Thread: GOP: now & in the future

Maybe democracy is on its way out if the Republicans have their way. A Republican senate candidate in Arizona, Jeff (appropriately named) Flake, is calling to end the direct election of state senators. This position is, apparently, favored by the tea party.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...comm_ref=false

^According to McPhee, ". . .we shall not have any coarse but armed revolution should we fail with the power of the vote. . ." Well, it's definitely "coarse."

GOP Wednesday update

And we’ll start off again with the GOPs War on Women and that crazy Akin.

Senate Candidate and Rep. Todd (I’m stayin’ in the race) Akin (R-MO) told a local television station on Sunday that “legitimate rape” rarely produces pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Akin cited conversations with unnamed doctors for the bizarre claim.

Akin sponsored legislation that would redefine rape in federal law to limit funding for abortion providers and has a long track record of uninformed and extreme views about women’s health. : Rep. Todd Akin: Victims Of 'Legitimate Rape' Won't Become Pregnant

More on this crazy rethug Akin.

Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, suggested in an interview that it was time to “look at or overturn” the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Asked directly if seminal federal civil rights legislation that prohibits discriminatory voting procedures needed to be modified or scrapped, Akin said that states — not the federal government — should set voting rules. According to Akin, elections “have historically always been a state thing” and that’s a “good principle.” : Akin Suggests The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Should Be Overturned

GOPs War on Women, continued.

A state law requiring women to receive an ultrasound at least a day before having an abortion has already caused a Northern Virginia health clinic to reduce its non-abortion services in the month since it took effect, according to a clinic official.

Virginia legislators passed House Bill 462 during the 2012 General Assembly. It states that a woman seeking an abortion must receive an abdominal ultrasound and then wait at least 24 hours before terminating her pregnancy. It also requires doctors to offer the woman the opportunity to see the ultrasound image and hear the fetal heart tones. : Clinic says ultrasound law for abortions forces it to reduce other health services

Even more on the War on Women and an Akin supporter, Iowa’s Steve King.

(Republican) King supports the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act." It would ban Federal funding of abortions except in cases of forcible rape. Right now, Medicaid also covers abortions for victims of statutory rape or incest - for example, a 12 year old who gets pregnant.

Congressman King says he's not aware of any young victims like that. : Rep. Steve King on the Campaign Trail - KMEG 14 - News, Weather, Sports for Sioux City and Siouxland

And another Republican supporter for Akin.

GOP 4th Senate District Committeewoman Sharon Barnes told The New York Times “that abortion is never an option.”

Snip

Barnes “echoed Mr. Akin’s statement that very few rapes resulted in pregnancy,” according to the Times, and she added that “at that point, if God has chosen to bless this person with a life, you don’t kill it.” : Missouri Republican official: ‘God chose to bless’ women with pregnancies from rape

GOP skinny dipping with kids.

The FBI has investigated an incident that saw at least one Republican congressman swim naked at a drinking party in Israel last year attended by top leadership staff, Politico reported.

The news website said Representative Kevin Yoder of Kansas stripped and jumped into the Sea of Galilee during the privately-funded trip, joining colleagues and their family members who were partially or fully clothed. : FBI investigates Republican Congressmen’s drunken, naked escapades in Israel

Sexual assault and a GOP activist.

Political activist Greg Peterson was charged Monday with sexually assaulting yet another woman at his Utah cabin where he hosted events for some of the biggest names in Republican politics there.

Prosecutors in Wasatch County, Utah charged Peterson, 37, with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, for a 2010 incident involving a woman he brought back to the cabin, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.

Meanwhile, Peterson was scheduled on Tuesday morning to appear in court in Salt Lake City for the start of a two-day preliminary hearing, where a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward in a case involving four other women who have accused him of sexually assaulting them since March 2011. : Utah GOP activist Greg Peterson hit with another sex assault charge

O’Keefe can be sued.

A federal judge refused to throw out claims that a right-wing activist violated the privacy of an ACORN worker who was taped counseling defendant James O'Keefe, who sought advice on how to fill his house with underage prostitutes.

Juan Carlos Vera sued O'Keefe and his associate Hanna Giles in Federal Court on privacy claims, after O'Keefe secretly filmed Vera at an ACORN office in National City in 2009.

The now-famous series of ACORN recordings featured O'Keefe posing as pimp, dressed in a chinchilla coat, while Giles was disguised as a prostitute. : Courthouse News Service

Pretending

Danny Tarkanian, a Republican House candidate in Nevada, accused his Democratic opponent, Steven Horsford, of pretending to be black and taking the African-American community for granted. Horsford is the state’s first black Senate majority leader.

Guess which one is the Republican: Nevada Republican Accuses Black Dem Of Pretending To Be Black

A Republican judge in Pennsylvania and voter suppression.

In Pennsylvania, a Commonwealth Court judge has rejected a suit brought by the ACLU, the NAACP and others to block the state’s stringent new voter ID law, according to the Philadelphia Enquirer‘s website Philly.com. Judge Robert E. Simpson, elected to the bench as a Republican in 2001, rejected the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction against the law, which would potentially disenfranchise 758,000 poor and minority voters. : Republican judge blocks rights groups’ suit over Pennsylvania voter ID law

More on voter suppression in Pennsylvania.

On the same day a judge cleared the way for the state's new voter identification law to take effect, the Corbett administration abandoned plans to allow voters to apply online for absentee ballots for the November election and to register online to vote.
A spokesman for the Department of State said county elections officials told the agency that implementing the new online initiatives as well as voter ID requirements was too much to handle less than three months before the election. : Pa. drops plans for 2 online initiatives to boost voting - Philly.com

GOP voter suppression in Ohio.

Two Democratic members of the Montgomery County Board of Elections have been suspended after they insisted on allowing weekend hours for in-person early voting in violation of Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted’s directive setting uniform hours across the state.

Mr. Husted has begun the process of permanently removing Thomas J. Ritchie, Sr., the board’s chairman, and Dennis Lieberman from their positions. In the meantime, he broke the board’s 2-2 tie in favor of restricting early voting hours to the weekday timetable he laid out on Wednesday. : Montgomery County elections board members suspended - Toledo Blade

Brewer and her problem with immigrants.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) has signed an executive order that attempts to thwart President Obama’s directive extending temporary work permits to more than a million undocumented immigrants. The Obama administration’s policy — which would grant two-year work authorizations to undocumented youth between 15 and 30 years of age who have lived in the U.S. continuously for at least five years — was announced in June and went into effect on Wednesday.

Brewer’s order directs “state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to young illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations” and “directs state agencies to start emergency rulemaking processes as necessary to implement her order.” : Arizona Governor Tries To Thwart Obama's Immigration Directive With Executive Order

Brewer has a follower, in Nebraska.

Two days after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declared her state won’t confer driver’s licenses and other state benefits to newly-documented immigrants under Obama’s “deferred action” immigration policy, Nebraska, too, put its foot down.

Echoing Gov. Brewer, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman (R) said on Saturday that Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program does not make successful applicants “legal citizens,” meaning they remain ineligible for state benefits like driver’s licenses and other services. : Obama

Most Americans are fed up with Rethugs.

The NBC/WSJ poll also shows that 36 percent view the Republican Party in a positive light, versus 45 percent who view it negatively. : NBC/WSJ poll: Approval of Congress hits bottom - First Read

Ya say you want a (GOP Armed) REVOLUTION.

In the “Whitehouse Watchdog” column, editor Ponch McPhee says that America cannot survive four more years under Obama, a “political socialist ideologue” who is “unlike anything world history has ever witnessed or recognized.” McPhee argues that Americans will have no option “but armed revolution should we fail with the power of the vote in November. : GOP Newsletter Calls for Armed Revolution if Obama Re-Elected | rightwingwatch.org

Originally Posted by robuzo

“He’s going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the U.N., and what is going to happen when that happens?” Lubbock County Judge Tom Head (pictured, left) asked a reporter for a local Fox News affiliate during an interview that was supposedly about county business.

jesus wept.

and this guy is a judge?

that's almost as absurd as having todd akin on the house science committee.

oh.....right. sorry, my bad.

these are republicans we're talking about.

^Amazing the number of paranoid fantasies these crazy right wingers indulge in. Obama is going to bring in UN troops to put down a violent 'Lexington-Concord' style insurrection by the right. All of this is inspired by the NRA's campaign to characterize Obama as having a secret agenda to disarm gun owners despite the fact that he has shown absolutely zero interest in changing gun ownership laws. Jesus wept is right.

Given the UN military track record I suspect the Texas Rangers and local sheriffs and po-lice, not to mention all the whacky militias, wouldn't have too much trouble with the blue helmets. The Texas National Guard probably wouldn't be too pleased about the UN showing up either. Wolverines!

It's been a rough week for the GOP. They've had to defend Romney's attempts to hide his tax returns while at the same time accusing Obama of not being honest with his background. Now they've had to defend rape.

If I were them, I'd be feeling a bit frazzled as well.

Here's clip of some GOP members and their views on some topics. Seems all are statements they made which haven't gone away.

Grooming the Republicans of the future.

The GOP should screen their pages a bit better, especially since handguns are allowed in their convention. They could have been the target themselves. Or does it work that way?

Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparetly Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page

Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page

The last Wednesday update for about 2 ½ months. I’ll be busy but I will post stories when I run across them, given time.

The continued GOP War on Women,……

Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he personally believes that rape is just another “method of conception” and not an excuse to allow abortions.

Snip

“In this case, when Ryan says ‘the method of conception’ is irrelevant, he’s talking about rape,” Benen wrote. “In other words, the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee clearly believes the government should force women to take their pregnancy to term if they are impregnated by a rapist.”: Ryan on abortion exceptions: Rape is just another ‘method of conception’

Forget what the law states, he’s the boss (or wants to be)

A candidate for sheriff in New Hampshire said Wednesday that he would be willing to use deadly force to prevent a woman from terminating her pregnancy.: Sheriff candidate would use deadly force to stop abortions

Florida/Rick I’m a dick Scott suppressing the vote

Gov. Rick Scott delivered an ultimatum Tuesday to the election supervisor in the Florida Keys, who is refusing to limit early voting to eight days for the November election.

Scott said he will “take all necessary and appropriate action to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed,” a statement some elections officials said sounded like he’s considering removing the supervisor, Harry Sawyer Jr. from office.: TALLAHASSEE: Rick Scott pressures Keys elections chief on early voting - Florida - MiamiHerald.com

Rick Perry thinking

Texas will refuse to issue identification cards to undocumented immigrants who qualify for them under federal law.: Perry directs Texas agencies to ignore Obama’s immigration order

You are not equal

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an erstwhile Romney campaign adviser and co-author of Arizona’s so-called “papers please” law, said during a meeting of the Republican Party’s platform committee on Tuesday that LGBT people are not entitled to equal protection under the law because Republicans believe their behavior is harmful, much like polygamy and substance abuse.: Romney adviser: Being gay much like being a polyamorous drug addict

GOP Joe Walsh will not be missed

Tea party favorite Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) complained on Tuesday that not enough of his Republican colleagues were defending a fellow congressman who had suggested that victims of “legitimate rape” could not get pregnant.: Rep. Joe Walsh ‘bothered’ that Republicans won’t ‘stand up’ for Akin

Coulter gets it right again (she was also right in predicting Romney will lose)

The fallout from Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) comments on “legitimate rape” is so severe that right-wing author Ann Coulter thinks conservatives have no choice but to drop an electoral “nuclear bomb” on him in the form of a write-in campaign.: Coulter: Republicans should nuke ‘selfish swine’ Todd Akin

He doesn’t understand

Pennsylvania GOP Senate Candidate: Getting Pregnant From Rape Is ‘Similar’ To Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock: GOP Senate Candidate Tom Smith Becomes The Next Todd Akin

We don’t want to be here

A group of coal miners in Ohio feel they would have been fired if they did not attend an Aug. 14 event with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and contribute to his campaign — and to make matters worse, they lost of day of pay for their trouble.: Coal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate

Not being the rights color

Tuesday night in Tampa, an attendee at the Republican National Convention was escorted out of the building for allegedly harassing an African American woman.: RNC attendee tossed for harassing black CNN camerawoman

Jeb to GOP, stop acting stupid

Speaking at a panel discussion at the Republican National Convention, Bush repeated his frequent warning that the party must change its tone, an admonition he has frequently raised about the party’s hardline position on immigration.

“The future of our party is to reach out consistently to have a tone that is open and hospitable to people who share values,’’ he said, adding “the conservative cause would be the governing philosophy as far as the eye could see … and that’s doable if we just stop acting stupid.” TAMPA: Jeb Bush: Republicans need to stop acting stupid in courting Hispanics - Florida - MiamiHerald.com

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Minor distractions. Republicans Arrive United: It's All About the Economy - stupid. And the scariest thing is, Ryan is right and Obama hasn't got a let to stand on. Jobs & the deficit are foremost on the folks minds. "Every American’s share of the national debt has increased by approximately $16,000 during the current administration."



The. Bro. Gotta. Go.

Originally Posted by misskit

Grooming the Republicans of the future.

The GOP should screen their pages a bit better, especially since handguns are allowed in their convention. They could have been the target themselves. Or does it work that way?

Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparetly Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page

Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page

Erm, the plot was hatched last year, no? He was a page in 2008. Bit disingenuous there, Miss Kitt. Want to peruse the list of terrorists to invited the obama's WH?

As for Landreth's lengthy post ^^, yep, them liberal decoder rings are out in full force these days, conveniently providing a left-wing interpretation of any GOP comment. The funniest was the libbie translation of Chick-fil-A's chief's "I believe in traditional marriage" as "ANTI-GAY!!!!"
Pfft. Attacking the GOP for letting blacks drown while they have their convention; meanwhile, obama is campaigning in swing states -- oh, but he's only the president.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

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Minor distractions. Republicans Arrive United: It's All About the Economy - stupid. And the scariest thing is, Ryan is right and Obama hasn't got a let to stand on. Jobs & the deficit are foremost on the folks minds. "Every American’s share of the national debt has increased by approximately $16,000 during the current administration."

The National Debt when Obama took the oath on Jan 20, 2009 was $10.4 Trillion

Obama has done bad by adding to it, but this is largely a GOP and government as a whole doing.

Just a few things,……

GOP voter surpression.

Ohio Secretary of State Fires Two Democrats for Pushing Weekend Early Voting

COLUMBUS —
Secretary of State Jon Husted fired the two Democrats on the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Tuesday for rejecting his statewide early voting schedule, raising the stakes in a white-knuckle standoff between Republicans and Democrats over voting hours.

Husted, a Republican, dismissed Thomas Ritchie, Sr., and Dennis Lieberman in a letter Tuesday, saying they willfully violated state election law. Ritchie and Lieberman had voted to add weekend voting hours to those in Husted’s directive and refused to rescind their action as Husted’s office requested.: Husted fires Mont. Co. election board members | www.whiotv.com

Negrohood is not a word in spell check

Brooklyn-based NY Assembly candidate: ‘Negrohood’ just ‘a typo’

A Brooklyn-based primary candidate running for the New York State Assembly claims that a mailer that was sent out by his campaign calling one area a “negrohood” was an unintentional typo. The New York Daily News reports that Bill Akselrod, who is running against Democratic Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, apologized yesterday, taking “full responsibility” for what he said was an “inadvertent error.”: Brooklyn primary candidate in N.Y. Assembly race says 'negrohood' mailer was just a 'typo' - NY Daily News

A big F U from the court to Texas about voter suppression

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled Thursday (PDF) that a controversial voter ID law in Texas would disenfranchise poor people and blocked the state from implementing it, where the law’s likely to stay unless the Supreme Court overturns the decision.

Attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the state’s Republican Party was engaged in a systemic attempt to shrug off the coming effects of changing demographics in Texas, where census figures show Hispanics are responsible for two-thirds of the new population growth.: Federal court blocks Texas voter ID law

KKKarl Rove being funny. Let’s murder someone

On the final morning of the Republican National Convention, Karl Rove took the stage at the Tampa Club to provide an exclusive breakfast briefing to about 70 of the Republican Party’s highest-earning and most powerful donors. During the more than hour-long session, Rove explained to an audience dotted with hedge fund billionaires and investors—including John Paulson and Wilbur Ross—how his super PAC, American Crossroads, will persuade undecided voters in crucial swing states to vote against Barack Obama. He also detailed plans for Senate and House races, and joked, “We should sink Todd Akin. If he’s found mysteriously murdered, don’t look for my whereabouts!”: Exclusive: Inside Karl Rove's Billionaire Fundraiser - Businessweek

Not enough angry white guys

“The demographics race we’re losing badly,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.). “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”: As Republican convention emphasizes diversity, racial incidents intrude - The Washington Post

What makes the rethug Coulter laugh?

“It’s the one very high, extraordinary unemployment rate that makes me laugh and laugh and laugh, ’cause they all voted for Obama,” she said.: Coulter: I ‘laugh and laugh and laugh’ at unemployed youths

An update on the GOPs War on Women

GOP Senate Candidate Supports Life Sentences For Rape Victims Who Obtain Abortions

Rep. Rick Berg (R-ND), the candidate for Senate from North Dakota, once voted for a bill that would have made any woman who obtained an abortion guilty of a homicide crime — even if it were in the case of rape or incest. Indeed, the bill Berg supported does not even contain an explicit exception if an abortion is necessary to save the woman’s life.: GOP Senate Candidate Supports Life Sentences For Rape Victims Who Obtain Abortions

And the GOPs continued Voter Suppression effort

Ohio’s Secretary of State, Jon Husted (R), will not set new early voting hours despite a court order, according to a memo released by his office.

“Announcing new hours before the court case reaches final resolution will only serve to confuse voters,” the memo states. “Therefore, there is no valid reason for my office or the county boards of elections to set hours for in-person absentee voting the last three days before the election at this time.”

The memo prohibits county election boards from setting hours for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday before the election.: Ohio Secretary of State refuses to restore early voting pending appeal

Santorum gets it right, for once

Speaking Saturday at the Values Voters Summit, Rick Santorum said that “smart people” would never side with conservatives.

Santorum also claimed “the media” and “colleges and universities” would not be “on our side” because “they want to tell you what to do.”

Rather, according to Santorum, the conservative movement will be supported by “the church and the family.”

Watch it: Santorum: 'We Will Never Have... Smart People On Our Side'

^ Yes Ricky- but the Republican party most certainly used to.

I know US elections are overwhelmingly conducted on domestic issue's, but how about this for a slam from Australia's Treasurer?

Treasurer Wayne Swan says ‘‘cranks and crazies’’ in the US Republican Party are threatening economic growth as Congress remains deadlocked on tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect in January.

‘‘Let’s be blunt and acknowledge the biggest threat to the world’s biggest economy are the cranks and crazies that have taken over the Republican Party,’’ Mr Swan said in a speech in Sydney today. ‘‘Global markets are nervously watching the positioning of hardline elements of the Republican Party for signs that they will dangerously block reasonable attempts at compromise.’’

US lawmakers are deadlocked over how to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of more than $US600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will go into effect next year if Congress does nothing.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has said the issue is one of the main sources of risk for the US economy.

Read more: US Republican 'cranks


Cranks and crazies- a nice way to be depicted by a senior government figure in one of your closest allies. Then again the chairman of the Fed is saying something similar, albeit considerably more discretely. And 'smart people will never support us'. I wonder why?

Who says the GOP doesn't have a sense of humor?

Massive Manure Pile Delivered to Ohio Democratic Offices

Democratic volunteers in southwest Ohio on Tuesday were shocked to find the entrance to their headquarters blocked by a massive pile of horse manure, according to a local report.
Warren County Democratic chair Beth Goldenfield told WKRC Cincinnati that her staff was sickened by the prank, which they think occurred sometime after 10 p.m. on Monday.
Goldenfield suspected a few local GOP elephants were behind the nasty dung attack.

Giant Manure Pile Dumped Outside Democrat Headquarters in Ohio | All American Blogger

A good analogy for the current GOP then- shit slinging, and totally in the shit.

As for the dung- mana from heaven. Great fertiliser. Sell it and contribute it to Obama '12.

Well, boys & girls, the Obamabots are really starting to lose it big-time. After their God was destroyed in the recent debate - shown to be the empty suit he really is, a certain segment of the population sees the handwriting on the wall and below are some of their responses:

If Romney is elected.. I'm done. Like, I'm leaving this damn country."

"Almost election time. If fuck romney wins I'm leaving the country"

"I'm leaving the country if Romney wins. #notkidding #fuckthatshit"

"Romney get in office, im goin to get my passport.. I'm leaving yall ass.."

"if Mitt Romney wins this election, I'm leaving the country and moving to Canada."

"If Romney wins .. I'm fer sure moving to Canada ."

"Romney plans is only for the rich.... Rich people don't care until they go broke... If he wins I'm def moving to canada"

"If Mitt Romney wins I swear I'm moving to Canada #TeamObamama"

"VOTE FOR OBAMA, NOT MITT! This country is going to collapse to pieces if mitt Romney is president. I will move to Scotland if chosen."

"I'd rather live in Ireland's horrible economy then live under Romney as president. So if he wins, a select few can visit me in Ireland."

"I'm moving to Italy if Romney win; Italian men love black girls"

"OBAMA IS BLACK. ROMNEY IS WHITE. IM MOVING TO AUSTRALIA."

"If Romney wins this election I'm moving to Australia for 4 years because last time Bush took it nobody said shit but me and Jesse Jackson"

"If Romney wins this election, I'm moving to New Zealand because this fucker is not taking away the shit that I believe in."

"I want to shoot Romney in the penis. Why do we let him talk? If he wins I'm moving to New Zealand."

"I'd rather be homeless in Mexico than live in the USA if Romney is elected."

"If Mitt Romney gets elected I will move to Cuba !"

"If Mitt Romney becomes president we all might as well move to Cuba."

"If romney becum president im movin out da usa, shit send me to cuba w fidell and his bro idgaf"

"If Romney win, I'm moving to Australia . I'm not bout to be a slave bruh"

"Romney's Bitch ass better NOT win ~.~ If he does . . Im leaving this place"

"If romney wins i'm leaving to cuba."

"If Romney gets elected I'm moving to England omg i cant be in the US with him leading it...so I guess it's a win either way"

"If Romney is elected I'm taking my uterus and moving to Mars"

Source

...good luck to 'em is all this poster can say...