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"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
...about Paul. I really want to believe that when the American public sees all of Ron Paul's nuttery under "national race" kind of scrutiny, they'd run from him in droves, so I'd be thrilled for him to win the nomination. Plus, I guess there is something nice about at least getting some of the more sane things he discusses (drug legalization, views on the wars) to be a little bit more "mainstream."
But the part that gives me pause is that Paul's got his crazy buried below a facade of "folksy, kindhearted old-timey doctor" that's just effective enough to fool A LOT of people, whereas most of the rest of these clowns wear their insanity on their sleeve.
I really want to think they'd run from him, but I watched George Bush get elected and re-elected and the Republicans re-take the house in 2010. So I don't put anything beyond the American voting public.
Just saw one of those commercials that end with some hapless working man complaining that nobody ever offers to pay him in gum.
How easy it would be to turn this into an ad for any and all Republican candidates.
I mean, what else could possibly be their endgame in attacking unions, minimum wages, corporate taxes and public services? They would love to pay you in Gum! Who needs money except the job creators who keep you in gum?
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Although I'm not surprised at all by the way things are shaping up in Colorado. Home of Focus On (Your Own Damn) Family, after all. Lots of hateful evangelicals there.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
in Colorado are identifying with the religious right. Catching up on my news programs today I heard that Republican turnout is not what it was last time, so maybe. I hope so.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
so this was simply popularity contest today?
Way keep these bozos in the news.....how bout we only have them in the news bi - weekly until sept. or so?
Missouri was a beauty contest and Rich Romney got beat with a ugly stick. The repubs hate Richie a whole lot more than the dems do? What a collection of losers. I hear a sound and that sound is a Obama landslide.
[Comment Deleted By Administration For Violation Of Terms Of Service] Because we can talk about "Frothy Boy", except in practical terms.
OK, now that's he's won another two of them, we can all have our Orwellian two minute hate on him, and then go on with our evening and ignore that we're killing the planet because we're nice people.
The next question is: how with the Game Show Host spin this? And will Jabba the Hutt leave the race? I can only imagine this will make Crazy Uncle Crankypants even more bold. Enquiring Minds want to know!
Yes, let's go back to the horse race and ignore the fact that you still have no real choice.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
just concede the election to Obama. It's obvious that their ranks have disobeyed orders and marched off in four different directions, unprecedented behaviour for mindless goons. Perhaps we're experiencing the death throws of the party that was.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
Good grief...I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach. The idea that a majority of people in three states think a religious fanatic like Santorum would make a good president proves that a significant percentage of Americans completely lack critical thinking skills and that the Great Experiment is starting to circle the drain.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
'Twas not the majority of people in three states, but rather the majority of a very small number of Republicans who bothered to vote. The real story here is the apathy of the GOP -- guess they've figured it's already a lost cause..
I am ecstatic about Ricky's magnificent victories this evening! I hold Obama in extreme contempt, but I sure don't want any of the other options to win the Presidency.
But the main reason I am so happy is that this Republican knife fight will just keep that party deeply divided, and probably so weak in November that with any of these Repub clowns at the top of the ticket, we may well see a return to a modicum of sanity in DC.
The Dems are hapless and undeserving, but at least they will make an effort at governance, if they re-take the House and hold the Senate. The Repubs will spew vilely for the foreseeable future, but they were going to do that anyway.
If the Repubs continue to be so unloved, corporate America will frantically start giving to Dems this summer, and the Repubs and all their hatreds will be reduced to nothing but the old slave states and Idaho and Wyoming, etc.
It must suck to know people hate you so much that they're willing to vote for ANYONE else. No matter how much you spend. No matter how insane and "unelectable" the other guy is. People just hate you too much and won't vote for you.
I almost feel sorry. Then I remember what a complete jerk he is, and I don't feel so bad any more.
Well every other GOP candidate had a turn as flavor of the month so I guess it was finally Santorum's turn. I don't recall Ron Paul having a turn yet so be ready for him to win a few next month. Every time the media spotlight shines on one of these crazy candidates for more than a couple weeks the Republican voters get turned off and run to the next in line. It will be the same for Paul. I think Mitt plans on sneaking to the back of the line so there will be no one left behind him and they will be stuck with him as the last man standing. Anyone tracking Las Vegas odds on President Obama getting a 2nd term?
Correct. The rank and file (less organized) are staying home out of disgust for Romney and Gingrich, leaving the more organized (religious right) to fill the ranks of the voting.
Gotta get the Islam out of the White House don't ya' know.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
Bizarre candidates iin. Bizarre Primary out. Who can explain it?
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
The only way for Romney to avoid a strong surge of Santorum is to pull out early.
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
I thought these elections were bizarre when I passed ou^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H went to sleep last night. I wake up this morning, get the IV tray of coffee rolling, munch a choco donut and WTF?!?!?! Frothy Boy sweeps them all and does a smack down in Missouri? WTF?!?!?!
The Rethugs in CO always struck me as more the Randian "Ron Paul" types. But Crazy Uncle Crankypants came in last! And Frothy Boy beat the Game Show Host by 5%. That's messed up. What happened in Colorado? Did all the megachurches in Colorado Springs frog march their entire population of parishoners to the polling stations and force them to vote Frothy Lube Boy?
Given that Missouri and Colorado are largely Republican states, and this is the expression of democracy in those Republican primaries, ummmm, you people are f*cked. Like, totally.
The ONLY thing I can think of why this is happening is because even the Republican rank and file are sick of the Clown Car, and simply voted by not voting. This amplifies the lunatic fringe. If the Rethugs could find someone who's half-way sane and ran him, perhaps Santorum would have still gotten the same number of votes, but would have lost, badly, in terms of percentage. But, no. The Clown Car effect took over and everybody just said "yea..uuuuh, NO...no thank you...please go away..." But I don't know - I guess one would have to compare the voting volumes from 2008 vs yesterday....
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
Is that a bar recipe for Racist Homophobic Asshole? Does it come with a pink umbrella?
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
I don't want to hear any of these Republican losers ever complain about the Taliban or Hamas or Iran's Islamic Republic again.
Santorum????
Oh ok, so it's fine to elect religious nut-jobs in this country who dream of a theocratic state, thus destroying our constitution and any semblance of a free society, but not in the rest of the world.
Got it.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Denial himself - Frothy Santorum!
Is there a more twisted republican?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Isn't that redundant?
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
- Albert Einstein
Oops! Ya, i guess it is.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Guns, fetus, gays, chocomut ice cream! Guns, fetus, gays, chocomut ice cream! Guns, fetus, gays, chocomut ice cream! Guns, fetus, gays, chocomut ice cream! Guns, fetus, gays, chocomut ice cream!
from three orifices tonight.
Ride on, little wiener...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
...and Paul slips into second place in Minnesota! Eat thousand dollar bills Willard, and shove them in your ears too.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
...about Paul. I really want to believe that when the American public sees all of Ron Paul's nuttery under "national race" kind of scrutiny, they'd run from him in droves, so I'd be thrilled for him to win the nomination. Plus, I guess there is something nice about at least getting some of the more sane things he discusses (drug legalization, views on the wars) to be a little bit more "mainstream."
But the part that gives me pause is that Paul's got his crazy buried below a facade of "folksy, kindhearted old-timey doctor" that's just effective enough to fool A LOT of people, whereas most of the rest of these clowns wear their insanity on their sleeve.
I really want to think they'd run from him, but I watched George Bush get elected and re-elected and the Republicans re-take the house in 2010. So I don't put anything beyond the American voting public.
he'll haunt your prostate.
Phil Donahue On Piers Morgan Discussing Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BFLRssmEZ8
.. for the human race. How could anyone in their right mind vote for Santorum? We're never going to be rid of that nut-job now.
That's the problem, they are in their "right" wing mind.
Election 2012: Be Educated! Be Active! Vote!
www.PhoenixJustice.com
the
heartoozing 'hole is?"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Just saw one of those commercials that end with some hapless working man complaining that nobody ever offers to pay him in gum.
How easy it would be to turn this into an ad for any and all Republican candidates.
I mean, what else could possibly be their endgame in attacking unions, minimum wages, corporate taxes and public services? They would love to pay you in Gum! Who needs money except the job creators who keep you in gum?
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Although I'm not surprised at all by the way things are shaping up in Colorado. Home of Focus On (Your Own Damn) Family, after all. Lots of hateful evangelicals there.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
Maybe more Coloradans are self-identifying as Democrats or Independents? Really, even Republichristians have to see the insanity of Santorum.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
in Colorado are identifying with the religious right. Catching up on my news programs today I heard that Republican turnout is not what it was last time, so maybe. I hope so.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
so this was simply popularity contest today?
Way keep these bozos in the news.....how bout we only have them in the news bi - weekly until sept. or so?
But a lot of tax money spent to ...What? Show how unreasonable each candidate can be in search of 0 delegates?
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
has two wins today with potential for a third. Reince Priebus' head may explode. (And that's a good thing.)
Missouri was a beauty contest and Rich Romney got beat with a ugly stick. The repubs hate Richie a whole lot more than the dems do? What a collection of losers. I hear a sound and that sound is a Obama landslide.
If not now, when?
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
[Comment Deleted By Administration For Violation Of Terms Of Service] Because we can talk about "Frothy Boy", except in practical terms.
OK, now that's he's won another two of them, we can all have our Orwellian two minute hate on him, and then go on with our evening and ignore that we're killing the planet because we're nice people.
The next question is: how with the Game Show Host spin this? And will Jabba the Hutt leave the race? I can only imagine this will make Crazy Uncle Crankypants even more bold. Enquiring Minds want to know!
Yes, let's go back to the horse race and ignore the fact that you still have no real choice.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
:)
weeeeeeee
far left loon >.<
Being the "gayest" city in America.
that is supposed to mean ... what?
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
But hate the candidates.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
just concede the election to Obama. It's obvious that their ranks have disobeyed orders and marched off in four different directions, unprecedented behaviour for mindless goons. Perhaps we're experiencing the death throws of the party that was.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
God, we can only hope so.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
Ricky "I got 39% in my home state Senatorial re-election while the other guy got 60%" Santorum has jumped to the head of the pack.
Good. Great!
This election will at least give us a definitive count of the total number of right wing christiofascist idiots they're are in the country.
Because I don't know who in the hell else would vote for Santorum, other than sexually closeted weirdo wing nut fundies.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
Man, they really hate Romney.
EEK!!! This is scary!!!
People really hate Romney.
They're begging for ANYBODY except Mitt...and Mitt's the least crazy of the clown car occupants.
Obama has this in the bag.
Good grief...I think I'm going to be sick to my stomach. The idea that a majority of people in three states think a religious fanatic like Santorum would make a good president proves that a significant percentage of Americans completely lack critical thinking skills and that the Great Experiment is starting to circle the drain.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
'Twas not the majority of people in three states, but rather the majority of a very small number of Republicans who bothered to vote. The real story here is the apathy of the GOP -- guess they've figured it's already a lost cause..
WTF is wrong with the GOP? Methinks the cheese has slipped off the cracker.
Guess we now know exactly which states need to cleansed of religious fanatics.
Lew
Fighting the Christian American Taliban daily.
I am ecstatic about Ricky's magnificent victories this evening! I hold Obama in extreme contempt, but I sure don't want any of the other options to win the Presidency.
But the main reason I am so happy is that this Republican knife fight will just keep that party deeply divided, and probably so weak in November that with any of these Repub clowns at the top of the ticket, we may well see a return to a modicum of sanity in DC.
The Dems are hapless and undeserving, but at least they will make an effort at governance, if they re-take the House and hold the Senate. The Repubs will spew vilely for the foreseeable future, but they were going to do that anyway.
If the Repubs continue to be so unloved, corporate America will frantically start giving to Dems this summer, and the Repubs and all their hatreds will be reduced to nothing but the old slave states and Idaho and Wyoming, etc.
for Mitt.
It must suck to know people hate you so much that they're willing to vote for ANYONE else. No matter how much you spend. No matter how insane and "unelectable" the other guy is. People just hate you too much and won't vote for you.
I almost feel sorry. Then I remember what a complete jerk he is, and I don't feel so bad any more.
Well every other GOP candidate had a turn as flavor of the month so I guess it was finally Santorum's turn. I don't recall Ron Paul having a turn yet so be ready for him to win a few next month. Every time the media spotlight shines on one of these crazy candidates for more than a couple weeks the Republican voters get turned off and run to the next in line. It will be the same for Paul. I think Mitt plans on sneaking to the back of the line so there will be no one left behind him and they will be stuck with him as the last man standing. Anyone tracking Las Vegas odds on President Obama getting a 2nd term?
Baloney on White bread with santorum on top.
The first casualty of republicanism is the truth.
Party politics are not only undemocratic, they are antidemocratic.
is this a joke?
...and who wants to take several hours out of their lives to caucus for Romney or Gingrich? Only the Jesus warriors showed up.
Correct. The rank and file (less organized) are staying home out of disgust for Romney and Gingrich, leaving the more organized (religious right) to fill the ranks of the voting.
Gotta get the Islam out of the White House don't ya' know.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
So out of 5 million people in Minnesota, around 50,000--1 percent--went to the caucus to determine who the GOP candidate for president should be.
How the caucus system can be seen as anything but a vote-suppression tactic is beyond me.
Can anyone really see this man as president??? I have never seen a more bizarre primary. God help us.
Bizarre candidates iin. Bizarre Primary out. Who can explain it?
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
The only way for Romney to avoid a strong surge of Santorum is to pull out early.
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
I thought these elections were bizarre when I passed ou^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H went to sleep last night. I wake up this morning, get the IV tray of coffee rolling, munch a choco donut and WTF?!?!?! Frothy Boy sweeps them all and does a smack down in Missouri? WTF?!?!?!
The Rethugs in CO always struck me as more the Randian "Ron Paul" types. But Crazy Uncle Crankypants came in last! And Frothy Boy beat the Game Show Host by 5%. That's messed up. What happened in Colorado? Did all the megachurches in Colorado Springs frog march their entire population of parishoners to the polling stations and force them to vote Frothy Lube Boy?
Given that Missouri and Colorado are largely Republican states, and this is the expression of democracy in those Republican primaries, ummmm, you people are f*cked. Like, totally.
The ONLY thing I can think of why this is happening is because even the Republican rank and file are sick of the Clown Car, and simply voted by not voting. This amplifies the lunatic fringe. If the Rethugs could find someone who's half-way sane and ran him, perhaps Santorum would have still gotten the same number of votes, but would have lost, badly, in terms of percentage. But, no. The Clown Car effect took over and everybody just said "yea..uuuuh, NO...no thank you...please go away..." But I don't know - I guess one would have to compare the voting volumes from 2008 vs yesterday....
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
Santorum has 4 wins
Romney has 2 wins
Gingrich has 1 win
Paul has 0
That makes Santorum the leading racist homophobe!
4 parts Santorum
2 parts Romney
1 part Gingrich
Is that a bar recipe for Racist Homophobic Asshole? Does it come with a pink umbrella?
"Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." --Mr. Burns
I don't want to hear any of these Republican losers ever complain about the Taliban or Hamas or Iran's Islamic Republic again.
Santorum????
Oh ok, so it's fine to elect religious nut-jobs in this country who dream of a theocratic state, thus destroying our constitution and any semblance of a free society, but not in the rest of the world.
Got it.
I don't believe in God. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
-Andrew Carnegie
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