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Ouch - the Vets card, a.k.a. the ace of trumps. No wonder Boner looks pained.

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That's the eleventy billion witnesses being served. Can't wait for the Nielsens to show double or triple the audience of the previous night's GOP clown show.

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Where would we be be if we'd spent a trillion dollars on the USA, instead of on blowing up shit in Iraq? Thanks a lot, Dubya. You dumb fuck.

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As I said, it's pretty rare that we are suprised.

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Same place, I'm sure. Some pricks manage to fuck up even the easy choices. (Looking at you, Cheney ... and your battery life.) But much less busy.

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Barack's too cool for that ... he can keep his game face on. <a href="http:\/\/www.thewrightstache.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/obama-fist-bump1-300x300.jpg" target="_blank">It's Michelle who wears the grin</a>. That probably has Cantor clutching his pearls as well.

(You're welcome for that set-up...)

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So far, he's only sold his soul to the Koch brothers. I may however pick him up on waivers, if he fails to perform to their satisfaction.

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I always have plans ... and God doesn't laugh at them.

(Sometimes he'll snort and ruefully shake his head, but that's different.)

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Maybe Obama threatened him with some Chicago-style "lesson" about proper respect for one's superiors.

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You know my stock in trade .... and it ain't peaches.

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"Obama has chosen to point out that lots of his ideas have been approved by Republicans on prior occasions"

A not-too-subtle way of shaming the GOPtards for whom bashing Obama is more important than any sense of loyalty to their country. Not that the fuckers are capable of shame, but it's nice to see them get smacked in the face with it every now and then.

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I used to think I was the last living fan of F.T. Nice to know there are others out there who know what came before Monty Python.

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He was probably thinking about the GOP Gong Show his party put on the air last night, and comparing Obama to his party's pathetic batch of contenders.

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McConnell: 'This isn't jobs plan, it's re-election plan'...

... therefore, let's vote it down. Fuck the jobs.

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