For a good laugh (or cry), read the Oklahoma Republican platform (or download the PDF).
I fail to understand how they can reconcile their belief in “The sanctity of human life, from the moment of conception to its natural end” with this statement:
We support the death penalty and swift execution of criminals who have exhausted the appeals process.
Elsewhere, they state:
While the objective study of philosophy and religion can be beneficial, public schools should not be endorsing any specific religion or philosophy. We believe that students and teachers should enjoy the right of free exercise of religion.
Yet the very next paragraph says:
We support posting the Ten Commandments and our Nation’s motto, “In God We Trust,” in all public schools in recognition of our religious heritage.
The Republican party isn’t only the Party Of No; they’re also the Party Of Contradictions.
Things I have learned during this campaign season (Via Daily Kos):
- In a race that includes a former First Lady of the United States and a multimillionaire Republican senator rumored to share up to eight residences with his wife, the black guy from Chicago is unforgivably elitist.
- Racism in America is caused primarily by black Chicago preachers.
- The guy who keeps getting confused over the relationship between Iraq, Iran, and al Qaeda is the foreign policy expert.
- The guy who goes to campaign stops on his wife’s private jet aircraft is the most down-to-earth.
- The guy who changed his stance on tax cuts, Roe v. Wade, immigration, gun control, the confederate flag, torture, public financing, and his own anti-earmark rhetoric is the “straight talker”.
- People in the heartland don’t like it when you call them bitter, but they do like it when you explain to them that they’re too dumb to understand issues more important than whether or not they like to be called bitter.
- Arugula is the measure of a man.
- Bowling is the measure of a man.
- Orange juice is the measure of a man.
- Flag pins are the measure of a man.
- Success in Iraq consists of any reduction in violence, except when violence increases that’s good too.
- A recession is only a recession if you call it one.
- Bill Kristol, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, David Broder, Charles Krauthammer and Bob Novak are all intensely interested in giving advice to the Democratic candidates because they just want to be helpful.
- There are people in this world dumb enough to believe every one of these things.
These were the front page stories in today’s Sun-Sentinel:
- Dancing with the stars
- Miley Cyrus
- the Dolphins’ personnel changes
None of which I care about in the least. The Dolphins’ hirings, firings, and trades was also the lead story on the evening news. I guess there’s nothing more important happening in the world. Nobody died in Iraq. Food is abundant in Haiti. The economy is booming.
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