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  • Romney Calls Santorum the ‘D’ Word

    Romney Calls Santorum the 'D' Word

    Mitt Romney believes that his best line of attack is making the claim that he has not spent a moment as a D.C. politician while his two main opponents, Newt ...

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  • Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    No two ways about it, Rick Santorum had a good night. Not only did he sweep Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri but he also got off the best line of the ...

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  • “We the Rich…”

    We the Rich...

    Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...

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  • A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump’s Endorsement ()

    A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump's Endorsement ()

    As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney. Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...

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  • Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...

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  • Republican Cannibalism

    Republican Cannibalism

    I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...

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  • Romney Hood

    Romney Hood

    One of our readers sent me an email with an idea for an illustration - Mitt Romney as Romney Hood. I thought it was brilliant and came up with the ...

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  • Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole. "Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...

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  • Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback.  Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...

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  • SOTU

    SOTU

    There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet. The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...

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  • Just Another GOP Debate

    Just Another GOP Debate

    The highlights from last night's debate. - Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war. - Santorum, who ...

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  • No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously. “We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...

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  • Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns. Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...

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  • The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    Good line. My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016.  The most electable guy in the field and he could ...

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  • Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice. So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...

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  • The Constitution – Libertarian’s False Idol

    The Constitution - Libertarian's False Idol

    Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope. ocLiberal: I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...

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  • Gingrich’s Delusional Politics

    Gingrich's Delusional Politics

    In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich. “I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...

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  • What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    Story 1: North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death' North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...

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And Then There Were Four – Rick Perry Quits

Finally.

“I have come to the conclusion that this is no viable path forward for me in this 2012 campaign,” said Rick Perry. “Therefore I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich for president of the United States.”

In the end we learned that early comparisons between Perry and Bush were not out of line.  If anything, George W. Bush might be a notch or two up on Perry on the intellect scale.

So while Perry might be gone, his wisdom lives on.

Evolution.

“It’s a theory that’s out there. It’s got some gaps in it. In Texas we teach both Creationism and evolution.”

“I am a firm believer in intelligent design as a matter of faith and intellect, and I believe it should be presented in schools alongside the theories of evolution.”

BP oil spill…God’s fault.

“From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.”

On the possibility of Texas seceding from the union – just what you want to hear from a presidential hopeful.

“There’s a lot of different scenarios. We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.”

Proving that even bigots and liars can aspire to great things.

“But you don‘t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know that there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military, but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas and pray in school.”

Birds of a feather…

“George W. Bush did a incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.”

Oops.

“I will tell you: It’s three agencies of government, when I get there, that are gone: Commerce, Education and the — what’s the third one there? Let’s see. … OK. So Commerce, Education and the — … The third agency of government I would — I would do away with the Education, the … Commerce and — let’s see — I can’t. The third one, I can’t. Sorry. Oops.”

The saddest part of Perry’s failed presidential run?  We’ll never get to see this…

Thanks Rick.  It was a blast.

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The GOP Debate’s Tweet of the Day

Andy Borowitz tweets last night’s Republican debate.

“Other countries care for the mentally ill. Making them debate on TV is just cruel.”

Who can argue with that?

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The Non-Churchillian Newt Gingrich

Make what you will of this.  Joe McQuaid, publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader which published the rave review of Gingrich last week, had to this to say about the current GOP frontrunner.

“Look at the broad history of the guy — when’s been in the wilderness, as Churchill was — and I don’t think that’s an inaccurate comparison at all.”

Is this guy kidding?  Gingrich?  Churchill?  The only thing that the pseudo-intellectual “smartest guy in the room” has in common with Churchill is girth.  Beyond that, there’s nothing…except in Gingrich’s own mind, of course.  And exactly what “wilderness” has Gingrich been subjected to?  After his disgraceful exit from the House, Gingrich did quite well for himself as a paid lobbyist raking in millions.  His Gingrich Group charged clients upwards of $200,000 a year to ‘obtain advice’ (wink, wink, nod, nod) from Gingrich.

Any comparison between the vile, morally bankrupt cretin Newt Gingrich and Winston Churchill is an act of slander on a great statesman.  But hey, let conservatives believe what they will.  The next best thing for Democrats to having Herman Cain as the Republican nominee is to have Gingrich.

Political suicide is never pretty.

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
~Winston Churchill

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The Republican Primary – The Illustrated Edition

While you were munching away on Thanksgiving leftovers, I was putting together this little video and thinking of how Dems could not have done a better job of picking out a wackier bunch of political opponents than this gang of eight dysfunctional wingnuts.  OK, Huntsman is only half a wingnut but a wingnut nonetheless.

Enjoy…and do yourself a favor and stay away from the stores if you can. I hear it’s not pretty out there.

(You can watch the video in HD and full-screen on youTube if you prefer.)



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