Teabaggers win.

Sucky.

Pam Geller, destroying the evidence.

You can run, but you can't hide, Atlas Juggs.

Jane Galt, fighting the good fight.

I'll take stupid right-wing defenses of George W. Bush for $200, Alex.

It's not really very easy to look at these graphs and tell a story where the deficit is 1.6% under George Bush in 2007, and then suddenly balloons to 10% under Obama a few years later--and does so almost entirely as a result of policies initiated under George W. Bush, and only those initiated under George W. Bush.

I could be wrong, but I believe George W. Bush was president until 2009. Also, too, there was that worst crash since the Great Depression thing in 2008-2009.

But both sides are equally to blame!

The Senate bill.

So--the Democrats should pass a bill in the Senate that includes cap-and-trade and single payer health care.

How to get blocked by a wingnut on Twitter.

Apparently, right-wingers like Kevin B. Snyder really, really don't like it when you point out that Bush had the worst job creation record of any president in 60 years.

It all started with a Tweet from Melissa Clouthier. Here's the exchange.

So sensitive!

Meaningless symbolic gestures that make wingnuts feel good about themselves preferred to actual legislation that averts a crisis.

What a bunch of idiots.

Real America is a deadbeat father.

One of the Teabaggers' favorite Congressman has some uh, unusual views.

Family values!

Rick Perry's brave and principled Constitutional flip-flop.

I keep telling people that the Secessionist's a mediocre politician at best, and if he runs, he'll flame out. He pulls this kind of thing in Texas all the time.

BREAKING: Global warming is a hoax.

Prepare for a huge, months-long wingnut circlejerk over this.

My only question is: who will be the first to tweet it with a snarky comment: the Quitter or Bachmann?

Really stupid tweets.

The White House is so mean and partisan!

But, I would really like someone who understands politics explain to me how the White House bashing the Boehner plan hurts him with Teabaggers.

Anyone?

Glenn Reynolds, the new official stenographer for Jim Hoft.

Putzy's wingnutty headline:

DESPERATION: Harry Reid: Tea Partiers Are Not Real Americans.

Follow the link and you'll see Reid tweeted nothing of the sort.

Republicans use this frame all the time -- "The American people don't want Democratic Policy X" or "The American people want Republican Party Policy Y" -- but it never seems to bother Putzy and Gateway Dumbshit.

And Reid is factually correct -- polling shows less than 20% of the country (those would be the Teabaggers) want a cuts-only deal.

The WSJ loses patience with the rubes.

So funny.

The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue, and the public will turn en masse against . . . Barack Obama. The Republican House that failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all blame. Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced-budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor.

This is the kind of crack political thinking that turned Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell into GOP Senate nominees.

Really stupid tweets.

McDonald's stock price is up 46% since the Obama inauguration, and is currently trading near it's all-time high at $88/share.

Wingnuts really do live in this alternate universe, where liberals literally control everything and can force McDonald's into selling tofu burgers and outlaw your Christmas tree.

Follow Instaputz on the Twitter machine.

Here.

People like it when you stand for something.

Peter Daou articulates what I've been feeling for a long time.

Had the White House laid out a set of core beliefs and values that they vowed to adhere to and that they framed their policies with, Democrats could have kept the American public on board with them through a tough economy. Instead, they flailed from inane attack to inane attack, never telling America what they stood for and why they stood for it, never demonstrating the strength of character and resoluteness essential to viable leadership.

[...]

Pushed to give an instant reaction to the question, “What do Democrats stand for?”, I’d wager that most people would repeat Republican talking points. There’s simply no clear, captivating summary of Democratic values. Nor is there any sense that there are unwavering values Democratic leaders will fight for.

I think this is exactly right, though the problem goes back before 2008. Democrats won in '06, not because they had taken a disciplined approach and carefully crafted a bold, clear policy platform after losing the 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 elections -- but because people hated the GOP, they hated Bush and they hated the war.

I remember hearing Nancy Pelosi (who I generally support) at Netroots Nation in '08 answer the question, "What do Democrats stand for?" -- and it was a total disaster. She didn't have a good, crisp answer then, and Democrats still don't now.

That's a big problem, aside from the shitty policies.

Country first.

Imagine if a Democratic Senator threatened to veto a debt ceiling increase unless a Republican Senate and White House passed single-payer health care.

Really stupid tweets.

Just like we did when George W. Bush was president!

Oh wait.

I blame the lamestream media.

The Invisible Hand gives The Quitter the finger:

With its Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" increasing its playdates by 40 percent this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday that the film will soon be available on pay per view.

Nice going, wingnut bloggers!

Unsurprising.

The man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced by a small group of American bloggers and writers who have warned for years about the threat from Islam, lacing his 1,500-page manifesto with quotations from them, as well as copying multiple passages from the tract of the Unabomber.

The piece mentions Putz's pals Jihadwatch and Pam Gellar.

Wonder if the manifesto ends, "Heh, indeed"?

Erick Erickson, still stupid.

Shorter Erickson: that right-wing Christian terrorist in Norway who killed all those people was an anomaly, unlike some other religions we know.

UPDATE

Hilariously, Putzy linked approvingly to Erickson's post.

Jennifer Rubin on Norway

Oopsie!

This is a sobering reminder for those who think it’s too expensive to wage a war against jihadists.

Sadly, no.

Projection.

It's Boehner who keeps pulling away the football, so I'm pretty sure JPod has it backwards here.

Right-wing extremists behind Norway attacks?

Probably just a bunch of leftists trying to make conservatives look bad.

Oh, and the Anchor "ZOMG MUSLIMS!" Baby has lots of egg on her face right now.

Norway.

The horror unfolding in Norway can only mean one thing: George Bush was right.

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Paul Krugman, Firebagger.

The Shrill One:

I hope I’m wrong about all this. But when has Obama given progressives any reason to believe they can trust him?

Old rich white billionaires against Obama.

I don't know about you, but I'm getting pretty sick and tired of our Galtian Overlords complaining about how bad things are under Obama.

The market is up 80% since 2009, corporate profits are at near records and he cut your taxes. Assholes.

Facepalm.

Ah, Texas.

The Texas State Board of Education meets this week for the first time under its conservative new chairwoman appointed by Gov. Rick Perry and is expected to rekindle the debate over teaching evolution and the origin of life in public schools.

Perry, who is considering a run for president and has embraced social conservatives in Texas, named Barbara Cargill chairwoman earlier this month. Cargill, a biology teacher considered to be one of the more conservative board members, disputes the theory of evolution and voted to require that the theory's weaknesses be taught in classrooms.

An intense fight over evolution and intelligent design theory in science curriculum put a national spotlight on the 15-member elected board in 2009 when it adopted standards that encourage public schools to scrutinize "all sides" of scientific theory.

Senator Al Franken!

Awesome.

Hew Hughitt: Quoting Bachmann directly is "savaging" her.

And, also, too, Tucker Carlson and lots of unnamed GOP insiders and former Bachmann staffers aren't called "Republicans" or "conservatives" but the "Beltway-Manhattan media."

When wingnuts attack.

For mocking The Quitter, Conor feels the wrath of the wingosphere. It's not pretty.

Heritage: you can't be poor if you have an Xbox.

Because, dontcha know, having a $40 video game in your house makes you middle class.

Still catering to the 21-percenters.

The GOP is still very much the party of Rove: make your base happy, screw everyone else.

Meanwhile, here's Putzy's spin.

OBAMA POLLING BADLY ON DEBT-CEILING, BUT GOP NOT WINNING THE ISSUE

The CBS poll showed Obama with a -4 net disapproval (43/48) and the GOP at a shocking -50 (21/71). But the big takeaway for Putz is Obama's "polling badly" and the GOP's just "not winning."

High-larious.

Summer vacation.

Sorry for the lack of posts -- am on a vacay with the fam.

But this Cole remark pretty much sums up by thoughts on the current impasse:

The entire GOP is like a bunch of rednecks at a campfire with lots of liquor and explosives taking turns yelling “Hey guys, watch this!”

Hey Mitch and John: how's that egg on your face taste?

What a bunch of idiots. I can only assume they never dreamed Obama would call their bluff and raise the ante on cuts.

UPDATE

LOL times a million.

Shorter McMegan: Calling those tax cuts "the Bush tax cuts" is very mean and partisan.

Hilarious.

Notice Jane Galt doesn't dispute the data, she just doesn't like what the data shows.

The crazy party.

They're all freaking out of their mind.

The Casey Anthony acquittal shows why U.S. civilian courts should not be trusted to handle terror-suspect cases, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said.

"We just found with the Caylee Anthony case how difficult is to get a conviction in a U.S. court," McConnell, R-Ky., told "Fox News Sunday."

Indeed. Murderers are running around all over the place, and crime is at an all-time high.

Asshats.

Eisenhower weeps.

Bachmannia!

Republicans and science.

Oil and water.

Boehner pulls out.

Easy to see why Republicans refuse to increase taxes on rich people, given that it's a time of war and taxes are at historic lows and everything.

Idiots.

Can Obama tell them to go to hell now?

A reminder: the Tea Party was never about small government.

The Queen of the Tea Party is very small governmenty!

Erick Erickson isn't very bright.

Uh, wuh?


Or, you know -- the opposite of that.

Does Obama want to be a one term president?

Because if he does, this is an excellent way to go about it.

Glenn Reynolds: it's an "obvious truth" Obama made the recession worse.

Putz:

“Obama made the economy worse:” A meme with legs. Well, sometimes, you know obvious truth can be a source of “legs.”

Obvious truth?

GDP growth.
Jobs.
Dow up 52% since Jan. 2009.
Housing starts.

I don't think "truth" means what Putzy thinks it means.

Also, these wingnuts keep crossing their talking points. How do they square "he made it worse" with "ZOMG the stimulus cost $2 trillion dollars per job!"

Bobo, of all people, knows who the fanatics are.

Unlike McMegan:

If the debt ceiling talks fail, independents voters will see that Democrats were willing to compromise but Republicans were not. If responsible Republicans don’t take control, independents will conclude that Republican fanaticism caused this default. They will conclude that Republicans are not fit to govern.

And they will be right.

The lunatics are only on one side, Jane Galt.

Only McMegan could write a scolding, hectoring post about how irresponsible "both sides" are being in the debt ceiling debate and not note once anywhere that only Republicans are threatening to default.

Glenn Reynolds, defender of "liberty."

Putzy:

Unfortunately, America's political class doesn't want you independent. It wants you as dependent as possible. As the Rainmakers sang back in the 1980s, "They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please."

So what can you do? Everybody focuses on the 2012 elections, and those are important. But why wait? Here are three things you can do now.

* Attack the funding. Many of the most anti-liberty activities of state and local governments are driven by federal funding -- either direct funding, or grants.

Needless to say, Putz doesn't specify what the "anti-liberty activities" are. Presumably, stuff like making sure the Koch Brothers don't pollute the water you drink and adequately funding public education. Such tyranny!

Anyway, the real answer is:

Alternatively, you might join a Tea Party group.

Death of a talking point.

Peggy Noonan, 6/3/2011.

Four words: He made it worse.

Obama inherited financial collapse, deficits and debt. He inherited a broken political culture. These things weren't his fault. But through his decisions, he made them all worse.

Willard, 6/11/2011.

"He didn't create the recession, but he made it worse and longer," the former Massachusetts governor said in the second debate of the 2012 election season but the first in which he shared the stage with his fellow Republicans.

Willard, yesterday.

"I didn't say that things are worse."