things on my mind tonight

Sorry. I'm too lazy to put these in separate posts:

1. Armageddon
   Not maybe so much end of the world, maybe, but the end of the faux conservatism that post-Nixon Republicans morphed into. You know: the kind that wants to make the U.S. an empire. Now we're all going along for the ride! (Something about reaping and sowing is coming to mind.)
2. Democrats
   I'm scared shitless about this whole thing, but let's just take a shallow breath and think about how well the Democrats have been playing this thing, from a purely political standpoint. This definitely proves the "good policy is good politics" theory. They are so in their element it's nearly making me weep.
   
3. Maddow
   I love that thing that Rachel Maddow does where she scrolls through the dozen-plus Republicans she's tried to book on a particular segment to counter her Democratic guest. It's so deliciously aggressive and self-assured for a proud liberal. Again with the near weeping.
4. McCain
   He is so personally unhinged from any objective reality at this point (even his facial expressions have become like cartoon character versions of themselves), it nearly (yeah) makes me weep. But not the same kind of tears.

That's it for now...