(2 of 2) Gabriel Gomez (R-MA) – ‘GOP Genius of the Day’

Via: Huffington Post

Massachusetts Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez (R) criticized Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) for his remarks on rape and pregnancy, calling the congressman a “moron” for claiming that “the incidence of rape resulting in pregancy are very low.”

“I think that he’s a MORON and he proves that stupid has no specific political affiliation,” Gomez told ABC News on Wednesday. “I have no idea what goes into the mind of a MORON like that … These kinds of comments only come from a moron and they shouldn’t be tolerated one bit.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/gabriel-gomez-trent-franks_n_3430346.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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I predict, SOMEDAY, when Senator Gomez runs for the GOP presidential nomination, he will mumble, “I was misquoted’.

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(1 of 2) Trent Franks (R-AZ) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Huffington Post

During a House Judiciary hearing on his abortion bill Wednesday, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said that he opposes an exemption for rape victims because “the incidence of rape resulting in pregancy are very low.”

The Arizona Republican’s comments echo those made last year by former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), who notoriously claimed that women cannot become pregnant from “legitimate rape.”

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Like Akin’s, Franks’s claim is not supported by research. Medical experts agree that rape does not lower the incidence of pregnancy, and one study by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that . . .

MORE THAN 30,000 pregnancies result from rape in the United States each year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/trent-franks-rape-pregnancy_n_3428846.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Senator Lindsey ‘Lohan’ Graham (R-SC) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Dependable Renegade

“In World War II, the mentality of the public was that our whole way of life was at risk, we’re all in. We censored the mail. When you wrote a letter overseas, it got censored. When a letter was written back from the battlefield to home, they looked at what was in the letter to make sure they were not tipping off the enemy,” Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill. “If I thought censoring the mail was necessary, I would suggest it, but I don’t think it is.”

What is especially galling to me is that Miss Lindsey allegedly went to law school, where he SHOULD have learned about this little thing called the Constitution. And yeah, as a member (and I use that term for its alternate definition) of the United States Congress, he took an oath to uphold this little thing called the Constitution.

But, as his savior and lord Jesus Christ George W. Bush, once said:

“The Constitution is just a piece of paper.”  “If you don’t have anything to hide…”

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http://www.dependablerenegade.com/dependable_renegade/2013/06/fuck-you-south-carolina.html

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Auto Industry Hiring Spree

Via: Huffington Post

The auto industry is about to go on a hiring spree as car makers and parts suppliers race to find engineers, technicians and factory workers to build the next generation of vehicles.

The new employees will be part of a larger, busier workforce. From coast to coast, the industry is in top gear.

Factories are operating at about 95 PERCENT of CAPACITY, and many are already running THREE SHIFTS. As a result, some auto and parts companies are doing something they’ve been reluctant to consider since the recession: Adding floor space and spending millions of dollars on new equipment.

“We’re really bumping up against the edge,” says Michael Robinet, managing director of IHS Automotive, which forecasts auto production. “So it really is brick-and-mortar time.”

The auto industry’s stepped-up hiring will help sustain the nation’s job growth and help fuel consumer spending. On Friday, the government said U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, roughly the monthly average for the past year and a sign  of the economy’s resilience.

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Read more, HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/09/auto-industry-hiring-spree_n_3411531.html?utm_hp_ref=business

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Thank Gawd, President Obama kept GM and Chrysler afloat!

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Tom Cotton (R-ARK) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Huffington Post

Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) (SEE PHOTO) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would “automatically” punish family members of people who violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, levying sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

The provision was introduced as an amendment to the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, which lays out strong penalties for people who violate human rights, engage in censorship, or commit other abuses associated with the Iranian government.

Cotton also seeks to punish any family member of those people, “to include a spouse and any relative to the third degree,” including, “parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids,” Cotton said.

“There would be no investigation,” Cotton said during Wednesday’s markup hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “If the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It’d be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof.”

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The amendment immediately sparked objections from several members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who noted that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution GUARANTEES due process rights to anyone charged with a crime under American law.

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Read more, HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/tom-cotton-corruption-of-blood_n_3322251.html

“Quote of the Day”

 

“Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas.”

- Alaska’s part-time governor, Sarah Palin

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Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Huffington Post

Since mass shootings in places like Aurora and Newtown, lawmakers have been searching for answers for how to stop future massacres, examining issues like gun control and mental health.

But in a speech this month, Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) pointed to different culprits: the legalization of abortion and a demise in religious values.

Read more, HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/kevin-cramer-school-shootings_n_3285328.html

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Aurora and Newtown = ‘legalization and a demise in religious values’

JESUS WEPT!

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Candice Miller (R-MI) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Raw Story

“I think some kind of false border security number doesn’t really get us anything in terms of maximizing border safety,” the DHS secretary told a House committee last week. “For those who are seeking immigration reform, the suspicion, quite frankly, is that some sort of false border security metric — if you could ever decide on one holy grail — is actually a reason to never get to reform of the underlying system.”

But Miller insisted that the Napolitano was just making excuses for a failure to secure the border.

“IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENTRY!”  (see photo) she told NPR. “But to just say, ‘well, it’s tough, you know, hard to do, so therefore, we can’t do it’ is  not the correct answer.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/16/republican-rep-slams-dhs-over-border-security-this-is-not-rocket-scientry/

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‘So many choices, so little time’

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Lane Rees (R-FL) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Raw Story

Officials in Florida on Monday said that an elected Florida Republican Party committeeman had been arrested on multiple charges of possessing and transmitting child pornography.

Walton County Sheriff Mike Adkinson confirmed to The Northwest Florida Daily News that Lane Rees, a former Walton County Commissioner, was taken into custody around 5 p.m. on Monday after a month-long investigation.

Deputies recovered “multiple images” of child pornography after serving a search warrant on his home in Santa Rosa Beach.

Rees was elected to the Walton County Commission in 2000, where he served until being defeated by 23-year-old Republican Scott Brannon four years later. He has served as Walton County’s Republican state committeeman since being elected by party members in 2008.

In 2001, Walton County named Rees “Man of the Year.”

According to his bio, Rees is President of the consulting group Human Resource Solutions, Inc. and serves on the board of the United Methodist Church’s Foundation for Evangelism.

Rees faces up to 10 years in prison (plus, all eternity in hell) and $10,000 in fines if convicted on all charges.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/02/florida-republican-committeeman-arrested-for-child-porn/

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Dale Peterson (R-AL) – ‘GOP Moron of the day’

Via: Huffington Post

Dale Peterson (See photo), an Alabama Republican state official famous for flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on crime, was the SECOND TIME in SIX MONTHS that Peterson has been accused of stealing.

His new arrest occurred at a Sam’s Club, where police said employees watched Peterson eat a can of cashews in the store, then place the empty can back on a shelf. Store security guards confronted Peterson on his way out. He was released from custody after posting $1,000 bond.

Peterson was charged in October with stealing paper towels and beer from a Walmart. Employees said he pushed his way through the checkout line without paying for the items in his cart, according to police. Peterson ‘a mistake’, later said the incident was “a mistake.”

Peterson’s arrests are noteworthy in part because he made national news in 2010 for his tough-talking stance on crime during an unsuccessful run for Alabama agriculture commissioner. In a campaign ad that quickly went viral, Peterson suggested his opponents were “thugs and criminals,” and accused them of “stealing yard signs in the dark,” and “bragging about receiving illegal money on Facebook.”

Lifting a rifle to his shoulder, Peterson said, “We’re Republicans, we should be better than that,” and promised to “name names and take no prisoners” if elected. As of Wednesday, the ad had been viewed on YouTube more than 2.6 million times.

Two years later after that campaign loss, his wife Kathy Peterson campaigned for public service commissioner using an ad featuring her husband and his rifle. In that ad, Peterson flashed the gun in a parking lot and warned, “I’ll be the one looking after Kathy’s yard signs.”

The Petersons own a llama ranch in Shelby County. Earlier this year, Dale Peterson was hired at the state Agriculture Commission, sparking controversy given his heated rhetoric about fellow Republicans during the 2010 campaign. A Birmingham, Ala., talk radio host called Peterson “a useless person” (yeah, you think?) filling a useless position at the state agency.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/dale-peterson-gun-alabama-shoplifting_n_2968471.html

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‘Kathy and Dale Peterson – ‘GOP Morons of the Day’

http://seattle98.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/kathy-dale-peterson-gop-morons-of-the-day/

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