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Dissension in the Frothy Family

Today's "Quickie" from Political Carnival.

Too bad this 19-year-old is a Ron Pauler, he could really help our side out. Presenting the Santorum family (values):

The trouble with my uncle, Rick Santorum

If you want another big-government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle, Rick Santorum. …My uncle’s interventionist policies, both domestic and foreign, stem from his irrational fear of freedom not working. [...]

My Uncle Rick cannot fathom a society in which people cooperate and work with each other freely. [...]
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That was today’s Quickie. Was it good for you?

Oh, yes, I feel very refresh-ed now...

Have I mentioned that I'm thrilled shitless with the Repug presidential field?

Here’s What Romney’s Unreleased Tax Returns Almost Certainly Hide

Some educated guesses from TPM.

One tax expert told TPM of “fairly sophisticated tax strategies” that would be “not available to ordinary tax payers.” A technique that puts you in a position that’s “like having an unlimited 401k account” sounds very attractive. But maybe not if you’re running for office, for Pete’s sake.

Willard's the poster boy for the 1%. Not a good thing right now. Willard knows it too. Heh.

29 Things I Learned From Spending Two Days With Rick Santorum

Pretty good photo essay with some nice pictures of sprint cars.

BuzzFeed

15. This is what Chris Matthews looks like "incognito."

One word: Clem. Heh.

10. Diversity is a bad thing

In Ottumwa, Rick said: "Diversity creates conflict. We can't celebrate diversity it because it creates conflict."

That might fly in northwest Iowa and flyover country when he's pandering to christowhitey but let's see him pull that one where things are a little more "diverse".

6. Rick's speeches got more conservative and fanatical the further away we were from civilization. The crowds were also bigger.

Northwest Iowa is the most conservative part of the state. I noticed that the further North and West we got, the more conservative his speeches got. There was more talk about terrorists and even a Michelle Obama "doesn't love her country" jab.

4. Coke cans = communist?

In Sioux City this question was asked: "We have so much foreign influence today. I'm looking at a Coke can with a polar bear on it. Where do we go from here?"

Beating head on keyboard...

Please God let this idiot be the nominee.

The top reasons Wall Street and Republicans are scared of Richard Cordray

Raw Story. Links and short bio at site.

So what’s the problem with Cordray? There are two, one is an old Washington problem, and the other is purely Wall Street’s:

Republicans said they would never support anyone to head the CFPB — Period —that is, unless the White House made serious changes to the agency. (Politico)

He doesn’t just go after Wall Street Institutions. He goes after individual executives as well.

More. Mr. Cordray wrings more fines outta those assholes than the SEC ever had the balls to do.

There’s your new sheriff, Wall Street. As we reported earlier today, it’s likely Republicans will fight Obama’s appointment in Court. In the meantime, Cordray will be able to nice and comfy at the CFPB.

Note to Richie Cordray: Work those Wall St. motherfuckers like a red-headed stepchild.

Frothy Mixture Claims Gay Marriage Caused the Recession

Unicorn Booty

Irresponsible mortgage and insurance companies preying upon the most impoverished homeowners in our country? Bankers and Wall Street financial specialists robbing Americans blind? Corporations refusing to raise the average worker’s dollar, even as CEO’s award themselves billions in annual bonus money?

No, no. None of these things led the the economic collapse of our nation, and the world at large. It was the gays, of course!

Quote from Santorum follows. No mixture. Pure fecal matter.

Listen to the bananas quote yourself over at Right Wing Watch. We suggest sitting on your hands for the duration so as not to pull out all of your own hair. You just can’t unhear something this stupid after it has touched your ears, unfortunately.

I've heard so much right-wing and fundie crap, i.e. everything they say. that I've got calluses on the part of my brain that hears it. It's bleached whiter'n a cow skull in the desert too.

Word ...

Pic stolen from Being Liberal.

Exactly!

If one wonders why I could never support any Republican/Conservative candidate, Drifty explains it quite well:

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It's a long list of things I would like to continue to have, and which one Party has pledged itself -- openly and publicly -- to taking away from me by election, litigation or fraud. One Party, which loathes me so profoundly for merely existing and believing what I believe that it built an entire, vertically-integrated industry around hating me and telling me exactly how hostile their coming fascist state will be to me, 24/7/365 from coast-to-coast, at the tops of their lungs for the last 30 years. One Party which has done more premeditated violence to our capacity for self-government in a shorter period than I would have ever believed possible back in the good old days when I blew my vote out the airlock by giving it to John Anderson.

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I might be annoyed with Obama (I've been quite happy with him over the last few weeks though) but there would never be a scenario where I would actually consider voting for a Republican.

Shut up ...

And go home. Benen looks at Grandpa Walnuts' endorsement of Mr. 1%:

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For one thing, as much as McCain dislikes Romney, he dislikes Rick Santorum more. For another, as much as McCain dislikes Romney and Santorum, he hates President Obama with the heat of a thousand suns.

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McCain proved what a chump he really is when he named Moosebreath as his running mate in '08. He's just a bitter old shitbag now. Personally, I wonder, since he came out for the Mittster so early, if he's angling for the SECDEF job in a Romney administration.

Buh-Bye

Not to be outdone by the other lovely video goodbyes to Crazy Eyes, here's mine:

Thanks to wilburscott.

"...eight votes is still six more than Rick Perry can count."

DES MOINES (The Borowitz Report) January 4, 2012 – Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was overjoyed today after finishing the Iowa caucuses in a virtual tie with a walking joke who wears sweater vests.
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Historians noted that the last time so few people decided a Presidential race they were all on the Supreme Court.

Grrrrr. That one meant a helluva lot more than this one did.

Recess Appointment

The Miami Herald

Obama makes recess appointment of Cordray to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Obama, McConnell said, “has arrogantly circumvented the American people’’ by making the recess appointment.

He circumvented the obstructionist Congress who don't want to see limits on how much their Masters can screw us.

I think the Kenyan Muslim socialist kid is starting to figure things out.

Congress doesn't think it's recessed. See Article 2, Section 3. "You're adjourned. Go to your room". Heh.

This will dominate the news cycle. A nice break from the Repug primary clown car, we get a little Repug congressional clown car. I'm using a grain shovel to keep the popcorn a-poppin'...

Update:

I just watched Obama's speech re Cordray's appointment. The best part was that Grampa Walnuts was on a split screen endorsing Willard. You could see him flailing around like he was chasing kids off the lawn, which is very entertaining, but you couldn't hear him, which is really entertaining. Heh.

12 stupidly easy resolutions for 2012

First Wednesday of the year and Morford has gone off the New Age rails. I blame it on his new-found yoga. He'll get over it. Or maybe not.

2) Wilder sighing
Heavy sighing is when you think the world is a miserable madhouse of suffering, violence and very little else. Sad sighing is when you think it's just tragic what happened to poor little Kim Kardashian and, oh my goodness, look what's happening to all the puppies and the honeybees and the supercute baby seals.

Wild sighing, on the other hand, is a different beast entirely. More guttural, raw, emerging from just below the genitals and shooting straight up the spinal chord like liquid fire, it pours out the throat like a slow, feral grunt, like you just ate raw unicorn heart from a skewer made of porcelain hummingbird skull you now wish to thank the gods without saying a word. You know?

See what I mean? Sigh.

More popcorn!

Go get him, Neut!

If there was any question whether or not Newt Gingrich was serious last night when he hinted at waging a scorched earth campaign against Mitt Romney, he erased it this morning. Just watch the clip above if you had any doubts: in it, Gingrich not only slams Mitt Romney, but he praises Rick Santorum and says that he and Santorum together will make it clear to Republican voters that Mitt Romney isn't really a true conservative.

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Gotta get a ton of butter for this one ...

Heh ...

So long, Crazy Eyes ...

Told ya ...

Me, on our Facebook page yesterday:

Say goodbye to "The Girl with the Faraway Eyes" and "Governor Goodhair". That's my prediction.

Today:

Rick Perry says that he may drop out of the presidential race following a devastating fifth place finish in Iowa.

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And:

Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager is saying that the candidate could be dropping out due to her last place finish in Iowa, the AP reports.

See yas!

Word ...

The best wrap-up ...

Of the Iowa Goat Rodeo comes from Blue Girl and Yellow Dog:

And the winner of the Iowa GOP caucus was...Barack Obama Here's the bottom line -- Mitt Romney dropped four million in the state, and what did it get him? Verification that three out of four people despise him, and that one out of those three will actualy go so far as to vote for Rick Santorum, who spent in the neighborhood of half a million bucks in the state, simply because he isn't Willard Mitt Romney. Ron Paul finished third, not far enough back in the field to make our 18-24-year-old male cousins and nephews shut the hell up about him, but at least they won't get louder, like they would have if he had finished in the top two. Newt Gingrich came in fourth, finishing about 10,000 votes behind Paul; Rick Perry and Michele Bachman brought up the rear, finishing fifth and sixth respectively. They are both skipping New Hampshire and heading for South Carolina; look for them both to drop out soon after that, Bachmann because she's broke, and Perry for a safe Texas sinecure somewhere, where people won't laugh and mock him, at least not openly and to his face.

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All you need to know right there. The rodeo moves on to New Hampshire now, which should provide us with more entertainment. Git yer popcorn supplies refilled.

Pimpin' for Paul

HuffPo

Moonlite BunnyRanch Endorses Ron Paul For President

"We decided to go with the guy that’s more about state’s rights -- and that's Ron Paul," club owner Dennis Hof said.
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"We thought real closely about supporting Newt Gingrich -- because he's a cheater -- and we like cheaters," Hof added.

Heh. Ol' Hof must want to open a nationwide chain.