Monday, August 20, 2012

In the 19th century, Joseph Merrick was called 
'Elephant Man'.  In the 21st century, he is called
 'GOP Man'.

4 comments:

  1. I was going to say, 'aka Todd Akin,' but that would be disparaging to Mr. Merrick.

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  2. Todd Akin is a window into today's GOP, which is the most incredible collection of sideshow freaks seen since the heyday of Phineas Taylor Barnum.

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  3. Insulting to use sideshow freaks as an example. The good folks in the sideshow had no choice in what they were. The self-mutilated like Todd Akin do.

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  4. Tod Browning would agree.

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