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Wingnut of the Day

by BooMan
Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 03:59:18 PM EST

You might be a wingnut if you vote against a bill to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to baby because HIV-positive babies are a good way to teach mothers about the dangers of promiscuity. Making the following Tweet just confirms your wingnut status:

"Don't for a second think Obama wants what is best for U.S. He is flying the U.S. plane right into the ground at full speed. Let's roll."

That, of course, is a reference to Todd Beamer of Flight 93. Naturally, State Senator David Schultheis of Colorado denies that he was making any such allusion.

Wingnut of the Day | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Duly Noted (none / 0)

GOP leaders have been reluctant to condemn their colleagues

(Denver Post) - Schultheis' comments, which infuriated Democrats and exasperated some Republicans, came two days after Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, cited Bible verses to argue homosexuality is an "abomination" and a sin comparable to murder in a debate over a bill extending health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees.

Gay, or just shrimpy?

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 04:33:45 PM EST

Re: Wingnut of the Day (none / 0)

It's like they compete for the coveted position of the person uttering the remark that set a new low in the discourse. I realize they are pro birth, not pro life, but the HIV comment is just very mean spirited and very cold hearted.

by Rookman on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 04:39:21 PM EST

Re: Wingnut of the Day (none / 1)

This reminds me of Jesse Helms and some other fucking right-wing morons that insist that HIV/AIDS was God's wrath on the LGBT community. What a bunch of cretins.

by bogenrim on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 05:19:21 PM EST

Re: Wingnut of the Day (none / 0)

Jesse sure started the trend. Newtie put it on steroids. Dick Armey and Tom Delay started separating it from even a pretend truth. Boehner and McConnell made it a playground. Schmidt, Bachmann, Foxx, Goehmert, Wilson, DeMint, Coburn,...have taken it over the edge and into the swamp.

Thus the devolution of GOP civility.

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

by TarheelDem on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 05:48:18 PM EST
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Re: Wingnut of the Day (none / 1)

It's actually worse. Newborn babies are sinless, remember?

by BooMan on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 05:49:08 PM EST
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you sure about that? (none / 0)

that's not how l understand the concept of original sin. maybe it's no longer operable, eh?

as for schultheis, he's a textbook example of the lengths the wingnuts'll go to incite their flock. he's a hard core, fundie from the land of dobson...colorado springs...and he's never accomplished anything meaningful in all his time in the colorado lege other than grasping for his 15 minutes of fame on occassion. so this publicity probably made his day.

he's a clown of the first order and his statements are generally perceived by those of us in the ~~less batshit crazy~~ saner parts of the state as tales told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

he's a waste of space and air and not worth the time. but the /dobsonites/down there seem to love him.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 06:40:17 PM EST
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Why the GOP Hates Women (none / 0)

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I forgot, it was the apple in paradise.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 06:58:23 PM EST
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How do the Churchmen (none / 0)

How do the Churchmen reconcile a loving God with a God that condemns newborns to Hell?

Another thought, does original sin mean that aborted fetuses go to Hell?

I'd like to hear Reverend Huckabee explain this.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 08:50:14 PM EST
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Re: Wingnut of the Day (none / 0)

It's more like: "That crazy pilot is trying to land in the Hudson River! We need to tear him away from the controls!" than it is like Flight 93.

by calling all toasters on Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 08:45:18 PM EST

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