I never thought I'd say that there might be someone worse than Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, and I wont. But current gubernatorial candidate from VA, Robert McDonnell is reaching the absurdity that Ricky currently holds.
Washington Post writer Staff Writer Amy Gardner writes an enlightening piece about McDonnell and his views written in a 1989 Master's Thesis. According to Gardner, McDonnell, "...criticized federal tax credits for child care expenditures because they encouraged women to enter the work force" (A6). Wow. Hello 1950s. With McDonnell stuck in a Leave it to Beaver time warp, I am sure he just loved the 60s and 70s. Oh wait, he didn't. Garnder writes that he called feminism "...the 'real enemies of the traditional family'" (A6). It seems that he believed the family values mantra, but to takes it to Santorum levels.
And in pure Ricky fashion, McDonnell went after the gays. The article states, "McDonnell was widely quoted at the time saying that homosexual activity raised questions about a persons qualifications about being a judge" (Gardner, A6).
To be fair, he and his campaign has retracted the statements, saying that he has changed his mind. I cannot make that judgment about his beliefs now, but as Sirius Black says in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "No one, no one, stops being a Death Eater!"
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Giuliani for NY Gov?
The Politico published an article about Rudy Giuliani running for NY Governor. All I have to say is he better not hire the same strategist that he hired for his 2008 Presidential Campaign. Yeah, that big-state-Florida-primary solution worked out well.
Monday, August 24, 2009
What can you do about a boy named Glenn?
I am not sure why I have not blogged about Glenn Beck before, but I saw an article by Politico.com that spoke about Beck's latest advertisement woes. According to Michael Calderone Beck has lost over 30 advertisers from his 5pm program. According to the AP, "A total of 33 Fox advertisers, including Walmart, CVS Caremark, Clorox and Sprint, directed that their commercials not air on Beck's show."
Remember when Glenn was on CNN a few years ago? I couldn't tell, at first, what his political leanings were. To be honest, he seemed just like a constant whiner that complained about everything. To see a humorous take of his CNN days, just search The Daily Show website for Stewart's take. Regardless, toward the ends of his CNN days he became more right-centered, and not surprisingly he switched to FOX.
Glenn Beck is more extreme and dangerous than Bill O'Reilly. He became more outrageous when he switched over to Fox from CNN like a closet high school drinker who finally can drink as much PBR as he wants when he finally goes to college. Furthermore, Glenn equals the delusion that Hannity exhibits on a nightly basis. O'Reilly might be loud, brash, and flips out whenever his tele-prompter breaks, but he wouldn't call Pres. Obama a racist or joke about poisoning Nancy Pelosi. Also, he behaves on other talk shows like The Daily Show when he called a teddy bear a panda or even The View. As for Glenn Beck, let's just say even Elisabeth Hassleback wasn't too pleased with Mr. Beck. Youtube that one!
Another interesting thing about this whole thing is that Wal-Mart has pulled its ads from his show. Since when did Wal-Mart become anti-right wing?! Wal-Mart!? This is the store that still censors Britney Spears cds.
Remember when Glenn was on CNN a few years ago? I couldn't tell, at first, what his political leanings were. To be honest, he seemed just like a constant whiner that complained about everything. To see a humorous take of his CNN days, just search The Daily Show website for Stewart's take. Regardless, toward the ends of his CNN days he became more right-centered, and not surprisingly he switched to FOX.
Glenn Beck is more extreme and dangerous than Bill O'Reilly. He became more outrageous when he switched over to Fox from CNN like a closet high school drinker who finally can drink as much PBR as he wants when he finally goes to college. Furthermore, Glenn equals the delusion that Hannity exhibits on a nightly basis. O'Reilly might be loud, brash, and flips out whenever his tele-prompter breaks, but he wouldn't call Pres. Obama a racist or joke about poisoning Nancy Pelosi. Also, he behaves on other talk shows like The Daily Show when he called a teddy bear a panda or even The View. As for Glenn Beck, let's just say even Elisabeth Hassleback wasn't too pleased with Mr. Beck. Youtube that one!
Another interesting thing about this whole thing is that Wal-Mart has pulled its ads from his show. Since when did Wal-Mart become anti-right wing?! Wal-Mart!? This is the store that still censors Britney Spears cds.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Back on the line
Oddly enough I have relocate back to D.C. on the Red Line. Being back in Washington just brings back tons of reasons to post again, so here we go.
I want to revisit a long time foe of mine, The American Family Association. Their website was down for months, but now its back, and more ridiculous than ever. It is clear that they have joined the 'anti-obama' line of attack, just like all the others. The page shows blasts the President as a socialist and that his care will hurt senior citizens. The lies all to prevalent, but in classic AFA style, they have to blame it on the gays.
On the subject of what government health care they say:"To force Americans, against their conscience, to fund abortion on demand and to facilitate gender confusion by subsidizing the elective practice of genital ‘sex-change’ mutilation is unconscionable." Typical AFA scare tactics.
Furthermore, why does the Right still have such a hardon for Ronald Reagan. I mean during the election, Reagan's name was everywhere, and it continues to this day. The afa has a section on its front page where Mr. Reagan spoke against socialized medicine. How sad is it that the far right still can't find a legit leader, and they have to rely on a past president. Kinda embarrassing at this point.
I want to revisit a long time foe of mine, The American Family Association. Their website was down for months, but now its back, and more ridiculous than ever. It is clear that they have joined the 'anti-obama' line of attack, just like all the others. The page shows blasts the President as a socialist and that his care will hurt senior citizens. The lies all to prevalent, but in classic AFA style, they have to blame it on the gays.
On the subject of what government health care they say:"To force Americans, against their conscience, to fund abortion on demand and to facilitate gender confusion by subsidizing the elective practice of genital ‘sex-change’ mutilation is unconscionable." Typical AFA scare tactics.
Furthermore, why does the Right still have such a hardon for Ronald Reagan. I mean during the election, Reagan's name was everywhere, and it continues to this day. The afa has a section on its front page where Mr. Reagan spoke against socialized medicine. How sad is it that the far right still can't find a legit leader, and they have to rely on a past president. Kinda embarrassing at this point.
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