Quote of the Day, Jr.

"There is a difference, however, between radical politics and this kind of a response to a demand to assassinate the first black president of the United States. He needs to resign."

-- Andrew Sullivan on Rep. Paul Broun

A reader of Sullivan's runs down Broun's history of inflammatory, irresponsible and outright lunatic rhetoric over the past couple of years, just in case you needed a refresher on what kind of asshole we're talking about here.

By the way, Broun is now saying that he was "stunned" when he heard the question and that it's an "abhorrent" thing to suggest. So in case you're playing along at home: stunned at abhorrence = laughter. Keep that in mind.

Quote of the Day

"Who is going to shoot Obama?"

-- Question asked by an attendee at a town hall event hosted by Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun on Tuesday

What's more alarming than the question itself (as it likely came from one of Oglethorpe County's many redneck dumb-asses) was the answer (which came from a member of the United States Congress).

Broun didn't immediately denounce the remark -- he didn't even say, "Look, regardless of how angry you are you can't ask me something like that; it's unconscionable to even make a joke about the assassination of the President of the United States, especially in the current political climate and given the recent shooting of an elected official who sits about fifty feet away from me in the House."

No, as you might expect, Broun entertained the staggeringly irresponsible comment by responding with a tepid, "I know there’s a lot of frustration with this president. We’re going to have an election next year. Hopefully, we’ll elect somebody that’s going to be a conservative, limited-government president that will take a smaller -- who will sign a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare."

Seriously, Broun's answer shouldn't surprise anyone -- after all he's the spineless asshole who spent the last State of the Union address doing this.

(Update: In addition to TPM now reporting that Broun himself laughed at the question -- as did the rest of the audience at the meeting -- the Secret Service is releasing information about the commenter. It describes him as an "elderly person," with another audience member calling him "some old man." Surprise!)

March Madness

Proving the old adage that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a raving lunatic, Georgia Representative Paul Broun is once again bringing his special brand of redneck stupid to the House floor. For those keeping score -- this makes the second time in less than a week.

Hot off his declaration that the Democratic health care bill amounted to a replay of the "Great War of Yankee Aggression," Broun is now introducing a resolution to proclaim the first week of May "Ten Commandments Week." Sam Brownback tried the same thing a couple of years back, but, thankfully, sane, Constitutionally minded heads prevailed. I expect this latest attempt to circumvent the whole separation-of-church-and-state thing and essentially nationalize the Christian faith -- particularly above all others -- will meet the same fate.

By the way, now's the time to once again remind these doofs that only two of the Ten Commandments are actually United States law -- and they were kind of a given, since murdering and stealing are wrong no matter what you believe.

Still, can't wait to see what Broun's gonna do for the trifecta -- maybe dance around the Capitol rotunda in overalls to try to raise Junior Samples from the dead.

H.R. 1175: Introduced by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)

Quote of the Day

"If ObamaCare passes, that free insurance card that's in people's pockets is gonna be as worthless as a Confederate dollar after the War Between The States -- the Great War of Yankee Aggression."

-- Republican Representative Paul Broun of Georgia

The Civil War: maybe the greatest example of fighting for a worthless prize in human history.