Tag: Teabaggers

The knuckle-draggers from Amen Corner

~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 12 Comments

Christ, we get more bad shit out of Texas Republicans than a zoo vet does out of a whole herd of sick elephants.

The latest GOP dungheap will be accumulating at a ranch near Austin, where a gaggle of “social conservative leaders” — read “wealthy rednecks who either misconstrued Christ’s message or deliberately chose to pervert it” — will spend the weekend trying to decide whom they wish to assume the position before as the pestilential erection looms.

Ho, ho. As if it matters.

These self-righteous, sanctimonious pricks are in the same boat as we lefty-loonie, tree-hugging commies. When it comes to the big prom in November, we have no choice as regards dance partners.

Frankly, it’s an abusive relationship for both parties, the hard right and the hard left. Obama figures we’re not going anywhere, and whichever double-talking fascist finds himself out in front of the Tea Baggers, Elmer Gantrys and bow-tied Beltway boneheads knows he’s got that lot locked up.

It’s all about getting the base to the dance while also snagging the lion’s share of the so-called “independents,” who mostly have already made up their minds but won’t tell the pollsters.

So, yeah, “social conservative leaders,” good luck with that KKKaffeeklatch outside Austin. Will rubber chicken and plastic knives defeat a Chocolate Jesus? Stay tuned.

A Mad Tea-Party

~ Patrick O'Grady ~ 12 Comments

It’s April 15, that joyous day when our spendthrift ne’er-do-well Uncle Sammy comes a-callin’ with both hands held out, palms up. Oboy.

We had to write a couple of hefty checks this year to Sammy and his layabout cousins running Colorado, and I can’t say I’m happy about it. Neither are the Teabaggers, who were very much in evidence today, as the media loves a circus.

Antiwar protesters couldn’t buy time on TV during the Daffy-Fudd regime, but dingbats like the ukelele-playing former “SNL” cast member Victoria Jackson get a free ride with their nonsense about there being a “communist in the White House.” Ditto Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Bizarro World), who referred to the Obama administration as “this gangster government” while addressing a Teabagger rally in DeeCee. She must’ve spent the previous administration down the rabbit hole with Alice, the March Hare and the Mad Hatter.

With all the anti-tax hysteria taking over prime time, I was astounded to stumble across a bit of sensible commentary — from, of all things, a newspaper that once employed Your Humble Narrator. The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson editorialized today “that when public officials and others rail against ‘taxes’ and cast every tax as evil and unnecessary, it’s vital to counter those claims.”

Sometimes reasoned argument even prevails over noisy nonsense, as in a follow-up interview with one respondent to a New York Times/CBS News poll on the Teabag “movement.”

(I)n follow-up interviews, Tea Party supporters said they did not want to cut Medicare or Social Security — the biggest domestic programs, suggesting instead a focus on “waste.”

Some defended being on Social Security while fighting big government by saying that since they had paid into the system, they deserved the benefits.

Others could not explain the contradiction.

“That’s a conundrum, isn’t it?” asked Jodine White, 62, of Rocklin, Calif. “I don’t know what to say. Maybe I don’t want smaller government. I guess I want smaller government and my Social Security.” She added, “I didn’t look at it from the perspective of losing things I need. I think I’ve changed my mind.”

No marginally sane person would argue that every tax dollar is spent wisely. Some of us might point to the previous administration’s fondness for starting needless, illegal and immoral wars, for example.

But if you want cops and firefighters, schools and parks, clean water and air, and some hot mix for those goddamn potholes, well … someone has to pay the freight. Which of your must-have items are you willing to do without in the name of lower taxes?

Ass, gas or grass, baby — nobody rides for free.