Republicans in the news part deux

[Vince Kargatis]

That really is quite extraordinarily disturbing jmj. I wonder how many in the U.S. follow that line of reasoning.

"Extraordinarily" disturbing? It's common enough to have a name - association fallacy - and I'm sure many thousands of people indulge in it daily.

[clinthopson]

The GOP is dredging up old Joe McCarthy speeches.

[baksheesh]

"Extraordinarily" disturbing? It's common enough to have a name - association fallacy - and I'm sure many thousands of people indulge in it daily.

No matter how often I encounter this 'line of reasoning' I find it more disturbing than whatever else I've recently been disturbed by - hence 'extraordinarily disturbing'!

[jesus marion joseph]

[jesus marion joseph]

Does anybody know what a "card carrying communist" is?

Allen West does:

[Sergio Zamora]

Does anybody know what a "card carrying communist" is?

Someone who is active in and pays their dues to a communist party.

[jesus marion joseph]

I, for one, am glad Allen West is investigating immoral dining in Washington DC:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...l?ref=politics

"Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) autographs a baseball for a fan kept away from the festivities during Saturday night's White House Correspondents Association dinner.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) lit into attendees of Saturday night's White House Correspondents Association dinner for "laughing and living it up" as some in the country are suffering. But not only did West attend the highbrow event, he also spent time signing autographs for people who weren't allowed into the festivities."

[bluenoter]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...l?ref=politics

"But not only did West attend the highbrow event, he also spent time signing autographs for people who weren't allowed into the festivities."

Perhaps he was signing autographs for the small group of right-wing demonstrators who were displaying their signs to the passing traffic---e.g., "Don't believe the liberal media!" and "Breitbart is here" (he recently died). Shortly before the event started, I was riding by the Hilton on a bus.

But "weren't allowed in" seems odd, especially for the Huffington Post. I'd be surprised if anyone actually tried to get in.

[Bourne]

I suppose Rep. West was chortling along with the rest of his blood thirsty buddies when Bush was making his WMD jokes at his dinner while soldiers were dying en masse in Iraq.

[baksheesh]

I suppose Rep. West was chortling along with the rest of his blood thirsty buddies when Bush was making his WMD jokes at his dinner while soldiers were dying en masse in Iraq.

Most probably.

[jesus marion joseph]

Rep. Allen West never fails to deliver. In this instance he's running a classic ruse out of the old timer politics playbook; when pressed about your past indiscretions, deny and obscure, even if you have to make stuff up; to wit:

"Professional rabble-rouser Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) wants to talk about President Obama getting high.

West raised Obama's past drug use at a townhall in Boca Raton on Tuesday after he was pressed on his military record. "If you guys want to go back and talk about what happened nine years ago for me, let’s talk about the president doing blow and smoking dope," he said.

A constituent had asked West to release a military report about his alleged mistreatment of an Iraqi police officer.

In 2003, West, then a lieutenant colonel, watched as soldiers beat an Iraqi officer. The officer's head was placed in a barrel, and West fired into the barrel, aiming away from his head, according to his testimony. West was fined $5,000, and resigned with full benefits."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1556380.html

What's even worse is that the crowd is all for it. They don't care about truth, they just wanna hear something bad about Obama.

[Dr Dave]

"Card-carrying Communist" is an Homeric epithet, comparable to "Swift-footed Achilles." Very popular among right-wingers who apparently need mnemonics to remember which policies they support. See also "Job-killing regulations, "Islamic terrorists," etc.

[walto]

I personally prefer "Atlas Shrugged-carrying, drivel-spouting nincompoop."

[jesus marion joseph]

That's a poor mnemonic, though.

[walto]

Good point. How about this--

Dimwitted Darwinian deregulator

[jesus marion joseph]

That's a better mnemonic, but it sounds kinda smarty-pants-ish.

[Monte Smith]

I always liked rosy-fingered dawn, but today that sounds too much like support for gay marriage.

[Uli]

I don't know how good a mnemonic it is but I go with woozies.

[walto]

Crap-carrying conservashmuck?

[jesus marion joseph]

Boot licking lacky of the capitalist she-devil.

[Bourne]

Imbecilatives

[jesus marion joseph]

That's a pretty good one, but probably too cerebral for the intended target.

[patricia]

Does anybody know what a "card carrying communist" is?

That occurred to me too, Bourne. I believe, and even practice a lot of things, but almost none of my activities, political or not, actually issue a card to me. What a doofus.

[Bourne]

That's a pretty good one, but probably too cerebral for the intended target.

Agreed.

At least one more syllable than they can fathom.

I'll work on it.

[Bourne]

That occurred to me too, Bourne. I believe, and even practice a lot of things, but almost none of my activities, political or not, actually issue a card to me. What a doofus.

Huh?

Did you fill out the proper paper work?

Think of it as a warranty. If you don't send in the proper paperwork they'll try to screw you in the end.

But honestly, "card carrying communist" is yet another laughable line from the paranoid right akin to "red China".

[patricia]

Huh?



But honestly, "card carrying communist" is yet another laughable line from the paranoid right akin to "red China".

Indeed. My point.

[Dr Dave]

I always liked rosy-fingered dawn, but today that sounds too much like support for gay marriage.

I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but you do realize you can advocate heterosexuality without opposing homosexuality?

[tippy]

I am pretty sure that we don't need to advocate heterosexuality. It's here to stay. It's been around since...well...Adam and Eve. I also think Monte just liked saying "rosy-fingered dawn." Whatever the hell that means.

[Dr Dave]

I am pretty sure that we don't need to advocate heterosexuality. It's here to stay. It's been around since...well...Adam and Eve. I also think Monte just liked saying "rosy-fingered dawn." Whatever the hell that means.

Once rosy-fingered dawn has appeared, the wine-dark sea becomes visible.

[jesus marion joseph]

Once rosy-fingered dawn has appeared, the wine-dark sea becomes visible.

Then all hell breaks loose....