Taking Refuge

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."  -- attributed to Samuel Johnson by James Boswell.  The picture above is scoundrel Donald "Rump" Trump taking refuge in the flag at the recent CPAC (or is it CPAP?) gathering of loons.

BONUS: The View's Joy Behar: “Please, if he hugged that flag any closer he would have to pay it hush money.”

The Circus Is In Town

That would be the annual gathering of charlatans, cranks, conspiracists, and grifters known as the "Conservative Political Action Conference."

For those of you who get CPAP and CPAC confused -- one of them is something that old men use to keep themselves from dying in their sleep, and the other is a medical device.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 1, 2019

I’m seeing some confusion about the difference between CPAP and CPAC.

A CPAP is a machine that delivers a continuous flow of oxygen to the brain.

CPAC is a conference for conservatives who have had that oxygen flow cut off.#CPAC

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 28, 2019

Imagine a left event featuring outlandish conspiracy theories, a constant stream of obvious lies, regular calls for violence against political opponents, & the participation of dozens of known hucksters & cons. Imagine the Dem establishment attending, encouraging, courting it.

— David Roberts (@drvox) March 1, 2019

And that's all the attention we're going to pay to these jamokes.