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Kay Ducky's avatar

The "RepublicanTown" song is in my head now, and I'm completely buggered as to what show it's from. I guess I'll have to YT it.

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Kay Ducky's avatar

Imagine dying for a man that will never even learn your name. Or call you "that woman"

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Ultimately, these people act out of their own delusions of grandeur. Main character syndrome.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. As we've said before, it's a cult.

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V4Virginia's avatar

Val-let, but I've given up on it.

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Ruththecatlady's avatar

I believe the American pronunciation is "Val-ay", while the English (who originated the word, it is not as some people think, French) pronounce it "Val-et".

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Queroloustwo's avatar

Someone dropped their "r" from varlet. ", so valet in its English (15th century) form of " varlet " had decayed, before it became obsolete, from its meaning of " servant " to signify a " scoundrel " or " low fellow."" https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/v/valet.html

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LegalCat's avatar

"Has your family tried 'em" took me a minute. Nice.

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Axomamma's avatar

Clue me in?

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LegalCat's avatar

It's a reference to "Prairie Home Companion." Powdermilk Biscuits was one of their main pseudo-sponsors. They didn't have real sponsors because they were on NPR, but the old-time radio shows they were nominally based on did, so they had fake sponsors for whom they did commercials that were basically comedy sketches. "Has your family tried 'em, Powdermilk" was the beginning of the Powdermilk Biscuits jingle. So this was a play on Powdermilk/Loudermilk.

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theCryptofishist's avatar

I'm still waiting for the January 6th chorus to release "Ashli Babbitt Lied."

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The Estivating Hibernian's avatar

"As he watched *his* riot unfold on television" FTFY, enn why tee.

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V4Virginia's avatar

That sounds like the line of the verse right before the bridge :)

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The Estivating Hibernian's avatar

and, dammit, I left my ukulele at home.

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Enter Ranting's avatar

If only Ashli Babbitt had listened to the cops…

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BrianW's avatar

Yep. "If she had just complied with the officer's request. . . . "

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

and the rest of the MAGA crowd for that matter.

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Malcolm Campbell's avatar

Obviously. The king doesn't cry when pawns are sacrificed. Just that the pawns have deluded themselves into thinking they're rooks and bishops when they're sacrificial cannon fodder.

It's part of why it was so important for the prominent figures who stoked the January 6th attack to suffer consequences. That Ted Cruz, Rudy Giuiliani, Trump, etc are still not in jail is indicative of a massive failure and only lays the foundation for the next attack.

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Chuck Dickens's avatar

Scott Perry, Gym Jordan...

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Sister Artemis's avatar

"...the pawns have deluded themselves into thinking they're rooks and bishops when they're sacrificial cannon fodder."

Yep. Fact check true, and I'd even have a modicum of sympathy for them if they weren't such fucking traitorweasels.

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Malcolm Campbell's avatar

Yeah, I mean, what they did was BAD.

But the people who knew better? Who whipped them into a frenzy and sent them at congress? The supposedly respectable politicians who are supposed to have integrity? What they did was way worse and I do not believe they will see the inside of a jail cell for it.

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Megan Macomber's avatar

Trump hadn't had time to figure out how Ashli Babbitt's death benefits him. So UNFAIR!--expecting him to come up with a new grift on the spot!

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Steven McCrary's avatar

Monday is the day, Orange Howler Monkey. Ms. James is still looking at 40 Wall Street and she’s going to take away your goods. So, like Johnny Cash said, Cry Cry Cry.

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Antifa Commander's avatar

Ashli Babbitt? I don't really care, do you?

(For once I actually agree with Trump.)

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

She got coffee for us that one time, right?

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oscarphile's avatar

Not only does he not give a fuck about any of these poor sad freaks, but if he ever becomes the dictator he promises to, HE. WILL. TAKE. THEIR. GUNS.

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tim gueguen's avatar

He may not actually. The Nazis actually loosened Germany's gun control laws, which apparently weren't strongly enforced even before they took control. Of course if you were Jewish or some other "undesirable" this didn't apply to you.

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oscarphile's avatar

Trump will decide who the undesirables are.

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Shallow state's avatar

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia, has your family tried ‘em?)

I understood that reference.

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Sherry's avatar

Same here! Miss that show and it went to hell after Chris Thile took over.

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Pexas Teat's avatar

The OG (GK) was pretty annoying in my book, with all the incredible nose breathing into the microphone and his atrocious singing, which he insisted on even and especially when there were good singers on his show.

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Chuck Dickens's avatar

The music was god awful for starters

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Sherry's avatar

Oh shoot me..The Punch Brothers needed to be Punched. I hated Chris's compositions. They were truly awful.

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Villago Delenda Est 🇺🇦's avatar

Ashley Babbit, traitor, not patriot.

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