Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You cannot shame the shameless.

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

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

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

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

All your base are belong to Tunch.

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

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

The revolution will be supervised.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

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

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

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

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Lest We Forget

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The Repubs have been just this bad for a loooong time. But in Dubya’s day, they could get away with being less public about their non-stop venality.

Apart from adjusting the signal-to-noise ratio, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

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  1. 1.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    “Some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolución immediately, if he gets in, then things will really, you know, explode.”

    “If you think that it’s pragmatic to shore up the status quo right now, then you’re not in touch with the status quo -the status quo is not working. I think it’s dangerous to think that we can continue the way we are.”

    ~ Susan Sarandon.

    “only the little people feel pain”

  2. 2.

    piratedan

    and remember, there are still MILLIONS of people that are going to vote for these folks…. that simply makes me sad.

  6. 6.

    Arclite

    The Republicans have been left behind by the rest of America. Amazing how the Southern Strategy has painted them into this corner.

  8. 8.

    MattF

    Rove wants to be believed now, but after all those lies… it’s not so easy. Just for grins and giggles, I looked up some old predictions about the Obama/Romney race. Reality’s a bitch, Karl.

  9. 9.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    The Baud! campaign is one political scientists will study and write about for decades in virtual history books.

  12. 12.

    Villago Delenda Est

    A deep bench of marginal graduates from the Howard Fine Academy of Clowning Arts.

  14. 14.

    WarMunchkin

    At a CNN town hall on Tuesday in Milwaukee, Charlotte Rasmussen from Butler, Wisconsin, asked Kasich whom he would choose as his vice president were he the GOP’s nominee.

    “Are you available? You look great tonight,” he said to her in response.

    The sane one.

  15. 15.

    burnspbesq

    Between the Berniacs and the Clinton-email-scandal true believers, I’m about this close to getting off Facebook until after the election.

    Thank God baseball season starts on Sunday, and i will have Bartolo Colon helping to keep me sane.

  16. 16.

    Major Major Major Major

    It’d be funny if they didn’t hold the fate of the world in their hands.

    Got a nice green one of those Japanese hangy curtain thingies with a radish on it (I know, it’s called a noren) for the bedroom doorway. so that’s nice.

    Tonight, dinner with the still not ex husband, so, we’ll see how that goes. Off to Warby Parker in the mean time.

    Shameless plug: new chapter! https://imjustthisguyyouknow.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/the-fish-2-17/

  17. 17.

    LAO

    If I wasn’t such a natural pessimist (especially when counting on democrats), I would be enjoying the republican implosion more. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying it but I could be enjoying it more.

  23. 23.

    LAO

    For all you fellow Bundy enthusiasts, today the Oregon judge relaxed Shawna Cox’s conditions of release to remove the requirement of home detention, but barred her from taking part in protests and general tomfoolery on social media regarding Malhuer.

    So what did Mrs Cox do today? Attend a press conference given by the widow Finicum. But she did not address the media. So there’s that.

  25. 25.

    AkaDad

    I was disappointed he grabbed that reporter. He should have pulled a Cheney and shotgunned her face.

  27. 27.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    WASHINGTON — (AP) President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system.

    The latest tranche of commutations brings to 248 the total number of inmates whose sentences Obama has commuted — more than the past six presidents combined.

    In a bid to call further attention to the issue, Obama met for lunch Wednesday with people whose sentences were previously commuted to hear about the challenges of re-entering society.

    “Their stories are extraordinary,” Obama said after dining at a Washington eatery. “We’re all imperfect. We all make mistakes.”

  33. 33.

    Iowa Old Lady

    I know Josh Barro thinks he’s a republican because of his economic positions, but how long has it been since the party actually followed those positions. Barro is too smart to keep this up.

  35. 35.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @LAO: Pedants gotta pedantify, and it is nearly the only thing I’ve managed to do competently this week. I hope we will remain close Juicepals, as well as fellow addicts.

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): Counsel for pigs would like a retraction. They are generally pleasant animals, and very intelligent. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

  37. 37.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @Iowa Old Lady: Barro’s parents are republican, so he was indoctrinated. He’s also gay and jewish and his comments are filled with wingnut bigots saying the ugliest things. It’s hard for him. He’s trying to stay tethered to a family he loves but he’s clearly uncomfortable.

  41. 41.

    LAO

    @WaterGirl: I hate to perpetuate the objectification of men, but we belong to the same gym and he is way hotter in real life than on tv.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    @LAO: I think he is seriously attractive, but I confess I thought he looked hotter when he had his facial hair. Now he looks like a young pup!

    Edit: I think that smart is very sexy, which also doesn’t hurt my assessment of Josh Barro.

  43. 43.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.): Apology accepted, with a request that future comparisons be made thoughtfully. Sadly, such defamatory language had been standard in the US for decades, and it is a difficult reflexive habit to break.

    @LAO: The last I heard was that the court, after releasing her from electronic monitoring, admonished her to shut the fuck up about the pending criminal action. Which condition I predict will be violated by about the middle of April.

  44. 44.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch

    @WaterGirl: yup.. he supports ACA and every time he provides a rational explanation of it’s benefits, he gets trashed

  47. 47.

    MattF

    Via TPM, Der Trump is underwater in Wisconsin:

    One reason that Trump may be struggling in Wisconsin is that likely voters in Wisconsin despise him. The new Marquette poll finds his favorability rating at 22 percent, compared with a 70 percent unfavorability rating. That is … bad? No. It would be an insult to the quiet dignity of the word “bad” to call that spread bad.

    ETA: Pardon me, the quote is from Slate.

  48. 48.

    Kathleen

    @MattF: Southwestern Ohio Exurban Legend says that during the full moon folks still see Karl Rove wandering through Warren, Butler and Clermont Counties looking for those Romney votes.

  58. 58.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @burnspbesq:

    i will have Bartolo Colon .

    I had that once, but those terrific gut bacteria probiotic supplements cleared things right up.

  59. 59.

    LAO

    @efgoldman: trust me, I know. As a mets fan, I’m sure that the first time he gives up 6 runs in two innings, I will be howling to dump him.

  61. 61.

    Pogonip

    @Major Major Major Major: Your bedroom is a restaurant?

    Mine is too, but only for the neighbor’s dog; I have a bad habit of munching in here and Taffy (who has a standing reservation–we booted Donald Trump for her the other night) comes in and slurps up any dropped crumbs.

  62. 62.

    Pogonip

    For those with Tunch-like figures, may I tecommend the Sick Relative Diet. I’ve lost 12 pounds in the 3 weeks since Dad went first to the hospital and then to the rehab.

  66. 66.

    AnotherBruce

    @burnspbesq: I know, right. There’s about 4 people I know and love that are posting shit about Clinton. I’m keeping quiet because I want to have friends, and it’s convenient that Hillary is going to win.

    If for some reason she doesn’t win, I’m going to tear into my friends. With the caveat that I will vote for Sanders. So STFU.

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