Clay Bennett for January 28, 2013

Here’s part of their outreach to women voters:

New Republican Idea: Punishing Rape Victims With Jail Time

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/25/new-republican-idea-punishing-rape-victims-with-jail-time/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=2ecbd749cb-12_28_131_28_2013&utm_medium=email

“Conservative stalwart Joseph Farah of WND, Americans are lazy, fat, immoral, and stupid.”

Really now Doc. Are you saying a “birther,” a Rush Limbaugh compatriot is a credible spokesman on the American people? I have to assume that you include your more liberal compatriots in that category since you are quoting a very broad, unspecified group?

I think we somewhat deserve the fat and lazy remarks as statistics bear out Americans sedentary lifestyles, both physical and intellectual. Immoral and stupid? Maybe if we judge immoral on his religious definition, but in general I don’t see it. Immoral is a word like asking about costs, it has many definitions to many different people.

Stupid? I guess it depends on which definition you use. Webster gives us a few definitions, a couple that might apply (IMO).*1a : slow of mind : obtuseb : given to unintelligent decisions or acts : acting in an unintelligent or careless mannerc : lacking intelligence or reason : brutish2: dulled in feeling or sensation : torpid 3: marked by or resulting from unreasoned thinking or acting : senseless 4a : lacking interest or point

I guess I could go with #‘s 1B and 3. I don’t know why I bothered going through this exercise, I guess it’s a slow day on the GC pages…

“O.C.”, Romney just invested in the company that disposed of the results.

Heck, that’s not outreach, it’s what they do to their own who don’g follow the script. Bobby Jindal may “disappear” any day now behind that door.

Can he get all 47% of us in there?

If only Republicans could state their positions more elegantly…

Conservative stalwart Joseph Farah of WND, “Americans are lazy, fat, immoral, and stupid.”-——————————————————You really need to be more specific with your comments, so that you don’t confuse people who lack understanding..Someone might think you posted the quote as an endorsement...

Hello OrthodoxCatholic,I understand the religious and personal convictions causing you to look at the cartoon in the light for which you’ve commented.However, there is a great deal of evidence supporting that all of the instruments and devices in the ‘welcome room’ were popular with Tomás de Torquemada’s Spanish Inquisition in his efforts to ‘convert’ Jews, Muslims, and “heretic protestants”. A Jesuit priest and confessor to Queen Isabella, his sadistic form of Catholicism added greatly to the divisions between Christian protestants, Muslims, and Jews. It is not hard to see how so many people can look at such histories and wonder what kind of God allows such things. It is even easier when such people read the present day words which have no place coming from a ‘Christian’ as told in the Beatitudes. You look at the picture and see a modern day abortion clinic. I look at the picture and I see what people in power have done to those with no power in the name of a loving God whose son told us “bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.” With your very nickname, you represent millions of Catholics. I have concerns your words do not present the positive message Christ gave to his church, and in failing, hardens hearts and creates a greater intolerance to believers of all faiths. I would like to thank the many atheists and agnostics who have resisted attacking my own comments on this topic over the last weeks. It shows an example of patient humanity, if not ‘charity’.Respectfully,C.

It is a slow day on other sites, too.http://www.cagle.com/2013/01/editorial-cartoonists-are-like-chickens/

Nothing to add to this toon. Bravo!

Masterskrain, you shouldn’t encourage me!I am such a nerd sometimes….^“Hey Torguemada, whattaya say?”“I just got back from the auto de fey”“The auto de fey? What’s the auto de fey?”“It’s what you oughtn’t to do but you do anyway.”Words and Music by Mel Brooks.^Just goes to show you…“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!”Monty Python.^I am a bad commentator, I should be flagged.Immaturely,C.

On the issue of torture, brainwashing, and fear, it should be noted that “the Inquisition” lasted hundreds of years, wasn’t just “Spanish”, and the current Pope ran the office for quite some time before he went “up the ladder”.

Like Sunday Night Football in here with all the flagging!

As you usual you are WRONG,

You type with such venom, you don’t even realize what the hell you are typing.

You are one of the most “intolerant” on the threads. Lighten up!

W is a draft dodging coward, along with other right wingers.

Uh….no. Farah said it. I didn’t. Neither do I agree.-———————————————

@onguard

I’m flagging you just because I can and because you deserve it.-—————————————

@SkepticCal

You, too.-———————————————

Bushy may not have “dodged” the draft, but he certainly dodged serving.-———————————Bushy is not the only Republican who avoided “serving”!.The title of “King of Draft Dodging” surely must go to Dick Cheney! Click this link:How he avoided Vietnam

Oh, really?

http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-supporter-ted-nugent-pedophile-and-draft-dodger-his-own-words-——————————————Wow! What an interesting link! Makes me wish I had been so inventive when I got my draft notice!

You are delusional, sir. Perhaps you are not reading about places like Kermit Gosnell’s hell hole in Philadelphia.-——————————The 2nd paragraph of the story on the site you posted states:In a normal clinic, the walls are white, the lights are bright, and everything is sterilized and sparkling clean..To use this one demented individual as representative of all abortion clinics is a gross misrepresentation, similar to characterizing all Catholics by the postings of one individual member..After all, Radish posted: “Legal abortion clinics are clean hospital rooms.” [emphasis added]