Sarah Palin Quote- "Domestic Drilling: Why We Can Still Believe"

By GottaLaff

Polluta McOil$lick has finally admitted she prays to the Oil Gods. She's a believer:

Her ghost writer's Facebook post includes the following:

...Todd, an Alaska Native and trained oil spill responder...

I'm not sure why that sentence struck me as odd, but it did.

Now for the nauseating parts:

We still believe in responsible development, which includes drilling to extract energy sources, because we know that there is an inherent link between energy and security, energy and prosperity, and energy and freedom.

I wonder how secure, energetic, and prosperous Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf states feel now that they have decades of clean-up and regrowth after all that oily, deadly destruction.

We need oil, and if we don’t drill for it here, we have to purchase it from countries that not only do not like America and can use energy purchases as a weapon against us, but also do not have the oversight that America has.

We need clean energy, not finite, dwindling, minimal, insufficient amounts of filthy fossil fuels. And Polluta, you might want to rethink that part about "oversight". Had there been proper oversight, this catastrophe might have been avoided.

Actions will be taken to increase oversight to prevent future accidents.

Too late.

Government can and must play an appropriate role here.

Would that be the same Commie Marxist fascist government you think is too big and too intrusive? So you need them now, do you, Polluta?

It is inexcusable for any oil company to not invest in preventative measures. They must be held accountable or the public will forever distrust the industry.

Too late.

I repeat the slogan “drill here, drill now” not out of naiveté or disregard for the tragic consequences of oil spills [...] I continue to believe in it because increased domestic oil production will make us a more secure, prosperous, and peaceful nation.

It's hard to imagine the affected states feeling very secure, prosperous, or at peace right about now. But now we're just repeating ourselves, aren't we Polluta?

May spill responders be safe.

...and obsolete in the near future, when we start depending on wind and solar energy, not polluting, dirty, wasteful, expensive, intrusive energy sources.

Sorry, Polluta, but I'm not a believer.


UPDATE: I forgot to share these comments from the Facebook page (click to enlarge):

VIDEO: Rush Limbaugh Spanks Himself and Squeals

By GottaLaff

Boss Limpdong has officially lost it.

When Keith Olbermann returns, I fully expect him to edit the relevant segment out and use it as his new little corner clip:




H/t: MADNews101

Send your significant other a GOP Valentine's E-Card!

By GottaLaff

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Nothing says "love" like a Valentine's card adorned with political propaganda. And what's more convincing to do just that when the request comes from the inspiring, romantic words of Michael Steele while he has his bling-blinged hand out for donations:

Dear Fellow Republican,

This Valentine's Day, show the most important Republicans, Democrats and Independents in your life how much they mean to you by sending them a GOP Valentine's E-Card.

Pass along a special message from Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi that they didn't craft this Valentine's card behind closed doors like they did with their government-run health care experiment.

Or let President Obama extend your sincerest wishes to a loved one by claiming he's saved or created millions of Valentine's -- just like his party has claimed that the wasteful, pork-filled stimulus bill has created or saved thousands, 1.5 million or 2 million jobs depending on which Obama Administration official you ask.

Choose from 18 different Valentine's E-Cards that the Republican National Committee has created for this very special day. Share them with all your family and friends, especially those Democrats who need to know how you feel about the wrong direction their party is dragging our country.

After you've sent your GOP Valentine's E-Cards, please take a moment to make a secure online contribution of $10, $15, $25, $50, $100 or more to help our Party continue to build momentum as the critical 2010 mid-terms elections draw nearer. Your gift will be immediately put to work helping recruit and elect Republicans committed to our conservative principles of limited government, fiscal discipline, a strong national defense and personal responsibility.

On behalf of the entire leadership of the Republican National Committee, Happy Valentine's Day!

Sincerely,

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P.S. Spread the love -- just like Obama spreads your wealth -- this Valentine's Day by sending your friends and family a GOP Valentine's E-Card from the Republican National Committee. Once you've sent your e-cards, I hope you'll consider making a secure online donation of $10, $15, $25, $50, $100 or more to support the RNC's efforts to elect Republican majorities at all levels in 2010. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mark Karlin of BuzzFlash, for forwarding me this love-filled, Valentine's Day e-mail.

The GOP mindset, courtesy of Michael Steele

By GottaLaff

Brought to you by the RNC Chair, Michael Steele, in a debate with Harold Ford Jr. :

"Trust me, after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money."

One: We will never trust you.

Two: Thank you for putting things into perspective for us.

Three: A million dollars is a lot of money... you insensitive, bubble-headed, out of touch dimwit.

VIDEO: Shadegg Uses Baby as Prop During Health Care Debate

By GottaLaff



I wanted to "spit up", and wished Maddy had.

Yes, John Shadegg actually used an innocent infant as a prop, spoke baby talk, and provided us with nothing more than what was most likely in Maddy's diaper at the time. And for this, he got applause.

The collective (im)maturity of the Rushpublic side of the aisle doesn't come close to measuring up to Maddy's level of sophistication.

How utterly humiliating.

Afterthought: Did the Rushpublics start up a new recession era business... Loaner babies?

Video- Georgia State Senator Wants 'Amendment' To Protect From Health Reform

You'd never know that 1 in 3 Georgians are uninsured.

AUDIOS- Steele agrees: The Boehner, GOP leadership 'an absolute freakin' joke', Papa Blunt make us sick to our stomach

By GottaLaff



Today is Quote Michael Steele Day! Weeee! We needed a little comic relief from all the crazy news we've endured this summer.



This is their RNC chair. This is the guy they thought would do a great job! And he is! For the Democratic party.

VIDEO: Tom Delay asks for Obama's "gift certificate"

By GottaLaff

Dancing With the Birthers:

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Why does Tweety have a chill up his leg for this nutcase? Just... watch. Oy.

Sarah Palin's bunk debunked by U.S. Export Import Bank

By GottaLaff

Dining Room Table Barbie (see this post for reference) has done it again. It really is remarkable how she embarrasses herself on a regular basis, even when she's not in office. Cringe Factor: 100:

The government run U.S. Export Import Bank is disputing Sarah Palin's attack this morning on a proposed $2 billion loan to the Brazilian oil company Petrobras.

Palin complained that "the Obama White House is prepared to send more than two billion of your hard-earned tax dollars to Brazil so that the nation's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, can drill off shore and create jobs developing its own resources" and that Obama "chooses to use American dollars in Brazil that will help to pay the salaries and benefits for Brazilians to drill for resources when the need and desire is great in America."

Um, yeah, about that:

A spokesman for the bank, Phil Cogan, noted to POLITICO that the bank does not rely on tax money and that Palin's statement ignores the bank's central function: To lend money to foreign companies for the purchase of American goods and services.

Dining Room? Your thoughts? Oh that's right, you don't have any. Empty Head Syndrome.

"This is the government doing what it's supposed to do: Create jobs and make sure that Americans get a fair shot at selling goods and services -- not the British or the French or anyone else -- and to help American workers compete on a level playing field," [Phil Cogan, bank spokesman] said, noting that most developed countries have similar credit-export agencies.

As for what Dining Room Table reads, the wait is over! We finally find out. That only took, what, a year or so?

Palin drew her criticism from a Wall Street Journal editorial which also doesn't mention the bank's basic function.

And Googling info like that is so darned time consuming, right DRT Barbie? Maybe next time you can hire someone to try to find some and bring it to ya.

Another administration official expressed frustration with Palin's latest salvo.

"This is like her and her death panels," the official said. "This is one more example of, 'Let's take a situation with a kernel of truth and blow it up and not let the facts ruin a good story.'"

For someone who revels in attacking the media for making stuff up....

Sources: Edwards to admit paternity of ex-mistress' child

By GottaLaff

I wasn't even going to bother with this story, but it's one of those that everyone's buzzing about, and it is news, so...

Sources have told WRAL News that they expect former U.S. Sen. John Edwards to admit that he is the father of his former mistress' 18-month-old daughter.

So when does the news story start? Oh. That was it? But we already knew that.

He has denied fathering her daughter, saying his relationship with Hunter ended before the child was conceived.

It's always the cover-up.... How can someone so smart be so stupid? With judgment like that, it's a good thing he quit the 2008 race. Boy, did we dodge a bullet with that one.

A federal grand jury is investigating whether Edwards' campaign funds were illegally paid to Hunter to keep quiet about the affair. [...]

Sources said Edwards' public admission could come before the end of the criminal investigation.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to shower off.

H/t: Taegan

VIDEO: CNN's Don Lemon Reads Twitter, "I'm positive Sarah Palin is an idiot."

By GottaLaff



Check out what he says at :53 and at 1:56:

CNN's Don Lemon reads Twitter reaction to Sarah Palin's farewell address. One tweet reads, "That speech is going to haunt her for the rest of her life."

Lemon pleads to viewers to write "positive comments," so one Twitterer writes, "You want a positive comment? I'm positive Sarah Palin is an idiot."

I was watching live. He practically begged for positive Tweets. The Twitterverse was having a field day.

VIDEO: Michael Steele isn’t sure what kind of health insurance he has

By GottaLaff

The RNC Chairman opened his mouth. That was Mistake #1:



Yep, this from the head of the party that's "engaging in every activity they can to slow down" health care reform. I'm thinkin' they might be more effective if their party chair was, you know, somewhat knowledgeable.

Well whaddya want from someone who didn't provide his own family with health care for years?

The Plum Line’s Greg Sargent noted that RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who is doing everything he can to stop health care reform, went three years without health insurance and once told his kids not to “break anything” because they didn’t have coverage. “Steele, presumably, now has insurance, so his family doesn’t have to be quite so careful,” wrote Sargent.

His kids apparently remained unbroken. Michael Aluminuminuminum better be careful, though, before he breaks his party into so many pieces that nobody will be able to put it back together again.

Video- McConnell: Americans Don't Go Without Health Care Because Doctors and Hospitals Are Sworn to Provide It

Yeah Mitch, and how about that $17k bill I got in my back pocket for a 4 hour out patient surgery? Sworn to provide with a price baby. Via Heather.

Palin VIDEO + she seeks protection from the "White House Dep't. of Law"

By GottaLaff



We're the ones who are confused (around 1:00)?

She didn't deny a possible 2012 run.

"I know that I know that I know..." (around 2:32) No, you don't. Not even a little bit.

"If I die, I die...so be it..." ? (around 2:44)

Um, Sarah? You're a dead duck already.

Wouldn't ya think, also too, such as, that Miss Personality Disorder, former candidate for Vice President of the United States, would know that she knows that she knows that there is no "Department of Law" at the White House? Moreover, too... also...

Kate Snow interviewed her (via Steve Benen):

[W]hen I asked Palin if she ever decided to pursue national office again, as she did less than a year ago when she joined Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the race for the White House, wouldn't she encounter the same political blood sport? Can such ugliness ever be avoided?

Palin said there is a difference between the White House and what she has experienced in Alaska. If she were in the White House the "department of law" would protect her from baseless ethical allegations.

"I think on a national level your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out," she said. [...]

It's tempting to think Palin may have been referring to the Justice Department, but it's not "in the White House," and it doesn't have the authority to "throw out" charges against the president. Maybe she's thinking of the White House Counsel's Office, but again, it has the ability to defend against allegations, not "look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out."

Indeed, the very assumption that a president is somehow shielded or protected against allegations is itself misguided.

That pretty much covers it.

Oh, there's this: Sarah Palin is mentally unstable, a dim bulb, and not fit for public office.

There. That should do it.

VIDEO-- Inhofe: Block EPA Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases: ‘We Can Stall That Until We Get A New President’

By GottaLaff



Hey Inhofe. Know what happens when global warming gets completely out of hand (if it's not already)? We all die. Yeah, even you, I. Di. Ot:

In a speech for the Heartland Institute yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) said that the Senate could just “stall” any EPA regulation:

INHOFE: Don’t be distressed when you see the House passes some kind of cap-and-trade bill. And you know it could be worse and she could still pass it, so it’ll pass there. The EPA has threatened to regulate this through the Clean Air Act. That isn’t going to work in my opinion because we can stall that until we get a new president – that shouldn’t be a problem.

[I]nhofe is an avowed opponent of EPA regulation. On the day that the EPA administrator Lisa Jackson announced the endangerment finding, Inhofe released a statement arguing that “Congress should pass a simple, narrowly-targeted bill that stops EPA in its tracks.”

I hope he uses sunscreen.

No I don't.

Bush is even denser than we thought

By GottaLaff

Boy Georgie's I.Q. is sinking fast. Good thing MamaLizza Rice was there to teach her pitiful Grasshopper about obscure things like, you know, racism:

Remember during the presidential primaries when Joe Biden described Barack Obama as "articulate and bright and clean?"

According to Renegade: The Making of a President, President Bush didn't understand the resulting controversy.

"Bush was so taken aback with the public criticism of Biden that he called in his African American secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. 'I don't get it,' he said. 'Condi, what's going on?' Rice told him what everyone else had said: that white people don't call each other articulate."

Hat tip: TPM.

Silver spoon upbringing left this out, did it? Mommy and Daddy Bush forgot to clue you in, did they? Or was it that they just didn't care:

Bush didn't watch Cheney, Obama speeches

By GottaLaff

Hey, just because he used to think he was President doesn't mean he has to take an interest in his country's security:

So what did former President Bush think about President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney's dueling speeches on national security policies Thursday?

He didn't watch them.

A source close to Bush said the former president was traveling at the time, enroute to New Mexico where he is the keynote speaker Thursday night at a fund raising dinner for a scholarship program for students at Artesia High School.

Maybe someone will read him a simplified, chubby book version of the transcripts to lull him to sleep for nappy-time.

AUDIO-- Alberto Gonzales: "‘Empathy’ Means A Judge Saying 'I Don’t Care What The Law Says'"

By GottaLaff

Every time Gonzo opens his mushy little mouth, bubbles fly out:



Is there no end to the Rushpublic hypocrisy?

Appearing on NPR’s Tell Me More yesterday, Gonzales claimed that he is “worried” that judges with empathy would make “decisions based on what they think makes them feel good” [...]

Gonzales is not in a strong position to criticize others who supposedly “don’t care what the law says.” During his many years of service to President Bush, Gonzales earned a reputation for “dogged obedience to the President, which often has come at the cost of institutional independence and adherence to the rule of law.” While serving Bush, Gonzales advised him that the Geneva Conventions were “obsolete” and may have lied to Congress about the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program.

Pop! Bubbles burst. See you in prison.

Joe the Plumber: I would never let gay people ‘anywhere near my children.’

By GottaLaff

I would never let my children anywhere near Not Freaking Joe the Not Freaking Plumber:

Q: In the last month, same-sex marriage has become legal in Iowa and Vermont. What do you think about same-sex marriage at a state level?

JTP: At a state level, it’s up to them. I don’t want it to be a federal thing. I personally still think it’s wrong. People don’t understand the dictionary—it’s called queer. Queer means strange and unusual. It’s not like a slur, like you would call a white person a honky or something like that. You know, God is pretty explicit in what we’re supposed to do—what man and woman are for. Now, at the same time, we’re supposed to love everybody and accept people, and preach against the sins. I’ve had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn’t have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they’re people, and they’re going to do their thing.

I'm taking several long, deep breaths in an effort to calm myself down. I am refraining from using profanity, but want to in the worst way.

Hey Not Joe, you know what you are? Queer. And by that I mean strange and unusual. Unfortunately, the definition of queer doesn't include stupid, mentally defective, and bigoted. Oh, gee, that wasn't a slur, Not Joe. Honest.

How does this lowlife even look in the mirror without gagging? I won't go on. You all know what I'm thinking, because you are all thinking the same thing.

When asked if he had planned to run for public office, Wurzelbacher said he didn’t have any “right now.” “God hasn’t said, ‘Joe, I want you to run.’ I feel more important to just encourage people to get involved, one way or another. If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great. I don’t know if I want to be a leader,” he said.

Add "delusional" to my tirade. And any four-letter words you can think of.

VIDEO: Republican congresswoman says Matthew Shepard's murder was "a hoax"

By GottaLaff

Big hat tip to AMERICAblog for getting this out to the Blogosphere. Please, by all means, allow us to help out a little:



Excuse me?? A "hoax"?? I'll let John Aravosis take it from here. I'm afraid any further writings from me will include highly inappropriate language. Well, appropriate under the circumstances, but possibly offensive to some of our readers. Take it away, John:

You will recall that Matthew Shepard was the young gay man in Colorado who, a decade ago, was tied to a fence, Jesus-like, pistol whipped in the head some 50 times, then left for dead in the cold fall night, only to be found a day later clinging to life. Shepard died five days later. Even though Shepard's murderers admitted that they killed him because he was gay, the far-right bigots who control the Republican party couldn't resist the opportunity to gay-bash Shepard one last time. Now by referring to his brutal murder as a hoax. [...]

Belittling the brutal murder of a 21 year old college student? And Republicans wonder why their angry, hateful, pathetic party is now only 20% of the US population.

Watch the video for yourself. Then feel free to call this sorry excuse for a human being and tell her what you think of her bigotry.

Phone: (202) 225-2071
Phone: (336) 778-0211
Phone: (828) 265-0240

I wonder where Virginia Foxx stood on letting blacks swim in our pools fifty years ago. Actually, I think I already know.

I just called and registered a very emotional complaint on behalf of my twins, myself, and every American who cares one iota about equal rights, gay rights, civility, humanity, and electing officials who aren't ignorant, sick bigots.

Please take a minute to pick up the phone and do the same.