The Hate Debate

If Ron Paul had wanted to win last night's FOX News debate, he would have just read from his newsletters.

P.S. to Wan Julliams: How's the FOX News gig workin' out for you?

Like A Mighty Stream Running Past A Koch Brothers Refinery

Remember people, the acceptable parameters of debate are:

Martin Luther King, Jnr.: Adulterous Plagiarizing Communist or Christian Conservative Meritocrat?

Please confine your discussion to excerpts from the sixty second clip of the Lincoln Memorial speech, and the traitor's FBI file.

Grand Old Police Blotter: Drink Two For The Kipper

The first G.O.P. arrest of 2012 involves Georgia drug warrior Kip "I Have A Wanker's Nickname" Smith:

Atlanta police Officer Z.A. Kramer, who was following the lawmaker’s 1998 gold four-door Jaguar XJ8, said the traffic light had just turned red when Smith went through the intersection at Pharr Road.

Kramer said he informed Smith, who was traveling alone, why he was stopped, and the lawmaker told him he didn’t realize the light was red.

“I observed the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Mr. Smith’s breath,” Kramer said in his report. “He advised me he was a state representative and gave the name ‘Kip Smith.'”

Smith, whose given name is John Andrew Smith, first told the officer he had not consumed any alcoholic beverages.

“I asked him again, and he stated he had consumed a single beer at Hal’s. I noticed also that Mr. Smith’s eyes were watery, and I asked him to exit the vehicle, which he did,” Kramer said in the report.

Smith told the officer he’d had the beer 45 minutes earlier, and the officer asked him to blow into a hand-held “intoximeter”. The officer said the lawmaker refused, stating he would prefer to go to a clinic or the hospital to get tested.

The officer told Smith that was done only after an arrest, and that Smith had not been placed under arrest, but Smith “seemed to be having a difficult time understanding what I was trying to explain to him,” the officer said in the report.

The officer said Smith finally agreed to blow into the device. The report stated that Smith blew a .091., which is above the legal limit of .08.

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He was given two more breath tests, and Smith blew a .099 and then a .100, “well over the legal limit,” the report said.

The Republican souse is the co-sponsor of a bill requiring that welfare recipients be tested for the use of drugs which don't cause users to blow through intersections while operating deadly machinery.

My only question: Why no obstruction of justice charge?

One Door Closes, Another Door Opens

"What are you going to do next?"

"I'm going to Manila to assist in the removal of foreskins of Fillipino boys."

With A Whimper

My New Year's Resolution is to blog more in 2012.

And to complete the King William's College Quiz.

I'll Take Things Other Than The Constitution Ron Paul Hasn't Read For Two Thousand

Fantasy Political Football

As political realists, we know that every recent presidential candidate who has emerged — from Obama in 2008 to Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and now Newt Gingrich — has been citizen-driven. The elites have not driven the process; ordinary voters have filled the void.

Such a void exists now.

Chunky Reese Witherspoon II: Episcopalian Bugaloo

Those chubby drunks can't keep away from Ross Douthat:

But my strongest memory comes from a Washington dinner party two years ago, when he cornered me in the pantry and insisted on having a long argument about the Gospel narratives.

Vicars and Tarts, indeed.

Caucus? You Barely Know Us!

Getting your ass kicked by Ron Paul in Iowa. That's gotta hurt.

Iowa Republicans, may I suggest you just write in John McCain's name.