Larry Craig and David Vitter co-sponsor Marriage Protection Amendment

[PageOneQ]

Source: PageOneQ

Two United States Senators implicated in extramarital sexual activity have named themselves as co-sponsors of S. J. RES. 43, dubbed the Marriage Protection Amendment. If ratified, the bill would amend the United States Constitution to state that marriage "shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman."

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), who was arrested June 11, 2007 on charges of lewd conduct in a Minneapolis airport terminal, is co-sponsoring the amendment along with Sen. David Vitter (R-LA).

Read more: http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/CraigVitter_0627.html

[Bob Dobbs]

1. One cannot fictionalize scenarios this ludicris.

The satire of the right, writes itself.

[AML]

60. What's the difference between reality and fiction?

Fiction has to make sense! (I've heard that attributed to Mark Twain, but I'm not certain if he actually said it first...)

[Bob Dobbs]

64. You are correct.

If the Onion printed this story they would be excoriated for not trying hard enough.

[AlbertCat]

175. Then there's Oscar Wilde's take

From "The Importance of Being Earnest"

Miss Prism says of her 3 volume novel: "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means."

[TrogL]

61. errr... you mean "You can't make this shit up"?

[Bob Dobbs]

63. Zackly.

Just having fun with language.

[ecstatic]

100. That is EXACTLY what I thought when I saw the headline... nt

[Richardo]

66. Please. It's 'ludicrous'

ludicris is the rapper.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

72. Ludacris?

[rhett o rick]

144. You said it. nm

[crikkett]

169. 'ludicrous'

spelling police
:hi:

[LisaM]

2. Shouldn't this be in the Lounge?

Oh, wait a minute! You're serious!


I don't know whether to :rofl:


or :puke:

[daggahead]

3. Oh that's rich!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. OK, it's now official:

irony is dead.

Tom Lehrer said that irony died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tom was just a bit ahead of himself.

[tpsbmam]

5. Had to click your link.....

because I was sure this was from the Onion. :shrug: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

42. Exactly my reaction, too! Thought it was a joke. Yikes. n/t

[aquart]

49. It's not a gag?

LOL! Trying to buy back their reputations with their voters?

[grace0418]

78. Oh it's a gag alright...

:puke:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

91. I was expecting a diaper punch-line.

God knows what else Vitter was doing with the diapers.

[AlbertCat]

176. Trying to buy back their reputations with their voters?

More like trying to hold on to the fantasy....the personal fantasy.... that they are not gay or serial adulterers.

The only one gagging is probably Larry.

badda-bing!

[Maddy McCall]

6. Bwahahahahaha! You can't make this shit up.

:rofl:

[struggle4progress]

20. !

[TheDebbieDee]

7. OMG! Will the hypocrisy never end?

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

8. For a second there I thought the headline read Larry David.

[1Hippiechick]

122. Me toooooo! LOL

[frogmarch]

9. Say whuuuut?

That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. It's also pretty funny.

Gotta hand it to repugs. They aren't shy about letting their hypocrisy hang out for all to see.

[Phred42]

10. Speeches will be given in the Mens Room

[hvn_nbr_2]

73. In Morse code

tap tap-tap tap-tap-tap tap-tap tap...

[1Hippiechick]

123. Sign language - makes no noise.....

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Talk about going through the motions of character reconstitution.

Or abject hypocrisy, take your pick.

[Va Lefty]

12. Hello Larry

[kimmylavin]

13. "THIS will prove we're not gay!"

What a couple of assholes - aren't they gone yet???

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. thank you for posting this !!!!!!!!!!

God knows I needed a good laugh today.........

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

15. This has got to be a joke

[Mabus]

16. This is funnier than when Craig filed a motion to enlarge his brief

in court around Valentine's Day.

[AlbertCat]

177. I liked his press conference....

Larry Craig: "I'm glad you all came out today......"

[tanyev]

17. There it is--they have absolutely no shame.

[peace13]

18. It is things like this that make me fell that I am in a bad dream.

You just can't make this stuff up! The real question is how do they get away with it?

[snooper2]

19. This is a joke right?

:rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

21. Well, that sews up the Republicon Diaper Sex With Hookers vote block

fer sure

[LynneSin]

24. Don't forget the Republicans who solicit police officers for sex in Minnesota Airport Bathrooms.....

....true irony is the fact that the convention is in Minneapolis and all those republicans will be flying thru that airport.

[not fooled]

145. Careful...

...might be a pretty large segment of the Reptile party, repressed pervs that they are.

[AnneD]

22. The Titanic is sinking...

and these folks are worried if the life boats will be seated according to classx(

[kestrel91316]

23. Ok, somebody, PLEASE tell me this is from The Onion???

[msanthrope]

26. No--the Onion and Irony became superfluous on Jan 17, 2001

with the publication of this prescient news article:

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

More at link---

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

[WorseBeforeBetter]

87. That's what I thought...

but it appears to be legit. (I say "appears" because I just opened a box of moth balls (phew) and don't trust my judgment at this point!)

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=sj110-43

Introduced June 25, 2008 by the wingnuttiest of wingnuts:

Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)

Cosponsors (as of 2008-06-26):
Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Sen. Samuel Brownback (R-KS)
Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)

[xxqqqzme]

132. Thom Hartman was having a laughing fit

when he talked about this right before the end of his show

[xxqqqzme]

25. I simply cannot believe this is real.

Are vitter/craig really that clueless?

[Kber]

113. They may not be that clueless

but they seem pretty sure their voters are.

[regnaD kciN]

119. More to the point...

...are the co-sponsors of this bill (and the Republican Senate leadership) so clueless that they would allow Senators HookerVitter and Tappy McWideStance to attach their names, thus discrediting the whole thing from the get-go?

:crazy:

[The Wizard]

27. Irony

Thy name is Republican senators.

[pacalo]

28. Vitter & Craig put their heads together in the diaper aisle at Piggly Wiggly's.

Or was it in the men's room?

[grace0418]

80. Or maybe they put their feet together. Wide stance and all.

Seriously, we shouldn't be laughing about this, but it's just so ridiculous.

[1Hippiechick]

124. Little head, big head....you say potato, I say potahto....

[Arugula Latte]

29. That's like OJ telling us he was "absolutely, one hundred percent not guilty"

[LynneSin]

31. That's like OJ telling us he was going to use all his resources to find the real killer

I remember when he was quoted saying that - figured it would be real easy! Just look in the mirror

[KansDem]

75. Ah, lay off poor OJ. He said he'd help find the killer, didn't he?

Just because he began by searching the golf courses of the world doesn't mean he isn't serious.

[grace0418]

81. He finds him every day in the mirror. What's left to do with your day besides

play golf.

[regnaD kciN]

120. That's like O.J starting up a citizen's movement...

...to fight domestic violence.

With Robert Blake and Phil Spector as his co-chairs.

:banghead:

[jonmiller74]

90. one guilty guy goes free and people can't let go

How many innocent people have been acquitted and released from jail because of new DNA testing since that verdict? Where is the outrage for them? Is this really the thread to bring up that sad affair and talk about hypocrisy. Because indeed hypocrisy goes both ways....oh, Like Larry Craig.

[1Hippiechick]

125. Why are you bringing Shrub into this? LOL

[Arugula Latte]

128. Oh, believe me, I know. That was just the analogy that popped into my head.

[krispos42]

30. And Bush and Cheney just jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize

Hell, why not?

At this point I'd believe almost anything.

[wryter2000]

44. Hell...

I'd believe Bush won the Nobel Prize for physics.

[1Hippiechick]

126. Hey! All we are saying, is give pizza chants.....

[Nothing Without Hope]

32. Fresh proof of what we knew already: they have NO shame, NO conscience

No surprise there. What would be a nice surprise is their finally being truly challenged about their hypocrisy and removed from the powerful positions they should NEVER have been given.

[razors edge]

33. And in other news...

Senators Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton have put forth new legislation aimed at repealing the 13th and 19th amendments to the constitution.

When questioned as to why, both responded with similar answers stating that blacks and women have had it too easy for too long and something must be done to alleviate the longstanding hardships on white male politicians nationwide.




I would like to write for The Onion too.:-)

[SpookyCat]

34. ..and Karl Rove is indignant about NYT "outing" a CIA agent...

I feel like I'm living in a sketch comedy show, or something...maybe a lab experiment to see how much absurdity we can take before our heads explode...

[Canuckistanian]

35. Sen. Vitter: "It's time for a change!"

:rofl:

[Mabus]

50. "Depends on it!" he was also heard saying.

:hide:

[Plucketeer]

36. LOL!!!!!

Abbot & Costello define marriage! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[madinmaryland]

37. Repub's!! The gift that continues to give!

[smoogatz]

38. All you need to know about today's Republican party.

Yeesh.

[jaybeat]

39. But guy-on-guy in the men's room is A-OK! (nt)

[LynneSin]

104. As long as you're not marrying the guy

:grr:

[jaybeat]

141. No. It has to be casual, anonymous and dirty, or else we get very confused (nt)

[noiretextatique]

40. best day ever!

:rofl:

[Karenina]

140. Na, Du!!!

File under: Congressional rehabilitation! :rofl:

[wryter2000]

41. I assumed the thread title was a joke

It's real? :wow: The mind boggles.

[stillcool]

43. what sad little men...

[yardwork]

45. The Republican Party must feel so proud today!

[mrs_p]

46. heeheehee

heeheeheeheeheehee

heeheehee

breath

heeheeheeheehee

[awoke_in_2003]

47. Too bad Mark Twain

isn't alive today. He could write some scathing articles on government. Would love to see what he would think of this group.

[aquart]

51. "There is no native criminal class except Congress."

[barbtries]

133. yeah,

and i wish joseph heller was around to write the definitive masterpiece of this clusterfuck of a war.

there will be writers, and artists, and entertainers. and the bush years will provide fodder for centuries to come.

[progressoid]

48. I want to rec this thread a few times!

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. VITTER, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. THUNE, and Mr. SHELBY) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:

"ARTICLE"

Section 1. This article may be cited as the Marriage Protection Amendment.

Section 2. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.

:spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray::spray:

[yardwork]

62. Look at the other losers who signed on to it - Inhofe, Brownback, Shelby....

It's a roll call for losers!

[Mabus]

52. I heard it was something that Craig tapped out

while waiting at an airport. And that Vitter signed on to Pamper his record.

[Lucky 13]

53. Oh how I wish high levels of hypocrisy were fatal

God damned bastards.

[Politicub]

54. Is this from the onion?

Because if it isn't, it should be!

Talk about self loathing - sheesh.

[slackmaster]

65. My thought exactly

:argh:

[wryter2000]

55. How I wish...

How I wish Al Franken were in the Senate already.

[pattmarty]

56. You have got to be fucking kidding!!!!! Only in America!!!!!

[WhiteTara]

57. may they be prosecuted under their law

stupid hypocrites!

[bdamomma]

58. how sick are these guys?

one making advances in a bathroom: Craig

the other Vitter fooling around with a prostitute? is that right or was he wearing a diaper or something either way how sick.

[HillbillyBob]

71. um

vitter is the diaper and ho user.
I am so damn sick of the hypocrites.
My partner and I have been in a committed relationship for more than 12 years.
HOW long can they say they have been committed to their partners?
Maybe they should just be committed to the koncentration kamps they have hired Cheneyburton to build?:nuke:

[wryter2000]

76. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[LynneSin]

105. Welcome to DU and come join us in the lounge

I see you're from North Carolina - I'm guessing you folks aren't going to see same sex marriages recognized for a long long time. But your relationship is probably more stable & committed then so many of the hypocrites who fight to keep you from getting married!

I hope you and your partner have another 12 years of happiness together and then 12 more and 12 more, etc....

[barbtries]

134. welcome to DU

[bluevoter4life]

146. Welcome to DU

I'm just the occasional poster but welcome. WE wish you and your partner a long and happy life together :toast:

[NorthCarolina]

157. Welcome to DU HillBillyBob

Glad to see another committed couple from NC on board here.

[HillbillyBob]

181. Thank You

Thanks for the welcome you all.
I have lived in the South for a long time from WV to Alabama to South Fla, then to NC.
I am so sick of the hypocrites, I could tell you some real stories of harassment, discrimination, and even a few times where I went after tormentors..they don't realize that if you shoot at my house. I will shoot back, I have had physical attacks, vandalism, and to quote someone else, I'm mad as hell and I ain't gonna take it anymore.

[RedLetterRev]

183. There's a nasty rumor

we oughtta BE committed :D

"Damn libruls done got lost in redneckland"

"Nope, we're from here. Our mamas raised us right."

[RedLetterRev]

161. Well, well, well

Husbear finally made it to DU. Welcome, love. Toldja we have good company here. Your Progressive passion will be appreciated.

[Sheets of Easter]

59. Otherwise known as the Side-Splitting Irony Bill.

[Bluenorthwest]

67. I heard Tom Hartmann read this story

And I was not sure if he was making with the funny. But it is true and as always, Republicans are stranger than fiction.

[superconnected]

68. Typical republican hypocrites. Very typical. They're obsessed with purity laws becasue

they themselves are committing the acts. And yeah, banning gay marriage is a purity law.

[jonmiller74]

69. Yes, Protect marriage..

From representatives like this.

[Stinky The Clown]

70. ALERT: Since when is The Onion a cedible nooz source?????

This IS a joke .... right?

[suffragette]

95. S. J. RES. 43

Read it at the link in the O.P. or here:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.J.+Res.+43:


No joke, but wacky as all get out.

[erpowers]

74. Talk About Stupid

That is just stupid. I thought the Republican were better at strategy than that. They let a guy who cheated on his wife with prostitutes and a guy who got arrested and pleaded guilty for asking for sex in a bathroom stall. Seriously, that seems like the fastest way to make that bill a complete and total joke.

[Ian David]

77. I oppose "The Wide-Stance Diaper-Fetish Marriage Protection Act."

Someone needs to modify this graphic...




... and change it into something like:

Marriage = (Toilet Stall) + (Diaper)

[jonmiller74]

79. for everyone who thinks it's a joke or from the onion..

I searched the LOC.gov records to find this.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.J.+Res.+43:

[defendandprotect]

82. PLEASE . . . someone make this into a movie . . .

[mikelgb]

83. I was sure this was going to be on its way to the lounge...

but alas

[rateyes]

84. Wonder if they'll come up with a "Defense of Adultery Act?"

Just sayin.....

[Coexist]

85. you have got to be kidding me.

[Vinca]

86. Amazing. Totally amazing. A man, a woman and

a man or a man, a woman and a hooker. It's the Republican way.
:rofl:

[Ian David]

88. Marriage = Diaper + Men's Room ...

[Kool Kitty]

89. This thread is a DUZY, for sure.

Just hearing these two names and "marriage" in the same sentence will have me laughing for weeks.

[suffragette]

92. Maybe the Republicans should rename their party

Hypocrisy, Inc.

Jon Stewart will have a field day with this.

[robertpaulsen]

93. The only thing thicker than their skulls is the irony.

Life imitates Onion.

:wow:

[iamahaingttta]

94. I do believe I may have seen everything now.

Wow!
Just... Wow!

[calimary]

96. I. Frickin'. LOVE. This!!!!!!!!

These two must feel a hugely serious care and concern for Stewart and Colbert, Leno and Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and everyone else of that ilk. Needy comedians, desperately seeking material! Now there's one earmark I totally support!

:toast: :patriot: :rofl: :spray:

[MrBlueSky]

97. Well, Good Heavens!

Someone ought to ask the American Family Association to provide some less tainted spokesmen for this amendment.

:rant:

:hippie:

[graywarrior]

98. Bwahahahahahahaha! Bwahahaha! ! ! ! Bwaahahahaha! ! ! ! ! !

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

(taking deep breath. . .) Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[bluevoter4life]

99. I'm sorry. I just had to

This is just too easy

[racaulk]

106. Here's one more for ya...

:rofl:

[eridani]

153. Well, whatever you do, never EVER--

--send postcards with any of these images on them to Sens. Craig and Vitter to their offices at the following addresses.

US Senator Larry Craig
Room 520
Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-1203

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

US SenatorDAvid Vitter
Room 516
Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Don't fax any of them either. That would be WRONG!!!

[libodem]

173. Very wrong

:rofl:

[loyalkydem]

101. republicans

the other ignorant people

[Stuckinthebush]

102. Jon Stewart is gonna have a field day!

I would love to see a Democrat stand up to debate this and only say, "Really? Are these guys serious?" And then sit down.

[LynneSin]

103. BTW, I heard Ted Haggard has been pushing for this bill to be passed

:rofl:

[janetblond]

107. Laughable! ... nt ..

disgusting hypocrites.

[Tab]

108. Get the fuck out.

This is a joke, right??

[katty]

109. HA! Best joke of the day! arrogant bastards-as usual

[pleah]

110. Joke of the day! I love it!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[guitar man]

111. ????

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Deja Q]

112. Vitter should go stick to his Luvs. Craig can go tapping toes in Nashville's airport for all I care.

Even a Klingon-themed wedding has more credibility. Heaven forbid somebody's gone off and done that too...

[nomorenomore08]

114. Okay, I get it now - they can't restrain themselves without putting that restraint into law.

Sen. Craig can't resist his homosexual urges unless the Constitution prevents two men from getting married. And Sen. Vitter can't resist cheating on his wife without the words "one man... one woman" staring him in the face.

[Toasterlad]

115. There's Insanity, and Then There's the Republican Party.

[fascisthunter]

116. Sad... They Aren't Fooling Anyone... What Weak Cowards

[Faygo Kid]

117. I'm sure Sean Hannity will devote hours to this absurdity.

O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Ingraham, too.

Right.

[regnaD kciN]

118. You know, if this election was a prize fight...

...the crowd would be throwing tomatoes and screaming "FIX!" by the second round.

(And I owe someone on another list an apology -- when they reported this story, I replied that they must have been using The Onion as their primary news source.)

:crazy:

[Barrett808]

121. Marriage is, it seems, a curious thing...

"Marriage is, it seems, a curious thing: threatened by committed same-sex couples, not threatened by screwing whores or soliciting anonymous sex in rest rooms."

From "Ken" at Popehat.com
(http://www.popehat.com/2008/06/27/some-guy-named-michael-jackson-is-at-the-door-selling-amber-alert-bracelets-for-the-kids)

[1Hippiechick]

127. "shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman." subtitled, It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve

God, I hate that worn-out phrase.....

[CreekDog]

129. i'm surprised this wasn't in The Onion

but apparently it's for real. :wow: :crazy:

[barbtries]

130. i thought it had to be a joke

only in bushies' america.

[Acadia Blue]

131. SNL and Comedy Central could not have made this one up and

I can't wait to see what they do with it.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

135. Ohh the irony...so much coming from the GOP magnets are sticking to my frickin' skull!

[tabasco]

136. REPUBLICAN MORALS POLICE!!

IF THEY CATCH YOU THEY MAKE YOU SPANK THEM!!

[Q3JR4]

137. No way!

:rofl:

You just can't make this shit up....

Q3JR4.

[DarkTirade]

138. Fucking hypocrites.

In the literal sense, apparently.

[DesertRat]

139. LOL

k&r

[Manifestor_of_Light]

142. But hey, Sen. Craig is NOT tap-dancing around this issue!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[drm604]

143. This is entirely predictable.

Why is anyone surprised at this? This is simply their attempt to prove to everyone that they are in fact upstanding faithful heterosexual family men.

Sometimes I think that it's the closet cases like Craig who do the most harm. They're victims themselves but they end up making things worse by their attempts to hide from the truth.

[dgauss]

147. Larry Craig is a comic genius.

[Baby Snooks]

148. What a joke

These two are the perfect example of what's wrong with America. The Republican Party is what's wrong with America.

Most Americans are worried about keeping a roof over their heads and food on their table. And these two perverts are focusing on preserving the sanctity of marriage that they themselves didn't mind violating?

[6000eliot]

149. We all know the way to protect traditional marriage

is to blow guys in airport men's rooms.

[diane in sf]

150. Is this a joke? I hope this is a joke.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

151. Un-freakin'believable

[Divine Discontent]

152. SHUT UP! This is so comical... I want to meet the two of them to say

THANK YOU, GOOD SIRS, FOR THE IMMENSE LAUGHTER YOU HAVE GIVEN SANE PEOPLE!

Seriously, this is for real - I still cannot believe it.

They have NO sense of shame, NO sense of humiliation, and No sense of degradation - oh wait... yes they do, that's why they're doing this - they crave this kind of kinky shit!




Mama Loves Obama & McSame items!
www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[OneBlueSky]

154. if they REALLY wanted to "protect marriage," they'd add to the bill . . .

a provision that makes divorce illegal in all but the most extreme cases . . . wonder how many Member of Congress would vote for that one . . .

[BlueEyedSon]

155. What..... are they gonna marry *each other*???

[Rosa Luxemburg]

156. I'm speechless

[sourmilk]

158. In related news, Dick Cheney and Dianne Feinstein have co-sponsored

S. J. RES. 69, enabling Senators engaging in conflicts of interest in "no-bid" war contracting to be prosecuted under rules similar to the "Trading with the Enemy" Act of 1942...


Who writes this stuff?

[Joanne98]

159. U got to be kidding me!

[beyurslf]

160. I thought this was satire at first. This is serious?

Hypocrites!

[LibDemAlways]

162. The pathetic part is that the corporate whores will

completely ignore this story, and the average voter will never even hear about it. Both Vitter and Craig's sordid little tales were swept under the rug pretty quickly when it became apparent they were going to stick around.

If either one was a Dem, the outcry for resignation - from both parties - would have required a hasty forced exit from the get-go.

[DearAbby]

163. Snarf

:spray: :rofl: :::long jagged breath::: :rofl: :::points::: :rofl:

[RedLetterRev]

164. I've been putting off writing anything

since the shock from the chutzpah is just way too much.

I guess it boils down to the way HillbillyBob put it, short, sweet and in a single phrase: Republicans only have two kinds of sex, both of which are illegal...

Giggles aside, my mind is still resounding with the single syllable "GAWD!" in shock and amazement. But looking at the crew of desperate bozos behind the bill, it shouldn't be a surprise. Vitter, Craig, Roberts, Inhofe, Brownback, Allard, Thune and Shelby represent exactly the Nut Caucus in Congress; the one possessed of two brain cells between the lot. And yesterday, even those two weren't in the same orbit.

So we've got NRA-ILA hooting over a "victory" for gun-owners whilst every other "inalienable" right has been removed from the Constitution, and now these aforementioned clowns trying to remove rights that haven't even been equally extended. The only up-side I can see, as a gun owner (in the country, one needs varmint-getters to protect our service doggies who can't protect themselves -- I have no other reason to have them), is that the government might rightly fear an armed populace. This was Jefferson's thought on the matter and I grudgingly begin to agree. I do believe that Jefferson is rightly whirling in his hallowed grave.

Even that, though, I believe to be a micrometer-deep fool's trade, like $23 and a string of beads for all of Manhattan. "We'll let you keep your little varmint-rifles, but we've stolen more than enough from the taxpayer's bounty in the treasury to buy or swipe enough nukes to keep you in line. Pop-gun THAT, mf'ers." Yes, Virginia, those "missing" nukes are still missing and I'd bet anything that Cheneyburton has them JIC of insurrection.

Years back, when I first came aboard KA, I wrote that December 2000 was the day that America died. This spring, I thought I'd shaken that malaise off and began to have hope that we might reclaim her for the Founders, Framers and Patriots who breathed the fire of dignity and individual liberty into a nation, codified in a Constitution like no other. Given the events of this week, the grief that I felt in December of 2000 is just as raw and salt is steadily being poured into the wound with the bully's taunt of "now, do something about it!"

I just want to scream. I want to sit Reid and Hoyer down and say, "now, loooook...", take a breath and launch in. And like my mom used to do to my brother and me, end up with, "...now I want to know (and you better have a good answer), just what the HELL were you THINKING? Or were you THINKING?"

That question used to scare me more than any other. The point was, mom wanted us to consider consequences before tearassing off into some misadventure that might have lifelong repercussions.

It doesn't seem to bother the Congresscritters in the least. That leads me to wonder if they bother to measure consequences at all.

Some days I'm ready to walk to Washington to give That Talk that my mom used to shame me for doing something truly stupid, so I'd learn to use the brain that G'd graced me with, so not to repeat stupidity. Other days, I just sit and stare at a wall, grieving in shame at the great opportunity in liberty and dignity we seem to have let go of. Some days, I just garden and put it out of my mind. Some days, I use the talent for language that G'd graced me with to let them hold it or to try to rally my fellows who may be in that grieving place.

Today, past the astonishment at the mix of chutzpah and cowardice displayed in Congress JUST this week, I'm taking one breath at a time, one issue at a time, and damned if I will live on my knees, just because some mental midget who doesn't know me or know a thing about me says I must. It's a pity that they don't know the peace, respect, love and friendship that lives in the house that HillbillyBob and I call home.

Take one foot, lift it up, set it down a pace ahead. Take the other foot, lift it up, set that one down a pace ahead. While G'd gives me strength, lather, rinse, repeat.

Bill

[tuckessee]

165. I could laugh at this if it were from The Onion.

But it's real. The public's disconnection with reality scares me.

[Vickers]

166. Looks like the beginning of The Friday Afternoon Irony Dump©

:P

(P.S. No pun intended.)

[pipi_k]

167. Sigh..these people need a friggen life!!!!!

So how come these idiots aren't out there "protecting" us all from serial monogamy and adultery and all the rest of the antics that HETEROSEXUAL people inflict on the sacred institution of marriage?

Oh, what....people can shit all over marriage as long as they're not GAY?


Or as long as they DENY they're gay even though some of them get caught playing wiggleweenie with other men or teenaged boys...


Honest to god...idiots should have their own little state or island where they can go and do whatever they want to do, make their own stinking little rules, and leave the rest of us the hell alone.

[Pachamama]

168. Wow! We really are all living in a Parallel Universe and Bizzaro World...

You just can't make this shit up...First I laughed so hard I nearly burst and then I wanted to hit my head against the wall because its just not possible that the two biggest hypocrites on marriage and committment would then be doing this.

I only pray that they are exposed, mocked and ridiculed and this bill goes burning down in a ball of fire followed by a trail of laughter....

[libodem]

170. oh that's rich

[FloridaJudy]

171. You can't make this shit up!

This one just writes its own satire, doesn't it? What does this bill protect: the right to wear diapers while soliciting sex in a public bathroom?

Though, come to think of it, the diaper would free one of the need to use the rest room for its intended purpose.

[windoe]

172. Just as long as you say the magic wordz

you are forgiven for everything. That way you can make up the roolz as you go along!! Simple!! -Sociopathic Ideology 101.

[Gman]

174. McCain needs the get out the vote effort

Fundies aren't exactly flocking (no pun intended) to McCain.

[Submariner]

178. Craig and Vitter going for a DUZY Award? Don't let them have it Mods

Craig and Vitter must be tomb stoned.

[Kitty Herder]

179. I was expecting a link to The Onion.

But this is for real. OMG. Do these two idiots know that they're making asses of themselves with this hypocrisy?

[tomg]

180. I hear that Vitter wants to make one change

From
Section 2. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.

to

Section 2. Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man in diapers and a woman.

[MountainLaurel]

182. My head just exploded from the cognitive dissonance required there

:nuke: