Blogging can be difficult. It’s not easy to find something to snark about in a world filled with war, death, and compasssionate conservatives eager to waterboard us.

Then, there are the days bloggers live for, like today. This morning I was listening to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, and they had a segment about the latest Paultard idea - gated communities filled with Paultards. How did we miss this?

At last, some cheering news for downhearted fans of Ron Paul, the libertarian Republican now certain to fail, by some distance, to secure his party’s presidential nomination. This month has seen the first meeting of the shareholders in a fledgling community development planned in rural Texas, to be comprised exclusively of Paul’s supporters. It is to be called Paulville.

The gated settlement will house freedom-loving folk, living unbound by the shackles of planning regulations. Its founders hope that when complete, it will inspire further Paulvilles around America and, in their own words, “literally change the world, one community at a time”.

More Paultard nonsense after the jump.

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Remember the good old days when Fred Thompson was wandering around the country trying to figure out why he wanted to be president? Remember when we spent hours debating the relative hotness of Jeri Thompson v. Liz Kucinich? Remember the little red pickup truck? Those were good times.

This is why I am saddened to tell you that you won’t have Fred Thompson to kick around anymore:

Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) said he would not accept an offer from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to be his running mate.

During an interview on “Hannity and Colmes” that aired Thursday, the 2008 presidential primary candidate said he is not interested in being on the GOP ticket.

Can you imagine the fun we’d have had watching these two Confused Old Men endlessly crossing the fruited plains and doddering from sea to shining sea trying to explain why we should let them reauthorize Operation Endless War™? Would’ve been good times.

Thompson: I Would Turn Down VP Offer [The Hill]

So, my aunt and uncle and cousins live in Philly, and were super-excited to attend Monday’s Hillary rally (despite not necessarily being fans, or so they told me) because they didn’t figure they’d ever have this opportunity again. This is one of the pictures they sent me, which I have helpfully labeled with how Clinton’s advance staff (as opposed to Obama’s) set up the shot for TV. A funnier one, though, after the jump.
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Discuss.

Detectives Charged in Sean Bell Shooting Acquitted on All Counts [NY1]

Hey, so, Hunter’s in D.C.! And, naturally, we’re hanging out with my Beaver. And, um, okay, so, we’re nerdy and a little drunk and so we totally were sitting next to each other on my couch after the gratuitous beaver shot and I found something that we had to share with you.

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I’m sure the MSM will be all over St. McCain’s views on equal pay:

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which “restores the longstanding interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,” overturned last year by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. In New Orleans today, McCain explained his opposition to the bill by claiming it “opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.” Later in New Orleans, he added that instead of legislation allowing women to fight for equal pay, they simply need “education and training“:

“They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else,” McCain said. “And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them.

“It’s a vicious cycle that’s affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least,” he said.

So girls, the Psychogeezer™ says that a) you’re not very bright; and b) you don’t know how to do your jobs. More warm fuzzies after the jump.

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Fake tan? $30 monthly membership on debit card. A&F t-shirt? $39 on debit card. Having your fraternity brother call you on your cell while you are on live teevee to tell you that you look like a tool? Priceless.

Obama Wins Key Abercrombie & Fitch Vote [Towleroad] - warning, this is a HOMOSEXUAL site (but SFW)

It rises again to feed on the blood of the living:

While the rest of us are still focused on 2008, Rudy Giuliani is already taking contributions for the 2012 election year at JoinRudy2012.com. Is it a sign Giuliani is worried about John McCain’s chances against Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?

No.  It is a sign that this little authoritarian shitbag is again plotting to take over the government and make sure every man, woman, and child gets a nightstick shoved up their ass. Rudy would challenge anyone, including the Psychogeezer, to gain power.  Then he’ll finish what George W. Bush started.  Asshole.

Giuliani Already Gearing Up for 2012? [Big Head DC]

The Hilbot 9000’s beer hall strategy worked in Pennsylvania with a faux populist campaign that posited her as a the people’s champion while downplaying her role in sending lots of poor, uneducated youngsters from the Keystone State to be slaughtered in Iraq and helping the neocon cult bankrupt America.

Senator John “Psychogeezer” McCain was celebrating with a hearty enema at his campaign headquarters last night, chuckling with his nurse that “the Goldwater Girl delivered what she promised: a completely chaotic Democratic primary that will set me up to finish off America with catastrophic wars in Iran, Syria and the Central Asian ‘Stans that my oil friends wants to see garrisoned like Iraq for easy looting.

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