The Face of Modern Conservatism, Part 3

Local attorney Rick Esenberg epitomizes the modern face of conservatism.  In the March 22 edition of the JournalSentinel he feeds the sheeple by asking seemingly reasonable questions of voter ID opponents in the wake of voting fraud charges recently being made.  He doesn’t mention (he does link) that only ten charges were filed and none of the alleged infractions would have been prevented by voter ID laws.  Ten charges out of how many millions of ballots cast in the last election?  It’s hardly the massive voter fraud imagined by the fevered minds on the right.

They’re dishonest questions.  The only purpose is to reinforce the idea that voter fraud is a problem in Wisconsin.  It’s a hack job.

The Face of Modern Conservatism, Part 2

Former South Carolina GOP executive director, Todd Kincannon, likes the military so much that he wishes one member had come home dead. He tweeted this to Iraqi war veteran, Mike Prysner:

"You are an Iraq veteran? Shame you didn’t come home in a body bag."

It’s all about the compassion for our fearless modern conservative, who didn’t fight alongside Mr. Prysner … other priorities I’m sure.

The Face of Modern Conservatism, Part 1

Mop sink may be used to bathe Muslim feet.

According to the Associated Press, “Members of the state House and Senate contacted [Tennessee] state Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey to ask if the floor-level sink had been installed outside the House chamber men’s restroom to accommodate Muslims’ ritual of washing their feet before prayer.”

The hilarity never ends.

It's Republicans Who Have Destroyed Debate

My friend, James Wigderson, piled on yesterday in a post titled “Can Democrats be Taken Seriously.” It’s bad enough that he diminishes the crimes that were committed by Scott Walker associates, some of which were occurring just down the hall from Walker’s office. What’s even more ridiculous (aside from using Media Trackkers as a source ... really, James?) is the attempt, again, to resurrect the silly Dahmer/Walker tweet initiated by then Democratic spokesperson Graeme Zielinski to tarnish Dems as a whole.

As I stated previously at his site, the Zielinski tweets were inartful, and frankly, reprehensible. However, James, like his cohorts on the right, continues to imply the tweets were a direct comparison of the two when in fact Zielinski was comparing the legal teams employed by the two individuals. Walker’s defense fund and the legal representation he employed were unprecedented for a sitting governor who claimed he had nothing to fear. One can’t help but wonder if the lips of Tim Russell, Kathy Reindfleisch and the others weren’t sewn shut with golden thread.

You want to know what’s more reprehensible? It’s Scott Walker comparing himself as a wounded victim, because of the anti-Walker policy protests, to Gabby Giffords, the actually headshot-wounded representative from Arizona. Again frankly, Giffords is a hero, Walker is not. To even try to compare himself favorably to the grievously wounded Giffords is pathetic. For James to not see the difference is sad.

In reality it’s the Republicans who have lowered the quality of political debate and done their utmost to be as partisan as possible. It’s Republicans who have gone after citizens – actual citizens of this state – and attacked their means of employment, tried to suppress their voting rights, and illegally gerrymandered districts to ensure a Republican majority though the majority voted against Republicans in the last election.

The day your side stops directly assaulting the rights of Wisconsin citizens is the day we can talk.

It Ain't Hate I Regurgitate

I made it through about 30 seconds.  This is what homeschooling does to you, or being related to dad29, though there is no proof of the latter.

This Is So Fabulous

From the comment section over at Sadly, No! is this unveiling of the Homo Agenda ... For dad29, the most butt-sex obsessed individual I've ever had the distinct not-pleasure to encounter.  Now that their agenda is revealed, daddio can rest easier, without that uncomfortable chastity belt locked around his mid-section.

6:00 am -- Gym

8:00 am -- Breakfast (oatmeal and egg whites)

9:00 am -- Hair appointment

10:00 am -- Shopping (preferably at Marshall Fields’s, Macy’s or Nordstom’s)

12:00 pm -- Brunch

2:00 pm

1) Assume complete control of the U.S. Federal, State, and Local Governments, as well as all other national governments,

2) destroy all healthy marriages,

3) replace all school counselors in grades K-12 with agents of Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels,

4) bulldoze all houses of worship,

5) secure total control of the Internet and all mass media, and

6) be fabulous

2:30 pm -- Get forty winks of beauty rest to prevent facial wrinkles from the stress of world conquest

4:00 pm -- Cocktails

6:00 pm -- Light Dinner (soup, salad [with arugula and balsamic vinegar dressing], Chardonnay)

8:00 pm -- Theater

10.30 pm -- Cocktails in the ‘hood

12:00 am -- Bed (du jour)

Breitbart Still Dead One Year later

Good.  He was a douchebag and the world is better off.  This from Wonkette is right on the money. 

"Andrew Breitbart's legacy is that he helped poison the public discourse with cheap stunts and flat-out lies, and he sucked up all the oxygen in a story basically by just being the loudest asshole in any room.  He is not missed."