Oddly enough, he looks like Reagan.  This is what Glenn Beck hath wrought:

And please – if any of you hears of a white cracker baby that’s been killed by a black guy, let me know. I’ll put up a post right away.

Wonder why Republicans/Teabaggers/Conservatives are shitting the bed?  Well, there’s a black man in the White House, and the GOP’s white base is not pleased – they long for, and are receiving, a revised Southern Strategy from the GOP. And don’t forget – Nixon invented it, but their god perfected it:

On August 3, 1980, Ronald Reagan gave his first post-convention speech after being officially chosen as the Republicannominee for President of the United States at the Neshoba County Fair. The speech drew attention for his use of the phrase “states’ rights” at a place just a few miles from a town associated with the 1964 murders of civil rights workers. Reagan said, “I believe in states’ rights … I believe we have distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended to be given in the Constitution to that federal establishment.” He went on to promise to “restore to states and local governments the power that properly belongs to them”.^[2] The use of the phrase was seen by many as a tacit appeal to Southern white voters and a continuation of Richard Nixon‘s Southern Strategy, while some argued it merely reflected Reagan’s libertarian economic beliefs.

I got your Gipper right here, and he’s a racist. If you make your first campaign speech in Philadelphia, Mississippi, you admit as much.

We have been reliably informed that the Iraq War is over but, as Atrios points out, we have left the usual contingent of troops behind. He decided to resurrect some old Richard Cohen, but we dug up some vintage Friedman (he of the 6 month moving deadline):

This column has argued throughout this debate that removing Saddam Hussein and helping Iraq replace his regime with a decent, accountable government that can serve as a model in the Middle East is worth doing — not because Iraq threatens us with its weapons, but because we are threatened by a collection of failing Arab-Muslim states, which churn out way too many young people who feel humiliated, voiceless and left behind. We have a real interest in partnering with them for change.

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A wiki of dicks. Today’s Dick of the Day – Joe Lieberman:

After publicly stating that George W. Bush’s Iraq invasion was valid (it wasn’t) because Iraq was involved in the 9/11 attacks (they weren’t), Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic Party’s 2006 renomination to somebody who actually stood for things Democrats stand for. Lieberman then ran as an “independent Democrat” on the ticket of the dickishly named Connecticut for Lieberman party. After actually winning the election, he made a deal with the Democratic leadership, saying his independent status was a technicality and that he would continue to caucus in the Senate as a Democrat.

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Melancon goes there (but not far enough for my taste):

He’s back:

The amazing Edroso (audio NSFW):