PUNCHING BACK WITH MOCKERY: "Halperin is just another cog in the progressive media machine that will stop at nothing to reelect the President. Our job is a much simpler one: Point and laugh at all of it. The contortions, the spins, the lies — they’re all so pathetically and rib-achingly funny. In three-plus decades of watching politics, I’ve never witnessed anything so desperately, hysterically funny."

GARFIELD on Television 2012.

RANDOM THOUGHTS on Election 2012: “You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek.” It's an old West Virginia hillbilly saying.

DOWN AND DIRTY: The Face of Things to Come. This time, the Republicans are punching back.

MIKE BAKER: Someone needs to be held accountable.

Unfortunately, politicians never seem to be the ones held to account.

FRANK J. FLEMING: Solving the student loan debt problem.

In a sane world, if a teenager walked into a bank and said, “I would like a $50,000 loan to major in modern dance,” the bank manager would call security, who would then pummel the stupid kid, and everyone would end up smarter for it. But what happens instead is that Uncle Sam walks by and says, “I like his moxy. Give him the loan; I’ll guarantee it. And I’ll make sure he can’t ever get out of his stupid choice through bankruptcy.” So they give this giant amount of money to a dumb kid, and then the colleges are waiting outside, saying, “Hey! They’re giving huge loans to moron teenagers; we need to get some of that money!” So we have colleges preying on these gullible saps, increasing costs while their diplomas plummet in value in a complete mockery of our capitalistic system.

Read it all for the solution.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

The Secret Service scandal was discovered when a disagreement on how much a prostitute wanted for her services came to light.

She wanted $800.00.

The Secret Service Agent offered $30.00.

How ironic is it that the only person in Washington willing to cut spending gets fired?

From my email.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS. If you're a Texan -- or former Texan -- you'll be familiar with many of the pictures.

GUIDED BY THE DIM LIGHT OF LIBERALISM: Obama demand ‘fairness’ - even if it bankrupts the nation. Which it will.

COERCION FAIL? The Wisconsin recall primary was a giant repudiation of big labor.

BEST QUOTE OF THE DECADE - from the Czech Republic. If only our voters were this smart.

The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama Presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their President. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their President.

From my email.

GARFIELD on Television 2012.

"WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TIME to shut down the Justice Dept." Some parts of it, anyway.

OF COURSE I'LL VOTE FOR ROMNEY, but I still believe Newt Gingrich WAs the better candidate.

OBAMA'S NANNY STATE: Caution -- before you click on this link, be sure to swallow your coffee and put down any sharp objects.

Linked from Instapundit.

NEXT: chewing gum while walking.

CHIME IN: What shiny object will Obama's campaign use next week to avoid talking about the economy? My favorite: "There’s a very strong rumor going around that Mitt once changed lanes without signaling."

UPDATE: here's a 'shiny object' suggestion from Townhall.

FOR ONCE HE WAS RIGHT: Bill Clinton called Obama an 'amateur'. Even stopped clocks....

IT'S SO EASY TO DRIVE EVEN A DEMOCRAT COULD DO IT. Hyundai uses monkeys to test car.