Darrell Issa, Jason Chaffetz and the rest of the idiots in the Republican party — Mitt Romney included — are so hell-bent on finding a way to blame President Obama for the attack on the consulate in Benghazi, that they are acting like proper assholes, and recklessly endangering people’s lives. One such life? A Libyan …
Because of wow.
People Who Talk In Metaphors Oughta Shampoo My Crotch
Watching As Good As It Gets again for the umpteenth time (because I love it), and the scene with Nicholson dancing down the street yelling don’t touch me reminded me of this: Moving is never easy; moving to New York City even harder. Moving to New York while blogging an election was probably too large …
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Early Morning Open Thread: Happy Birthday, Little Nemo!
__ Thanks to commentor Origuy for alerting me to today’s Google doodle, celebrating the art of Winsor McCay. Per Time‘s Harry McCracken: Winsor McCay (1869-1934) was one of the first important creators of both comic strips and animation, and a pretty fair political cartoonist to boot. His masterwork was the Sunday comic Little Nemo in …
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First They Came For the Orc Rogues
This is kind of bizarre. Apparently Republicans in Maine have decided to attack a Democratic candidate and DKOS participant for… playing World of Warcraft: Maine state Senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz is not a witch. She is, however, an orc assassination rogue with a potty mouth — and the Maine Republican Party believes that disqualifies her …
Fifty Shades of Gay
Hindrocket at the Powerline: I’ve been watching presidential debates for quite a few years, but I have never seen one like this. It wasn’t a TKO, it was a knockout. Mitt Romney was in control from the beginning. He was the alpha male, while Barack Obama was weak, hesitant, stuttering, often apologetic. The visuals were …
At the DNC
Sitting next to ABL in the nosebleed seats in the Arena. No liveblogging, but we are doing that twitter thang. *** update *** Kal Penn endorses the John Cole pants free election.
At Bain, Romney Shopped For a Factory in China Where Young Women Worked Behind Barbed Wire for a Pittance (video)
UPDATE: I am trying to track down more information about the source and legitimacy of this video. Until I figure it out, I am deleting it. UPDATE 2: I cannot verify the source, but I’ll post it anyway with a less inflammatory title. It certainly sounds like him. It was uploaded to a fake YouTube …