Have Another Hit: Of Self Esteem…

Yeah, we might like to ascribe this level of inarticulate vapidness to a drug; but I’m afraid not.

Compassionate Conservative Emergency

Oh yes we are. Sonoran Alliance: Named a ‘rising star’ by the Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, only three years ago, U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn has quickly earned a renowned reputation as one of America’s most articulate and engaged political leaders. But you must see and hear this “articulate and engaged” “rising star” for yourself: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_xnUVrJx1I&feature=channel[/youtube] The National Journal described …

Whatever It Is They’re Against It

“Horsefeathers” to become new Rethuglican campaign ad Any doubt that the Rethuglicans are bereft of ideas and have instead adopted a strategy of just say no to everything President Obama has been put to rest over the last week. As Greg Sargent at his Plumline blog puts it: On Friday, GOP Senator Jim DeMint told a special-interest attack group that …

Top Ten “Higher Callings” of Sarah Palin

You betcha we’re intrigued by the phrase “higher calling,”so we pushed our moose steaks aside and looked at the ten most likely possibilities for a wingnut ex-governor…

The Empire Strikes Back

The Medical Mafia‘s first salvo in the present health care reform war came in the form of an ad run by CRC Public Relations, the group that ran the Swift Boat ads, for a group that calls itself Conservatives for Patients’ Rights. CPR is led by Medicare fruadster Rick Scott, the founder of the Columbia/HCA hospital chain, who got nailed …

This Week In Teh Crazy (7/18/09)

Glenn Beck tapping his lizard brain on health care reform This week belongs almost exclusively to the Bekasaurus, for sheer histrionic, over the top,  bat shit losing it, as the audio below reveals. The context is the battle over health care reform, per a caller to his radio show. At about 1:25, the caller asks: What the hell is wrong …

Obama Healthcare Ad Targets Reluctant Dems (UPDATE)

Part of the full-court press that President Obama is mounting for health care reform involves ads aimed at conservative Dems in various districts. (Whoda thunk that “bipartisanship” with the Just Say No Rethuglicans was a fool’s errand to begin with?) Harry Reid might not like it, but WGAF. UPDATE: The labor union AFSCME and one of the nation’s largest health …