Just like today, according to the Twitter account of Colorado state Senator David Schultheis…

Schultheis wrote, "Don't for a second think Obama wants what is best for U.S. He is flying the U.S. plane right into the ground at full speed. Let's roll." [...]

"Let's roll" were reportedly the final words of passenger Todd Beamer before his hijacked plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Passengers aboard the flight tried to regain control of the plane and crashed before reaching the hijacker's intended target.

Now, you'd think Sen. Schultheis's apology muscle would be getting a serious workout today. You would be wrong…

Schultheis, who sent the tweet Tuesday, said he was angry about President's fiscal policies, but didn't mean to compare him to the Sept. 11 hijackers. [...]

"'Let's roll.' It's a comment people use all the time. 'Let's get going. Let's move on. Let's make major changes,'" Schultheis said. "I can see it now. But, you're busy doing jillions of things during the day. You sometimes don't analyze every single word."

Well, sure. That's true enough. Thanks for pointing that out, Schultheis, you fucking Bin Laden of Twitter.

(What? What'd I say? Guys, look, the to-do list is out of control.)

Here is a child's treasury of health care debate hijinks, starting with an actual child courtesy of Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ). See, Maddie wants patient choice. Maddie does not want her mom's taxes to go up. Maddie/Trig '44!

Oh, there's more.

Beloved teabagger Michele Bachmann (R-MN HI??) took to the podium wearing a traditional floral lei, because… come on, do we have to spell it out for you? "The one who created this lei also created our freedom," she says. Thank you, tourist vendor in Honolulu, for giving us this gift.

Last but not least, how's the conservative blog reaction to Louisiana's Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, the only Republican to vote yes on the bill? About as reasonable as you'd expect. Over at the Free Republic there's an ongoing "profile in treason" thread packed with punderful gems like "ciao, Cao," "Caoward," "deport the SOB" and "how now, Yellow Cao?" (Get it? Anh Cao is not brave.)

Others have taken a completely different approach to the traitor in their midst…

I am seriously starting to distrust those of eastern decent. [...] How do we not know that it is some sort of a plot to take over America?

We don't not know that! But we do know that Rep. Cao is basically the same as Chairman Mao, another politician famous for supporting health care legislation.

Finally, a record was set for the most expletives and racial slurs in 140 characters. Never before has the "top conservatives on Twitter" hashtag been so richly deserved.

So it's a good thing she's learned to publish longer groupings of words on the Daily Beast, an internet newsletter that's been adapted for film by Spike Jonze, because this morning we have Meghan's Official Response to Tanktopgate: it is an opus entitled "Don't Call Me a Slut."

Don't call Meghan McCain a slut, you guys. That's lame. 'Twit' is more accurate, and punnier. Here, Meg will explain…

To be honest, I don't feel that I have anything to feel ashamed of. I've always embraced my curves and will continue to do so.

Nothing to be ashamed of rack-wise. Otherwise, ?? Also, please note that "embrace [your] curves" is one of the world's top ten meaningless phrases. It is what the ladymags tell you to do on the pages where they are not telling you how to "blast fat," but Meghan McCain wouldn't know this, because she only reads books about art (and Twitter).

It's pathetic we can come so far in so many ways, but when Rep. Aaron Schock or Rep. Jeff Flake post pictures of themselves without their suits on—and their shirts, for that matter—they are proclaimed "hotties."

But put me in a tank top and I am suddenly an embarrassment to the Republican Party and women everywhere.

Actually, I agree 100% with Meghan on this.

Everything except the 'suddenly' part.

I wasn't aware of this when she posted this last night, but I do feel as though this morning when I woke up, I was in a different country than the one I fell asleep in. We're through the looking-like-this-country's-stupider-than-I-thought-it-was-glass, people…

After receiving negative feedback from the picture from her night in, McCain recoiled, saying she might quit the popular social networking site.

"When I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a 'slut', I can't even tell you how hurt I am," McCain tweeted.

This is a real controversy. People were calling her a slut. A slut.  This is a thing that really happened. Like, for real. In this year that we all live in today. For showing cleavage.

The good news is that she at least had the good taste to apologize to the world for foisting her dirty, dirty pornographic picture upon us all…

"I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic, I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended," McCain tweeted.

This really just goes to show you: The young Republican base she's been championing on television and online for the past couple months really did have her back. They just didn't want her front (and boom goes the dynamite!).

The young Republican movement is on its way! Nothing can stop it! (Except itself.)

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Ed Note: When I originally posted this, I falsely claimed that Meghan McCain had taken her Twitter account down after following finding this dead account. Apologies for my credulousity. I'm a dumbass.

Of course, nobody likes Max Baucus's health care bill, not even Max Baucus, who's already announcing revisions…

All of his changes, though, would add billions to the cost of a bill whose chief accomplishment was its relative austerity.

That'll go over without any outlandish complaints about Socialism, I'm sure.

Anyway, the Senate Finance Committee is "marking up" the Baucus bill with all its amendments right this very minute, which is reason #4,203,198 why you should be glad you are not on the Senate Finance Committee. (Reason #4,203,197 is "having to sit next to Chuck Grassley while he's Twittering.")

* One in twelve New Jerseyans even dumber than you think they are.

* I'll bet I could spend all 24,000,000,000 hours of the day reading through the #michellemalkinmath hashtag on Twitter.

* Orly Taitz is just like an honorable version of Nelson Mandela.

* Is Bill O'Reilly endorsing socialism?

* Consider Philadelphia's two biggest issues — money and cheesesteaks — solved! Thanks, Dr. Phil!

Here's Sen. Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, arriving on Capitol Hill this morning with his own health care proposal, which does include a mandate (yay/boo) and does not include a public option (yay/boo). Now the rest of Baucus's "bipartisan" "Group of Six" have until 10 a.m. to think of something better and draw it on the chalkboard. Hurry! Clock's ticking!

While we wait in suspense, without any awesome ads to entertain us even, let's read the tea leaves of Chuck Grassley's Twitter, since Sen. Grassley is our most favorite "bipartisan" member of this "Group of Six." Hmm, strangely quiet on the Twitter front, Chuck, with the last update coming four days ago…

Saw Ia U beat my school 17/16. UNI played best I proud of my team Pres Mason came up 22pts short of her prediction 4 victory. She good Prez
6:02 PM Sep 5th from txt

I'm no football expert, but I'm pretty sure this means that as long as President Obama only comes up 22 points short of his prediction for health care reform, he will still be a "good Prez" in Chuck Grassley's opinion. We'll find out for sure in an hour!

* Sasha Obama discovers George W.'s old hiding spot.

* The angrytownhall Twitter feed exposes the government's socialized fire extinguishing scheme.

* "Just because you are alive doesn't mean you deserve to stay alive." – Well, now that you've put it that way…

* The economic down turn hits the fundamental base of our business community.

* Free torture trading cards? I don't know. That sounds kind of socialisty.

* Somebody at the White House is obviously less than a million years old.

* John Oliver is the Usain Bolt of making fun of Glenn Beck.

* Remembering the Kennedy boys: Who was the most do-able?

* Behind every great Massachusetts politician is about 800 or 900 women.

* Keith Olbermann's quest to become the liberal Bill O'Reilly is going exactly according to plan.

* But do these conservative politicians really love Chuck Norris for Chuck Norris?

* New governor Dan Sullivan bravely vetoes Prop 64, ensuring Alaskans' right discriminate against the gays.

* Twitter beat:  "I'm thinking of showing up to a gun rally with the proposed health care bill strapped to my waist." – Gonzalo

* Matt Taibbi quotes Cheese Wagstaff: "This is some shameless shit right here."

* Exactly what kind of pornography is Fox News's Gretchen Carlson familiar with? And does hers usually have a "public option"?

* Bob Novak truly has gone off to a better place.