Julie R. says

No, Bryan, I can't say I have ever heard of the sharpest tool on the Christmas tree or your other funnies, either.  So what's the sharpest tool on the Christmas tree?

Bryan Dubois says

Jimmy, the poll was, "Where do you think LeBron will play next year?"  It wasn't "Where do you hope LeBron will play next year."  (But yeah, I agree that people were probably answering with hope in mind rather than reality.)

And Julie, you mean to tell me that you've never heard that saying? 

How about these:

"You ain't the brightest bulb in the shed."

"Don't judge a book until you've walked a mile in a glass house."

"She's a couple cards short of a six pack."

Raoul Duke says

Actually, I think that all three examples are more "hopeful" than delusional. I hoped LeBron would stay in Ohio. LeBron hoped that people would understand when he didn't. And the Grandfather hoped that his Grandson wasn't capable of such a thing.

Delusional would be me thinking that I have a chance to make it on the PGA tour when I've never played an 18 hole round of golf anywhere under par.  In my life.

Julie R. says

The sharpest tool on the Christmas tree????????

brutus smith says

captgutz,  provide your source with  independant figures on this.

Bryan Dubois says

Prag, are you serious?

Pragmatic says

Bryan,

Captain Gutz says

..."fewer people today live in households with incomes between $30,000 and $100,000 (a reasonable definition of "middle class") than in 1979. But the number of people in households that bring in more than $100,000 also rose from 12 percent to 24 percent. There was no increase in the percentage of people in households making less than $30,000. So the entire "decline" of the middle class came from people moving up the income ladder. For married couples, median incomes have grown in inflation-adjusted dollars by 25 percent since 1979. "

reader says

Captain Gutz...... what middle class????????

The Republican party remains convinced all will be well if only we eliminate taxes on the most wealthy.

They're targeting social security next.....instead of simply raising or eliminating the income level at which social security deductions stop.

Bryan Dubois says

And yet you read faithfully.  :)

brutus smith says

bryan, your skills as a comedian are about as bad as your reading and comprehension skills.

Salvatore says

I have never heard of a tool on a Christmas tree.

Bryan Dubois says

Please excuse Pragmatic, folks.  He's not the sharpest tool on the Christmas tree.

Pragmatic says

Post reads: "Delusion ain't just a river in South America."

Julie R. says

Delusional is that Cuyahoga County crook Jimmy Dimora screaming: "This is nothing more than a conspiracy by all those conspiracy theorists FEDERAL AGENTS that are wearing tin-foil hats! This is a witch hunt because I'm a Democrat plus I'm Italian! Every Italian-American in Cleveland should be outraged! This is a conspiracy by the Cleveland Plain Dealer to get me, too!"     (pause.........)    "And besides, I haven't done any more than every other politician has ever done so why are they picking on poor little 'ole me?"   

brutus smith says

They have a mental illness if you think anyone but millionaires benefit from Republicans.

Captain Gutz says

brute',

What about republicans that are middle class?

Raoul Duke says

Maybe people are delusional to keep from going insane. Think about that...for awhile.

columbus avenue says

Here's another one: 

The Schwangerites have the community's best interests at heart, not their own personal agenda.

brutus smith says

I'll give you  one more example of delusion, Republicans care about the middle class. If that's not delusional I don't know what is.