And I am both proud and saddened to bring it to you...

In a nutshell, a collection of some of Santorum's craziest statements on abortion, contraception, homosexuality, global warming, Social Security, blacks (or "blahs"), Hitler, napkins, freedom and the left.

For daily updates on creepy sh*t Santorum says, visit Santorum Exposed on Facebook.

Meet Alan Simpson. He wants to gut Social Security. And he's in charge of the future of Social Security.
How's that? President Obama appointed him to lead a key Social Security commission. Why? I have no clue.

He's like that crazy uncle you see once a year at Thanksgiving, except he has his hands on Social Security.

Karoli mentioned earlier Simpson's foul-mouthed tirade against a woman who had the temerity to challenge his attacks on Social Security in a Huffington Post blog post. The thin-skinned Simpson ranted:

"I've made some plenty smart cracks about people on Social Security who milk it to the last degree. You know 'em too...We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest work!"

And this isn't the first tirade against someone who publicly criticized him and the commission.

That's why we at the Progressive Campaign Change Committee are launching a new site: StuffThatSimpsonSays.com to expose the out-of-control Simpson and the commision he co-chair's attempts to gut Social Security. Visit the site and see if you can tell a real Alan Simpson quote from a fake one and share it with your friends.

This would be funnier, if what the commission of unaccountable millionaires is working on wasn't so serious.

Congress will be voting on whatever this commission recommends. They need to understand the commission is being led by Alan Simpson, a guy who's so unhinged that you literally can't tell his real utterances from fake ones, they're that crazy.

Who else is on the commission? A bunch of millionaires... multimillionaire defense contractor (David Cote), a corporate CEO (Ann M. Fudge), and only one economist (Alice Rivlin) who's claim to fame is advocating for $47 billion in cuts to Social Security. You'll never guess where the executive director behind the commission also works: Bruce Reed, the CEO of the corporate-funded Democratic Leadership Council.

And on top of that the committee meets in secret.

Alan Simpson - has a) no idea what he's talking about when it comes to Social Security and b) is incredibly offensive to just about everyone he talks to.

Check out StuffAlanSimpsonSays.com. Some of the actual things he said are just mind-blowing.

Enjoy and then share it with your friends so everyone gets the message we need to save Social Security, not hand it over to people like Alan Simpson.

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P.S. If you like Simpson have a potty mouth, http://ShitAlanSimpsonSays.com also works.

(clip courtesy of Media Matters)

I thought I was listening to some sort of parody when I first heard this clip. As it turns out, it's from Glenn Beck's joke of a radio show and it's some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard.

Beck is speaking to a woman who called into his radio show and challenged him on his stance on health care reform. Things build, and continue to get heated until about the 3:16 mark when he has a thrombo when the caller really puts the screws to him:

"Kathy, (violently screaming) GET OFF MY PHONE! GET OFF MY PHONE YOU LITTLE PINHEAD!! I DON'T CARE? YOOOOU PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TRILLIONS...(high-pitched squealing) GET OFF MY PHONE!!"

Wow. And he wonders why nobody takes him seriously.

Pam's House Blend: Lindsey Graham shoutout to Bush at SC GOP convention nets silence.

at-Largely: Four years late - An Inconvenient Truth for the White House

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: On the excellence of McClatchy

pandagon: Batsh*t crazy

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Jack and Jill Politics, Cannibal Planet, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Gonzo Politico , Stephen Views the News

Happy Valley News Hour: Dick Cheney sends the Terminator back in time to eliminate Joe Wilson's mother.

TBogg: Since Megan McArdle can't seem to wrap her head around this crazy little thing called "poor", perhaps she'd like to take the Food Stamp Challenge for a week or two.

American Street: The myth that Republicans are fiscally responsible stewards of the economy simply means that the vast majority of Americans know nothing about politics or economics.

D-Day: Look for the Union label...

The Opinion Mill: Bookchat

Show Me Progress: Does anyone really believe Matt Blunt's 'spend more time with my family' dodge?

The Satirical Political Report: Huckleberry promises a "WMD Roll" on the White House lawn

Brad DeLong: Debunking myths perpetuated by dishonest Republican "economists" and politicians.

alicublog: Wingnuts mostly quiet on MLK Day.

A Tiny Revolution: Too crazy for Boystown, too much of a boy for Crazytown

Bitch Ph.D. Teh Islamics are bad

ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Covering Up the Coverage, Romney vs The Press, Make Them Accountable, The Real Race Story, The business of television

OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Media Needle, Balls and Walnuts, MAL Contends, Rox Populi

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Poor little Clenis-obsessed Tweety. Bill Clinton rocked his world yesterday by saying that he had always been against the Iraq invasion. Now whether that is true is somewhat debatable, because my own Lexis search didn't turn up anything that would indicate that, although he certainly has expressed it in the years since. Certainly at the time of the invasion (can you say "freedom fries"?), the wingnuts would have gone crazy had a former president spoken out against the current administration. But that doesn't matter to Chris Matthews, he can't believe that Bill Clinton would be rewriting history.

Well, with this flim-flam coming out about Bill Clinton , I just don't know what to say. I have finally been mastered by Bill Clinton. I finally don't think I can match him for chutzpah. It's a good Yiddishism for the ability to say something absolutely ridiculous.

Really, how dare anyone attempt anything as utterly ridiculous as rewriting pre-Iraq invasion history?

If this doesn't prove Tweety's right wing tool-osity consider this: Hardball did make a passing reference to Rove's unbelievably audacious interview with Charlie Rose, but spent five whole minutes over two segments on the betrayal by Bill Clinton, who it must be said, did NOT occupy the White House at the time of the invasion.

I'm Manila Ryce, and today is my final round-up. You can catch me at my own blog, The Largest Minority, after today.

If being a perpetual liar is cool, then the Neocons are Miles Davis. It's almost as difficult to get 100% incorrect on a multiple choice exam as it is to get 100% correct, so perhaps they do deserve some credit for being so consistently wrong.

Groups of poor people fighting each other over pennies isn't just the latest reality show from Fox, it's the strategy of the American bourgeoisie. Samurai Frog is a dirt poor blogger, and as such, would like to share a crazy street corner rant on immigration with you.

If you're looking for a non-profit, non-partisan quiz with the sole intention of informing voters, Glassbooth.org can fix your itch. You can see where every candidate stands on every issue in relation to you, and then curse the fact that the "electable" frontrunners are the furthest from everyone's positions.

I've linked him previously, but you can never get enough Noam Chomsky. In conjunction with this post, Chomsky asks " Do the Democrats have a different answer on Iran?" Here's a spoiler alert: With the exception of Kucinich and Gravel, the answer is no.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. It's a strategy for Iraq. The civilian death toll is higher than that of Darfur, yet we refrain from describing the holocaust in Iraq as genocide for political reasons. Holocaust denial is always acceptable for America when it's politically inconvenient. Just ask the Armenians.

Activist blogger and underwear model Bob Morris from Politics in the Zeros takes over tomorrow. Submit to him here: Bob (dot) Morris (at) Gmail (dot) com

I'm Manila Ryce from The Largest Minority. We have a week together so let's make the most of it.

I don't know about you, but I turn to Bill O'Reilly when I feel the need to brush up on the New Testament . After all, who else knows theology better than a political pundit?

The French are revolting. Sorry, there's no bad punchline there. Steve from COA News treats us to a Real News video about the workers of France rejecting Sarkozy's anti-labor agenda.

Robert Stein has a crystal ball which told him over a year ago that Lou Dobbs would be running for something. It wasn't the border.

And though our "immigration crisis" is a side effect of NAFTA locking Mexico's economy into foreign exploitation, Hillary's only account of the 1993 debate over the trade agreement is that it contained charts and stuff. Would Senator Obama like to weigh in on that? Nope? Um…okay.

Finally, Emily of KABOBfest reminds us that protecting human rights might be just a bit more important than strict adherence to certain laws. The rights of real people supersede imaginary borders? Crazy concept, I know.

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("Leaked Military" waterboarding instructions, may be inappropriate for work)

To highlight just how depraved some conservatives have become, consider the latest piece from Deroy Murdock, a contributing editor to the National Review. While some on the right have defended waterboarding as a necessary evil in a ticking-time-bomb scenario, Murdock went much further, arguing, “Waterboarding is something of which every American should be proud.”

Though clearly uncomfortable, waterboarding loosens lips without causing permanent physical injuries (and unlikely even temporary ones). If terrorists suffer long-term nightmares about waterboarding, better that than more Americans crying themselves to sleep after their loved ones have been shredded by bombs or baked in skyscrapers.

In short, there is nothing “repugnant” about waterboarding.

Remember, this isn’t some random crazy person ranting on a street corner; this is a published column in one of the nation’s biggest conservative political magazines.

For what it’s worth, Media Matters did some fact-checking, and found that Murdock — surprise, surprise — doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

But stepping back and considering the big picture, one question emerges: what is wrong with these people?