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If you’re going to be a nut, your past as a reasonable person will come back to haunt you

Jefff — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:44:33 +0000

Wake up people! Owning a part of the major banks in America is not a bad thing. We could make a profit while solving a problem.

That’s Herman Cain, firebrand candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, defending TARP a few years ago. Lately, he’s been making a reputation for himself by saying crazy things in a way that makes them sound like common sense. I hope his followers forgive him for once holding a measured and reasonable position.

From David Weigel

Awesome bill names continued

Jefff — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Last year, I was amused by John Boehner’s Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. But now that the Republicans are in the majority, they’re really giving up the subtlety with their bill to repeal Health Care Reform, which is called the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.

Palin’s base

Jefff — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:40:49 +0000

Which Republicans most want Sarah Palin for President? The answer is not surprising:

Via The Daily Dish.

Senate Republicans will cut the deficit. Somehow.

Jefff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:57:39 +0000

Peter Suderman at Reason ruminates on Senate Republicans’ promise to cut the deficit, given that they don’t seem to have any ideas for how to cut the deficit.

Can’t they just cut all the socialism? You know, just cut out all the socialism that we’ve got now, and that should be pretty good, right? That and earmarks. Yeah, that should do it.

Real vampires spell vampire with a y

Jefff — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:42:10 +0000

Republican vampire Jonathon Sharkey has issued a challenge to Robert Pattinson.

I hope you will print this response to The Hollywood Reporter’s story that Twilight Vampyre Wannabe Robert Pattinson is related to Vlad Tepes Dracula.

…

Personally if that boy thinks he’s from Vlad’s bloodline, then let him prove it, in the way Vlad would… On a field of battle! As the US Secret Service will attest, I am Vlad to the bone. Unlike Pattinson, I am a warrior and a true Vampyre.

If he truly wants to prove his Vlad heritage, then I challenge him to face me on a field of battle. Let see which one of us is “VLAD TO THE BONE!” Not a Hollywood pretty boy!

…

Do Svidaniya,
Nel Sangue,
Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey (R)
Presidential Candidate

If You Vote for Health Care, Sen. Tom Coburn Will Not Forget, Will Make You Pay

Jefff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:30:24 +0000

Raising the bar on Republican opposition maneuvers in the Senate, Mr. Coburn on Thursday threatened to put future holds on any Democratic House members who switch their vote in favor of the health care bill, lose their election as a result next November, and then are rewarded with a high-ranking job in the Obama administration.

Classy.
Via Wonkette

Actual Republican Nominee for Congress Is Actual Racist

Jefff — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:37:18 +0000

Rosanna Pulido has spent a lot of time commenting on Free Republic, saying that Mexican immigrants are the “new Ku Klux Klan with a tan” and that Muslims praying to Mecca look like “my dog, smelling buts”. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

via Wonkette

Michael Steele Is Gonna Be All Off the Hook

Jefff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:59:06 +0000

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings."

Wow, these guys better hope Obama screws up bad. Otherwise, they are doomed.

Republicans Believe in You

Jefff — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:39 +0000

Bill Frist Is the Republicans’ Own John Kerry

The “Comprehensive Argument” Against Barack Obama

Jefff — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:09:55 +0000

As the election comes to a close, I find myself more easily able to investigate right-wing arguments. Most of the time, when I try to entertain opposing points of view, my guard goes up and the less sense an argument makes (they rarely make much sense) the bigger a headache I get from trying to take it seriously. But with the election looking a lot like it’s over, I don’t have to feel threatened by broken logic, and I’m able to let ignorance wash over me — rather than constantly try to come up with the counter-point to every point.

I’m optimistic that this will continue after the election. Hopefully, I’ll be able to bask in the post-partisan glow and stomach enough of the crazy BS to find some of conservatism’s considered principles. Broaden my horizons a bit.

In the meantime, enjoy the schadenfreude of Michael Medved’s “For Conservatives, Obama’s Changes Would Be Permanent and Devastating” and “The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama”, which contains this line in the second paragraph:

What follows is by no means comprehensive