After the fun response I got from my Friday morning Diary, in which I riffed on Stephen Colbert's brilliant take-down of G.O.P. hackstress Mary Matalin, I was inspired to assemble some Republican Talking Points Bingo! cards specifically for today's Historic vote on the Floor of the U.S. House.
Keep them handy to play along with the inevitable meltdown from an endless array of right wing pundits during procedural lulls.
You're apt to win faster if you have the stomach to watch FOX News, but there should also be plenty of excellent scoring opportunities emanating from CNN, MSNBC, or C-SPAN.
Since we won't have a celebrity church basement caller, it shouldn't be too hard to imagine we're hearing echos on the U.S. House Floor, generated by the GOP All-Stars topping each column .
First, Some rules:
Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules! This isn't RedState, though it's denizens will no doubt take their own special type of glee in hearing their elected tools spout their favorite Talking Points.
Heck, they may even want to join us in this friendly game of BINGO, and we will finally reach that ever elusive bi-partisanship.
Either way, we've got their number, and our team will be playing for the American People, with or without Republicans or Tea-baggers.
In case they do play along, the only instructions for THEM are:
Each time a Talking Point buzzword, phrase, or for you, a Profound Truth, is uttered, apply a permanent Magic Marker directly to your monitor's screen and circle those words or that phrase. Do so until all boxes, either across, up/down, or diagonally are filled, to form a continuous line. Because most Republican Talking Points originate with Frank Luntz (center), that square is free.
When you have completed your continuous line, jump up and down and scream "BINGO!" or your favorite epithet. Then, turn off your computer, back away and go brew yourself a nice cup of your favorite new beverage.
For the rest of us:
You can print the cards below by right clicking on each card and selecting "save image as..."
Then, either format them to save paper (They make fabulous coasters for the inevitable drinking games), or splurge on this momentous occasion and print them individually on full sheets.
I have exhausted my technical know-how and no longer maintain a site I could format and post them on. Anyone possessing knowledge, capacity and desire is encouraged to do so, and please link to it in the comments.
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I will attempt to update with links to dedicated live blogs as they appear, whether on the front page, or as diaries, and try to update to announce winners, if we have any.
If you do print out these Colbert-inspired cards, be sure to make enough copies and hang on to them for Hot Senator on Senator action to come.
(Special Thanks to all who had great ideas for "talking points").