His pathetic attempt at explaining himself jumped the shark when he made the "Allahu akbar" claim.

There is simply no plausible scenario in which a Christian priest would say such a thing to a complete stranger.

I feel kind of bad for his lawyer. The man is duty bound to represent his client and provide a defense, even if the verifiable facts of the case pretty much obliterate any possibility of innocence. He may have suggested attempting a plea bargain or pleading nolo contendere, for all we know. Once Bruce decided that the gay Muslim rapist was his story and he was sticking with it, the lawyer was pretty much trapped.

I mean when you consider that 3/4's of Republicans hate everything that America actually stands for (historically and fundamentally speaking, not the modern grotesque into which America has devolved) but think their "America" is the "real" America, I am surprised the number isn't higher.

On the other hand, who cares? "Republican" is fast becoming a synonym for "batshit crazy extremist whack job". I don't spend a lot of time worrying about the opinions of people whose version of reality is warped beyond any objective recognition.

Then the judge can lock her up and we won't have to listen to her insane, fantasist rantings. And Dave, every one of her claims has actually been disproven so many times that nobody bothers anymore. At this point you are either rational enough to have recognized the ridiculous nature of the claims, or you never will be.

. . . if I'd realized you can just edit the holy scriptures to say whatever you want them to. I always thought they were supposed to be, what's the word? "Sacred", or something like that.

I mean, seriously. What is the point of having a debt ceiling in the first place? Every time they start to approach it they bump it higher. It's like setting a 4 tequila shot limit when you go to the bar, then moving it to 6 as you order number 4, then 10, 15, 20. . . before you know it you're dead of alcohol poisoning and all your friends are mystified because you never went over your self-imposed limit.

I heard the phrase numerous times growing up, and there was no racial proclivity attached whatsoever--except possibly as a "suburban white boy" phrase. I grew up in Alaska and the Midwest and heard it extensively in both--not exactly bastions of urban ghetto slang.

Welch is really reaching here, at the very least he should do some basic research (I mean, that would be the thing a person of Reason would do, right?) then apologize for making a comparison based only of his own ignorance of the Presidents language.

Ted Kennedy wanted the letter read; he wrote it in May when he was diagnosed as terminally ill, is my understanding, with the intention that it be opened and read after his death. Considering the effort and dedication Senator Kennedy put forth his entire life for this issue, I think suggesting that he would not have wanted to contribute to healthcare reform in any way that he was able--even if it meant "politicizing" his own passing, as Steele disingenuously suggests, is a weak argument even by modern conservative standards.

I cannot believe that there is any adult ill mannered enough to see nothing inappropriate about Wilson's outburst, but then I remember that civility and proper decorum aren't in vast supply among conservatives these days.

The fact that there are people defending this simply speaks to their own manners and upbringing, and aren't worth debating.

The suggestion that it is in any way Obama's fault is ludicrous to the extreme. A supposedly grown man who once served as an officer in the military demonstrated a basic lack of comprehension skills (Wilson's assertion wasn't only rude, but wrong) and the impulse control of a 3 year old.

That was pretty impressive. I see ad hominem, appeal to consequences of belief, begging the question, appeal to fear and appeal to belief. It isn't easy to construct an argument that crams that many fallacies into so few words. I may have missed some, as that was just my take at first glance.

Nicely done.

So let me understand this: These are hardened, fanatical, well-trained terrorists, the worst of the worst, people so bad it justifies sacrificing all of our most fundamental principles just to extract what they know. . .

. . . And they lost some?

The records are not clear on how many of his own men Washington executed, I had the number stuck in my head. The point is, inferring he had a sadistic streak that he indulged upon prisoners is a completely misguided interpretation of the man and his motives. One event does not speak to the other in any way.