When all else fails, blame it on the left.

The New York Times has a discussion going online dissecting the meaning of the Republiecan victory in the Massachusetts senate election.  Glenn Greenwald and Theda Skocpol have particularly insightful commentaries on the results countering the villagers certain refrain "the Democrats went too far to the left".  Theda Skocpol distills us Republiecans down to one cogent sentence.

The dirty secret is that modern post-1980 Republicans believe government is the problem, and they are determined to use government’s own rules to keep government from working for most Americans!

Any other interpretation of Republiecans means the observer is just not paying attention.

Peace out
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If this Doesn't Induce You to Stop Funding the Absurdity that Is NPR, Nothing Will.

Cokie Roberts enlightens us to the way of the world.  Crooks and Liars points out that Cokie (the Cokestry) Roberts is at it again.  Wagging her finger at the perceived shortcomings of The Democrats while touting the strengths of us Republiecans.

Shorter Cokester:  Everything is good for Republiecans and bad for Democrats.  It seems military service or lack thereof is only useful when it can be used against Democrats.  For these pundits it's never an issue for us war-mongering, war-profiting Republiecans becasuse, you know, were so strong on national defense.

Be sure to read the comments below the NPR (Nationally Promoting Republiecans) story.  Matthew Murrey from NPR Check has his usual astute take down of Roberts.

Until NPR and PBS stop being a propaganda arm for the Republiecan party, the government, military, CIA and the military-industrial-corporatist complex, they won't get another dime from me.