Like He Doesn’t Already Have Several Copies of the Qur’an, In His Mosque
- In appreciation for his big Allahu Akbar speech, the Islams are sending President Obama a Qur’an, or, as your New York Times styleguide prefers to spell it, Koran. Seriously, who spells it Koran in this century? Anyway, this is hardly a surprise because he’s totally a Muslim, amirite? (New York Times)
- You must watch this Mark Sanford for Governor campaign ad, in which Sanford talks about teaching his “Christian values, character, and honesty.” You apparently gain these things by fucking, regularly, someone who is not your wife and then lying about it. (Politico)
- Your Sarah Palin thinks she can outrun Barack Obama. At actual running, that is, because clearly he is far better at running for office. (Runner’s World… OK whatever I got it from CNN)
- Speaking of Barack Obama (and, really, speaking of running for office), your Cabinet is traveling around rural America listening to the bitters and some guy named “Mudcat” about how they will keep clinging to their guns and religion, forever. (New York Times)
- Okay, New York Senate, what the shit is going on? Basically a Republican wandered into the Senate chamber, which Republicans have been boycotting for whatever reason, and Democrats, suddenly realizing that they had a quorum, just started voting on things, which they passed unanimously. Republicans say the distinguished Senator was lost and/or looking for a cup of coffee, but seriously New York get your shit together. (Politicker NY/New York Daily News)
6/30/09 10:18 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, Conservative Family Values, Mark Sanford, Muslims, New York, New York Times, Qur'an, Sarah Palin
How Many Women Has Mark Sanford Felt Up During His Marriage?
South Carolina, where did you find this Mark Sanford character? Clearly we should be in awe of him, for being some kind of sexy sex god of sex, or, as such men are somtimes called, a womanizer. Seriously. It’s all in his scandalous tell-all interview with that trashy gossip rag, the Associated Press. In it, Sanford tells America how he was getting some from his mistress, Maria Chapur, on a regular basis. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he “crossed lines” with a handful of women other than his mistress — but never had sex with them. The governor said he “never crossed the ultimate line” with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed his once-promising political career.
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He said that during the encounters with other women he “let his guard down” with some physical contact but “didn’t cross the sex line.” He wouldn’t go into detail.
What, no! Tell us more about your sexcapades, Mark Sanford! Where exactly is this mythical “sex line,” which you did not cross? First base? Second base? Anal? (That last one totally doesn’t count, as I learned in my abstinence-only sex-ed class.) Come on, Mark, Michael Jackson has already been dead for, what, a day?, and your adoring public is getting restless. TELL US MARK SANFORD WE MUST KNOW YOUR SECRETS!
But hey, Mark Sanford is not all bad, right?
Sanford said the casual encounters happened outside the U.S. while he was married but before he met Chapur, on trips to “blow off steam” with male friends.
Oh good, we are glad to hear that you did not cheat on your mistress. Those are some familiy values right there. And then there’s this:
Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he’s trying to fall back in love with his wife.
Well, we wish you luck with that. Also, Jenny Sanford, we are sorry that it sucks to much to be you right now.
6/30/09 9:47 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Mark Sanford
We Have 100 Senators Again
In a 5-0 decision (PDF), the Minnesota Supreme Court rules that Al Franken is the duly elected Senator for Minnesota.
For all of the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court that Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minn. Stat. § 204C.40 (2008) to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.
And as as soon as Gov. Pawlenty signs that certificate, as he has indicated he will, we will have our 100th Senator.
6/30/09 2:45 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Al Franken, MN-Sen
Palin and Abortion
Todd Purdum’s new Vanity Fair piece on Sarah Palin is highly revealing and a fascinating read, particularly given the near certainty that she will seek the GOP nomination in 2012. While the whole article is worth a look, one passage in particular stuck out.
In Evansville, though, Palin concentrated on the task at hand: an emphatic defense of the anti-abortion cause. But in doing so she made a startling confession about what she thought when she learned she was pregnant at 43 with her youngest child, Trig, who arrived in April 2008, as the world now knows, with Down syndrome. “I had found out that I was pregnant while out of state first,” Palin told the crowd. “While out of state, there just for a fleeting moment, I thought, Nobody knows me here. Nobody would ever know. I thought, Wow, it is easy to think maybe of trying to change the circumstances and no one would know—no one would ever know. Then when my amniocentesis results came back, showing what they called abnormalities—oh, dear God—I knew, I had instantly an understanding, for that fleeting moment, why someone would believe it could seem possible to change those circumstances, just make it all go away, get some normalcy back in life.” It is almost impossible not to be touched by the rawness of her confession, even if it is precisely this choice that Palin believes no other woman should ever have, not even in the case of rape or incest.
This “for me but not for thee” attitude towards abortion aggravates me to no end, and it’s not the first time we’ve heard it from the Palin clan–Bristol Palin too talked about making the decision to have her baby. What the pro-life movement needs to understand, and what they undoubtedly never will, is that “pro-choice” doesn’t mean free abortions for everyone whenever. Pro-choice means that when women find themselves in a difficult or unexpected situation, they, like Sarah and Bristol Palin, will be able to make a decision, rather than having that decision made for them.
6/30/09 2:41 pm | | Permalink | Tags: abortion, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin
A Question for Law Enforcement
Why is it a waste of money to prosecute Mark Sanford under a South Carolina statute criminalizing adultery but the Fort Worth PD’s gay bar raid was okay?
If this country is going to prosecute morality, shouldn’t we at least be consistent about it?
6/30/09 12:47 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Fort Worth, LGBT rights, Mark Sanford, South Carolina
Shorter David Klinghoffer
How Women Will Be Hurt by Gay Marriage
- Once you go gay, you can’t get away.
6/30/09 10:19 am | | Permalink | Tags: gay marriage, shorter
Forget Elections, Let’s Just Play Softball Instead
There is only one thing in Washington taken more seriously than elections and that is intramural softball! This weekend, the RNC “Teabaggers” defeated the DNC “Democrat-Socialists” by a score of 5-4, which, in wingnut-speak means 9-0. This stunning victory entitled the RNC to say mean things about Democrats via email, something which would not have taken place under any other cirumstances. (CNN/Media Matters)
6/29/09 3:47 pm | | Permalink | Tags: DNC, RNC
Well, if you squint when you look at the “5″ it kinda looks like a “9″…
- Conservatives who oppose Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court Conservatives have a new talking point today, that all nine Supreme Court justices disagreed with Sotomayor’s ruling in the firefighter discrimination case! Like many right-wing talking points, this is false, since four justices actually agreed with the second circuit’s ruling. Of course, facts and numbers are both known to have a liberal bias. (TPMDC)
- On the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which began 40 years ago when New York police raided a gay bar in Greenwich Village, your Fort Worth Police Department raided a gay bar, for funsies. Seven men for arrested for “public intoxication”–or in other words, for having been drinking in a bar. Apparently officers were concerned that the gays might be a danger to others because of their gayness, which you can totally get from touching a gay, y’know. (Washington Blade)
- American Heroes FOX News, on their wingnut gathering website “The FOX Nation,” reported a satirical blog post as fact. And this is different from what FOX News does on a regular basis… how? (The FOX Nation)
- In 2009, the city of Venice now has its first female gondolier ever. All the men didn’t think she could do it, but she figured, “Hey, if I can push two children from my uterus into the world, this can’t be that much more difficult.” And she was right. (Some Australian paper, because what does America care about women and/or other parts of the world?)
- There is a John Edwards sex tape in existence, the end. (New York Daily News)
6/29/09 2:03 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Fort Worth, FOX News, John Edwards, LGBT rights, Sonia Sotomayor, Stonewall Riots, Venice
Mark Sanford Will Be Governor of South Carolina FOREVER
Those of you who were worried you wouldn’t have Mark Sanford to kick around for much longer, rejoice!
In an interview with NBC News this morning, Gov. Mark Sanford (R) said categorically he will not resign as governor of South Carolina.
Huzzah for Mark Sanford! All kinds of people have been telling him to take a hike (heh), but no, Mark Sanford is not a quitter. A cheater, maybe, or a liar or perhaps one might even call him a “douche,” but Mark Sanford never surrenders. They can have the keys to the Governor’s Mansion when they pry them from his cold dead hands! Or when his term expires, whichever comes first. Anyway, here’s to another year and a half of Mark Sanford and/or Appalachian Trail hiking jokes!
6/29/09 1:31 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Mark Sanford, SC-Gov
Bye Bye Bernie
150 years in prison for Bernie Madoff.
6/29/09 12:31 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Bernie Madoff
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