Ben Smith found an interesting comment on the brand spanking new Republican website America Speaking Out, where policy suggestions are welcomed with Rushpublic big tent, open arms.

I clicked on Ben’s link, but oops:

Scrubbed.

However, Ben has the quote:

Suggestion 217: “Repeal Section II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it’s UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PROGRESSIVE and HITLER.” (Yes, “and HITLER.”)

Wow, progressive and Hitler! All in one suggestion! Nice use of the word “Hitler” as an adjective. The author may have been behind a few of those Tea Potty (<–coined by Keith Olbermann) signs.

What is it they keep saying? Take America back… ? Sure, all the way back to pre-1964. Good slogan for 2010 and 2012, guys. Nothing extreme about that.

UPDATE: Look who just tweeted in support of the site:

Oh yeah, the Texas school curriculum needs more fundie influence. I couldn’t imagine raising kids with that kind of teaching going on.

Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

The differences in beliefs about evolution and the length of time that living things have existed on earth are reflected in the political and religious preference of our respondents, who were asked four questions about biological history and God:

• 38 percent said human beings developed over millions of years with God guiding the process and another 12 percent said that development happened without God having any part of the process. Another 38 percent agreed with the statement “God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago.”

• Asked about the origin and development of life on earth without injecting humans into the discussion, and 53 percent said it evolved over time, “with a guiding hand from God.” They were joined by 15 percent who agreed on the evolution part, but “with no guidance from God.” About a fifth — 22 percent — said life has existed in its present form since the beginning of time.

• Most of the Texans in the survey — 51 percent — disagree with the statement, “human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals.” Thirty-five percent agreed with that statement, and 15 percent said they don’t know.

• Did humans live at the same time as the dinosaurs? Three in ten Texas voters agree with that statement; 41 percent disagree, and 30 percent don’t know.

By GottaLaff

Via my pal Shannyn Moore, your laugh-o’-the-day:

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Thoze iz Amurka’z fewchur voturz.

By GottaLaff

Gee, maybe all these tweets are just satire. That would excuse them, right? Just ask R-Word McCribNotes:

It seems that the Tea Bag party members object to Maddow using the term “Teabaggers” to describe them. [...]

[Y]esterday on Twitter they attempted a pathetic attack on Maddow.

The offended Teabaggers wrote:

WeThePeople1st: RT @victoria_29: RT @RhodesNews: If @RachelMaddow insists on calling us “Tea Baggers,” is she thus gving us implicit permission 2 call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot 1 day ago from TweetDeck

victoria_29: RT @RhodesNews: If @RachelMaddow insists on calling us “Tea Baggers,” is she thus gving us implicit permission 2 call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot

CoachDB18: MadCow! Nuf’ said! @RhodesNews @RachelMaddow calling us “Tea Baggers,” …thus giving us permission to call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot #lcot

nana49: RT @RhodesNews: If @RachelMaddow insists on calling us “Tea Baggers,” is she thus giving us implicit permission to call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot #lcot

WeThePeople1st: RT @RhodesNews: If @RachelMaddow insists on calling us “Tea Baggers,” is she thus giving us implicit permission to call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot #lcot

RhodesNews: If @RachelMaddow insists on calling us “Tea Baggers,” is she thus giving us implicit permission to call her “dyke”? #p2 #tcot #lcot

Dyke is a pejorative term that people have used to attack the LBQ community both verbally and physically. Women have been called dykes by people who have stabbed them, raped them, killed them. There is no comparison between calling someone a Teabagger and calling someone a dyke.

There’s that. And there’s this. Ahem:

The Tea Tantrumers apparently can’t tell the difference between offensive, insulting, bigoted name-calling and quoting directly from their own gang of ignorami.

Welcome to the 2010/2012 elections.

Now, if you would, please go read this to see how their sick message gets perpetuated.

By GottaLaff

From the Dep’t. of What? What’d I say?

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got to do is you’ve got to curtail that type of behavior. They don’t know any better.”

– South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Bauer (R), quoted by the Greenville News, comparing poor people to stray animals.

Bauer the R from SC should be curtailed. Apparently he doesn’t know any better either. Then again, he may just be a stray.

Let’s recap: People who eat less than others don’t “breed”. So what does this genius make of Tori Spelling or Nicole Richie?

See the logic? Wow. No. Neither do I.

Who knew dieting and starvation were forms of birth control? Someone tell Aetna. They’ll put eating on their list of pre-existing conditions.

Via Think Progress, we get more:

“You show me the school that has the highest free and reduced lunch, and I’ll show you the worst test scores, folks. It’s there, period.” [...]

Bauer later insisted that he “wasn’t saying people on government assistance ‘were animals or anything else.’” (HT: Jamie Sanderson)

How do people like this get to hold office?

UPDATE (h/t: planetspinz):

If you thought that was bad, check out his Facebook page:

Rodney Solesbee

I would also say Andre that I wouldn’t pay a lot of attention on here to the paid political bloggers of the Democratic Party.
Yea they deny that they get that check from old Obamie and Co but bet you they rush to the bank to cash it from them. [...]

Rodney Solesbee

I would like enjoy seeing a debate with Birchfield son myself, probably be more entertaining to see how someone like her in stills such greatness… Yes it is okay to rob the system adn then you teach your child to do the same. He stated a FACT get over it because it is a fact. Teach a man to eat and he eats for a day teach him to fish and well you… know the rest.

Also if you have never taught in public schools then I suggest you shut your pie hole! I can tell you most the food goes in the trash and yes the kids will in deed SELL their free lunch for half price then turn around and go to the vending machines where they get candy and cokes…. Ha yea real nutrition there, then they get to come into class and bounce off the walls and we call it ADD or another of these wonderful excuses they dream up. FACT- Put your big girl panties and big boy underwear on and deal with this thing called LIFE!!!!

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Rodney Solesbee

The Bible also teaches us to be able to work and produce as we should, not laying around drinking beer on your fat twinkie behind waiting on the mail person with your check.

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Donna Bouknight Amick

AGREE with you Rodney.

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Chuck Floyd

LOL… funny but true Rodney!

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