Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:07:59 PM
GOP in a panic over Georgia primary freak show
by Joan McCarterFollow 79 Comments Mon Aug 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT
The GOP's self-made woes just keep on growing. They gave the keys to the crazies and can't even begin to do that .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230694/-GOP-moderates-pissed-that-they-have-to-lie-in-the-bed-they-made , you know, legislating thing. They let Erick son of Erickson matter, and now he has basically declared war .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230645/-GOP-establishment-s-challenge-How-to-avoid-another-Akin-without-pissing-off-the-base-too-much .. on the Republican establishment. They're facing one more election where they should be able to regain the Senate, and they're probably going to screw it up again. Case in point, the clown show that is the Georgia Senate primary .. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/316489-gop-anxiety-grows-over-georgia-senate-race .
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Recent polling shows the two candidates Republicans are most anxious about—Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.)—leading the pack. Whoever emerges from the clown-car primary, with seven candidates and counting, will face a candidate Democrats are high on in a state where shifting demographics benefit their party. [...]
The scenario that panics Republicans is Broun winning the nomination. The Tea Party-affiliated congressman has generated controversy by calling evolution and the big bang theory “lies straight from the pit of hell” and routinely referring to President Obama as a socialist.
He has some strong support in the GOP base and sports a perfect rating with the deep-pocketed, fiscally conservative Club for Growth, which could give him a big financial boost if they decide to get involved in the race. Many think they might, especially if Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a longtime appropriator with a more centrist record, makes the two-candidate runoff.
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Meanwhile, Democrats are likely to nominate a woman, Michelle Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn. So not only do you have the possibility of Broun and Gingrey being themselves about hell and socialism, but you've got them running around doing things like defending Todd Akin .. http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/11/16465515-some-congressmen-just-cant-help-themselves?lite .. and voting against the Violence Against Women Act .. http://boldprogressives.org/2013/03/republican-senate-candidate-paul-broun-votes-against-both-versions-of-the-violence-against-women-act/ . In other words, running against a a woman and acting like typical Republicans.
Establishment Republicans have been more than happy to have Gingrey and Broun in the House, without giving a damn what crazy shit comes out of their mouths. As usual, it's only a problem for them when it's happening on the national stage and people are paying attention. It's only a problem when the real Republican party is revealed.
Originally posted to Joan McCarter on Mon Aug 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT.
Also republished by Kos Georgia and Daily Kos.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230712/-GOP-in-a-panic-over-Georgia-primary-clown-nbsp-show?detail=hide
Posted to .. "Conservative Rep. Paul Broun has said evolution and the Big Bang theory are "lies straight from the pit of Hell." Rep. Phil Gingrey, an OB-GYN since 1975, backtracked earlier this year after saying former Rep. Todd Akin was "partly right" when he said during his failed Senate race in Missouri last year that women's bodies can avoid pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape." Rep. Jack Kingston, a conservative, has emerged as the moderate.
Other Republicans are expected to join the field." .. just over half way down in yours ..
See also:
GOP’s 7 most jaw-dropping “scientific” theories
Masturbating fetuses are just the start .. BY EVAN MCMURRY
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=89255895
Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason .. bit ..
It'll take plenty of military paychecks to cover the $5,600 price tag, but he considers the Bushmaster essential in his preparations to take on the US government when it declares martial law.
His belief that that day is imminent has led Pray to a group called Oath Keepers .. http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ , one of the fastest-growing "patriot" organizations on the right. Founded last April by Yale-educated lawyer and ex-Ron Paul aide Stewart Rhodes, the group has established itself as a hub in the sprawling anti-Obama movement that includes Tea Partiers, Birthers, and 912ers. Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Pat Buchanan have all sung its praises, and in December, a grassroots summit .. http://www.nationallibertyunitysummit.com/ .. it helped organize drew such prominent guests as representatives Phil Gingrey .. http://gingrey.house.gov/ .. and Paul Broun .. http://www.paulbroun.com/index2.html , both Georgia Republicans.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=88485649
After Bachmann, Who's America's Next Top Wacky Right-Winger? .. bit ..
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.)
Is he crazy? Compared the Affordable Care Act to the "war of Yankee aggression." Pointed out alarming similarities between Obama and Hitler. Worries that the federal government will force people to eat fruits and vegetables. Believes Southerners will die of hyperthermia if clean energy laws are passed.
Put it in granite: "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell."
Do people care? An outspoken critic of science, Broun's position on the
House Science Committee has alarmed such high-profile scientists as Bill Nye.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=88479912
by Joan McCarterFollow 79 Comments Mon Aug 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT
The GOP's self-made woes just keep on growing. They gave the keys to the crazies and can't even begin to do that .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230694/-GOP-moderates-pissed-that-they-have-to-lie-in-the-bed-they-made , you know, legislating thing. They let Erick son of Erickson matter, and now he has basically declared war .. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230645/-GOP-establishment-s-challenge-How-to-avoid-another-Akin-without-pissing-off-the-base-too-much .. on the Republican establishment. They're facing one more election where they should be able to regain the Senate, and they're probably going to screw it up again. Case in point, the clown show that is the Georgia Senate primary .. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/316489-gop-anxiety-grows-over-georgia-senate-race .
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Recent polling shows the two candidates Republicans are most anxious about—Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) and Paul Broun (R-Ga.)—leading the pack. Whoever emerges from the clown-car primary, with seven candidates and counting, will face a candidate Democrats are high on in a state where shifting demographics benefit their party. [...]
The scenario that panics Republicans is Broun winning the nomination. The Tea Party-affiliated congressman has generated controversy by calling evolution and the big bang theory “lies straight from the pit of hell” and routinely referring to President Obama as a socialist.
He has some strong support in the GOP base and sports a perfect rating with the deep-pocketed, fiscally conservative Club for Growth, which could give him a big financial boost if they decide to get involved in the race. Many think they might, especially if Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a longtime appropriator with a more centrist record, makes the two-candidate runoff.
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Meanwhile, Democrats are likely to nominate a woman, Michelle Nunn, the daughter of former Sen. Sam Nunn. So not only do you have the possibility of Broun and Gingrey being themselves about hell and socialism, but you've got them running around doing things like defending Todd Akin .. http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/11/16465515-some-congressmen-just-cant-help-themselves?lite .. and voting against the Violence Against Women Act .. http://boldprogressives.org/2013/03/republican-senate-candidate-paul-broun-votes-against-both-versions-of-the-violence-against-women-act/ . In other words, running against a a woman and acting like typical Republicans.
Establishment Republicans have been more than happy to have Gingrey and Broun in the House, without giving a damn what crazy shit comes out of their mouths. As usual, it's only a problem for them when it's happening on the national stage and people are paying attention. It's only a problem when the real Republican party is revealed.
Originally posted to Joan McCarter on Mon Aug 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT.
Also republished by Kos Georgia and Daily Kos.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/12/1230712/-GOP-in-a-panic-over-Georgia-primary-clown-nbsp-show?detail=hide
Posted to .. "Conservative Rep. Paul Broun has said evolution and the Big Bang theory are "lies straight from the pit of Hell." Rep. Phil Gingrey, an OB-GYN since 1975, backtracked earlier this year after saying former Rep. Todd Akin was "partly right" when he said during his failed Senate race in Missouri last year that women's bodies can avoid pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape." Rep. Jack Kingston, a conservative, has emerged as the moderate.
Other Republicans are expected to join the field." .. just over half way down in yours ..
See also:
GOP’s 7 most jaw-dropping “scientific” theories
Masturbating fetuses are just the start .. BY EVAN MCMURRY
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=89255895
Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason .. bit ..
It'll take plenty of military paychecks to cover the $5,600 price tag, but he considers the Bushmaster essential in his preparations to take on the US government when it declares martial law.
His belief that that day is imminent has led Pray to a group called Oath Keepers .. http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ , one of the fastest-growing "patriot" organizations on the right. Founded last April by Yale-educated lawyer and ex-Ron Paul aide Stewart Rhodes, the group has established itself as a hub in the sprawling anti-Obama movement that includes Tea Partiers, Birthers, and 912ers. Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs, and Pat Buchanan have all sung its praises, and in December, a grassroots summit .. http://www.nationallibertyunitysummit.com/ .. it helped organize drew such prominent guests as representatives Phil Gingrey .. http://gingrey.house.gov/ .. and Paul Broun .. http://www.paulbroun.com/index2.html , both Georgia Republicans.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=88485649
After Bachmann, Who's America's Next Top Wacky Right-Winger? .. bit ..
Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.)
Is he crazy? Compared the Affordable Care Act to the "war of Yankee aggression." Pointed out alarming similarities between Obama and Hitler. Worries that the federal government will force people to eat fruits and vegetables. Believes Southerners will die of hyperthermia if clean energy laws are passed.
Put it in granite: "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell."
Do people care? An outspoken critic of science, Broun's position on the
House Science Committee has alarmed such high-profile scientists as Bill Nye.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=88479912
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