It's Why We Call Them "Rethugs," Rick Perry Edition

We posted on this the other day, but you should see this stinking pile of s**t for yourselves:



-- phony claim of persecution - check;

-- phony claim Obama is "anti-religion" - check;

-- non-support of gays fighting for their country - check;

-- in sum, dumb as a rock (with the "n" word painted on it?) and grotesquely bigoted - check.

It's why we call them "Rethugs."

Politifact's "Lie of the Year"

The votes have been cast, the chads have been inspected, and the winner of political truth scorekeeper Politifact's "Lie of the Year" is: "The Government's takeover of health care." The "Republican talking point" was judged "the most pervasive falsehood of the year" by the St. Petersburg Times' Pulitzer prize winning site feature.

Our nominees for fools of the year: (tie) the "mainstream media" and Democratic political leadership for letting the Rethugs get away with this whopper.

Quote of the Week

"[Republicans in Congress] are not concerned about the people in the tea party. They're worried about people who can't decide which home to go to [for the holidays]." -- Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), today.

(Photo: Speaker-elect John "Orange Boner" Boehner (Chicken crap-OH), at the country club.)

Paging Mark Foley, Paging Mark Foley

Disgraced former Rethuglican Rep. Mark "Unholy" Foley is considering a run for mayor of West Palm Beach, FL, according to the Huffington Post. Unholy Foley was forced to resign his position in 2006 after lewd e-mails from him to underage House pages were revealed. There were also allegations by former House pages that they had sexual relations with Unholy once they turned 18, and allegations of frequent inappropriate contact with male pages. Not surprisingly, Unholy was a frequent supporter of anti-gay legislation, or in his case, "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" legislation.

(photo: "Who took my leather chaps?")

It's Why We Call Them "Rethugs," Cont.

"The Left is angry whenever I teach conservatives the tricks the Left consistently employs against Republicans...The media and the Left are engraged [sic] right now because 'Bristol's Pistols,' as they are calling us, have been creatively and energetically voting for her on a reality TV show. It's what I call 'Voting like a
Democrat'...voting early...voting often...voting as cartoon characters...voting under aliases..." -- Kevin "The Douche" DeJan, wingnut blogger at Hillbuzz.org, on the ballot-box stuffing campaign (via multiple voting thru fake e-mail addresses) to advance Bristol "Baby Momma" Palin and her partner in "Dancing With the Stars." In one powerful, "the rules only apply to other people" confessional, The Douche touches all the Rethug bases: puerility, entitlement, paranoia, moral relativism, ignorance, selfishness and hypocrisy. Congratulations, The Douche!

It's Why We Call Them "Rethugs," Cont.

A bill to extend unemployment benefits was blocked today in the House by... you guessed it! The Rethugs. The benefits are set to expire December 1, just in time for the holidays. Robert Gibbs had the pithy observation "I don't think we want to leave here having fought for tax cuts for millionaires and against unemployment insurance for those that have lost their jobs."

Remember, the vote was taken with the Rethug caucus that's currently in the minority. When the 60 or so freshmen teahadist Rethugs that were just elected join these Randians in January to form the majority in the House, watch out.

Meg-a Numbers

Here are some fun facts gleaned from this morning's Kaplan Daily regarding the obscene amount of money California Rethug Meg "Mega Bucks" Whitman spent on her run for governor. The $175 million she spent could have bought each of the 3 million people that voted for her:

- A pair of Old Navy jeans and a Gap t-shirt, or
-12 double-double cheeseburgers from In-N-Out, or
-two shares of e-Bay stock, or
-two Jerry Brown bobblehead dolls.

Unfortunately, the $57 per person couldn't buy them a clue.

It's Why We Call Them "Rethugs," Cont.

Think Progress has another example why we refer to some (most?) Republicans as "Rethugs". Be sure to check out the response from the Rethug spokesman.

Funny, we thought this was a felony called "breaking and entering."

(Image: A Rethug doing what Rethugs do best)

Meet the Candidate: NY Rethug Carl Paladino

Teatard favorite and Rethug candidate for Governor of New York Carl "Mr. Sensitive" Paladino has been known to send racist and "horse- on- woman- action" emails to his buddies. But this is a side of Mr. Sensitive of which we were previously unaware. However, in the great tradition of Rudy 9/11, Don Juan Ensign, Diaper Dave Vitter, Poot Gingrich, Bob Livingston, Walnuts McCain, and half the Christian right ministry, "It's OK If You're a Republican."

(Photo: Who wouldn't trust this guy?!)

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Rethug uber-hack Ed "Ben Rogering" Rogers and fellow lobbyist wife Edwina are divorcing, with both claiming the other abandoned the marriage and cheated. (Rethug values live on!) Ben Rogering is a disciple of the late Lee Atwater, to whom many trace the origins (eg., Willie Horton, Southern Strategy, etc.) of the dirty, low-down, lying politics Rethugs have practiced for the past 40 or so years. Anyone who has seen Ben Rogering on teevee or on the op/ed pages of the Kaplan Daily know he's still living down to Atwater's standards.

A pox on both of them.

Wanker of the Week

Minnesota Rethuglican Governor Tim "No Good 'N'" Pawlenty. Yet another brave, courageous act, sacrificing the interests of his state for his own political benefit! (Wait, isn't that supposed to be the other way around?)

"Brock Landers" For Congress

Ben "I Was Raised Right" Quayle, son of former VP Dan "Potatoe" Quayle, is running for Congress in Arizona. Obviously a man of great intelligence, character and discernment, he posits -- unprompted -- that Obama is "the worst President in history" in his campaign video. As it turns out, I Was Raised Right may have some 'splainin' to do now that it's been revealed that he's a.k.a. "Brock Landers" (you know, the name of the male porn star in "Boogie Nights"), who blogged at the DirtyScottsdale.com site. Digby has the video, and links for more background.

That this arrogant little weenie, who has done nothing other than being born with the name Quayle, has the nerve to pass judgment on anyone, much less President Obama, speaks to the fact that, contrary to his assertion, he wasn't "raised right."

(Image: Ben "I Was Raised Right" Quayle, a.k.a. "Brock Landers," a.k.a. a horse's ass)

Headline of the Day

"GOP: No More Help For Jobless, But Rich Must Keep Tax Cuts" -- McClatchy News Service (h/t Washington Monthly). Wouldn't we love to see that in teevee spots and on billboards, newspaper and internet ads, and bumper stickers?

"Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?!"

Fellow Rethugs are furious over Rep. Joe "Not A Smart 'Un" Barton (Rethug-Big Oil-TX) for letting the cat out of the bag and apologizing to BP's CEO Tony "I Want My Life Back" Hayward. See, aside from wingnuts like Oxycontin Rush Limpballs and Minnesota loon Michele Bachmann, they didn't want the public to know how much they identify with Big Oil, or any other bank/ corporation/ or Wall Street firm until at least after the 2010 midterms. That way, they can keep their numbnut tea bagger base and the rest of the voting population from knowing just how much they owe to Big Oil, etc., and how it's all in tune with their e Coli/ bridge collapse/ oilmaggedon laissez faire philosophy.

At least Barton, though not a smart 'un (he's also a climate change denier), is honest about his crackpot views.

Hit The Trail

We're not sure what's in the water in South Carolina, but it's being alleged that another Rethuglican official has been "hiking the Appalachian Trail" again. A former aide to the current Governor, Mark "Gaucho Mark" Sanford, is claiming that he had an "inappropriate relationship" with Rethug candidate for Governor "Sticky" Nikki Haley, who is married with 2 kids. Sticky Nikki denies the allegation, but several political insiders say it's for real.

Adding to the merriment, Sticky has been endorsed by such cultural conservative nut bags as Winky You Betcha and the Teabagger Party. Again, this wouldn't be as much of a story if the hypocrisy wasn't so outrageous. As with disgraced "abstinence" proclaimer and former Rep. Mark Souder, and a host of other American Taliban, the rules would not seem to apply to them when it comes to the morality they love to preach to the rest of us.

(photo: Sticky Nikki and Winky on the Appa...er...campaign trail)

Frank Rich: "If Only Arizona Were the Real Problem"

To get a comprehensive perspective on the subtext for the rage roiling the right these days, read Frank Rich's column today. When it comes to the right-wingers today, it all comes down to race and ethnicity, whether it's the Arizona immigration bill, the tea baggers, birthers, or Confederate History Month. That's the real problem with the Rethuglicans and their angry, ill-informed, extremist base, and it's only driving them farther and farther away from the American mainstream.

Oops, He Did It Again

Virginia Rethug Gov."Blowdry Bob" McDonnell is back in the news showing off better flips than the aerialist skiers at the Olympics. The latest campaign promise that's been hastily abandoned is Blowdry's support for redistricting reform. Following on the heels of his reneging on selling Virginia's ABC liquor stores to raise transportation revenue, as well as his eagerly spending stimulus money he was emphatically against Congress passing, Blowdry is fast becoming a star hypocrite in a party that knows no bounds when it comes to hypocrisy and sham values. In other words, his future is bright.

Reneging on a Promise? Easy as ABC!

In the recently touted, victorious campaign of Rethug "Blowdry Bob" McDonnell for Virginia governor, one of the keystones of Blowdry Bob's plan to fund transportation improvements in the Commonwealth was to sell its Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) liquor stores. Blowdry Bob's claim that this would generate $500 million for transportation improvements was generally scoffed at, but it helped him get through the election.

Well, now that he's Governor, Blowdry Bob's Rethug cohorts are pulling back on his promise to sell the ABC stores -- in order to give the measure "more study." Be assured he will study it for 3 1/2 years, until he's ready to leave office, and the Rethugs will need to come up with another shell game to delay raising revenue to pay for transportation needs. It's how they (if not Virginia drivers) roll.

(Photo: Blowdry Bob McDonnell: "What, you expected me to have a serious plan?!")

The Party of Wall Steet

The next time you hear a Rethug say they're for Main Street, not Wall Street, recall this bit of populism (courtesy of the Wall Street Journal - so you know it's unalloyed Rethug "thinking"). Dems should have the ads out on this within 24 hours if they have a clue. With the "Dunce" Luntz memo on derailing financial institution reform, and now this, it would be sweet to see ads asking, "Who's trying to keep the Wall Street fat cats happy? Who's trying to keep their big bonuses coming? Who wants to have things just as they were before the financial crisis last year? Turns out the Party of No can't say 'no' to Wall Street."

So, the only question that should remain is do we call them the Party of No, the Party of Wall Street, or the Party of Stupid?

The Rethug Game Plan to Sink Financial Reform

Rethug pollster whiz and Fux "News" contributor Frank "Dunce" Luntz has penned a long memo to Rethuglicans on how to defeat financial regulatory reform and not get blamed. It's a window into the soulless "values" of modern Rethuglicanism: protect the big banks and investment firms while pretending you're the "populists." This cynical memo should be at the top of every news program tonight, but of course it won't be. They'll be too busy being shocked! SHOCKED! by the nearly $4 trillion budget unveiled today, huge chunks of which are to fund the previous Assministration's two wars and recovery from the Rethug Recession.