Mitch McConnell is a lying son of a bitch.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Ebolapalooza
Ok, I’m back. Where was I, you ask? Actually, right here all along, gazing in awe at the ginormous torrent of untreated sewage spewing forth from the GOP bullshit spigot with a mixture of fear and loathing.
In recent weeks, I’ve been so overwhelmed by the sheer mass of snarkable opportunities as to be paralyzed. So, I finally stepped away from the keyboard and sat my note pad down (yes, I write this stuff out first, I’m old so STFU) and enjoyed some quality family time. It is with renewed focus that I return to the pointless noble exercise of pointing out conservative dumbassery to the masses, ok, the four or five people that read these posts.
Today we shall sample the rightwing response to the ongoing Ebola situation, or “Let’s scare the shit out of the rubes and paranoid shut-ins.” First up, the blog’s old friend and single dumbest human ever elected to congress, Rep. Louie Ghomert (R, of course, TX). What does one of the intellectual pillars of the Tea Party have to offer? From the ThinkProgress article,
“Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX) accused the federal government of waging a war on women in its effort to contain the Ebola virus, claiming that the Obama administration and the Centers for Disease Control is throwing female nurses “under the bus.””
Rep. Gohmert delivered that well considered assessment while appearing on, curiously human shaped turd, Glenn Beck’s radio show.He then doubled down on Fox propaganda News the next day.
“I mean, it is a war on these poor women nurses and they are doing the best they can.”
We will leave Rep. Gohmert, and the jabbering voices in his head, and move on to RightWingWatch.org, where they do the thankless job of exposing the most vile content spewed forth from the aforementioned GOP bullshit spigot. Here we find Bryan Fisher (no stranger to the blog) of the American Racist Homophobe Family Association, who had this to say of Shepard Smith, after Smith called out “the hysterical voices on the radio and the television” that are irresponsibly hyping fears of Ebola and causing panic.
“Shepard Smith is a card-carrying liberal,” Fischer explained. “He has been outed as an active homosexual, so he’s down with the entire homosexual agenda. People think he’s on Fox so he’s conservative. Anything but.”
“Why would he want to support President Obama?” Fischer asked, before playing Smith’s segment on the Ebola panic. “Because President Obama supports the homosexual agenda”
It’s always nice to see Christian love and compassion so clearly demonstrated by a member of the clergy. Over the radio. To avid like minded listeners.
Moving on, while the Fox News viewing audience either rechecks its Hazmat suit, for the eleventy hundredth time, or gets their bedpan changed at the nursing home, the rest of the country awaits cogent medical advice from the nation’s doctor, the Surgeon General. What’s that you say, there is no Surgeon General? Just how in the hell does that happen, and who is to blame? Let’s check-in with the fine folks at ThinkProgress again.
“After Blocking Surgeon General Nominee, Republican Blames Obama For Surgeon General Vacancy“
Oh, I see, I am sure there was some genuine flaw with the nominee that prevented his consideration for the post, right?
“Earlier this year, the NRA launched a campaign to derail Murthy’s nomination because he voiced support for expanding background checks for gun purchases. His comments that gun violence was a public health concern raised the ire of the gun lobby and conservative lawmakers despite the fact that every major medical association — and several former Surgeons General under Republican presidents — shared the same view.”
Jesus H. Christ in a petri dish, are you fucking kidding me? During one of the rare instances where having a sitting Surgeon General might actually be goddamn necessary, we don’t have one because the NRA and its GOP remoras in the senate got spooked by his feelings concerning something that kills 30K+ U.S. citizens a year?
We are well and truly screwed, I’m going to have a drink now and in two weeks I’m going to vote. You should do the same, or at least remember to vote.
