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Open Thread: The Punkers Punk’d

by Anne Laurie

(Drew Sheneman via GoComics.com) Dave Weigel at Slate reports on this year’s very serious most important CPAC straw poll: We are nearly through the Alternate Reality Week of the 2012 primary. Rick Santorum won two caucuses and one ballot test which assigned no delegates. This gave him “momentum.” He joined two other candidates (not Ron [...]

February 11, 2012 · Anne Laurie · 131 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Open Thread, Republican Stupidity

Breitbartocalypse Is Nigh!

by Betty Cracker

Here’s Breitbart bellowing like a ruptured cow at the OWS protesters at CPAC: Jesus God, what a braying ninny. Does he think screeching inanities until his neck veins pulse alarmingly and being led away by security personnel is some sort of rhetorical triumph? What an asshole. [H/T: YAFB at Rumproast]

February 11, 2012 · Betty Cracker · 161 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Politics, Republican Stupidity

In Veritas vino

by Sarah Proud and Tall

The seemingly endless transition from one Mitt-free alternative to another, and the increasing perception that the great dealmaker can’t close this deal, must be causing some epic hissy fits and the odd bit of alcohol abuse at Romney HQ. Anne Laurie linked to Ewick, Son of Ewick’s CPAC post, but didn’t quote my favorite bit. [...]

February 10, 2012 · Sarah Proud and Tall · 31 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Vote Like Your Country Depends On It, Where's my Moore Award?

And People Tell Me I Overuse the Word “Asshole”

by John Cole

Fact is, I don’t use it enough: Wisconsin will use a chunk of its $140 million share of a national settlement over foreclosure and mortgage-servicing abuses to help the state budget rather than assist troubled homeowners, Gov. Scott Walker and state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Thursday. Walker and Van Hollen said the majority [...]

February 10, 2012 · John Cole · 60 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Sociopaths

C-PAC. C-PAC Run. Run, C-PAC, Run!

by Anne Laurie

Dave Weigel, at Slate, explains: The humor comes out of the fact that the sticker’s on a WorldNetDaily jersey. WorldNetDaily: The world’s #1 source for survival seed schemes and for rumors about Barack Obama’s birthplace. Tim Tebow was born to missionaries in the Phillippines. The Washington Post, in its capacity as the company paper for [...]

February 10, 2012 · Anne Laurie · 41 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality

Up Close and Personal

by Betty Cracker

Over at Salon, Mark Oppenheimer has a longish, interesting piece on Maggie Gallagher, NRO hack, NOM founder and arguably the most prominent opponent of marriage equality in the US. I read it because the thing that has always puzzled me most about the gay marriage controversy is why those who oppose it are so convinced [...]

February 9, 2012 · Betty Cracker · 68 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Assholes, Gay Rights are Human Rights, Politics, Republican Stupidity

Occupy the Bedwetters Ball

by Anne Laurie

Our Mission: Occupy CPAC. Create as much non-violent resistance as possible, and make this a conference the attendees will never forget. We will be joining in solidarity with the AFL-CIO, SEIU, National Nurses United, Metro Labor Council, OurDC, and more to make our voices heard in our increasingly top-down, money-corrupted democracy. We will have actions [...]

February 9, 2012 · Anne Laurie · 60 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Assholes, C.R.E.A.M., Open Thread

A Weird Definition of What is Offensive

by John Cole

Here’s the story- cops pull over a diabetic man in shock who they think is drunk driving. They go all cowboy with guns drawn, kicking the window of his car, screaming conflicting orders at him, and then a half-dozen cops pull him out of the car, and beat and kick him before discovering insulin in [...]

February 8, 2012 · John Cole · 106 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Shitty Cops

Liars

by John Cole

The gang that couldn’t talk straight: Karen Handel, the politically embattled former vice president of public affairs for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has broken her silence about her role in the breast cancer charity’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood and her decision to step down from her post. “First of all, I clearly [...]

February 7, 2012 · John Cole · 123 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Vagina Outrage

Mitt Romney and voter supression

by Kay

There’s so much voter suppression news I’m a little overwhelmed and tempted to just curl up in a ball and start crying, but this truly disgusting tactical move should probably be top-tier, so here goes. First, the players: Just how closely do you hug a controversial supporter? Especially a supporter who could be of a [...]

February 7, 2012 · Kay · 82 Comments
Posted in: Assholes

Handel’s Coda

by mistermix ... World Peace

Karen Handel is out at Komen, but not before she posts a whiny, self-justifying letter of resignation that has to be read and savored: We can all agree that this is a challenging and deeply unsettling situation for all involved in the fight against breast cancer. However, Komen’s decision to change its granting strategy and [...]

February 7, 2012 · mistermix ... World Peace · 132 Comments
Posted in: Assholes

Ryan Plan Redux

by Betty Cracker

Brian Beutler at TPM wonders if the GOP plans to follow Paul Ryan down the kill-Medicare rabbit hole again in an election year and concludes that yes, they do: Why on earth would Republicans put the whole party back on the line? Particularly after a year of serial brinkmanship and overreach that has dragged their [...]

February 7, 2012 · Betty Cracker · 34 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Democratic Stupidity, Media, Politics, Republican Stupidity

BoogerGate: Digging for the Truth

by Betty Cracker

Thanks to alert Balloon Juice commenter WereBear, I learned that Rush Limbaugh was possibly caught on film picking his snoot in Patriot owner Robert Kraft’s booth during last night’s Super Bowl. There is much speculation about it on the Google: Did he or didn’t he shove his finger knuckle-deep into his nostril in full view [...]

February 6, 2012 · Betty Cracker · 54 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Both Sides Do It!, General Stupidity, I wish a motherfucker would!

Another Republican Bottom-Feeder Speaks Up

by Anne Laurie

Via Dave Weigel at Slate, news that the man responsible for the ‘Hoekstrokia’ is trying for a new personal depth record: Reactions are just exactly what you’d expect, per the Washington Post: ... “Really, really dumb,” Republican strategist Mike Murphy said over Twitter. “I mean really.” The Michigan chapter of Asian & Pacific Islander American [...]

February 6, 2012 · Anne Laurie · 73 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Hoekstroika, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality

Public Service Announcement & Open Thread

by Betty Cracker

This is Daisy, who rides INSIDE the vehicle at all times. Open thread.

February 6, 2012 · Betty Cracker · 61 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Dog Blogging, Domestic Affairs, Open Thread, Politics, Republican Stupidity

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