The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Sometimes, Republicans just don't know which fights to pick, do they? Like with trying to repeal Obamacare 37 times and failing all thirty-seven of those times, Kansas Representative and man voted most likely to be the hybrid of a tramp and a KKK member - Tim Huelskamp - said this in response to the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling yesterday: "My response to this will be later this week to file a federal marriage amendment." Recent CNN and Gallup polls have shown that a majority of Americans believe that gay marriages should be recognized by federal law (55% in the CNN poll and 53% in the Gallup poll), yet what did Mr. Huelskamp have to say about this? "A majority of Americans don't like President Obama as president, but he's still the president. What did not happen is what the court and then the folks pushing for [DOMA repeal] hoped would happen: that it would end the debate. The debate is not over." At this current time, 46.4% of Americans appro...

If at first you don't succeed, try 35 more times without success, and then try again. That has been the Republican mindset in the House of Representatives regarding Obamacare. Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House voted to repeal Obamacare for the 37th time. Considering Democrats control the Senate by a 55-45 margin and the president is a Democrat who signed the bill into law, there's less chance for the bill to be repealed prior to 2016 than there is of a marijuana smoker saying he felt a sudden burst of energy after smoking a bong while listening to the Grateful Dead.  So why on earth did Republicans feel the need to vote for a 37th repeal of the healthcare reform law? House Speaker John Boehner answered that question as follows: "We've got 70 new members who have not had the opportunity to vote on the president's health care law. Frankly, they've been asking for an opportunity to vote on it, and we're going to give it to them." Well, ...