So proud of this response to a Romney supporting friend of mine....

[sofa king]

16. Maybe another way to put it is...

... our Republican friends will be paying money in the form of higher taxes to elect Republicans.

Don't call 'em stupid when you tell them this. Instead, tell them Grover Fucking Norquist is calling them stupid. I won't link to his site, but there you can find the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and the list of signers for 2012--virtually all Republicans in Congress.

Then, on July 27, 2012, virtually all Republicans in the Senate (except the ones in tight races) voted against a middle class tax cut extension, guaranteeing that taxes for average Americans will rise an average of $1600 a year next year. It passed anyway.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/0725/Middle-class-tax-cut-extension-passes-Senate-Policy-or-politics

Four days later, on August 1, 2012, virtually all Republicans in the House voted down the measure, killing it.

That means that damned near every single Republican in Congress voted to raise taxes on damned near every single Republican voter--and all the rest of us, too. It is because they are evil, and bought by the super-wealthy to protect their interests alone. All that tax talk was just bullshit, and they hosed all of us.

A responsible voter would walk into the polls on election day and vote all-D, ensuring that a retroactive extension for the middle class can be easily passed even before President Obama's first term ends.

But we're talking Republicans, here, so the wiser choice may be to advise them to stay home and pay themselves.