Questioning Patriotism?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given that in 2004 GOP conventioneers--supporting a President and VP with no military experience--mocked veteran John Kerry with fake purple heart bandaids. But the GOP produced a video celebrating patriotism and the service of our soldiers. With no actual soldiers. They were actors.

It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.

And then there's this. Do you know what this is in the background behind McSame?


That's Walter Reed Middle School.

Who knew the Republican'ts were so good at metaphor?

Weekend Guffaw

I generally have more important things to do than watch the Bobbleheads on the Sunday morning shows but I caught this gem from Bill Kristol on how Republicans are more open to strong women:



This from the dude who famously quipped "white women are a problem, we all live with that."

Irony is dead. Long live irony.