You've Got to Be Kidding?

After causing quite a stir a few weeks ago when she told an audience member that the Civil War was fought over “States Rights,” refusing to even mention slavery, Republican Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley continued raising eyebrows again this week when Fox and Friends host Brian Kilmeade asked her if she thought the Republican Party was racist or if America was a “racist country.”   Astonishingly, Haley immediately said, “No!   We’re not a racist country, Brian!   We’ve never been a racist country.” Wow!  The new “female Mike Pence” just said what?   That said, and in all fairness, she may have just raised an interesting point here.   I mean, other than the slavery, repressive Jim Crow laws, the systematic slaughter and expropriation of Native Americans from their land, the segregation, the lynchings, the laws against interracial dating and marriage, discrimination in housing, education, and hiring, the negative and condescending portrayal of people of co...

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has decided to remove Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot, making Maine the second state in the country to block the former president from running again under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.   This, along with the Colorado decision, has left the Republican Party furious, and they vow to take the case all the way to the US Supreme Court. Gee, kind of funny how MAGAs love the 2nd Amendment, but hate the 14th.   They say using the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump from appearing on the ballot is a direct “Attack on Democracy.”   I mean, if poor Republicans can’t run candidates who’ve attempted to violently overthrow the government of the United States and invalidate a national election so they can remain in power, then who are they supposed to run?   Friggin’ RINOs?   They claim this whole situation reeks of election interference, and I fully understand...

In her post-mid-term election analysis on the big “Red Wave” that never was, Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro complained “What is most disturbing - is that 75% of the people think we’re headed in the wrong direction, yet so many people voted on issues that weren’t the issues we thought they were voting on.   We thought it was about the economy, inflation, and crime, but it was a lot about abortion and the threat to democracy.” Gee, so sorry, Judge!  I suppose that’s what can happen when you live and proselytize - exclusively in a MAGA cult bubble.   Of course, translated - what she really said was, “all our fear-mongering about inflation, Critical Race Theory, transgender athletes, the border, and black crime, didn’t really scare folks as much as it was supposed to.”   Then, Judge Jeanine accidentally said the “quiet part” out loud, when she basically implied “people voted for Democrats to save democracy.”   Oops! Why it’s just a shame none of those savvy Fox N...

Pastor Claims Democrats Running in Georgia Are Demonically Possessed:   Just weeks after claiming Christians voters in Georgia may as well “spit in Jesus’ face” if they supported the two Democrats in the Senate runoff election, right-wing pastor, radio host, and former Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Virginia E.W. Jackson, now claims that Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are “demonically possessed,” because of their position on issues such as women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and COVID-19 restrictions. Now, while some of you may laugh, I happen to know exactly what the good pastor is referring to in his warning.  For you see, I too was once “demonically possessed.”  That is, until I fell behind on my payments, and suddenly found myself “demonically repossessed.”   Oh my gosh, you simply won’t believe what a horrible mess it all was.  Why, I was back and forth and back and forth with the banks all day and night, until I finally gav...