Hehindeedy!

And only Megan McArdle...

...could come up with the anti-anti-Komen take in the wake of Planned Parenthood.

Though I'm pro-choice, I don't share the outrage that was roiling my Twitter feed this morning.

Of course she doesn't.

Only Glenn Reynolds...

...can turn a post about declining interest in sex in Japan into a love letter to John Boehner.

The US is not Japan, but if present trends of debt, unemployment, lack of mobility and stagnation continue, the end result will be similar.

If they want to win the youth vote, I propose the slogan: “Get laid, vote Republican”. Unfortunately, Romney is an unlikely advocate and Newt had better not go there. How about “Obama is saltpeter.” as an alternative?

What an actual libertarian says about conservatives.

Something you'd never see at Putz's place.

Look at history. Libertarianism is the direct descendant of classical liberalism. Given how many “libertarians”—please note the “scare quotes” around that term—channel conservative arguments these days, I often prefer using “classical liberal” to describe myself rather than libertarian. I don’t want to be confused with militia-loving, Birch Society, bigoted fundamentalists who think that bed sheets are evening wear.

Classical liberalism was a revolutionary movement challenging the status quo of the day. It was not as consistent in application of its principles as libertarians would prefer, but it was a dramatic step forward in the history of liberty. Classical liberals opposed the alliance between church and state; they wanted to end the property system of the day, where might alone transferred property into hands of privileged, landed elites who grew wealthy out of monopoly privileges bestowed by the Crown. Classical liberals argued that rights were inherent in each person and were not political grants or privileges. They supported freedom of speech and the right to criticize common wisdom of the day—including teachings of the church. They wanted depoliticized markets and said that when government existed, protecting rights of the people its core, perhaps only, legitimate duty.

In opposition, were conservatives, who as conservatives tend to do, clung to the power structure of the day and defended the status quo, regardless of how unjust it was. Classical liberalism was a revolutionary system of thought that upset the entire social order of the day. It reduced the power of both church and state to control the lives of people. They didn’t support merely transferring state power to private institutions—for instance giving control of marriage to religion—they wanted the power of third parties to control people’s lives reduced, including privately-held power.

Komen.

Ah-ha. There had to be a reason.

BREAKING LIVE: Romney addresses Florida GOP delegates after big win.

Mitt Romney: fuck the poor.

So good.

“I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there,” Romney told CNN. “If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90 percent, 95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.”

Rick Warren, major league asshole.

The teflon president.

It is interesting to me that none of the fake Obama scandals -- not a one -- has caught any traction beyond wingnuttia yet.

And before you can say "But...but...that's because he hasn't done anything wrong!" I would remind you of Vince Foster, the Swift Boat Liars -- and "Al Gore solicited campaign contributions from the White House!"

So much for Gingrich kicking Obama's ass in the debates.

How very Churchillian.

Newt Gingrich threatened Monday to skip any debate as the Republican nominee versus President Obama that's moderated by a member of the media.

"As your nominee, I will not accept debates in the fall in which the reporters are the moderators," Gingrich said at a rally in Pensacola. "We don’t need to have a second Obama person at the debate."

Refusing to serve bigots in Knoxville.

This story of a Knoxville restaurant refusing to serve an anti-gay Republican bigot is buzzing around the internets.

And, surprise!, Putz hasn't touched it.

You'd think a "pro-gay rights libertarian" would be on top of a story like this in his own hometown -- but nah. Contradicts the narrative that the real bigots are on the left.

In Dan Riehl's world...

...the National Review is a left-wing rag.

The media and non-conservative outlets like NRO are going to try and spin Florida as, this primary is over. It's already beginning.

Jonah, K-Lo, JPod, Ramesh, Steyn -- the whole gang. All squishy middle-of-the-roaders.

Yes, he's that crazy.

Blaming Obama for the GOP's craziness.

All these "polarizing" polls show is just how radical Republicans are.

Obama could cut taxes, expand the War on Terror, preside over a 50% stock market surge and kill bin Laden -- and the Republicans would still hate him.

Oh wait.

The tight, snug coziness of the wingnut cocoon.

Facts really don't matter to these crazies.

Romney’s attacks on Newt’s late 1990s ethics charge also were distinctly from the left, echoing the talking points of anti-conservative Democrats like Nancy Pelosi. It took people like Byron York and Mark Levin to expose the truth that the charges were part of a Democratic Party vendetta, and that substantively Newt did nothing wrong and was vindicated.

Imagine if you lived in a world where Mark Levin was an arbiter of truth.

And why are we so much in debt, Mark Steyn?

I'm really sick of Republicans complaining about the debt after Reagan tripled it, George W. Bush doubled it, and the main cause of the debt right now is that taxes have been at historic lows over the past 20 years.

STFU already.

The conservative reverence for the Constitution.

These people are nucking futs.

NJ What if the Democrats still have control? What’s your scenario then?

NORQUIST Obama can sit there and let all the tax [cuts] lapse, and then the Republicans will have enough votes in the Senate in 2014 to impeach. The last year, he’s gone into this huddle where he does everything by executive order. He’s made no effort to work with Congress.

Well, first of all.

Jonah Goldberg: Obama's SOTU was "disgusting."

Pantload:

President Obama’s State of the Union address was disgusting.

The president began with a moving tribute to the armed forces and their accomplishments. But as he has done many times now, he celebrated martial virtues not to rally support for the military, but to cover himself in glory — he killed Osama bin Laden! — and to convince the American people that they should fall in line and march in lockstep.

Do these wingnuts remember the Bush years at all?

Twitter machine update.

Instaputz is now tweeting at:

BlueTexanTweets.