1. Illinois republican congressman and deadbeat dad Joe Walsh.Joe Walsh has a democratic opponent in the November elections Tammy Duckworth who is a military hero who was severely wounded in service to our country. Most people would say thank you for your service and sorry for your injuries. Joe Walsh is just annoyed by them.
Walsh has apparently had enough of her histrionics. He told an Elk Grove town hall on Friday that Sen. John McCain was a “noble hero” because he didn’t often talk about his military service. “Now I’m running against a woman who, my God, that’s all she talks about,” Walsh said.
“I have so much respect for what she did in the fact that she sacrificed her body for this country,” said Walsh. Then, according to Politico, he paused for dramatic effect: “Ehhh. Now let’s move on.”
Though he never joined the military himself, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) disparaged his Democratic opponent’s military service at a town hall on Sunday, saying that she’s not a “true hero.”
2. A Republican running for Congress in one of the nation’s most competitive districts claimed that Americans “don’t die from prostate cancer, breast cancer”in order to justify his opposition to health care reform:
“People now don’t die from prostate cancer, breast cancer and some of the other things,” Collins said. “The fact of the matter is, our healthcare today is so much better, we’re living so much longer, because of innovations in drug development, surgical procedures, stents, implantable cardiac defibrillators, neural stimulators—they didn’t exist 10 years ago. The increase in cost is not because doctors are making a lot more money. It’s what you can get for healthcare, extending your life and curing diseases.”
In reality, 28,000 men die from prostate cancer and 40,000 women die from breast cancer every year! Of course people dieing of cancer mean nothing to the republican party.
3. ladies if you are not busy on July 24th, I recommend flying to New York where republican male state senator Marty Golden will teach you how to act like a proper lady:
As part of a summer series on career development directed at his female constituents, Golden is hosting a taxpayer-funded event called “Posture, Deportment and the Feminine Presence” on July 24. Golden promises to teach Bay Ridge women “the art of feminine presence,” which includes tips on how to “sit, stand and walk like a model” and “walk up and down a stair elegantly”:
What a Jack Ass! He must be transgender then or a cross dresser if he is going to teach this!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Republican Josh Mandel will be there.
DeleteThis: “the art of feminine presence,” which includes tips on how to “sit, stand and walk like a model” and “walk up and down a stair elegantly” sounds like it might be right up Mandel's cross dressing alley.
Thanks for that on Mandel. We covered him before! http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-thing-tea-party-has-brought-us.html
ReplyDeleteThe one thing that drives me insane about politicians, and especially the tea partiers is that they out and out lie.
From Terkle's story:
When asked for the context of the photo, Mandel communications director Travis Considine replied, "Josh didn't remember it
i call Bullshit on Mandel NOT remembering it.
Here's my take on not remembering. Hypothetical discussion not based on any specific knowledge of any circumstances of any Ohio politician appearing in a yearbook photo in drag.
DeleteSuppose the dressing up in drag is done as a joke. Something that one does not normally do. When you do it that one time, somehow the picture ends up in your high school yearbook. Whether or not the picture was taken for the yearbook or some other purpose, it might be a memorable thing. Was it a surprise to see yourself in drag in the yearbook? What did all your friends say?
Alternate universe: some guy makes a habit of dressing in drag, frequenting gyms dressed in drag, and so on. On numerous occasions pictures of this person dressed in drag, (perhaps engaged in activities more strenuous than weightlifting, even possibly wearing fewer or freakier clothes) are taken and perhaps distributed. Everyone knows which way you go. A fifteen year old picture of rather innocuous behavior; what's to remember?
Which universe do at least a few conservative "family values" conservatives live in?
Follow up to your post on Mandel's Resumegate:
"BREAKING: Unnamed Resume Fairy Visits Mandel Treasurer’s Office, Hands Over 33 Of 34 Missing Staff Resumes
Jun 18, 2012
Following 9 Public Records Requests Spanning His 14-Month Refusal To Fully Disclose Staff Resumes, Mandel Won’t Say How Treasurer’s Office Finally Obtained Them"
http://ohiodems.org/news/breaking-unnamed-resume-fairy-visits-mandel-treasurers-office-hands-over-33-of-34-missing-staff-resumes/
And
"Josh Mandel Caught In Yet Another Lie As Treasurer’s Office Resume Scandal Spins Out Of Control
Jun 20, 2012
After 14 Month Refusal To Fully Disclose Staff Resumes, Mandel Spokesman Now Says 33 Of 34 Missing Resumes Came From Shadowy, Defunct Transition Fund
But 9 Of The 33 Were Hired After Mandel Took Office & Some Resumes Dated After Transition Fund Was Terminated"
http://ohiodems.org/news/josh-mandel-caught-in-yet-another-lie-as-treasurers-office-resume-scandal-spins-out-of-control/