File Under: Reasons for Revolution

Apparently, in 2008, Goldman Sachs found a neat little trick for keeping those balance sheets tidy: just get rid of December altogether. Even more impressive, they managed to do so without giving up their holidays!

News to me.

What a line-up...

So the GOP's midterms lineup now includes:

• Nevada's Sharon Angle (Senate) who thinks black football jerseys are "thoroughly evil"
• Kentucky's Rand Paul (Senate) who supports the right of private establishments to discriminate based on skin color (and who apparently forced a coed to pray to "Aqua Buddha" when he was in college)
• Delaware's Christine O'Donnell who's so nutty that the Weekly Standard (!) won't even endorse her
• Arizona's Jan Brewer, who lied was mistaken about her dad's WW2 death survival and about Border Patrol finding decapitated bodies in the desert. She also canceled all debates after bombing the first one.
• Michigan's Andrew Raczkowski (Congress), who's a birther
• Arizona's Ben Quayle- see last post.  Imagine Stifler from "American Pie," only more entitled and much less charming
• Texas's Rick Perry- he's expressed secessionist sympathies, but he's not totally averse to government regulation; he mourned the outcome of Lawrence v. Texas

There are general election nominees. From both coasts and the middle. Most, if not all, of the above have actually won primaries and some are current officeholders.

A Chip Off the Old Block....

Ben Quayle, in his bid for office, proves that foot-in-mouth disease may have a genetic basis. 

Update:
Just learned that Ben played on his college lacrosse team (Duke, incidentally). Très shocking, no?