Right-Wing Noise Machine

Really? "Duck Dynasty" isn't a ripoff of beloved cartoon ducks like Donald and Daffy?

Jumpin' Jehosophat! I thought maybe it wasDaffy Duck who said those terrible things.by KenAs God is my witness, I thought Duck Dynasty was a cartoon show, and I'm not thinking of live-action animation. No, I thought it was, like, a ripoff of some of our classic cartoon ducks, like maybe Daffy -- that would have fit the story, wouldn't it?

Maybe we won't have the Bachmann to kick around anymore, but is there any known cure for what E. J. Dionne Jr. calls "Bachmannism"?

"Bachmannism is far from finished. The Minnesota right-winger . . . perfected a tactic well-suited to the current media environment: continually toss out outlandish, baseless charges, and, eventually, some of them will enter the mainstream media . . . ."You don’t have to bat 1.000 or even .350 in this game. Get just a handful of your accusations and strange takes on reality into the political bloodstream and you've won."Bachmann's method is now common currency."-- E. J.