“Though it may fade with time as he re-establishes his identity and Romney disappears, Ryan still has the stink of 2012 on him.”—Politico’s Jonathan Martin, explaining why Paulie doesn’t seem to be generating a lot of 2016 chatter.
Tag: Republican idiots
Republicans to Tea Party: Remember what we said about immigration? Yeah, it was all bullshit.
The Republican Party Establishment, which has been kissing Tea Party ass for the past four years, is up on its hind legs and shouting again. All the “experts,” like Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol, agree: we need to learn to speak Spanish! Florida Senator Mario Rubio, whose name even sounds Spanish, is the self-anointed leader…
Paul Ryan: Pretty but Dumb
Republican pretty boy Paul Ryan gets thoroughly hoisted, if not on his own petard then Ezra Klein’s, who ably dissects Paulie Boy’s duck and weave, bob and bounce, shuck and jive performance before a gaggle of reporters at a recent shindig organized by the Wall Street Journal, whose editors probably wish they hadn’t let Ezra…
Republicans Yell at Hillary Clinton a Lot
A Republican fantasy came true on Wednesday—they got to tell Hillary Clinton to her face that she’s a jerk. That’s the sum and substance of the long-sought Senate hearing into the murders of four Americans in Benghazi Libya, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Republicans might have asked her if the murders had made her rethink…
Republicans who want to break something
These days, all the Republican talking heads are talking the same thing: refusing to approve an increase in the debt limit would be a disaster for the GOP. The Wall Street Journal, the National Review, Newt Gingrich, they all agree: now is not the time, guys, now is not the time. Let thre Prez win…
New Republican Strategy: Do Nothing, Blame Obama
Over at the National Review, James Capretta has both short- and long-term advice for Republicans. In the short-term, when the issue of whether to raise the debt limit comes up in February, the Republicans should threaten to blow up the nation’s economy, but not actually do it. It is perfectly appropriate to use the occasion…
The Coming Year
OK, it is a little early for New Year predictions, but nothing soothes an eggnog hangover like a little uninformed prognostication, so here goes: President Obama’s unexpectedly big win over hapless Mitt Romney continues to be a win/win/win/win. I have no idea of what’s going to happen regarding the “fiscal cliff,” and I really don’t…
Whither Republicans?
Is it too soon to wonder about what’s going to happen to the Republican Party after the defeat of Mitt Romney? Well, yes, it is, but what the fuck, it’s fun, so let’s do it. Mitt really put his foot in it, or on it, with his now famous though beginning to recede a bit…
Republicans piss on Republicans, make an old man smile (briefly)
Hysterical Muslim protests of a stupid video threaten to girdle the globe, while the Obama Administration repeats how much it hates, hates, hates people who say mean things about Mohammed, while never mentioning that 1) it is not illegal, or even necessarily wrong, or even inaccurate, to say things about Mohammed that some people might…
David Koch, speaking freely for two whole minutes
David Koch, libertarian billionaire and all-around man about town, talked the talk in an interview with Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel. According to Ken, it went like this: Koch told POLITICO “I believe in gay marriage” when asked about the GOP’s stance on gay rights. Romney opposes gay marriage, as do most Republicans, and when that…