(Source: benjaminldaniel, via political-cartoons)
“The Daily Show“‘s Al Madrigal on why no candidate “living, dead or fictional will ever satisfy the Tea Party”:
- Ronald Reagan: He “was a Hollywood Commie who raised taxes, grew government, and gave amnesty to illegal immigrants. That poor son of a bitch would get eaten alive by this crowd.”
- Thomas Jefferson: “The man cut up his Bible, loved the French, and had a well-documented case of jungle fever… Try again.”
- Superman: “Illegal immigrant.”
- Optimus Prime: “He accepted the auto industry bailout.”
Ladies and gentlemen, the best tweet of the night. Brilliant—and dead-on.
(Source: shortformblog, via inothernews)
"One day I play great, the next day I play awful, but this was the round of the decade. …Seven birdies, five bogies - two under."
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House Speaker JOHN BOEHNER (R- Ohio), caught on an open mic bragging about his golf game with Vice president Joe Biden before the President’s address last night. The Speaker hit the links during Congress’s five-week recess.
There, Republicans. Y’all play golf during an economic crisis, too.
(Source: inothernews)
(Source: benjaminldaniel, via political-cartoons)
"The President offered a date (for his jobs speech). The Republicans said ‘Could you move that date?’ And the President said ‘All right.’ Non-crisis averted! It’s the first installment of what I hope will be many in our new segment, ‘Tales Of Reasonable Accomodation.’"
— JON STEWART, on the media’s (and, admittedly, the blogosphere’s) obsession with “Speechgate,” “Speech Spat” and all the other “Tales of Manufactured Conflict,” on The Daily Show. (via inothernews)
(Source: tumblrtribune, via political-cartoons)
"What people recognize is that there’s a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward."
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GOP presidential hopeful MICHELE BACHMANN, not realizing the Soviet Union dissolved two fucking decades ago.
Then again, her unofficial campaign slogan is “Bachmann. Backwards.”
"George W Bush : Rick Perry :: Dick York : Dick Sargent"
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Agreed. It is the “other Darren”.
