Quote of the Day

"Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today." -- South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, reflecting on the toxic influence of the teabaggers, predicting that their movement "will die out." Ooooo, Lindsey, better hope they die out before you run for reelection in 2014.

Tea Party Nooz

The Onion reports on the split in the Tea Party movement, between the "Enraged" and "Apoplectic" camps. (h/t Germantown bureau chief and roof hydrologist Brian)

Also, "Joe (Not His Real Name) the Plumber (Not a Plumber Either)" has announced he won't be campaigning for Sen. John "Walnuts" McCain's reelection. "Joe's" quote: "I don't owe him shit." "Joe" was in Harrisburg, Pennsyltucky to speak to a group of teabaggers when he was interviewed by a public radio station. We're thinking "Joe" might be forming his own Tea Party camp: the "Ignorant Ingrates."

Richly Deserved

A new poll from Rasmussen indicates that in a hypothetical Congressional match-up, a generic candidate representing the teabaggers would beat the generic Rethug candidate 23% to 18%, with the Dem candidate beating both with 36%. The Rethug establishment has been desperately trying to promote anti-Obama "tea parties" and to co-opt the teabaggers -- largely a mix of nativists, anti-government activists, racists, and low information "morans" -- and keep them in the shrinking Rethuglican political tent. Looks like, for now, their cynical efforts are being spurned by the baggers. To which we can only say, it's so richly deserved.