So what will you expect me to say when someone stands up at my party caucus and denounces, say, a marriage-equality for muddying the platform discussion with “completely-unrelated orientation to make the … [Party]… All About Him (And Them).”? I have heard exactly that more than once in poltiical events.

You can’t tell the difference between a political party platform and a parade?

Or, for that matter, read what TBogg has written in this thread about Manning which, frankly, seems to have somewhat more nuance than whatever you’re replying to here?

Damn! Miss one briefing just because a bottle of wine is calling your name…

So, what’s Fenway’s opinion on the theory that the Saudis told Obummer about the Boston Marathon Bombing in advance but he ignored them because…oh hell, I have no idea.

So, its a classic symbiotic relationship?

Out of curiosity, how does it happen that these people pass Bar exams? This guy…Orly Taitz…

How do these people who can’t tell the difference between Cesar Chavez and Hugo Chavez manage to survive rainstorms without drowning while looking up at the sky?

In the Eastern Sierra I have no trouble picking up resinous smells like sagebrush and Jeffery Pine, though in general what you’re saying does agree with my experience now that I think about it.

Thank you.

Because…when I click the “new tab” thingy on Firefox it includes thumbnails of the last known appearance of sites I visit reasonably often, in case I want to revisit. And the previous Big Gulp Slobbery Thing you had up wasn’t a “you really want to click me” sort of image.

So what did we learn today…

1) Republican politicians who oppose same-sex marriage will change their opinion upon learning that they have a gay son, but not until any possibility of being Mitten’s VP has gone away (the son came out over a year ago).

2) CPAC attracts “people” who attend Racial Outreach “workshops” and wonder why they can’t bring back segregation.

3) If a white person incoherently screams at a black person at CPAC, CPAC will escort the black person away.

Busy day.

Ted Cruz wants to know if it is Constitutionally permissible to kill an American on US soil with a drone.

What does Ted Cruz (R-TX) think Abraham Lincoln (R-Reality) would have done if he had drones? Not used them?

What city does Gayle Trotter live in? Because, if she commonly has five-against-one firefights in her living room then I don’t want to live next door.

The weekend after New Years I thought I was coming down with this flu after being exposed multiple times at work (sore throat w/ swelling, etc.), but there was snow to be skied in Tahoe, and if I didn’t ski it then who would? So I did my duty.

Turns out I was actually coming down with what I hope is my lifetime bout with shingles. But still, let’s think of one’s duty here!

Isn’t McArgleBargle somewhat taller than average? I’m pretty sure she should Rush The Shooter by herself, while the rest of us help by cheering her on. I’m convinced that would help, especially if she decides to stop in the middle and blog about her experience.

Wait..the “Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily” isn’t a parody website?

The People’s Daily is the home of the fine journalists who publicized Sunol, CA’s “election” of a dog as mayor as evidence that Democracy Doesn’t Work. Sunol, being unincorporated, never had a mayor, a detail that was not a problem for the local bar patrons who “elected” Bosco.

How could you possibly confuse these fine journalists with The Onion?!

Dude, that elephant in the room is Republican RACISM, and Asian-Americans are no more interested in it than anyone else. This article is just so much sophistry by way of evasion of that core fact.

Of course it is. Charles Murray was a cross-burner, evading responsibility for racism is a basic requirement for him. Just google “charles murray cross burning”. One of the top hits contained a link to Phoenix Woman:

http://phoenixwoman.blogspot.com/2005/08/charles-murray-crossburner.html

The Boyz look cozy. Per weather.com, tonight will go down to (brrrr) 57 degrees!

Huh? TBogg, I only live 550 miles or so north of you and I can’t even sleep if the nighttime low fails to drop below 60 in summer.

it just looks like both sides subverting what they believe in to win an election.

What an odd way to respond to someone telling you he doesn’t believe what you said he believes.

I meant CA alone, not nationally.

In CA…

Jill Stein Plus Roseanne Barr: 1.0
Gary Johnson Plus Some-George-Wallace-Party-Dude: 1.4

So, basically, Willard believed Dick Morris.