Monday, November 27, 2023

Vote. Vote Blue. Here's A Slew of Reasons Why

Here we are again, with a wee taste of the lunacy, racism, criminality, and bigotry and hate inside the GOP …

Back in 2004, Mike Johnson, current GOP House Speaker, was the lead attorney for Stockwell Place Elementary, a school being sued for pushing Christianity on its students. A set of Jewish parents claimed the school held prayer sessions, taught Christian songs in class and promoted a teacher-led prayer group called Stallions for Christ that met during recess.

Johnson warned his congregation at the Airline Drive Church of Christ in Shreveport that the lawsuit by the Jewish family was to keep Christian activities out of a public school:

“The ultimate goal of the enemy is silencing the gospel. This is spiritual warfare.”

No, it’s a family trying not to have another religion foisted upon their children without their consent. Imagine Mike Johnson’s reaction if Islam was pushed on his children at school.

Mike Johnson is a Christian Nationalist; trust.

This week, Governor Ron “Lifts” DeSantis awarded more than $28 million through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to expand semiconductor manufacturing and chip manufacturing through five workforce development projects.

To be clear President Biden made the funds available to Florida, where the Governor there will assign the funds, but DeSantis had nothing to do with the money coming in and offered zero thanks to the man who did.

President Joe Biden.

Shortly before Javier Milei was elected president of Argentina, United States Representative, and Republican, María Elvira Salazar praised the country as having everything, including “only one culture, only one religion and only one race, completely homogeneous.”

Christian Nationalist and racist ideals propagated by the GOP.

A 56-year-old man from western NY crashed his car near the Rainbow Bridge border checkpoint from the US into Canada. He was reportedly supposed to be at a Kiss concert that was cancelled, so he decided to go to a Niagara Falls casino in Canada with his wife in their $300,000 Bentley; they both died in a fiery crash.

But Fox News and right-wing Republicans, who have been waiting for a terror attack related to border security, to blame on Biden, began spreading disinformation that the vehicle was “full of explosives” and that it was a “terrorist attack.”

The man was pissed because KISS cancelled a concert and rightwingnuts and Fox News used that story to lie about a terror attack.

Back to Tiny Ron DeSantis who, in his latest appeal to MAGAts and racists, threatened to send “Kamala [Harris] back to her liberal homeland.”

Her homeland is California, but the racist tome of this remark seems to suggest that because of her skin color, Harris is not an American.

Racist. GOP. Ron DeSantis.

In Arkansas, GOP Governor and former Liar-In-Chief to Inmate # P01135809, Sarah Huckabee Sanders held kickoff party for the Arkansas Razorbacks 2023 football season which cost the people of Arkansas over $13,000, including $1400 for gingham tablecloths, $600 for pom-poms, and $450 for buttons that read “Best Gov/Best State;” it costs a lot to feed Aunt Lydia’s ego.

It was invitation-only and I guarantee the people of Arkansas did not sign off on their money being used to feed Huckleberry Cronies.

Is Joe Biden too old to be president? I’m not sure, though I’d prefer handing the reins off to someone younger, like Inmate # P01135809, who used Veterans Day to honor our troops by quoting Adolf Hitler:

“In honor of our great veterans on Veteran’s Day, we pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country, lie, steal and cheat on Elections … “

Hitler once said:

“We pledge to you that we will root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our Country,.”

Is Joe too old? Maybe, but between the choice of too old and someone who quotes Hitler I choose age over a traitor.

Speaking of Demented, here again is Inmate # P01135809, confusing President Biden with President Obama:

“The head of Hungary ... Viktor Orban, did anybody ever hear him? Probably, you know, considered very powerful, very powerful within his country and outside of his country, not exactly loved by some of the European nations ... he didn’t allow millions of people to invade his country ... so he doesn’t have crime and he doesn’t have the problems that they’re having in other countries where millions of people who are allowed to go in. But they were interviewing him two weeks ago and they said, ‘What would you advise President Obama? The whole world seems to be exploding and imploding.’ And he said ‘It’s very simple. He should immediately resign and they should replace him with President Trump, who kept the world safe.'”

Liar and demented.

And speaking of crazy, Ron DeSantis is telling Iowans that in the unlikely event the Bahamas got warlike and attacked South Florida, he would obliterate the island:

“And I thought to myself like if the Bahamas were firing rockets into Fort Lauderdale, like we would not accept that for like one minute. I mean, we would just level it. We would never be willing to live like that as Americans.”

Like I guess he like thinks Hamas and like the BaHamas are like the same place?

A vast majority of Republicans say they support installing deterrents such as razor wire and deadly buoy barriers in rivers to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally, even if people are endangered or killed.

They are okay with murder.

Mississippi Governor, and Republican Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors, who gave his campaign at least $50,000 received a total of $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants since he took office in 2020.

Quite a bargain. The GOP is for sale, clearly.

Some central Florida lawmakers are considering “all legislative, legal and executive options available” to stop business owners in a small town from voluntarily displaying rainbow decals in their windows indicating that they are “safe place” for LGBTQ+ people who feel threatened.

You can’t say gay, and you certainly can be gay-friendly, or even a safe place for LGBTQ+ Floridians.

The Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas and the eighth-largest in the country, will eliminate librarian positions in 28 schools in order to turn the libraries into “discipline centers.” The move does not appear to be budget related, as librarians will be allowed to apply for other positions and the state has a $32 billion surplus.

No books; no study aids; detention centers.

Hung Cao, a Republican running for US Senate in Virginia, is warning voters that “witchcraft” has “taken over” in some parts of California because a place in Monterey, California that was once called ‘Lovers of Christ Point,’ is now called ‘Lover’s Point.'

“They took out the Christ, it’s ‘Lover’s Point,’ and it’s really—Monterey’s a very dark place now, a lot of witchcraft, and the Wiccan community has really taken over there. We can’t let that happen in Virginia.”

And so he’s running on the “There’s Witches In California” platform.

And that’s just a small taste of GOP lunacy.

Christian Nationalism; racism; anti-LGBTQ+; banning libraries; lying, cheating, g rifting; fearmongering.

27 comments:

  1. A rainbow is a rainbow, is a rainbow. It is not just a visual metaphor for LGBTQ+ but is a natural phenomena. So how can putting pictures of rainbows be illegal? And how petty can you get Repugnant party?

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    1. First you punish The Gays, then you punish the people who support The Gays; it's the GOP way.

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  2. Cleora Borealis10:21 AM

    I'm not sure why Hung Cao, in Virginia, was digging so deep into California history that he found out a Methodist retreat camp used to have a different name for Lover's Point and it was changed by the evil witches. I used to live a few blocks from Lover's Point. I'll admit to being a heathen, but if there were witchcraft meetings, I never got my invitation. And, if Cao was digging that deep he shoulda noticed that the Point isn't in Monterey. It's in Pacific Grove. So, once again, a GQP tool is trying to prove some bullshit point by using actual bullshit! 💩

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    1. I just can't grasp the fact he's running for office in Virginia by talking about California.🤷🏻‍♂️

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  3. Anonymous11:07 AM

    the dog's mother
    "No books; no study aids; detention centers."
    ak! ak! ak!
    xoxo :-)

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    1. It's the perfect way to set up kids for the future; keep 'em stupid and prepare them for jail.
      xoxo

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  4. Out of all this craziness, I think the thing that bothers me the most is turning libraries into detention centers. It's part of the Texas school to prison pipeline. Someone should ask Cao why he knows so much about witchcraft. I would prefer a younger president, but I'll take an 80 year who's a decent human being over that lunatic who's only 3 years younger.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. That Texas BS is stunning; ne learning for you, but here's' what permission will be like.
      And I stand with Joe over a traitor no matter how old Joe is.
      xoxo

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  5. If there are witches in California, why haven't they come up with a potion to turn Trump and the rest of these vermin into actual vermin... and them sweep them away?

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    1. Cao cannot explain that because ... it's a typical GOP fearmongering lie!

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  6. If ever there was a week's post that deserved the GOP Elephant graphic used above, it's this one

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  7. Seriously.
    The amount of asshattery, dumbassery and fuckery that is the GOP never ceases to amaze me. Ignorant, bigoted, borderline murderous and absolutely wrong.

    XOXO

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    1. And yet people believe the BS from them. But that's what cult members do: never question.
      xoxo

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  8. I'm so glad you put Hung Chow at the end, at the beginning, I probably would have read no farther.

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  9. Good heavens, what a pile of manure.
    The FOX news b.s. made it's way across the border here too. The opposition leader Peepee PoLIEvre echoed the comments, and challenged our Prime Minister on what he planned to do about it. When challenged on his obvious LIE and misinformation, he blamed it on the media reports. Sadly, it is very likely he will be the Prime Minister after the election in 2025...our own mini-IQ45.

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    1. Crazy that people can just spread lies even when the facts prove them wrong. That should be illegal.

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  10. Too bad we can't just drop a stink bomb on them all, but of course they all stink to high heaven now, what with being so full of vile and shit.I don't feel sorry for the taxpayer of Arkansas. They voted that dog in, they can sleep with the fleas now.

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    1. Dog.Fleas.Shit.
      The GOP is three words.

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  11. Blue is the color of my true love's eyes. No, they're actually brown. But Blue is how I'll vote right on down the line at the 2024 ballot box. True Blue. Right, Brother Bob?
    Thanks for the insights.

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    1. My eyes ARE blue and so are my votes!

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  12. #VoteBlue (just in case anyone wasn't sure after the memes in this post) xoxox

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    1. We gotta keep reminding people.
      xoxo

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  13. I'm trying to resist the childish (and admittedly racist) impulse to make fun of Hung Cao's name.

    I would love to see what comes of lawmakers trying to keep shop owners from displaying rainbow flags in their windows. What the hell? Under what law could that even be considered possible? Inquiring minds want to know.

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