I know what a bunch of kids with Tea Party grandparents will be getting for Christmas. Try to look happy, kids, this is as least as fun as those stupid video games you keep
going on about.
The makers of the “Ted Cruz To The Future Comic Coloring Activity Book” have announced a new supplement to their original effort to teach the wonder that is Ted Cruz to children, entitled “Ted Cruz Saves America.”
Yes, it's a real book, and yes, it's a follow-up to another real book. Click
the link for an awesome picture of a suit-and-tie wearing Ted Cruz fighting giant snakes labeled "Obama Care" and "High Taxes". He doesn't seem to be doing well, but this is a kid's book so I imagine he pulls through in the end.
Alas, we still don't know whether these coloring books are bought primarily by genuine tea partiers or by liberals looking for gag gifts, but this seems a market well worth horning in on. Anyone for a book pitting Chris Christie against gigantic space spiders labeled Export-Import Bank? What about a building-sized Rick Perry fending off migrant children by clubbing them with the Statue of Liberty, has that been done yet?
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2008—Republicans Prove Once Again That They Don't Want Votes Counted:
This is really pitiful. Republicans are in such a panic over the possibility that they will lose another senate seat when the legally-mandated recount in Minnesota is completed, they are doing everything they can to taint the results before the process even begins. The desperate moves began the day after the election when Norm Coleman declared himself the winner and laughably suggested that Al Franken forego any recount, and now, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has set up a website for "keeping a watchful eye" on the recount.
And their idea of keeping a close eye on the race? By posting deep thoughts from various conservative blogs, and deranged, fact-free opinion pieces. For example, there's a post from Power Line, that attempts to smear Minnesota's Secretary of State by using scary words like MoveOn, George Soros, and San Francisco, and some serious stupidity from Redstate's Erick Erickson, where he gives two reasons why the entire process is suspect, never mind that one of his claims has been completely debunked, and the other just a flat-out lie.
This is the kind of garbage the NRSC is relying on to preemptively call the recount results into question. And given the all-out blitz of false charges, innuendo, and disinformation the Republicans have been peddling, it's clear that they don't think Norm Coleman's 206 vote lead is going to hold up.
Tweet of the Day
On
today's Kagro in the Morning show,
Greg Dworkin helps us get a handle on a muddled news day: the politics of the new US-China climate deal, McConnell's prospects in the new Senate, and drilling down into Connecticut's results. WV elects an actual used car salesman. The president chews some gum, apparently.
Time magazine promotes the comments section to editor. The KXL Hail Mary. Does this kind of appeasement work? Ask the 75% of House Dems elected in 2006 who are no longer in DC. Suburban MD school board erases all holiday names from its calendar rather than add a Muslim one.
High Impact Posts. Top Comments