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Cruz Control

Senator Cruz has been practically giddy with the government shutdown. As a man who has never seen a government program he liked that did not involve regulating women’s reproductive rights, this has been a lifelong dream.

“And why stop here?” the Senator asks. “If this works, we can force Obama to get rid of other laws that have passed. Why limit ourselves to just laws that have passed and been upheld by the Supreme Court in the past two years? The Civil Rights Act, Social security, votes for women — the list is endless!”

“I never realized that people who hate government could possibly try to destroy that government once elected,” said one clueless voter.

Other clueless voters have different views. “Our government may be destroyed, we may lose our place as the richest country in the world, and we may never again have the respect of the world when it comes to our good credit, but at least in exchange we’re letting poor people without health insurance die, right?”

Cruz sees no problem with his venture, and thinks it fits perfectly with his idea of the desires of the Founders. “Simply because the law was passed and signed by the President and then upheld by the Supreme Court and has already been implemented despite our 43 failed votes to repeal it doesn’t mean we can’t keep fighting to get rid of it,” he says. “As every schoolchild knows, once a bill becomes a law that doesn’t mean it gets implemented.”

Editorial cartoon of the day

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Back in the bubble

It’s been said many times that the current Republican party lives in a bubble, where they only listen to people who agree with them and disregard any news that contradicts their pre-conceived notions.

That’s why they reject polls showing that people actually like Obamacare and want abortion to be legal, and why they deny evolution and climate change — these things go against what they believe, and what they believe is more important than facts.

It’s also why they were convinced up until the last minute that they were going to win the Presidential election in 2012, when in fact they lost by what, six points or so (which is fairly major in a Presidential election)?

But at least they are consistent. Republicans are convinced that the shutdown is supported by the American people, despite every single poll showing the opposite. A recent CBS poll, for instance, showed that even voters who identify themselves as Republicans were against the shutdown, but the Tea Party Republicans supported it by a large margin, and those are the ones in the bubble these days.

They’re practically giddy over it, too. They’re really happy they shut the government down, and why shouldn’t they be? They hate the government. They’ve been doing everything they can to kill it since they were formed. (Well, except for that part of government that forces everyone to follow Christian law.)

Editorial cartoon of the day

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Reagan: The first teabagger

Bill Maher did a “New Rule” this week that needs to be seen, in which he counters the “Reagan would never be accepted in the current Republican party” myth.

I remember Reagan, and except for a few minor issues, he would fit right in with the current Republican party. He’s their patron saint for a reason, you know.

Anyway, rather than just repeat the point Maher said, I urge you to watch. It’s funny, too.

And yeah, I know that in the headline, I’m using the term “teabagger”, which they hate. Ask me if I care.

Editorial cartoon of the day

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How to be a Tea Party hypocrite

It’s really easy. Some of our best Tea Party politicians are experts at it. If you can say these things with a straight face, you may be a Tea Partier:

“The government should respect my right to be left alone to make my own decisions! Also, abortion should be completely illegal.”

“The 10th Amendment allows for state’s rights so states can pass their own laws without federal interference, so the feds should not be telling us what our local gun laws should be. And the feds should stop states from allowing gay marriage and should prohibit New York city from enacting laws limiting drink sizes or smoking!”

“The 2nd amendment is absolute and there can be no exceptions! And we should ignore the 4th amendment’s clear prohibition against people being arrested without probable cause or the 5th’s against self-incrimination when it applies to people we don’t like, because those exceptions are perfectly allowable.”

“The government should not be telling us that we can’t have our religion in their schools. And they should do everything they can to stop this creeping Sharia law infringing upon us!”

“We have to cut the budget to save money no matter how much it may hurt. But not if it means my plane is late or that we have to stop building tanks in my district that the army doesn’t need.”

“We can’t give money to poor people, because that would kill their incentive. We need to give money to rich corporations to give them an incentive to expand and build the economy.”

I’ll stop there, but I’m sure you can think of other great examples…

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Tea Partiers Explode Over Michelle Obama at the Oscars

Really, Tea Partiers? You’re upset that the First Lady of the United States was on the Oscars? It’s not like she gave a political speech.

I wouldn’t have objected to Laura Bush appearing. Heck, even George W Bush saying a few nice things about the movies would have been OK.

But somehow whenever Michelle does anything, you guys react like the devil has appeared. “Michelle has suggested that we should eat better and exercise! She’s trying to take away our rights!!!”

Is there anything she can do publicly that you don’t disagree with? And is there any chance you might stop looking like idiots?

Addendum: After posting this, I discovered that in 2002 Laura Bush did appear on the Oscars, on a big screen, just like Michelle Obama. Hey, does everyone remember how liberals protested when that was done?