WINTER SPORTS

Midday open thread (Daily Kos)

* Today’s comic is Animation: Rick Perry’s ad (actual audio) by Scott
Bateman:

* Nag, nag, nag …

* The ACLU is suing Gov. Scott Walker over Wisconsin’s new voter ID law. But
if the past is any indication, the lawsuit probably won’t go anywhere.

* Dick Cheney emerged to talk some more smack about President Obama. But at
least he gave us this gift:

> He also said Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich should not be
underestimated. “He was persistent and he was tenacious and he kept it up and
kept it up and kept it up and finally by ’94 he’s the newly elected Speaker of
the House of Representatives with the Republican majority. I wouldn’t
underestimate him.”

* Is Mitt Romney a closet member of the Klan? Just askin’.

* Shocker:

> The American Petroleum Institute likes to share what average Americans think
about Big Oil, except when they express real opinions. Unsurprisingly, despite
API’s claims to feature Americans in favor of oil, their “authentic”
commercials are entirely scripted, with casters feeding participants’ every
word.

And here’s the best part:

> The basic qualifications read: …

Daily Kos

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