How many Republicans are still running? Does this cat have enough lives to survive?
Lots more word salad Sarah at Talking Points Memo.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
One terrible fate avoided
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
This ain't Israel in 4 B.C.
No time for fundamentalist imperryalism:
God said He would not be present at Perry’s much-talked-about Christian day of prayer on Aug. 6, calling the governor’s use of his public office to endorse a religion both “irresponsible” and a violation of the Constitution.Unfortunately, those who claim god talks to them hear their own desires as the voice of god.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Stand-up on the Titanic
If there aren't enough lifeboats again this time around to save the entertainment, instead of small string ensembles, maybe we'll get to swim in the bracing North Atlantic to gallows humor:
Calling the results of today’s Iowa straw poll “alarming,” Standard and Poor’s took the unprecedented action of downgrading Iowa’s IQ.We've already hit the iceberg. How long till we go down by the head? Carpathia, are you out there?
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Conscience of journalism
Rupert Murdoch's sterling reputation at risk!
As news of the scandal continues to blemish the tradition of journalistic excellence and dignity exemplified by News Corp.–owned outlets such as the New York Post and the Fox News channel, Murdoch himself has remained focused on rectifying his missteps, starting with paying those affected out of his own pocket.
“Look, anyone who knows me knows that I have never cared about money,” said Murdoch, explaining that his distress over invading the private lives of citizens far outweighs his concern for his company’s quickly falling stock prices. “While some of my competitors focus on sensationalist or partisan headlines to sell papers, I’ve always been willing to do whatever it takes to ensure my products are as fair and committed to the truth as I myself am. After all, truth and fairness are what people have come to expect from Rupert Murdoch.”
“You don’t get to be the world’s most successful media mogul by being unscrupulous,” Murdoch added.
Or at least his sterling...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Palin denies jumping the snark
... no matter how much the snark wants her to:
[S]he saved her most fulsome praise for her favorite American hero, Paul Revere: “In his famous cry, ‘One if by land, two if by sea,’ Paul Revere proved that you don’t have to know how to count higher than two to be a great American.”
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Bad judgement day
God guarantees President Obama's re-election:
The Rapture will usefully thin out the Republican field, which, since I assessed it in our current Comment, has already been culled by the departure of Trump and Huckabee. As of tomorrow, Palin, Bachmann, Santorum, and possibly Pawlenty (a Lutheran who attends an evangelical megachurch) will be out of the picture, having been bodily swooped up to Heaven (along with, redundantly, Huckabee).Hendrik Hertzberg notices what many liberal pundits have missed. The Rapture will take a big bite out of the Republican base. Obama's approval rating could reach two-thirds!
Back here on Planet Earth, the two Mormons, Romney and Huntsman, will still be in the race, obviously. So will Daniels (mainline Presbyterian), Gingrich (hopelessly sinful), Paul (follower of militant atheist Ayn Rand), Bolton (Lutheran, but no sign he takes it seriously), Johnson (political pothead), and Cain (Baptist, but from the social-justice Dr. King wing).
That will leave eight men scrambling for the support of a very different Republican primary electorate. The religious right will still be a factor, but its numbers will be greatly reduced and those “left behind” are apt to be relative moderates.
But I'm worried. God seems to be running late on Revelation.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Hobgoblin
GOP calls Democrats "Chicken Little":
In support of their position, Democrats have pointed to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that show repealing the law could result in a loss of up to $14 trillion in the nation's GDP.Everyone knows you can't trust numbers, much less the CBO.
Or the Onion, for that matter.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
War on memorial services
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Brian Kilmeade and Steve Doocy are the two stupidest men on television. The belong on Fox.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Fix the facts
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Is there anyone more dishonest than Sean Hannity?
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Late for April Fools
In the up-is-down, black-is-white world of Republican politics, a Republican occasionally strays off message and says something reasonable. But three?
- Karl Rove tells the frothing wingnuts to take their meds and answer the census. (Well, not in so many words...)
- John McCain finally concedes that he's an orthodox conservative without any marketing-driven maverickyness. (Well, not in so many words...)
- Tom Coburn declares a jones for Nancy Pelosi. (Well, not in so many words...)
The real answer is that they would rather be quoted for saying anything other than answering questions about paying to watch simulated lesbian sex. Showing their well-buried humanity was probably the only gambit extreme enough to get the media even partially off of the Voyeur sex club.
One last weird oddity: When a Democrat has a scandal, every follow-up story recaps all the saucy details. ($90,000 in the freezer!) I had to search through the CNN Political Ticker all the way back to March 30 to find the name of the club that the hard right went to to get right hard.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
So it is socialism after all
David Leonhardt writes ("In Health Bill, Obama Attacks Wealth Inequality"):
Over most of that period, government policy and market forces have been moving in the same direction, both increasing inequality. The pretax incomes of the wealthy have soared since the late 1970s, while their tax rates have fallen more than rates for the middle class and poor.Back to the ugly socialism of the 1970s!
Nearly every major aspect of the health bill pushes in the other direction.
(OK, so long as we don't have to go back to the ugly clothing...)
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Snarkolepsy
Irresistable dream sequence, riffing on this:
Useless journalist: "Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to be President?"
Romney: "I sure do. ... She's been a mayor, she's been a governor, she's been part of a presidential campaign, she's got a lot of support."
Useful journalist: "Would you hire her to make deals and manage money at Bain Capital?"
Romney: "Hem, haw, to manage my money? She doesn't have a lot of support in that area."
Friday, February 12, 2010
Untouchable
A health insurer in California just raised rates on individual purchasers 30 to 39% and promised more hikes, oh, whenever they damn well please. Not our fault, says Anthem Blue Cross:
"We understand and strongly share our members' concerns over the rising cost of healthcare services and the corresponding adverse impact on insurance premiums," the company said in a statement.Here's what they edited out of their PR:
"Unfortunately, the individual market premiums are merely the symptoms of a larger underlying problem in California's individual market -- rising healthcare costs."
Our industry's lobbyists and advertising, not to mention the subscribers we suckered into helping, beat back any reform at all. We don't think we have to worry in the least about the government helping you sick people.Anthem is probably ticked that their profit is capped at 30% of revenue.
Update (2/13): h/t MoveOn
Monday, February 8, 2010
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