Maybe the Mayans were only referring to the Republican Party when they said the world would end on December 21st.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Sw-e-e-e-t ! !
Well hope springs eternal…the real Mayan December 21 date was intended not to signal an apocalypse but a new cycle.
Aren’t we due for some more Rep ‘wide stance’ moments. They’re all travelling in airports?
Until they lose their grip on the House, it don’t mean a thing.
Or, maybe they meant Boehner’s reign.
another version of that concept in Animal Nuz cartoon on kos yesterday
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/22/1172835/-Animal-Nuz-128
Wouldn’t that be funny, kind of like getting Raptured up? That’s something the Rightwing fundamentalists have always threatened. Too bad; guess we’ll have to wait for the next End of the World nutjobs to make another prediction…
Well, Cheney’s clearly been the one in charge of offering up living, beating, hearts to Mayan deities.