From the "No Shinola, Sherlock" file.

Roy Edroso states the long since obvious...

American conservatism is turning into one big conspiracy theory.

From the "Grow up and get over it" file.

Hat tip to Fixer.

If it quacks like a duck…

From Bill Kristol's GOP debate review, via Rumproast…

Early on, we received this missive from a bright young conservative: “I’m watching my first GOP debate…and WE SOUND LIKE CRAZY PEOPLE!!!!”

Yep, pretty bright for a conservative. Now, when he or she figures out that they sound like what they are, well, we'll have us a brand new bright young liberal.

From the "Love is a many splendored thing" file.

RJ Eskow shares the object of his affection

...I love the way these conservatives say they'd lay down their lives for their country, but if you ask them to pay four pennies on the dollar on six-figure income,that's dictatorship!

Heh™.

The questions just keep coming.

Stephen Suh ponders the notorious "Tony Hill" letter touted by Republicans in the Arizona legislature and wonders...

It's extremely racist, a textbook example of how conservatives/racists - should we use separate words to describe them anymore?

Sounds like a question for the Department of Redundancy Department.

From the "On the other hand…" file.

Richard Wolffe in the L.A. Times...

For someone who is supposedly cool and detached, President Obama has triggered outraged and outsized reactions on both sides of the political spectrum in the last year. Conservatives loathe his health-care reforms; progressives hate his tax compromises.

On the other hand, progressives loathe his health-care compromises and conservatives loathe his tax reforms.

Rosenberg's Iron Law…

…of Conservatism:

Whatever conservatives accuse liberals of doing, it's always something they're guilty of themselves.

Downright Newtonian in its utility.

From the "Sad but true" file.

Will Durst...

Conservatives know the importance of banding together to do whatever it takes: lie, cheat, steal, obstruct. Progressives, on the other hand, need to be goosed to get off the couch when it’s on fire.

I'm afraid so.

Hat tip to Gordon, who has an extended excerpt of the rant. I might not say it the same way myself, but...