Just when it seems that the depths of Republican depravity can't go deeper—nope, there's a lower place. The Dems who are part of this little frat-boy cabal all appear to be DINOs who may as well convert to the GOP now.

Given the right wing obsession with homosexuality, what are the odds that the (ahem) "prayer meetings" have also included some gay dalliances? Nothing wrong with that per se, unless you're part of the culture trying to make being gay a sin punishable by death, of course. I'd bet long money on orgies, drug parties, you name it. These filthy hypocrites know no bounds and have no shame as long as everything is couched in Jesus-speak.

Yet more evidence that the GOP must be stomped into a sticky paste and replaced with something like a fully active Green Party.

Does Fox just not care anymore?

When did they ever care when their own talking bags of filth or their beloved Neocons expressed virulently racist views? Answer: never.

Now, if a Democrat had said that, they would be calling for a show trial followed by a nice hangin'.

Forgot the GM comparison. It's about arrogance. GM fell because of hubris and arrogance, a "We can succeed, we're GM" attitude. The current "We just need to rebrand our bullshit and the brown and black people will buy it" approach of the GOP "leadership" (pardon me while I cough up a lung) is born of the same hubris, arrogance and cluelessness.

Of course, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy it immensely. This is like a 4-year-long traffic accident.

If we're talking about the reinvention of the Repugnant Party, then branding is indeed the least of their problems. No amount of messaging is going to put a layer of frosting on the stinking turd that is the party's tradition of racism, homophobia, free market asskissery, religious bigotry and environmental destruction. The more hip, tuned-in and wired they try to seem, the more the savvy public (read: the vast majority of the country that's not dumbass white cracker fundy Christians) is going to loathe them as vile, manipulative hypocrites.

The only prayer this party has (other than a massive stupidity epidemic) is to ask a question that it's clear its leaders don't care about at all right now: how can we best serve the country? Given Jim DeMint's disgusting comments about taking down healthcare reform in order to take down Obama, I don't have high hopes for this. But if the 2010 and 2012 smackdowns to come are bloody enough, maybe new leadership will realize that the path to relevance leads through a revision of its core principles. Two wit:

- Drop anything about gays.

- Get rid of the delusion stance on sexual values and abortion.

- Get a clue about personal attacks: they backfire.

- Foster small government and fiscal responsibility but balance it with regulation and government activism where appropriate.

- Purge the party of lobbyists, hate-speakers (Rush, Coulter, etc.).

- Actually get into minority communities and start helping and reaching out.

Finally, dedicate themselves to the reality that it will take 20 years to rebuild. The GOP starting becoming the Jesus Hates Freedom Party in 1980 with Ronald Raygun; they're not going to be able to turn the Titanic overnight.

Amen, sister. The GOP attitude toward birth control and pregnancy is just one more data point toward the conclusion that the entire conservative movement has gone batshit crazy. When you think that your ideology can create an alternate reality where Iraqis welcome invaders with open arms, torture is OK when we do it and pretending that Jesus can stand in the way of millions of years of evolved hormonal drive, you need to be locked up, not holding public office.

Plus, there's the whole "we preach abstinence and then run to South America to bang our whores" thing. That's pretty weak, too.

I'm confident Sotomayor will survive her grilling, but seriously, with leadership like this, the GOP might not survive as a national party.

Still trying to puzzle out why this is anything but great news.

Bring on a clued-in Green Party!

Tsk, so much anger and resentment embedded in with all the thank-yous about this article... Seems to me some folks are defensive about their choices—either not to marry or to end a bad marriage—eh?

I'm always amazed at how many unhappy people appear on these comment threads determined to take the rest of us down with them. Let's be clear: Aaron and the rest of us who are very, very happily married are not trying to force our choice on anyone. We're just happy, and sick of marriage being portrayed as the emotional dead-end that it's become on "Desperate Housewives" and other pop culture dreck. If you're happy and not hurting anyone else, live how you like. Be a gay, nudist Mennonite hermit sax player, for all I care.

The key to being happy in marriage is the same as the key to being happy in every other aspect of life, by the way: STOP DELUDING YOURSELF. Before you inflict yourself on someone else's life, know who you are and what you want. Don't fall for some bullshit storybook idea that marriage will make your life all better. Sow your wild oats. Chase your dreams before you have to answer to someone else, and then choose someone else with the strength and confidence to let you keep chasing your dreams after you're married. Most importantly, know what you deserve in another person and what you won't tolerate, and don't ever deviate from that. Until you get to that point, don't play with marriage.

is that Miss Watson has become one hell of a little actress, and is sure to get better. With her kind of talent, she doesn't need to be whacking off material for 50-year-old D&D geeks.