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Midterm Worm Turn

January 24, 2014 Buck Banks

The NSA leaks were met with Republican indignation.
They said Edward Snowden was a disgrace to the nation.
They called him a spy,
But now they love the guy
For giving them cause to investigate the administration.

They first said Snowden’s leak was a defection,
But now they see his point, upon reflection.
He gave them insights
Into things that weren’t right,
And hey, just in time for the midterm elections!

Texas Republican Compares Obama Admin Deal on Iranian Uranium to Chamberlain’s Appeasement of Hitler

December 3, 2013 Buck Banks

Prime Minister Chamberlain would have been proud after the West gave the snake oil salesman of the desert, Mr. Rouhani, exactly what he wanted: time and money to pursue his quest for nuclear intimidation.

— Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), quoted by The Hill, comparing the Obama administration’s short-term deal on Iran’s nuclear capability with former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s attempt to appease Nazi Germany.

Tea Party Targeting 87 Republican Lawmakers

November 14, 2013 Buck Banks

87

Number of Republicans who voted for the deal in late October to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling who now are being targeted by a tea party group that has launched a campaign to support primary challenges against all 87 of them, according to Buzzfeed.

Heads Must Roll!

October 24, 2013 Buck Banks

Obamacare’s website’s faltering, so the Republicans grandstand,
With a whole bunch of nebbish Democrats joining the band.
Sure, most are digital Luddites
Who don’t know a bit from a byte,
But they still want someone fired over what they don’t understand.

North Carolina Governor Pushed Austerity for the Middle Class, Now Plans $230K Upgrade to Governor’s Mansion Bathrooms

October 12, 2013October 13, 2013 Jon Ponder

$230,000

Cost in taxpayer funds to renovate bathrooms in the residence of North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory at the state’s Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh, according to the Associated Press. Reacting to the news, North Carolina Democratic Party spokesman Ben Ray said, “This is an administration and a legislature that rejected health care for 500,000 North Carolinians [referring to the GOP-controlled state government’s refusal to expand Medicaid, mostly with federal funds, under the Affordable Care Act]. So to drop $230,000 on a bathroom renovation just shows that Pat McCrory’s priority is not North Carolina, but himself.”

What It Takes to Be a Republican These Days

September 24, 2013September 25, 2013 Buck Banks

“Here’s a clue people and Courier editorial staff: Will McAvoy is a fictional character on HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’ series. The GOP Requirements letter is a direct quote from Sunday night’s episode. As a former Republican I tend to agree with the script.”
— Louisville Courier-Journal reader Mike Hammond

Kasich Explains the Sin of Helping

August 28, 2013 Buck Banks

It’s a sin not to help people who need help. But it’s also a sin to help people who need to learn how to help themselves.

— Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), in an interview on KTVN.

Rick Perry, Inappropriate Yet Again

July 1, 2013 Buck Banks

Disagreements over policy are important and they’re healthy, but when he crosses the line into the personal, then he damages himself and he damages the Republican Party.

— Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R), quoted by the Texas Tribune, saying that Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) controversial remarks about state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) were inappropriate.

Another Republican Paradox

June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 Trish

So Republicans think Joe Arpaio should be allowed to stop me and demand my papers, as long as he doesn’t look at my phone records?

— @TheDailyEdge, on Twitter

N.C. Lawmaker Equates Islamic Prayer with Terrorism

April 12, 2013 Buck Banks

No, I do not condone terrorism.

— Response of North Carolina state Rep. Michele Presnell (R), in an email exchange with a constituent, when asked if she was comfortable with a prayer to Allah before a legislative meeting, the Raleigh News and Observer reports. Presnell is a co-sponsor of a resolution asserting that North Carolina can establish a state religion.

Tag: Republican Hypocrisy

Midterm Worm Turn

Texas Republican Compares Obama Admin Deal on Iranian Uranium to Chamberlain’s Appeasement of Hitler

Prime Minister Chamberlain would have been proud after the West gave the snake oil salesman of the desert, Mr. Rouhani, exactly what he wanted: time and money to pursue his quest for nuclear intimidation.

— Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), quoted by The Hill, comparing the Obama administration’s short-term deal on Iran’s nuclear capability with former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s attempt to appease Nazi Germany.

Tea Party Targeting 87 Republican Lawmakers

87

Number of Republicans who voted for the deal in late October to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling who now are being targeted by a tea party group that has launched a campaign to support primary challenges against all 87 of them, according to Buzzfeed.

Heads Must Roll!

North Carolina Governor Pushed Austerity for the Middle Class, Now Plans $230K Upgrade to Governor’s Mansion Bathrooms

$230,000

What It Takes to Be a Republican These Days

Kasich Explains the Sin of Helping

It’s a sin not to help people who need help. But it’s also a sin to help people who need to learn how to help themselves.

— Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R), in an interview on KTVN.

Rick Perry, Inappropriate Yet Again

Disagreements over policy are important and they’re healthy, but when he crosses the line into the personal, then he damages himself and he damages the Republican Party.

— Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R), quoted by the Texas Tribune, saying that Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) controversial remarks about state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) were inappropriate.

Another Republican Paradox

So Republicans think Joe Arpaio should be allowed to stop me and demand my papers, as long as he doesn’t look at my phone records?

— @TheDailyEdge, on Twitter

N.C. Lawmaker Equates Islamic Prayer with Terrorism

No, I do not condone terrorism.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

44%

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by Deadline, in his July 4th message.

Numerati

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

81

A Reuters analysis of Trump’s public comments from June 23 through July 6 (13 days) — when a string of left-wing Democratic candidates won their party’s primaries in New York — found he invoked communism 81 times.