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I suspect some folks in Minnesota are gonna sober up and be really hacked off at Republicans.

Hundreds of bars, restaurants and stores across Minnesota are running out of beer and alcohol and others may soon run out of cigarettes — a subtle and largely unforeseen consequence of a state government shutdown.

In the days leading up to the shutdown, thousands of outlets scrambled to renew their state-issued liquor purchasing cards. Many of them did not make it.

Now, with no end in sight to the shutdown, they face a summer of fast-dwindling alcohol supplies and a bottom line that looks increasingly bleak.

Hey, Minnesota, listen up — y’all can drive down here and go to the sheriff candidate’s roping and liquor thingy.  But if $500 seems a little steep for a bottle of generic liquor, even if it does include some barbecue, IT’S WHAT YOU STINKIN’ GET FOR VOTING REPUBLICAN.

Seriously, don’t do that.  They take away your liquor, your cigarettes, your bingo, your floozy wimmen, and I have it on good word that they are coming for your remote control.

Even if you’re too drunk to fish or so drunk that you have to hold on to the grass to lean against the ground, you can remember three simple words:  Don’t.  Vote.  Republican.

Honey, they are after your life-style.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads-up.