Tuesday Thought #1

Tuesday Thought #3

Turnabout Is Fair Play, eh Joe?

I still remember, and cringe, that moment during President Obama’s speech before Congress when South Carolina Asshat Republican ... because of course ... Congressman Joe Wilson (shouted out, like a petulant child at a school assembly, “You lie.”

I thought, Oh great, a South Carolina dumbass will be all over the news; and he was ... until he finally apologized for being a disrespectful tool.

Well, he’s all over the news again, at least down here, because of that shout-out, though this time it’s because the words—You lie—were being shouted at Joe Wilson by his own constituents.

Last week, during a town hall in Graniteville, many of those in attendance shouted down Wilson with loud jeers and "You lie" chants over his support for the _____ administration and Wilson’s goose-stepping along with _____’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

But it got uglier when Joe Wilson, who in 2013 voted against extending the Violence Against Women Act, but told this crowd that he had advocated to protect women against violence.

“You lie.”

Women; women can turn this around; women can send Wilson packing; women can send a message to Hair Furor that he is over.

Women remember the lies; And we remember it, too; and the people of your own congressional district are reminding you of it.

Now, if they can all just get together and vote this liar out.

Blue South Carolina sounds pretty.

Mother Jones

Oh Kentucky ... Am I Gonna Have To Do My "Told You So" Dance?

Matt Bevin took control of Kentucky as the state’s new governor back in December 2015 — about ninety days ago — and now a great many people in the sate want him to resign.

Bevin swept into office on the coattails of the Kim Davis brouhaha which means that her fifteen minutes of fame are just about up … until she divorces again and remarries again or comes out as a Satan worshipper. But Bevin played the Tea Party Card and vowed to “Take Kentucky Back” and “Make Kentucky Great Again” but, instead, created a giant montón de mierda … that Spanish for “pile of sh — ” … well, you get it:

Bevin opposed the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA], gave a campaign speech at a cockfighting rally, and promised to end medical coverage for impoverished Kentuckians. Yup, no healthcare for you! He took voting rights back from ex-felons, changed marriage licenses after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, and ended state worker’s hopes of receiving a raise in wages.

In.His.First.Thirty.Days.

And now Kentuckians have started a petition to have Bevin removed from office and more than 8,000 voters have already signed it. The petition includes a letter to the state senate and state house asking that they begin a “formal investigation” into the 2015 Kentucky State election that elected Bevin in as Governor, and remove him from office if evidence shows him to be participating in fraud, or corruption on any level.

They also ask that the legislature begin a formal investigation into the Governor’s motives for cutting funding for public education, healthcare, and the very departments that oversee and audit the ethics of decisions and actions of the Governor himself.

Yes, Bevin cut funding to the office that audits him to make sure he’s not a total loon.

Almost since election day there have been allegations of fraud around Bevin’s win; in the weeks leading up to the election, most polls showed that Kentucky democrat Jack Conway was leading Tea Party wingnut Bevin by a margin of 3 to 5 points.

On election day, however, the results showed a shift “so dramatic that it was almost impossible to believe.” Matt Bevin suddenly gained nearly 15 points on election day, and ALLEGEDLY won the governor’s race by a nine point margin.

And now, here we are, or here Kentuckians are, regretting what many of them did on election day: give a wingnut like Matt Bevin leadership over their state.

Told you so, Kentucky, told you so.

And … cue music …

 Bipartisan Report