Complaints About the Republican Party IV

**marvell2100** · 12-03-2012, 05:53 PM

Sorry for the long link but here it is.

news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/republicans-move-fiscal-cliff-negotiations-await-white-house-220136098--election.html;_ylt=AhTeMLlB7qAw7QpN53rzFLdsnwcF;_y lu=X3oDMTN0cWc0MWlmBG1pdANUaWNrZXQgTWVnYXRyb24gTGl 0ZQRwa2cDYTJmNzM1OWEtNDU1NC0zMjhmLTk2OTYtMTg5MDUyM mViZTk2BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNtZWdhdHJvbgR2ZXIDY2QxNjY4NTQ tM2Q5Ny0xMWUyLWE5ZjMtNTk0MDJjMzY2YTVm;_ylg=X3oDMTI 2OGlqYmlqBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzd GNhdANwb2xpdGljc3xkZXN0aW5hdGlvbjIwMTIEcHQDc2VjdGl vbnM-;_ylv=3

**7thangel** · 12-03-2012, 05:57 PM

tinyurl is your friend

http://tinyurl.com/d4kxaht

or just hyperlink the title

Republicans move on ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations

**Loren** · 12-03-2012, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by worstblogever

I included Perkins mostly because of his helping write the 2012 GOP platform. Same with Barton. Perkins' time in office in LA was his service, I was considering Barton's time serving as vice-chairman of the Texas GOP pushed him onto the list. Thought that qualified him as more than a pundit.

Oh, I'm not disputing that Perkins or Barton deserve to be on the list; they do. I was just explaining why I didn't know Perkins had served in elected office.

**marvell2100** · 12-03-2012, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by 7thangel

tinyurl is your friend

http://tinyurl.com/d4kxaht

or just hyperlink the title

Republicans move on ‘fiscal cliff’ negotiations

Lol, thanks dude.

**Spike-X** · 12-03-2012, 06:39 PM

So apparently Bill O'Reilly thinks Christianity is a philosophy, not a religion.

I guess all those mega-rich mega-churches will have to start paying tax now. And Christians will no longer be allowed to cry about 'religious persecution' every time they're not allowed to shove their beliefs down everyone else's throats.

Guy doesn't know what a religion is, or how tides work, but has his own TV show. You can't explain that.

**Mister Mets** · 12-03-2012, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by worstblogever

Alright, inspired by Paradox, I've begun a countdown/list:

WBE’s Thirty Craziest/Dumbest Republicans-
For your amusement/information. This countdown leaves out those who have long since left the political scene (like say, David Duke) or those who have never held or even run for public office (like say, Glenn Beck).

29. Carl Palodino- Was considered a shoo-in for N.Y. governor against Andrew Cuomo, until he actually got on the campaign trail, where he threatened members of the media that they would be “taken out”, made anti-gay remarks that he later had to apologize for, and claimed the impact of the Affordable Care Act would be worse than 9-11. Then he got in trouble for spamming friends with sexually explicit jokes in e-mails, that were easily traced back to him. He also thought it would be a good idea to send out campaign mailers scented like rotting trash to indicate his opponents were garbage (which just pissed people in New York off for managing to make their mailboxes smell like a dumpster). Oh, and there was also showing up at his concession speech with a baseball bat, and trying to channel Robert DeNiro’s performance as Al Capone from “The Untouchables”, too. Because that’s what we want to think of when we think of our politicians. A gangster in one of the most crime-corrupted cities in American history.

He’s still involved in politics, having given Newt Gingrich his endorsement in the Republican primary, and campaigning on Newt’s behalf in New Hampshire.

Good list.

One note, though. Carl Paladino was never considered a shoo-in for Governor against Cuomo. Cuomo consistently led Paladino and Rick Lazio (the other candidate for the Republican party's nomination) in the polls by double-digits.

Cuomo's campaign did seem to be slightly nervous about Paladino at first, figuring there was a possibility that at some point he would be able to tap into the public's anger about the economy.

Originally Posted by Loren

It's borderline, but I think it's fair. After all, the list already includes David Barton and Tony Perkins (who've never run for office at all), Christine O'Donnell (who's never held office), and Herman Cain (who, like Orly, has two failed primary campaigns).

You could also make the case for Cain that he had won a few presidential straw polls.

**Spike-X** · 12-04-2012, 05:07 PM

Here's Tony Perkins endorsing the murder of his fellow human beings.

Does anyone seriously think the American Taliban wouldn't love to bring in their own Kill The Gays law if they thought for a minute they could get away with it?

**worstblogever** · 12-05-2012, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by Spike-X

So apparently Bill O'Reilly thinks Christianity is a philosophy, not a religion.

I guess all those mega-rich mega-churches will have to start paying tax now. And Christians will no longer be allowed to cry about 'religious persecution' every time they're not allowed to shove their beliefs down everyone else's throats.

Guy doesn't know what a religion is, or how tides work, but has his own TV show. You can't explain that.

J-Stew gave him hell for it on Monday's Daily Show. Something to the effect of "the difference between philosophy and religion" by comparing Socrates and Jesus. "Here's a hint. When one of them died, he didn't come back, only to ascend to Heaven and sit at his father's right hand."

Amongst other brilliant mockeries of the idiocy of O'Reilly's statement.

Originally Posted by Spike-X

Here's Tony Perkins endorsing the murder of his fellow human beings.

Does anyone seriously think the American Taliban wouldn't love to bring in their own Kill The Gays law if they thought for a minute they could get away with it?

They're probably kicking themselves for not putting on the books back in the day to set a precedent.

**JaggedFel** · 12-05-2012, 01:13 AM

Lol they agree with sharia law on every point just change Allah to Christ and it's the same platform

**bringthenoise** · 12-05-2012, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by Spike-X

Here's Tony Perkins endorsing the murder of his fellow human beings.

Does anyone seriously think the American Taliban wouldn't love to bring in their own Kill The Gays law if they thought for a minute they could get away with it?

Fred Clark's been calling Perkins "The Liar Tony Perkins" for a while now. Time to downgrade him to "The Murderer Tony Perkins" I think. What a disgusting prick.

**Spike-X** · 12-05-2012, 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by worstblogever

J-Stew gave him hell for it on Monday's Daily Show. Something to the effect of "the difference between philosophy and religion" by comparing Socrates and Jesus. "Here's a hint. When one of them died, he didn't come back, only to ascend to Heaven and sit at his father's right hand."

Amongst other brilliant mockeries of the idiocy of O'Reilly's statement.

Yeah, I managed to see the whole bit. Great stuff.

**7thangel** · 12-05-2012, 12:08 PM

a couple of things

first up, the boogieman still exists in the minds of many

Nearly Half Of Republicans Believe Defunct Organization Stole The Election For Obama

Forty nine percent of Republicans believe that President Obama won reelection thanks to the allegedly illegal work of a group that no longer exists, according to a Public Policy Polling survey.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was at the center of anti-Obama energy in 2008, when Republicans cited some faulty registration forms obtained by ACORN as proof of voter fraud. The charge was particularly potent, since Obama hired one of the organizations associated with ACORN to run voter turnout for him in the primary.

But in 2010, ACORN filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy, putting an end to the community organizing effort altogether. Still, the fact that ACORN no longer exists hasn’t stopped the group from serving its role as scapegoat. Fifty two percent of Republicans blamed ACORN for Obama’s win in 2008, saying that they “stole” the election for him. That number only dropped by 3 percent, and 49 percent blame ACORN this time around.

at least it's down from 52%

next up, pure unadulterated fuckery

Senate GOP kills disabilities treaty

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) made a rare Senate appearance this morning, sitting in a wheelchair just off the floor so that members would have to see him as they entered the chamber. Why? Because they were poised to vote on ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, and Dole hoped to send a message.

It didn't work. The Senate killed the treaty this afternoon, with a final vote of 61 to 38, which seems like a lopsided majority, but which fell short of the two-thirds necessary for ratification. Eight Republicans broke ranks and joined Democrats in support of the treaty, but the clear majority of the Senate GOP voted to block it.

The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, for those who've forgotten, is a human rights treaty negotiated by the George H.W. Bush administration, which has been ratified by 126 nations, including China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

But most Senate Republicans saw it as a threat to American "sovereignty," even though the treaty wouldn't have required the United States to change its laws. When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the treaty with bipartisan support in July, Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) explained the proposal simply "raises the [international] standard to our level without requiring us to go further."

In other words, we wouldn't actually have to do anything except say we like the treaty -- and then wait for other signatories around the world to catch up to the United States' Americans with Disabilities Act.

The treaty was endorsed by Dole, John McCain, and Dick Lugar, among other prominent Republican figures, but it didn't matter. The GOP's right-wing base, led in part by Rick Santorum, raised hysterical fears about the treaty, and most Senate Republicans took their cues from the party's activists, not the party's elder statesmen.

Update: Here's the roll call on the vote. All 38 opponents were Republicans.