Quickies

• Longtime Republican "opinion writer" John Derbyshire, who was fired last month from the Republican periodical National Journal for racist articles, wrote yet another racist article listing White Supremacy as one of the "better arrangements of history" for running government.  Totally crazy.

• Republican Rep James Lankford of Oklahoma said he believes someone should be able to be fired from their job if they are gay because it is a behavior-based issue.

• Republican Rand Paul: "I didn't think views on marriage could get any gayer," when talking about Obama's recent vocal support for gay marriage.

• When Republicans say they wanted presidential candidates vetted they really mean they want Barack Obama declared ineligible to be president.  

• The day MSNBC's Chris Matthews did his job.