Sooner Blue

I don’t think there’s any limit to the radical right's desire to get that awful Negro out of the White House .. none. Not economic self-interest, not dynamiting their children’s future, or the future of the planet .. none.

Every poll taken of every Tea Party group is evidence of that statement.

Reason left the building with Elvis.

Next election will be a census, pure and simple. How many of them are there?

How many God-fearin’, gubmint-hatin', forced-pregnancy lovin’, gun-huggers .. the ones who wear tri-corner hats to putter down to the mailbox on their Hoverround to pick up their gubmint Social Security and disability checks?

I'm thinkin' .. maybe 30 percent?

Sounds like porn, doesn't it? Newt Gingrich is slippin'.. Rick Santorum is surgin' .. I heard this on MSNBC news and I oughta report it to the FCC .. that’s a family program.

Seriously, when you read, "Santorum Surges From Behind in Iowa" .. it only means it's his turn to see how much he can grift.

And everybody should just settle down .. Iowa ain't all that .. remember who won the caucus in 2008? Mike Huckabee .. how’s that workin' out? And Fred Thompson came in third ...

It would just tickle me to death for the GOP to pick Rick Santorum to head the Republican ticket - the wingiest of the wingnuts - but after the way they've toyed with Bachmann, Perry, Cain and Gingrich .. I'll bet they're just pulling our legs again.

Okay now, let's see who we got left - a Cranky Old Bigot and Flip-Flop the Robot ..

Notice that centrist Jon Huntsman, the only candidate who could seriously give Obama a run for his money, has abandoned Crazytown .. and probably will be thrown under the GOP campaign bus, again, in New Hampshire.

Whoever thought, with the economy still limping, that we Democrats could be this lucky ...

That'll teach 'em to snub his debate, gol' darn it!

Donald Trump, an arrogant, abrasive and offensive bully (who would make an excellent Batman villain), is trying to grab headlines again .. oh how he loves the spotlight, partly to feed his enormous ego, and partly to promote his TV projects.

Anyway, his latest grifter's ploy is to change his voter registration from Republican to "unaffiliated" so he can tease folks into thinking he's getting ready for a potential third-party presidential run.

This is nothing more than a publicity stunt .. a way to make money .. it's right out of the Palin playbook.

From  csmonitor.com: "The snark on the street is that Mr. Trump, a temperamental fellow ...dumped the Republican Party ...in anger after only two in the large field of GOP presidential candidates agreed to attend a debate he was slated to moderate."

Third party? Oh please, oh please .. and get Palin to run as his VP .. yeah, that's the ticket.

We sure could use the laughs .. especially since Hermie Cain high-tailed it ...

But seriously folks, I heard on TV that, according to NY Election Laws, Trump has to file his re-registration 25 days before the General Election this past November for it to take effect for 2012 .. see what a phony grifter he is.

Any fool knows that his arrogance and bombastic rhetoric would alienate independent voters, who are looking for a little humility, sanity and rationality.

And notice how very little Republicans seem to be bothered by the news of Trump's dump.

Hey, as long as he doesn't become a Democrat ...

First of all, I have to eat all those words I've uttered about women in politics never being caught up in sexual scandals .. but I do get to point out that she's a Republican.

"Ending a week of silence, Minnesota state Sen. Amy Koch (R) "apologized for an inappropriate relationship with a male staffer that led to her resignation as Senate majority leader," the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

Koch has been married to her husband, Christopher, for about 20 years and they have a young daughter.

Amy, Amy, what a hypocrite .. ranting about "Christian values" and the "sanctity of marriage" .. then get caught boinking in your government office .. with both offending parties cheating on your loved ones and disgracing your children.

This is what happens when you try to legislate morality .. you end up looking ridiculous .. it can't be imposed from on high by our "leaders."

Politicians need to focus on important policy matters, and leave the gay marriage, abortion, stem cell, etc., to the culture at large.

But then, if they actually removed "legislating morality" from the Republican platform, all they'd have left would be failed conservative economic policies .. certainly not enough to rile up their base.

I swear, we could make an entire set of trading cards with pictures of all the rightie politicians who break their own standards of righteousness.

Yes, yes, Democrats have been guilty of such behaviors .. but they don't go around preaching morality .. so the difference is hypocrisy.

Meanwhile, the New York Daily News reports a gay man in Minnesota is "sarcastically apologizing" on behalf of the state's gay community to Koch, who vehemently opposes gay marriage.

Said John Medeiros: "On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community's successful efforts to threaten your traditional marriage. We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own holy union for something more cheap and tawdry."

Love the "apology" .. there's no one who drip sarcasm like a pissed off gay man.

"Newt Gingrich met with Donald Trump. There's a good combination – two guys, 6 wives, 0 chance of either one of them ever becoming president of the United States." –Jay Leno

"The head of the Federal Aviation Administration … has been arrested on charges of drunk driving. I don't want to say how much the guy drank, but when they pulled him over, he was driving the beverage cart.'" –Jay Leno

"Herman Cain announced he was suspending his campaign. He brought his wife with him, so apparently he couldn't get a date. I guess he used up all his 9-9-9 lives. The closest he got to the White House was spending the night at Ginger White's house." –Jay Leno

"Herman Cain seemed to sense his supporters needed something to lift their spirits, which is what led to Herman Cain saying the greatest nine words ever spoken by an American politician: 'I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie…'" –Jon Stewart

"Herman Cain, the Herminator, said 'I will not be silent, and I will not go away.' Then he shut up and left." –David Letterman

"Cain blamed a conspiracy by powerful Democrats intent on destroying him ...I don't think you can blame the Democrats. I'm pretty sure they were rooting for him in this particular case." –Jimmy Kimmel

"Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. This is the most disgraceful thing to happen to an Illinois governor since their last governor." –Jay Leno

"There was an embarrassing moment for Rick Perry. He announced that it was the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Jam." –Jay Leno

"Blago got 5 years for corruption and 9 years for appearing on "Celebrity Apprentice.'" –David Letterman

"Newt Gingrich did not make it on the Most Fascinating People list. He made it on another list of 2011 though: Most Fascinating Newts." –David Letterman

"I like Newt Gingrich. You know who he looks like? He looks like your Dad's old Army buddy, doesn't he?" –David Letterman

"In California a greased-up, naked, 300-lb. bodybuilder was terrorizing a neighborhood. Arnold, Arnold, Arnold." –David Letterman

"The former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich got 14 Years in prison. He will probably get time off for good hair." –Craig Ferguson

"He was convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant senate seat. If he had waited a few years, he could probably sell it back to Barack Obama." –Craig Ferguson

"The Library of Congress has partnered with Twitter to store every tweet ever posted in their archive of historical documents. So, this is what Congress is doing?" –Jimmy Kimmel

"The Library of Congress is home to some of the most important documents in history including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and now it will so include tweets from Gretchen44, who likes strawberry balsamic vinegar on her salad." –Craig Ferguson

"Herman Cain dropped out. Our writers and I were despondent. But sometimes when God closes a door He opens a window. And standing outside that window is a circus peanut wearing a badger. Donald Trump will moderate a Republican debate Dec. 27. Thank you, Jesus." –Jon Stewart

"In a new interview at her lawyer's office, Herman Cain's mistress of the past 13 years, this woman Ginger White, said no one has offered to pay her any money for her story. But to be fair no one is buying Herman Cain's story either. I think that's fair." –Jay Leno

"Cain says that he and his wife...everything is fine between them. Though it's not certain this wife still trusts him 100%. Like today Mrs. Cain called Michele Bachmann and asked if she could pray him gay. Does it work that way? Can you pray a guy gay?" –Jay Leno

"Former Vice President Dan Quayle...remember Dan? Potato with an 'e'? He has officially endorsed Mitt Romney. And today Romney said, 'Why are you rushing into this? Newt Gingrich is pretty good. Have you talked to him? That Rick Perry is a handsome...'" –Jay Leno

[a tip of the hat to Daniel Kurtzman, CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS, HBO, and Comedy Central]

Chris Myers (R) resigned as Medford, NJ mayor about a month after saying he would not quit in the midst of an alleged pay-for-gay sex scandal, the Courier-Post reports.

"An anonymous person, claiming to be a male escort, launched a website in early October with photos allegedly depicting Myers in his underwear in a California hotel room. The website also showed alleged pictures of Myers' open wallet and mayoral ID card... The alleged escort claims Myers, the married father of two, paid $500 for sex, but did not provide him a car and other promised gifts."

This has been quite a year for Republicans falling out of the closet .. you have to feel sorry for these hypocritical self-hating guys who try so hard to mask and fight their true natures.

Come on over to the Democratic Big Tent, Chris .. we accept people for who they are .. you won't have to live a lie.

Just leave your greed and racism at the front flap.

To amuse them, I told my political junkie friends that if I ruled the world, there'd be very strict "sunshine laws" and "transparency in government" -- that ALL politicians would be required to wear the logos of their corporate supporters on their suits and cars .. you know, so we could tell who bought and paid for them.

Can't you just see big shiny logos for Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Banks stuck all over them? We'd have ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips .. Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Merck .. Bank of America, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo .. dang, would there be room for them all?

Maybe it should be the biggest logos for the ones who contribute the most money - corporations, also rich individuals - and smaller ones for smaller donations.

Like I said, both parties would be affected .. and it sure would make their speeches for/against bills and amendments on the House and Senate floors very interesting (I'm a C-SPAN junkie).

Seriously folks, the only way to save our political system is to get money's corrupting influence out of it .. somehow. Our politicians can never be our true representatives until then .. look at the time they have to waste fund-raising. We have to do away with corporate campaign donations .. no more special interest groups, no more PACs .. only single personal donations limited to $500.00 per candidate. No reality-show-debates .. C-SPAN could donate air time ...

Yeah I know, dream on ... by the time an honest reformer could fight his/her way into the system, it would corrupt them .. that's what power does ...

It boggles my mind to read that the 2012 elections will be the most expensive ever .. $6 billion or even more, is what each party will spend to fight for control of the White House, Congress and state governments .. $1 billion for the White House alone.

In a struggling economy, Big Politics thrives.

"The Christmas season has officially started. Today I saw Herman Cain wearing his mistletoe belt buckle." –Jay Leno

"Herman Cain said he'd only drop out of the race if his wife is no longer behind him. His wife said she's always behind him, because there's never any room under him." –Conan O'Brien

"With Herman Cain we're up to he said, she said, she said, she said, she said, and she was paid not to say." –Stephen Colbert

"This new woman says the affair was consensual. I’d say things are looking up." –Stephen Colbert on Herman Cain

"Herman Cain is making news again. His poll numbers are down, but the number of women he's polling is up." –Jay Leno

"Herman Cain's latest accuser, a woman named Ginger White, said the affair with Herman Cain lasted for 13 years. She knew Herman Cain was married. Just as the other four women who accused him of sexual harassment, they knew Herman Cain was married. In fact, the only one who didn't realize Herman Cain was married was Herman Cain." –Jay Leno

"Herman Cain is now reassessing his candidacy. Apparently between his marriage, his mistresses and sexually harassing these other women, there’s no time to campaign." –Jay Leno

"Republican candidate Rick Perry is denying rumors that his top advisers are being demoted. Yep, Perry was like, ‘I want to make it clear that at no point in this campaign have I had any advisers.'" –Jimmy Fallon

"Riot police arrested hundreds of people outside city hall, still less violent than Black Friday at every Walmart in America." –Jimmy Kimmel

"A woman in Southern California pepper sprayed her fellow customers on Black Friday at Wal-Mart so she could get an advantage while shopping. But the good news is, today she was offered a job with the UC Davis police department." –Jay Leno

"Well, the inside talk is that Sarah Palin is going to endorse Newt Gingrich. If you think Newt is happy, you should see Mitt Romney." –Jay Leno

"President Obama went shopping and he wandered into a book store. Rick Perry said, 'When I'm president, that will never happen. There will be no book stores.'" –Conan O'Brien

"Another woman came forward with allegations about Herman Cain. I think she's number 9-9-9 now." –Jimmy Kimmel

"This is the 14th Republican debate and there are still 12 more to go. The plan, I think, is to keep debating until somebody recognizes Rick Santorum on the street." –Jimmy Kimmel

"The star of the debate was Herman Cain. He didn't talk much because the debate was about national defense and his area of expertise is pizza." –Jimmy Kimmel

"Newt Gingrich wants to repeal child labor laws. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man that we need to lead us into the 18th century." –David Letterman

"Tonight was the 14th republican presidential debate, or as Barack Obama has started calling them, campaign ads." –Jimmy Fallon

"Newt Gingrich says he wants to get rid of Social Security. Who is more qualified to give this country financial advice than a guy who ran up a half-million dollar bill at Tiffany?" –David Letterman

"President Obama will pardon the turkeys. Unless of course the Republicans step in and block that." –David Letterman

"Rick Perry attacked President Obama for thinking that he's the smartest guy in the room. He attacked him for being smart. One thing's for sure, nobody's ever going to accuse Rick Perry of that." –Jay Leno

"A Fox News reporter asked Herman Cain what he thought of President Obama's easing of travel restrictions to Cuba, and Cain accused him of asking a 'gotcha' question. That's when you know things are bad: When you're attacking Fox News for being part of the liberal media." –Jay Leno

"There are 249 millionaires in Congress. Remember a couple of years ago when this new Congress told us they had the solution to the recession? Apparently, they didn't share it with the rest of us." –Jay Leno

"The Republican candidates were asked to name their favorite movies. Ron Paul picked 'No Country for Old Men.' Rick Perry chose 'Clueless.' Michele Bachmann chose 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' and Herman Cain chose 'Snatch.'" –Jay Leno

"The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon from one state to another. In other words, my trip back to Boston for Thanksgiving just got a lot more interesting." –Conan O'Brien

[a tip of the hat to Daniel Kurtzman, CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS, HBO, and Comedy Central]

Alabama's immigration law strikes again

"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. November 30, 2011 (AP) -- A second foreign worker employed by Alabama's automobile industry has been charged under the state's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Officials said Wednesday that a Japanese employee on temporary assignment at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama in Talladega County was ticketed under the law. ...

It's not clear where the worker was stopped. But a person with knowledge of the case says he was ticketed at a routine police roadblock for not having an Alabama driver's license, even though he had a valid Japanese passport and an international driver's license. ...

A Mercedes-Benz manager was previously arrested in Tuscaloosa under the law for not having a driver's license. The charge was dismissed after the man provided authorities with identification."

First, they arrested a German Mercedes-Benz executive, now a Japanese Honda worker (both had legal papers) .. looks like the politicians in Alabama really don't want no dang foreigners putting auto plants in their state.

Betcha the Korean execs at the Hyudai plant over in Montgomery are getting antsy.

Before foreign auto makers decide where next to invest their money, betcha they'll be more careful of a US state's immigration laws.

Also, Alabama farmers complain of crops being spoiled in their fields for lack of pickers since all the illegal workers were scared off .. turns out that out-of-work Alabama citizens aren't too crazy about picking tomatoes to make a living.

Read about Alabama HB 56, the nation's strictest anti-illegal immigration law here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_HB_56