This week in “compassionate conservatism”:

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed.

“You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better.”

That’s South Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer on why he thinks needy people are like stray animals. And yes, he’s running for governor.

Suddenly I understand why the Palmetto State was fine with keeping a hypocrite and scumbag who sleeps around with his wife in office.

The irony here, as with most things Republican, is that Bauer used to be on a reduced school lunch system as a kid.

On a side note, welcome to the rehabilitation campaign of George Bush apparently. Frankly, I think he should be doing time for the thing he allowed to happen, but if he’s going to be used to call out the Treason Wing of his party, then he has his uses.

More on the Bush rehabilitation tour.

You know what? Maybe we should focus on actually saving the Haitian people or something instead of issuing fluff pieces like this.

Comedy Central video link

I can’t take credit for this, but am just reposting from TPM:

After he left the presidency, Teddy Roosevelt famously went on Safari in Africa. George W. Bush is following in his footsteps by keynoting a safari & hunting convention in Reno.

Some truly abyssal examples of the ranting Republican lunatics on TV this past year.

A gay rights protest with an ironic sense of humor – Boston, Massachusetts

Bob always finds a way to say it better. Granted, this is his job and all, but here he is calling out the GOP for making the world a more dangerous place and then whining and grandstanding on the fact that it is a more dangerous place.

“Our country is being destroyed. Every generation has had to fight the fight for freedom… Terrorism? Yes. That’s not the big battle. The big battle is in D.C. with the radicals. They aren’t liberals. They are radicals. Obama, Pelosi, Walz: They’re not liberals, they’re radicals. They are destroying our country.”

– GOP Traitor Allen Quist

The hypocrisy of the GOP rears it’s ugly head again. Yet another Rethug challenges and diminishes the service of a highly decorated veteran in order to win office.

But hey, this ploy sadly works for these so-called chickenhawk “patriots”. Bush “won” elections over both Gore and Kerry, the latter a combat vet. Hell, let’s be honest, Bush legitimately beat McCain for the nomination in 2000 by attacking the veteran in that fight.

Chambliss beat out Max Cleland by directly calling him everything short of a traitor, including a terrorist sympathizer.

Why Americans allow these assholes to insult our veterans at the same time they circle jerk to Lee Greenwood songs while wearing the flag on their underwear is beyond me. Something is seriously screwed up with these “sunshine patriots” and they should be ashamed of themselves.

That said, between this asshat, Pawlenty, and Bachmann, there’s something seriously f’d up about Minnesota.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.

More on this cretin violating his marriage vows (for the second time) and why the most recent ex-Mrs. Rove wanted out quickly.