Master of Understatement

That would be Alex Koppelman at Salon. Noting the impassioned calls at CPAC to “take to the streets to stop America’s slide into socialism” (Sen. Jim DeMint) and Mike Huckabee’s prediction “that ‘the Union of American Socialist Republics is being born’and that...

Rhyming With Cool: Tool and Fool

I am genuinely surprised that anyone even notices the moronic things Michele Bachman says, anymore: From CNN, via TPMDC: “As he concluded his remarks, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann — the event’s moderator — told Steele he was “da man.” “Michael Steele! You be da...

An Historic Moment

No, it’s not the withdrawal of most U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2010. It’s the fact that I agree with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid on their objection to the size of the residual force: “I’m happy to listen to the secretary of defense and the president, but when they talk about 50,000,...

Happy 40th, Mike!

HAHA!!! Happy Birthday Mike! 40, sheesh, that’s… that’s… really old!

No More Taxation Without Representation for D.C. Residents

The District of Columbia is poised to get the vote in the House of Representatives its citizens have been denied since the nation’s founding. No sounds of rejoicing from the teaparty organizers, though.