Until Republicans are accused of murder and investigated three separate times and found to have nothing to do with said allegations, and are accused of embezzling money from a land deal and investigated three separate times one of which was an independent counsel setup by the opposition party and given an unlimited budget and unprecedented subpoena powers, of which the entirety of every investigation including the one setup by Congress found them to have no wrongdoing whatsoever, they really should shut up and quit whining about petty investigations and being Perpetual Victims. They have no idea what it's like to be victims of wingnut conspiracy witch hunts.

The moral values of the Republican Party is such a daunting display of Christian moral solemnness that it makes me realize exactly what the 'gotcha media' really is. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) purportedly urged Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) to pay off a mistress with millions of dollars with whom he admitted having an affair. And to think they Walk With God.

A must see case of complete Republican conservative self-destruction when it comes to all things politics. SBJ sure does try, but it all would just go away if he would come to terms with the reality of the last 8 years of Republican rule. Their denial is so dejected it almost makes you want to feel sorry for them.

The Republican Walk With God just keeps getting closer and closer. George Bush told us that God was on our side in our fight against the evildoers. We're constantly reminded by folks on Redstate.com just how holy Republicans are and how the heathen Democrats are out to destroy our country. We've seen people like James Dobson, Ted Haggard, John Hagee and Pat Robertson to name a few, remind us over and over again that their Walk With God is much holier than anyone else in the world.

Now today we see a Republican Arizona state senator tell us that we should mine for uranium in her home state because the Earth is 6,000 years old and it's been safe thus far. In the Republican Fantasy World it's a sin to admit the Earth is more than 6,000 years old because it would not coincide with the Bible. The funny thing is uranium takes billions of years to create. And it's one of the things scientists use to prove just how old the Earth really is. Don't question their reality, it will only prove how unholy you are.

(h/t Think Progress)

The former Governor of Florida and brother to President George W. Bush and son to President George H. W. Bush tells us what he really thinks:

Barack Obama would not have gotten elected if he'd let us in on his secret plan prior to the election. He would not have gotten elected if he'd said, "My idea is to create a $1.8 trillion deficit for the next fiscal year. My idea is to spend $750 billion [the president's budget estimate puts this figure at $630 billion] over the next ten years on a government-sponsored, government-subsidized health care policy. My idea is to create a massive cap-and-trade system [based on the idea] that CO2 is [a] pollutant and we need to tax it in a massive way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions."

Jeb also went on to call Obama a "collectivist."

It's all one big conspiracy for Republicans. It's like watching an episode of the X Files. Not only are they Perpetual Victims being ostracized by Democrats but they are also Freedom Fighting Warriros alerting us to Barack Obama's secret plans that he hid to get elected. Big bad Jeb forgets that his very own brother created the $1.8 trillion deficit not Barack Obama. President Obama merely inherited it. And it was his brother that spent more money than any president in history. It was also his brother that "collected" more private industry than any president in history. If Jeb is worried about a "collectivist" president then I'm sure he didn't vote twice for his brother It really should be illegal to be this stupid.

It's nice to see Al Franken being seated as a U.S. Senator. Many will recall that I used to work for Sen. Paul Simon, whom then comedian Al Franken portrayed in SNL skits most notably spoofs on the Clarence Thomas hearings. Paul would have loved to seen this day and I'm sure he would have referenced his dear friend the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, the very seat Franken now holds. It's weird how everything ties in together. It was also Sen. Simon who first introduced me to then state senator Barack Obama in 2002, where I would later go work. You were a good man Paul. God you were a good man.

Republicans are so serious and believe so heavily in moral values and "traditional conservative principles" that when one of their own violates every moral standard they so insist everyone must live up to, what do they do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The South Carolina Republican Party voted overwhelmingly to look the other way at Gov. Mark Sanford and his many transgressions. Proof positive Republicans really could care less about moral values or any of their constant stump speeches, unless of course it's a Democrat then that person is unholy and anti-American. There is no reason to ever trust anything they say.

As deeply ridiculous as Sarah Palin is, it's worth bringing to attention the advancement of her totally fictitious claim that her goal is to look ahead and advance this country along the traditional conservative values of "less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint."

Her goal may be to do just that, but her assumption that less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security and much needed fiscal restraint has anything to do with traditional conservative values is retarded. We just had in this country 8 years of conservative Republican rule and no where can we find the slightest hint of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security or any sign of fiscal restraint whatsoever. Any such "values" are totally absent from Republican history. But let's get to what really gives Republicans boners.

In 20 years of solid Republican rule (8 years of Reagan, and 12 years of Bushies) no where is there any track record of any such self-proclaimed "values." Reagan never once shrunk government, led us to greater energy independence, created stronger national security (at least no more so than any other president) and absolutely demonstrated no such ability for fiscal restraint. He did nothing of the sorts of things Republicans claim they "value." In fact, there is no where in their history that suggests they have ever "valued" any of it. It's one big lie. All they want to do is sit back, wear Reagan shirts and have circle jerk Tea Bagger parties.

Any sane person would think that we could find, in the very least, an ounce of their "values" in 20 years of rule. If not, you eventually have to start questioning these people's grasp of reality.

I would be totally remiss if I didn't mention the hugely popular Tea Bagger Party over the weekend. Even though Tea Baggers like to tell us that they are protesting government and not necessarily the President of the United States/Democrats, the reality is they are mad they lost the election in 2008 and have consequently dug themselves deeper into the Republican Fantasy World.

Does this person look like they are protesting "government?"

How 'bout this person?

I'm pretty certain comparing our president to bin Laden is a rather precise protest aimed squarely at one person.

I cannot imagine what Fox News and Republicans would be saying if Democrats used the nation's Birth Day for a day of protest against our president. Oh yeah, they said it was the one day we should focus on anything except what we disagree about. For Republicans, though, their own rules don't apply to them because they are Freedom Fighting Revolutionaries just trying to protect America. Anyone else is still an islamofascistterroristliberalcommie.

Hummmmmm.....what else can I say about this that already hasn't been said? I'm so late to it not sure there is anything I can add. Wait, yeah I can. Someone who quits in the middle of their job is just perfect to lead the GOP. Good luck Republicans.

If a Democrat quits they are unpatriotic and not fit for office. A Republican does it and they are Super Patriots battling liberals to take back our country. Officially not an official political party anymore. They are now a group of wing nuts led by the person above. Wheeee!

Looks like I picked a busy few days to get away and neglect the blog. But I'm back baby!

CBO evaluates cost of public option and estimates it will cost $611.4 billion over 10 years. Estimations are 97% of Americans will be covered by the plan.

Two weeks ago the CBO released a cost estimation for Sen. Kennedy's health bill. Estimated costs were $1 trillion over 10 years and millions still left without coverage. That bill did not include the public option, however. Nevertheless, Republicans pounded on the report saying it killed any such effort to reform health care. Now that the CBO has scored the public option, will Republicans be so quick to stand by CBO or will they continue to use the report that doesn't even include the public option? Last time I brought it up it didn't even garner a response.

After their freakout yesterday over Al Franken's belated victory in MN, Fox News has now concluded the Dems really don't have a super majority and barely have 50 votes.

For all intents and purposes, Democrats don't truly have 60 votes in the Senate.

With the addition of Franken, they technically have 58. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., caucus with Democrats but don't define themselves that way.

For all intents and purposes, Fox News, the caretakers of the Republican Fantasy World, is lying. Just like with a majority, a super majority is not judged by how many votes a Party has, but how many members caucus with it. Majority power rests on a simple majority (51). A super majority rests with 3/5 of the vote (60). If we go by Fantasy World logic and conclude that senators who do not always vote with their Party are then stricken from their share of seats, accordingly Republicans only have 32 votes considering the 8 moderates in the Party that voted for SCHIP.

Of course it would be a complete falsehood to state such a prose. Republicans obviously have 40 seats and not 32. Now consider that Fox News, a leading media outlet in America, is pushing a story just as false and inaccurate as me saying Repubs only have 32 votes. That's just how Fair and Balanced Fox News is.

This is just to keep everybody on the same page here.

• Last Friday Mark Sanford said that since King David didn't resign when he had an affair that he wouldn't either.
• Then yesterday he said that it was God's will for him to remain Governor of South Carolina.
• He also admitted in the same AP interview that he had inappropriate contact with other women but that he was doing it to "blow off steam." Also one of his love romps was attended by his "spiritual adviser."

Even when they commit acts of immoral disgust, Republicans are still Holy, God-walking people. Not only are they Revolutionaries!, they are also God-like in their conduct. Don't dare point out their hypocrisy because then you are treating them unfairly.

*Update:

Couple other things to get straight here.

In the AP interview Sanford calls his mistress his "soul mate" and that they are truly in love. His exact words are his affair is a "love story." And here we have PA Republican state senator John Eichelberger stating he opposes same-sex marriage rights because it is "wrong" and will lead to "polygamy." That sounds like something Sanford would be all for. Of course gay marriage won't lead to such scare tactics, but according to their argument against granting equal rights, Republicans' very own lifestyles would be widely accepted and legal.

**Update:

They just can't quit. Their walk with God is extraordinary in its composition that they are actually just walking alone. Joe the Plumber says he talked to God and God told him not to run for office.

Asked if he has plans to run for public office, he replied, “I hope not. You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’”

Every step they take is guided by God. Their adulterous affairs are undertaken with careful understanding that God is with them; they even bring their preachers along to join them. They reference the Bible citing proof they don't have to resign from office. They run and don't run for office with God's permission. It's a special walk with God I'm sure everyone would like to have. But the only way to do it is to be Republican.

The worst thing about the GOP's lack of moral values is not that they can't keep it in their pants but what will happen to the Tea Bagger Parties.

Needless to say, when George W. Bush was President it was un-patriotic to use a national holiday to complain about what's wrong with America. Glenn Beck told us so. Now that Bush is gone, the best thing to do on the nation's Birth Day is to drop trou and complain. Glenn Beck tells us so.