No shit? Wow. Who could have ever seen that coming. Not Bill Kristol, or Jpod, or Jen Jen, or Dr Krauthammer, that’s for sure. But that’s okay: they get to “represent” conservative thought whether we’re in power or out, whether their counsel proves effective or not. Accountability? That’s just a word we throw around when we’re trying to lure bitterclingers in flyover country to buy them some subscriptions. And besides,

We TEA Party supporters didn’t “win” dick. Because we only win when the country and its citizenry win, and adding an additional $2.6 Trillion or so in debt with the promise of adding new government “revenue enhancement” legislation — all in exchange for distant reductions in the rate of spending on money we already don’t have — is not a win. Have we “changed the conversation” in Washington? Who cares.

In which protein wisdom responds to Maureen Dowd, whose aged bleached squeakhole is in quite a pucker. Writes Dowd, of the Tea Party types who just refuse to let alone the self-appointed elites so that they can rule us like God Nietzsche intended: They were like cannibals, eating their own party and leaders alive. They were like vampires, draining the country’s reputation, credit rating and compassion. They were like zombies,

Rep Mack to the insufferable, twee Piers Morgan, (who, as a sober, balanced journalist, asserted that Sarah Palin was an accomplice in the shooting of Gabby Giffords, and once compared Tea Party supporters to Nazis and fascists, confused, evidently, about who it is who calls for a civilian defense force, or who has nationalized student loans, healthcare, a couple car companies, and keeps Jeff Immelt on speed dial): “You’re making