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(Petunia and Pals) Petunia says it’s the messenger, not the message.
- Professional Courtesy? - Everyone is wondering why Louie Gohmert of Texas is the only person to vote against removing Lunatic from all federal law. (HuffPo)
- Batter-up! - Famous Queen of the Jawas Governor Jan Brewer of the terrible Sand Kingdom of Arizonastan slugged the reporter who asked her about global climate change. (HuffPo)
- Trust - Americans trust the Kenyan Usurper Hawaiian Devil Baby and the Dims more than Wingnuttia on the so-called Fiscal Cliff issue, 53 percent to 36 percent. But there’s more:
By even wider margins, voters support raising taxes on wealthy Americans, 65 percent to 31 percent. Respondents oppose cuts to Medicaid spending by a whopping 70 percent to 25 percent, and a small majority oppose raising the Medicare eligibility age, 51 percent to 44 percent. Sixty-six percent of voters agree with Democrats that a deal should include both tax increases and spending cuts.
(TPM)

Everyone is wondering why Louie Gohmert of Texas is the only person to vote against removing Lunatic from all federal law.
Worried it will invalidate his paycheck, obv.
Because, I have been told, it is his middle name…