If this just don’t beat all.

The Tea Party Patriots, you know – as opposed to the vastly larger and much better known Tea Party Idiots – is hosting a debate in The Woodlands near Houston.

They are calling it a “modified Lincoln – Douglas debate,”  and by “modified,” they mean “just like it except the two guys are really dumb.”

It’s between Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain.  They will discuss “entitlements,” which I think doesn’t mean Tiffany charge accounts and fancy dancin’ shoes, but probably should.

From my friend Kary, who spends a lot of time in Spain, comes this tee-shirt.  Translation below.

Does anybody here remember Rev. Jeremiah Wright?  The minister who went all holy spirit one Sunday when Barack Obama wasn’t there but Barack is still responsible for it?

I hate to tell you this because it’s just gonna upset you.  Apparently controlling your friends’ speech is something only Democrats can do.

Rev. John Hagee is a nut case.  No, seriously, they write whole psychology books about him.  Apparently, whatever he has is contagious because Rev Mike Bickel caught it.   Both of them spoke at Rick Perry’s Tent Revival in Houston.  They both believe that God sent Hitler as a “hunter” and that was a good thing.

I told you they were nuts.  You were warned.

Both these fellas are Rick Perry’s friends, but Rick ain’t responsible for what they say.

But, hell, Rick ain’t responsible for what Rick says, so I guess that’s no big whoop.

Thanks to Stephen for the heads-up.

Stolen wholesale from Wonkette —

Because Rick Perry is not, repeat not, gay.  Real men always stand around in a sausage factory with their hands on their hips.

You know that rock at his hunting lease?  N-head was what they used to hide Brokeback Mountain.

Thanks to Alec for the heads up.

Turn out the lights, Willie.

Swiss banks will probably settle a sweeping U.S. probe of offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing over names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts, according to two people familiar with the matter.

U.S. and Swiss officials are concluding negotiations on a civil settlement amid U.S. criminal probes of 11 financial institutions, including Credit Suisse Group AG, suspected of helping American clients hide money from the Internal Revenue Service, according to five people with knowledge of the talks who declined to speak publicly because they are confidential.

I am ready to bet my best pair of pink boots that the names on that list match up exactly to the names of people who call themselves “job creators.”

Oh, and can you even imagine the fun that divorce lawyers are gonna have?

Thousands of names, thousands.  And every one of them is a tad arrears in taxes.  With interest accrued, we can probably pay off the national debt or Newt’s Tiffanys account.

Lindsey Graham, y’all.  Lindsey Graham reared up on his hind legs and blasted President Obama.  Lindsay is just stomping his little poodle paws mad, by gawd.  But, it’s his choice of words that will cause you to sputter.

“At a time when we need troops in Iraq to secure the country, we have none,” Graham told Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.” “It was his job to end this right [and] they failed.”

Graham, a long-standing critic of the Obama administration’s foreign policy, also scolded the President for letting politics guide his decisions, rather than strategy.

Okay, Mr. President, you have been scolded by a guy who thought George Bush’s decisions in Iraq were based on 9-11.  How does that make you feel?

I know one thing, it makes me feel damn good.

And, remember, this is strategy, not politics: