The real shame behind the entire Senator Craig issue is how acceptable it still is to gay bash.  The Moral Majority, the Christian Coalition and other conservative pundits are all over the talking heads shows calling Senator Craig’s actions, “a moral failing”.

Mind you they aren’t talking about having sex in public, nope.  They are talking about being gay.  As the newest graduating class of Liberty University takes to the streets looking for jobs specifically designed to strips gays and lesbians of the civil rights (oddly enough in the name of upholding the civil rights of Christians), let’s all take a moment to reflect upon the coverage of the Craig scandal.  

The left is attacking him for being 99.44% pure hypocrite – and they are correct.  Craig is fighting what he considers moral demons to play at a pretend straight marriage.  And that would be fine in and of itself; but, he took it too far, he actually attempted to screw other gay people over with laws designed to strip them of the very rights afforded to every citizen in the US Constitution.

Being a hypocrite is harding BREAKING NEWS these days and the more concerning issue is the way the right is attacking Craig.  They are pure and simply gay bashing.  Questioning his morality not because he was a naughty boy in a public place, but because he is gay. 

The question as to if the Conservative Right Wing of American politics has any scruples has long ago been answered in the negative.  This for them is, however, a new low.

Florida?  They seriously want to piss off Floridians?  The DNC has said that Florida can have no delegates to the 2008 Democratic convention unless the duly elected legislature of the state of Florida moves it Primary to February 5.

Let’s think about this for a moment.  Exactly why would the Republican controlled legislature in Tallahassee want to do anything to appease the DNC?  After all, who will the voters blame if they get no representation at the Convention – the Democrats or the State House? 

Then, come November, Florida’s electorate (still annoyed at the Democrats for shunning them) will head to the polls to vote for President.  Why exactly should they vote for anyone with a (D) after their name if the (D) party doesn’t want their participation at the convention?

The DNC is actually trying to lose the White House in ‘08 by irritating the State that they lost by only 500 votes in 2000, and that is just plain dumb.

The DNC needs to suck it up and re-vote to allow Florida and any other state to hold their election whenever the people of that state want to hold their election.  If that calendar doesn’t fit into the schedule of New Hampshire, Iowa or the DNC then too bad!  But, Florida’s voters will not forgive the DNC if the Democratic Party is stupid enough to allow themselves to be manipulated by the Republican controlled Florida State House.

Former Speaker Hastert will be the first of many members of Congress with an R after their names to step down and leave the governing to others.  Why?  Because it’s simply not as much fun to be in the minority as it is to be in the Majority.

Republican’s treated the Democrats like dirt for twelve long evil years while they were in the Majority, and now they whine and complain that the Democrats are treating them about 50% as badly.

Look for many more Republicans to simply not run for reelection.  This “minority effect” will sweep an even larger Democratic majority into the House and Senate in 2008.

There is no such thing as a free lunch an somebody has to pay for bridges, roads, policemen, garbage pickup, parks, street sweeping, firefighters, 911 and ambulances.  Yes, everyone wants lower taxes, but not at the cost of bridges falling down or water mains creating house eating sink holes.

Have our Federal, State and Local governments become like most publicly held companies?  Only concerned with the current quarters profits and not concerned with the future strength or weakness of the enterprise?

It is imperative for national and local security that our roads are in good repair, that our water and gas mains stay intact and that our general welfare be maintained.  If our current crop of elected officials do not have the balls to raise taxes and secure our greater good, then we as a society need to throw the bums out and elect a new crop.

Yes, everyone enjoys lower taxes.  But those people on that bridge in Minnesota most likely wish they’d paid that little bit of gas tax instead of falling into the Mississippi river.

Ok, now it’s clear.  O’Reilly hates the Daily Kos site because it free.  It wasn’t clear at first exactly what Bill was whining about this time, but now it makes since.  O’Reilly is attempting to get Internet users to pay nearly fifty bucks a year to subscribe to his website; while, The Daily Kos site is 100% free.

If you can’t find what floats your boat at The Daily Kos website, then try Politico or Topix, both totally cost free.

What on earth makes Mr. No Spin think his site is worth so much that he can charge for so called premium features?  Features such as just listening to the radio show anyone can capture off the air for free!
 
It was always evident that Bill had a screw loose, now we all know the loose screw was in his wallet.  Geez.

The Democratic candidates who are refusing to participate in the Fox News Debate are wrong.  As well, the Republicans refusing to participate in the YouTube.com debate are also wrong.  Since when should a candidate refuse to answer questions from voters?

OK, so the first YouTube/CNN debate was sometimes on the silly side and maybe snowmen should be disqualified from asking questions in the future.  However, at least one debate should have all the questions come from real people and not from the talking heads from Cable or Broadcast TV.

If Mitt Romney can’t handle a snowman asking him questions, how does he propose to handle Osama Bin Landen?

Shame on the Republican candidates for thinking they are too good to have a voter ask a question directly.  Format be dammed, a voter’s question is a voter’s question and deserves an answer.

Weren’t the Republicans the ones who wanted a government that taxed its people fairly, and weren’t the Democrats the one in favor of gay rights – what happened to that?

Gay couples are expected to pay the exact same income and property taxes that everyone else pays.  However, there is no box on the tax form that says, ” Check here for a 20% discount if you can’t use all the services provided by your government”.

Gay couples still pay school taxes in states where they are not allowed to adopt children.  Gay Couples still pay social security taxes to a system that allows non-working married couples to extend benefits to their spouses while gay couples pay exactly (if not more) and are denied that benefit.

Gay couples pay state taxes to support a civil court system that would protect a relatives right to sue for wrongful death or injury of a spouse.  Gay couples still get to pay state taxes, but are in most cases denied access to the courthouse.