Our runner-up:
The geniuses who argue that government shouldn't be involved in health care because they screw up everything they touch.....but we shouldn't have a government option because the government plan will be so compelling that it will force out all the poor, deprived insurance companies out of business.
Gavin Newsom became the poster boy for the Prop 8 forces when they successfully passed the anti-gay marriage initiative here in California. They used this clip as part of a commercial that got a lot of media play:
Newsom was giving a campaign speech and it was easy to caricature him, but more and more conservatives are coming to the same conclusions as Gavin. The NY Observer has an interesting article about NY times conservative columnist Ross Douthat. "He added that the conservative opposition to gay marriage is "a losing argument," and asked rhetorically if committed homosexual relationships ought to be denied the legal recognition accorded without hesitation to the fleeting enthusiasms of Britney Spears and Newt Gingrich.
After the panel, Mr. Douthat told the Observer: "If I were putting money on the future of gay marriage, I would bet on it."
He added: "The secular arguments against gay marriage, when they aren't just based on bigotry or custom, tend to be abstract in ways that don't find purchase in American political discourse. I say, ‘Institutional support for reproduction,' you say, ‘I love my boyfriend and I want to marry him.' Who wins that debate? You win that debate."
Republicans often win arguments on taxes because they successfully cast it as "Do you want to pay lower taxes?" The simple, concise argument is often most effective. In the case of gay marriage, I think there will be a continual erosion of support for preventing homosexuals from marrying. Especially since many of the arguments against gay marriage are similar to the ones against mixed race marriages (it just ain't natural). Of course, some geniuses are still trying to make the argument against mixed race marriage.
As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: "Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
Apparently, he doesn't like the fact that the White House has inconveniently pointed out that Fox News isn't really, you know, a "news" channel. Lamar! wants the White House to idly sit by while President Obama is repeatedly demonized by Fox. Not gonna happen, Lamar!.
Probably a bit rusty on posting, but hoping to get back in the swing (and maybe my distinguished co-host Jon will be enticed back to posting as well).
I love that he just keeps going and going with the apologies. But I am disappointed that in this latest one he made no mention of his "soulmate" or their "tragic love story.
What happened to the Constitutional right of city works to not wear underwear? You say there isn't a Constitutional right to go commando? It's in there somewhere, next to the right to privacy. This underocracy in Florida has gone way too far, with their crazy rules.
The only sane person in city government appears to be the Mayor. According to a news report, Mayor Joe Bernadini cast the dissenting vote, calling the underwear amendment “a little far-fetched” and adding, “I think in a way it takes away freedom of choice.” Damn right it does.
Do you think that George Washington and Nathaniel Hale would have fought the Revolutionary War if they knew that this sort of tyranny would ensue?
In the words of Homer Simpson: "That's not America...that's not even Mexico."
Not sure if it will be able to top the Farenheit 911 clip of President Bush reading a story book after the Trade Centers were attacked, but I'm still looking forward to seeing it:
I think one of the biggest flaws in our economic system is that the risk-reward ratio has become completely skewed. We offered huge rewards to financial firms, but really we removed the risk aspect of it. CEOs were able to obtain massive paychecks by utilizing leverage and derivatives, but haven't experienced any penalties for failure.
Nevada Senator John Ensign admitted yesterday that he had an affair with a married staffer last year. This probably puts a kabosh on the huge "Ensign for President" movement- all 6 people are hopping of that bandwagon.
Ensign was the same guy who condemned Bill Clinton and Larry Craig for their... recreational activities. By the way, has there ever been a worse job than the vice cop who was assigned to the bathroom at the Minnesota airport? "Uhmmm, yeah, Lou, what you need to do is plant yourself in a stall and tap your foot and hopefully someone will want to have sex with you in the bathroom- maybe even a family values Senator."
The early front-runner for quote of the year comes from Ensign's wife: "With the help of our family and close friends, our marriage has become stronger. I love my husband.” Yeah, nothing strengthens a marriage like sleeping with a staffer, especially when her husband also works for you. Good times all around. Maybe this is what they mean by making it a "big tent party".
Nothing sums up the current state of the GOP better than the fact that they can't even figure out who will be their keynote speaker at an event. They invite Sarah Palin to keynote, then she's not keynoting, then Newt is keynoting, Sarah's still speaking, then she's not coming, then she is coming..... and so it goes. It reminds me of the Democrats during the 1980s- and I'm so glad to be on the outside looking in.
Jon recently wrote about the GOP frontrunners for 2012. If Palin or Gingrich were the nominee, David Axelrod would be popping champagne.
