Stupid Republican idea of the day

You don’t vote for teams.

The Ladies of the Lake, their arms clad in the purest shimmering polyester, held aloft a Lombardi Trophy from the bosom of the confetti. Signifying that, by Divine Providence that I, Jerry Jones, was to carry the Cowboys through decent periods to the now-stinging mediocrity of having Tony Romo as a starting quarterback. The only thing more embarrassing would be having Captain Butt-Fumble leading this group!

That is why this is America’s Team!

:dubious: Supreme sports prestige derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical boob-shaking ceremony!

Not that there’s any meaningful difference . . .

Help, help, we are being repressed! You saw the NFL repressing us, did you not?

Not so much removal but requalification with new standards, tons of paperwork, and government oversight – brought to you by the party that hypocritically claims to be in favor of the opposite. And a bunch of schools won’t be able to qualify; but it’s the poor so screw 'em.

Here we see the system inherent in the violence!

Not quite stupid idea but how about vile dog whistle of the day.

On NPR’s morning edition today

[QUOTE=Trump surrogate Carl Paladino]
“People that get onto the Trump bus are very, very frustrated with their government,” said Paladino, who ran unsuccessfully for New York governor in 2010. “It doesn’t matter what kind of person is the exterminator, OK? They want the raccoons out of the basement.”
[/QUOTE]

Hmmm. I wonder why he chose that particular varmintto get rid of?

I usually think of “dog whistles” as requiring less knowledge of history and linguistics.

I heard that interview, and the raccoons comment might have been the least “WTF?” comment he made. That guy is Trump’s spokesman in NY??

ETA: Holy crap, I just re-listened and he was the GOP candidate for governor in 2010. His rant against Obama was… not subtle.

Wasn’t there some kind of video scandal or something with him? He sent subordinates emails with bestiality videos in them or something?

ETA: Someone else is going to have to search. I’m not looking for that on a work computer!

The first Google result is entitled “Carl Paladino’s Emails: Tea Party-Backed Gov Candidate’s Emails Feature Racism, Bestiality, Porn”. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Well, with porn.

I couldn’t let this excellent quip go unnoticed.

Bravo!

The transcript of the Paladino interview is up on NPR.org. He was being interviewed by David Greene. Notice that Greene didn’t even ask about Obama:

But I chuckled a little bit at Greene’s response to the raccoon analogy:

“Raccoons” is not one that requires much, just omit the first syllable.

Yes, that’s the one. Carl “Horse Porn” Paladino is now his actual legal name.

News flash, Carl: They’re not the majority any more, either. In Nixon’s day they were, but times and generations and culture and demographics have changed.

Like the 'Moral Majority", ‘majority’ is a word they use to convince themselves that pretty much everyone thinks like they do, they’re just being repressed by the evil people on the other side of the issue.

But clearly, the bigots are getting angry and upset because the tide hasn’t just turned, it’s rolling right over them and they can’t get away with their shit as much anymore.

I’m a firm believer in equality and justice for all, and I mean ALL, and I just don’t get their idea that working to create that justice and equality means they are being diminished. More like they’re being told to stop being assholes and they’re getting angry about it.

Tough shit.

The Moral Majority was neither…

So much for an impartial investigation of Planned Parenthood.

Was anyone actually fooled from the get-go?

They never even bothered to swear Daleiden in, and the Democrats were not allowed to question him.