I’m not ready for the Republican primary to be over. I’m not ready to hear about how Romney got his mojo and Hayekian modesty back. I’m not ready to stop hearing about how the moon can apply for statehood (no, really). Tell me we’ve got a few more weeks of this, even if you don’t …
Archives for January 2012
Komen for the Cure Cuts Planned Parenthood Funding for Breast Cancer Screening and Health Services
Komen for the Cure is abandoning women in need. There’s a new and ugly development in the GOP’s War on Women. The Forced Birthers have enlisted an organization — Komen for the Cure, which scores of women have relied upon both to prevent breast cancer, and as a support network when fighting breast cancer — …
Twenty fucking five to one
This is a pretty remarkable statistic: Of the 1,012 spots Newt Gingrich’s campaign ran, 95% were negative. Mitt Romney’s campaign ran 3,276 ads and 99% were negative. I hope this thing goes on forever, but I doubt Newt has the stamina.
Tuesday Evening Open Thread
(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) __ For those of us who can no longer bring ourselves to care about the point spread in a meaningless sub-semi-final. Somebody let me know if Santorum either drops out or throws his greasy foul-smelling endorsement to either of the two “serious” candidates, because Ron Paul ain’t going away before August. …
Scott Walker’s sea of corruption may have run Captain Preibus aground
Courtesy of the We Party Patriots, we learn that Reince Priebus (and there’s a rejected Bond villain name if I’ve ever heard of one) seems to be implicated in the illegal activities that have already resulted in the arrests and indictments of several of Governor Walker’s current and former aides. Walkergate” is unfolding into a …
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Election Results Open Thread
Is this the end of Newt?
A world I never made
One of the reasons I can’t talk about politics at work or with my family is that they look at me like I’m crazy when I tell them that David Brooks would send all of us to a re-education camp if he could, but that’s exactly what he’s getting at here: We need a program …