1995? Yep, don’t care either. That’s some seriously fucked up shit to think, let alone say, let alone say in public when one is an elected official.
Epic Fail, in the parlance of our times.
I agree, they would do that if they could. Because I have worked in jobs that offered insurance, but it was so expensive that it would have absorbed my entire salary (the job was entry level worker at Target, 30 hours a week, which is all they offered to keep me part time, etc. etc.) I could not afford insurance, though I needed it, I can’t think of a Republican or an insurer that would have given a rat’s ass if I had died for lack of medical care.
Republicans have a problem with rape because they are generally anti-abortion and pregnancies caused by rape is one of two places where the vast majority of Americans think abortion would be fine, but Republicans would really rather force women to bear the babies of rapists. They cannot admit this, it would make their evil too evident, so they attack the concept of rape so as to make it seem less horrible. And some of them probably just like rape.
I think it’s something deeper. Republican men (or at least the fruitcakes leading the party these days) still believe women are not capable of independent living in society. They can’t make “responsible” decisions without direction from men.
It’s pretty much an issue of ownership. Women need to be owned by men, for their own good, of course.
It’s odd that the party of No apparently can’t accept no as an answer.
Does anyone know if this is some kind of record in Congressional grandstanding? Has any other party ever tried to pointlessly repeal something popular more than 50 times?
Hoo-boy, this one’s stupid/crazy/evil even by the Pubs’ own standards:
Senate GOP Blocks Veterans Benefits Bill
But the kicker is the why of it:
:rolleyes:
This question makes me curious how many anti-slavery bills were voted down by Souther coalitions.
I stumbled across this while looking for something else:
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/justice-jeanine/index.html
A Fox News bimbette I’ve never seen before, but apparently she has her own hour-long weekend show. Her opening monologue this week, which you can play at the link, is about how Obama is a paper tiger, and it’s hilarious.
She berates Obama for calling Putin and saying that invading Ukraine would threaten Russia’s standing in the international community, and asks (not quoted exactly), “Why is he so worried about Russia’s standing? What about OUR standing?” Seriously, she seems to think that Obama’s call was out of concern for Putin. She then asks, without a trace of irony, “Who made you the world’s cop?”
A minute later, she repeats the factoid about our military being reduced to pre-WWII levels, and asks, “Does that mean we’ll be flying prop planes? Then for sure we won’t be able to protect our troops… like Benghazi?” I am not making this up.
I always wondered what it would look like if Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin had a child.
The latest liar in Republican ACA horrors ads turns out to be living with, and has the same last name as, a Republican county chair - http://aattp.org/latest-obamacare-victim-owns-a-home-with-republican-county-chair/
It’s not the answer they’re looking for.
Rush Limbaugh: “[12 Years a Slave] was going to win. It had the magic word in the title, ‘slave,’”
If they figured out how to fit “slave and Holocaust” into one movie we’d declare a new national holiday!
Rush’s foresight would have been a lot more impressive if he had offered it on Saturday rather than Monday.
I dunno. I’ve got a screenplay for Himmler In Love that’s just beggin’ for an award.
Sure, everybody remembers when Tarzan and the Slave Girl won Best Picture of 1950, right? Beating out An American in Paris in a major upset?
House GOP to vote on dismantling Obamacare for the 50th time.
“You know what they say: 50th Time is the charm.” President Obama.
Eh, that’s slightly misleading because they aren’t voting on a repeal of the entire ACA.
As 50th is the “Golden” repeal attempt, Boehner will be coloring his skin tone accordingly.
And a red nose to show solidarity with that decisive leader, Vlad Pootin.