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I continue to get a kick out of Tea Baggers claiming libruls stuck them with that handle!

First time I read that TBers were self-identifying as such I said to myself "Obviously, those folks don't read Wonkette..."

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Also known as the Klein Butthole.

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It means Jon McNaughton has found a successful grift.

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George Zimmerman copies that picture up there and sells it on eBay in 4..3..2..

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What is this with M'Naghton and the ex-presidents' band? Last time they looked like a barbershop quartet. Here I'm sure they've just reached "looked over Jordan, and what'd I see?", and Barry's about to do the response "A band of angels, comin' after me".

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If you didn't see last night's Bill Moyers interview with Ian Haney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race the transcript and video are here: <a href="http://billmoyers.com/episo..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://billmoyers.com/episode/ian-haney-lopez-on-...">http://billmoyers.com/episo... Great quote from Reagan about a "young buck buying a T-bone steak with food stamps".

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What's with the wad of cash in his left hand? Successsful coke deal? He's certainly not got a minimum wage job.

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Means McNaughton is a shitty artist.

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Ah, a great example of why I still hate the memory of Reagan more than almost any other domestic motherfucker.

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I don't think I've grasped your point. (This could be because I've had a couple of pints, but still). I think of myself as a liberal. I disliked Andrew Breitbart because he was a lying asshole who had enough charisma to sell his lies to those willing to believe them. I have sympathy for his family and friends, but on balance I have to admit that I am pleased that he can no longer spout convincing and divisive bullshit. Allegedly, he had a sense of humor, so I -- unlike Alex -- have no problem making fun of his post-mortality.

Regarding the Grand Canyon, the reason that one might feel a sense of shame, or simple annoyance, at a liberal booth hawking Obama tchochkes is that the President -- extraordinary human being that he is -- is not much of a liberal. I base this judgment on the fact that I am to the left of President Obama on, well, everything; while my liberal friends consider me almost suspiciously centrist.

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Yes, which is why England went to such great pains to keep New Amsterdam culturally distinct, never sailing any fleets into its undefended harbor or demanding the governor-general change its name.

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One out of five ain't bad. Oh wait. Yes it is.

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Grandpa Walton (see above). "Baby needs shoes!"

Or, it could be Pat Buchanan: "Please, please, please - somebody invite me to be on tv today!"

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What does that painting even mean?

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As my high school US history teacher always said, "Warren G. Harding, that giant of the American political system."

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Good ol' Silent Cal, Harvard-educated businessman, Governor of Massachusetts, the <i>exact and total and complete opposite</i> of that garrulous pansy FDR, a Harvard-educated businessman, Governor of <b>liberal</b> New York. Which is in <b>liberal</b> Noo England, you know, so it must be some kinda foreign.

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