Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

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

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

If you’re pissed about Biden’s speech, he was talking about you.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

“But what about the lurkers?”

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

I did not have telepathic declassification on my 2022 bingo card.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

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  1. 1.

    Corner Stone

    Did you watch and listen? I could only watch in batches, had the sound off the whole time.

  2. 2.

    Nate Dawg

    Apparently in addition to being a real estate mogul, Donald J. Trump is an expert on pickles!

    At least that’s what I gathered from hearing Sarah Palin tout his great book–“The Art of The Dill”.

  3. 3.

    lamh36

    When Trump praised the Palin family, I was literally just reading bout her son Track arrested for DMV against his girlfriend…I mean..wow…

  4. 4.

    Docg

    Palin’s desperation to be relevant again was palpable. Tried WAY too hard and was not well received.

  8. 8.

    tom

    Any time a Palin is involved it’s inherently surreal, and not in a good way. Did Trump make any creepy sexist remarks yet? I give him 24 hours if he hasn’t already.

  11. 11.

    Davebo

    Amazingly you can post your kids bail over the phone!

    If only she’d been at the refuge in Oregon it would have been perfect!

  12. 12.

    Gin & Tonic

    Imagine how this country looks from Berlin or Beijing or any place, really, that has sentient beings in charge.

  13. 13.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Tweety: when she gets duded up, she looks pretty good, she struts out on the stage…

    My god, dude, did your wife not get mad enough when you virtually molested Erin Burnett?

  16. 16.

    JPL

    The newsy are trying to be polite. From what I heard, is that she is a strong conservative voice I’m still trying to figure out the main thing having squirmishes. Obviously MSM is better at bull shitting that I am.

  20. 20.

    Corner Stone

    @BillinGlendaleCA: If she didn’t much mind when he drooled over GWB’s codpiece I find it … hard to see why she would care about a decrepituded out Palin.
    She looked bad. There’s no other way to say it when all she had was her starbursty cachet.

  22. 22.

    Corner Stone

    @JPL: I fear the stress of dress shopping has taken its toll on you. Please. Call someone who can talk you down from this self-inflicted trauma.
    Don’t do it to yourself!

  24. 24.

    feedusafetus

    Somewhere a clinic is missing a meth addict. There is no explanation for this sort of thing other than hardcore substance abuse.

  27. 27.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    “We’re not gonna chill, it’s time to drill, baby, drill”

    My god.

    Tweety thought that was a powerhouse performance. Reminds me of the sad old comedian croaking out his big punchline from thirty plus years ago.

  28. 28.

    hilts

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Chris Matthews is a raving, drooling ignoramus. His comments regarding Palin show that he’s thinking with his dick and not with his brain. Palin makes Matthews horny, but she’s a has been. Once the Iowa Caucuses are concluded, she’ll be a non factor for the remainder of the race.

  31. 31.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @hilts: I’m not surprised Trump took her endorsement to goad the GOP, I’m a little surprised he pimped it up the way he did. He must have not talked to her in a long while.
    ETA: and, yeah, it’s all about the tingling in his naughty bits for Tweety. He and Maureen Dowd always make me wonder that no one in this world loves them enough to reel them in.

  34. 34.

    gf120581

    I hope McCain is watching this and being eaten alive with guilt at what he risked back in 2008.

  35. 35.

    lamh36

    what I wouldn’t give for someone to directly ask Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace and all of em…what da hell?

  37. 37.

    Ken

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: She did “drill baby drill” again? Seriously? I realize she’s been out of Alaska politics for some time so hasn’t had to deal with the decline of the oil revenues that feed their little experiment in socialist redistribution, but surely she’s at least noticed the price of gas?

  38. 38.

    Mandalay

    @hilts:

    she’s a has been

    That’s not what Tweety’s cock is telling him. He should man up, break protocol, and state what is blindingly obvious to his viewers: “I want to fuck Sarah Palin with every fiber of my being”.

  39. 39.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @gf120581: I suspect Cindy and servants went to the movies tonight to avoid flying objects and f-bombs.

    @Betty Cracker: Tweety keeps showing clips. Hayes and Maddow may show a bit of restraint. O’Donnell will wallow in it.

  40. 40.

    Curt

    Reading reaction comments at Redstate, Hotair, Breitbart, etc. right now is like dumping one of those inch-diameter Pixie Stix straight down my throat. So sweet it’s too much!

  42. 42.

    p.a.

    @Ken:

    drill baby drill

    It’s code for Bristol to have another baby so the family name stays in the news. ‘Doesn’t matter what is said, just spell the name right.’

  43. 43.

    Trentrunner

    @tom: To his credit, no, Trump didn’t make any sexist remarks about Palin.

    But I’m pretty sure he still wants to bang his daughter Ivanka.

  44. 44.

    Curt

    For many of my friends, this election cycle is turning into the fun trip where you hook up then wake up a bathtub with a missing kidney.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 19, 2016

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer lot!

  46. 46.

    lamh36

    Mahn…I’m ready for Finding Your Roots…needs to cleanse my pallet from that Palin/Trump crapfest…

    See ya on the flip side BJ

  47. 47.

    Josie

    I am listening to snippets from cnn and msnbc, and I honestly can’t understand how they could watch the same spectacle that I did and react so differently. I saw a screechy woman, past her prime, possibly hopped up on something, who made absolutely no sense. They saw a politically viable speech that gives Trump a leg up in Iowa.

  48. 48.

    Patricia Kayden

    I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that Track Palin was arrested for domestic violence yesterday. Hate to say it but that entire family is trashy. Can you imagine what would be said about them if they weren’t White? This country did a great thing when we rejected McCain/Palin in 2008.

  56. 56.

    JPL

    @JPL: Betty.. Scan over until there is only thirty minutes left..
    link
    It starts with Trump speaking about her wonderful family. I don’t know if he knew about the arrest. She brought a binder with her, that I assumed included notes.

    Please let us know what you think Betty.

  57. 57.

    p.a.

    @Josie: You have to keep in mind 1) the deep cynicism and/or stupidity of the MSM, 2) the mental and emotional immaturity of Trump supporters. To Trumpists, a SnowSnooky endorsment will be taken as a double-plus good.

  59. 59.

    muddy

    @efgoldman: I have an item that I think Tweety would really enjoy. I think if I hit him in the feels he will pay way more than it would fetch on eBay. I have several categories to spark him with, but I don’t know how to write a decent business letter. Of course I wouldn’t want to come off as crass and grasping. Mostly because that would not work well.

    I think he would genuinely enjoy having it, but I don’t see why he shouldn’t overpay. I would be willing to cut someone in to the profit if I put it over on him.

  60. 60.

    bemused

    @p.a.:

    MSM has to keep the Trumpmentum going, good for bizness. They really are looking spectacularly ridiculous and phony pretending Palin was relevant and didn’t look pathetic.

  61. 61.

    catclub

    @Josie: The most recent success of Palin was pushing for Ted Cruz in his senate run. She was early and right. Trump decided to take smack at Cruz, and apparently thought no further than that.

  63. 63.

    ArchPundit

    Looking around at all of you, you hard working Iowa families, you farm families and teachers and Teamsters and cops and cooks you rock n rollers and Holy Rollers. All of you who work so hard. You full time moms. You with the hands that rock the cradle.You all make the world go round. And now our cause is one.

    Does this make any sense if you are drunk?

  64. 64.

    hilts

    @ JPL, Jim, Foolish Literalist, Mandalay,

    In addition to getting rid of their worthless prison documentaries, it would be nice if MSNBC could finally send Chris Matthews into retirement where he belongs. He’s one of the most nauseating and repulsive human beings to ever host a news program. Hardball is a putrid, steaming pile of excrement and Matthews should rot in Hell for polluting the airwaves with his stupidity and his obnoxious persona. The same goes for Joe, Mika, O’Reilly, Hannity, FNC’s The Five, and Megyn Kelly.

  65. 65.

    Capri

    Wow – the Republican spokesperson on Chris Hayes just said on the air that the folks who follow Trump are “childless” men who “masturbate to anime” and are totally irrelevant to the GOP. No explanation how, if this is the case, Trump is lapping the field. That’s a lot of childless anime masturbators.

    Also heard Palin’s comments – no way she’s not tanked to the gills.

  66. 66.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Patricia Kayden:

    Can you imagine what would be said about them if they weren’t White?

    I still see people insisting that Michelle Obama has tarnished the dignity of the White House. Michelle Obama.

  69. 69.

    ArchPundit

    Are you ready for a commander in chief who will let our troops do their jobs and Kick ISIS ASS!

    Jesus fucking Christ this is depressing. And hysterical. And depressing.

  71. 71.

    Mike J

    @ArchPundit: Lawrence Ferlinghetti is having the type set as we speak. It’s not the best example of the Beats, but not everyone can be Allen Ginsberg.

  72. 72.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @Capri: As you say, how can Trump’s supporters be irrelevant to the GOP? They ARE the GOP.

    Maybe some Platonic GOP with “true conservatives” exists somewhere but not in this world.

  74. 74.

    ArchPundit

    His candidacy, which is a movement, it’s a force, it’s a strategy. It proves, as long as the politicos, they get to keep their titles and their perks and their media ratings. They don’t really who cares who wins elections. Believe me on this. And the proof of this. Look what’s happening today. Our own GOP machine, the establishment, They who would assemble the political landscape. They are attacking their own frontrunner.

    Wasilla is the meth capital of Alaska right?

  75. 75.

    Roger Moore

    @Josie:

    I am listening to snippets from cnn and msnbc, and I honestly can’t understand how they could watch the same spectacle that I did and react so differently.

    They understand the Republican mindset well enough to be able to see the speech as a Palinista would see it. It should scare everyone that they’re so deeply connected to Republican thought.

  78. 78.

    RandomMonster

    NYT reports it as, “Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Rallying Conservatives”. Huh? If that’s rallying, I’d like to see what dividing looks like. This should be filed under, “Same Planet, Different World”.

  80. 80.

    SFAW

    @Betty Cracker:

    Y’all were not exaggerating.

    And this is a surprise to you? I was tempted – for approximately a femtosecond – to watch. But, after reading the various comments here, I figured “Why put myself through that?” For once, I made the right choice.

  81. 81.

    Mandalay

    And now Chris Hayes is interviewing Michael Moore, the ultimate limousine liberal.

    Another person who should stay gone.

  85. 85.

    mclaren

    Dadaist performance art.

    “We must force the ISIS octopus to sing its swan song, because that’s just the way the ball crumbles.” Or whatever. When dogs fly overhead in a diamond…

    Tristan Tzara would beam with pride.

  87. 87.

    Citizen_X

    @Curt:

    this election cycle is turning into the fun trip where you hook up then wake up a bathtub with a missing kidney.— Erick Erickson

    Shit. One less place I can punch him.

  88. 88.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    Borowitz, too true:

    But even as the Trump campaign staffers celebrate the Palin endorsement, they recognize that they still have their work cut out for them to secure victory in Iowa. “Getting the idiots to support Trump is only half the battle,” the aide said. “Now we have to make sure that they make it to the caucuses without getting lost on the way.”

    The man has a gift for satire that nears national treasure levels.

  91. 91.

    Mike J

    @Aleta: It’s now cool to say Kerouac was a bad writer, but if you read that when you were 16 and didn’t seriously consider heading across the country, you were dead inside.

  92. 92.

    seaboogie

    @JPL:

    @JPL: I fear the stress of dress shopping has taken its toll on you.

    Hey JPL, go back to your linky and check out Palin’s snazzy and classy outfit – I think your search has ended – the ombre spangles are only from between 5 (ombre) and 25 (spangles) years ago – so basically timeless – you’ll be able to wear it again and again! You can thank me later.

  93. 93.

    J R in WV

    Well, we don’t have access to CNN, or MSNBC or any of those cable channels.

    This makes me glad we can’t see those cable channels !!!

  95. 95.

    Iowa Old Lady

    I know there are serious things going on and I should be reading about them, but holy crap, Palin’s performance made my day. The look on Trump alone made me giddy.

  98. 98.

    seaboogie

    I liked the Phyllis Schlafly mention as a righteous rightie Trump supporter – we just don’t hear her name often enough these days.

    We know the Palins like them selves some potent potables, I’m thinking she did Jaeger Bombs when she wrote this speech – you just know she was manic, drunk and thought that this speech was genius.

    I really loved how “thoughtful” Trump looked when she mention bankruptcies.

    Also, new term: “Squirmishes”. It’s like watching an hysterical idiot savant.

  100. 100.

    Mandalay

    @Mike J:

    It’s now cool to say Kerouac was a bad writer, but if you read that when you were 16 and didn’t seriously consider heading across the country, you were dead inside.

    This.

    And the actual criticism of his writing is really lame.

  102. 102.

    seaboogie

    @JPL: Heh. Seriously though, on your search try Nordy’s, under “Mother of the Bride” category in dresses and read the reviews to guide you for fit and comfort – I found a great dress to attend a wedding there. It was so wonderful and also so me that I just wanted to wear it vacuuming around the house – and I hate to vacuum.

  106. 106.

    cmorenc

    @John Cole:

    That Palin shit was surreal

    The really weird aspect was that over some the parts where she was raking over the GOP establishment, what she was saying about the wealthy special-interest elites shucking and jiving the commoners could easily have been said by Bernie Sanders, at least until Palin lapsed back into sparkly Tea-Party mode. Not that Palin really understands the implications the way Bernie does – I’m not suddenly giving her credit for insight and intelligence she clearly lacks, except I do recognize her grifter-animal cunning in tacking her sparkly stars onto Trump’s rump.

  107. 107.

    Curt

    After watching as much as I could stand, I’m inclined to agree with Digby that Cruz dodged a bullet. It was just sad and nasty and horrible. Only Trump could survive an endorsement like that. Cruz, weasel that he is, would have been diminished by it. It was that bad.

  108. 108.

    Mandalay

    @chopper:

    wait, seriously? he said that?

    Apparently so…:

    Wilson talked to Chris Hayes about a very specific section of Trump’s fans; not his mainstream supporters, his “alt-right” fans. The ones, he explained, that have lots of “Hitler iconography in their Twitter icons.”

    He went on to say, “Most of them are childless single men who masturbate to anime. They’re not real political players. These are not people who matter in the overall course of humanity.”

    It’s so distressing to see Republicans attacking each other.

  109. 109.

    boatboy_srq

    @chopper: You’re confusing English (a language spoken in England and, to a lesser extent, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) with Ahmurrrcan (a language spoken in the United States and common in Wingnutistan and Teatopia). Stop it.

  113. 113.

    cmorenc

    @Josie:

    I saw a screechy woman, past her prime, possibly hopped up on something, who made absolutely no sense. They saw a politically viable speech that gives Trump a leg up in Iowa.

    In Iowa with the rural GOP base there, it probably does help. But outside that kind of setting, she again becomes an Albatross.

  114. 114.

    Ruckus

    @Josie:
    Well if you are looking for an actual political speech, one with substance and some level of reality you wouldn’t look at the conservative side in the first place. They don’t do reality and substance. If however you were looking for the best jr high school class president speech from someone in a mental health institution then the one you heard makes perfect sense and will probably help tDump win the nomination.

  116. 116.

    Feathers

    My fave reaction to Palin & Trump was on twitter, where novelist Richard Kadrey noted that this is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday and speculated as to which of them would brick the other up in a wall. (Ya know it will come to that, doncha?)

  120. 120.

    danielx

    @Davebo:

    If only she’d been at the refuge in Oregon it would have been perfect!

    I shouldn’t be surprised if she shows up there, rifle in hand. Sarah Palin is all that shitshow lacks to make it complete, and she’d be treated like a visiting celebrity. They wouldn’t mind if she is hard pressed to get out a coherent sentence, and it might even get them back to page two status.

    On the other hand, given the Palin clan’s rep with law enforcement, it might not be the smartest thing she could do. Oh, wait….

  121. 121.

    Patricia Kayden

    @JPL: Entertaining in a train wreck way? Just waiting for Palin’s 15 minutes to be over. Her babbling has become tedious.

  125. 125.

    Ruckus

    @hilts:
    The only real thing that they could look for is how someone with that level of brain process still has autonomic function.

  126. 126.

    Mandalay

    @hilts: From your link, Beck tossed up his own version of a Palin word salad when he found out she was backing Trump:

    Sad excuse to abandon principles.

    Just because things don’t go my way, I don’t abandon God.

    Saul Alinsky is wrong. The ends do not justify the means.

    These fuckers have all been spewing nonsense and living in criticism-free bubbles for years, and now finally they are turning on each other. Attacks from your enemies might make you stronger, but I’m not so sure about attacks from your allies.

  127. 127.

    Zinsky

    Sarah Palin is a skank. She has the flat ass, no boobs and skinny legs of a crack whore. Yuck. Not to mention she is clearly brain damaged and has a low-life degenerate family. Chris Matthews must be mentally retarded.

  128. 128.

    Seanly

    @Ken:

    No companies want to drill with oil at only $30 a barrel.

    Also, too, Sarah appeared to be either drunk or high as a kite. I could only take so much of her 2008 shtick.

    She did say that Iran violated international law by detaining our sailors. Weren’t we the ones in Iranian territory? Meaning we were the violators?

  129. 129.

    kalamatea

    I know it’s small potatoes compared to the rest of that shitshow, but did she say that she and Todd were in IA “thawing out?” It’s been considerably warmer in Wasilla than in IA for the past week-ish….

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