My favorite thing about Republicans (what???? - yes...)
It's their uncanny ability, whether through arrogance and hubris, ignorance and stupidity, to shoot themselves in the foot.
The first great one I remember was Clayton Williams making the 'if you're gonna get raped, you might as well relax and enjoy it' quote, which basically shooed in Ann Richards (miss you, Ann) as governor of Texas.
And speaking of my birth state, I LOVED it when Rick 'Dick' Perry repeatedly pushed himself right out of the Repub. nomination race, starting with his brilliant '... an' uh, whatzat uh, other agency I wanna get rid of?' comment.
I'm sure there have been many, many others, but this year, we have an extravaganza, which amazingly, may be the major reason we'll keep the Senate. Thank you, Todd Akins and Richard Mourdock, for graduating from the Academy of Non-Science & Stupidity. And let's hope Joe Walsh's equally offensive/ignorant comments help him lose his seat in the House.
And Romney and Ryan, while maybe not uttering gaffes quite as obviously ignorant or offensive as Akins/Mourdock/Walsh, have been a great (for our side) combination of arrogance and a Wall O' Lies. I often think the public is dumb as a rock, but this election is showing me that ENOUGH people out there are smarter than this shit.
So thank you, Republicans, for being a victim of your own asshole-ness.
