”[K]now-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy and political strategy. The party’s de facto slogan has become: “Real men don’t think things through.

Paul Krugman (via squashed) (via marco)

And God forbid you ever change your mind on anything.

Republicans want to run the world like they’re running a tumblelog. Have an idea? Post it! Have another idea? Bomb Iran!

(via topherchris)