CPAC 2011 Opens with a Full Schedule of Kooks

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C-SPAN has live video of the Conservative Political Action Conference; Newt Gingrich is speaking now, and he just got a round of applause from the crowd by saying that liberals and Democrats want to destroy America — and another round of applause by advocating the destruction of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Here’s the schedule of right wing kookery (PDF). The keynote speech this year is by Pamela Geller crony and Tea Party loon Allen West.

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209 comments
1 Obdicut  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:04:21am

I remember when people would try to posit Newt as a rational conservative.

Fun times.

2 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:04:44am

Has Newt announced his plan to make trading in wives a tax deduction?

3 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:06:28am

Newt Gingrich makes me nauseous.

4 recusancy  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:07:38am

re: #1 Obdicut

I remember when people would try to posit Newt as a rational conservative.

Fun times.

They still talk about him as if he was at one time.

5 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:08:09am

Yeah, it's offtopic, but at least this relates to Kookery and insanity:

A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which it calls the "War Between the States." The group proposes a different design each year between now and 2015, with Forrest slated for 2014.

"Seriously?" state NAACP president Derrick Johnson said when he was told about the Forrest plate. "Wow."

You know, I can't even bother to add anything further because I think Derrick Johnson said it best.

6 Flounder  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:08:41am

As an evil conservative, I wish Newt would just go away, we don't need any help making asses out of ourselves.

7 theheat  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:09:45am

This is like watching those power eating competitions where the most gluttonous wins the prize.

8 Big Steve  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:11:07am

re: #3 Charles

Newt Gingrich makes me nauseous.

One of my favorite cartoons back in Newt's heyday of the "contract with America" showed several Indians standing around and one of them saying, "We too once had a contract with America."

9 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:12:41am

matthewstoller Matt Stoller
by chrislhayes

CPAC talking political correctness on campus and Reagan's impact on young people while "Pump Up the Jam" plays. Not kidding.

10 theheat  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:12:44am

re: #5 bloodstar

honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan

Is BABYKLKR taken? Because that would just look soooo tits on my Camaro once I get it off the blocks in my front yard.
//

11 garhighway  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:13:32am

re: #4 recusancy

They still talk about him as if he was at one time.

it's called "grading on a curve".

12 Big Steve  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:14:40am

re: #1 Obdicut

I remember when people would try to posit Newt as a rational conservative.

Fun times.

We need to bring back Bill Clinton so he can school Newt a few more times just for old times sake.

13 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:15:38am

All hail Saint Reagan!

14 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:15:41am

re: #5 bloodstar

Yeah, it's offtopic, but at least this relates to Kookery and insanity:

You know, I can't even bother to add anything further because I think Derrick Johnson said it best.

Not off-topic at all. The CPAC is infested with neo-Confederate revisionists and fellow travelers.

15 Interesting Times  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:16:12am

re: #9 Stanley Sea

CPAC talking political correctness on campus and Reagan's impact on young people while "Pump Up the Jam" plays. Not kidding.

Speaking of Reagan's impact...

16 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:17:06am

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

The usual CPAC message: we're all doomed, the left is destroying our freedom.

17 Transfromnation  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:17:15am

I can't wait to watch "Traditional Marriage and Society" at 2:30, to see how the Republican Party plans to treat me and other GLBT's like second class citizens in 2011. Should be a real fun time.

18 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:17:28am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

All hail Saint Reagan!

His first miracle, he cured a ham.

19 Shiplord Kirel  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:18:06am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

All hail Saint Reagan!

And why shouldn't they celebrate? It was Reagan who let down the drawbridge and let the religious right into the Republican fortress, only to see them run wild and take it for their own.

20 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:18:07am

re: #16 Charles

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

The usual CPAC message: we're all doomed, the left is destroying our freedom.

Now with 50% more Founding Father action.

21 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:18:08am

Are they really playing "Pump Up the Jam" as bumper music?

Cognitive dissonance much?

22 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:21:01am

re: #21 Charles

Are they really playing "Pump Up the Jam" as bumper music?

Cognitive dissonance much?

This is the same crowd which brought us "The Tea Party is the Light Brigade!" and "The Founding Fathers abolished slavery." Nothing they do suprises me.

23 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:21:06am

Yeah I heard about West keynoting the event. Sounds like a buncha crazies. I do love the fact that it's being boycotted by certain groups because of GOProud though. Hilarious. Your whole mantra is that you think the government is too involved in people's personal lives yet you want to tell gay people they can't marry under US law because of your religious beliefs.

24 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:21:37am

re: #15 publicityStunted

Speaking of Reagan's impact...

Oh the memories.

25 tradewind  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:24:40am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
He's now life-coaching former PA Gov. Ed Rendell.

26 theheat  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:24:44am

Who cuts their hair? Is there a conservative section at the beauty supply stores - some sort of plastic thing they put on their heads as a template? It has to be next to the cheap little plastic combs.

27 steve_davis  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:29:48am

re: #3 Charles

Newt Gingrich makes me nauseous.

All right, technically he makes you nauseated. If he makes you nauseous, then it means that he causes you to inspire illness in others. This moment brought to you by Strunk & White.

28 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:30:50am

re: #26 theheat

Who cuts their hair? Is there a conservative section at the beauty supply stores - some sort of plastic thing they put on their heads as a template? It has to be next to the cheap little plastic combs.

Yep - it's injection moulded - check out the seam in the middle. Always a giveaway.

29 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:32:18am

re: #27 steve_davis

All right, technically he makes you nauseated. If he makes you nauseous, then it means that he causes you to inspire illness in others. This moment brought to you by Strunk & White.

Youtube Video
30 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:32:50am

The fact that Newt Gingrich needs to make these loons feel better by telling them that liberals and democrats want to destroy America shows how sad and shallow this movement is. He doesn't have anything but stupid put-downs of the left to feed his audience. I imagine there's probably some lame jokes about teleprompters thrown in there too.

31 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:32:56am

"We are all Ronald Reagan now."

32 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:34:21am

Egyptian workers join the revolution

Thousands of workers of the Mahalla Textile Company held a strike today demanding better wages.

According to the Center for Trade Union & Workers’ Services (CTUWS), 24,000 workers took part in the protest. The workers from the morning shift had joined their colleagues from the night shift and gathered this morning in front of the company’s headquarters, where they announced their strike.

The workers chanted against the increasing prices, says the CTUWS. They also announced their solidarity with the pro-democracy protesters who have been camping in Tahrir Square.

The company management had locked the gates of the factory to stop the employees from either entering or leaving the grounds.

The strike was one of many held throughout Egypt today with employees in different sectors demanding rights encompassing better wages, bonuses, health insurance, equality at work and proper contracts.

Clashes erupted between workers at the Military Production factories 45 and 54 and the police after they announced that they will hold a strike this morning. When the minister of military production responded by declaring the day an official holiday, angry workers went into the street where they clashed with riot police. Yesterday, factories 36 and 63 went on strike as workers demanded proper contracts, bonuses and other professional considerations.

The Public Transport Authority headquarters witnessed a strike by its drivers. The strike, against low wages and the authority’s refusal to dispense bonuses, began early today. The drivers announced that they were protesting in solidarity with the Egyptian revolt, and that they have been denied their rights for the past 30 years.

33 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:34:38am

re: #5 bloodstar

Yeah, it's offtopic, but at least this relates to Kookery and insanity:


You know, I can't even bother to add anything further because I think Derrick Johnson said it best.

I presume the 37% of Mississippi's current population that happens to be African-American will get their own plate offering portraying their ancestors out in the fields happily picking cotton?
//(massive)

I'm not quite sure what to call this continual and constant ignorance regarding the experiences of a large swath of their population that were certainly different than those being espoused by these history rememberances.

34 theheat  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:35:50am

re: #30 HappyWarrior

I'd like to see some lame jokes about getting blow jobs while you're coincidentally dissing the POTUS about the ones he's getting. Or, "Yeah, I remember my second marriage. Boy, that had to have been the most sacred to me."

35 recusancy  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:36:13am

Raging bigot alert downstairs.

36 Alexzander  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:37:35am

Some serious Regan masturbation going on right now. I think they are enumerating his miracles so that he may be sainted.

37 Alexzander  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:40:05am

Paraphrasing:

For those of you who have a professor who points out that Regan wasn't singularly responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union: Know that your in the minority with respect to not liking Regan.

That is the biggest logical failure ever. His answer to the assertion that Regan wasn't responsible for the fall is that Regan is popular!!!

38 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:40:19am

Reagan is more about a myth at this point in time than an actual man with real history. Can you imagine how angry these people would be at Obama if he had given the same amnesty Reagan did? I'll grudgingly and I hate hate doing this to a lunatic like Glenn Beck but at least Glenn Beck doesn't act like Reagan was this saint. Newt and the others meanwhile act like Reagan was this perfect conservative. If Reagan was what they imagine him to be, he would have never talked with Gorbachev since so much as engaging in talks with a Communist would be seen as bad to them.

39 jc717  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:41:00am

When will this insanity run out of fuel? They can only keep the 'OMFG the sky is falling' rhetoric up for some long before most people stop buying it, right?

40 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:42:18am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

All hail Saint Reagan!

This new wacko GOP is implying that Reagan was 'one of them' of course - and are shamelessly trying to deify themselves by extension.

41 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:42:33am

re: #37 Alexzander

Paraphrasing:

For those of you who have a professor who points out that Regan wasn't singularly responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union: Know that your in the minority with respect to not liking Regan.

That is the biggest logical failure ever. His answer to the assertion that Regan wasn't responsible for the fall is that Regan is popular!!!

And this man was a professor himself? Seriously, Newt that's just dumb. Yes, Reagan deserves some credit for the fall of the Soviet Union but can we give credit to the people of Eastern Europe who rose up against the Soviets and their puppets or to Pope John Paul II who inspired the people of Poland? Yes, Reagan deserves some credit. Even me a hardcore liberal can admit that but the way Newt and his friends act, you'd think Reagan only ended the Cold War and that's nonsense not to much insulting to other people.

42 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:44:03am

"...the murderous atheistic Soviet Union"

That'll please the crowd.

43 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:46:05am

re: #38 HappyWarrior

Newt and the others meanwhile act like Reagan was this perfect conservative.

More than that, they act as though their current insanity was learned directly from him, which is clearly not the case.

But I'm one of those people who, per Limbaugh, will never understand, and can only be defeated.

44 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:46:16am

re: #8 Big Steve

One of my favorite cartoons back in Newt's heyday of the "contract with America" showed several Indians standing around and one of them saying, "We too once had a contract with America."

I always read that phrase as "Contract on America."

45 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:47:02am

re: #33 oaktree

I presume the 37% of Mississippi's current population that happens to be African-American will get their own plate offering portraying their ancestors out in the fields happily picking cotton?
//(massive)

I'm not quite sure what to call this continual and constant ignorance regarding the experiences of a large swath of their population that were certainly different than those being espoused by these history rememberances.

I think they should request a Nat Turner or John Brown license plate. Or anybody else who led a bloody slave revolt or was a radical abolitionist.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

46 makeitstop  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:47:22am

re: #39 jc717

When will this insanity run out of fuel? They can only keep the 'OMFG the sky is falling' rhetoric up for some long before most people stop buying it, right?

I keep hoping that someday people will actually hear what they're saying and recoil from the hatefulness. But with Fox News running interference and mainstreaming their repulsive message, their craziness will continue to be represented as rational thought.

That's what people like Newt have going for them now as opposed to when they were actually in government. Dishonest outlets like Fox get to define what's perceived as crazy.

47 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:47:50am

re: #42 Jimmah

"...the murderous atheistic Soviet Union"

That'll please the crowd.

Who said that and is this the 1950s?

I've got a headache.

48 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:49:37am

re: #30 HappyWarrior

The fact that Newt Gingrich needs to make these loons feel better by telling them that liberals and democrats want to destroy America shows how sad and shallow this movement is. He doesn't have anything but stupid put-downs of the left to feed his audience. I imagine there's probably some lame jokes about teleprompters thrown in there too.

That's all they really want. Anybody who thinks that a candidate who doesn't wear hate for President Obama or the Democrats/liberals on it's sleeve can win the GOP nomination in 2012 is out of their minds.

49 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:50:06am

re: #16 Charles

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

Yes, because of people like you, Newt.

Grrr. Why are the paranoid delusional allowed to hold public office?

50 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:50:36am

re: #47 Gus 802

Who said that and is this the 1950s?

I've got a headache.

It was whatever wingnut drone was speaking about 10 mins ago - forgotten his name.

51 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:50:38am

re: #47 Gus 802

Who said that and is this the 1950s?

I've got a headache.

I think the hallmark of the modern "conservative" movement is being stuck in the 1950s.

52 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:51:09am

re: #16 Charles

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

The usual CPAC message: we're all doomed, the left is destroying our freedom.

Funny. I've watched and read many things regarding the financial meltdown of 2008. None of them mentioned "the left". In fact, a lot of it is blamed on deregulation. I say this because nothing destroys individual freedom faster than being broke.

53 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:52:32am

re: #45 moderatelyradicalliberal

I think they should request a Nat Turner or John Brown license plate. Or anybody else who led a bloody slave revolt or was a radical abolitionist.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Ooh that would be good. I've been to Harpers Ferry, site of the famous Brown raid before. I'm a Southern but I will never get the romancizing of the antebellum South at all.

54 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:54:06am

re: #50 Jimmah

It was whatever wingnut drone was speaking about 10 mins ago - forgotten his name.

Ah. Let me guess. He was angry. I know Eisenhower threw that around during his "military industrial complex" but I didn't pay it much mind because I liked the overall tone of that speech. Highly unlikely here. That was a big theme during the 50s: atheistic Communism!

Funny too that I am an atheist but I hate communism. I've got this thing about authority figures and authority structures. You know, like people trying to control human behavior such as sexual identity, abortion, etc. Now who could that be?

55 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:55:00am

re: #44 Romantic Heretic

I always read that phrase as "Contract on America."

Was it really so bad overall? The contract I mean...

56 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:56:46am

re: #31 Jimmah

"We are all Ronald Reagan now."

Not me. I'm still breathing. /

57 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:56:50am

When's Jesse Helms scheduled to speak?

/

58 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:57:29am

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Ooh that would be good. I've been to Harpers Ferry, site of the famous Brown raid before. I'm a Southern but I will never get the romancizing of the antebellum South at all.

I'm a Southerner too and there are many things I love about it, but the South seems to be regressing in many ways and I don't quite understand it. This part of the country has never been a bastion for progressives, but for this crap to be happening in 2011 is mind blowing. I've lived in Southern states (TX, GA, FL) all of my life and I didn't see this coming. The Neo-Confederate spirit and mindset has doubled down over the last decade. It's almost enough to make me move somewhere cold.

59 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:57:58am

I wonder if these people know that they have more in common with many Communist regimes' views on homosexuality than the liberals they despise.

61 Political Atheist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:58:46am

re: #58 moderatelyradicalliberal

Just move west, not cold and pretty good for a person with your nic

62 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:59:04am

re: #31 Jimmah

"We are all Ronald Reagan now."

What would Ronald Reagan do, if he was here right now...
I'm sure he'd kick an ass or two 'cause that's what Ronald Reagan would do...

//Not Brian Boitano.

/

63 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:59:16am

re: #57 Gus 802

When's Jesse Helms scheduled to speak?

/

Strom was uninvited because he has a half black baby.

/

64 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 10:59:27am

re: #59 HappyWarrior

I wonder if these people know that they have more in common with many Communist regimes' views on homosexuality than the liberals they despise.

That would imply they actually studied.

65 tradewind  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:00:00am

re: #26 theheat

Who cuts their hair?

If only they'd learn how to rock a scrunchy.
[Link: t2.gstatic.com...]

66 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:01:18am

re: #65 tradewind

If only they'd learn how to rock a scrunchy.
[Link: t2.gstatic.com...]

Thats a clip, not a scrunchy.

67 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:01:34am

Yuck. I'm just in time to listen to Santorum.

68 tradewind  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:01:48am

re: #49 Romantic Heretic
Ask Dennis Kucinich.... he sees UFOs, and it hasn't hurt his career.

69 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:02:12am

re: #53 HappyWarrior

Ooh that would be good. I've been to Harpers Ferry, site of the famous Brown raid before. I'm a Southern but I will never get the romancizing of the antebellum South at all.

Neither event actually in Mississippi. Maybe the 2014 plate can commemorate a visit to Meridian by 20,000 northern tourists led by tour guide W. T. Sherman.
/

70 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:02:17am

Uh oh. He said DNA! Does this mean Santroum has given up on creationism?

/

71 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:02:30am

re: #67 Gus 802

Yuck. I'm just in time to listen to Santorum.

Is he speaking in a rich, frothy voice?

72 tradewind  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:02:31am

re: #66 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I know. If only she'd used a scrunchy, think how much better!/

73 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:02:54am

Ronald Reagan... again.

74 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:03:12am

re: #70 Gus 802

Uh oh. He said DNA! Does this mean Santroum has given up on creationism?

/

To them, DNA means "DO NOT ASK!"

75 Nervous Norvous  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:03:25am

Conservative Hair. Now even scrunchier!

76 Interesting Times  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:03:43am

re: #73 Gus 802

Ronald Reagan... again.

Check out the pic linked to in my #15

77 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:03:55am

re: #71 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is he speaking in a rich, frothy voice?

Gross!

78 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:04:26am

Here we go. A critique on Egypt by this yokel. This sounds like a World Net Daily speech.

Wait! Now "we turned our backs on Iran..."

79 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:04:37am

re: #77 moderatelyradicalliberal

Gross!

Only if he gargles.

80 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:04:52am

re: #73 Gus 802

Ronald Reagan... again.

Oh come on. He's the only GOP president they like. All others have been declared liberals.

81 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:04:56am

re: #73 Gus 802

Ronald Reagan... again.

Well, they can't very well continue to call themselves the party of Washington (revolutionary), Lincoln (socialist), or T Roosevelt (environmentalist and trust buster), can they?

82 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:05:07am

re: #78 Gus 802

Here we go. A critique on Egypt by this yokel. This sounds like a World Net Daily speech.

Wait! Now "we turned our backs on Iran..."

If he says Carter, drink!

83 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:05:08am

re: #79 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Only if he gargles.

Ewwwwwwww!

84 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:05:40am

re: #80 moderatelyradicalliberal

Oh come on. He's the only GOP president they like. All others have been declared liberals.

Nixon was a fucking hippy.

85 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:05:48am

re: #64 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

That would imply they actually studied.

Yeah I know. I am just personally amused by right wingers who act like the USSR was this socially liberal place.

86 tradewind  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:05:49am

re: #36 Alexzander
That'd be Reagan, although Don Regan was pretty effective as well.
Don't go trashing our President's latest muse. Beats the last few.

87 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:06:02am

Santorum just said that Obama sided with Ahmadinejad during the Green protests (election).

OK, not sure how much longer I can listen to this.

88 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:06:47am

Sharia law is coming to the USA!!11ty

89 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:06:50am

re: #69 oaktree

Neither event actually in Mississippi. Maybe the 2014 plate can commemorate a visit to Meridian by 20,000 northern tourists led by tour guide W. T. Sherman.
/

How about a T-shirt with Sherman saying "Don't make me come down there again"?

90 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:07:39am

re: #88 Gus 802

Sharia law is coming to the USA!!11ty

Is it still Sharia if they use the bible as their source of law?

91 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:08:38am

re: #90 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Is it still Sharia if they use the bible as their source of law?

A rose by another name..............
Sorry Rick but you have no right to claim Sharia law is coming when people like you want us to be ruled more by the Bible than the Constittuion.

92 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:08:40am

One cliche after the other.

93 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:08:42am

re: #89 moderatelyradicalliberal

How about a T-shirt with Sherman saying "Don't make me come down there again"?

"We sacked Atlanta and all we got was a lousy Tshirt."

94 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:09:21am

Santorum is pushing the non-separation of church and state. Hard.

This is a big selling point with the knuckle-draggers. Yay, theocracy!

95 Decatur Deb  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:09:23am

Remember--the GOP leaders who are boycotting CPAC are staying away because CPAC is not right wing enough.

96 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:09:26am

First he warns of Sharia law and now he's talking about rights coming from God. I see a disconnect in that reasoning.

97 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:10:06am

re: #94 Charles

Santorum is pushing the non-separation of church and state. Hard.

This is a big selling point with the knuckle-draggers. Yay, theocracy!

Why do they hate the Constitution?

98 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:11:01am

re: #94 Charles

Santorum is pushing the non-separation of church and state. Hard.

This is a big selling point with the knuckle-draggers. Yay, theocracy!

This is what I don't get Charles. If you sincerely were concerned about Sharia Law then wouldn't one be for a strong separation of church and state? Of course, it seems to me that many people like Santorum want church and state hand and hand as long as said church is a Christian one.

99 leftynyc  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:11:13am

re: #6 Shropshire_Slasher

As an evil conservative, I wish Newt would just go away, we don't need any help making asses out of ourselves.

Would you mind sharing who you think can best represent the republicans as a candidate in 2012?

100 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:11:27am

re: #97 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Why do they hate the Constitution?

They found out that it doesn't mention the baby Jesus even once! It was devastating for them.

//

101 brennant  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:12:18am

Santorum keeps mentioning stool.

;)

102 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:12:51am

Lettuce prey.

/

103 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:13:20am

re: #100 moderatelyradicalliberal

They found out that it doesn't mention the baby Jesus even once! It was devastating for them.

//

Image: Cloneof1789.jpg

104 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:14:17am

An authoritarian conservative talking about liberty and freedom.

Irony.

105 Sionainn  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:14:27am

Obamacare = tyranny

Dumbass.

106 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:14:57am

The wingnuts sure hate the Supreme Court.

107 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:15:12am

re: #105 Sionainn

Obamacare = tyranny

Dumbass.

Ha, coming from the same person who doesn't want gays to serve in the military, that's awfully rich.

108 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:15:12am

re: #103 Jimmah

Image: Cloneof1789.jpg

If they knew the truth about the Founding Fathers they would pretend like they never existed the same way they do with Bush II. Seriously, these people are great at selective memory.

109 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:15:19am

re: #94 Charles

Santorum is pushing the non-separation of church and state. Hard.

This is a big selling point with the knuckle-draggers. Yay, theocracy!

Given that Rick Santorum is Roman Catholic why aren't the nuts spewing their fear of a Papist takeover? Especially with Ratzinger currently on the throne?

Oh wait. Big tent *until* power is achieved. Then there will be the fallout and many Shuvs and Zuuls will learn what it is to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day! ;)

110 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:15:20am

Man created marriage. Man INVENTED marriage. Marriage is a social contract. Marriage is not the result of intelligent design.

111 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:15:42am

re: #100 moderatelyradicalliberal

They found out that it doesn't mention the baby Jesus even once! It was devastating for them.

//

We the Christians of the United States, in Order to form a perfect Union, establish Christian values, insure traditional domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence of white land owners, promote our general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Baby Jesus for ourselves, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

112 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:16:26am

re: #107 HappyWarrior

Ha, coming from the same person who doesn't want gays to serve in the military, that's awfully rich.

I'm still pissed that Santorum tried to take away my official Black People's Card for being pro-choice.

//

113 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:16:39am

re: #109 oaktree

+1 for the Ghostbusters reference.

114 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:17:01am

"America belongs to God..." Santorum

115 Sionainn  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:17:21am

Good grief, he acts like only special conservatives like him have children with special needs.

Dumbass.

116 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:17:42am

re: #112 moderatelyradicalliberal

I'm still pissed that Santorum tried to take away my official Black People's Card for being pro-choice.

//

Bet you hate it when people like him try to use the race card on that issue. I find it despicable myself.

117 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:18:01am

re: #114 Gus 802

"America belongs to God..." Santorum

/facepalm

118 brennant  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:18:04am

Who is trying to change the constitution?

120 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:18:40am

re: #115 Sionainn

Good grief, he acts like only special conservatives like him have children with special needs.

Dumbass.

Yeah that was kind of offensive. He was arguing that only people that accept God (read Christian in this context) they're the only ones that would accept a child with special needs.

121 lawhawk  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:18:45am

OT:
Obama on the events in Egypt (from about 30 minutes ago):

Youtube Video
122 Ziggy Standard  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:18:50am

dinner time brb

123 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:19:14am

Nationalism

124 leftynyc  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:19:18am

re: #59 HappyWarrior

I wonder if these people know that they have more in common with many Communist regimes' views on homosexuality than the liberals they despise.


Not to mention the radical islamists they're so afraid of. Their views on gays are virtually identical and their views on women are too close for comfort.

125 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:19:31am

Whatever you think of Palin, she avoided this CPAC crowd.

126 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:19:41am

re: #116 HappyWarrior

Bet you hate it when people like him try to use the race card on that issue. I find it despicable myself.

Yeah, but when I tell them the first anti-abortion movement began because people were afraid that not enough WASP babies were being born to counteract the high birth rates of Catholic immigrants, that usually shuts them up. ;)

127 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:19:59am

I'm sure he'll get some "challenging" questions.

//

128 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:20:05am

Pantaloons!

129 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:20:11am

re: #113 lawhawk

+1 for the Ghostbusters reference.

The only way for me to deal with a lot of this stuff is attempt to laugh at it. And that just led to Ghostbusters since the quote in question was about people(s) selecting their own doom.

130 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:20:39am

States rights!

131 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:20:55am

re: #125 Ojoe

Whatever you think of Palin, she avoided this CPAC crowd.

She does seem to get good advice every now and then.

132 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:21:27am

re: #120 Gus 802

Yeah that was kind of offensive. He was arguing that only people that accept God (read Christian in this context) they're the only ones that would accept a child with special needs.

IT's why I hate Palin to be honest with you. I could in a way qualify as special needs due to my Asperger's and the way Palin and now it seems SAntorum act like only conservative parents could love a child with a disability is revolting. Plus there were my great grandparents who raised my great aunt whom had Downs and my great grandfather was a member of an ebil Marxist union.

133 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:22:26am

Paulian!

134 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:23:01am

re: #117 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

/facepalm

As opposed to other places that don't?

THese guys don't get it at all.

135 Stanghazi  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:23:11am

re: #125 Ojoe

Whatever you think of Palin, she avoided this CPAC crowd.

They wouldn't pay her.

136 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:23:47am

re: #135 Stanley Sea

LOL

137 Kragar  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:23:51am

re: #135 Stanley Sea

They wouldn't pay her.

And she wouldn't be the only one there.

138 Sionainn  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:24:03am

Notice he didn't answer the question about cutting back on benefits for veterans.

139 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:24:07am

re: #132 HappyWarrior

IT's why I hate Palin to be honest with you. I could in a way qualify as special needs due to my Asperger's and the way Palin and now it seems SAntorum act like only conservative parents could love a child with a disability is revolting. Plus there were my great grandparents who raised my great aunt whom had Downs and my great grandfather was a member of an ebil Marxist union.

I'm single but philosophically if I was married and we were about to have a special needs child I would accept that challenge. In other words, unlike Santorum suggests, not all people left or left of center see abortion as an answer in this case. Why I'm sure there are some conservatives that have felt and done the opposite.

140 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:24:26am

Culture war!

141 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:24:57am

I find it unfortunate that people use the term "destroying America" for people who have a different vision than they do for America.

IMO, the term "trying to destroy America" should be reserved for Stalin, Hitler, OBL... etc. Oh, and Celene Dion.

142 moderatelyradicalliberal  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:25:06am

re: #132 HappyWarrior

IT's why I hate Palin to be honest with you. I could in a way qualify as special needs due to my Asperger's and the way Palin and now it seems SAntorum act like only conservative parents could love a child with a disability is revolting. Plus there were my great grandparents who raised my great aunt whom had Downs and my great grandfather was a member of an ebil Marxist union.

I don't know anybody who doesn't have a mentally or physically challenged person in their family that is being loved and cared for.

I'm also still waiting for Palin to become and advocate for people with special needs like she said she would. I guess she's too busy making money.

143 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:25:10am

re: #140 Gus 802

Culture war!

Free knee surgery for all Americans.

144 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:25:15am

re: #132 HappyWarrior

IT's why I hate Palin to be honest with you. I could in a way qualify as special needs due to my Asperger's and the way Palin and now it seems SAntorum act like only conservative parents could love a child with a disability is revolting. Plus there were my great grandparents who raised my great aunt whom had Downs and my great grandfather was a member of an ebil Marxist union.

This particular line of thinking which is essentially demonizing the 'other' is really insidious. I don't really ever use the term to describe things but in this case I'm also going to go with the theocratic theme that's playing right now and call it 'evil.'

145 brennant  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:26:11am

Damn liberal media!

146 Sol Berdinowitz  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:26:17am

re: #134 Ojoe

As opposed to other places that don't?

THese guys don't get it at all.

Their ideology states that America's exceptional position is due to the fact that it has a special relationship with God: we embody his Divine laws in our Constitution and he sheds his Grace upon thee and me.

If we fall from Grace by allowing gay marriage, abortion, creeping socialism, excessive government controls and regulation etc., we are going to lose our special place in the world.

So to these folks, it is a twisted form of theocratic patriotism.

147 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:26:32am

And here is the other side...

That evil evil EPA getting in the way of hard working plutocrats from raping more of the planet and destroying the air water and soil that "little people" need to be ale to live.

POOR POOR plutocrats.


We are seeing the most vile aspects of America.

AGW is real. Even without AGW, if you forget about it a moment, living in a toxic industrial moonscape is not a way to live. This is what these plutocrats want for you and your children. They see it as their God given right to murder you with their waste in the name of unsustainable profit. They are cancerous parasites who are literally working to kill you in the name of a buck.

In addition to it, some scumbag like Newt doesn't give a damn about that Bible he bangs (just ask his ex wives) and the little GOP bible sheep don't care, because it will allow them, they hope to impose their twisted and cruel "morality" on people they hate. It is an exercise in depraved cynicism that profanes God.

The GOP are scum. They are murderous, evil scum. I hate them with every fiber of my being. So should you. They are literally trying to kill you and strip you of your rights.

148 Sionainn  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:27:02am

re: #139 Gus 802

I'm single but philosophically if I was married and we were about to have a special needs child I would accept that challenge. In other words, unlike Santorum suggests, not all people left or left of center see abortion as an answer in this case. Why I'm sure there are some conservatives that have felt and done the opposite.

I didn't have amniocentesis done, despite my "advanced maternal age," because I knew I wasn't going to have an abortion and I wasn't going to take any risk with my pregnancies by having it done.

149 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:27:19am

re: #143 Walter L. Newton

Free knee surgery for all Americans.

Ugh. Hope I don't need that. Maybe I screwed up my knee while I was taking steroids back when I used to do my David Horowitz imitations.

//

150 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:28:04am

The most ridiculous thing thrown out there regarding liberals and special needs kids was that liberals "hated" Palin because she had the child. Words can't express how much that angered me.

151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:28:59am

re: #147 LudwigVanQuixote

That is much hyperbole as Newt is throwing out, Ludwig.

152 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:29:06am

Lettuce prey...

Again.

153 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:29:32am

Moral Majority!

Vomit.

154 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:29:51am

re: #150 HappyWarrior

The most ridiculous thing thrown out there regarding liberals and special needs kids was that liberals "hated" Palin because she had the child. Words can't express how much that angered me.

The most down-dinged comment EVER on LGF was someone who posted that Palin should have aborted Trig.

155 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:29:52am

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156 Varek Raith  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:30:00am

re: #68 tradewind

Ask Dennis Kucinich... he sees UFOs, and it hasn't hurt his career.

True.
And most of the GOP who thinks the earth is 6000 years old.
Or that Adam came from a pile of dirt.
Or that Eve came from Adam's rib.
/Dirtman/Ribwoman 2012!!!

157 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:30:31am

George W. Obama

Bumper stickers with conservative messages are available at a display booth at the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) in Washington February 10, 2011.

158 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:30:33am

re: #16 Charles

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

The usual CPAC message: we're all doomed, the left is destroying our freedom.

Yeah "freedom" to exploit and the freedom of the strong and privledged to suck the life out of the defenseless. "Freedom" to rape the world. Freedom to have an economy built on the resources of propped up corrupt and brutal dictators. Freedom to impose their hatreds and fears into your bedroom. Freedom to misinform and destroy science. Freedom for them to destroy the middle class utterly. Freedom for them to destroy education and science. Freedom for them to put women in their place as little quiet broodmares. Freedom to be racist.

I spit on their evil, immoral notions of "freedom."

159 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:30:36am

re: #153 Gus 802

The majority is sinful, just read your bible.

Sheesh.

160 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:31:23am

re: #159 Ojoe

The majority is sinful, just read your bible.

Sheesh.

Sounds logical.

161 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:31:54am

BBL

162 Bulworth  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:32:03am

Yeah, but "Pat Caddell, Democratic Pollster" is on hand, so the whole thing is very non-bi-partisany.

Also, too, the schedule appears to show Gingrich and his third wife an awful lot.

163 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:32:11am

re: #151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That is much hyperbole as Newt is throwing out, Ludwig.

No not at all.

Not one bit.

What exactly do we gain from out oil economy? In the short term, the blood of those murdered by the dictators and evil regimes we prop up. In the long term the destruction of our biosphere and the possible extinction of our species. What exactly do you think the Sulphur Dioxide tipping point is?

164 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:32:28am

re: #16 Charles

"Freedom is under its greatest attack in this country - it's literally on the precipice."

The usual CPAC message: we're all doomed, the left is destroying our freedom.

I hate people who use the word "literally" without knowing what it means. Literally.

165 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:32:34am

re: #154 Alouette

The most down-dinged comment EVER on LGF was someone who posted that Palin should have aborted Trig.

I can imagine. You know regarding the Pains, I remember then Senator Obama relating to Bristol's situation as he was the son of a teen and unwed omther himself. I guess that's why I don't get Palin's nastiness to him.

166 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:32:40am

re: #151 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That is as much hyperbole as Newt is throwing out, Ludwig.


sorry, mis-typed.

167 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:33:23am

re: #166 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

No not at all.

Not one bit.

What exactly do we gain from our oil economy? In the short term, the blood of those murdered by the dictators and evil regimes we prop up. In the long term the destruction of our biosphere and the possible extinction of our species. What exactly do you think the Sulphur Dioxide tipping point is?

168 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:33:29am

re: #154 Alouette

The most down-dinged comment EVER on LGF was someone who posted that Palin should have aborted Trig.

She didn't quite say it like that, as I recall. She questioned the wisdom of having yet a 4th child who was disabled, dragging it around on the campaign trail and forcing her little ones to care for it.

It's her choice to have a disabled child as much as it's any other woman's choice to chose an abortion and that was Annefrance's post.

I was one of about 5 who updinged her.

169 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:33:58am

Everyone agrees that fatherless families are not the ideal situation. That includes people on the left and the right. Those structures are not being deconstructed by liberals and are a symptom of a wide range of problems including substance abuse, crime, poverty, etc. They are certainly not caused by the idea of gay marriage. Those problems where there "long before" the idea of gay marriage came about.

170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:34:04am

re: #163 LudwigVanQuixote

I just called Newt out for saying that liberals want to destroy America. To call out conservatives for wanting to destroy America is in the same vein.

That's all I am saying.

171 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:36:17am

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just called Newt out for saying that liberals want to destroy America. To call out conservatives for wanting to destroy America is in the same vein.

That's all I am saying.

They don't want to destroy America, they are too blinded by their own greed and rationalizations to see that their actions really are destroying America. This is a physics argument at this point.

Unchecked AGW means America goes under. Period, no reprieves, humpty dumpty will not be put back together again.

They are feverishly working not only to see that the process is unchecked, but accelerated.

172 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:36:58am

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just called Newt out for saying that liberals want to destroy America. To call out conservatives for wanting to destroy America is in the same vein.

That's all I am saying.

So respectfully, you are using a false magical balance fairy argument.

173 Obdicut  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:37:27am

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't think they want to. I think that those who are denying AGW, attacking science and scientists, and increasing the divide between rich and poor are undermining the US and will bring us, if not to destruction, to a very, very bad place indeed.

I don't think they want to. I think that they are doing it as a side effect from studied ignorance, religious fanaticism, and plain old-fashioned obstinateness.

174 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:38:08am

re: #170 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just called Newt out for saying that liberals want to destroy America. To call out conservatives for wanting to destroy America is in the same vein.

That's all I am saying.

Newt speaks very clearly and logically about Israel and the M.E. For me, it's really the only thing that he gets. That could be said for most conservatives. I appreciate their support of Israel as much as I really disdain their domestic politics.

175 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:38:43am

re: #173 Obdicut

I don't think they want to. I think that those who are denying AGW, attacking science and scientists, and increasing the divide between rich and poor are undermining the US and will bring us, if not to destruction, to a very, very bad place indeed.

I don't think they want to. I think that they are doing it as a side effect from studied ignorance, religious fanaticism, and plain old-fashioned obstinateness.

Exactly. And in truth, whether it was more stupidity or evil that brought it there, does not matter to the dead.

176 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:38:58am

re: #144 Jadespring

This particular line of thinking which is essentially demonizing the 'other' is really insidious. I don't really ever use the term to describe things but in this case I'm also going to go with the theocratic theme that's playing right now and call it 'evil.'

Some folks got very serious with it during the campaign. Why do liberal women hate Sarah Palin? Why, because she had her special needs baby, and women like me feel she had a moral obligation to abort him!!

//Assholes.

177 Gus  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:39:09am

Doom and gloom! Seriously though. These people are seriously cynical. Things aren't that bad at all. This is starting to sound like "things were better back in the good old days" argument. Sure, we created new problems with the new solutions but we got rid of old problems WHICH WERE FAR WORSE!

178 CarleeCork  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:39:46am

re: #147 LudwigVanQuixote
Let them eat rice made from plastic.
///

179 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:39:46am

re: #174 marjoriemoon

Newt speaks very clearly and logically about Israel and the M.E. For me, it's really the only thing that he gets. That could be said for most conservatives. I appreciate their support of Israel as much as I really disdain their domestic politics.

If he saw a political advantage to it Newt would throw Israel under the bus faster than he did his first several wives. I trust that fat fuck as far as I can spit.

180 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:40:24am

re: #176 SanFranciscoZionist

Some folks got very serious with it during the campaign. Why do liberal women hate Sarah Palin? Why, because she had her special needs baby, and women like me feel she had a moral obligation to abort him!!

//Assholes.

I imagine the whole thing was upsetting to women like my mother who is pretty liberal in her politics yet decided to have my youngest brother when she was 42.

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:41:12am

re: #150 HappyWarrior

The most ridiculous thing thrown out there regarding liberals and special needs kids was that liberals "hated" Palin because she had the child. Words can't express how much that angered me.

There are a lot of reasons I don't like Sarah Palin.

Her having given birth to Trig Palin is not one of them.

182 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:42:31am

re: #125 Ojoe

Whatever you think of Palin, she avoided this CPAC crowd.

They wouldn't pay her speaking fee. /

183 Killgore Trout  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:42:36am

Derp!

184 Girth  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:42:36am

I wish I could get high on hate and stupid like these people do. It would be so much cheaper than booze.

185 HappyWarrior  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:44:12am

Got a class, I'm out.

186 Jadespring  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:44:17am

re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist

There are a lot of reasons I don't like Sarah Palin.

Her having given birth to Trig Palin is not one of them.

Having Trig is one of the very few points in the favor box for me. It sits on it's own though. A human point really.
How Trig was used politically by her and others sits soundly in the not favor box.

My favor and non favor box is to nuanced for many.

187 BARACK THE VOTE  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:44:20am

re: #184 Girth

I wish I could get high on hate and stupid like these people do. It would be so much cheaper than booze.

Wrecked liver over wrecked moral sense, any time.

/i'm a drink and spend liberal

188 Ojoe  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:45:10am

re: #184 Girth

Grappa is much better than politics.

189 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:45:43am

re: #165 HappyWarrior

I can imagine. You know regarding the Pains, I remember then Senator Obama relating to Bristol's situation as he was the son of a teen and unwed omther himself. I guess that's why I don't get Palin's nastiness to him.

He was very sensitive and correct about the pregnancy. I have to wonder if the same courtesy would have been extended to him if Malia had been old enough to find herself in the same situation.

//Cue the instant wingnut response, "SHE wouldn't have had the baby." Apparently this hypothetical excuses us all from the other hypothetical.

190 reloadingisnotahobby  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:47:06am

re: #31 Jimmah

"We are all Ronald Reagan now."


...DEAD???
..Shit!..I have a Pork Roast in the Crockpot!!/

191 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:48:53am

Don't eat the little wafers...
/

192 Fozzie Bear  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:49:32am

re: #106 Killgore Trout

The wingnuts sure hate the Supreme Court.

Funny, that. SCOTUS has never been more wingnut-friendly (in modern times) than it is now.

193 Randall Gross  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:51:01am

re: #183 Killgore Trout

In the vendor booths
[Link: www.daylife.com...]

194 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:53:30am

re: #193 Thanos

In the vendor booths
[Link: www.daylife.com...]

Hmmm. "George W. Obama". I guess that bumper sticker could play a number of venues.

195 What, me worry?  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:56:33am

re: #179 LudwigVanQuixote

If he saw a political advantage to it Newt would throw Israel under the bus faster than he did his first several wives. I trust that fat fuck as far as I can spit.

That could be, but so far he hasn't and you can't condemn a person for what they might do.

Not all conservative speak out for Israel and not many speak as wisely as he does.

196 Feline Fearless Leader  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:57:15am

re: #192 Fozzie Bear

Funny, that. SCOTUS has never been more wingnut-friendly (in modern times) than it is now.

Yea, but the major social conservative bug-a-boos all appear to have a related SCOTUS decision related to them:
Roe vs Wade
Brown vs Board of Education
Loving vs Virginia
Edwards vs Aguillard
etc.

197 BARACK THE VOTE  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:58:48am

pardon me if it's been mentioned, but erik son of erik over at Red State is having a meltdown:

These losers and nasty bigots have done a lot more for the conservative movement than GOProud. And I am very happy to call them my friends.

This week, I’d much rather be with them than be at CPAC.

lol.

198 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:01:25pm

re: #197 iceweasel

pardon me if it's been mentioned, but erik son of erik over at Red State is having a meltdown:

lol.

As I wrote in the other thread... Brothers and sisters really should not make babies.

199 Sionainn  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:03:24pm

re: #176 SanFranciscoZionist

Some folks got very serious with it during the campaign. Why do liberal women hate Sarah Palin? Why, because she had her special needs baby, and women like me feel she had a moral obligation to abort him!!

//Assholes.

That and because she is so bee-yoo-tee-ful.

200 Wozza Matter?  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:04:02pm

re: #140 Gus 802

Culture war!

Cheese head.

201 Fozzie Bear  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:08:10pm

re: #197 iceweasel

pardon me if it's been mentioned, but erik son of erik over at Red State is having a meltdown:

lol.

CNN must be so proud of their newest little bigot to add "balance" to their lineup... Because as we all know, you have to "balance" sane rational people with hateful bigots, lest the hateful bigots feel their point of view is unrepresented. /

202 celticdragon  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:10:53pm

re: #17 Transfromnation

I can't wait to watch "Traditional Marriage and Society" at 2:30, to see how the Republican Party plans to treat me and other GLBT's like second class citizens in 2011. Should be a real fun time.


Yep. Little did I know that being a married transgendered woman made me an enemy of society...

203 Charles Johnson  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:13:55pm

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre is deep into a xenophobic rant about illegal aliens raping our children.

204 suchislife  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:14:55pm

re: #203 Charles

He's the first speaker there I can't bear to listen to.

205 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:19:44pm

re: #203 Charles

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre is deep into a xenophobic rant about illegal aliens raping our children.

God knows, that is my biggest concern about illegal immigration.

//Does he understand that the proverbial anal probe is associated with the not-real kind of aliens?

206 Mad Prophet Ludwig  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:20:05pm

re: #195 marjoriemoon

That could be, but so far he hasn't and you can't condemn a person for what they might do.

Not all conservative speak out for Israel and not many speak as wisely as he does.

Perhaps, but he taints it with everything else about him.

207 I Am Kreniigh!  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 12:31:13pm

re: #203 Charles

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre is deep into a xenophobic rant about illegal aliens raping our children.

Hide your kids, hide your wife
and hide your husband
Cuz they’re rapin' errbody out here

208 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Feb 10, 2011 1:40:38pm

re: #203 Charles

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre is deep into a xenophobic rant about illegal aliens raping our children.

And this person is allowed access to guns? Oy vay iz mir.

209 garhighway  Fri, Feb 11, 2011 5:57:17am

re: #125 Ojoe

Whatever you think of Palin, she avoided this CPAC crowd.

Because they weren't nutty enough for her. Yeah, big kudos there.


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