The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Former George W. Bush Press Secretary and current co-host of the Fox News show, The Five , Dana Perino, joined fellow guests Lewis Black and Brad Garrett on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore this past Thursday, where she uttered something I'm still scratching my head about three days later. When the three guests were discussing the Supreme Court's pending gay marriage decision and conservatives' comments to it, Wilmore noted that some conservatives blamed gay marriage for Hurricane Sandy, the mass killing of animals, 9/11, Sodom and Gomorrah, and 900,000 abortions over the next 30 years. He, Lewis Black, and Brad Garrett all laughed at the notion and poked fun of it along the way. Dana Perino then said, "Some people have blamed climate change for the same kinds of stuff." Hmm... Let's look at that comment a bit more closely. When's the last time someone blamed climate change for Sodom and Gomorrah? Never. When's the last time someone blamed cli...

Former George W. Bush White House Press Secretary - Dana Perino - had some "interesting" comments regarding the Javon Belcher incident on the Fox News show The Five . Here's how part of the back and forth went: Perino: "I think it skirts the issue that women are victims of violence all the time..." Co-Host: "They should have guns!" Perino: "Well, maybe, or make better decisions." Again, this was in reference to the tragedy which occurred this past weekend with regard to former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher, who murdered his girlfriend and then shot and killed himself. The co-host's reaction is an all-too common one in conservative circles, I've found. "They should have guns!" According to some of these people, the world would be much safer if EVERYONE was armed. In church, on an airplane, at a bar, in a nursing home, at a nursery, etc. - everyone should have a gun. It's like with fast food. With...