For The Birds

O’Donnell wins in Delaware. Local GOP honked off. Washington Post (09.15.10):

"Here’s what Delaware Republican Party chairman Tom Ross told me last night:

'I could buy a parrot and train it to say, "tax cuts," but at the end of the day, it’s still a parrot, not a conservative.'"

The Tea Party: From rebellion to absurdity

UPDATE: Zowie. This could turn out to be one ugly election for Christine: "(O)ur polling suggests with O'Donnell's victory that Coons will win more Republicans than any other Democratic Senate candidate in the country."

And friends, that's gotta hurt.

One Born Every Minute

Though these days, it's probably more like one every second, via Oliver Willis.

Shit Will Happen

Then you'll be sorry.

Embarrassing To Be A Conservative

Ouch. Via Balloon Juice.

And coming in at NumberOne:

"A poorly educated ex-sportwriter who served half of one term of an minor state governorship is prominently featured as a -- if not the -- leading prospect for the GOP's 2012 Presidential nomination."

The Pigford Settlement

Bet ya didn't know about this one.

Here It Comes

What do you mean "we", pale face?

Charlatans Or Fools?

You make the call! How to be a Conservative these days. Drum sums it up (02.19.10):

"Among actual politicians and high-profile yakkers, it's nearly unanimously held that, for example, the stimulus had no positive effect on the economy; that tax cuts always increase revenues; that Europeans all have poorer healthcare than Americans; and that man-made global warming is a delusion."

Which Conservatives Matter?

And ACORN stole the last election and Obama is a Muslim and wasn't born in Hawaii.

Happy New Year

Billmon (12.31.08):

"Your modern conservative movement: Clueless, humorless, self-absorbed assholes, right to the bitter end."

A Final Communique From the Neocon Bunker

"But I guess we always knew they would go out that way."

Behold!!

Modern conservative intellectualism at its best:

Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane

h/t Young Matthew.

Well Just A Doggone Minute

Oh that Sarah!! Larison (10.03.08), via Balloon Juice:

"What is amazing is that the debate last night, which supposedly vindicates Palin fans, confirmed that the best she can muster are heavily scripted, cliche-ridden, talking point-rich performances with the occasional zinger thrown in."

Palin And Her Critics

Daniel also summarizes Sarah's record up in Alaska. It ain't pretty.

"I rehash all of this not to dwell on Palin’s problems, which are increasingly irrelevant as McCain heads towards defeat, but to implore conservatives to stop ignoring reality just because they happen to like a candidate’s personality and biography. Besides being bad for the quality of conservative thought, it embraces the caricature that conservatives are indifferent to knowledge and have no use for expertise, which has become an all too legitimate critique of how conservatives have responded to the misrule of the Bush administration."