Yes, the RNC is no longer the party of stupid

[thewayne]

"If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge?"
-- Pope Francis

"I think we would be totally in the right to do it...Ignoring as a nation that things are worthy of death is very remiss."
-- Oklahoma state congressional Tea Party candidate Scott Esk, on stoning-to-death for homosexuals

and...

"Men do tend to talk about things on a much higher level. Many of my male colleagues, when they go to the House floor they've got some pie chart or graph behind them and they're talking about trillions of dollars and how the debt is awful and we all agree with that...We need our male colleagues to understand that if you can bring it down to a woman's level and what everything that she is balancing in her life -- that's the way to go."
– Rep. Renee Ellmers, on the GOP appealing to women voters

I'm just not sure what they are. And it's also good to see that their Outreach to Women program is doing so well.

Comments

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

I particularly loved the bit where she claimed her words were taken out of context, when they weren't and, when you looked at the whole speech, they had the exact same meaning. I'm thinking Republicans don't actually know what the word "context" means. I think they believe it means "You're criticising me and I don't like it."

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

It is amazing, isn't it? They're so thin-skinned that any criticism of stupid statements or actions provokes an immediate attempt to shoot it down as 'out of context'.

I especially love John McCain of late. Aside from him war-mongering on all the Sunday talk shows, at least twice he's left classified briefings early to complain to the press that the White House isn't providing information. Perhaps if he stayed for the duration of the briefings and asked questions, he might have the information that he wanted.

I am almost of the opinion that voting for any incumbent is a bad idea. We have a lot of stupid people in there.

[moiraj.livejournal.com]

It really bugs me when politicians lie when the evidence is right out there. It's one thing when they're lying about something they think is covered up, but for them to point at the blue sky and say "The sky is orange" and stare at you, expecting you not only to agree but actually believe it, it feels so much more insulting to me.

[silveradept]

The lack of functional government continues to be a source of major distress for everyone but the people who made it that way.