When you go down the list of useless distractions that make up the Republican party agenda — public unions, Sharia law, anchor babies, the mosque at Ground Zero, ACORN, National Public Radio, the war on Christmas, the new Black Panthers, Planned Parenthood, Michelle Obama’s war on dessert…you realize that the reason nothing gets done in America is that one of the political parties puts so much [energy] into fantasy problems than real ones.
Governing this country with Republicans is like rooming with a Meth addict; you want to address real-life problems, like when the rent is due, and they’re saying, “How can you even think of that stuff when there’s police scanner voices coming out of the air conditioner unit??”
Former Saturday Night Live actress Victorian Jackson went off the deep end a long time ago…
She blames Hollywood liberals for the fact that her career went nowhere after SNL…
I think the real reason is that, without good writers and directors, she’s just not funny…
She’s a mean, homophobic, racist harpy…
What is it with all these Republican “Mean Girls”?
Sarah Palin, Victoria Jackson, Phyllis Schlafly, Ann Coulter, Michelle Backmann, Lindsey Graham…
Bitter, bitter women…
From The Huffington Post:
Victoria Jackson may have earned her fame as a comedian, but her recent comments on “Glee” are no laughing matter.
The former “Saturday Night Live” star, now an outspoken political conservative, hit out at the high school choir dramedy in a homophobic rant in her new column for the conservative WorldNetDaily.com. Jackson wrote:
“Did you see “Glee” this week? Sickening! And, besides shoving the gay thing down our throats, they made a mockery of Christians – again! I wonder what their agenda is? Hey, producers of “Glee” – what’s your agenda? One-way tolerance?”
In the most recent episode of the show, there was a long awaited kiss between two gay characters, Kurt (played by Golden Globe winner Chris Colfer) and Blaine, and Kathy Griffin played a religious, tea party political candidate, modeled after Sarah Palin.
Jackson’s comments came after a string of anti-Muslim and Arab diatribe, and immediately following her saying:
“This new al-Qaida magazine for women has beauty tips and suicide-bomber tips! Gimme a break! That is as ridiculous as two men kissing on the mouth! And I don’t care what is politically correct. Everyone knows that two men on a wedding cake is a comedy skit, not an “alternate lifestyle”! There I said it! Ridiculous!”
She knows that saying insane things like this will get her publicity.
She’s not dumb, just evil….
And insensitive…
And a totally self-absorbed, self-promoting opportunist…
I can’t stand the sight of her…
According to conservative columnist Ann Coulter, this whole Japanese nuclear crisis is overblown and “radiation is actually good for you” and the media isn’t reporting its benefits enough.
On The O’Reilly Factor last night, Coulter spoke about her recent column that cites a number of articles in the New York Times and “a stunning number of physicists” showing radiation has a positive effect on cancer patients.
A skeptical O’Reilly retorted Coulter’s evidence with this, “by your account we should all be heading for the nuclear reactor leaking and kind of sunbathing out there in front of — come on.”
Coulter responded by citing a study, mentioned by the Times , held in Canada finding that tuberculosis patients subjected to multiple chest X-rays had much lower rates of breast cancer than the general population. “There may be some doses of radiation in the human body can ward off infection,” she said.
Joking aside, O’Reilly wanted Coulter to be “responsible” and admit that “some radiation will kill you.” Coulter refused.
I can’t tell you how much I want her to run for President and be the GOP nominee…
It would assure President Obama’s re-election and might let the Dems retake the House…
And it would destroy the Republican Party for the foreseeable future…
And be entertaining as hell…
But I knew her shelf life was limited. Even the rabid GOP Tea Partiers can only take so much of her….
But there is hope she will recover- or Michelle Bachmann will succeed her in the Crazy, Intellectually Challenged GOP Female Candidate Slot…
Sarah Palin’s ratings within the Republican Party are slumping, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a potentially troubling sign for the former Alaska governor as she weighs whether to enter the 2012 presidential race.
For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as October.
In one sense, the poll still finds Palin near the top of a list of eight potential contenders for the GOP nomination. The former vice presidential candidate scores a 58 percent favorable rating, close to the 61 percent for former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and 60 percent for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and better than the 55 percent that onetime House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) received.
But Palin’s unfavorable numbers are significantly higher than they are for any of these possible competitors. Fully 37 percent of all Republicans and GOP-leaning independents now hold a negative view of her, a new high.
This just shows, as Scott Fitzgerald said, “Let me tell you about the very rich. The rich are different from you and me”…
Totally different perspective….
From RawStory.com:
More than four in 10 American millionaires say they now need $7.5 million to feel wealthy, according to a survey that uncovered surprising levels of optimism about economic prospects.
Conducted by Fidelity Investments, the world’s largest mutual fund firm, the poll analyzed the investing attitudes and behaviors of more than 1,000 millionaire households in the United States.
The 58 percent of millionaires who said they did feel wealthy said they began to feel so with $1.75 million in investable assets, up from $1.5 million in 2008.
Surprisingly, given the current economic climate, the poll revealed that the longer-term outlook was at its most positive since Fidelity began conducting the survey in 2006.
There is no excuse for this kind of insensitivity and self-promotion…
That’s what I hate about these Right Wing Commenters/Entertainers; they think they can read God’s mind and are just a little too smug and sure of themselves…
And if he thinks God punishes people, he better be very careful as he’s probably next on her list….
From RawStory.com:
US celebrities and media Tuesday blasted right-wing radio host and television presenter Glenn Beck for calling the monster quake that rocked Japan last week a message from God.
Actress, author and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg said Beck should “check the mirror” if he thought Friday’s 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami were signs of God’s anger with mankind.
“If this is because we’re misbehaving and God is pissed (angry), I would check the mirror, Glenn,” Goldberg said on The View talkshow, which she co-hosts with three other women.
The disaster has claimed nearly 3,400 lives and left more than 10,000 people missing in northeastern Japan.
In a rambling presentation on his radio show on Monday, Beck said God may have caused the catastrophe in Japan because he was angry with mankind, and warned people to change their ways.
“I’m not saying God is, you know, causing earthquakes. Well — I’m not not saying that either,” Beck said.
“What God does is God’s business, I have no idea. But I’ll tell you this: whether you call it Gaia or whether you call it Jesus — there’s a message being sent. And that is, ‘Hey, you know that stuff we’re doing? Not really working out real well. Maybe we should stop doing some of it,'” Beck said.
He suggested that God could be appeased — and presumably convinced to not cause any more earthquakes — if people followed the biblical Ten Commandments.
Goldberg’s co-host on The View, Joy Behar, pointed out that earthquakes have rattled Earth since the planet’s creation, and asked which commandment God wanted people to follow.
“How about: ‘Thou shalt not advance your career on the back of the Japanese people right now?'” she said.
The GOP campaigned on jobs, jobs, jobs and hasn’t done a thing about creating jobs since they took over the House. Instead, they are pursuing radical budget cuts and tax cuts for Corporations and the Rich that will kill jobs and the recovery.
And going after policies and institutions that either a) dare to question them and hold them accountable or b) don’t fit their 19th Century notions of the role of women and minorities.
But the public is getting wise to the Republicans-again.
Let’s hope the Electorate retains the information better this time….
From David Corn at MotherJones:
Before the 2010 congressional elections, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his fellow GOPers developed and implemented a simple campaign strategy: say “where are the jobs?” over and over and over. Even though the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had declared thst President Barack Obama’s stimulus package had created or saved about 3 million jobs and a recovery (albeit weak) was under way, the Republicans blamed Obama for screwing up the economy (not Wall Street or the Bush-Cheney administration). In politics, an attack doesn’t have to be fair or accurate to work—and this one did.
Since then, have you heard Boehner screaming about jobs? No. He and his comrades have focused on one thing: cutting government spending, which will undoubtedly lead to job loss in the short run (if not the long run). Wait—that’s not fair. They’ve also focused on abortion (with legislation that would make it harder for a woman who was raped to obtain federal assistance for an abortion), Planned Parenthood (with legislation that would defund the outfit), NPR (ditto), and American Muslims (with today’s hearings on radicalization among Muslim Americans). There’s not been much talk of jobs.
Consequently, this new poll from Bloomberg is hardly a surprise:
Americans say President Barack Obama lacks an effective strategy for improving the U.S. economy. They have much less confidence in the Republican vision for success.
By a margin of 51 percent to 40 percent, a Bloomberg National Poll shows Americans say Obama lacks the right formula for long-term growth, a goal he presented in his State of the Union address with the phrase “win the future.”
The Democratic president still does better than Republicans: When asked who has a better vision for the years ahead, 45 percent of poll respondents chose Obama and 33 percent picked the Republicans.
Four months ago, the GOPers shellacked the Democrats. They became the new kids on the block and claimed they were eager to refurnish their image with the American public. Yet once in power, they have reverted to their old ways—culture war and spending cuts.
Please click the link for their detailed analysis…
DemFromCT took a detailed look at the latest ABC/Washington Post numbers earlier today, but I think these numbers bear repeating:
Chart based on ABC/Washington Post polling data (Source)
So since their post-election honeymoon, the GOP has had something of a nightmare, dropping a net of 13 points on who voters trust to deal with economy and an amazing 17 points on the federal budget deficit.
Although it’s somewhat surprising to see their numbers fall so quickly, it was bound to happen: not only have Republicans failed to do a single thing to improve the jobs situation, they are way out-of-step with the public on fiscal issues.
If Republicans keep this up, Democrats might be able to seriously talk about retaking the House.
Again, I ask: “Why are people putting up with this?”
These new radical Republican Governors are cutting the Corporate Tax rates while screaming about budget shortfalls. That’s irresponsible.
Then they are cutting services for women, the poor, minorities, public employees and students. That is immoral.
I think we are going to see more people in the streets- like in Wisconsin- before this is over. Of course, the GOP will probably just call out the National Guard to clear them out…
And to my fellow North Carolinians: Our new GOP Legislature is trying to figure out how to get some of these policies past our Democratic Gov….
From AlterNet:
As we’ve been documenting, several conservative governors have proposed placing the brunt of deficit reduction onto the backs of their state’s public employees, students, and middle-class taxpayers, while simultaneously trying to enact corporate tax cuts and giveaways. Govs. Rick Scott (R-FL), Tom Corbett (R-PA), and Jan Brewer (R-AZ) have all gone down this road.
Following suit, Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) has proposed ending his state’s Earned Income Tax Credit, cutting a $600 per child tax credit, and reducing credits for seniors, while also cutting funding for school districts by eight to ten percent. At the same time, as the Michigan League for Human Services found, the state’s business taxes would be reduced by nearly $2 billion, or 86 percent, under Snyder’s plan:
Business taxes would be cut by 86 percent from an estimated $2.1 billion in FY 2011 to $292.7 million in FY 2013, the first full year of the proposed tax changes…Taxes on individuals from the state income tax would rise by $1.7 billion or nearly 31 percent, from an estimated $5.75 billion in FY 2011 to $7.5 billion in FY 2013, the first full year of the tax changes.
As the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found, the practical upshot of Snyder’s tax increases is to place even more of a burden on Michigan’s poorest residents, who will see a bigger hike than those at the upper end of the income scale:
When will the Democrats learn to at least attempt to fight before surrendering?
This James O’Keefe guy is a pathological liar, yet the press still accepts his “films” as evidence against first Acorn, then Shirley Jackson, then Planned Parenthood and now NPR.
I’ll be even more blunt: He is lying, manipulative scum and has been proven so on numerous occasions. CNN did a relatively good expose’ on him when he tried to take down one of their reporters.
Why is anyone paying attention to him?
Now even his fellow pathological liar Glenn Beck has point out that O’Keefe doctors his videos and manipulates them to portray things that never happened.
Why isn’t he in jail or at least sued to the point of Bankruptcy?
From AlterNet:
It should come as no surprise that James O’Keefe is an unethical liar who produces deliberately deceptive videos to smear his political opponents. That’s been proven on many occasions. What’s surprising is that is that anyone in the media still pays any attention to him, much less takes actions based on his fictional accounts of staged events. Now even Glenn Beck’s web site, The Blaze, is confirming O’Keefe’s disreputability after having analyzed O’Keefe’s latest videos attacking National Public Radio.
Lost in the 21st Century 