VAWA Passes, All Nay Votes Are Republicans

The GOP’s not very subtle war on women’s rights
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The bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 has passed the Senate, and every single Senator who voted against it was a Republican man.
(h/t: Gus.)

The full list:

NAYs — 31

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)		Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)		Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)

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147 comments
1 Artist  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:07:54pm

What republican war on women?

2 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:08:21pm

Why do you need to see only the negative? I see that several Republicans did vote for it, allowing it to pass. The GOP's return to sanity is around the corner!

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3 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:14:45pm

Unanimous nay votes came from Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming. Kentucky being Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell. Also voting no was Romney VP favorite, Marco Rubio.

4 kirkspencer  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:16:00pm

re: #3 Gus

Unanimous nay votes came from Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming. Kentucky being Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell. Also voting no was Romney VP favorite, Marco Rubio.

You forgot Georgia for the unanimous nay votes.

5 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:16:25pm
The bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 has passed the Senate, and every single Senator who voted against it was a Republican.

One bright spot, for us Tennesseans, at least: our two GOP senators (Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker), along with Vitter from LA, were the only GOP senators from the Southeast to vote for reauthorization of this bill.

Politics in TN is all sorts of fucked up right now, but at least Alexander and Corker got it right this time.

6 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:16:53pm

re: #4 kirkspencer

You forgot Georgia for the unanimous nay votes.

Thanks. I knew I'd miss a state. Fixed.

7 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:22:30pm

So basically, a bunch of Republican men don't like the Violence Against Women Act.

Gee. What a surprise.

8 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:26:10pm

re: #7 Lidane

So basically, a bunch of Republican men don't like the Violence Against Women Act.

Gee. What a surprise.

Thanks to the Republicans who voted with the Democrats of course but they still need to own this. Also:

9 Archangelus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:28:19pm

Today, the war systemic all-out campaign against women received a new face... 31 new faces to be exact...

10 bmiller11757  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:28:24pm

no war on women here, move along, nothing to see here

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11 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:28:24pm

Who rule Uterustown?

12 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:28:48pm

re: #1 Sonic the Hedgehog

What republican war on women?

Not so much a war as a violent domestic disturbance.

13 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:30:45pm

re: #8 Gus

I wonder how Sarah would have voted.

14 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:31:17pm

NAYs — 31

Barrasso (R-WY)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
Lugar (R-IN)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS) Paul (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Wicker (R-MS)

Risch. No surprise there. He's fucking TPer.

*SPIT*

15 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:32:02pm

re: #13 Standard, Yet Pretty

I wonder how Sarah would have voted.

Palin? Before 2008 she'd probably side with the other women. After or in her current state maybe no? Hard to tell.

16 Archangelus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:32:47pm

You know what's the difference between what some of those leading the tactical assault against women have been/are saying, and between what radical imams in the Middle East have been/are saying?

Answer: Google Translate...

17 Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:38:02pm

See, several Republicans crossed the party line, while Democrats voted strictly according to the party line. Shows that Democrats don't value bipartisanship, while the GOP is a party of mavericks.

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18 Charles Johnson  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:38:10pm

A friendly note from Dan:

19 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:38:17pm

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

20 darthstar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:40:02pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

A friendly note from Dan:

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Dan Riehl is like Lana Doesh.

21 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:40:04pm

re: #19 Gus

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

22 Varek Raith  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:41:02pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

OUTRAGEOUS

23 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:41:28pm

re: #19 Gus

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

It costs money to do things, the GOP doesn't want the government doing anything.

24 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:41:35pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

That and it provides temporary visas to battered spouses who are illegal immigrants.

25 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:42:02pm

re: #22 Varek Raith

OUTRAGEOUS

Oh, yeah, and undocumented immigrants, too. Who apparently deserve violence.

26 Charles Johnson  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:42:22pm
27 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:42:59pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

Oh right. Sort of along the same mentality that "gays don't exist" or in this case that "gay couples don't exist." This within the context of spousal or relational violence.

28 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:43:43pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

That was part of it. It also added protection for Illegal Aliens also caught up in domestic abuse situations. Until those changes were added, it passed every time without a problem.

29 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:45:30pm

re: #19 Gus

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

Their penises hurt.

30 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:45:47pm

Thinking theoretically. Is this vote veto proof?

31 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:47:26pm

re: #19 Gus

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

The bill increases the number of visas available to victims of domestic violence who are undocumented immigrants, it bans discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender victims of domestic violence, and it gives more authority to Native American tribes to address domestic violence.

You know, because protecting victims of abuse that are LGBT, undocumented or who live on Native American land is so controversial.

32 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:47:40pm

re: #30 Gus

Thinking theoretically. Is this vote veto proof?

2/3rds. So it barely made it past a veto proof vote. That would require both the Senate and the House. Thinking in terms of a vote like this getting passed but being vetoed by a wingnut president.

33 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:51:09pm

re: #21 wrenchwench

It was changed to provide protection to people in same sex relationships. I think that was one of the outrages.

That's their excuse. But, in my opinion, they just hate the idea that a man can't beat his spouse or partner at will.

The Bible, in the wingnut version, makes it clear women are property, and these jerks are beholden to the wingnuts for their jobs.

34 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:51:47pm

re: #31 Lidane

You know, because protecting victims of abuse that are LGBT, undocumented or who live on Native American land is so controversial.

It's the usual "Big Government" horseshit, with different flavors depending upon what they're looking to run on in November.

35 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:52:34pm

re: #31 Lidane

You know, because protecting victims of abuse that are LGBT, undocumented or who live on Native American land is so controversial.

Grassley whined:

“All these things add up to things that are keeping a bill that could pass on a voice vote from being passed,” Grassley said. “Violence against women except for these additions is noncontroversial. I’m afraid what they’re doing here is they want a political issue — you know, ‘war on women’ — and they are going to end up with another one-year extension.”

They were almost set to block it.

36 Charles Johnson  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:53:40pm

These embedded tweets really make it simple to retweet something - just takes two clicks, and the popup window auto-closes. Nice feature.

37 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:55:01pm

re: #35 Gus

Grassley whined:

They were almost set to block it.

Like I said downstairs, they're trying to frame it as being a "poison bill," that they're all for passing another extension, but only if they get a "clean bill."

38 Varek Raith  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:55:28pm
“Violence against women except for these additions is noncontroversial."

They are only controversial to wingnuts.
Let's be honest here, Senator.

39 Sionainn  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:55:30pm

re: #2 I'm a Mavrik!

Why do you need to see only the negative? I see that several Republicans did vote for it, allowing it to pass. The GOP's return to sanity is around the corner!

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Yes, Nevada's Republican Senator actually voted for it. I guess he's not a complete and total wingnut. I'm rather shocked.

40 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:57:34pm

re: #36 Charles Johnson

I also like the new Recent Pages system. Big improvement!

41 Sionainn  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:57:39pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

A friendly note from Dan:

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He's a sick little fuck, isn't he.

42 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 3:58:51pm

re: #38 Varek Raith

They are only controversial to wingnuts.
Let's be honest here, Senator.

Seriously.

You either have to work really hard to be a dense moron, or you're just an old fashioned bigot if you think that people who are LGBT, undocumented, or live on Native American land are somehow less worthy of protection against abuse.

43 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:04:19pm

re: #31 Lidane

You know, because protecting victims of abuse that are LGBT, undocumented or who live on Native American land is so controversial.

Hey, when you hate, you hate.

44 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:05:47pm

what an election this will be

someone better save the breathless eve-of-the-election psycho republican tweets for posterity

45 Charles Johnson  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:11:26pm
46 funky chicken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:12:40pm

re: #37 Targetpractice

Like I said downstairs, they're trying to frame it as being a "poison bill," that they're all for passing another extension, but only if they get a "clean bill."

Sounds like anti-vaxxers.

47 Interesting Times  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:12:53pm

I wonder if any of these Republicans have themselves committed domestic violence - like, say, this GOP activist:

While the Southern Baptist Convention’s political arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is mired in scandal resulting from ERLC head Richard Land’s repeated plagiarism and inflammatory remarks on race, it has found time to criticize the Violence Against Women Act. Doug Carlson, manager for administration and policy communications for the ERLC, voiced the group’s opposition to the highly successful law because of new provisions that ensure that LGBT victims of domestic violence do not encounter discrimination while seeking help.

Carlson quoted a letter Richard Land signed along with Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel, Jim Garlow of Renewing American Leadership Action, Tom McClusky of Family Research Council Action, C. Preston Noell of Tradition, Family, Property Inc., Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum and Penny Nance and Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women for America.

Notably, the letter was also signed by conservative activist Timothy Johnson, who was convicted of a felony domestic violence charge and was arrested a second time for putting his wife in a wrist lock and choking his son, as reported by Sarah Posner.

48 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:13:09pm

Does the GOP really not get the message of every female senator voting for this?

The only possible position for them to take is a patronizing one: that those women just didn't really know what was best. All of 'em.

49 darthstar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:14:49pm

re: #45 Charles Johnson

I'd retweet these assholes too, Charles, but that would just make them follow me...and I really don't need douchebags like Lana Doesch and Dan Riehl obsessing about me like they do you.

50 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:15:16pm
51 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:15:23pm

Totally ot: Goddamn the brisket I'm cooking smells good. But it won't be ready for two hours.

52 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:16:23pm

re: #49 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)

I'd retweet these assholes too, Charles, but that would just make them follow me...and I really don't need douchebags like Lana Doesch and Dan Riehl obsessing about me like they do you.

You might be safe if you don't have a pony tail. They reeeeallly like those.

53 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:17:38pm

re: #51 Obdicut

Also completely OT, but I am cautiously optimistic today. I heard back from a potential employer. They mentioned that they're going to contact the finalists for the position directly but that it won't be until after next week, then they wished me luck.

I figure they wouldn't have bothered to write me if I didn't have a chance at the job in the first place, so I'm hopeful. We'll see. :)

54 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:18:03pm

re: #48 Obdicut

Does the GOP really not get the message of every female senator voting for this?

The only possible position for them to take is a patronizing one: that those women just didn't really know what was best. All of 'em.

That or shrug it off as them doing what their constituents expect them to, with the exception of Snowe, who's been pretty much excommunicated already.

55 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:18:35pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

You might be safe if you don't have a pony tail. They reeeallly like those.

IOKIYATN

56 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:18:51pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

A friendly note from Dan:

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The headmaster should really have a talk with him about proper campus internet usage.

57 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:19:05pm

re: #48 Obdicut

Does the GOP really not get the message of every female senator voting for this?

The only possible position for them to take is a patronizing one: that those women just didn't really know what was best. All of 'em.

Well, duh. Of course women don't know what's best for themselves. That's what their husbands are for.

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58 Shvaughn  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:21:48pm

re: #55 Gus

IOKIYATN

Haha, that took me a minute.

59 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:22:13pm

re: #58 Shvaughn

Haha, that took me a minute.

Still waiting for someone to ask. :)

60 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:22:59pm
61 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:23:27pm

re: #59 Gus

Still waiting for someone to ask. :)

OK. Took me two minutes.

62 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:24:17pm

re: #60 Obdicut

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I would have said that differently.

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63 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:25:12pm

re: #62 Gus

That's TV's Frank, from MST3k. I recently discovered he tweets. He's hilarious.

64 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:27:19pm

re: #63 Obdicut

does the devil lose his flavor on the bedpost overnight

65 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:27:50pm

re: #63 Obdicut

That's TV's Frank, from MST3k. I recently discovered he tweets. He's hilarious.

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TV's Frank is awesome.

66 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:29:01pm

"TV's Frank" Conniff on MSNBC's "Countdown" -- October 19, 2010

Youtube Video
67 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:29:46pm

Speaking of ponytails. Saw this in the morning:

68 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:30:02pm

ah cave dwellers I mean Ator the Blademaster

69 freetoken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:30:31pm

Letter: Have the courage to challenge evolution

Kathryn Hendrix, Knoxville

It is paradoxical that when it comes to the theory of evolution, some supporters seem actually to be afraid of scientific inquiry. In response to those who raise serious questions about aspects of the theory, they try to make the questioners look stupid. Yet, if one asks for evidence of the theory of evolution in the development of life, examples only of variation within species are given. Although evolutionists talk about the growing number of fossils, they have yet to find fossil evidence of organisms evolving from one species to another.

We are learning that DNA holds a wealth of information from which natural selection adapts an organism to environmental needs. How did all this information get into the DNA? But that question implies intelligence in design, which proponents of evolution cannot allow. Scientific and educational organizations should be the first to study the data and theories that challenge the prevailing evolutionary explanations. The search for truth must take precedence over the defense of a cherished theory. Scientists should be free to explore and to discover where the evidence leads without fear of being denied positions in higher education and research. We need teachers who do not expect students to swallow unexamined a theory that has been force-fed as an exclusive diet, teachers who encourage students to ask questions. We need students who will demand evidence to support what they are being taught.

We all need to have the courage to challenge a popularly accepted theory where it is not supported by the evidence, and the freedom to learn about data that runs counter to that theory.

Courage... that's what we need, courage.

70 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:32:07pm

re: #67 Gus


Are they also going to run against buckle shoes and buggy whips

Please, GOP, tell us about the dangers of listening to Crosby Stills and Nash

71 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:33:18pm

re: #69 freetoken

Letter: Have the courage to challenge evolution

Courage... that's what we need, courage.

...

In response to those who raise serious questions about aspects of the theory, they try to make the questioners look stupid.

There is no try. The job is done before you get there.

72 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:33:18pm

re: #69 freetoken

lol "data"

73 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:34:34pm

re: #70 windupbird is in the gravity well

Are they also going to run against buckle shoes and buggy whips

Please, GOP, tell us about the dangers of listening to Crosby Stills and Nash

Free love! Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll! The peace movement.

74 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:41:04pm

re: #69 freetoken

Letter: Have the courage to challenge evolution

Courage... that's what we need, courage.

From 2011:

Evolution lacking tested evidence

Science instruction should be based on science. Yes. And science should be based on evidence, observation, carefully controlled, documented, peer-reviewed experiments. Theories such as evolution should be presented as such. Believing that human beings evolved from simpler life forms is a matter of faith. There is no fossil evidence to support this belief and no one has conducted an experiment in which evolution from a simpler to a more complex life form has been observed.

Science students do need to be taught to think critically and to examine the basis for theories. Our scientific inquiry is being stymied by the insistence that the theory of evolution be accepted as fact even though it is lacking evidence which can be observed and tested.

Kathryn Hendrix

Knoxville

75 Killgore Trout  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:41:46pm

Garden Tower Project: A Breakthrough in Home Food Production

Cool idea for people in apartments or small yards. Looks like they're using a 55 gallon drum. If you're handy you could probably make your own.

76 freetoken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:47:12pm

They always come out on Thursday...

Letter: Cartoon on evolution misses fact

The cartoon on the April 19 Opinion page featuring a science teacher contrasting evolution and creationism merits comment. The implied message is that those who believe we are the result of a long series of random unsupervised events are intelligent thinking people, while those who believe we are here through the deliberate act of a being outside of space and time are naive primitive thinkers.

However, this message misses the fact that the more we study the universe, the more evidence we find for a creator. One of the more stunning discoveries was announced 20 years ago this month — that measurements from the cosmic background explorer (COBE) confirmed the Big Bang creation event, the beginning of the universe indicated by Albert Einstein’s equations of general relativity. The COBE project leader declared, “It’s like looking at God.” [sigh...]

Turning our focus from the cosmos to the cell, the more we discover about the incredible code of life programmed into our DNA, the more difficult it is to explain how simple molecules could have arranged themselves into the proteins which build our cells or into the DNA molecules which contain the detailed code to assemble proteins.

Evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala estimated the probability of intelligent species arising from single-celled organisms at -10^1 million (or 999,999 zeros between the decimal point and the “1”). Calculations by others yield even smaller probabilities. The more we learn about the details of life, the closer these probabilities come to zero. This should give us all plenty of food for thought.

BARRIE WINN

Greenville

Besides courage, apparently we need better cartoonists.

77 freetoken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:50:02pm

It's easy to do, on any given day, to find such letters to editors, or sometimes full on editorials.

This is America.

We are a highly religious country.

78 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:51:45pm

New Hampshire government is kinda breaking down.

[Link: www.miscellanyblue.com...]

The House and Senate sessions in Concord today were extraordinary. The Senate picked up where it left off swatting away the frivolous, the extreme and the downright wacky legislation sent its way by the House.

The House retaliated by attaching the language from the defeated bills as non-germane amendments to Senate bills on which they were already voting and tabling six noncontroversial Senate bills as hostages. Wow.

Those are both GOP-controlled. It's kind of the wingnuts vs. the appalled establishment.

79 jaunte  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:51:53pm

re: #77 freetoken

a long series of random unsupervised events

This is America. We can't be allowed to wander around unsupervised.

80 Obdicut  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 4:58:42pm

re: #78 Obdicut

So that's basically the GOP wingnuts being obstructionist to their own party, now.

They're using the 'go all our way or we shut down government' on the state level too.

Oh, and the main reason they're doing it is because the senate rejected their restrictive anti-choice bills.

81 allegro  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:01:07pm

re: #76 freetoken

However, this message misses the fact that the more we study the universe, the more evidence we find for a creator.

Um, no.

82 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:02:22pm

After thinking about this for a few...this is some calculated move by the GOP. For some reason they think voting against women as a whole, while slicing their objections into LGBT or illegal immigrant BS (oh but Native Americans? That's insane) Is a workable route to take. They can still get votes. This is somehow still good for them. THAT is the frightening part.

83 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:03:01pm

re: #78 Obdicut

New Hampshire government is kinda breaking down.

[Link: www.miscellanyblue.com...]

Those are both GOP-controlled. It's kind of the wingnuts vs. the appalled establishment.

It's a bit like watching a nature show about how some creatures, left with no prey to go after, turn on each other for survival.

84 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:05:16pm

execute a black kid, get paid

85 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:05:34pm

re: #80 Obdicut

So that's basically the GOP wingnuts being obstructionist to their own party, now.

They're using the 'go all our way or we shut down government' on the state level too.

Oh, and the main reason they're doing it is because the senate rejected their restrictive anti-choice bills.

Lol, New Hampshire. I do sales tax in every state. NH, nada, no way they don't collect that shit! They are so different/libertarian, the old guard, ie the sane are going WTF.

86 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:06:22pm

re: #81 allegro

Um, no.

Fucking Cthulhuists everywhere.

87 Ming  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:07:36pm

Glad that a few Republican Senators, including all the women, voted for the anti-violence act. But I wish they'd break party lines to vote for some other obvious things, like confirming more of Obama's judicial appointments.

88 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:07:43pm

re: #86 Kragar

Fucking Cthulhuists everywhere.

it's almost true, you have cultists running a political party in America, some who are preparing for the end of the world

it's all getting very Lovecraftian in the GOP :D

89 jaunte  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:08:38pm

"If Paul Ryan Knew What Poverty Was, He Wouldn't Be Giving This Speech"

...During the Q&A session that followed, where Ryan fielded questions submitted by students, he insisted that welfare reform had brought down child poverty rates. The claim is false, especially in Ryan's home state. According to the most recent data, the child poverty rate in Wisconsin jumped 42 percent between 2000 and 2010. The suffering would have been more significant but for the large increases in federal food assistance that Ryan wants to scale back.

90 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:08:49pm

re: #84 windupbird is in the gravity well

execute a black kid, get paid

O'Mara's in this for the publicity, because even if the state agrees that Zimmerman's indigent, there's no way the state will pay close to what a lawyer like O'Mara would charge per hour.

91 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:09:32pm

re: #84 windupbird is in the gravity well

execute a black kid, get paid

Update: the Boston Bruins racists lost their shit when the the mask was taken off & the black guy scored on Tea Party Tim Thomas. Slurs a flying - many Bruins fans/commenters etc had to disavow today. But not Tea Party Tim.

92 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:10:37pm

re: #91 Stanley Sea's rule of law

Update: the Boston Bruins racists lost their shit when the the mask was taken off & the black guy scored on Tea Party Tim Thomas. Slurs a flying - many Bruins fans/commenters etc had to disavow today. But not Tea Party Tim.

not surprised

93 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:11:44pm

re: #88 windupbird is in the gravity well

it's almost true, you have cultists running a political party in America, some who are preparing for the end of the world

it's all getting very Lovecraftian in the GOP :D

Its really creepy when you think about the Jesus fish. Obviously an occult reference to Dagon. Baptisms by dunking yourself underwater.

Its like they're preparing us to go into the water.

Youtube Video
94 allegro  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:12:27pm

re: #87 Ming

Glad that a few Republican Senators, including all the women, voted for the anti-violence act. But I wish they'd break party lines to vote for some other obvious things, like confirming more of Obama's judicial appointments.

They choose their battles carefully. That they've chosen this one should be an enormous flag to the rest of the GOP. It probably won't. Certainly fine by me when the wave of women voters gives them a big FU in November.

95 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:12:39pm

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Interesting. Any idea on how it does on vine type veggies like Tomatoes and Cucumbers? Link forwarded to my Wife for info.

96 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:13:19pm

re: #90 Targetpractice

O'Mara's in this for the publicity, because even if the state agrees that Zimmerman's indigent, there's no way the state will pay close to what a lawyer like O'Mara would charge per hour.

Ya. He should look Marcia Clark & Robert Kardashian. The peeps supporting him hate ambulance chasers. Oh the dissonance.

97 Decatur Deb  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:15:14pm

I am proud, proud I say, that my senator, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, has maintained his unblemished record for derp. So did his idiot stablemate Shelby.

99 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:17:16pm

re: #94 allegro

They choose their battles carefully. That they've chosen this one should be an enormous flag to the rest of the GOP. It probably won't. Certainly fine by me when the wave of women voters gives them a big FU in November.

This shit is the politics I speak to my cohorts in the office. I tell them about the shit against women and these young maybe republican women do another take. It's really quite easy. Screw the merits of health care. I only need to mention the war on birth control and protection of women from violence, and see them really THINK. Thanks guys!!!

100 jaunte  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:18:52pm

re: #98 Gus

Karl Rove, trying to turn the uncool candidate into the effective candidate with a mystery plan.

101 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:19:37pm

re: #84 windupbird is in the gravity well

execute a black kid, get paid

Why we fight!

//

102 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:21:31pm

re: #98 Gus

Derp.

Obama Celebrity Ad: American Crossroads 'Cool' Video Slams President Over Fame, Economy

What's next, an ad showing images of Carter and Obama side by side, while asking "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

104 wrenchwench  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:35:49pm

re: #103 Gus

From March:

Tony Perkins: Violence Against Women Act A “Slush Fund” Unfair To Men

He was misquoted. He said 'sluts fund'.

105 Achilles Tang  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:37:36pm

re: #77 freetoken

It's easy to do, on any given day, to find such letters to editors, or sometimes full on editorials.

This is America.

We are a highly religious ignorant country.

106 Targetpractice  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:39:47pm

re: #103 Gus

From March:

Tony Perkins: Violence Against Women Act A “Slush Fund” Unfair To Men

Thank you, Mr. Perkins, for providing an excellent demonstration of why conservative men in this nation are increasingly being seen as slope-browed Neanderthals who mistake control for love.

107 jaunte  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:41:25pm

re: #103 Gus

It's all over. 58% of Mississippi voters have gone over to the Satan team.

Bryant says pro-choice supporters want 'to kill children in the womb'

Days before 58 percent of Mississippi voters rejected the measure, Bryant said at a pro-personhood rally in Tupelo that if voters were to reject the amendment, "Satan wins." He called the campaign "a battle of good and evil of biblical proportion."

108 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:42:10pm

Being Mrs Tony Perkins has got to be one of the shittiest experiences on the planet.

109 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:42:54pm

re: #108 Kragar

Being Mrs Tony Perkins has got to be one of the shittiest experiences on the planet.

I thought that was the domain of Mrs. Rick Santorum?

//

110 Achilles Tang  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:43:49pm

re: #95 Bubblehead II

Interesting. Any idea on how it does on vine type veggies like Tomatoes and Cucumbers? Link forwarded to my Wife for info.

For tight space it is probably good for herbs, and the like. Small plants. However tomatoes and cucumbers need tons of water and more, and they grow big. Chances are you would miss one watering day and lose the lot.

There are upside down tomato grow pots, like a 5 gallon bucket with a small hole in the bottom, but even these lose water through the hole and won't give you a good crop.

111 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:47:19pm

re: #108 Kragar

Being Mrs Tony Perkins has got to be one of the shittiest experiences on the planet.

I'm sure she doesn't care

the lives of normal people are nothing to these pigs

112 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:47:35pm

Would this be appropriate?

113 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:47:52pm

re: #100 jaunte

Karl Rove, trying to turn the uncool candidate into the effective candidate with a mystery plan.

this is very good news for John mcCain

114 efuseakay  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:48:28pm

re: #13 I'm a Mavrik!

Good thing we will never ever get a chance to find out.

115 Killgore Trout  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:49:30pm

re: #95 Bubblehead II

Interesting. Any idea on how it does on vine type veggies like Tomatoes and Cucumbers? Link forwarded to my Wife for info.

It could be used for that. You could just let them hang down and tuck basil or peppers in between.

116 Kragar  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:50:05pm

re: #100 jaunte

Karl Rove, trying to turn the uncool candidate into the effective candidate with a mystery plan.

To use Limbaugh logic, Rove was only ever a deputy. Nice going there, Barney Fife.

117 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:50:22pm

re: #107 jaunte

It's all over. 58% of Mississippi voters have gone over to the Satan team.

Bryant says pro-choice supporters want 'to kill children in the womb'

+1 for Beelzebub.

118 jaunte  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:51:27pm

re: #117 RayFerd

In Mississippi I think he goes by Beelzebubba.

119 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:52:24pm

re: #118 jaunte

In Mississippi I think he goes by Beelzebubba.

too many syllables.

More like: Belzbub

120 Interesting Times  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:52:42pm
121 dragonfire1981  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:55:51pm

Not just 31 Republican male senators...31 WHITE Republican male senators.

122 Lidane  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:56:47pm

re: #103 Gus

From March:

Tony Perkins: Violence Against Women Act A “Slush Fund” Unfair To Men

Because helping victims of domestic violence is unfair to men. Really.

God, these people. I just can't. Their mindset makes no sense to me at all.

123 austin_blue  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:56:59pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

Thank you, Mr. Perkins, for providing an excellent demonstration of why conservative men in this nation are increasingly being seen as slope-browed Neanderthals who mistake control for love.

Jeez! What have you got against Neanderthals?

124 austin_blue  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:02:17pm

re: #107 jaunte

It's all over. 58% of Mississippi voters have gone over to the Satan team.

Bryant says pro-choice supporters want 'to kill children in the womb'

Heh. When you get beat by 16% in By God Mississippi over a pro-life plank, you should probably ask yourself "Why?".

A little *too* radical a stance, perhaps?

125 b_sharp  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:03:27pm

re: #123 austin_blue

Jeez! What have you got against Neanderthals?

It's either the Neanderthals or the Troglodytes and we're related to both.

126 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:04:48pm

re: #110 Flame Fin Tomini Tang

"There are upside down tomato grow pots, like a 5 gallon bucket with a small hole in the bottom, but even these lose water through the hole and won't give you a good crop."

We know. Tried them. They sucked. Ended up in the garbage can. Going back to the tried and true 5 Gal bucket method this year with a different location for better light. But we are always looking out for better ways to grow our own veggies/herbs.

127 jamesfirecat  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:07:48pm

Some days it feels like the GOP isn't even trying to be a political party doesn't it?

128 Digital Display  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:09:30pm

re: #124 austin_blue

hey Austin! The OU music festival started today in Norman. 200 bands 4 days. It's going to be a great weekend here for music.
My favorite band from last year was this all girls punk band..Caught me off-guard they were so great..I generally like main stream Blues and Rock.
IIRC their name was John Wayne's Bitches.

129 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:11:09pm

Image: 533276_10150709974119639_8934429638_9589586_1941221001_n.jpg

130 Gus  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:12:25pm

re: #129 ggt

Image: 533276_10150709974119639_8934429638_9589586_1941221001_n.jpg

Of course McCain voted yes on this VAWA. ;)

131 austin_blue  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:13:23pm

re: #128 HoosierHoops

hey Austin! The OU music festival started today in Norman. 200 bands 4 days. It's going to be a great weekend here for music.
My favorite band from last year was this all girls punk band..Caught me off-guard they were so great..I generally like main stream Blues and Rock.
IIRC their name was John Wayne's Bitches.

Enjoy! We had SXSW last month. It was killer bee. And, yeah, it's often the band you just happen to hear that captivates. So much good music, and so little time.

132 Achilles Tang  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:15:54pm

re: #126 Bubblehead II

"There are upside down tomato grow pots, like a 5 gallon bucket with a small hole in the bottom, but even these lose water through the hole and won't give you a good crop."

We know. Tried them. They sucked. Ended up in the garbage can. Going back to the tried and true 5 Gal bucket method this year with a different location for better light. But we are always looking out for better ways to grow our own veggies/herbs.

A tip. Put some holes up the sides of the bucket a few inches, with a PVC pipe down the inside, then water into the pipe until it comes out the holes. Also, cover the top of the bucket with PVC and a hole for the plant to reduce evaporation. You will be surprised how much water you need to add every day once it gets going, and fertilize the hell out of it.

133 allegro  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:16:33pm

re: #128 HoosierHoops

hey Austin! The OU music festival started today in Norman. 200 bands 4 days. It's going to be a great weekend here for music.
My favorite band from last year was this all girls punk band..Caught me off-guard they were so great..I generally like main stream Blues and Rock.
IIRC their name was John Wayne's Bitches.

Do they still do the Tri-State Musical Festival in OK? It was a big deal in Enid when I was a little kid. I even got a certificate of achievement after being judged on my piano solo in 1963 by Van Clyburn himself. Still have it.

134 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:21:27pm

re: #84 windupbird is in the gravity well

execute a black kid, get paid

I hope he collects millions. Then Trayvon Martin's parents can get it when they file their wrongful death lawsuit.

135 b_sharp  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:21:27pm

Never try to get inside the mind of a rwnj without a lifeline.

136 Digital Display  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:21:29pm

re: #133 allegro

Do they still do the Tri-State Musical Festival in OK? Its was a big deal in Enid when I was a little kid. I even got a certificate of achievement after being judged on my piano solo in 1963 by Van Clyburn himself. Still have it.

You know I'm not sure..I live by the Campus and It's all things Oklahoma here.
Surprisingly..I'll miss it here when I return home...

137 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:22:02pm

Ok, today's cuteness.

138 SpikeDad  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:29:38pm

I sent my poor excuse for a Senator Toomey a nasty note. What a piece of Tea Party trash he turned out to be. Pennsylvania says sorry to the rest of the US.

139 Only The Lurker Knows  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:35:55pm

re: #132 Flame Fin Tomini Tang

Thanks for the tip. Put holes in the bottom, but hadn't thought about "center" watering them as well as covering the top.

140 ProGunLiberal  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:52:30pm

re: #128 HoosierHoops

Whelp, the weekend sounds good to meet up then.

141 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:18:28pm

re: #19 Gus

What would their reasoning be to vote no?

My guess in the dark: "State's Rights."

142 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:36:32pm

nytol

143 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:02:26pm

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Garden Tower Project: A Breakthrough in Home Food Production

Cool idea for people in apartments or small yards. Looks like they're using a 55 gallon drum. If you're handy you could probably make your own.

I want one.

144 funky chicken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:09:46pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Why even bother to engage with that level of stupid?

145 funky chicken  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:12:16pm

I've been thinking for several hours about this, and still can't begin to understand why these guys voted against VAWA. It's as stupid as the FL governor using the line item veto to slash funding for rape crisis centers.

The men in the GOP really want to be seen as supporters of violence against women?

146 Robert O.  Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:26:10pm

Wow! Just wow!

I like Think Progress's tweet, by the way. All we have to remember for now is: HANG THIS AROUND THE REPUBLICAN'S NECK COME NOVEMBER.

147 Patricia Kayden  Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:33:46am

Way to go, male Republican Senators!! I still don't understand the opposition to a straightforward law. But I guess everything is controversial under this administration.


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