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Moment of Zen - Liz Cheney Sounds Like Her Father

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Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol’s Keep America Safe organization released a web ad on Monday targeting yet-to-be named Justice Department lawyers who had worked on Guantanamo detainee issues as the “al Qaeda 7.” “Whose values do they share?” asked the ad over an image of seven silhouettes juxtaposed with images of Arabic men. When Politico’s Ben Smith first reported on the attack ad, he noted that it “questions the loyalties of Justice Department lawyers.”

But in an interview today on the Washington Times’ “America’s Morning News” radio show, Cheney denied that the ad questioned “anybody’s loyalty”:

HOLMES: Liz, good morning. So you released a fairly provocative ad, I have to say. And you ask the question “whose values” [does] Eric Holder share? In your view, whose values does he share?

CHENEY: Well, what the ad does — and actually it doesn’t question anybody’s loyalty. What the ad does is it says that there are nine lawyers in the Justice Department who used to represent al Qaeda terrorists and the Attorney General will only tell us who two of them are and we want the American people to have the right to know who the others are.

Guest host Amy Holmes continued to press Cheney on the point, repeating her question. “But your ad does raise the question ‘whose values’ does Eric Holder share. Who would you say?” Cheney dodged the question, stating that she thinks Holder “believes that you can defeat terror, you can win this war we’re engaged in by treating terrorism like law enforcement.”

Cheney is simply lying. Not only does the ad suggest that the lawyers might “share” the “values” of al Qaeda, but it also flashes an image of a headline from the far right Investor’s Business Daily asking if the Justice Department was the “Department of Jihad?” “Just whose side are they on?” asked the editorial.

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Beck Tells Christians That Giving to the Poor is Communist

2010-03-12T19:02:00.012-05:00

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Jim Wallis, a politically progressive evangelical and longtime advocate for the poor, said Christians should stop watching or listening to broadcaster Glenn Beck for remarks urging people to leave churches that preach "social justice."

The Fox News personality recently warned listeners on both his daily radio and television shows that the term used by many Christian churches to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights is a "code word" for communism and Nazism.

I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church website. If you find it, run as fast as you can," Beck said. "Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!"

Glenn Beck described "social justice" as a "code word" and "perversion of the gospel."

Beck responded on his March 11 radio show by mocking Wallis as a "leftist," "operative for the Democratic Party" and "dedicated foe of capitalism."

Even prominent conservative pundits are speaking out, denouncing his hysterics before he sinks the entire movement.

GOP Homophobia Continues...Is Bob McDonnell Gay Too or Just a Hateful Piece of Shit?

2010-03-11T09:31:00.012-05:00

Gaywatch - Virginia Edition

Bob McDonnell issues an executive order allowing gay people to be fired, and Ken Cuccinelli says you can't be gay in college.

Gaywatch - Virginia Edition

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McDonnell's move came amid widespread gay rights protests on college campuses in the week since state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II directed the state's public colleges and universities to remove references to sexual orientation from their non-discrimination policies, the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch reported. The Republican attorney general says only the General Assembly can extend to gays legal protection against non-discrimination.

As pure speculation and on behalf of theGOPisDEAD, we bet with hair that purdy and well kempt McDonnell will indeed come out of the closet soon. There is rumor he was caught with a DVD of "The Wizard of the Oz" in 3D, several tracks of Judy Garland singing, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," as well as a cassette tape of Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer's 1979 "It's Raining Men" remix stashed in a black plastic bag.

Stay tuned...as more GOP leaders wrestle with the demons of hatred, homophobia, hypocrisy, and summon their inner RuPaul.

Another Self-loathing GOP Member Admits He Loves Cher

2010-03-10T17:09:00.008-05:00

Roy Ashburn, the conservative California state senator who was arrested last week for drunk driving after reportedly leaving a gay bar, has acknowledged that he is gay.

Ashburn, a divorced father of four, has repeatedly voted in opposition to gay rights, and in 2005 hosted a rally in favor of "traditional marriage." He has voted against expanding anti-discrimination laws to include sexual orientation, recognizing out-of-state gay marriages and establishing a day honoring gay lawmaker Harvey Milk.

So much repression...so little time.

Congressman Patrick Kennedy Blows His Top

2010-03-10T16:56:00.003-05:00

Patrick Kennedy slams media for covering Massa while avoiding Afghan war
By Bob Cusack - 03/10/10 03:27 PM ET

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) slammed the media on the House floor Wednesday for covering the Eric Massa scandal non-stop while not paying attention to a resolution calling for U.S. troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.

In a fiery speech, Kennedy said, "If anyone wants to know where cynicism is, that there's one, two press people in this gallery."

He added, "We're talking about Eric Massa 24/7 on the TV. We're talking about war and peace, $3 billion and a thousand lives and no press? No press?!"

Kennedy spoke out in favor of Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) resolution to pull out troops out of Afghanistan this year.

Sen. Bunning Has a Problem With His Middle Finger: How much can one rich old white-fuck care?

2010-03-01T16:54:00.008-05:00

Refusing to explain his obstruction of unemployment benefits, Bunning shoots reporter the middle finger.

Since last week, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) has been obstructing legislation to extend unemployment benefits, telling Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) “tough sh*t” when Merkley pleaded with Bunning to drop the hold on the Senate floor. Bunning blocked the measure because of “a dispute over how [the bill] should be funded,” leaving 400,000 Americans in limbo after the benefits expired at midnight on Sunday. Today, an “angry” Bunning refused to answer questions about his hold, running away from an ABC reporter and taking refuge in a senator’s only elevator. Shouting “Excuse me!,” Bunning would not say whether he was concerned about people losing their benefits.

Off camera, when ABC producer Z. Byron Wolf tried to engage Bunning, he said, “I’m not talking to anybody” and gave Wolf the middle finger.

For all of you redneck, broke-ass, trailer park dwellers who lost your benefits...and have the ol' ball-n-chain standing at the WIC office, we sure hope you keep supporting these nasty-no-good-for-nuthin' rat fink Republicans...cuz brutha they have your best interest in mind.

NOT!!

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Good ol' Johnboy

2010-03-01T16:50:00.000-05:00

Big Government is Coming for Yo Keeeids

2010-02-23T20:37:00.017-05:00

Unlike the apocalyptic nihilism of the far-right most agree that terrorism is less dangerous to society than driving a fucking car.

Example: For every person that dies globally due to a terrorist attack, 58 people in the U.S. alone die due to the lack of healthcare.

You have a better chance at being killed by a drunk driver than a suicide bomber.

The problem with you people is how FUCKING screwed up your logic is.

You reptiles constantly tout your anti-government sentiment yet each and everyday send your rat-fink offspring to our public schools, read books from your local public library, call 911 when your redneck piece of shit husband beats your ass, and dial for assistance when the ol' trailer is on fire from your kerosene heater exploding, burning that turd stained shag rug you bought from the dollar store. And must we actually point out...this is a democracy? You say government is the enemy...well blame yourself dumb-ass...you vote them in. Just another reptilian strawman argument. PATHETIC.

Yep you're pro life. Pro war. Pro gun. Pro family. Pro freedom. Pro bible. Anti-gay. Pro racist. Anti-government. Anti-abortion. Pro tax-cut...and anti-deficit. Each one negating the fucking other.

Anti-healthcare reform against your own interest:

Working families are experiencing double-digit increases in the costs of health insurance, more out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits and skyrocketing prices for prescriptions, forcing many to delay getting needed medical care or worse—to decline coverage for themselves or their families because of cost. Health care costs are rising .

"The people who most dislike the whole idea of health-care reform - the ones who think it is socialist, godless, a step on the road to a police state are often the ones it seems designed to help". "Why are so many American voters enraged by attempts to change a horribly inefficient system that leaves them with premiums they often cannot afford? Why do they defend insurance companies that routinely deny claims and cancel policies?"

"The voters' preference for emotional engagement over reasonable argument has allowed the Republican Party to blind them to their own real interests. The Republicans know how to stoke up resentment against the patronizing liberal elite, all those do-gooders who assume they know what poor people ought to be thinking. Right-wing politics has become a vehicle for channeling this popular anger against intellectual snobs. The result is that many of America's poorest citizens have a deep emotional attachment to a party that serves the interests of its richest. You vote to strike a blow against elitism and you receive a social order in which wealth is more concentrated than ever before in our life time, workers have been stripped of power, and CEOs are rewarded in a manner that is beyond imagining".

-Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter With Kansas?

An American Tax Revolt

You have named an entire movement after an American tax revolt from 1773; and have brought together a loose coalition of neo-conservatives, fat-ass-old-white-people, and libertarians united by anger over “big government,” taxes, and the federal deficit, yet 95% of those in this fucked up cult-O-klan members received a TAX DECREASE from the current administration. A new national poll of interviewed TEABAGGERS revealed that only 2% of you knew anything about a tax cut. It's quite shameful, to name your movement after said tax revolt...and know nothing about your own goddamn tax decrease. LOL...golden.

Your crazy movement has even prompted CPAC to take on the likes of Glenn Beck as its keynote speaker and is suppose to represent the NEW GOP.

We will stand back...and watch this one as the tears roll down our faces from the uncontrollable laughter.

You crazy fucktards keep up the good work...and don't forget to check under your beds tonight...because the boogie man cometh.

Hero of the Day: Cheney's Failing Heart

2010-02-23T16:34:00.002-05:00

Son, your answers are so old, I have forgotten the questions.

2010-02-22T13:19:00.003-05:00

Two very nice pieces today on some of the hot air coming out of CrapPac. We'd like to simply refer you to both articles as they are a lot more cohesive than the blistering anger rants we tend to favor.

In the first, The Root's Dayo Olopade discusses her experiences at the revisionist history convention.

It may not be Beck's job to think policy--or even tell the truth. But with his help, the Republican Party (not officially affiliated with CPAC) seems to encourage and exploit the diminishing national attention span-producing not just Beck, but junior flacks like Jason Mattera, climate change-denying lobbyists turned "analysts" and so-called "journalists" who practice no such thing. It also forces mild-mannered moderates like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty to pander openly via misogynistic jokes about Tiger Woods' wife. And it degrades everyone's understanding of what on earth is going on in America.

So Ron Paul comes out of the convention as the straw poll winner, to the boos of many in attendance. That's gold, baby. And speaking of which, David Frum has a nice think piece on why Paul and his idiot cronies also have serious amnesia and an aversion to historical facts behind one of his tenants -- a return to the gold standard. It's worth the read, even if you aren't well versed in economic theory.

Ann Coulter is a Tired Cunt

2010-02-20T15:34:00.002-05:00

We hate this bitch. One can only assume she's this perpetually vile as a result of being gang-raped by a meth lab cartel. There's little doubt the trauma caused her to give up the drugs, however.

Hey Coulter, FUCK YOU!

Really Bitch? Really? You Wanna Go There? Liz Cheney Slams Obama on Defense

2010-02-19T13:11:00.004-05:00

We'll let this video crank up the heat around your collar...we here at theGOPisDEAD could barely watch this fucking dribble...

Domestic Terror Attacks During the Bush Years

Republicans are trying to rewrite history, thinking if they say their lies over and over, they will come true. It won't work at least for informed and clear thinking Americans.

9/11 – September 11, 2001, New York City. The World Trade Towers and some buildings nearby were taken down by two planes hitting the towers and in the ensuing conflagration. 2,997 people died at the hands of Al Qaeda members.

Islamic extremists hijacked United Airlines Flight 97 which was crashed into a field in Pennsylvania by some passengers killing 44, including 4 hijackers.

American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, Washington, DC, killing 64 passengers and 125 on the ground. A total of 189 dead including the hijackers.

Anthrax attacks – starting September 18, 2001, Washington, DC, Yew York City and Boca Raton, Florida. Twenty two infected and five dead. Unsolved.

Jewish Defense League Mosque plot – December 11, 2001. Culver City, CA. The attempt to bomb a mosque by Irv Rubin and follower Earl Kruge was thwarted.

Shoe bomber attack – December 22, 2001, American Airlines flight 63, from Paris to Miami, diverted to Boston, MA after the attack was foiled. Richard Reid tried to explode one of his shoes containing explosives.

Beltway sniper attacks – October 2002, Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. Ten dead and three wounded. Muslim John Muhammad was convicted and executed in 2009.

Abortion clinic attacks:

June 11, 2001 – Tacoma, WA, unsolved.

July 4, 2005- Palm Beach, Florida, arson, unsolved.

December 12, 2005: Shreveport, LA, Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe threw a Molotov cocktail at a clinic.

September 13, 2006 – Davenport, Iowa David McMenemy crashed his car into the Edgerton Women's Care Center then started a fire.

April 25, 2007 – Austin, TX, A package with an explosive device in it was left at a woman's health clinic. Paul Ross Evans was found guilty.

May 9, 2007 – Virginia Beach, VA An unidentified person set fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic.

December 6, 2007 - Albuquerque, NM. Chad Altman and Sergio Baca were arrested for setting fire to Dr. Curtis Boyd's clinic.

Mailbox Bomber - started May 3, 2002, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas. A person planted bombs in mail boxes in those state and six people injured. Luke J. Helder was responsible but incompetent to stand trial.

El Al Ticket Counter attack – July 4, 2002. Los Angeles, CA at LAX. Two died plus the attacker, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet an Egyptian.

University of OK Stadium attack - October 1, 2005 – Norman,OK. One injury. The bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III was wounded after he detonated a bomb near a packed football stadium.

Chapel Hill SUV attack – March 3, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC. Nine injured after Iranian Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar plowed into students on the campus.

Seattle Jewish Federation attack – July 28, 2006, Seattle, WA. One shot dead, five wounded by Naveed Afzal Haq.

San Francisco SUV attack - August 30, 2006 – San Francisco, CA. An Afghani Muslim, Omeed Aziz Popal hit 19 with his SUV and killed one.

Illinois shopping mall attack plot – December 22, 2006 – Chicago, IL. Attack foiled by U.S. agents. Derrick Shareef wanted to commit violent jihad.

Trolley Square Shooting - February 12, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT. Five dead and four wounded by a teenager, Sulejman Talović who was killed.

Fort Dix military base plot – May 7, 2007, Fort Dix, NY. Six radical Muslims planned to attack the base but the FBI foiled the plot.

Mexican Consulate attack – October 26, 2007, New York City. No injuries from two grenade looking bombs thrown at the consulate.

Knoxville Unitarian Universalist Church – July 27, 2008, Knoxville, TN. Two shot dead and seven injured by Jim David Adkisson.

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Old, White, and Fucking Lame

2010-02-17T16:21:00.011-05:00

why aren't you dead yet?
complements of Ron Wharton | artist out of san diego, ca

Biden and Chaney duke it out in a war of words...this week.

The only thing the two of them seemed to agree about was sending a lot more soldiers over to Afghanistan to get killed or blown up. Cheney, famous lover of any war he doesn't have to fight, said he was a "complete supporter" of the escalation of the conflict there.

So, he and Joe Biden gave us more conflict Sunday, the kind television is addicted to by now like a narcotic. We hear constantly about the "mainstream media" in this country, whether it is left or right or red or blue. You know what the mainstream media really is? It is days like yesterday.

It is two old white guys like this giving you more of the white noise of American politics.

Observation

The United States of America's state legislators add up to a bunch of old, tired, rich, lily white motherfuckers that have been running their dirty pool for far too long. Below is a break down of just who represents a constituency of the most diverse society on the planet. And is as homogeneous as slices of stale fucking cheese pizza left out for a few days; you know, the shit with that green film around the edge...

...you're drunk...it's late...you're hungry...but you eat it anyway.

The Breakdown

Age: 48% 50-64; 24% 65+; 25% 35-49
Gender: 76% male
Race: 89% white

Source: http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=14850

You are Angry! So Angry!

2010-02-16T17:20:00.003-05:00

Wassssup my Nestea bitches?! Aw man, I'm so glad y'all (that's how you say it, right? "y'all"?) could come meet with me. I mean, I've been just bangin' around this joint yellin', "Hey GOP, we'z needs to get with them Tea Part sluts and have a 'melting of the minds'", you know? I've been like, "God damn, those bitches are angry!" And I know what angry bitches sound like! Can I get a 'what what'? So... shiiiiiit.... I think we all should go rip a few bingers, get silly, have a few cocktails which I will spike with a hit of GHB my cousin gave me to celebrate my new job, talk about some fiscally responsible policy matters, and then I will proceed to pound you anally while y'all passed out in a pool of my urine.
--Michael Steele, RNC Headquarters

Let's get to the facts, the indisputable, undeniable facts --
GOP: Cocksuckers
RNC: Cocksucking propaganda machine
Tea Partiers: Cocks that need sucking

Are we clear on this yet? You'd think this was a match made in heaven. The problem is the TP cocks have blistering sores all over them and the GOP is an AIDS-riddled whore. Again, you're probably asking yourself, 'what's the problem then'? True, it's fair question, and one with many, many fantastic yet plausible answers. Perhaps it's that the idea of a grassroots campaign concocted by media troglodytes and built up of self-righteous white people is just a bit like standing in line to go see The Birth of a Nation. Beck, you cunt, you would do D W Griffith proud.
Or maybe it's just the plain ol' bit of fuck-all crazy that slams into the face of reality each and every time some jerkoff associated with this nut-farm opens their mouths. Watching it all inspires gleeful nasuea, a sickening joy more demented than snuff videos at a mujahadeen rally. Oh, to be young and daydreaming of youth, a sweeter delight there never was.

Fifty (wow, one per state!) "leaders" (quotes not optional) met with the RNC fuck-puppet today as part of the GOP strategy to "uplift and motivate, originate, celebrate, and masturbate."

"I'm not looking to co-opt the tea party movement," Steele told reporters in Hawaii last month during the RNC winter meeting. He added: "I'm looking to work with activist citizens who are mad, who are frustrated and angry about the direction they see the country going."

MMMhmmmmm....

We could talk all day about how and why this is a load of shit. Personally, I don't care. I'm glad they're meeting. I hope it turns into a royal facial-fest. Don't gots me no problems with this one. In the long run, one of two things has to happen here -- either the TPs have to brush of the crazies (and that just can't happen with 98% falling into this category and Palin looking to pretend to steer the ship), or the GOP has to some how acquiesce and give into a group whose platform seems to be a return to the Victorian era, complete with child labor deregulation. Alright, that last part is bunk. But come on, the abolishment of the Federal Reserve, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security? Christ, you people are fucking stupid. Let's just Roshambo over it, and be done with it. Kay? I'll kick you in the nuts and then you kick me in the nuts. Winner take all.

NY Times:

At a recent meeting of the Sandpoint Tea Party, Mrs. Stout presided with brisk efficiency until a member interrupted with urgent news. Because of the stimulus bill, he insisted, private medical records were being shipped to federal bureaucrats. A woman said her doctor had told her the same thing. There were gasps of rage. Everyone already viewed health reform as a ruse to control their medical choices and drive them into the grip of insurance conglomerates. Debate erupted. Could state medical authorities intervene? Should they call Congress?

As the meeting ended, Carolyn L. Whaley, 76, held up her copy of the Constitution. She carries it everywhere, she explained, and she was prepared to lay down her life to protect it from the likes of Mr. Obama.

“I would not hesitate,” she said, perfectly calm.

This is just about all you need to know about the Tea Party. Utterly ignorant, reactionary malcontents. But it keeps me smiling because despite Steele's attempts to mind-melt with these fuckwads, ultimately, it's going to split the GOP vote. Ultimately, it's going to break down each party. Ultimately, it's going to end the careers of Palin and Beck. And ultimately, good will win over stupid.

Snakes On a Plane

2010-02-16T11:25:00.012-05:00

Unknown Hero of the Week...

We hear you out there! You're running around looking for some fist to cuffs with a reptile...and any lil' reason will do. :)

We've all been there. Waiting to go off. Waiting for a reason. Even a small one. We'd be willing to bet that dude's anger didn't just come out of no where. Of course Mitt had no recourse...and got owned in front of "the wife."

Makes us think of the lyric by Henry Rollins in the tune "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie."

Sitting here I'm a loaded gun
Waiting to go off

~ Rollins

The Making of a Hero...

A passenger seated in front of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's wife became "physically violent" when the former Republican presidential candidate asked the passenger to move his seat in a more upright position.

Following the uproar, the plane returned to the gate where the passenger was removed by airport police. Romney was not injured. Too bad.

For some reason we're on a Black Flag kick this month...but it just seems so appropriate.

Obama invites Republicans to a Televised Summit on Healthcare

2010-02-12T14:29:00.025-05:00

With President Obama inviting Republicans to a televised summit on health care, many GOP leaders have been reluctant to attend, thinking it's an elaborate trap. This logic didn't sit well with Jon Stewart... or Admiral Ackbar.

Stewart jokingly agreed with the Republican sentiment, explaining that having a televised, bipartisan conversation on health care is so reasonable that it's actually an ingenious trap.

Minority Leader John Boehner expressed concern, worried about having to "walk into some setup... who knows what." To this Stewart responded: "It's a public dialogue about important legislation. Not Little Big Horn."

Stewart then called Boehner's bluff:

"The only way this health care meeting is a trap is if Boehner's got nothing. It's like a paper bag is only a trap if you can't punch your way out of it."

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The Apparent Trap

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THE REAL TRAP...

Here's the real trap. The fact that the American public is so fucking brain dead, and ADHD ridden, theGOPisDEAD can feel that proverbial pendulum swinging back towards us as we speak. After one brief year of heading in whatever direction we're heading in, John Q. Public is all but ready to turn in the new Chevette for the same crapp-ass Gremlin, they traded the piece of shit in for, in the first place!! Now we're not smart enough to know what the fuck the leader of the free world ought to be doing right now to bring back jobs, kill two wars, fix a wrecked economy, fix healthcare, feed the monkey, suck what teet, or whatever. But we do know that AmeriTARDATION is settling in once again.

AND YES YOU MOTHERF*****S GOT US INTO THIS...So don't pull that don't blame the GOP shit with us.

Yep, the real trap as we see it stems from this constant that is the American political oligarchy that is so deep seeded and insidious, we may never see the light of day in terms of having true power over our own destiny. Any form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; is destined at a bare minimum for injustice, inequity, class warfare, and a sense of powerlessness by its citizenry. Which has been the spawn of such
"radicals" in their own minds, like the OLD FAT PISSED OFF WHITE-PEOPLEs CLUB A.K.A. the TEABAGGERS, which has now been appropriately absorbed by none other than the Republican machine...oh...and dumbass. You know, the Wasilla Thrilla.

When you give thought to how young our Republic is, it's truly possible some form of collapse, or much needed rebirth out of necessity will come to pass in our lifetime. There is NO empowerment in our structure of elite corporatism that frankly runs the show like fucking The Wizard of Oz. Every snake has to shed it's skin.

BUT, like a flock of lysergic dosed sheep, or transfixed geese in the k-hole; coordinated, composed, and comprised mostly of homogeneous stick-to-it-ivness, the American public is at it's old self again sooner than expected ready to go RIGHT THE FUCK BACK from which they came.

They are ready to put in the same nasty-hater-reptile-racist-backwards-war mongering-repressed-bible thumpin-party of NO, back in office for round fucking two. Because we just didn't get enough...the last time...or the last...or the last time...

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Quote of the Day

2010-02-12T12:26:00.005-05:00

If you want Obama for a second term, just make sure that Sarah Palin is the Republican nominee … She is not electable as president.

– far right reptilian fuck radio host Michael Savage.

We're Trying...No Really...Ughm Seriously...

2010-02-12T12:18:00.004-05:00

2010-02-09T11:17:00.004-05:00

...and that's from the heart.

Sarah Defends Retards, and Uses the Latest Hand-O-Prompter Technology

2010-02-09T09:23:00.015-05:00

stupid redneck complements of Ron Wharton | artist out of san diego, ca

When read a quote of Limbaugh calling liberal groups "retards." "Rush Limbaugh was using satire ... . I didn't hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with 'f-ing retards,' and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there."

Okay so here's how fucking confused this crazy redneck is...

A dem calls other dems "fucking retarded," and she comes to the defense of all retards. Ok...duly noted. We get it. Don't make fun of kids and folks who have a permanent smile on their faces like they are seeing trails, and smelly drool strings hanging from their lower lips.

But then, she allows pig vomit Rush Limbaugh to use a similar analogy to REcall the dems retarded. Now we don't know about you guys but this just makes us feel - well - FUCKING RETARDED.

Meghan McCain believes Sarah Palin's double standard for Rahm Emanuel and Rush Limbaugh is "what's wrong with politics today."

McCain weighed in on Palin's hypocrisy on Monday when she appeared as a guest host on "The View."

In addition to Palin's contradictory standards on the use of the word "retard," McCain also disagreed with the former Alaska governor's suggestion that Obama should declare war with Iran to win re-election.

Anyhoo, we could go ramble on about the logic of a fucking redneck like Palin but it would honestly cause us far too much pain.

Stephen Colbert nails it in this clip:

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O'Keefe Strikes Again, This Time His Victims Have a Full Set of Teeth

2010-01-27T11:04:00.015-05:00

Federal authorities apprehended two men posing as telephone workers wearing hard hats, tool belts, and fluorescent vests after walking into Sen. Mary Landrieu's office inside a federal building in New Orleans on Monday, with the intent to tap or tamper with her private telephone lines.

The most well-known of the suspects is none other than good ol' pimp daddy himself, James O'Keefe, a 25-year-old whose hidden-camera expose posing as a pimp with his prostitute infuriated the liberal group ACORN and made him a darling of conservatives.

Let's just say...I wouldn't want to go to jail with real pimps if I were a fucking rich, whiteboy, weasel posing as one. Can you even imagine to whom, this pasty little prickface right-winger will have to answer to in general population? Did someone say, "fresh meat ya'll." Unfortunately if convicted, we dare say, and predict a kinder gentler facility will be afforded to this sneaky snake in the form of a lush federal day camp. The right will rally around their pretty boy fo sho, post his bail, and cuddle with him as he weaps for someone to save him. Too bad...we would love to see some justice served up on this rat, by having to bunk with the baddest, meanest pimp alive on "D" block.

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Redefining Republican Our Ass

2010-01-22T14:22:00.013-05:00

"Aligning yourself with the platform of gay marriage as a Republican still tends to be very stigmatic, but Cindy McCain wanted to participate in the campaign to show people that party doesn't matter - marriage equality isn't a Republican issue any more than it is a Democratic issue. It's about human rights, and everybody being treated equally in the eyes of the law that runs and protects this country."

Oh god, now the republicans love the gays? Well for fuck sakes, who knew? We don't buy this shit for a New York minute. Redefining is not the word that comes to mind, yet more like re-aligning to gain votes. I'll give'm this...they're smart enough to know this is a civil rights issue that will most assuredly be something our kids take for granted someday. The not-so savvy of the reptilian right to see the obvious future and adapt like a fucking chameleon is not genius, but to execute their next move ahead of time may well be. What better way then to put their best reptilian foot forward with Cindy McCain who has nothing to lose. Now the crocs will sit back and see how ol' Joe the Plumber reacts...to suck or not to suck? C'mon dude, it's only skin.

Can they really handle guy on guy wedded bliss? We'll go out on a limb here and say a big FUCK NO. The DNA of the Republican base will rebuke this like a demon latched onto Linda Blair's soul. I can see it now, the masses of redneck, budwieser swillen, trailer park closeted gays leavin' the ol' ball and chain to marry a Joe Plumber of their very own. Yeah, right.

This little jewel of Cindy's won't last long and will be axed by the base as quick as the flash went off to take the pic. Nope...we say bullshit Cindy...you're true motive lies somewhere between maybe you do support gay marriage or your just a sacrificial lamb to test the proverbial waters of your party's constituency.

As more evident by recently anointed hater Sen. Scott Brown who touched off a political firestorm in 2001 when he disparaged Democratic state Senator Cheryl Jacques and her domestic partner, Jennifer Chrisler, for deciding to have children. In an interview with the Globe, Brown said it was "not normal" for two women to have a baby. He also dismissed Jacques's role in the relationship as her "alleged family responsibilities."

Yep, good ol' Cindy can lead that reptilian fuck to the path of GOP redefinition...ROFL!

Either way, we welcome even the right - to the RIGHT side of the issue.

WTF DEMS?! YOU PANZY ASS'D FUX

2010-01-22T14:10:00.002-05:00

Republicans ramming every fucking thing under the sun while in office $22.95

Dems having a super majority and still fucking it up. Priceless.

Suck-n-down the Brown!

2010-01-21T15:46:00.002-05:00

We just haven't given a shit lately

2010-01-21T15:22:00.004-05:00

OKay...so where the hell have we been?! Well honestly, we just haven't given a shit lately. This fucking country has become so dumb...so backwards...so completely and utterly-insane, that we couldn't keep up with the pace of stupidity. We are so fucking intellectually broke in this country right now that all we can leave you with today is this lovely tune. Stay tuned cuz we have some good shit coming your way...in the meantime...

WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE A PROPER SHOUT OUT TO MASSACHUSETTS...BY SAYING FUCK YOU MOSTLY, YOU RETARDED BACKWARDS ASSED REDNECK TEABAGGIN' BIRD BRAINS. WE HOPE YOU ALL CHOKE ON YOUR FULLY GUSSETED RETARDED TONUGES...AND THAT'S FROM THE HEART.

Oral is DEAD!

2009-12-16T11:54:00.005-05:00

joe: Oral is dead.

tim: What do you mean oral is dead? How can we live without oral?

joe: Yes. I'm afraid Oral has died.

tim: Well that is preposterous! What am I gonna do now? I love oral.

joe: What the hell are you talking about? We can all live without Oral. Oral was ignernt and bigoted.

tim: That's bullshit meng, just cause you can live without oral and you think it was ignorant doesn't mean the rest of us think so.

joe: NO STUPID...Oral f*cking Roberts is dead!

tim: Oh...[clears throat]...THANK GOD!

The right-wing has lost another champion of hate and the world breaths a sigh of relief. One more hatebreeder biting the dust never gets old. We here at theGOPisDEAD wanted to give a proper send off by giving our fans Oral.

RObErTs...that is.

NEWSFLASH: Lieberman won't rule out run as Republican in 2012

2009-12-16T08:47:00.012-05:00

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, a former Democrat who sits with Democratic caucus, said Tuesday that he would not rule out running for re-election in 2012 as a Republican.

REALLY?! NO SHIT. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED IT, IF SOMEONE HADN'T TOLD US. LIEBERMAN YOU F*CKING COWARD...

YOU NEED TO BE WITH THE REPTILES.
GOOD RIDDANCE F*KEFACE

WE HAVE NEVER AGREED MORE WITH AN ELEVATOR. LISTEN AS AN INANIMATE OBJECT BLOWS THE LID OFF OF JOE LIEBERF*CKS EXPLANATION. 13 SECS IN...BLAH BLAH BLAH...EPIC FAIL. WE LOVE IT. ROFL!!!!

Joe Lieberman is a F*CKING Coward

2009-12-15T10:55:00.021-05:00

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.

Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance program — even if it includes a provision allowing states to opt out of the program, as Reid’s has said the Senate bill will.

"We're trying to do too much at once," Lieberman said. “To put this government-created insurance company on top of everything else is just asking for trouble for the taxpayers, for the premium payers and for the national debt. I don’t think we need it now."

Lieberman added that he’d vote against a public option plan “even with an opt-out because it still creates a whole new government entitlement program for which taxpayers
will be on the line."

Droopy Dawg Senator Lieberman is a f*cking traitor and must be havin' real trouble understanding the Senate healthcare reform bill, or is being bent over and drilled in the arse by someone with deep pockets. Truth is, the seemingly defunct public option would NOT be funded by taxpayers (as the cowardice Senator Lieberman falsely claims) and would be prohibited by law from drawing on general Treasury funds; it would be funded solely by those who choose to purchase it. It's not the same as Medicare or Medicaid which are provided to those who qualify as a "social welfare" entitlement program. The public option is a product which people can buy or opt out as they so choose.

Taxpayer funds will provide subsidies to lower and middle income people (Which Senator Lieberman supports), but those subsidies would be equivalent whether they are used for a public or private option. Finally, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has found that, if you're going to have subsidies, including a public option reduces the cost to taxpayers. This is also contrary to what Senator Lieberman claimed about the inclusion of a public option increasing the debt. Basically he is a LIAR.

What we want to know is why this motherf*cker hasn't changed the "I" to an "R" yet? This no good piece of sh*t closet reptile is in the pocket of someone, and solely motivated like most reptiles by the all mighty dollar.

What we also want to know is, what is the f*cking difference between not-for-profit government being between us and our doctor, or the insurance companies - a no account middleman - who are in the business of denying coverage? Health Insurance companies are a for profit entity that are allowed to dictate what your coverage will be. How insane is that? Deny coverage, and they make money. Healthcare insurance is the biggest scam going. They serve no other purpose, other than to take your money, and give you as little possible for your dollar. And somehow the Reptiles will have you believe that is NOT rationed healthcare. On top of denying coverage they raise premiums 20+% or more each year while coverage and access to healthcare erodes like a New Orleans flood wall.

The more you pay...the less you receive. And don't have a pre-existing anything...game over.

All these f*cks repeat like a broken goddamn record is, "don't raise taxes, don't raise taxes..." each and every nauseating second they open their mouths. YET, they have no other plan on record to provide a new solution or create equity and justice for all not just the filthy rich in this country. NONE. NOTTA. ZILCH. The old saying, "the haves, and the have-nots," has taken on new meaning in this country. It's now the, "Have it f*cking alls, and have less than nothing."

These reptiles have been using the no TAX bullshit ad nauseam forever, yet every one knows the deficit ALWAYS rises under a Republican administration. Both Dems and Reps raise the tax.

Reptiles just spend the money on bombs, guns, and GOD like a f*cking crackhead on the pipe...but NEVER see it as spending, growing government, or draining American pockets in the name of national security without having to call it TAX and SPEND.

These hypocritical f*cks give tax breaks to churches, corporations, the uber-rich, and anyone under the sun that will suck a right-wing, bible thumping, crocodile penis. I don't go to church bitch...hell we don't even believe in religion. Where's our tax break?

Well guess what They always leave it up to the left to be holding the good ol' tax bag, because the reality is folks...there are two things certain in life. TAX and DEATH. And both are guilty of it. Republicans have just mastered the message that they don't tax. WE SAY BULLF*CKING SHIT.

For a fantastic read on the selfish ways of the right...SEE HERE

Republicans Suck Wall Street Dizzle, and Call Dems Socializzalist

2009-12-11T15:54:00.012-05:00

H.R.4173 - Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009

To provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposes.

PREACH MOFO
Subcommittee Chairman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) breaks down how the legislative language he wrote [in the Amendment] will protect Main Street, and that Republicans disingenuously claim that it is a 'socialist bailout fund'. He explains why he supports the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and calls out the reptilian right in proper fashion. He gets pissed off...and shows some f*cking spine like most Dems and Progressives ought to do. IF you douchebags don't wake up and smell the proverbial coffee...your ass is toast for 2010 and beyond. Yeah we're talking to you PROGRESSIVE. What's in a name? PROGRESS-bitches-PROGRESS.

Badass of the Week: Yesireebob, it's our favorite Rep. Alan Grayson

2009-12-10T11:36:00.002-05:00

Washington (CNN) – Outspoken Rep. Alan Grayson has a message for blunt-speaking former Vice President Dick Cheney: stop talking.

Responding to the former VP’s criticism of President Obama’s national security policy, including his decision to try accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court, the Florida Democrat lapsed into Web-speak.

“You know, on the internet there's an acronym that's used to apply to situations like this. It's called ‘STFU,’” Grayson said on MNBC’s Hardball. “I don't think I can say that on the air, but I think you know what that means.” The letters are an acronym for “shut the f*** up.”

Cheney has been a vocal critic of the president’s policies, telling Fox News earlier this week that the extended decision-making process on Afghanistan “feeds into sort of the basic al Qaeda strategy” by fueling a sense of uncertainty on the future direction of U.S. involvement.

Conservatives Have Lost Andrew Sullivan

2009-12-08T10:07:00.007-05:00

Why Andrew Sullivan cannot support the "Conservative" party:

I cannot support a movement that claims to believe in limited government but backed an unlimited domestic and foreign policy presidency that assumed illegal, extra-constitutional dictatorial powers until forced by the system to return to the rule of law.

I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt.

I cannot support a movement that so abandoned government's minimal and vital role to police markets and address natural disasters that it gave us Katrina and the financial meltdown of 2008.

I cannot support a movement that holds torture as a core value.

I cannot support a movement that holds that purely religious doctrine should govern civil political decisions and that uses the sacredness of religious faith for the pursuit of worldly power.

I cannot support a movement that is deeply homophobic, cynically deploys fear of homosexuals to win votes, and gives off such a racist vibe that its share of the minority vote remains pitiful.

I cannot support a movement which has no real respect for the institutions of government and is prepared to use any tactic and any means to fight political warfare rather than conduct a political conversation.

I cannot support a movement that sees permanent war as compatible with liberal democratic norms and limited government.

I cannot support a movement that criminalizes private behavior in the war on drugs.

I cannot support a movement that would back a vice-presidential candidate manifestly unqualified and duplicitous because of identity politics and electoral cynicism.

I cannot support a movement that regards gay people as threats to their own families.

I cannot support a movement that does not accept evolution as a fact.

I cannot support a movement that sees climate change as a hoax and offers domestic oil exploration as the core plank of an energy policy.

I cannot support a movement that refuses ever to raise taxes, while proposing no meaningful reductions in government spending.

I cannot support a movement that refuses to distance itself from a demagogue like Rush Limbaugh or a nutjob like Glenn Beck.

I cannot support a movement that believes that the United States should be the sole global power, should sustain a permanent war machine to police the entire planet, and sees violence as the core tool for international relations.

Does this make me a "radical leftist" as Michelle Malkin would say? Emphatically not. But it sure disqualifies me from the current American right.

To paraphrase Reagan, I didn't leave the conservative movement. It left me.

And increasingly, I'm not alone.

Andrew Sullivan

YEP, couldn't have said it better ourselves.

The Teabagger Party is the GOP's Ralph Nader 2012 Nightmare Come True

2009-12-07T11:14:00.008-05:00

In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.

Among voters not affiliated with either major party, the Tea Party comes out on top. Thirty-three percent (33%) prefer the Tea Party candidate, and 30% are undecided. Twenty-five percent (25%) would vote for a Democrat, and just 12% prefer the GOP.

What's in a name? theGOPisDEAD.

New Study Shows Palin Followers Are At Least Smart As Clams

2009-12-01T13:47:00.013-05:00

Sure you can find an idiot in every bunch, and we at theGOPisDEAD are not biased enough (yeah right) to know that goes for both sides of the political spectrum. Hell we here at theGOPisDEAD aren't that friggin bright. But, you do have to admit the reptilian far right has a special breed of stupid which is highlighted in this here video.

They say, "ignorance is bliss," yet fail to mention that the rest of us suffer the consequences of unrelenting stupidity. The rest of us have to walk among these lizard like creatures, that are dumb as a pile of f*cking rocks. And with 300+ million Americans roaming the streets that's a lot of rock. A Palin book signing is like a rock quarry Fred Flintstone himself would be proud of. In fact: Barney Rubble actually makes an appearance in support of Palin's new book. He's also a Steelers fan...who knew?

Yep, one thing is for sure about Palin, that woman can draw out the celebrities! So who else decides to show up for the Palin book signing? None other than SHREK himself (see 18 secs in)! Which apparently - and we are pissed as hell that no one told us - got a sex change?

Christians Contract Aids from Hugging!

2009-12-01T12:26:00.005-05:00

Just when you think these motherf*ckers are crazy enough on the far right. They go and up it a notch. It's the gift that keeps on giving to theGOPisDEAD. :)

Christian youth groups finally have an alternative to normal, aka "front," hugs. As we all know, face to face embraces run the horrific risk of a clothed crotch graze. The Christian Side-Hug (or the CSH, as the kids call it) rids us of sin, as the only below the belt contact will be some good old-fashioned hip on hip action.

To help the side-hug fad sweep the nation, let us present this hardcore rap song. Yup, side-hugging has hit the streets. The group has as many emcees as the Wu-Tang Clan and as much power as a barbershop quartet.

Look out for the ominous sirens blasting on the track. Clearly, these are gangsters on the run from the law - probably from side-hugging up a storm! One emcee (wearing his bandanna 2pac-style no less) admits to taking part in the forbidden front-hug. But don't worry, God. He's married.

At the end, they all simulate getting shot and dying. We can only hope there are side-hugs in heaven.

A 10 YEAR OLD WILL NOT SAY THE PLEDGE UNTIL WE HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL PEOPLE

2009-11-17T14:17:00.009-05:00

Will Phillips is theGOPisDEAD's Hero for Life!

"I've always tried to analyze things because I want to be a lawyer," Will said. "I really don't feel that there's currently liberty and justice for all."
After asking his parents whether it was against the law not to stand for the pledge, Will decided to do something. On Monday, Oct. 5, when the other kids in his class stood up to recite the pledge of allegiance, he remained sitting down. The class had a substitute teacher that week, a retired educator from the district, who knew Will's mother and grandmother. Though the substitute tried to make him stand up, he respectfully refused. He did it again the next day, and the next day.

UPDATE:

10 year old Will Phillips appeared on CNN Monday morning with his father, Jay, to discuss his refusal to say the pledge of allegiance. We are all more fortunate today to have this young man on our side.

"I've grown up with a lot of people and I'm good friends with a lot of people who are gay and I think they should have the rights all people should, and I'm not going to swear that they do," the ten-year-old Phillips said.

Jay Phillips, asked if his son was prepared for the media attention, said his son saw it as an opportunity to raise awareness. "He felt that just because he's ten years old doesn't mean he doesn't have opinions, doesn't mean he doesn't have rights, and doesn't mean he can't make a difference."

John Stewart Responds to Sean "F*ckface" Hannity: Almost Throws Up in His Popcorn

2009-11-16T05:10:00.013-05:00

Mr. Stewart's Response

Sean Hannity Apologizes to Jon

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Health Care Crisis

Sean F*ckface Hannity Tries to Pull a Fast One: EPIC CROWD COUNT DISTORTION FAIL!!

2009-11-12T14:57:00.010-05:00

The tea party protests continued last week, as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann held an anti-health-care-reform rally on the steps of the Capitol. While she estimated that 20,000-45,000 people attended the event, the Washington Post reported it was actually more like 10,000.

Still, that is a sizable number of Americans exercising their right to free speech and assembly, and that warrants news coverage. But Sean Hannity and his team did more than cover the event. They not only inflated the number in attendance with their words, but actually used footage from a heavily-attended protest this summer to make this health care rally appear more popular. Hannity even pointed out that this was a huge crowd for a Thursday, when the protest footage they used was from a Saturday.

Jon Stewart and his team caught this discrepancy and ran with it, pointing out neither the color of the leaves nor sky in the tacked-on video matched that of the actual footage.

The charge

Sean Hannity Uses Glenn Beck's Protest Footage

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Health Care Crisis

The Admission

Fox News' Sean Hannity responded to Jon Stewart Wednesday evening after the Daily Show host called out the network for using old footage from a larger September 12, 2009 "Tea Party' protest to illustrate a much smaller health care rally on Capitol Hill last week.

Speaking directly to the camera, Hannity said that it pained him to admit it, but Stewart was correct.

Doesn't Sean have one of those prick faces...? We here at theGOPisDEAD think so. :)

Goldman Sachs Steals Flu Shots from Children!

2009-11-09T16:04:00.004-05:00

While thousands of at-risk Americans wait, some big Wall Street banks have already secured the in-demand swine flu vaccine for their employees. Goldman Sachs has received 200 priority flu shot doses before pregnant women & children?

Is there any end to the f*cking indiscriminate raping of mainstream America? I mean come on!! These sick f*cks show a level of callous indifference towards the suffering of others, that is absolutely criminal.

We here at theGOPisDEAD would give anything to make excessive greed a crime punishable by death...except ironically the law makers are sucking on the Goldman "dick" Sachs.

GOP: Starvation is for pussies!

2009-11-03T12:26:00.018-05:00

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. - Galbraith

It never ceases to amaze us here at theGOPisDEAD how obtuse the right-wing is, but ironically so sure of their opinions and ideology, without ever having truly lived on the other side of what they are so sure of. Disagreeable for the sake of being boorishly conservative, and dogmatic in spite of so much suffering.

Conservatives will mangle the truth of their hypocrisy by touting the moral high ground as if it were irrefutable. They string along the weak, the poor, and the stupid to the detriment of their own well-being. Conservatives believe they are the champions of morality. They are mostly afraid of progress and will fight tooth and nail for their customs, conventions, and continuities regardless of the evolution of modern society. They are so deathly afraid of what they don't know, they are in a constant battle to maintain the status quo whether it be the healthcare reform debate, social injustice, human suffering, or otherwise.

Conservatives have mastered the art of what is possible without ever having to actually achieve anything at all. Their core principles are reverberated as a constant in the political battle to win voters, yet neither of them will ever come to fruition.

They have been promising for 30+ years to reverse Roe vs Wade. It will NEVER happen. They know it, and we know it. It will never ever happen, but the right use it over and over again to divide and conquer. When will their constituents hold them accountable? When will they stop believing this lie?

They state they believe in smaller government, and that government cannot help, yet are unwilling to fall on this sword by privatizing public services such as schools, fire, police, medicare, medicaid, social security, and military to name a few. They are unwilling to note that our military is part of the federal government and somehow discount its expenditures as less than wasteful against social programs they denounce daily. The United States accounts for nearly half of the combined military budgets of the entire planet. The Pentagon budget comes to more than the gross domestic product of all 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. bringing the total for defense spending to between $925 billion and $1.14 trillion in 2009. That sounds like smaller government to us doesn't it?

Point is...they are the party of fear mongering dogmatic platitudes, along with their backwards assed thinking, gun-toting, bible thumping, trailer parked, toothless, redneck, racist constituents that vote against their own best interest in spite of the GOP's inability to render the country a post 1950s apocalyptic malformation of reason.

They say they are losing their country. But what does that mean? With every civil right given to our citizenry comes a hearty battle-cry from the right that we are digressing into a country of pornographers, infidels, baby killers, and perverts. What country are they losing? What country are they talking about? What the f*** are they trying to tell us?

The GOP clearly would like to roll the clock back in time...keep it all at bay where they feel safe and sound behind their white picket fences, Revelations, and locked doors waiting for Jesus to come save their hateful, war mongering, irrelevant, selfish selves from the ensuing Apocalypse.

Until then...we progress.

“The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

GOP senators who voted against anti-rape law refuse to explain why

2009-10-23T04:51:00.011-04:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is an American late night satirical TV show that dialed in its probing tragicomedy microscope on Republican's sick and twisted love affair with the likes of a profiteering war industry. (See the clip here) It's a shame a fake news show picked this up...while most mainstream media would rather report on f***ing "Balloon Boy."

The Gist

Republicans lined up in droves to vote against Franken Amdt. No. 2588 to prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.

Hmmmm, well that sounds pretty harmless doesn't it? Sounds like voting against Amdt. No. 2588 would protect companies like Haliburton from bogus law suits. Fair enough, right? In detail the amendment prohibits the government from contracting with companies that refuse to allow employees to pursue allegations in court. Except for the f***ing fact the allegations they fail to mention is more specifically RAPE/Sexual Assault.

In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and “warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.” (Jones was not an isolated case.) Jones was prevented from bringing charges in court against KBR because her employment contract stipulated that sexual assault/rape allegations would only be heard in private arbitration by arbitors hired by KBR itself.

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) proposed an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR “if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court.”

Speaking on the Senate floor yesterday, Franken said:

The constitution gives everybody the right to due process of law … And today, defense contractors are using fine print in their contracts do deny women like Jamie Leigh Jones their day in court. … The victims of rape and discrimination deserve their day in court [and] Congress plainly has the constitutional power to make that happen.

Republicans Vote Nay:

Republicans voted unanimously against the amendment. So theGOPisDEAD thought it to be our civic duty to list the names and their vote:

Ayes: 68 (Democrat: 56; Republican: 10; Other: 2)

Nays: 30 (Democrat: 0; Republican: 30)

Abstained: 2 (Democrat: 2; Republican: 0)

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)

Percentage of 'aye' votes: 68%

Result: Amendment Agreed to

Republicans Voting 'Nay'

Name	Voted
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R, TN]	Nay
Sen. John Barrasso [R, WY]	Nay
Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]	Nay
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]	Nay
Sen. Jim Bunning [R, KY]	Nay
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]	Nay
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]	Nay
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]	Nay
Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]	Nay
Sen. Bob Corker [R, TN]	Nay
Sen. John Cornyn [R, TX]	Nay
Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]	Nay
Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]	Nay
Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]	Nay
Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]	Nay
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]	Nay
Sen. Judd Gregg [R, NH]	Nay
Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]	Nay
Sen. John Isakson [R, GA]	Nay
Sen. Mike Johanns [R, NE]	Nay
Sen. Jon Kyl [R, AZ]	Nay
Sen. John McCain [R, AZ]	Nay
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R, KY]	Nay
Sen. James Risch [R, ID]	Nay
Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]	Nay
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]	Nay
Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]	Nay
Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	Nay
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA]	Nay
Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS]	Nay

WHAT THE F**K DO YOU MEAN NO ONE EVER DIED NOT HAVING HEALTHCARE?

2009-10-22T09:29:00.008-04:00

It's been said many times over by the reptilian right-wing, that no one ever lost their lives because they didn't have healthcare. Well, apparently they have and there is a new website created by Rep. Alan Grayson to prove this point in dramatic fashion, and we here at theGOPisDEAD would like to show our support by sharing www.namesofthedead.com with our readers.

The Crux of the issue:

Every year, more than 44,000 Americans die simply because they have no health insurance.

I have created this project in their memory. I hope that honoring them will help us end this senseless loss of American lives. If you have lost a loved one, please share the story of that loved one with us. Help us ensure that their legacy is a more just America, where every life that can be saved will be saved.

Who is Grayson? A refresh...of who this badass is...

Rep. Alan Grayson on the Republicans' Health Care Plan

Recently, Congressman Alan Grayson summed up the Republicans' Health Care plan as:

Don't get sick
If you do get sick...
Die quickly

As Congressman Grayson explained on CNN's Situation Room, "[the Republicans] have ... no plan. It's been 24 hours since I said that. Where is the Republican plan? We're all waiting to see something that will take care of the pre-existing conditions, to take care of the 40 million Americans who have no coverage at all. That's what I meant when I said that the Republican plan is don't get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly."

Grayson is one funny mother****er. Check him out in this clip being interviewed by Bill Maher. We can't get enough of the way this guy rips Republicans a new A**! LOL

Al Franken Anti-Rape Amendment Rejected by Republicans to Defend Haliburton

2009-10-15T13:13:00.003-04:00

Are you F***ing kidding me?

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Rape-Nuts