DNC Responds- Barbour 'defended the indefensible'

Video of dumbass Barbour here, and I agree with Oliver.

The DNC slammed Barbour for the remarks.

"Governor Barbour defended the indefensible this morning and in doing so portrayed a Republican mindset that is not only out of touch with this century, but the last one as well,” DNC national press secretary Hari Sevugan said in a written statement. “To say that the systematic condemnation of millions to bondage and generation upon generation to servitude is ‘not significant,’ or that the tearing apart of families and the selling of human beings as cattle ‘doesn't amount to diddly’ is outrageous for any public official to say, let alone a man Republicans have placed in a position of leadership.”

Sevugan added, “These comments are unacceptable and should be universally condemned in the strongest terms. A failure to do so will send a strong message to all Americans that Republicans endorse Governor Barbour's sentiments and are content not only to be left behind in another century, but that they deserve to be a small regional party in the permanent minority “

Cartoon of the Day

Good Ole Joe Scarborough this am told Mika that he wanted to suspend all discussion of global warming because of all the snow. I forget the exact words he used, but he basically implied that there is none because of the snow. The last line of this cartoon is dedicated to Joe. Click to enlarge, via.

Headline of the Day

Man reports armed robbery after attempting to buy crack with credit card

Video- The Dumbest Question Ever Heard On Fox & Friends?

Skip to 1:50 for the relevant question. Box o'rocks. Via NewsHounds.

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) flunks geography

By GottaLaff

From the Department of I Are a Colluj Grad-U-Ut:

This morning, while appearing on Chicago's FOX32, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) who is running for the Republican nomination for US Senate in Illinois, referred to the proposal to move terror suspects to the Thomson Correctional Center as the "Great Lakes GITMO." [...]

The Hill also shares the following quote from Kirk:

"I will offer the Kirk Amendment to the upcoming supplemental appropriations bill requiring a ‘Homeland Insecurity Impact Statement’ on the potential impact on O’Hare and the Willis (Sears) Tower in Chicago before federal funds can be used to bring al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois." [...]

[H]is "concerns," aka political grandstanding, are baseless if you consider that the Thomson Correctional Center is almost on the banks of the Mississippi River and is 152 miles from the nearest Great Lake, Michigan. Additionally, he should also be reminded that O'Hare is 145 miles away, while the Willis (Sears) Tower is 148 miles away.

Kinda cuts into his credibility, don't it?

Thank you Windy City Watch, for catching this one.

Joe the Plumber agrees with Meghan McCain: I’m just a ‘dumb plumber.’

By GottaLaff

Meghan McCain had called Not Joe the Not Plumber a "dumbass" awhile ago. Not Joe is so dumb that he publicly agreed with MegMac that he is, indeed, dumb... but he left out "ass":

[...] Wurzelbacher showed up at an “Average Joes, Powerful Voices” event in Greenville, WI yesterday to speak to those protesting “taxes and government spending.” But it appeared that he agreed, at least in part, with Meghan McCain’s criticism:

Wurzelbacher described himself as a “dumb plumber” who nevertheless could understand the Constitution. [...] He criticized wasteful government spending, lack of accountability, the disconnect between Christian values and politics, and political correctness.

“Washington has no idea what’s going on here or anywhere else,” Joe the Plumber said in an interview after the event. “So we need to govern ourselves more and go back to state rights.” Seeming to then take issue with McCain’s (and his own) characterization, he also criticized those who paint him as a “bad person” or “some ignorant red-neck who doesn’t have anything to say about anything.” “[It's] not true you know,” he said. “I’m very educated, I know what I’m talking about, I know the facts.”

If this is what "very educated" sounds like, our schools are in more trouble than I thought.