Avert your eyes!Give Helms this: his embrace of the worst elements of wingnuttery was nothing if not comprehensive. Since it's easier to laugh at than his more typical race- and gay- baiting and support for bloodthristy dictators, I also like this quote:"The nation has been...
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...or at least that's as far as Roger Simon got. TBogg notes his comparison of John McCain with Alec Guiness' Colonel Nicholson in Bridge on the River Kwai:But what is.
Via Steve, this classic from John J. Miller:He "opposed civil rights"? Uh, no. He opposed a particular vision of them.Yes, if your "vision" of "civil rights" includes white supremacy, segregation,.
I have to give it this: the combination of its success and the California same-sex marriage ruling does seem likely to lead to much pleasure for connoisseurs of gold-plated wingnuttery. I assume that Caitlin Flanagan's article about the national menage a trois epidemic is forthcoming....
Apparently, "critics of evolution are turning to a higher authority: state legislators." In some states, this has involved private screenings of Ben Stein's creationist wankery. Goody. I think this speaks.
I'd have to agree that when it comes to wingnut conspiracy theorists I prefer the undiluted brew. What's scary about Laurie "Saddam Poisoned My Hamster" Mylroie is this:I鈥檓 happy to.
Shorter Armed Liberal: A story poking mild fun at some conservative bloggers not notable for either their working-class cred or commitment to civil discourse will cost Democrats the 2008 election.Evidently, this is doubly funny coming from Danzinger. What the Democrats really need, apparently, is to...
John Gibson can't quite meet the standards of Fox News.
Yglesias on Abe Foxman giving a pass to the anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic, anti-gay, all-purpose nut whose endorsement John McCain assiduously sought out: "What does Foxman have to say about all this.
It seems right that Chris Muir would have his half-undressed fantasy object cite the punchline of a sexist ad campaign for a crappy frat boy malt beverage. Ah, the intertwining layers of brain-dead sexism!
Shorter Verbatim stooge at Veritas Libertas -- Conservative Thought (sic) About Film (sic): "You know what, I鈥檓 glad little Miss Julie -Close Gitmo- Christie lost. Acting like a anti-American pig.
Skemono has a fine post on the communism-miscegenation connection. A taste:In 1957 the Citizens' Council serialized a "Manual for Southerners" which included this bit of rhetoric: Our most famous Americans.