John Boehner's personal crying and drinking day

Just got infinitely more drunken and tearful.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Wednesday said House Speaker John Boehner and congressional Republicans are to blame for the "continued suffering" after superstorm Sandy. "This is not a Republican or Democratic issue," Christie said during a press conference in Trenton. "National disasters happen in red states and blue states and states with Democratic governors and Republican governors. We respond to innocent victims of natural disasters not as Republicans or Democrats, but as Americans. Or at least we did until last night." "This was the Speaker's decision — his alone," Christie said.

What's more Governor Cankle heartily said he thought Cantor tried his best. Ouch!

However much I booze...

Oh dear,

It was only a few days before the nation would go over the fiscal cliff, no bipartisan agreement was in sight, and Reid had just publicly accused Boehner of running a “dictatorship” in the House and caring more about holding onto his gavel than striking a deal.

“Go f— yourself,” Boehner sniped as he pointed his finger at Reid, according to multiple sources present.

Reid, a bit startled, replied: “What are you talking about?”

Boehner repeated: “Go f— yourself.”

I'm going to say "keep fucking that chicken"

Because this is one of those times the statement is in better taste than the reality. Politics and the GOP -- always about the IMPORTANT things:

Gov. Tom Corbett scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce the filing of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The news conference announcing the filing in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg was set to be held at the university's State College campus.

The Penn State Football program, of course, was sanctioned for turning a blind eye and deaf ear to a lengthy period of sexual abuse toward minors by Jerry Sandusky.

Corbett was on the Board of Regents of PSU as well as Pennsylvania Attorney General during a period of time in which Sandusky was not prosecuted.

Naturally therefore, the blame is on the NCAA.

Start the revolution without me...or gin

Given that his majority whip and his majority leader voted against the fiscal cliff deal (delay) the coup plotting seems rather obvious. Good luck Mr. Tangerine Man.

The aiding and abetting

Hey unemployed, seniors, the disabled, poor kids I know you may be facing cuts in benefits you desperately need and that this stuff does seem to be the essence of government and y'know maintaining any semblance of a quality of life. The rest of you might be concerned about your taxes, or what a fairer share for some might be.

But the fiscal cliff is about other things that the Village takes far more seriously:

In case you were wondering why politics is so screwed up -- politicians take guys like Chris Cillizza seriously -- because they think you take him seriously.

How seriously to they take you?

Not so much.

[Cross-posted at Firedoglake]

Somebody gave Wile E. a parasol

Latest fiscal cliff deal passes Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 89 to 8.

It must really suck.

Maybe in 2013, we'll master metaphors

Because we start out the new year having our manufactured phrases running into each other. For we are alleged to be simultaneously "falling off a cliff" while "hitting the ceiling". It's almost as if we're being governed by bad salespeople. Oh, wait. [Cross-posted at Firedoglake]