I can't stop marveling at rMoney's monumental arrogance

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. And the deflation of Mitt Romney is ever so satisfying.

I kind of imagine it like what happens when you blow up a balloon as far as possible and then let go of the stem: It flies aimlessly around the room making farting sounds and finally flops on the floor, empty and flat. When this happens at my house, one of my cats then eats the balloon, and eventually colorful rubber scraps appear among the poo in the litter box. In Mitt's case, somebody will just pick up his limp, deflated political career and send it back to... wherever.

The 2008 election was an occasion for joy; we'd never have to look at Bush's simian mug again, and the crabby neocon McCain and - most satisfyingly - Caribou Barbie were soundly defeated. This time what I felt was mostly great relief, and enormous satisfaction at the popping of the GOP's shiny bubble of arrogance. McCain/Palin were arrogant, too, but not like the stunningly isolated and clueless Romney/Ryan campaign. I think McCain knew he was going down a couple of weeks before the election (although his breathtakingly stupid running mate might not have figured it out), and I'm sure he prepared his rather gracious concession speech well in advance. But R.R. & The GOPers (there's a band name for you) had so spectacularly misjudged everything about the election, and did it so publicly and idiotically, that the final deflation of their big, sadly farting balloon was one of the most delightful, satisfying events I have ever witnessed.

Hey, fundie Bible thumpers, remember Proverbs 16:18? "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."

Also, neener, neener, neener.