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“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Idiot du Jour

Out of commission for a couple of days, but I'm back with this choice bit, courtesy of Rachel Maddow: none other than Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Conspiracy Theory) trying to justify his tweets during the president's State of the Union address:


All talking points, all the time. The man is a buffoon.

David Badash has the tweets at The New Civil Rights Movement. They're indescribable. And scroll down to see some of the reactions.

A footnote: Jed Lewison at DailyKos has a list of those points in the president's speech that elicited a less than enthusiastic response from the Republicans. Check it out.

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