“The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand,” Ryan said at a D.C. gathering four years ago honoring the author of “Atlas Shrugged” and “The Fountainhead.”

…wait, what? The woman who scorned altruism and the notion of the public interest motivated Ryan go get into public service?

He either reads Atlas Shrugged as carefully as he reads his Bible, or that statement reveals more about him and his motivations than he realizes…

It’s all fun and games until an unexpected firecracker goes off, someone screams, and it turns into the conclusion of a Tarantino film.

I wonder how many of them would piss their pants once the shooting started, and how many of them would start firing at any dusky-skinned bystanders?

I’m confused.

Is that bumper sticker protesting the unwarranted expansion of government into the lives of Americans, or the crippling tax burden being foisted off on American families?

From the article:

We texted the number and Herman Cain called us back. He told us he “knew Ginger White” but said these are “more false allegations.” He said she had his number because he was “trying to help her financially.”

“You want a job, right?”

I swear to god, this is performance art that would make Andy Kaufman blush…

Further proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

If this was a novel, the editor would reject that name as being too unrealistic.

Obligatory YouTube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYlDbv7MqE8

Everyone knows that morals are only virtues as long as you don’t let them get in the way of what you really want.

I’m really kinda surprised that it took over 35 comments to go there.

I’ve been thinking of making up some big signs that say

HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR REWARD?
MATTHEW 6:5

for the next time I see some Tea Party/anti-abortion/other wingnut rally.

It’ll look all religiousy and pro-lifey, but some onlookers will hopefully look at it and say “wait a minute…”

Bailing on a fundraiser/meet and greet halfway through, leaving supporters disappointed?

That’s so Palin.

The upper crust: A bunch of crumbs held up by all of their dough.

The main writer at LGF had an epiphany similar to John Cole at Balloon Juice; he’s reversed a lot of his stances and alienated most of the racist, xenophobic trash that posted there.

I know, it scares me too; I remember when LGF qualified as hate speech.

Hey, I give McMegan props for saying what she believes; that America’s promises are only meant for some people (preferably those with a certain pedigree or the right references) and the rest of us are meant to live humdrum lives in order to support the elect.

It’s kinda telling that he doesn’t compare himself to Obama.

Because heaven KNOWS that you can’t find anything derogatory about Obama on the internet by using the Google…

Of course Sarah Palin had sex before marriage!

Bristol and Track came by their *ahem* “family ways” honestly.

Barbie’s joined Crazee eyes in tag teaming on the Cowboy!

That sounds like the world’s worst porn film.

This is like a parallel-universe version of that Politico piece where it was suggested that the Obama campaign could highlight Romney’s “weirdness”, which became ZOMG OBUMMER IS ATTACKING ROMNEY’S RELIGION!

That post title is fantastic.

Besides … aren’t conservatives opposed to hate-crimes laws as a matter of principle?

All conservative principles are secondary to the Hippie Punching Principle, especially the “OMG, It’s _totally_ hypocritical to be intolerant of my intolerance!” corollary.

My guess is that it’s a stupid-code problem; funding is probably set to expire exactly 10 days after the project was submitted to Kickstarter.

And I just looked at the page; Weinergate never got a single penny beyond the amount in the screenshot above. I wouldn’t be surprised if the makers seeded some of their own money, like a busker having a couple of ones and some change in the hat when he starts performing.