CPAC Attendees Wear Signs Saying, “Kick Me, I’m A Republican”

Not really, but they ought to, because that’s what the steady flow of Republican lunacy seems to indicate they want. Somebody needs to start keeping a list of all the lame, dumbass things Republicans are saying and doing to try and hide the fact that they have no new ideas or vision or plan for...

Shorter Rick Santelli: “My wife feels you’re glib, Matt.”

The preceding exchange–especially Dylan Ratigan’s asinine contention that Rick Santelli is “channeling an emotion that everyone in America is feeling”–ties in with what Glenn Greenwald was saying the other day about how the Beltway press corps is still obsessed with transmitting and furthering...

Carrying GOP water?

First impressions mean a lot.  In that vein, here’s the first paragraph from the front page story in today’s New York Times about Obama’s budget proposal, to be revealed later today: President Obama will propose further tax increases on the affluent to help pay for his promise to make...

One Guess As To Why Don Surber Is A Dumbass

Here’s the quote, see if you can guess what Surber got wrong: Well, the audience for President Obama’s first State of the Union address was big, but failed to come close in size to the audiences that Presidents Clinton and Bush 43 drew in their SOTUs at the nation’s times of crisis. Answer:...

Finding Your Way Out Of The Wilderness: Republicans Are Doing It Wrong

“Don’t think, Meat.” It was my dad’s favorite movie line of all time and comes from one of those Kevin Costner baseball movies… Field of Dreams? Bull Durham? I don’t know, I’m neither a Kevin Costner, nor a Baseball fan. The point behind the quote was that wise...