December 26, 2012 5:51 AM

Republicans act as if they didn't lose the election...and in their minds, they didn't

When someone in any social cohort decides to act like Ebenezer Scrooge, it’s easy and quite natural for everyone else to fall into the role of Bob Cratchit. This is what several Republicans are now doing in reaction to Mitt Romney’s remarks about Barack Obama and his “gifts” to his core constituencies. But Republicans allegedly competing for the loyalties of the 100 percent is a movie we’ve seen. It doesn’t work, and it doesn’t work for a straightforward reason: free-market solutions to many of the problems faced by the 47 percent simply don’t exist. The GOP has no answer to these problems, and it really doesn’t want to have any. But, boy oh boy, are we about to enter a galling period of hearing them pretend otherwise.

Running From Romney: the GOP’s Phony New Compassion: Republicans don’t actually have to care about the 47%; they just have to be able to convince independents that they do. Truth be told, they hate “government handouts” as much as they ever have.

GOP seeks offsets for post-Sandy relief: Because compassion is for losers and Liberals.

When right-wing blather killed: Today’s history lesson provides yet another example of just how dangerous (and deadly) Right-wing dogma can be.

What’s Next for Anti-Choice Zealots?: Who knows? Forcing women to wear burqas and walk 10 steps behind men at all times? Putting pregnant woman in chains in the village square?

McConnell’s vision of a ‘compromise’: President Obama and Congressional Democrats agree to Republican demands. Simple, eh?

Huntsman Weighs in on Harsh GOP Criticism: Republicans HATE independent thinkers, and Huntsman has more moral and intellectual courage in his little finger than the entirety of marching-in-lockstep, groupthink-addicted Republicans.

Beck’s ‘Obama in Pee Pee’ Masterpiece Bid Up to Nearly $12K on eBay Before Disappearing: Can you imagine the (justifiable) weeping and gnashing of teeth if someone had done the same to a likeness o George W. Bush?

5 States Where GOP Extremists Are Pushing Repugnant Anti-Women Laws: Compassion? Gender equity? Equal rights? Whaddya think these fools are…Liberal Democrats??

David Axelrod Surprised by Romney Campaign’s Missed Opportunities: Team Romney- inept, incompetent, and thankfully they were built to stay that way.

Fischer: The Way to Win Over Independents is for the GOP to Become More Conservative: Right; because Republicans clearly were nowhere near hateful, repressed, and uber-Jesus-y enough to appeal to those actually willing to think for themselves and make adult decisions in the voting booth.

Mitt Romney’s bored, eating Boston Market, playing practical jokes: He thought he’d be evaluation candidates for Cabinet position; instead he’s taking the pity train to Loserville.

Beck: A Dictator Will Seize Power in America Within the Next Five Years: Man, I want a few hits of whatever it is he’s been smoking.

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