== Eleven New And Happy Things = By Mark Morford

[madokie]

============= MARK MORFORD'S NOTES & ERRATA ============

Santorum dead, religious right imploding, Bush whimpering in the corner. Can we all exhale now?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2006/11/10/notes111006.DTL&nl=fix

1) (Chant, in happy sing-song voice, while holding bottle of wine, Astroglide and copy of Rob Brezsny's Pronoia): Rick Santorum is gone, Rick Santorum is gone, oh praise Jesus, Rick Santorum is gone. The third most powerful and first most reprehensible "Christian" Republican lawmaker in Congress was also arguably the most homophobic, misogynistic and small-minded of them all, especially given his sticky sheen of fundamentalist goo.

Remember Rick? He's the one who equated homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality. He championed intelligent design, tossed Terry Schiavo's lifeless body like a political football, voted against Plan B and funding for contraception education and voted to ban abortions on military bases (among many, many other attacks on women's rights), thus earning himself a whopping 0 percent rating from NARAL. He also voted to cut the NEA, increase school prayer, pursue ANWR drilling and on and on. Ricky's voting record is the ethical equivalent of a pie full of nails left over from the "Passion of the Christ" bake sale. Women, the sexually awake and Dan Savage fans rejoice: Rick Santorum is gone. Praise Jesus and pass the wine.

2) While you're at it, all hail the happy defeat of Dick Pombo, Christian Coalition/NRA poster boy and powerful GOP "eco-thug" from Tracy who oversaw the House Resources Committee and whose agenda on environmental and social issues reads like a rundown of the murder techniques of a serial killer. What, too extreme? Check the voting record, baby. Dick and Rick were two peas in a savage, misogynist pod. This guy made trees weep. Good riddance.

3) A loving, bittersweet farewell to Don "Black Soul" Rumsfeld, a nasty, otherworldly hunk of wartime lizard leather who should've been fired three years ago but whom Dubya clung to like a terrified child clings to a ragged, spit-soaked security blanket. Downside: Rumsfeld's bizarre utterances and unmatched aura of bemused evil will be missed by comedians and caricaturists alike. Downside No. 2: Word is that Rummy's replacement nominee, Robert "I (Heart) Iran/Contra" Gates, is even worse than Rummy -- which, if true, would seem to defy the universal laws of evilness. ...

Read the rest:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2006/11/10/notes111006.DTL&nl=fix

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Love Mark. I do feel like I can begin to breathe again.

[madokie]

2. No kidding me too

I've aged so many years these last 6 years, years i'll never ge able to make up. I do feel the politicians heard us even though they didn't want to.

[IDemo]

3. I wish Morford would quit with the niceties and just tell us how he really feels

:-)

[Spazito]

4. Great read! Thanks for posting this!

My day now starts with a smile and Mr. Morford's column makes that smile a little bigger.

[madokie]

5. I look forward to them

he definitely has a way with words.

[Eurobabe]

6. Spread far and wide...YEA!!

[Kadie]

7. k&r n/t