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I'm curious...

...Where do wingnuts get the impression that liberals support Islamic terrorism? If that were true, wouldn't there be a lot of liberals in Gitmo?

Really, they're just making things up. Again.

Crybaby conservative alert!

Li'l Tucker Carlson still hasn't forgiven Jon Stewart for being mean to him on "Crossfire."

Say, what has Tucker been up to these days, anyway?

Welcome to Planet Clueless

In 2006, Rush Limbaugh claimed he'd been "liberated" from his role as GOP stooge. Now, he's the freaking party's de facto leader, declaring once again, at CPAC, that he wants Obama to fail.

This is good for the Democrats. In the words of Rahm Emmanuel on "Face the Nation":

He's asked for President Obama and called for President Obama to fail. That's his view. And that's what he has enunciated. And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood. He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn't stepped back from that, which is he hopes for failure. He said it and I compliment him for his honesty. But that's their philosophy that is enunciated by Rush Limbaugh and I think that's the wrong philosophy for America....

When a Republican did attack him he clearly had a turn-around and comeback and basically said that he apologized and was wrong. I think do think he's an intellectual force, which is why the Republicans pay such attention to him.

Earth to GOP! Earth to GOP! Didn't Limbaugh's blatherings about Michael J. Fox cost you guys a senate seat in Missouri?

Something tells me that the party's going to get their asses kicked yet again in 2010. Suppose the Republicans are down to 35 Senate seats and 150 House seats by 2011. Will they get a clue then?

I second this idea

From Cleek:

Obama should go on TV and read the dictionary definition of “socialism“. Then he should ask, “Have I ever suggested that the government should take over the means of production? No? THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU IGNORANT DOUCHEBAGS. Thank you. And God Bless America.”

ELO, "Sweet Talking Woman"

In memory of Kelly Groucutt, ELO bassist (1945-2009):

CPAC: The song parody

"C-P-A-C"
(Sung to the tune of the Village People's "Y.M.C.A.")

Wingnut! Do you feel out of place?
I say, wingnut! Why that frown on your face?
Are you sick of 'Bama, Hillary and Joe?
There's gathering where you should go

Wingnuts! Pundits giggling at you?
Hey wingnut! You're rubber and they're glue
Because wingnuts! Are Americans true
So show them you're patriotic

Bring yourself to the C-P-A-C
Yes, you'll have fun at the C-P-A-C
We will make you look sane!
We will make you look hip!
Believe us, it's worth the trip!

C-P-A-C! You'll have fun at the C-P-A-C!
Joe the Plumber is there! So are Coulter and Steele!
So come over to cool your heels!

Wingnuts, we've got teabags unused
Our plans for a tea party fell through
But we'll pretend that it was a success
As we dig our way out of this mess

Wingnuts! Where is Jindal? Here's Mitt!
Where is Sarah? Our movement's in deep shit
But they passed on our gathering this year
Are they really so ungrateful?

Oh, who cares, it's the C-P-A-C!
We're having fun at the C-P-A-C!
You will be among friends. It's a trip and a half!
You can speak and no one will laugh.

C-P-A-C. You're not alone at the C-P-A-C
We're conservatives true--no RINOs need apply
If you're Specter, then say goodbye

Wingnuts! Yes, it's true we were trounced
But wingnuts! We still know how to bounce
Back to power! Ask Goldwater and Ron
Read our history--you'll know we're not wrong!

Wingnuts! We will use hip-hop slang!
Oh yeah, wingnuts! We'll come back with a bang!
We'll be current! And we'll be cutting-edge!
Are there old ideas we can dredge?

C-P-A-C...We'll still have fun at the C-P-A-C
You will be among friends. It's a trip and a half!
You can speak and no one will laugh.

C-P-A-C...We're having fun at the C-P-A-C...

Dare I ask where these people come from?

Chip Saltsman was, just a short time ago, one of the assorted wannabe GOP leaders. A candidate for party chairman, in fact.

Now, however, the wannabe is a won't-be. Note to other GOP hopefuls: Do you guys want to be a Southern party forever? If the answer is "no," then quit with the racist crap, will you please?

Would that this were real...

The letter Bush left for Obama.

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From Best Week Ever, via Socialite Life.

The new patriotism

With Obama's election, Americans are suddenly patriotic again. How cool is that?

They painted Barack Obama as an unpatriotic, "terrorist sympathizing" candidate whose values are foreign to the American way of life. How could it be that his ascendance to the presidency should be the occasion for the new patriotic spirit sweeping America?

Yesterday on the mall in Washington hundreds of thousands belted out "This Land is Your Land" led by 90-year-old labor activist and folk singer Pete Seeger who was blacklisted in the 50s. The eyes of white middle aged working guys moistened as they listened to a black children's choir sing "America the Beautiful". And throughout the crowd -- even among the aging 60s activists who had struggled against the Vietnam War -- there was a genuine, deep admiration for the men and women who risk it all every day in our armed forces.

And it's not just in Washington. As unlikely as it might seem to the right, the election of Barack Hussein Obama has caused an intense feeling of patriotism to well up across the country.

I guess a president that inspires optimism and that wonderful we're-all-in-this-together spirit will do that.

A music break

Lena Horne singing "Stormy Weather." Hope that wherever she is, she's loving this inauguration.