Dispatches From The Republican Civil War

Take a look at this ad from the American Action Network targeting Republican uber- nutball Rep. Tim Heulskamp (Yahoo-KS) -- and "dozens" of other Republicans -- on the pending Homeland Security appropriations bill, which he and those fellow crackpots have insisted be held hostage in a doomed effort at overturning President Obama's immigration actions.  Oh, the American Action Network?  It's a political action committee tied to Republican  Weeper of the House John "Mr. Tangerine Man" Boehner.  It's delightful to see right-wingers use the same tactics against their own as they have against Democrats for more than half a century (h/t/ Daily Kos)

Quote of the Day

A sampling from a thoughtful piece from Michael Tomasky at the Daily Beast:

The more I think about this Republican “civil war,” the less it looks like war to me. It often gives the appearance of being war because these Tea Party people march into the arena with a lot of fire, brimstone, and kindred pyrotechnics that suggest conflict. But what, really, in hard policy terms, are these two sides arguing about? Practically nothing. It’s a disagreement chiefly over tactics and intensity. That’s a crucial point, and so much of the media don’t understand it. But I’m here to tell you, whenever you read an article that makes a lot of hay about this “war” and then goes on to describe the Republican factions as “moderate” and “conservative,” turn the page or click away. You are either in the hands of an idiot or someone intentionally misleading you.

Not surprisingly, there's a lot of this nonsense going on over at the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle.  David Broder heritage bipartisanship troll Dan "I Got No" Balz,  blind squirrel emeritus Kathleen Parker, Chris "The Lizard" Cillizza, to name a few of the usual suspects.  But it's really endemic in the "mainstream media" world of the networks, CNN, etc.  Keep in mind Tomasky's instructions.