Ooo I wish they all could be like Alec Baldwin...

... the news media, I mean...

In today's Huffington Post, Alec goes straight for the money question:

Why are contemporary Republicans so full of shit?

Wonderful question. His followup more easily permits an accurate, snappy answer:

How did the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and General Eisenhower get taken over by such lying, thieving, self-serving scoundrels?

Answer: The Civil Rights Act. White folks chose up sides, and republicans got the lying, thieving, self-serving scoundrels.