Notes from the Clown Car

For the sake of posterity, I have to post this unforgettable moment when our very own Clueless Leader of Texas, Butthead Perry, fucked himself in front of a live audience on nationwide television:



Even worse, he still had the audacity to show his face the next day and claim virginity:



Trust me when I tell you, boys:  it couldn't have happened to a more deserving candidate.  Also, my friends, I have to share with you Rachel's absolutely brilliant, wickedly funny deconstruction of Herman Cain's career as the biggest performance-art con man since Andy Warhol:

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All of which would be roll-on-the-floor funny, if only there were a serious political party as the alternative, instead of the National Honor Society doing a Saturday-morning carwash. Andrew Sullivan on why the Democrats suck:



What happens to a country when there is no adult in the room? I guess we'll find out, won't we?

(Side note: shocking photo from the failed state of Mexico.)