Daily Music SelectionEver wonder where current Republican twits like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann get some of their goofiest, dumbest twists on history, society and government? Seems they are simply borrowing from the ‘Master,’ the same mental colossus many members of the GOP want engraved on the dime and enshrined on Mount Rushmore: “Why should we subsidize intellectual curiosity?” – Ronald Reagan, campaign speech, 1980. “Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal.” – Ronald Reagan, quoted in Time, May 17, 1976 “I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at the point of a bayonet, if necessary.” – Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1965 “I would have voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.” – Ronald Reagan, Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1966 “Today a newcomer to the state is automatically eligible for our many aid programs the moment he crosses the border.” – Ronald Reagan, in a speech announcing his candidacy for Governor, January 3, 1966. (In fact, immigrants to California had to wait five years before becoming eligible for benefits. Reagan acknowledged his error, but nine months later said exactly the same thing.) “…a faceless mass, waiting for handouts.” –…
Michael Moore on Sarah Palin and the Shooting “RT @MMFlint: If a Detroit Muslim put a map on the web w/crosshairs on 20 pols, then 1 of them got shot, where would he b sitting right now? Just asking.” – Posted by John Aravosis at AmericaBlog, Jan. 9, 2011. “Question: Why is there so little talk of terrorism? Apparently when a mentally unstable white male is accused, terrorism is not the first thing that comes to mind. When Clay Duke, a white male, threatened Florida school board members with a gun and shot at them before shooting himself, in December 2010, he was mentally imbalanced. When Michael Enright, a white male, was arrested for slashing the throat of a Muslim NYC cab driver in August of 2010, his friends said he had a drinking problem When Byron Williams, a white male, was arrested after opening fire on police officers and admitted he was on his way to kill people at offices of a liberal foundation and a civil liberties organization, in July 2010, he was an unemployed right wing felon with a drinking problem. When Joe Stack, a white male, flew his private plane into a federal building in Austin,…
Early in the year, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney both confess that from the very beginning the whole weapons of mass destruction/al-Qaeda had ties to Saddam Hussein thing was a total fabrication - and - the entire Iraq War was a total fraud that was all about Big Oil. Criminal proceedings begin. The next day on his show, Rush Limbaugh explains to his audience that the confessions were false, based on a voodoo curse put on them by Bill Clinton before he left office. The day after that, a Rasmussen poll will show that 20% of the American population buys into this. Thus, the beginning of the “curser movement.” In late spring, Glenn Beck will define the following groups as “domestic terrorists” – all public school teachers, all union members, all Democrats, all moderate Republicans, The Humane Society, The Red Cross, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America and Christian Scientists. The next day, a CBS/NY Times poll shows 29% of the American population buy into this. Sarah Palin develops a severe eating disorder and accuses Michelle Obama of trying to cut off her credit with Dominoes Pizza. Failed Teabagger endorsed Nevada Senatorial Candidate Sharron Angle returns to the…
Clueless Christie’s Katrina Moment and Palin Takes a Dive “Hanging out with Mickey Mouse while backs all over New Jersey ache under the strain of shoveling two feet of snow will probably not help his [Christie's] poll numbers at home either. The Hill also reports that Christie’s popularity in New Jersey slipped five points in a Quinnipiac poll released this month.” – Joshua Norman, “Chris Christie Under Fire for Disney World Vacation During Blizzard,” CBS News, Dec. 28, 2010. Is Snowstorm Aftermath NJ Gov. Chris Christie’s Katrina? – Sara Kugler Frazier, AP, Dec. 30, 2010. “Alaska doesn’t care for Sarah Palin. In fact, other than (predictably) Massachusetts, the ex-governor’s home state has the ‘dimmest’ view of the reality TV star in the entire nation. That’s one of the takeaways in Public Policy Polling’s new report, which paints a discouraging portrait of the Sarah Palin’s drooping favorability ratings across America and on her home turf. Only 33 percent of Alaskans have a favorable opinion of Palin, and only 60 percent of Alaskan Republicans have embraced her (as opposed to 80 percent of the GOP faithful in ‘most places’ across the country).” – Erik Hayden, “Palin Loves Alaska, But the Feeling Isn’t…
