Monthly Archives: June 2009

Tapes Reveal Nixon’s View of Abortion – NYTimes.com

Wow.

According to this article on new revelations of the Nixon White House tapes, Tricky Dick was for abortions in very limited situations. You know, like “(w)hen you have a black and a white”.

There is also more on his – and Billy Graham’s – anti-Semitic beliefs. And a couple entries that make Reagan look like more of an anti-democracy scumbag than I had earlier given him credit for.

Why do we let these people rule America from time to time? Can’t we eventually learn from our many, many, many mistakes?

Think Progress » Missouri lawmaker on child hunger: ‘Hunger can be a positive motivator.’

And we now have crowned our 21st Century Marie Antionette, State Rep. Cynthia Davis of Missouri. A Republican of course.

In the course of working through budget cuts each state has to do, she wants to kill a program that feeds undernourished kids during the summer.

Her primary problem is feeding kids 16 and older, since, you know, they can go find summer jobs at McDonalds that will also feed them lunch.

First off, I don’t think there are enough McJobs to feed all those kids…in a good economy.

Secondly, Missouri has the 19th highest unemployment rate in the country at 9 percent. Even the McJobs that existed last year aren’t there for summer workers anymore.

Third, and actually this would be first if she wasn’t a “compassionate” conservative, YOU DON’T MAKE JOKES ABOUT WANTING TO STARVE CHILDREN!

What’s it like to always be on the wrong side of the argument?

According to recent polls, 72 percent of Americans would like the government to offer some kind of public option plan for health insurance.

According to the same poll, only 18 percent would even want to see what Rethugs have to think on the issue. So why are they getting all of the press?

Honestly, given how Leslie’s plan has been gutted and how mine has felt a bit of a squeeze of late, I’d like to see the details of said policy as well.

I just think Republicans don’t want to lose the lobbyist dollars they get from the insurance industry. I mean, if they really hated public insurance, they’d be cancelling the plan the government currently spends money on for them. Right?

Click here to see which our your supposed representatives are at the teat of the health insurance and drug company bribes. Erm, “contributions”.

There sure are a lot of Red Staters there.

Ensign’s Sex-Scandal Enabler? – The Daily Beast

Turns out that another “family values” Republican has spent the last year providing cover for John Ensign’s affair.

Tom Coburn, supposedly “moral” Oklahoma legislator, has been point man on a) supporting Ensign, and b) covering up the affair.

To clear things up for our pseudo-Christian friends: Ensign screwed a subordinate which, yes, violates his oath of marriage, and then bumped up her pay, got her husband AND her 19 year old son gigs on both the federal and GOP dime.

But you guys sure know when a wrong is wrong, right? Clinton screws an intern and we blow (sorry, bad pun) the better part of a million to get him impeach. Your boy Larry Craig tries to have sex with another man you try your best to run him out of office.

Here in Nevada we have a GOP governor who took office early (and possibly illegally), tried to bang a cocktail waitress in a parking garage and has cheated on his wife with other women, but you’re fine with that.

And now Nevada has another scumbag violator of the oath of marriage and you have no problem with that either?

Barack Obama, Father-in-Chief

Hey conservatives, I’ve got your family values right here.

While Bush had the Girls Gone Wild twins, and suggestions that he was having an affair with Condoleeza Rice, you were running around as a party suggesting that Republicans had the high road on morality.

This while Mark Foley was trying to sleep with teenage boys. While David Vitter was frequenting hookers. While Vito Fossella from Long Island had two families. While Larry Craig was slumming for a blow job in an airport bathroom.

And for sure the Dems have Clinton, Edwards, McGreevey, et al, but the Democratic Party isn’t advertising itself as somehow morally superior to anyone else.

And most recently, of course, Nevada’s John Ensign not only was having an affair with a staffer, he was paying off her, her husband, and their son while publicly calling on Craig to resign at the same time for cheating on his wife.

Hypocrisy.

But enough of this filthiness.

Today we have a president who loves his wife and loves his children. A man who speaks out on the values of good parenting – on being a good father.

This comes to mind for me as CBS’s Sunday Morning gave an interview with the President on the subject of fatherhood. If they ever link the video I’ll pass it along. Good stuff.

And now, time to go chase after Gabriel this morning. Happy Father’s Day!

Twitter Users Heckle Hoekstra En Masse | TPMDC

Now THIS is just freaking hilarious.

The GOP has been running around sobbing about being victims. You know, like it isn’t their fault they lost some many races in the last election. And frankly, by races I mean both contests and genetic groupings.

The highlight comes in some Republicans comparing themselves to oppressed Iranians. Let’s be honest guys, you have a LOT more in common with Ahmedinejad and his goons with your wide experience in stealing elections. Except, frankly, you’re better at it than he is.

Pouting

The sad truth is that you can decide whether or not someone is a Talibangelical Rethug idiot by asking them which Palin daughter Letterman was joking about. If they answer “Willow”, then they are a moron you no longer need to listen to.

Funny how Palin finds new and more creative ways to ruin public discourse for her own benefit. Dave has apologized THREE times and still she pushes the envelope into an alternate reality on her and her hatemonger fans believe in.