GOP Politician Tweets That Transgender People Should Go To Concentration Camps

[Dreams2014]

The way I see it, all politicians suck. I don't care what side they are on. It's just two sides of the same tarnished coin. It makes no difference to me at all. As far as that concentration camp crap is concerned: any idiot that honestly thinks they are going to put me in some camp has another thing coming. I have no problem resisting and possibly dying in the defense of my own personal freedom.

But what if we get to have marshmellows around a camp fire? :O

[Ms Grace]

That guy Todd (who the article notes isn't currently elected) is just an attention seeking sad excuse for a human. He's clearly going out of his way to be offensive and is relishing it - he's hardly worth writing about. That said, some of the most obnoxious homophobes have often been caught out having homosexual relationships, their vocal hatred a form of self denial and/or subterfuge. And I do think Todd doth protest too much, perhaps he's trying to deny his inner Toddweena (yes, I'm kidding)...??

[Dreams2014]

That guy Todd (who the article notes isn't currently elected) is just an attention seeking sad excuse for a human. He's clearly going out of his way to be offensive and is relishing it - he's hardly worth writing about. That said, some of the most obnoxious homophobes have often been caught out having homosexual relationships, their vocal hatred a form of self denial and/or subterfuge. And I do think Todd doth protest too much, perhaps he's trying to deny his inner Toddweena (yes, I'm kidding)...??

So maybe he has dysphoria and he's just devastated he's in completely the wrong political party for it?

[Shantel]

That guy Todd (who the article notes isn't currently elected) is just an attention seeking sad excuse for a human. He's clearly going out of his way to be offensive and is relishing it - he's hardly worth writing about. That said, some of the most obnoxious homophobes have often been caught out having homosexual relationships, their vocal hatred a form of self denial and/or subterfuge. And I do think Todd doth protest too much, perhaps he's trying to deny his inner Toddweena (yes, I'm kidding)...??

Grace, you are so right! I've seen that so many times where someone goes off the charts over some GLBT issue and it turns out later that they have similar skeletons in their own closet.

[Shantel]

Well, also, some people have probably used the same methods to stay in the closet and not come out as trans. I know I did. I remember when I was in high school, I used to say some pretty screwed up homophobic and sexist stuff just to go along with the others.

Sure, it was dumb as hell but that is the way it was back then. Now I just look back on it and shake my head.

You mean when you were a kid you called someone a morphydite or some such thing? 

[Yukari-sensei]

Stunt?  Many of those members of the House were elected with a mandate to delay and/or repeal socialistic programs such as Obamacare.  The real stunt was pulled off by Hairy Reid and Barack 0bama for failing to engage in any sort of negotiation.

From January 1955 to January 1995, the Republicans were the minority party in the House of Representatives, and again from January 2007 to January 2011.

Since 1995, the Republicans have been in the majority in the House for 14 out of 18 years.  Doesn't sound like a dying party to me.  And when you consider that roughly 40% of the electorate considers itself "conservative," roughly 40% " moderate," and only 20% "liberal" (Gallup research), the Republican party has fertile ground if they can get past their evangelical faction.

No surprise on the stats you provided. It's easy to win a gerrymandered district...

Think it's going to be more interesting once Texas turns purple. Not to mention the base of the Republican party is literally dying. If anything, Republicans should be frightened that their association of "socialism" with everything they disagree with is making younger people think it's not such a bad idea.

[Shantel]

No. What is a morphydite?

Beats me! Was suppose to be some kind of gender related slur.

[Ltl89]

The times, they are a-changin'

Left to right -
Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida (and family)
Representative Tim Scott of South Carolina
Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico
Former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin
Former Chairman of the Republican Party Ken Mehlman

Note that African-American Republican congressman Tim Scott comes from the same state is that knucklehead nobody Kincannon.

And let's not forget ...



Purported second type woman Ann Coulter 

Seriously though, no sense bashing an entire group of people for stupid insensitive statements made by one person.  That would be like bashing the Democrats as racists because they kept re-electing Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd to lead the Senate.

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Thank you for proving that crazy isn't an exclusive quality of old white men.    I kid.

Glad to see you back Jamie.

As for the democratic party, there have been major shifts in party demographics.  The democratic party in the old south isn't really representative of the the democratic party of today.   The Dixiecrats aren't really a thing of today and it was a huge problem for the democratic party.  Most northern democrats hated the likes of George Wallace and wanted to have nothing to do with him.  The civil rights movement changed party identities a lot (much like the Reagan era but that's a whole other issue) There is a reason Strom Thurmond left the democratic party and became a huge republican.  And whether one likes Robert Byrd, I don't at all, remember he did denounce his affiliation and fought for civil rights for much of his career.  Yeah, I think his past was disgraceful and would have never voted for him, but it's not like the voters embraced the kkk. 

I could care less about this politician. He's irrelevant.  Sadly many people feel negatively towards us and that's the way things are. You don't need to have a d or an r in front of your party name, it comes from everywhere.   While I do think most of the aggressive hostility comes from the right, there are those in the left that cater to the lgbt community while mocking them in private.  Believe me, I have personally witnessed anti-lgbt sentiments from some very surprising sources.  Glad to be out of the political field as it drove me crazy, lol.

[Jamie D]

You do realize the Republicans held both the house and the senate and the presidency from 01-07 and yet in all that time they did not try to push forward their own healthcare overhaul. And the stunt they pulled in the last few weeks was nothing but a temper tantrum by a bunch of over grown children. If they had the mandate we would be talking about president Romney right now. They were put in office to balance out power not to high jack the government because they don't like the president who was elected by a overwhelming majority of the voters and this was after Obamacare.

I would argue that Federalism would suggest that health care was a local issue, that Congress should stay out of.  I would also argue that a key tenet of socialism is centrally-planned, socialized medicine.

We have members from all parts of the world, many who fall under socialized systems.  I wonder how many feel they have as good health care as they want?

That Romney did not win does not negate the fact that the 2010 election, after the enactment of the so-called Affordable (sic) Care Act, resulted in a monumental shift in the House, directly attributable to the Obamacare debacle.  That is a mandate, and that majority was retained in 2012.

[Heather]

I would argue that Federalism would suggest that health care was a local issue, that Congress should stay out of.  I would also argue that a key tenet of socialism is centrally-planned, socialized medicine.

We have members from all parts of the world, many who fall under socialized systems.  I wonder how many feel they have as good health care as they want?

That Romney did not win does not negate the fact that the 2010 election, after the enactment of the so-called Affordable (sic) Care Act, resulted in a monumental shift in the House, directly attributable to the Obamacare debacle.  That is a mandate, and that majority was retained in 2012.

Well first off I'm not for socialism and I do enjoy the healthcare system as it is. But that's because I have awesome coverage and I don't have to worry much. But I imagine if I was one of the uninsured I'd probably not be too happy with the current system. But that's the way things are how you view healthcare is based off your own point of view.
Now the sensible thing for the Republicans to have done would have been to not shutdown the government and let things play out as is. Because if Obamacare does as poorly as they hope it too they will easily win the house and the senate back but now since they went off and did what they did they look like they are not fit to lead.
Now I will admit this country needs to get back on track financially and I am a fiscal conservative but where I have a problem with the current group of Republicans is the pandering to the far right who if they could I honestly believe they would throw us into camps and claim it to be for the children and family values. I'll be honest I used to vote Republican until after 08 when the tea party rose too prominence and started saying some outrageous stuff about the president. Now I'm by know means a huge Obama fan but calling him the antichrist is a bit out there and I couldn't go with that. But ultimately I'm neither a Democrat or a Republican I believe the left and right way of thinking are flawed and should be done away with.

[Heather]

And let's not forget ...



Purported second type woman Ann Coulter 

Its funny after spending most of the day beating myself up about my forehead seeing her forehead doesn't make me feel as bad anymore.

[Shana A]

 

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