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I just watched the GOP "presidential" debate. That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Is this fun or what? The level of schadenfreude I feel watching the self-engineered implosion of the GOP is sooo high and soooo delicious I have an erection. My apologies to the permanently offended. But shit, this is great. From every angle you look at it from.
Looking at the beltway media is like walking through Willie Wonka's garden. The constant looks of incredulity and confusion at the rise of Trump and Sanders has been like picking candy off the bushes and drinking chocolate from the stream. Oh, and here's the mushroom filled with creme! Liberals have been predicting this since Reagan put this coalition of loons together in the first place. That's an awfully thick bubble they're living in if 30+ years of warnings are so unheard that Trump can take them by surprise. And Bernie? Almost the same fucking thing! How long did they actually think the American people wouldn't notice money in the political apparatus? How long did they think the economic gains could continue to be vacuumed up to the top before the pendulum swung back to the left? It's fucking comical watching them derisively spit Bernie's name from their mouths. The horror, the sheer fucking horror they experienced when the FDR socialist trounced Hillary in NH, right? I could actually taste the tears welling up in Chris Mathews' eyes. Once again, boner inducing.
And speaking of tears, there's the GOP establishment. Oh fuck, the taste of GOP tears. Like Jack Daniels Honey. So smooth. Sooo delicious. Watching the monster they created stomping around beating on Fox, Jeb!, the RNC, Cruz, Rubio, Carson. Holy shit, man. This is freaking awesome! The brain dead horde is now splitting off into groups that don't trust Fox, or don't trust Glen Beck, or don't trust their own fucking eyes. Like Spanish fly! And the bonus. The establishment candidates can't get a foothold regardless of how much money is spent.
Which leads us to the donor class. Sure to be a viagra like rush of blood to be found here! Sure enough! Millions spent on Walker, Christie, Cruz, Rubio, and Jeb!. For nothing! Nothing! Millions upon millions upon millions pissed away. They've influenced nothing! Trump is Bizarro Superman. Evil, dumb, and can't be controlled. He's the reason these guys are throwing good money after bad out the window. And even better, their heavy-handedness with the political influence they've bought has, in fact, made a 74 year old socialist jew an actual contender for President of the United States. Oh yeah, he's purple and angry now. That is like viagra!
And finally, the horse race. The cherry on the top. The show of shows. A collection of dimwitted idiots the Three Stooges could look down on. Sarah Palin lowered the bar so low, anything is acceptable. And it shows. Good Christ man. Seriously? Ben Carson actually killed off some of my brain cells. I'm not kidding. I'm now dumber from just hearing what he had to say. And the rest? "You're a poopyhead!" "Nuh-uh!" "Nuh-hu!" "No, you're a poopyhead!" "Nuh-uh!" Then bad idea, bad idea, not grounded in reality, Reagan, Reagan, Reagan. "You're a poopyhead!" John Kasich: "Oh for fuck's sake!" Bad idea, bad idea. The pure stupidity, racism, and theocratic bent is fully on display for the 70% of the country that hasn't drunk the cool-aid. I'm like a 15 year old in his first makeout session. The implosion of the GOP is giving me a boner.
P.s. I know what's at stake. I know the troubles facing this nation. I don't wanna hear it. I'm 44. It can rarely crack granite like it used to. Lemme enjoy it.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)No one said it was small!
nolabels
(13,133 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Mariana
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Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)becoming worthless, it's being abused by people with skin so thin, paper is thick by comparison.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)MH1
(17,595 posts)taking one for the team.
Samantha
(9,314 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Liberals who are offended so easily are the ones that give us a bad name. You know the ones that change the "e" to a "y" in women, who believe the drug war should end, but want to ban tobacco. . .
Phil Ochs was right. Love me, I'm a liberal.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)I find that hilarious.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)A post filled with the seven four letter words and that's what wadded up alerter's panties. Brilliant.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)"Did a mushroom filled with creme just explode in this thread?"
sarge43
(28,941 posts)and we were there at the creation
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)We can even give it an acronym: MFWC
sarge43
(28,941 posts)It's like Einstein's "What would the world look like if I rode on a beam of light? WHOA, what I could do with that!"
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Perfect for a Leave on jury duty. "That's a mushroom filled with crème" alert.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Glamrock
(11,794 posts)Cheers!
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)Maybe we can make it a menu item at the Olive Garden.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)opiate69
(10,129 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Quackers
(2,256 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)I would partake but........there's too many delicate flowers around here who give me REAL ones
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Can't take credit for that.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)nxylas
(6,440 posts)But things are so crazy around here right now, it's hard to tell.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)And then almost as if on cue, the permanently offended strike again! Curses!
appalled_again
(4 posts)I am ROFLMAO. Please continue....
olddots
(10,237 posts)kind of dumbth porn .
Mariana
(14,854 posts)My grandmother told me her family would go see a politician whenever they had the chance because it was a free show. Of course, that was before there was teevee...
TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)"Millions spent on Walker, Christie, Cruz, Rubio, and Jeb!. For nothing! Nothing! Millions upon millions upon millions pissed away. "
But surely, during the 2012 election when the donor-class donated $300,000,000 to Karl Rove, and got NOTHING (not even elected one candidate that Turdblossom bankrolled)....that must have given you (to quote Amy Schumer) a "reasonable chubb?"
Glamrock
(11,794 posts)That was a diamond cutter....
anniebelle
(899 posts)I was absolutely glowing last night for the first time in a long time. What with the news about Scalia and then watching these feces slinging clowns, it was like Christmas.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)ebayfool
(3,411 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,761 posts)Nyan
(1,192 posts)I almost felt bad for the moderator. You could almost hear him say "My god, what a mess this is..."
prayin4rain
(2,065 posts)Pure comedy gold.
prayin4rain
(2,065 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)CanonRay
(14,097 posts)words fail me.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Then again, that thing went limp decades ago...
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)I laughed the entire way through the comments too!
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)MFWC moment?
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,709 posts)Thanks
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)satisfying and wonderful read! It's exactly how I feel -- Trump is absolutely trashing the place by basically telling the truth. I keep thinking that Trump must be a Democratic plant. God, wouldn't that be something!
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...is that the most terrifying thing imaginable, or the funniest joke of all? Or maybe both?
Glamrock
(11,794 posts)Hotler
(11,415 posts)cynannmarie
(113 posts)Glamrock
(11,794 posts)Muchos Grassy Ass!
deathrind
(1,786 posts)Read!
"Sarah Palin lowered the bar so low, anything is acceptable."
So true.
If you have never seen the movie "Idiocracy" I highly recommend it. It is art come to life. The Republican Party in all its glory.
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)In the monkey house.
spanone
(135,816 posts)Iggo
(47,548 posts)klook
(12,154 posts)Hilarious! Thanks for the chortles.
valerief
(53,235 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)dchill
(38,465 posts)Sometimes. Nice screed! (With which I agree.)
mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)Warpy
(111,237 posts)that billionaires lavished many millions on, thinking Citizens United would allow them to buy the election, hey, no sweat!
Now it turns out those super PACs are nothing but big scams, spending less than 5% on average on the election. That means for every million they put in, they get $50,000, enough to buy two or three 30 second commercial blocks in one market. And that's if they've spent any money making commercials! So where did the money go? Hey, executive salaries, posh office suites, and slick mailers looking for more suckers to pour money down the rathole.
The Republican Party started to devolve into a racketeering organization in the 70s with the Nixon Dirty Tricks squad. You want to talk schadenfreude, let's talk about how the rackets are now scamming them.
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)If only racist misogynist bigots turn out to vote, he'll probably win. But... I'm pretty confident that won't happen.