History Says Otherwise

Raw Story: Former President Ronald Reagan’s oldest son on Monday compared liberals to termites who are “eating away at the foundations” of America. Appearing a campaign event for Newt Gingrich in Florida, Michael Reagan encouraged attendees not to “go home and forget about it.”

Liberals freed the slaves, got women the right to vote, and fought for the worker rights and protecions that created the great American middle class. And conservatives fought them every step of the way. Everything good about America, equal opportunity, environmental protection, upward mobility, public education, civil rights, racial equality & due process exists because of our work and despite theirs.

Here's the bottom line, conservatives have been working on behalf of the plantation owner since this country was founded. And to this day, unless you're a transnational CEO, a war profiteer, a billionaire, or a Chinese factory owner conservative public policy is a God-damn-national-disaster.

Don't Like Democrats, Can't Stand Democracy

Headline: Norquist: Republicans Will Impeach Obama If He Doesn't Extend Bush Tax Cuts

Grover Norquist is Mr GOP. Listen to him. They mean it. They impeached Clinton for nothing. They will do it again.

But whether it's impeachment, going to court to say Obama is not president because he was born in Africa (cause, you know, he's black) or the constant Republican efforts to rob all manner of poor, elderly, and minority Americans of the right to vote, it's pretty clear they can't stand democracy. If you value yours, best you work to keep Republicans from power.

Standing O for Diaper D

Raw Story: Republican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter lashed out at a CNN host on Monday for asking if there were similarities between his prostitution scandal and the infidelities of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

Vitter's right. There are few similarities. Newt had consensual affairs with women who were not prostitutes. That's not illegal. Vitter is reported to have arranged appointments with hookers where the hookers say he got off on wearing diapers. And of course soliciting prostitutes is illegal. Never the less, his Republican colleagues not only didn't call for his prosecution (much less his resignation), but the first time he showed his face after the scandal broke, they gave him a standing ovation.

Except That You're The One Who Crashed The Ship

Raw Story: Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus thought Sunday morning that President Barack Obama merited being compared to Francesco Schettino, the captain of the turned over cruise ship in Italy.

When Obama took over from Preibus's team GOP we were losing nearly 800,000 jobs a month, the stock market had crashed down to 7000 and we were all watching the news to see when we were going to have to run down to the bank and pound on the glass to try and get our money out before the entire system collapsed. Things are far better today. So in reality Obama is like the crew that remained to save the people on the ship after Preibus and his Republicans put it upon the rocks. Preibus is just trying to lie his way into making people believe otherwise.

Thanks For The Ending The Ending Slavery Thing But...

Headline: Allan West To Liberals: Get The Hell Out Of The US

First of all this guy needs to adjust his headgear and deal with reality of the company he keeps. There is a reason that out of 535 members of congress he's the only black Republican. The GOP is the party of The Southern Strategy and well, like we said, Allen West is black. We suggest Mr West stop projecting and self hating and maybe talk to a therapist. He obviously has some issues.

As for what he said, history records that it was northern liberals that defended the nation after southern conservatives made war on the United States to preserve slavery. So southern conservatives already tried to get the hell out of the US. They already made war on the US. They already betrayed the US. And lest anybody think that ancient history, the fact of the matter is, to this day the philosophical and geographical power base of the Republican party is the confederate south. To this day most of the Republican base prefers the confederate battle flag to the American flag. To this day they are still very much the party the built on the back of The Southern Strategy. So on a personal and political level his demand is logically and historically ridiculous.

Tough On Victims

Hernando, Mississippi (CNN): -- The "Reward" sign being nailed above the convenience store counter takes on a little more meaning here in Desoto County, Mississippi. At the Old Road Store, it's personal.

In 1992, this is where Joseph Ozment, the man whose photo is on the reward poster, gunned down a store clerk. He was sent to prison for life, and no one imagined they'd hear from him again. In this small town, south of Memphis, Tennessee, his picture is back up and people are wondering how someone who committed such a brutal crime could be pardoned by their former Gov. Haley Barbour -- and law enforcement authorities can't seem to find Ozment.

"It's just an every minute, constant, in the back of your mind, where is he, what is he doing?" said Mary McAbee, the sister of Rick Montgomery, the store clerk shot to death by Ozment.

"I'm fearful. He's a cold-blooded murderer to do what he's done and if he thinks that he may go back to prison, what's he got to lose?" she said.

In addition to being the Governor of Mississippi and the GOP's favorite super-lobbyist, Boss Hog has been both chairman of the Republican Party and chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Forced Birthers

WRAL:

Republican Rep. Larry Pittman, who was appointed to the District 82 House seat in October, expressed his views in an email sent Wednesday to every member of the General Assembly. [...]

“We need to make the death penalty a real deterrent again by actually carrying it out. Every appeal that can be made should have to be made at one time, not in a serial manner,” Pittman wrote in the email. “If murderers (and I would include abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers, as well) are actually executed, it will at least have the deterrent effect upon them. For my money, we should go back to public hangings, which would be more of a deterrent to others, as well.”

Funny, he puts kidnappers and rapists in with doctors who provide abortions, because his Republican party would force a woman who was abducted and raped to have that rapists' baby. Barbarians.

If you're a woman thinking of voting Republican, you had better know this: if you do, and you get raped, and you get pregnant, the GOP will force you to have that rapists' baby. Even if it puts your life in danger. If they're in charge they will make that happen. It's not only what people like Larry Pittman say they will do, but it's a plank in the Republican party platform. Chose wisely.