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You knew it was coming....

Rick Perry announces presidential bid, joining crowded GOP field

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry made it official on Thursday,
joining the already-crowded field of candidates for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.


Perry, whose infamous “Oops” moment during the last GOP primary derailed
what had been a promising start to his 2012 campaign, announced his latest bid
at a rally inside a hot airplane hanger north of Dallas.

Below is the % of GOP's that will vote for Rick.
But, more GOP's will either not vote for any of these, or not vote at all

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One could take the high road:

The Roberts Supreme Court is on a roll.
Gay marriage, national health care and a surprising vote of support for the Fair Housing Act,
all in a couple of days.

Or one could take the low:

Hug a bigot today, they’re having a bad week

But the GOP is tunneling into it’s own morass

Supremes Hit a High Note
NY Times - Gail Collins - June 26,2015

“The Supreme Court just upheld Obamacare yet again,” said Jeb Bush in a fund-raising shout-out.
“This is the direct result of President Obama.
He deliberately forced Obamacare on the American people in a partisan and toxic way.”

Whoever actually wrote Bush’s email did a brilliant job since it,
a) manages to blame Barack Obama for a Supreme Court dominated by Republican appointees, and
b) does sort of sound like the way Jeb Bush talks.
...
Once again, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee led the field in howling,
demanding that the people “resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.”
Once again we will contemplate the fact that Huckabee used to be known as the tenderhearted Republican.

Donald Trump blamed Jeb Bush for the court’s gay rights decision,
which is even more creative than Jeb Bush blaming Barack Obama for the one on health care.
...
“The only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment
to the U.S. Constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage,”
said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

...<snip>

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This man is planning to be the GOP nominee for President of the United States.

Bobby Jindal administration says Louisiana won't recognize gay marriage yet.
The Times Picayune - Julia O'Donoghue - June 26, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration says gay marriage will currently not be offered or recognized in Louisiana,
but his staff acknowledged it's likely coming.
…
Local court clerks issue licenses in the other 63 parishes, but the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association
and Attorney General Buddy Caldwell both advised them Friday to wait 25 days
to begin issuing licenses to same-sex couples.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu criticized Jindal and Caldwell after couples were denied licenses in New Orleans.
"We are a nation of laws, and Louisiana is no exception.
The State has no legal authority to delay issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples even a moment longer,"
Landrieu said in a written statement.

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Bobby Jindal: ‘Let’s just get rid of the court’
MSNBC - Adam Howard - 6/27/15

In the wake of Friday’s historic Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality,
Republicans did not hold back their rage
– but few politicians went as far as 2016 candidate Gov. Bobby Jindal.

The Louisiana Republican, who launched a longshot bid for the presidency last week,
suggested that the 5-4 ruling, which made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation,
was cause for disbanding the entire Supreme Court.

Although several other 2016 GOP candidates came out in opposition to the decision,
with a few even suggesting the need for a Constitutional Amendment to overturn it,
they all stopped short of advocating for what amounts to an undemocratic insurrection.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Jindal was, is and always will be an asshole. The only reason he's running for the nomination is to increase his public speaking fee.
There's no way the money behind the party would let him be a contender. They just let him run to make the guys they want look less bad.

But to be fair, he's probably surrounded himself with yes men who are telling him half the country agrees with him, so I guess he's stupid too.
Next he'll want to punish those straight parents who produce gay babies.

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GOP Senator Ted Cruz can't help himself.




He's broken a taboo of the Senate, by calling the Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell, a LIAR !

And now his fellow GOP Senators are asking one another:
Where is Joseph Welch when you need him ?

Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
Have you left no sense of decency?

[xoxoxoBruce]

You mean the GOP Senators are just finding out what everybody else already knew?

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If you can't trust a GOP legislator, who can you trust ?

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress
has endeavored to consolidate power and centralize decision-making, bypassing the majority
of the 435 Members of Congress and the people they represent;

Whereas the Speaker has, through inaction, caused the power of Congress to atrophy,
thereby making Congress subservient to the Executive and Judicial branches,
diminishing the voice of the American People;

Whereas the Speaker uses the power of the office to punish Members who
vote according to their conscience instead of the will of the Speaker;

Whereas the Speaker has intentionally provided for voice votes on consequential and
controversial legislation to be taken without notice and with few Members present;

Whereas the Speaker uses the legislative calendar to create crises for the American People,
in order to compel Members to vote for legislation;

Whereas the Speaker does not comply with the spirit of the rules of the House of Representatives,
which provide that Members shall have three days to review legislation before voting;

Whereas the Speaker continues to direct the Rules Committee to limit meaningful amendments,
to limit debate on the House floor, and to subvert a straightforward legislative process; and

Whereas the House of Representatives, to function effectively in the service of all citizens of this country,
requires the service of a Speaker who will endeavor to follow an orderly and inclusive process
without imposing his or her will upon any Member thereof:

Now, therefore, be it Resolved,
That the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives is hereby declared to be vacant.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.)
Former Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee

[tw]

Why would anyone waste a minute of their life watching so many irrelevant people? Ignore them all. Only look in January 2016 to learn who even has any relevance on this planet.

Meanwhile another did something actually newsworthy today. A Cincinnati prosecutor, known to be very cop friendly, indicted a white cop for assassinating a black man. He was blunt - that cop should have never been a cop. Even the cop’s camera contradicted what the cop said occurred.

If a cop carrying a camera lies, what does that say about extremists who gain power by inflating reality?

Let political nature kill off the ignorant and naive. What will be left after January is then examined. Any discussion about people who cannot help lying is simply a waste of bandwidth and brain matter.