Quite frankly I have never seen such a gross example of intellectual dishonesty, disregard for reality on the ground, and shamelessness since, well, actually the last time Bill Kristol was on TV, [...] but when it comes to Hillary Clinton, fuck that noise. My contempt for her has reached the Lieberman line.

Clinton Calvinball

For those few readers who may not know: Calvinball was a game played by the title characters of the brilliant and wonderful comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It was a game in which Calvin and his (imaginary?) tiger/best friend made up the the rules as they went along.

For the record, here are the real rules, as generally accepted by progressives everywhere:

• No fear mongering.
• No war mongering.
• No Karl Rove tactics.
• No helping the Republican candidate.
• No race-baiting.
• No threatening to obliterate an entire nation.
• No renegging on previous statements (e.g., Florida & Michigan pledges).
• No clandestinely painting your opponent as a terrorist.
• No intellectual dishonesty.

The sad fact is Hillary Clinton, her surrogates and advocates have broken each of those rules on one or more occasions.

Also, I just love the term “the Lieberman Line,” referring to former Democratic congressman Joe Lieberman whose dishonesty and shamelessness in support of Republicans over the last several years has become indefensible and impossible to stomach.