Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

So many bastards, so little time.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

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

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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A conversation with my uncle about Dijongate

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I’m visiting with family right now and just had the following conversation with my uncle, who listens to a fair amount of right-wing radio (mostly local Boston stuff, though, not usually Rush) and often repeats crazy things to me he’s heard on the radio:

Uncle: Why were they giving Obama a hard time about that burger he ordered the other day?
Me: He asked for spicy mustard.
Uncle: Like brown mustard or grey poupon?
Me: Yeah.
Uncle: And they made a big deal of that? God help us, huh?

My uncle is right in that sweet-spot of the mostly mythical cranky, blue collar voters whose votes are up for grabs (voted for Bush at least once, voted for Obama in 2008). When even he is mystified by the stupidity of an attack, it means it didn’t work.

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Ask a Wingnut

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Salon has a great new feature:

“Ask a Wingnut” is written by a real live conservative and former Bush official who chooses to remain anonymous. Each week “Glenallen Walken” will bridge the cultural divide and answer questions from liberals about why conservatives think and do what they think and do. If you would like to submit a question to “Ask a Wingnut,” send it to mschone (at) salon (dot) com.

Steve Benen has a good dissection of this week’s wingnut Q&A.

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