Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts

Monday, May 5, 2014

I'm Sorry You Misunderstood My Comparison of Obamacare to the Holocaust

TN State Senator Campfield, via ThinkProgress
Via TPM, Tennessean is Tennebelivin:
"Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign ups for Obamacare is like Germans bragging about the number of manditory [sic] sign ups for "train rides" for Jews in the 40s."--TN state Sen. Stacey Campfield (R, Of Course)
The fun part is the non-apology apology...

"I regret that some people miss the point of my post."

You regret that "some people" missed the point, but not that you made it?

"It was not to offend."

But it did.

"In no way was my post meant to diminish or detract from the pain, suffering and loss of human life that occurred during this dark time in human history."

But it did.

"At no point in our history have we ever faced a federal government and administration with a lower regard for human life"

Do you have any idea how many native Americans Andrew Jackson killed? Or do you not consider Native Americans "human."

Do you have any idea how many Presidents supported slavery?

"I will continue to stand up against the government takeover of the nations [sic] healthcare."

Good for you. Now apologize for your disgusting statement, because this IS NOT an apology.

Oh, and yes, you can get AIDs from heterosexual sex, Senator.
Campfield defended his outrageous comments, saying he was simply speaking “on the fly,” and that while he’s not an AIDS historian, “I’ve read and seen what other people have read and seen and those facts are out there.”
They're not facts, Senator. But please, keep talking.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Louie Gohmert's Slippery Slope to Forcing Churches to Hire Cross-Dressing, Satan-Worshiping, Animal Rapers


Louie Gohmert is a Congressman!
No, really!
According to Louis Gohmert, once you draw a line on the number of rounds a magazine can hold, nothing's stopping the government from forcing churches to hire cross-dressing, Satan-worshiping animal rapers.

No, really.
In fact, I had this discussion with some wonderful, caring Democrats earlier this week on the issue of, well, they said "surely you could agree to limit the number of rounds in a magazine, couldn't you? How would that be problematic?"
[...] 
And I pointed out, well, once you make it ten, then why would you draw the line at ten? What's wrong with nine? Or eleven? And the problem is once you draw that limit ; it's kind of like marriage when you say it's not a man and a woman any more, then why not have three men and one woman, or four women and one man, or why not somebody has a love for an animal?
TX-1 map, wingnut capitol of the Former Republican of Texas
71.7% of TX-1's voters sent Gohmert to Congress.
My favorite bit is "wonderful, caring, Democrats." This is Louie doing his best to speak nicely of the people he hates, the people he thinks are going to lead us all to forced bestiality. Maybe as he starts to flap his gums, some little recess of his brain tells him he should love the sinners, but as he gets his mouth warmed up, the connection with that part of his brain short circuits, the gate opens, and away they go.

And as his disjointed thoughts race down the home stretch, they inevitably latch on to "Obamacare" which, of course, is going to force people to abandon their religious beliefs.

No, really.
You need to educate yourselves on the issues. You need to understand that when there is a law being pushed, as it has for several years, that says that religious institutions should not be exempt from discrimination laws, that it is going to devastate the church, the synagogue, the places of worship that hire people because ultimately they're saying you have to hire whatever Satan-worshiper, whatever cross-dresser you think might be immoral, that's against your religious belief.  You are going to be forced to abandon your religious beliefs, and we've been seeing that with some of the requirements under Obamacare.
Your Church will be forced to hire this man! Via Wonkette.
It's hard to get a handle on just how nuts Louie Gohmert is, so it's best to use a comparison. KTW posted on Rep. Don Young's recent revival of Operation Wetback. Young's wingnutty enough to get his own post here, but even Young couldn't help but laugh at the lunacy that 71.7% of TX-1 voters thought was an accurate representation of their interests in congress (note, that this suggests some of those voters are actually crazier than Louie Gohmert).

During a meeting of the House Natural Resources committee Gohmert said that the warmth created as oil makes its way through the pipeline gets caribou ready for some hot and heavy behavior in the region. 
According to Gohmert: 
“So when they want to go on a date, they invite each other to head over to the pipeline. So my real concern now … if oil stops running through the pipeline … do we need a study to see how adversely the caribou would be affected if that warm oil ever quit flowing?” 
The Washington Post calls the representatives call for action a “faux concern” and it apparently led fellow GOP Rep. Don Young of Alaska stifling his own laughter while stating: 
“I’m not sure it’s warmth of the pipeline.”

The fact that Young said he's "not sure" tells you how crazy Don Young is, and yet even he couldn't deal with the east Texas hot sauce of hilarity that is Louie Gohmert.