As Jon Stewart hilariously points out, the same Republican masterminds who fostered and encouraged the Tea Party to take control of the Republican party are now complaining about the monster they created. So, how short is our attention span? Unfortunately, their strategy might just work.
“It’s day 15 of the government shutdown. President Obama said he was hopeful an agreement would be reached tonight. Part of the problem is that Republicans can’t even agree among themselves on what they want. Which means Obama doesn’t know what to tell them they can’t have.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Because of the government shutdown, […]
© Tom Toles People who point out the hypocrisy of Republicans: claiming Obama should not be president because he was born in Kenya (even though he wasn’t), and yet don’t seem bothered by the fact that John McCain was born in Panama, or Ted Cruz was born in Canada, screaming about Obamacare being an invasion […]
“Yesterday John Boehner led a group of 20 Republicans to see President Obama. Unfortunately when they got to the White House, the president was still black.” – Bill Maher “People are actually getting very pissed off at this government shutdown. But Republicans say, ‘Remember one thing. We are standing up for an important principle, and […]
© David Horsey If we could convince all the Tea Party zealots into moving to the new Texas Republic, that would be even better!
© Clay Bennett Commentators like to appear unbiased by declaring that our biggest problem is partisanship in Washington. What a joke. The problem is not partisanship. In fact, according to Jon Favreau, the problem isn’t even the partisans. It is not Democrats (including Obama), and it isn’t even Republicans. The problem is the Tea Party. […]
Krystal Ball tells it like it is: Why can’t the rest of the media explain it as simply and straightforwardly as this? UPDATE: Apparently the American people agree. In a new poll, 54% think it is a bad thing that the GOP controls the House (compared to 38% who think it is a good thing). […]
So a question I’ve been asking myself is why did the Republicans fold on both the shutdown and the debt limit, without getting anything in return? I think the answer, as usual, has to do with following the money. Campaign contributions to Tea Party members of the House of Representatives dropped significantly because of the […]
“Today was day 10 of the government shutdown. At what point do we politely ask Canada to govern us?” – Jimmy Kimmel “Talking to reporters today about the shutdown, John Boehner said, ‘If ands or buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas.’ You know, if they’d get off our butts and quit […]
Eric Stern wondered if the accusations by Fox News that Obamacare is a “train wreck” have any basis in reality. So he was very interested when Sean Hannity last week had three couples on his show, each of which had an Obamacare “horror story” to tell. But their stories often didn’t make sense, so he […]
“It’s day nine of the government shutdown. Are you like me? Are you beginning to miss the days when we were ruled by a mad English king?” – David Letterman “They said today that the government shutdown will not interfere with NASA’s next mission to Mars. Isn’t that ironic? We can go to Mars but […]
© Adam Zyglis Ted Cruz seems to think that the government shutdown was “a remarkable victory” and when the shutdown ended, he claimed “The American people rose up and spoke with an overwhelming voice and at least at this stage Washington isn’t listening to them”. But fully 70% of Americans think that Republican politicians put […]
“Look, you think Obamacare’s a big enough threat to this country that you need to shut down the government over it, fine. Own it. Don’t fart and point at the dog.” – Jon Stewart (on Republicans trying to shift the blame to Obama for the government shutdown despite claiming to be “the party of personal […]
“The rules are I go first, and I refuse to take my turn. And you can’t take yours until I’m done. I know you’re upset, but we’re both at fault here, so let’s negotiate. I agree to take my turn if you agree that I win.” – Stephen Colbert (explaining the GOP shutdown strategy) “Every […]
© Keith Knight One of my favorite pieces of advice is that you should never, ever believe your own PR. Somebody needs to tell the GOP. They invented the Tea Party, funded it, and praised it, in order to use it as a weapon against the Democrats. But as the CIA knows all too well, […]
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