Sunday Stuff

I know I’ve picked on the “Peach State” a bit in this list with Broun and Gingrey, and I’m about to do it again; I’m sure there are a lot of good Democrats there, but unfortunately, there are also a lot of Republicans whose actions speak for themselves…

#11, Patrick McHenry
#12, Spencer Bachus
#13, Jim Gerlach
#14, Cliff Stearns
#15, Jean Schmidt
#16, Phil Gingrey
#17, David Schweikert
#18, Virginia Foxx
#19, Pete Sessions
#20, Charlie Dent
#21, Cathy McMorris Rodgers
#22, Chris Smith
#23, Todd Akin
#24, Buck McKeon
#25, Kristi Noem
#26, Hal Rogers
#27, Lou Barletta (Two bonus selections: Boren and Ross)
#28, Paul Broun
#29, Mary Bono Mack
#30, David Dreier
#31, Marsha Blackburn (including backgrounder)

…and that takes us to #10 on the list of U.S. House Republicans opposed to health care reform, and that would be Jack Kingston of Georgia.

So why exactly does Kingston belong on this list? Well, aside the reason noted here, he said here that the way to get out of poverty is to get married and work longer hours (Wonder if that’s the route he took? I doubt it). He also denied the theory of evolution here, and openly supported right-wing bigot Bryan Fischer (along with Chris Smith, Number 22 on the list) here.

Want more reasons? He justified a bill that would cut $87 million in food safety here (which is particularly repellent given the fact that one of this country’s worst salmonella scares happened in Georgia in 2009, as noted here), he voted for all seven debt limit increases under Dubya, as noted here (something to consider when reading this), and of course, he had no problem with handing out stimulus funds in his district while he cries about it in Washington (here...also, get a load of Kingston trying to explain drug testing for anyone collecting unemployment or government assistance in general here).

I don’t care how many times Kingston appears on TV with Bill Maher – he’s still nothing but a right-wing nutjob (and of course, who can forget this utterly weaselly moment with Dan Savage, with Kingston acting like, well, you libs are the ones making it an issue by responding to our nutty BS…anyone voting for Kingston outside of the one percent should have to take an IQ test to see if they make it beyond single digits)...



…and every once in awhile, MoDo writes a really good column, and she did so today on a tragic milestone, which brings to mind this video (and speaking of people leaving us too early, our deepest sympathies to Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid and his family for this).