I didn't see last night's debate, because I'm not a masochist. . .

. . .but I imagine it went something like this:




This morning, I saw a brief clip on some news show and Joe Fucking Arpaio is being introduced out in the audience like it was the State of the Union and Arpaio was some sort of hero and not a cheap, sadistic bully.







Now I find out that Santorum is citing Charles Murray to support his anti-contraceptive stance?

Charles Murray, the author of The Bell Curve. Horrible racist Charles Murray?

(source)
What I was talking about is, we have a society — Charles Murray just wrote a book about this and it’s on the front page of the New York Times two days ago — which is the increasing number of children being born out of wedlock in America, teens who are sexually active. What we’re seeing is a problem in our culture with respect the children being raised by children, children being raised out of wedlock, and the impact on society economically, the impact on society with respect to drug use and a host of other things, when children have children. And so, yes, I was talking about these very serious issues.

So, the solution to out-of-wedlock births is LESS contraception? How does this guy get taken seriously?

 And Newt said this about the Obama administration:

This is an administration which, as long as you're America's enemy, you're safe. 

As long as you're America's enemy. you're safe?

  

Excuse me, I beg to differ!

I swear, nobody lies as glibly as Newt Gingrich. He lies with the smooth confidence of someone with absolute confidence that he will never be called on any of his lies. He lies like a parent telling their kids that Santa is coming, knowing that they will have no reason to have any doubt. No matter how many times he gets caught lying, each new lie just trips off his tongue with utter confidence that this time they're sure to buy it! I seriously think he's a sociopath. I don't mean sociopath like "a real jerk," I mean an actual diagnosable sociopath. He really does exhibit a lot of the signs.

The Devil and Mr. Santorum

So a couple years ago, Rick Santorum said this:

"This is a spiritual war," Santorum said in 2008. "And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies, Satan, would have his sights on: A good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age. There is no one else to go after other than the United States."

Santorum goes on to say that Satan has been "most successful and first successful" in attacking academia, saying Satan exploited the "pride of smart people." Then, he said, Satan went after the church, and now "we look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it." (source)

Which isn't really surprising. Of course Rick Santorum believes that the US is under siege by the devil. Of course he does.

But now in 2012 he's being asked about the Satan-is-gonna-getcha comments, and he says this:

When pressed about whether he believes the country is under attack by Satan, he said:
"You guys are asking questions that are not relevant to what's being discussed in America today. What we're talking about in America is trying to get America working, that's what my speeches are about, that's what we're going to talk about in this campaign.

Not relevant?  Not relevant? How can it be not relevant. If you are asked whether or not you believe that Satan himself is attacking the nation, the only two acceptable answers are "yes, I still believe that" or "no, not any more." You can't say "Demonic forces laying waste to our country? Oh, that's not relevant anymore!" If you believe that the king of evilness is attacking America, how can anything else be relevant? How is that not problem #1?

 

Not for nothin' but this is a really good album.

Then he goes on to say this:

If they want to to dig up old speeches when I'm talking to a religious group, they can go right ahead and do so but I'm going to stay on message, I'm going to talk about what Americans want to talk about, which is creating jobs, 

So, what it doesn't count because you were talking to a religious group? Like we're supposed to know that you didn't really mean it, you were just giving the God squad want they wanted to hear? And now, you're out among the general public, so it's jobs, jobs, jobs?

I'm going to talk about what Americans want to talk about, which is creating jobs, getting our country safer and secure and yeah, taking on the forces around this world who want to do harm to America. You bet I will take 'em on."

So which is it? Are you going to be the country's chief defender against the devil, or is the whole devil thing no longer relevant? Because it doesn't really seem like you can have it both ways.

Bad Ads -- Fiat

This ad is bad in so many ways:





First there's the car-as-woman / woman-as-car thing. I don't know what's creepier about the analogy, the idea of being sexually attracted to a car, or the portrayal of women as things which can be bought, sold, and steered. Yep, it's the second thing. Much worse.

Then there's the portrayal of the Italian woman as the hot-headed seductress, angry one second, sex-kittenish the next. Seems pretty racist. And sexist. The woman who is upset about a strange man ogling her bosoms who suddenly finds herself aroused by that weaselly little man? Seems kind of like a porno fantasy, the woman who acts offended, but is secretly "turned on" by the unwanted attention?  Her lips may say no, but her eyes say yes? It feels like something in that vein.

And then it's also just stupid because the car being represented by the exotic temptress is this:

 

Has there been a less attractive car? 

 

Touche' Google Image Search!

And the tag line: You'll never forget the first time you see one.

Yeah, you'll  always remember that time you said "Hey, look, it's one of those Smart Cars!"

Terrible.

A couple of scumbags

Shouldn't there be some rule that people in positions of responsibility should have to deal in reality?

Lawmaker won't honor 'radicalized' Girl Scouts

Bob Morris says group supports abortion, promotes 'homosexual lifestyle'

INDIANAPOLIS – A Fort Wayne lawmaker has refused to sign on to a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, calling the group a "radicalized organization" that supports abortion and promotes the "homosexual lifestyle."

He said he did some web-based research and found allegations that the Girl Scouts are a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood, allows transgender females to join and encourages sex.

Web-based research. Seriously, web-based research. The same kind of research that tells you the holocaust was a hoax, the moon-landing was fake and that cats can't spell? That's the research on which you are basing  your condemnation of possibly the most harmless, sweet & innocent organization in America?

 

Oh, and this might be worse:

Franklin Graham: Obama May Secretly Be A Muslim

Franklin claimed that the President began attending Church to bolster his political career and is a Muslim under Islamic law. “Islam sees him as a son of Islam because his father was a Muslim, his grandfather was a Muslim, great grandfather was a Mulsim and so under Islamic law, the Muslim world sees Barack Obama as a Muslim,” Graham said

Seriously? Islamic Law? You're going to take Islamic Law into account? I'm pretty sure that under Islamic Law, Barack Obama is considered an infidel, no matter who his father was. Of course, I'm no expert, but then again, neither are you. And even if Islamic Law does consider him a Muslim, who gives a fuck? Since when do Christian ministers care what Islamic Law says about anything? Islamic Law could say that Franklin Graham is a brain-damaged invertebrate who only gets any time in the spotlight because daddy was famous, but that wouldn't make it true. I mean, it is true, but  not because they said it.

“I can’t say categorically [that Obama is not a Muslim] because Islam has gotten a free pass under Obama,” he said. 

 

Free Pass.

So, sending more troops into Afghanistan, Drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, etc. These are indications of Islam getting a "free pass?" And why would Islam not get a "free pass?" Because it's not a religion of which you approve?  There are over a billion Muslims in the world. The vast, overwhelming majority of these are not doing anything wrong. It's like if you feel that Obama isn't cracking down on the Mafia hard enough, is that giving a "free pass" to Catholicism?

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