I like how a large part of the opposition to Alito hinges on the idea of "Big Government Conservatives," which is a phrase I've been using for the past few years to make my Republican interlocutors' ears bleed. I mean, seriously, they shit their pants to hear that, even though it's true. I mean, one minute you're talking to 'em, the next minute you say, real casual like, "well, to a Big Government Conservative like yourself..." and then the next thing you know, their eyes explode in flame and you're beating at their head with a towel to stop the fire.

If only I could say that to the president, he'd probably convulse twice and suddenly splash to the floor in a flood of sour milk.

Watch it -- that's my senator you're talking about! (And yes, he can be much, much stupider.)

and then the next thing you know, their eyes explode in flame and you're beating at their head with a towel to stop the fire.

posted by Hugh Janus 24 January | 16:48

OK, that was only about the second time I've ever actually "laughed out loud" at a post. Thanks a lot, Hugh... me being here in a crowded room at work, and all.

Texans are dumb. I know because I am one.

Happy now?