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Wait a minute, I thought the Republican response to being called out on a lie was to threaten those who called it out.

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Now that Republicans have control of both houses of Congress, the Republicans can set their own agenda and pass some Republican legislation. That is, once they are able to overcome, uh, you know, Republican obstructionism.

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See? Republicans really are the problem solvers.

FTFY.

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Mitch McChinless has that "turtle in the headlights" stare. It suits him.

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As long as we get to blame it on Obama, and Holder, and Rev Jeremiah Wright. otherwise, yes.

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...who should eat a box of dicks. And get punched in the dicks.

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He has a chin? where does he hide it?

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Wow .... the Mighty Banhammer of Wonkette Justice® came down upon his head before I could hit the "Post" button

Clang! Clang! Wonkette's silver hammer made sure the comment was dead.

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it's actually called "Yakkety Sax" but you nailed it anyway.

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Which would be a valid argument if he hadn't cried all the damn time before trying to lead his herd of cats

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then what does he keep in his nutsack? Oh, right, Ted Cruz is holding those for him (along with Boehner's)

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I thought the Repubicans are still boycotting vegetables because FLOTUS said, and I might be paraphrasing here, "For G-d's sake, it wouldn't kill you to eat a carrot between sucking down a Big Gulp and opening your next bag of Cheetos"

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I wasn't really aware of him before he became Majority Leader (or even Minority Leader), so I don't know how much he cried then.

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Have you ever seen the gloves Animal Husbandry Veterinarians use on cattle & horses? You know, the one that goes all the way up to their shoulder?

DHS folk need to call departing Congress Critters into a special 'interview' room and slap one of those on when the Congress Critters sit down saying 'Oh and before you go there is one thing we need to check.'

Youtubes of the looks on their faces would be priceless.

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Remember originally the Senators were appointed by the State legislatures. The Senate was supposed to represent the will of State Governments. 17th Amendment changed it to election by popular vote.

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