Showing posts with label Jim Himes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Himes. Show all posts

Friday, June 09, 2017

I Didn't Say It ...

Clay Higgins, Republican Congressman from Louisiana, on the heels of the seven people murdered, and 48 injured, in that London terror attack:

"The free world… all of Christendom… is at war with Islamic horror. Not one penny of American treasure should be granted to any nation who harbors these heathen animals. Not a single radicalized Islamic suspect should be granted any measure of quarter. Their intended entry to the American homeland should be summarily denied. Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down. Hunt them, identity them, and kill them. Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all."

Let that sink in ... “for the sake of all that is good and righteous, kill them all."
How fucking Christ-like ... and how fucking ISIS-like.
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, saying _____ should not come to London after all:

“I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for. When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate. You stand with them in times of adversity but you call them out when they are wrong. There are many things about which Donald ­­­­­_____ is wrong.”

I disagree with the mayor on that last point ... Donald ____ is wrong about everything.
Jeff Merkley, Democratic Senator from Oregon, slamming Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for refusing to say that she would protect students from discrimination:

“I think that’s very important for the public to know that today, the secretary of education, before this committee, refused to affirm that she would put forward a program that would ban discrimination based on LGBTQ status of students or would ban discrimination based on religion.”

Are we surprised that a _____ appointee is anti-LGBTQ?
No, we are not.
Richard Angell, Londoner, on last week’s attack:

“These people shouldn’t win. This is the best city in the world and Borough Market is one of my favourite bits of the best city in the world. I’m not going to let the barbaric acts of cowardly people minimise that. I’ve got to pay my bill. Also, we haven’t given the staff a tip and they looked out for us when they should have been helping themselves. It was lovely food and I want the rest of my main course. If they [the extremists] have a problem with me having a G&T with friends and flirting and being gay then I’m going to carry on doing it. If that’s so barbaric to these people then two fingers up to them.”

Bravo, sir, bravo.
The gays have had centuries of being beaten and murdered and tortured just for being gay, and we aren’t playing any more. We’d rather have a drink and a laugh with friends.
Seth Meyers, in response to Angell’s statement:

“Two fingers. British people are so hardcore they use an extra finger to tell you to f**k off. So with all this compassionate defiance on display from actual Londoners, what was the president of the United States doing? [R]ather than fill any of the hundreds of vacancies in his government, _____ spent the weekend golfing, and then woke up Monday morning to watch TV and pick fights on Twitter.”

Golf; that’s more important than the country. Golf.
Two fingers up to _____, too.
Jim Himes, Democratic Congressman from Connecticut, on _____’s mental health:

“Those who wish us ill are noting the unhinged, demented behavior of the President over an attack OUTSIDE the US. They’re thinking …. Escalating a feud with a recently attacked mayor/key global ally. Based on a misreading of what the mayor said. The President is dangerous. What Donald _____ did in response to the British tragedy was inappropriate for a toddler much less the president of the United States … The President of the United States is damaging the security of the United States and making us a laughingstock around the world at a moment in time when American leadership is particularly critical.”

Unhinged. Narcissistic. Childish. Boorish. Ill-equipped. Unprepared. Racist. Misogynistic. And all of those other words.
We need to fix this, by getting rid of every _____ supporter in Congress and then working to impeach this loser once and for all.
Eric _____, going on a rampage about Democrats on _____ lapdog Sean Hannity’s show:

“To me, they’re not even people. It’s so, so sad. Morality’s just gone, morals have flown out the window and we deserve so much better than this as a country. They try and obstruct a great man; they try and obstruct his family. You see the Democratic Party, they’re imploding. They’re imploding. They became obstructionists because they have no message of their own.”

First off, I cannot help but laugh at the idea of this grifter—who may have stolen money from children’s cancer charities for his own family—speaking about morality.
Shouldn’t he be babysitting Ivanka’s children? I mean, he’s unqualified for much more than that.
Grifter.
Neil Cavuto, of Fox News, on _____’s scapegoating and refusal to take responsibility for hot mess that is his White House:

“Mr. President, it’s not the fake news media that’s your problem. It’s you. It’s not just your tweeting, it’s your scapegoating. It’s your refusal to see that sometimes you’re the one who’s feeding your own beast and acting beastly with your own guys. Look at the critiques you’re now hearing from usually friendly and supportive allies as sort of like an intervention, because firing off these angry missives and tweets risks your political discussion.”

Um, Neil, you forgot one thing: this is all happening because the man is unhinged.

Friday, June 17, 2016

I Didn't Say It ...

President Obama, on Orlando:

"In the face of hate and violence, we will love another. We will not give in to fear or turn against each other. Instead, we will stand united, as Americans, to protect our people, and defend our nation, and to take action against those who threaten us."

And that’s why he’s our President.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, accepting a Tony award last Sunday, talking history and Orlando:

“When senseless acts of tragedy reminds us that nothing here is promised. Not one day, This show is proof that history remembers, we live through times when hate and fear seem stronger, we rise and fall and light from dying embers, remembrances that hope and love last longer....Love is love is love is love is love is love is love, and love cannot be killed or swept aside. Fill the world with music, love and pride.”

Don’t let evil win; don’t let hatred rule the day.
Love is love is love is love …
Anderson Cooper, interviewing anti-LGBT Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi about Orlando:

 “Do you really think you’re a champion of the gay community? You used language accusing gay people of seeking to do harm to the people of Florida. You argued that in court. The hotline that you’ve been talking about on television, which allows family members and spouses of the dead to get information…had there been no gay marriage, you do realize that there would be no spouses. Isn’t there a sick irony in that? Isn’t there a sick irony that you, for years, were fighting that very idea?”

Andy, my Husband-In-My-Head, taking no prisoners and holding Pam Bondi accountable for her hate.
Frank Langella, accepting a Tony award last Sunday, on Orlando:

"When something bad happens, we have three choices: we let it define us, we let it destroy us, or we let it strengthen us. Today in Orlando we had a hideous dose of reality. "I urge you Orlando to be strong because I'm standing in a room of the most generous humans on Earth and we will be with you every step of the way." 

We all stand together against hate.
Jim Himes, Democratic Congressman from Connecticut, on "thoughts and prayers" for the dead:

"I will not attend one more 'Moment of Silence' on the Floor. Our silence does not honor the victims, it mocks them. The 'Moments of Silence' in the House have become an abomination. God will ask, 'How did you keep my children safe?' Silence."

Finally, someone who realizes that a quick ‘Amen’ will not solve anything.
Robert Lynch, the Catholic bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida, on Orlando:

“Our founding parents had no knowledge of assault rifles, which are intended to be weapons of mass destruction. In crafting the Second Amendment … which I affirm, they thought only of the most awkward of pistols and heavy shotguns. I suspect they are turning in their graves if they can but glimpse what their words now protect. It is long past time to ban the sale of all assault weapons … If one is truly pro-life, then embrace this issue also and work for the elimination of sales to those who would turn the weapons on innocents. Second, sadly it is religion, including our own, that targets, mostly verbally, and often breeds contempt for gays, lesbians and transgender people. Attacks today on LGBT men and women often plant the seed of contempt, then hatred, which can ultimately lead to violence. Those women and men who were mowed down Sunday were all made in the image and likeness of God. We teach that. We should believe that. We must stand for that. … Third, responding by barring people of Muslim faith from entering the country solely because of their stated religion until they can be checked out is un-American, even in these most challenging of times and situations. There are as many good, peace-loving and God-fearing Muslims to be found as Catholics or Methodists or Mormons or Seventh-day Adventists. The Devil and Devilish intent escape no religious iteration. Will we ever learn?”

What a breath of fresh air to  hear a Catholic bishop lay some of the blame for this kind of hate at his religion's own feet.