This week, a dark vein update (the republican party will not see a republican president in the white house for eons)

GOP’s continued War on Women

There’s a history of people who have run as a republican vice-presidential candidate and lost. Afterwards they are (pretty much) never heard of again. I think Mr. Ryan is on that path,…..

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), erstwhile vice presidential candidate in the failed presidential run of former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), has signed on as cosponsor in a draconian new bill aimed at curtailing women’s reproductive freedoms. According to Huffington Post, in spite of the defeat of so-called “fetal personhood” laws in 2012, Ryan and his colleagues are forging ahead with a new measure that classifies all embryonic tissue as a human life from the moment of fertilization. : Paul Ryan signs on as cosponsor of new ‘fetal personhood’ bill

I wonder if the females in her family vote for this idiot.

Tuesday on Mike Huckabee’s radio program, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said she hoped to start the year off right by cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

“It is the right fight to have on so many different levels,” she said (MP3). “We know that Planned Parenthood is basically big abortion business.”: Rep. Blackburn: Now is the time to defund Planned Parenthood

Mississippi,………

Republican Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says that there is one abortion clinic in the state and “of course” his goal is to “shut it down.” : Miss. gov. targets last abortion clinic: ‘My goal of course is to shut it down’

Treading cautiously?,………

State lawmakers across the country are gearing up for their new legislative sessions — and, just two weeks into the new year, Republicans are already planning their next attacks on women’s reproductive rights. Since voters largely rejected extreme anti-abortion ideology in the November elections, some Republican lawmakers are now treading somewhat cautiously to avoid risking more public outrage over their positions on women’s health.

But at least one anti-choice lawmaker in Wyoming isn’t as worried about disguising his radical agenda. Despite the fact that a similar measure was unable to gain traction in Ohio because the state’s Republicans admitted it was too controversial even among abortion opponents, Wyoming Rep. Kendall Kroeker (R) has introduced an extreme “fetal heartbeat” bill to redefine the medical concept of viability for the women in his state: Wyoming Lawmaker Introduces Radical 'Fetal Heartbeat' Bill To Ban Abortions After Six Weeks

These people and their problem with science,……

In an address to the Cobb County, GA Chamber of Commerce, Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) told the assembled group that Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)’s remarks on rape were “partly right” and unfairly maligned by the U.S. media. According to the Marietta Daily Journal, the congressman believes that adrenaline can prevent pregnancies, and that women who are frightened during sex will not ovulate. : Rep. Phil Gingrey: Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are right about rape

The GOP’s new outreach program

Telling it like it is,…….

POWELL: There’s also a dark — a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. What do I mean by that? I mean by that that they still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that?

When I see a former governor say that the President is “shuckin’ and jivin’,” that’s racial era slave term. When I see another former governor after the president’s first debate where he didn’t do very well, says that the president was lazy. He didn’t say he was slow. He was tired. He didn’t do well. He said he was lazy. Now, it may not mean anything to most Americans, but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is shiftless and then there’s a third word that goes along with that (black men). The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party? : Colin Powell Calls Out The GOP's Racism Problem: There Is 'A Dark Vein Of Intolerance'


Reaching out for that female military vote,…

To have women serving in infantry, though, could impair the mission-essential tasks of those units. And that’s been proven in study after study, it’s nature,upper body strength, and physical movements, and speed, and endurance, and so forth.

Cotton (R-AR) appears to assume that allowing women to serve in the infantry would necessitate a double standard in physical testing for male and female soldiers, but that’s not so. : GOP Congressman: Women In Infantry Roles Could 'Impair' Missions Because Of Their 'Nature'

Trying to rig the next election,……

A little over a year ago, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) proposed rigging the presidential election for Mitt Romney by allocating electoral votes based upon which candidate carried each individual congressional district, rather than upon who wins the state as a whole. Thanks in large part to Republican gerrymandering, if Corbett’s election-rigging plan had been in effect last November in the Republican-controlled states of Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, Romney would have won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote by nearly four points. : RNC Chair: Rig The Next Presidential Election For Republicans

Other GOP news

Who the GOP associates with,…

An Alaska militiaman and former Ron Paul campaign worker was sentenced on Tuesday to 26 years in prison for a plot to kidnap and murder state and federal officials.
Schaeffer Cox, 28, was arrested in March 2011 after authorities learned he planned to dodge a court hearing and go underground, protected by several fellow militia members who’d stockpiled weapons. The group allegedly hatched a plan to kidnap and kill police, judges and other officials they believed were a threat to the republic. : Alaska militiaman and former Ron Paul campaign worker sentenced to 26 years for murder plot

More association,………..

Darlene Wink made a tearful apology to Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday during her sentencing for doing fundraising work for the governor while at her taxpayer-paid county job in 2009.

Wink, 62, was sentenced by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Daniel Konkol to a year's probation, 50 hours of community service and $1,000 in fines. He also prohibited the longtime Republican political activist from taking part in any political activity, other than voting, for a year. : Ex-aide apologizes to governor during sentencing for county crimes

They OK the spending but don’t want to pay the bill,……..

The new head of the Republican Study Committee — a caucus of ultra-conservative House Republicans — said yesterday that he might favor the United States defaulting on its obligations, rather than raise the debt ceiling. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) posited that, as long as the United States continues to pay interest on its debt,all would be well: Head Of House Republican Group Is Okay With U.S. Default

Another republican (that doesn’t want to pay her bills), with a bright idea,…

Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (TN) insisted that shutting down the government should be “on the table” as Congress and the Obama administration deal with passing a continuing resolution, raising the debt ceiling, and addressing the sequestration cuts. : GOP Rep Promotes Shutting Down The Government: It's A 'Good Thing'

Idiot,……

A Republican lawmaker in the state of Georgia is pushing for a bill that would allow students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses, despite the reservations of Georgia law enforcement and school security.

Kicking off the newly-elected state assembly, state Rep. Charles Gregory (R) introduced four piece of legislation that would weaken gun laws in the state. Among them is a provision that would allow any student with a permit to carry a concealed weapon on campus. : Georgia Lawmaker Pushes For Concealed Carry On Campus, Despite Objections From Security And Law Enforcement

Another idiot that just doesn’t get it (thank goodness Florida gave this asshole the finger),……..

Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said gun control comes down to the finger you pull the trigger with, calling the larger discussion on gun violence part of a "political agenda." : Allen West: Gun Control Is 'Your Index Finger'

Eating their own,…..

A conservative advocacy group has targeted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, running ads in his home state of Kentucky highlighting his key role in negotiating a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Brent Bozell, the president of For America, the group pushing the ads, called them a “statement to make it emphatically clear that what the minority leader did was 100 percent unacceptable. Conservatives are going to hold him responsible for this.” McConnell negotiated with Democrats to create a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, although many Republicans felt betrayed by the ultimate deal, which allowed for tax increases. : Conservative Group Targets McConnell

Ever wonder why this idiot lost (besides being the father of the year),……

After Republicans spent the past three years unsuccessfully opposing health care reform en masse — introducing dozens of failed repeal bills, losing a Supreme Court case, and being defeated in a presidential election — former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) is promoting a last-ditch effort to undermine Obamacare: simply “break the law.” : One Republican's Last Ditch Effort To Undermine Obamacare: 'Break The Law And Engage In Civil Disobedience'


Bat shit crazy Bachmann,……

Over a year after she dropped out, Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann has refused to pay five staffers from her failed presidential bid, according to a former top campaign official. Peter Waldron, her controversial former national field coordinator, told Salon the dispute started when former Iowa straw poll staffers refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement that would bar them from discussing any “unethical, immoral, or criminal activity” they witnessed on the campaign with police or reporters. : Bachmann still hasn’t paid presidential campaign staffers

He’s back after taking a couple geography classes to tell you that the Appalachian Mountain chain is not in Argentina,………..

Mark Sanford, the former governor of South Carolina, will run for the House of Representatives, sources close to Sanford confirm. He will try to win election to the seat formerly held by Tim Scott.

Sanford, a Republican who held the House seat himself from 1995 to 2001, will announce his intention to run early next week, ahead of the January 18 filing deadline. The special election to succeed Scott, who was appointed to the Senate by Governor Nikki Haley last month, will take place on May 7, with a GOP primary being held on March 19. : Report: Disgraced Former Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) Will Run For Congress

Another bright idea from a republican,….

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), who just began his second stint in the U.S. Congress, is already threatening to impeach President Obama should the administration use executive power to implement gun violence prevention efforts. : Republican Congressman Threatens To Impeach President Obama Gun Safety

Bobby loves the people of Louisiana,……

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) recently rolled out a plan to replace his state’s personal income and corporate taxes with an increased sales tax. Such a move would shift taxes from the rich to the poor, who aredisproportionately hit by the sales tax.

According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Jindal’s plan will raise taxes on the bottom 80 percent of Louisianians, while cutting them for the richest 1 percent: Louisiana Governor's New Plan Would Raise Taxes On Bottom 80 Percent Of Residents

You can dress it up, put perfume on it, but in the end, it’s still trash,…….

"Jolted by the re-election of President Barack Obama, the defeat of congressional tea party icon Allen West and the cracking of Republican anti-tax orthodoxy during the recent federal budget showdown, the tea party movement is trying to rebrand and repackage itself in South Florida."

"The South Florida Tea Party — the group that helped Marco Rubio launch his Senate bid and that hosted Donald Trump during his last flirtation with a presidential run — is shedding the words “tea party” as it undergoes a name change."

'“We felt for branding reasons that we wanted to differentiate ourselves from certain organizations that have the name ‘tea party’ and we can’t control,” said Everett Wilkinson, leader of the organization that will now be called the National Liberty Federation."

The real reason for the name change couldn't possibly be the results of this poll from last week.

"Views of the Tea Party movement are at their lowest point ever, with voters for the first time evenly divided when asked to match the views of the average Tea Party member against those of the average member of Congress. Only eight percent (8%) now say they are members of the Tea Party, down from a high of 24% in April 2010 just after passage of the national health care law." : Lost, Lonely Little 'Tea Party' Undergoes Name Change

Quote Originally Posted by robuzo View Post
It's difficult to see being the "winner" in a manufactured crisis as much of an accomplishment, especially since Obama doesn't seem capable of negotiating well enough to avoid a segue in the next manufactured crisis.
I don’t know why he does it. He folds when he holds all the cards. You would think in his second term he’ll learn to say “Shove it” and stop trying to appease the handful of loony far right nuts (just to say he worked with them to get something accomplished).