“COME THE FUTURE, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL BE SO BROKEN, IT WON’T EVEN BE RIGHT TWICE A CENTURY.”

Story here.

“NOT ONLY WAS HE A CHAMPION OF STATES’ RIGHTS, BUT HE ALSO TAUGHT US TO KEEP ON SHOOTING EVEN AFTER WE LOST.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey’s preview of what “Desperate Elephants” do.

John Amato at C&L, with the question, and answer, on the “missing TV economists.”

Juan Cole on the Taliban Attack on Kabul.

“NOW, MANY PEOPLE URGED ME TO PICK HOWARD DEAN, BUT THIS KID CAN SCREAM MUCH BETTER, AND WITH HIS WORK HISTORY, YA’ REALLY DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM HAVIN’ ANY TAX PROBLEMS.”

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Jon Perr weighs in with Lincoln, Darwin and the Know-Nothing Republicans.

“I TOLD MICHAEL BESCHLOSS AND DOUGLAS BRINKLEY THAT THEY WERE WELCOME TO APPEAR ON THE SAME PROGRAMS WITH ME, AS LONG AS THEY DON’T PISS ON MY PET THEORIES.”

“LISTEN, ABE, IF YOU HAD BROUGHT BILL AND HILLARY INTO YOUR TENT, YOU’D NEVER HAVE GOTTEN ANY SLEEP.”

“MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, I JUST SPOKE TO RONNIE, DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING: DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT BRINGING ANY OF THESE CRAZY ASS, KNOW-NOTHING REPUBLICANS INTO YOUR ADMINISTRATION!”

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Staying on topic, P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on Palin’s Legacy: The Agony of Ignorance.

Lisa Casey has the perfect vacation spot for retiring Republicans.

Rachel Maddow on the Colbert Report, at One Good Move.

Wait a minute. Perhaps Obama’s right. Perhaps I’ve been wrong to blindly follow the neanderthal, know-nothing ideology and policies of the modern GOP. Maybe we Republicans should embrace the progressive tradition and put the welfare of the average person and the survival of the planet above sheer corporate greed and profit. Maybe the lessons of science and the enlightenment could be extended to our party platform on issues of health care, the environment, and improving the lives of the poor and middle class. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance! …. Naaaaaahhh!

BLOGWORTHIES:

More on the “Party of Lincoln,” at All Hat No Cattle.

Jon Perr at C&L on 9/11 and Bush’s Law of Bin Laden.

Juan Cole: Time to Declare the original al-Qaeda Defeated.