What is it with the Republican/Conservative obsession with homosexuality?

UPDATE: It strikes me that there is an analogy to gay men who feel the need to have sex in public view (something that I have blogged about before). Just about every adult knows that there is homosexual sex happening out there. Most Americans aren't approving of it, but at least it isn't something that they have to see. It's an abstraction. When you walk down a public beach in Rhode Island, or along the Russian River in California, and there are guys having sex, it is no longer an abstraction. It's a reminder that someone wants you to see what they are doing, or at least doesn't care that it might not be what others want to see.

How much does Clayton think about gay sex? I think this definitely says something about him and the other Conservatives that just can't stop thinking about it.  read more »

I'm surprised no one has written about this yet.

Evidently Bill Sali's campaign has yet to file their quarterly FEC report. They're now over a week late on that (it was due 15 July). According to Sali's spokesman Wayne Hoffman, this is due to "technical glitches."

As treasurer for Debbie Holmes' campaign in the 2nd CD - which is subject to the exact same reporting requirements as Sali's camp - I find that explaination quite dubious.  read more »

Meet Steve Schmidt, John McCain's lead campaign strategist. A man that does stupid pointy-haired shit like putting up lots of whiteboards to countdown the days until the election so staff everywhere has to keep those whiteboards updated. A college drop-out. Who gets nosebleeds when someone upsets him. Who is obsessively afraid of snakes. Who was with McCain for his creepy Lime Jello press conference, yet somehow dodges any responsibility for the gaffe. The former lead of Bush's war-room, who magically isn't going to make McCain sound like McSame. A campaign flack so good at marketing that, even after that freakish-smile-n-Lime-Jello press conference and a private meeting with the boss to press his case, McCain refused to get rid of Rick Davis (his campaign manager), merely appointing Schmidt to be 2nd fiddle.

Despite these faults, Schmidt's acting as McCain's brain. Lucky for McCain, Schmidt seems nominally smarter than McCain:

Aboard his "Straight Talk Express" bus, Sen. McCain often would turn to Mr. Schmidt to help with answers. Once, after Sen. McCain condemned Neville Chamberlain for his appeasement of Hitler and, in the next breath, condemned Sen. Obama for wanting to talk with dictators of today, a reporter asked if he was comparing Sen. Obama to Mr. Chamberlain.

Mr. Schmidt, seated behind most reporters on the bus, vigorously shook his head "no." Sen. McCain looked up, caught his eye and said he wasn't.

Then again, McCain's seeking backup here makes him look breathtakingly dumb. To steal a line from dear Molly I., anything dumber probably needs to be watered twice a day.

This is a thought that I have been having for a while.

The slogan on a popular T-shirt links Sen. Barack Obama's presidential run to the Rev. Martin Luther King's dream of racial equality. It's one of several T-shirts -- including "Barack is my homeboy"-- that reflect African-Americans' euphoria over Obama's White House bid, according to a story from CNN.  read more »

Idaho's Teflon Congressman
7/21/2008

A few days back, I attached the less-than-original nickname "Teflon" to our 2nd District congressman, Mike Simpson.

Here's why. Fellow Republican Rep. Bill Sali is facing a heated race for a second term, with his votes coming under close scrutiny. Not so with Simpson, seeking a sixth term.

We saw another case in point Thursday: Sali got drilled over his no vote on a bill that, according to Democratic supporters, would encourage oil exploration in Alaska. Meanwhile, "Teflon" got a pass for the same no vote.  read more »

From John McCain's unpublished NYTimes editorial:

"I find it ironic that he [Obama] is emulating the worst mistake of the Bush administration by waving the 'Mission Accomplished' banner prematurely."

Anybody who thinks prematurely displaying a banner is the worst failure of the Bush administration hasn’t got the sense or honesty to hold public office.

Unequivocal Notion that is. Seems that our kindred proprietor has poked his stick into a nest o' vigilante wannabes who've taken offense at his ridicule of their holster packin' tactics. It seems that we all should have been dead long ago but for their ability to display their sidearms at the zoo. But its ok really because the only sting they have in cyberspace is their wit which goes something like this:  read more »

Clayton Cramer has once again opened mouth and inserted someone else's foot:

The Physics & Society forum of the American Physical Society (that is to say, the professional association of physicists--about 50,000 members) has backed away from their support for anthropogenic global warming:

Except, well, Sadly, No!.

Clayton just became the next sucker to have fallen for this latest version of overreaching anti-environmentalism. This just goes to show how easily a fool like Clayton will fall for anything that appears to be justification for his moronic opinions.

There is absolutely no reason to trust Conservatives or Religious whackjobs when it comes to the environment. They are wrong too often to be given any benefit of any doubt.

Packing portly pachyderms peruse public park....

About 10 members of the local chapter of OpenCarry.org, a national group that advocates for citizens' rights to openly carry handguns, met there. (at the Boise Zoo)

Just a bunch of wanna be heroes that are more likely to hurt other people than stop a crime. Just what all those families need at the Boise Zoo.

Oh, and the comments at the Idaho Statesman won't disappoint:  read more »

Okay, here is post 1 about my trip to NN08!  read more »

The amazing response to Obama in Idaho was a surpise to many. Even Obama didn't originally plan to be here. The funeral of Gordon B. Hinckley of the LDS church kept him from going to Utah, so we got penciled in.

But transplants have outnumbered traditional Idahoans since 1988.

There are more of us here than many realize. Expect further surprises, with a bend toward the left, in upcoming Idaho elections.

Sincerely,

Rodham
A woman so liberal, she should be your mother.

See http://www.123idaho.blogspot.com/

Come join the ISU College Dems and the Bannock County Democrats for the annual Richard Stalling event. This year it is a BBQ (rodeo themed). Tickets are $20 for single, or $45 for a family of 3 or more. There will be a silent auction with awesome items. There is a signed copy of "Dreams From My Father" by Barack Obama, an Obama bicycle, and other great books and items. Bring the whole family and meet the current candidates. Debbie Holmes who is running for congress here in Idaho, and just about all of the local candidates will be there too.
Hope to see you!

When July 19!  read more »

The crackup over the cracker makes cracks in the crackless.

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Via Talking Points Memo:

Hasn't Minneapolis had an anti-nozzle-jerking law in effect since July of 2007? Just wondering.

I encourage you all to read 'Earnest Earmarks', co-written by Senator Larry Craig and Representative Mike Simpson several years ago, as well as the response from Reason Magazine. I agree with Congressman Simpson that earmarks have a place in our system. And I notice that Craig and Simpson concede that some reform is necessary.  read more »

Today, July 16th, U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco will be holding a live, on-line video town hall. Larry will take your questions and answer them in real time, live, from the comfort of your own computer screen. Larry's town hall event begins at 1:00 PM Mountain Time, so be sure to click-in and have a conversation with Idaho's next U.S. Senator.

UPDATE 3:14 PM -- Click the video below to view a recording of Larry's town hall meeting from earlier today.

But what about rock and roll?  read more »

The WSJ headlines that Republicans are not safe in Idaho anymore. On page three, no less. No reason to try and improve on the superlative work of Idaho's premier blog mistress McJoan so go have a read.

Many here have noted my negativity towards Obama and many of my latest posts have been very critical and negative towards the elected Democrats that have capitulated themselves so often that they resemble nothing more than left leaning Republicans. Many of our currently elected Democrats deserve this condemnation (think Joe Lie-berman), what needs to be done is that future Democrats should NOT be self-styled "moderates", specifically those that are running for Federal seats.  read more »