Republicans STILL don’t give a s*** about the Newtown Massacre.

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/republicans-still-dont-give-a-s-about-the-newtown-massacre/

" Remember right after Newtown, when all the gun-nutty Senators hid under their desks and dodged the media? Remember how they ignored the families of the slain children of Newtown? Remember how they decided that NRA money was more important than the lives of innocent little kids? Yeah, me too. Bastards, the lot of them.

Lest you think they have grown a conscience in the year since that horrible gun crime was committed, here is the proof that they have not: “Republican” Ted Yoho is holding a family gunfest tomorrow, on the anniversary of the Newtown Massacre. A family event, bring your children and let them shoot guns. On December 14th. Really.

His staff says it’s a coincidence. This gun-owning blogger does not believe that for one second. It is no such thing; it’s a deliberate poke in the eye to all of the parents who are still grieving over their lost kids.

Some in Washington have grown: Senator Joe Manchin has evolved , for instance. But the majority of those “representatives” who were bought by the NRA have remained their loyal prostitutes , opposing any and all legislation to tighten down on criminals or to fund mental health care (the two things that could help prevent another such slaughter).

No, Repubs and Gun Whores still do not care if you die. They still do not care if your six-year-old gets butchered by a maniac with a gun. They only care about pocketing large sums of cash from the arms industry.

Remember this betrayal, Gentle Reader: some in Washington have your back. But the vast majority of Teapublicans would sooner see you shot in the back instead. "

Source material at the link.

[phantom power]

1. Holding it on the anniversary reminds me of a favorite quote from Mystery, Alaska

"Either you thought about that, or you didn't."

[Loudly]

2. A very popular belief persists in the legitimacy of armed rebellion.

Despite the Covenant of Appomattox.

[aikoaiko]

3. If not for having looked up the date of the shooting, I wouldn't have remembered it was Dec 14.

I certainly don't remember the dates of the Colorado movie theater shooting or even the VATech shooting.

[riqster]

4. Congresscritters have staffs. They are tied into the news.

No way he could not have had that information available.

[Decaffeinated]

9. Correct...

[Skittles]

5. they are cowards

absolute fucking COWARDS

[B Calm]

6. No shit! They are terrified of the NRA!

[hobbit709]

7. They don't give a shit about anything or anyone except themselves.

[riqster]

8. S'truth. And that is reflected in the causes they take up.

If they thought those kids were important at all, they would advocate for them, for reasons of blind self-interest at least.

The fact that they do not tells us that they do not see the lives of American children as having any connection with their own.

And that is truly disturbing.

[polichick]

10. If RepubliCons had a conscience they wouldn't be RepubliCons.

[riqster]

11. That is true, but...

They don't even PRETEND to care, as politicos will when they at least see an interest in so doing.

That means that even the best of the Repubes cannot see how they are connected with the victims of the Newtown Massacre, even if the connection is a self-serving one.

And when those elected "representatives" are so completely disconnected from us, that tells us that they aren't a part of us anymore.

[polichick]

12. They're united with the gun manufacturers...

and know that their base will vote for them because the base admires ruthless people.