentially no foreign policy issue that McCain doesn’t think can be solved by war.

    Well, and beyond that, he himself served in the military and had a fairly shitty time of it, but still loves him some wars.

  47. 47.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    Yes, indeed, there’s something surreal about John McCain’s meeting with Syrian rebels.

    Nah. He just wanted to tell them how much he enjoys their bread.

  49. 49.

    Frankensteinbeck

    Perspective, guys. It’s about perspective. Assume (as a wingnut does) that McCain is being brave and heroic and statesmanlike. Graham’s tweet becomes a display of confidence and affection that also highlights the personal risk President McCain is taking in the service of democracy. Like many conservative behaviors, it makes perfect sense if your just accept that 2+2=Reagan.

  50. 50.

    JR

    I’m not as surprised by this as I would have been before our senior government officials got really practiced at visiting war zones.

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