“IN OUR CASE, WE DON’T EVEN NEED A TIE. EVEN WHEN WE GET OUR BUTTS KICKED, THE GAME GOES ON AND ON AND ON ….”

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Lisa Casey on the GOP giving Jesus a new cross to bear.

Dan Kurtzman with The 10 Best Jokes About Health Care Reform.

“TOO MANY FOLKS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE WITH BRAINS, REFUSE TO VOLUNTARILY BUY INTO OUR BULLSHIT, SO WE’RE GONNA’ MAKE THEM JOIN OUR COW MANURE EXCHANGES, AND EVEN GIVE THEM TAX CREDITS FOR IT.”

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Ann Davidow at BuzzFlash: The Only Major Skill Republicans Have is Mythmaking.

Norm Jenson on the Tea Party circus and God-Given Healthcare.

“THE ‘AYES’ HAVE IT. CONGRESSMAN WILSON HAS TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S BUTLER.”

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Even Joe Wilson’s Wife Knows a Nut When She Sees One, at All Hat No Cattle.

“MY FRIENDS, THIS IS ONE INSTANCE WHERE BIG GOVERNMENT IS JUSTIFIED, SINCE THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE GUARANTEE EVERY AMERICAN THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY … AND THE PURSUIT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.”

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Jon Perr has some instructive, actually “10 Lessons for Tea Baggers.”

Your Total Entertainment Guide, at BartCopE!

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin hits the same note with No More Code Words: Racism is Public Again.

Robert Reich and the Truth About the Public Option, at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week. 

“HOLY SHIT, YOU MEAN IF WE STAY UNDER BRITISH CONTROL, WE’LL ACTUALLY HAVE COMPLETE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE ONE DAY? FUCK THIS, WE’RE GOING HOME!”

“THIS IS THE KIND OF BIBLICAL ‘EYE FOR AN EYE’ APPROACH THAT WE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO, ALTHOUGH WE COULD HAVE BEEN HARSHER WITH A RESOLUTION TO ‘SMITE’ HIM, OR TO HAVE HIM CIRCUMCISED … WHICH BY THE WAY, HE’D BE FULLY COVERED FOR UNDER HIS GOVERNMENT HEALTH PLAN.”

“UNDER OUR PLAN, ‘SICKNESS’ IS ‘HEALTH,’ ‘COVERAGE’ IS ‘DEATH PANELS,’ ‘FREEDOM’ IS ‘FREEDOM TO DIE’ … AND GLENN BECK IS YOUR PROCTOLOGIST.” 

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin: Joe Wilson is the Disease for Which Democracy Does Not Have Insurance to Cure.

Dan Kurtzman with the round-up on Heckling Joe ‘You Lie’ Wilson.

“NOW, CONGRESSMAN WILSON, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I SHOWED UP AT YOUR JOB … AND KNOCKED THE CONFEDERATE FLAG OUT OF YOUR ASS.”

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John Amato at C&L with a balanced look at Obama’s speech.

“NOW, HAVING JUST TALKED TO THIS NATION’S YOUTH ABOUT THE POLICY INTRICACIES OF HEALTH CARE, I WANT TO URGE YOU REPUBLICANS TO RESPECT AUTHORITY, TRY TO LEARN SOMETHING, AND MOST OF ALL … JUST SAY ‘NO‘ TO DRUGS.”