Mitt Romney, Monday:

“I had catfish for the second time. It was delicious, just like the first time.”

Mitt Romney, the first time:

“[I’m not] a catfish man, or not a fish man so much.”

Pandering’s harder than you think.

Mitt Romney Flip Flops On Catfish [HuffPo]

Once upon a time a toad hopped into the offices of the Washington Post editorial board and explained to the staff “If you kiss me, and hire me on as an opinion columnist, I will turn into a prince and write brilliant, insightful pieces for your paper.” As it happened, neither of these statements was true. But the toad was hired and kept on nonetheless. (This is, after all, the newspaper that leapt at the opportunity to hire war whore William Kristol after the New York Times editorial board came to their senses and severed ties with the least talented human being to ever put crayon to construction paper and slide it under the door of the Editorial Board offices.)

Today the aforementioned toad (nee Richard Cohen) regales us with another example of his searing intellect in a piece promisingly titled: “ Sarah Palin’s Foolishness Ruined U.S. Politics.“
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We’re not sure how long ago we began to distrust ThinkProgress as a news source, but it’s been awhile. Our rule of thumb before sourcing them is to source their sources — we can’t even run their transcript of a posted video without checking the text.

Monday brought Yet Another Example why ThinkProgress makes our teeth grate:

EXCLUSIVE: 140 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh

It’s not Exclusive! — Radio-Info.com ran the scoop on Friday. It’s also misleading — there’s no demonstration that the advertising was “dropped”.

But let’s hear the pitch:

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“I’ve got a lot of good friends, the owner of the Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets — both owners are friends of mine.” [ThinkProgress]

“In Alabama, 45% of Republican voters in Alabama think Obama is a Muslim, while 41% are not sure. In Mississippi, 52% of Republicans think Obama is Muslim, while 36% are unsure.” [Political Wire]

It’s March Mental Illness time again, which can only mean one thing: Cackling joy at your inability to pick the winners of amateur sporting events.

That’s right: It’s the trash-talking extravanganza of the Stinque Braquet!

Braquet Queen Mellbell has deviously plotted your destruction by creating a Yahoo Mutual Torture Society. Click the Join Group button and seal your fate:

Group ID: 114465
Password: neworleans

It’s all in good fun, right? Well, up until the moment we start shaming the losers in public.

President Obama, responding to Sunday’s massacre of sixteen Iraqi civilians by an American soldier:

“We need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.”

Oops, we’re sorry. Wrong statement:

“I fully support Secretary Panetta’s and General Allen’s commitment to get the facts as quickly as possible and to hold accountable anyone responsible.”

We understand. Once you hit six figures, responsibility is rendered quaint.

Statement by the President on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan [White House]

Obama Reluctant to Look Into Bush Programs [NYT, 1/11/2009]