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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

I don't know, merely reprinting GOP press releases seems like a kind of lazy way to go, but then it is a Monday.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Another laugh out loud entry. Not only funny, but skates frighteningly close to reality.

I really think that Marjorie Taylor Greene may be what breaks my brain – even though I realize how far out there conservatives are at this point and time, when I hear shit like Jewish space lasers part of my mind goes “no, she can’t be for real, she’s got to be doing a bit, nobody that insane could wind up in Congress” and yet here we are.

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I don't mean to give away the full savage implications of the design, but allowme to point to the gloriously subtle ""Squatters-to-Pee Rights” campaign" -- which marries the two obsessions of the right: bathrooms & homeless people having to pee outside, doing so through well-chosen diction & a double meaning. This is a pretty good example of what Gramsci talks about how ideology works through controlling language (it was a diagnosis, Tucker Carlson, not a how-to ). And it ties up the satire in a neat little bow made of razor wire. Master class in how satire is written good.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Want to know how dumb but entitled people are? Watch ‘em drive in a snow storm. OT but not really. Slippery roads and whiteout conditions bring out the “What, me worry?” demographic that also votes for wackos like Greene.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Are y'all sure there aren't real... whatevers out there just like these alleged parodies.

But I confess. I'm all for MTG as well as Cawthorn and Boebert. If these sick fucks can't turn off enough voters to the GOP, nothing will. And we'll be screwed for good.

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I can't believe she had to get all the way to "Jewish Space Lasers" before people began to notice that she fell somewhere between "Batshit" and "Norman Bates" on the crazy scale.

Ivan lives up the road from me. He's home a lot. I figure that must be the ankle monitor. His wife works at the license bureau. He stays home with the kids. He likes watching the kids but he wishes they were blonde.

Mopsie has some serious issues.She thinks WAP stands for Worried About Psoriasis.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

"I don't have a policy for that, I just like saying it."

Bravo, Mr. Edroso. Bravo.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

If that's the future, I'm glad I'm old.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Favorite actual soundbite from supporter of M.T. Greene, she supports the Constitution. The woman happened to be missing one tooth visibly when she spoke. Missing tooth in a woman of a certain age ought to serve as a critique of available healthcare options but also begs the question, did the reporters or editors go looking for someone exactly like her? Stay tuned. Stay hip. Keep it simple. Your flatulent correspondent on the scene...

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Great column as always, Roy, but there are a couple of things I have to point out.

“children can get all the book-learning they need from the Bible and Harry Potter; those books are available through Amazon, and I have verified that Jeff Bezos is not a lizard person, unlike Mark Zuckerberg.”

1. The Christian right hates Harry Potter for all the occult stuff, or at least they used to. Has J.K. Rowling's transphobia changed that?

2. I thought the MAGAts loathed Bezos because his Washington Post dared to criticize Dear Leader. But then, he's not part of (((a certain group))) that Zuckerberg belongs to...

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

You're not even joking, are you?

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In 1979 I joined a cadre of wiseguys and -gals to write The 80s: A Look Back, a parody of the Time-Life books about decades. We pretended it was 1990 and we reviewed the previous ten years. Sometime in that (fictional) decade the job of serving in Congress became so degraded and embarrassing, only lunatics ran for and won seats. It became known as The Congress of Nuts.

So we were 40 years premature. Not bad, considering.

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

Well, you have heard it said in former times: 'There‘s danger in emotional ties.' The questions now are 'Whose?' and 'For whom?'. The answer may well determine whether or not crazy ladies* get us on the run.

*(of any gender or none)

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Feb 1, 2021Liked by Roy Edroso

If these people were all from Pittsburgh this could be Salena Zito's next column about former Democrats she met at the gas station and miniature golf complex.

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Too, too true.

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