I Didn't Say It ...

Matt Bomer, my Husband-In-My-Head, on if he knew he was gay in high school:

“On some level yeah but I think to protect myself at a semi-rural public high school in Texas, I was sort of like ‘well I’ll put this off to the side right now.’ … I was definitely operating from a place of just being able to survive.”

I think a lot of us did that ... “put it off to the side” ... knowing it was there but hoping to just make it through.

Bomer went on to say that he came out more while working at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in college because he finally saw people “who were just living their lives really openly.”

That’s how it works; you live out loud and others follow suit.

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Rick Perry, Energy Secretary and an Air Force veteran, on _____’s decision to ban transgender people from military service:

“I totally support the president in his decision. The idea that the American people need to be paying for these types of operations to change your sex is not very wise from a standpoint of economics.”

Oh, Miss Ricky; and, when asked about reports that the amount it would cost just $2.4 million to $8.4 million to provide gender transition-related health care coverage to transgender troops while the military spends $84 million treating erectile dysfunction, most of it on Viagra, Perry claims he doesn’t “check on the price of Viagra.”

Maybe he uses his boyfriend’s stash? Allegedly.

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Kellyanne Conway, _____’s Minister of Propaganda, calling the chaos in the White House a credit to _____:

“The fact is, that every place of work, I believe has to understand the rules, the structure, the protocol, the pecking order—and follow those rules. And again, when you’re in any place of work ... I’ll be in mine again with a new chief of staff this weekend or Monday – and you have to know what the structure and the rules are and people are going to respect those. I think it’s a really good inflection point after six months in this White House to know what the structure is and the rules and to carry forth that way.”

Um, Kellyanne, you tool? If there was structure there wouldn’t be chaos you dim bulb.

Hopefully your ass will be next to go.

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Chris Christie, on NachoGate:

“I didn’t dump the nachos on him or anything, which was an option.”

Honey, please, it’s clear you have never thrown away food needlessly.

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Jeb Bush, a little late, coming for _____:

“You get disciplined when your team says, ‘No, Mr. President, let’s stay focused on these policy objectives.’ Don’t disparage people, don’t go after Mueller, don’t say you’re going to pardon yourself or whatever. Don’t do all that. Govern. ... He unleashed five tweets today about stuff that jeopardizes his legal situation, insults somebody, goes back to the 2016 election, none of which is relevant to getting tax relief done, regulatory reform done. This is going to be a long ride between 2018 in January, much less 2020. If Barack Obama did something as it related to Russia and you say, ‘This is outrageous,’ then when your guy does the same thing, have the same passion to be critical.”

Jeb sounds like he might run against _____ in 2020—if _____ is not in prison by then—and he may have grown a backbone.

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Stephen Colbert, on the news that _____ helped write the first letter about Junior’s meeting with the Russians:

“He dictated it. It’s official — Donald Trump is a dictator, technically. Don Jr. gets in trouble, he literally got his daddy to write a note for him.”

And, I may be wrong, but if Daddy wrote the note excusing Junior from Collusion, wouldn’t that also be collusion?

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Kellyanne Conway, _____’s Minister of Propaganda, saying that being ethical is so hard it discourages people from being in government:

“There are so many qualified men and women who wanted to serve this president, this administration and their country who have been completely demoralized and completely, I think, disinclined to do so, based on the paperwork that we have to put forward, divesting assets, the different hoops you have to run through. This White House is transparent and accountable, and we’ve all complied with those rules, but it has disincentivized good men and women.”

Hey, Kellyanne, you tool? It doesn’t discourage people who aren’t liars and thieves and disciples of Satan.

Good people don’t have a problem; it’s those like you who take issues with questions of ethics because you have none.

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Jeff Flake, Arizona GOP Senator, on his party and _____:

“If by 2017 the conservative bargain was to go along for the very bumpy ride because with congressional hegemony and the White House we had the numbers to achieve some long-held policy goals—even as we put at risk our institutions and our values—then it was a very real question whether any such policy victories wouldn’t be Pyrrhic ones. If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it. If ultimately our principles were so malleable as to no longer be principles, then what was the point of political victories in the first place?”

To sell your soul to the 1% and corporate greed? I mean, that seems to be the rule of the GOP; take care of the rich and who cares about the rest.

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Paul Zukunft, US Coast Guard Commandant, affirming his support for transgender personnel:

“The first thing we did [after _____’s announcement] is we reached out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who have come out under a policy who declared themselves transgender. I reached out personally to Lt. Taylor Miller, who was featured on the cover of the Washington Post last week. If you read that story, Taylor’s family has disowned her ... [so now] ... her family is the United States Coast Guard. I told Taylor, ‘I will not turn my back. We have made an investment in you, and you have made an investment in the Coast Guard, and I will not break faith.’”

Zukunft also revealed the Coast Guard has assembled a team of military JAG lawyers to fight the ban.

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Kristen Stewart, who is dating model Stella Maxwell, on her past relationship with Robert Pattinson and if it was real:

“I’ve been deeply in love with everyone I’ve dated. Did you think I was faking it? I’ve always really embraced a duality and really, truly, believed in it and never felt confused or struggling. I just didn’t like getting made fun of. Some people aren’t like that. Some people know that they like grilled cheese and they’ll eat it every day for the rest of their lives. I want to try everything. If I have grilled cheese once I’m like, ‘That was cool, what’s next?'”

So, Pattinson was grilled cheese? And now she’s moved on to ... nope, not going there.

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I Didn't Say It ...

Jeb Bush, blaming President Obama for the anti-everyone GOP:

"As much as I reject Donald Trump as our party leader, he did not create the political culture of the United States on his own. Eight years of the divisive tactics of President Obama and his allies have undermined Americans’ faith in politics and government to accomplish anything constructive. The president has wielded his power — while often exceeding his authority — to punish his opponents, legislate from the White House and turn agency rulemaking into a weapon for liberal dogma. In turn, a few in the Republican Party responded by trying to out-polarize the president, making us seem anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker and anti-common-sense. Unfortunately, the understandable anger and fear haven’t given rise to a resurgence of purpose in politics or renewed a debate in our party about how Republicans win back the White House with the power of our ideas."

Wait, so because Obama tried to get something done, and the GOP, in its racist attempts to thwart him at every turn, is now responsible for their hatred?

Oh, Jeb, you should’a listened to your Mama when she told you not to run … your mouth.

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Alexander Skarsgård, on embracing gay sex scenes as an actor:

“They’re incredible scenes. … I remember Theo, who played the Greek lover of Russell Edgington, and that was the first gay sex scene I had on ‘True Blood.’ … He was nervous; he had never kissed a guy before. I just said, ‘Look at the scene. It’s this nemesis and he comes in and then it gets seductive and you think they’re gonna make love and it gets into that and then suddenly my character stabs him in the back and he explodes. In two minutes, look at this emotional rollercoaster we’re taking the audience on. If we commit to this, it’s going to be an amazing scene and we’re going to be very happy with it forever. If we hold back, that’s when it gets awkward.’ Same thing shooting the other scene with Ryan — we knew that it was coming because we shot a scene the previous year where I hypnotize him and say, like, ‘When you dream, dream sweet dreams of me.’ Because we did it in a very seductive way, when they said ‘wrap’ and I turned around and I saw the writers, I could just see in their eyes that they were like, ‘We’re definitely gonna see this dream later on in the show.’ We knew it was coming. You have to think of the scene and how it fits in and hopefully be excited about the scene. Then, just dive in.”

I can always envision a gay sex scene with Alexander Skarsgard … though usually I am cast in the scene with him.

Just sayin’.

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George Takei, Mr. Sulu in the original Star Trek, on the idea of Sulu in the reboot being gay:

“I told [writers] Simon Pegg and Justin Lin], ‘Be imaginative and create a character who has a history of being gay, rather than Sulu, who had been straight all this time, suddenly being revealed as being closeted.”

I get that Takei wanted to keep the character as Gene Roddenberry created him, but I think Star Trek needed a gay character we already knew, not someone who’s cast just to be the “gay” one.

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Steve King, Iowa’s Republican Congressman, a homophobe, and now clearly an uneducated racist … though I assume most racists are idiots:

“This ‘old white people’ business does get a little tired. … I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out, where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you’re talking about, where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?”

Yup; not one single thing have people of color done for the world.

Asshat.

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Random Musings

My Boss: So .... I went to hear Ted Cruz' speech at the Galleria on Monday.

Bob: Of course you did.

My Boss: Why do you say that?

Bob: [side-eye]

My Boss: Okay.

Now this looks like a good movie, though, at times, it might be just kinda boring ... paying bills and stuff.

I love a good conspiracy as much as the next guy but, man oh man, are they bringing up crazy with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia:

Obama killed him because, well, he’s a lame-duck president and he was bored.

Hillary killed him because she’s a Clinton and it’s what they do.

John Poindexter, the guy who paid for Scalia’s weekend getaway, and who had business before the court, killed him.

And, well, of course, Satan did it because he’s a Democrat.

Okay, I can watch the OJ trial — the original, real, one, not this TV one — and find myself attracted to Christopher Darden [left].

And, I can watch the OJ trial — the TV one, not the original, real, one—and find myself attracted to the actor, Sterling K. Brown, who plays Christopher Darden [right].

Just sayin’.

In the Republicans Are Dumb File:

Marco Rubio released a new ad this week, called “Morning Again In America” which mimics an old ad by the GOP Christ, Ronald Reagan:

 “It’s morning again in America. Today, more men and women are out of work than ever before in our nation’s history.”

Yes, it’s dismal and ark and, well, it features shots of a harbor, a busy city street and serene suburban neighborhood … In Canada. The Vancouver Sun pointed out the presence of city landmarks like the Harbour Centre tower and cranes of Port Metro Vancouver. The tugboat even appears to be sporting a small Canadian flag.

Marco Rubio is running for President of Canada? I thought Ted Cruz was the Canadian?

Some notes on the Grammys:

Taylor Swift is a hack performer, who relied on mini soundbites of lyrics, followed by awkward tween girl model poses and a shiny catsuit. TayTay? You can’t sing; stay home.

The Weeknd surprised me with a great voice.

Adele was the victim of bad sound people, on TV at least; rumor has it — see what I did there — she sounded much better in the arena.

Gaga was good, though kinda manic; there were times I thought she was having a seizure.

Kendrick Lamar ruled the night with a performance that was powerful and breathtaking and amazing and stunning.

Oh, and the awards? Who cares? We already knew who would win, though I loved Taylor Swift’s fake-assed elation every time someone bested her.

If you didn’t believe that Jeb Bush is just as dumb as his brother, there’s this:

He forgot to renew his website name so now if you head over JebBush.com you are redirected to a site for Donald [t]Rump. Seriously.

Speaking of Jeb … Guns are America? 

I guess it’s a good thing that, even with all that PAC money in your accounts, it’s clear you won’t be president, because we don’t need another NRA poster boy in the White House. 

Which leads to the …

This Man Wants To Be President: Jeb Bush ... Again

It was just a couple of years ago that Jeb Bush seemed like a shoe-in to be the GOP nominee for President in 2016; then along came [t]Rump and the asshats and wingnuts and racist came out of hiding to support him. And so Jeb has been languishing at the bottom of the “low energy” polls, so what should he do?

Say something stupid? Okay …

This week he proclaimed that, as president, he’d “eliminate” that Citizens United ruling that helped make SuperPACS possible:

“If I could do it all again I’d eliminate the Supreme Court ruling. This is a ridiculous system we have now where you have campaigns that struggle to raise money directly and they can’t be held accountable for the spending of the super PAC that’s their affiliate.”

And as soon as the words left his mouth, his people,  who may or may not have worked with his brother and know that the Bush boys say and do idiotic things, instantly began walking back that statement because Jeb’s entire  campaign exists because, and relies on, SuperPACs.

I mean, he isn’t getting all that money because people think we need another shot at a Bush White House after ridiculous Bush 1 and disastrous Bush 2.

And so, right after Jeb said he’d “eliminate” that court ruling, his communications director Tim Miller walked it back and told us that what Jeb really meant was that he was reiterating a past position, not calling to overturn, or eliminate, the decision.

Except that’s exactly what he said. So, take Jeb Bush at his word, except when he doesn’t mean what he’s saying because he needs the very money he’s asking to eliminate.

Mama Bush was right: we have had enough Bush’s in the White House.

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