Republican Racist Family Values

They must be some of those "values voters" everyone talks about.....

The Man of Wealth

The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the State, because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.

That's for Jon "Read my lips no new taxes" Caldara and his evil twin Doug Bruce.

Republican Clerk Bob Balink's erratic bahavior hurts voters

Is this what we want from our election officials?

Colorado Springs, CO – Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak, State Sen. John Morse (District 11), and State Rep. Michael Merrifield (District 18) joined other concerned Coloradans to demand that El Paso County Clerk Bob Balink stop making misleading statements to college students, work to ensure fair and open elections, and fully disclose his relationship with the legal firm that represents the Colorado Republican Party.

Balink’s response to an inquiry from Colorado College journalism student Tabatha Hrynick, ominously states, “Registering to vote in Colorado can have cascading effects” for both students and their parents, including “criminal penalties” for cars not registered in-state and the loss of tax exemptions costing as much as $3500. The letter was drafted by the partisan law firm Zakhem-Atherton, LLC, which is also the state GOP’s counsel, and refers Hrynick to the firm for further information on voting laws.

“At best, the El Paso County Clerk does not understand the laws he was elected to uphold in a nonpartisan manner. At worst, he is intentionally seeking to intimidate young voters,” said Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak. “We should welcome everyone who is legally eligible to vote in Colorado, to join our community, register, and vote in our elections. Yet, the El Paso County Clerk is creating obstacles to participation based on misunderstanding or malicious intent. Coloradans demand that our election process is fair and open and that everyone who is eligible and registers is able to vote.”

“The voters of El Paso County expect honesty and integrity from their County Clerk,” said State Sen. Morse (I don't, I'm used to Bob's bullshit - Z). “Bob Balink needs to explain why he repeatedly provides students misinformation and half-truths on voter registration and why he is turning to a blatantly partisan law firm for legal advice for a non-partisan office.”

In September, Balink was forced to apologize for making misleading statements to Colorado College students about voter registration requirements. In developing a response to Hrynick’s follow-up letter, the County Clerk solicited assistance from the Republican Party legal firm, which reiterated the same misleading advice for which Balink had previously provided and apologized. Generally, the County Attorney would provide legal advice and representation for elected county officials.

In addition to Balink’s intimidating legal memo and solicitation of partisan counsel, just in the last few weeks, Balink’s office has faxed voter registration forms – forms which include personal and confidential information -- to members of the media, refused to re-establish any of the three early vote locations that he arbitrarily removed, and his behavior has continued to cause alarm and frustration in the community.

And he cheats in a county that has a massive Republican voter advantage. Wimp.

Lies, misstatements, intimidation, and errors. Oh wait, he's a Republican!

Joe the Plumber would get a tax cut under Obama

I just wish that folks who owned their own businesses realized you only pay taxes on the net gains after all your business expenses and deductions. If you then make over $250,000 (I think I know 1 person in this tax bracket), would urge you to think about our crumbling infrastructure, our national debt, and the education of our children....

UPDATE: Joe the Plumber is a registered, committed Republican who plans to vote for McCain.

Phil Gramm and the Credit Default Swap market

Are the problems.

McCain: Iraq First!

Sheesh, how can he even get out of bed in the morning?

McCain transition manager worked with Saddam
Hussein to lower Iraq sanctions

The most dangerous, incendiary, racist talking points

Your Modern Republican Party, as described by a Republican:

Republican consultant Michelle Laxalt was particularly critical of McCain's decision to employ Palin as an attack dog. "They have send this young, naive -- very confident, perhaps in Alaska -- young woman out with the most incendiary talking points, the most dangerous racist talking points and I think they should be ashamed of themselves."

She sounds right on to me. They'll call her a traitor, too.

Palin pimps out her children at Flyers' game

I'm just using Gunny Bob's terminology.

McCain goes mavericky, urges respect for Obama, gets booed by Republicans

John McCain palled around with a terrorist -- LAST YEAR

G. Gordon Liddy:

In the 1990s, he instructed his radio audience on how to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents ("Go for a head shot; they're going to be wearing bulletproof vests." In case anyone missed the subtlety of his point, Liddy also insisted: "Kill the sons of bitches.") During Bill Clinton's presidency, Liddy boasted that he named his shooting targets after the Clintons.

A leading Republican instructing his large radio audience in how to kill federal agents. Sounds like a terrorist to me.

An online video labeled, "John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07," includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an "old friend." During the segment, McCain praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great," said he was "proud" of Liddy, and said that "it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program."

Peter Boyles' obsession with race continues - now his target is Barack Obama

Peter Boyles, who made his bones on the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, is quite obviously afraid of people with more pigment in their skin than a northern European. He rails lies about immigrants and has made numerous false charges against those who aren't of the privilege class like him. Boyles' latest smear comes in a set of interviews that claimed Barack Obama is not a citizen and shouldn't be eligible for the Presidency:

BOYLES: Good work; Mike Rotollo's got the con [console], he's speaking with Mr. Berg right now. On this birth certificate story -- Jerry, what do you believe about that? What do you know about it?

CORSI: Well, the main issue on the birth certificate: If there's nothing to hide, why won't the Obama campaign release it? That's what I keep saying. There's something there that is being hidden.

[...]

CORSI: There's something on that birth certificate. You know, maybe Obama was born in Kenya; I don't know what it shows. But why hide a document that should be as transparent as your birth certificate?

BOYLES: Yeah. What is your gut reaction? Not what you know or anything, but what's your belief about this?

CORSI: My gut reaction is that Obama was either born in Kenya, 'cause his mother came over prior to his birth and couldn't get back home before he was born. Because what's filed on his website appears to be a registration of birth --

BOYLES: Yes.

CORSI: -- not the document generated by the hospital when you're born.

BOYLES: That's right. That's right.

Here's Barack Obama's birth certificate from the state of Hawaii:


It's plain and clear and legal and legible and it should shut up anyone but the worst demagogues. I guess they want the log sheet for the night Barack was born. Do any hospitals release that? Maybe they want the original tattered copy that's been in someone's drawer for 48 years. But somehow I feel it won't make Boyles and his boys happy.

There it is: the legal birth certificate of Barack Obama. Repubs are on a hate and fear sojourn this year. They'll lose those voters they once courted. They'll also lose this election and what's left of their credibility. Where's Peter's? In the toilet, right next to Jerome Corsi's and the rest of the race-baiting right's.

What's become of the modern Republican Party?