(I also posted here.)
This might be the best commentary on the so-called “war on
drugs” that I’ve ever heard; kudos to Lawrence O’Donnell (here)…
…and I’m telling you, ya’ just gotta hand it to the Repugs –
with Willard Mitt Romney knee deep in doo doo over his joke of a European tour
and his continued failure to release his tax returns, they come up with this as
a distraction, with meat head PA Rep Mike Kelly working our media and many of
us into a lather.
Let’s see now, Mike Kelly…oh yeah, he’s “frugal,” I guess
you could say, on taxes unless it affects his dividends, as noted here. He also
voted to keep taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil, along with the rest of his
playmates (here), and played the teabaggers for the fools that they truly are
here.
Gee, if I didn’t know better, I’d say Kelly was trying to
find a way to be included in my countdown of U.S. House Repugs opposed to the
Affordable Care Act (and here is a great column on health care from our former state rep, who used to be a Republican, believe it or not)…
…and speaking of the devil…
#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 brings us to #13 on the list, and (staying in our beloved commonwealth) that would be none other than Jim Gerlach (not in red in the pic).
This one is a bit of a tough case, because Gerlach usually does a good job of “flying under the radar” like David Schweikert and a few others. However, things do go “splat” with Gerlach from time to time; here, a resident tried to pin him down over his opposition to the Affordable Care Act (good luck), he was also busted here for omitting a disclaimer in a political ad that was required for him to receive a cheaper rate, and as noted here, he voted for the so-called “Pence Amendment” (from Indiana Repug Mike Pence, not the departed former Phil) which barred Planned Parenthood from receiving Title X funds (and what the #@$! does that have to do with a spending bill anyway?).
Gerlach has also picked a fight with the Clean Air Council (here), as noted in this video…
…and to support his opponent Dr. Manan Trivedi, click here (Gerlach has bragged that the Dems can’t beat him – we’ll see, won’t we? And it would be nice if Gerlach, Kelly and their pals would pay attention to this instead.)…
…and returning to the now-presumptive head of the Republican Party, I give you this (and how lame is this anyway, by the Mittster I mean?)…
Update 8/3/12: Drip, drip, drip...
…and happy 55th birthday to Mojo Nixon – don’t quite agree with everything here, but at least some of it (and tying back to Lawrence O’Donnell’s commentary a bit too).
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