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Ruth Ann Vomits Up Another Article

This time she complains about a politician engaging in politics, takes veiled swipe at Teh Gays, and then pivots to a whine about how ebil liberuls are trying to keep religious people from engaging in bigotry and discrimination.  My favorite part, though, was this: 

But it's possible the cynicism runs deeper -- and the failure of leadership is greater -- than conveniently evolving into a gay marriage advocate just in time to rake in millions from big donors in Hollywood (where the institution of marriage is of course so highly prized).

It's possible.  Of course, there are lots of things that are possible, aren't there?  Ruth Ann should understand that nearly half of all marriages, be they in Hollywood or elsewhere, end in divorce.  Of course, the institution of marriage isn't too prized in Washington D.C. either (just ask Newt Gingrich) or among far right radio talkers (just ask Rush Limbaugh).  Meanwhile, President Obama has gotten along just fine with a single spouse, unlike say, a certain opinion columnist in the pages of the P-G who is, if I'm not mistaken, on husband number 2.

Flipping Like A Pancake, Popping Like A Cork

There is absolutly nothing that Mitt Romney will not lie about.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney often finds himself on the defensive in Rust Belt states for having been against the government's auto bailout, which many credit with saving the industry. Now he is taking a new tack on the issue: He is taking credit for the industry's rebound.

Don't You DARE Call Them Racists, Part I've Lost Count

Racist author Peter Brimelow is a featured speaker at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.  Not familiar with Mr. Brimlow?  Here's what the SPLC has to say about him. 

Peter Brimelow, a leading anti-immigration activist and author of the bestselling anti-immigrant tome Alien Nation,is the president of the VDARE Foundation, a nonprofit that warns against the polluting of America by non-whites, Catholics, and Spanish-speaking immigrants. He is also the most prominent contributor to the foundation’s VDARE.com, an immigrant-bashing hate site that regularly publishes works by white supremacists, anti-Semites, and others on the radical right.

There are a few selected quotations from Brimelow at the SPLC site, but if you want to get the full flavor, checkout VDare, and no, I will not provide a link, you can google it yourself if you're so inclined. 

Not only is this nasty bigot speaking at CPAC, his presence is being defended by prominent conservatives. As I am fond of typing, if you don't want to be labled as a racist, you should probably avoid doing racist stuff, or in this case, associating with known racists.

Leave Poor Newt Alone!

After all, it was just a mistake.

Had the same thing been carried out by a worker for the now-defunct ACORN, Republicans --- and even Newt Gingrich --- would have called it massive "voter fraud." But the 1,500 acts of fraud, by Gingrich's own admission, were carried out by a worker hired by his campaign, so it seems the media have barely noticed it...

In late December, after Gingrich had failed to turn in enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, he was caught on video tape telling a supporter in Iowa that the reason for the failure was due to a campaign worker who created 1,500 fraudulent signatures.

"We turned in 11,100 --- we needed 10,000 --- 1,500 of them were by one guy who, frankly, committed fraud," Gingrich is seen and heard saying in video originally aired by CNN.

The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives downplayed the incident, by explaining to the woman that the entire affair was "just a mistake," after they had "hired somebody who turned in false signatures."

As the Brad Blog points out, this is the same sort of thing ACORN was raked over the coals for for years, eventually leading to the dissolution of the organization, even though no one was able to show that anyone, ever illegally cast a vote due to ACORN's registration efforts.  But in Gingrich's case, its "just a mistake."

The AG's office in Virginia is investigating, but seeing how that office is headed up by a far right whackaloon, I doubt anything will come of it.  After all, IOKIYAR!

VOTER FRAUD!!

And nary an Acorn in sight.

A jury from Hamilton County, just north of Indianapolis, deliberated for 13 hours before convicting Republican Secretary of State Charlie White on six felony charges. Among other things, White was accused of lying about his address on voter registration forms.

Indiana law does not allow felons to hold statewide office, and Daniels quickly appointed White's chief deputy, Jerry Bonnet, as interim secretary of state. But the governor said he was holding off on naming a permanent replacement because a judge could reduce the charge to a misdemeanor, allowing White to regain the office.

Lets see, the guy who was convicted of actual voter fraud could still hold an office overseeing elections because he's eligible to hold the office if the charge is reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor?  That might make sense if the charge was unrelated to the duties of the office, but this looks like another example of IOKIYAR.