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“His mother is gorgeous too? Whodathunkit.”

“Speck?”

“I'm not old enough to remember the McCarthy witch hunts first hand, but from the 60s through the present the Republican Party has depended first, last, and always on fear. Irrational fear. They got people to be afraid of every "attempt to undermine American society" that came along: black people, Communism, rock and roll, hippies, long hair (!), short skirts, marijuana, war protesters, gay people, women's right activists, the American Civil Liberties Union, and especially sex.

One big difference between then and now is that the right used to have to temper it because there was a legitimate news industry that kept them restrained. Today you won't hear skepticism about Republican policies on cable news, network news, or NPR. When the news makes Republicans look bad, you hear all about balloon boy, party crashers, runaway brides, octomom, or the freakshow of the week. Ted Koppel got taken off the air for saying the names of men and women who were killed in Iraq. Bob Woodward wrote books that portrayed Bush as a master of strategery. The New York Times put Judith Miller's lies on the front page. It's a wonder the US has an ounce of civility left in us.

As long as corporations rule our lives, we're sunk.”

“All Obamamaniacs are liberals, but not all liberals are Obamamaniacs. I like him, but I don't like-him like-him because of all his compromising overtures to the right. He needs to be a little more like Howard Dean, measured and politically astute but unmistakably a liberal Democrat. I never understood Obamamania, but it's a lot more sensible than the crowd of yahoos who wanted to drink beer with the torturer in chief. Obamamaniacs, without the Obama. Just maniacs.”

“It's always nice to see someone come out into the light, but I have to wonder, why did he not see all that before. The Republican Party has not changed one iota in 20 years.”

“It's not a war, it's an occupation. These invasions they lied us into, and the occupations they grossly mismanaged were the work of a Republican administration. Overseas conflict is good for Republican politicians and military contractors, so Republicans will always support wars, real and fake. Democrats, apparently Obama included, think they have to act like Republicans in order to get the red state yahoos to vote for them, so we get an escalation in Afghanistan when we ought to withdraw. They're probably planning to withdraw after Obama's reelected, but who knows what catastrophes caused by these political calculations will happen between now and then. It's like a 60s flashback.”

“Vile people.”

“This smells a little of Washington Post procurer Katherine Weymouth, giving way to the rank stench of toadying doorstop salesman Bob Woodward, and finally the sarin gas of David Broder's dean-ish insights, all brought together in the rotting carcass of Newsweek, where people who live in valleys without electricity turn for last week's news.”

“No, but you described the Tooth Fairy to a tee!”

“One Christmas, I stayed up really late, and I almost saw Santa Claus, but then I fell asleep.”

“"There had been "ongoing resentment" in the family..."

That's why y'all need to keep guns in the house. How else to settle scores over the turkey and cranberry sauce.”

“I'd believe something said by Saddam before I'd believe anything from Cheney or Bush.”

“Tough titties.”

“If you're looking for someone to defend christians, I can't help you. Religion is toxic. It is indefensible. I'm for separation of church and everything else.”

“I am I. You make your demands, and I'll make mine.”

“Couric: What newspapers do your read?
Palin: If nominated, I will not read; if elected, I will not think.”

“Take the head covers off Muslim women. Stop hacking off the heads of petty criminals. Then, let's talk about minarets.”

“Obama has business leaders visiting the White House hundreds of times. The Bush White House had hundreds of visits by prostitute James Guckert.”

“Regarding the media, I am thankful for my remote control.”

“Couric: "What newspapers do you read?"
Palin: "I can't read."”

“Ten months without torture. Obama, I salute you!”

“It's an homage to the fabulous Bill Maher.”

“I don't respect them either. Merry Christmas does not bother me, but the constant drumbeat of religiosity we're subjected to every day is driving me nuts. And now apparently, retailers are looking for untapped religious holidays to score off to sell their junk. Enough. I'm for separation of church and EVERYTHING ELSE.”

“Thank you, dear. It was in all the papers. I haven't got a priest, and what do priests have to do with Best Buy's giving new, disconcerting meaning to "the holidays" anyway. Nothing. Exactly.”

“Priest? Huh?”