Categorical Aperitif

Quoth Robert Parry:

"We need change, all right," declared former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, "change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington - throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."

I know he's been compared to a robot before, but ye gods—does he not realize that his Grand Oligarchy Party has been pretty much in charge in Washington for, lo, the past eight years?

The automatism with which some of these people recite talking points really is astounding. I'm starting to wonder how many big-name Republican politicos could actually pass the Turing Test.