Republicans are the Problem

Thomas E. Mann is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Wow.

I really hope they show Revenge over the summer since I took it out of my rotation.

I watched Scandal last night. Really? POTUS??? REALLY!!!??

The Republican party just seems insane to me anymore. Literally, like crazy person ranting.

I don't even understand what the strategic value of attacking birth control is. First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion. Second of all, how is that going to win elections?

And who, exactly, is Grover Norquist? and why have almost all the Republicans in Congress signed his pledge to never raise taxes and never close any tax loopholes?

First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion. Second of all, how is that going to win elections?

It's all tribalism and resentment, so far as I can tell. It's not "My wife and I used birth control when we first got married, so other people should be allowed to," it's "Those lazy sluts sucking at the public teat want to use MY MONEY to pay for their sex! Stone them!"

Also there's the thing about parents not wanting their kids to behave like they did; so just because Joe and Jill had sex at 16, doesn't meant they want their daughter Jane to. Cognitive dissonance is the order of the day.

Rational discourse went out the door about the time that Ken Starr subpoena'd Monica Lewinsky's blue dress.

I don't even understand what the strategic value of attacking birth control is.

I think they tried to frame it as a religious issue, e.g. “See how horrible Obamacare is? It’s forcing churches to go against their religion!”

It kind of spun out of control from there. Limbaugh and a bunch of other people had trouble staying on message.

First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion.

Honestly? If women are forced into Duggar-hood, having double-digit babies until their uteruses fall out, and then caring for their 15 kids, then those uppity bitches won't have time to cause trouble by demanding equality and jobs.

Second of all, how is that going to win elections?

I think they're grossly overestimating the wingnut vote. Or they forgot that we uppity bitches are still allowed to vote.

I think they're grossly overestimating the wingnut vote.

This.

First of all, how can you be opposed to that? Especially if you're anti-abortion.

If you're anti-abortion because you don't want those sluts to get away with having sex without being punished (i.e., babies = wrath of God), then it's a perfectly logical position.

ETA: See also, "opposition to HPV vaccine."

Did anyone see the footage of Dan Savage critiquing the biblical basis for homophobia at a student journalism conference? He had some great points, but a bunch of the students had pre-arranged to walk out as soon as he mentioned the Bible.