Herman Cain agrees with us

"Cept we said this about him and Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann and Bill O'Really and nearly everyone on Fox "News", too:

Herman Cain: 'Stupid People Are Ruining America'

Ladies and gentlemen, the Republican Party

And we would want to vote for them why?

Rich (white) guy endorses rich (white) guy

Word is out yesterday that (irrelevant) Donald Trump endorsed Willard "Mitt" Romney for president. La-ti-freakin'-da. As I said above, rich white guy endorses rich white guy. What's additionally funny about this is that Mittens nearly immediately left Florida, after his win there and was said to be heading straight for Michele Bachmann, for her endorsement. Only not so fast Ms. Bachmann announced that she was no way endorsing Mittens--at least yet, anyway, if ever. Then, the Newtster announced earlier that he would be getting "The Donald's" endorsement when--again-- not so fast, "The Donald" comes out declaring for Mittens. What a hoot. Never has so much money looked so disorganized, so, dare I say it? so low class (or white trashy). Seriously, keep the popcorn coming, this is getting really good. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/politics/trump-endorses-romney-in-las-vegas.html

Michele Bachmann and Donald Trump to lead the nation?

Are you kidding me? That's who Michele Bachmann says she might pick for her Vice President if--God and heaven forbid--she should get anywhere even remotely close to the White House? She says she would pick The Donald or Rick "Mr. Sensitivity" Santorum. Yikes. Double barrel nightmares. And we thought Dubya' was bad. (and stupid).

The President on his 2012 opponents

'We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim,' he added, 'we won't even comment on them...'" --President Obama. (And yes, obviously he's kidding but, you know? It might just work).

Lovin' me some Michele Bachmann today

Have a great weekend, y'all.

On last evening's Republican candidate debate

‎"The moment that would have broken my father's heart was the moment when applause broke out at the mention of more than 200 executions ordered by Rick Perry in Texas. It was stunning and brought tears to my eyes. This is what we've come to? That we applaud at executions?" ~Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's Daughter

It's a "Wonderful World", all right

Your yuk of the day, part II

"New Rule: Stop comparing Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann just because they're both Republican women. And crazy. And know-nothings. And Jesus freaks, who claim to receive messages from God. Who both get their historical facts wrong all the time. Who both give off a sound that only animals can hear and makes microwaves explode. Seriously, stop comparing them." –Bill Maher, "Real Time with Bill Maher", HBO

Quote of the day--on the disappearing intellectual

In a media scape and public sphere that view criticism, dialog and thoughtfulness as a liability, such anti-intellectuals abound, providing commentaries that are nativist, racist, reactionary and morally repugnant. But the premium put on ignorance and the disdain for critical intellectuals is not monopolized by the dominant media, it appears to have become one of the few criteria left for largely wealthy individuals to qualify for public office. One typical example is Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who throws out inanities such as labeling the Obama administration a "gangster government." Bachmann refuses to take critical questions from the press because she claims that they unfairly focus on her language. She has a point. After all, it might be difficult to support statements such as the claim that "the US government used the census information to round up the Japanese [Americans] and put them in concentration camps." Another typical example can be found in Congressman Joe Barton's apology to BP for having to pay for damages to the government stemming from its disastrous oil spill. This "upscaling of ignorance" gets worse. Richard Cohen, writing in The Washington Post about Sen. Michael Bennett, was shocked to discover that he was actually well-educated and smart but had to hide his qualifications in his primary campaign so as to not undermine his chance of being re-elected. Cohen concludes that in politics, "We have come to value ignorance." He further argues that the notion that a politician should actually know something about domestic and foreign affairs is now considered a liability. Link to original post (good, important read): http://www.truth-out.org/the-disappearing-intellectual-age-economic-darwinism61287