Friday, November 12, 2010

'Toontime: Taken for a District Ride


[credit:  Ben Sargent]
Wackydoodle axes:  Who is that fat man?  Is that there both of the Koch Bros.?
One of the perennial tricks of the plutocrats is the co-option of popular political movements.  If you want to play in the pond you have to make room for the big fish.  One ripple: Michele Bachman, the mad woman from Minnesota and a tea party favorite, dropped her bid for chair of the House Republican Conference.