Cheny-Palin 2012: a dream come true

In other news, a Clackamas county, Oregon man is going to the Supreme Court to fight for his right to give cops the finger. Here’s the whole story:
Man gives finger to cops

Anthony Weiner (D. NY) made history on the floor of the house day before yesterday. I laughed out loud when I saw it. In case you haven’t seen it, here it is.

Toyota, more than any other foreign company, contributed to the demise of the our auto industry. It’s therefore ironic that Toyota’s collapse might be responsible for the return of the American car.
If I were of a punning nature, I would call this “carma.”
Of course the major culprits are the American auto industry decision makers who [...]

I submitted my suggestion to The Rachel Maddow Show for a new name for the filibuster: “Repugnicantism.” I like it but it’s too much of a mouthful to work. Maybe I’ll get a tee-shirt.

Thanks to Think Progress — http://thinkprogress.org/touting-recovery-opposed/ — for this exposé of House and Senate Repugnicans who voted against the stimulus bill and then took credit for the money that it brought to their states or districts.
And a surprising thanks to the Washington Times – not a bastion of liberal thought – who recovered letters sent [...]

The Daily Kos recently hired non-partisan independent pollster Research 2000 to take a poll of over 2,000 self-identified Republicans. Here’s a cross-section of the results by category. For the full spectrum of astonishing responses, go here:
OBAMA and AMERICA
Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
Yes 39
No 32
Not Sure 29
Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist?
Yes [...]

Leave it to our rightwing loons to make hay (and raise $$) from the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. Limbaugh was on the air yesterday claiming that Obama would use the catastrophe to his advantage.
News flash: Obama could do nothing for the next three years and STILL get 90% of the black vote. On the [...]

The repugnicants operate on fear. They thrive on it. That’s why they are so afraid of having the 9/11 hijackers tried in NYC. I can’t say for sure if they are personally afraid, or just fearful that the Bush family connections with Bin Laden will be revealed.
But what is more serious is the repugnicant drive [...]