Republicans have “re-branded” themselves as the party of simpering pansies, forcing Democrats to sack up and occasionally act like men.

The big scary NFL quarterback on the left is new congressman Heath Shuler, D-Southern football monster, while the chirping dandy on the right is far-right draft-dodging Texas representative Louis Gohmert, who was skipping past Shuler’s offices Wednesday night when he saw something he wanted: a sign illustrating the deficit and how deep we’re all in the hole.

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From Nancy Pelosi’s YouTube account (!), this video of Louis Gohmert (R-TX) getting his ass handed to him by Jack Murtha (D-PA) is funny enough. But when we put the story through our patented Wonkette-fodder filter, out came slightly salacious Facebook pictures of Gohmert’s daughter. It’s been a great week, hasn’t it? After the jump, we thank god Caroline’s here and not at Normandy or in the Pacific.

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