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Because Clearly There Is Nothing More Important To Talk About…

Published by Mockarena on July 9, 2010 in General Political Mockery. 18 Comments Tags: , , , .

…let’s discuss Rep. Aaron Schock’s sexuality! Whoo hoo!

You guys remember when Daisy posted that totally hot picture of Aaron Schock over a year ago? And we all swooned? And since then we’ve posted stories about him here, and here because he’s not only a total cutie but he’s also a conservative. ANYWAY, there was all sorts of media attention on him after the bathing suit picture came out, but apparently there’s a new photo making the rounds now. It’s a photo of Aaron at a White House picnic. And it’s calling into question Aaron’s sexual preference, because OBVIOUSLY nothing is more important than whether or not he’s gay. You know.

Now, I’ll just go on the record right now and tell you that after seeing the photo, I’m convinced that Aaron Schock is either a) totally and completely gay or b) unbelievably secure with his masculinity. It’s a rare straight man who can pull off a turquoise belt with white jeans. I’m just sayin’.

Aaron was asked about this particular fashion choice, and he said, “Obviously, it was what I thought was a sporty outfit. It was probably a little too bright, in retrospect.” Sporty, he says. And a little too bright. Wow.

He tweeted about the backlash as well, saying, “Never thought a pic of me w/ my shirt on would go viral. Learned my lesson and burned the belt.”

An article at Salon.com accuses Aaron of being super homophobic, without giving any solid examples of said homophobia. Aaron has gone on record several times denying that he’s homosexual. The point I’m trying to make here, readers, is that Aaron’s gayness, or lack thereof, is apparently a HUGE DEAL.

Personally, I kinda hope he’s gay. I like gay Republicans. But I’ll be really mad at him if he is vocally anti-gay, and then is caught in a precariously gay position at some point in the future. If he’s gay, he just needs to be gay already so that everyone can stop talking about it. Including me. :)

UPDATE: If you’d like to participate in the gay poll, click here. :)

ATTENTION TOWNSPEOPLE: I Am Going To Defend Evan Bayh (D-IN) About Something

Published by Mockarena on May 22, 2010 in Really?. 11 Comments Tags: , , , .

According to this, Sen. Evan Bayh was at some Democratic function last week, and he told the story about an encounter he had in an airport. The story went like this – Bayh was walking through an airport when a man ran up to him excitedly and says, “Senator Bayh! Senator Bayh! Do you have aids?” And Bayh said he was dumbfounded by this, not knowing what to say, and then the man said, “I’ve got a letter I want to give you, do you have someone I can hand this to? Do you have an aide with you?”

And now, there are all sorts of gay websites on which Bayh is being criticized for being insensitive by joking about such a serious disease. The Bilerico Project, the self-proclaimed largest gay group blog, reported that some Democrats walked out of the function they were so offended.

REALLY?!?!!?

I submit to you that if you are a gay person, and some stupid harmless story like that offends you, you need to check into some skin-thickening products, asap.

Bayh rushed to apologize – in fact, he apologized right after his presentation – saying that it was a misunderstanding and then basically falling all over himself to say how much he supported funding for AIDS programs. “I’ve been for all sorts of things in terms of equality and lifestyle and that sort of thing. I’m sorry they took offense to that. It was certainly not intended,” he said.

But the Bilerico folks weren’t satisfied. One commenter said, “Over the years AIDS has cost us so many of our loved ones that to stoop to use it as grist for a lame throwaway joke by a white, privileged (deleted) like Evan Bayh is simply beyond tasteless.”

First of all, what in the world does Bayh’s race have to do with anything? Second of all, gay people at Bilerico, you need to CALM THE FREAK DOWN. The story Bayh told was so stupid, that it was almost certainly true – because why would he bother to make up something that stupid? So give him some freaking credit, you overreacting gay people.

It’s not often that I’ll come to the defense of Evan Bayh, but come ON. He didn’t mean anything by this – he was simply telling a story of what happened to him in an airport. The only thing he’s guilty of, in this instance, is thinking that his story was funny when it just really wasn’t. But offensive? Not hardly.

Good grief. Don’t people tire of being offended all the time?

The PC Police Strike Again

Published by Mockarena on May 12, 2010 in Really?. 17 Comments Tags: , , , .

According to this, the Wall Street Journal caught some heat for running the above photo of Elena Kagan. Apparently, critics believe that the intention was to imply that Kagan is gay.

Yes. Let’s just all make a note of that. If you run a photo of a woman playing softball, you are saying she’s gay.

The WSJ denies the allegation, obviously, because it’s stupid (the allegation, that is. Not the WSJ.) But people are still bristling. “It clearly is an allusion to her being gay. It’s just too easy a punch line,” said a former spokesperson for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “The question from a journalistic perspective is whether it’s a descriptive representation of who she might be as a judge. Have you ever seen a picture of Clarence Thomas bowling?”

Wait. I have to admit ignorance on this. Would a picture of Clarence Thomas bowling mean he’s gay?

The White House has apparently denied that Kagan is gay, according to the source link. I wasn’t aware that people even cared enough about this to ask the question.

The communications director for the National Stonewall Democrats said, “I think it’s strange that you’d go back 17 years to dig up a photo of someone who’s one of the most photographed women in the world today.” That made me giggle. “Most photographed women in the world today??” Riiight. There’s Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, and Elena Kagan. Head to head in the “most photographed women in the world” contest. Personally, I hadn’t ever seen a photo of Kagan until last week, but maybe I’m just out of touch.

And there was more grumbling. A Dallas Voice writer said, “Personally I think the newspaper, which happens to have the largest circulation of any in the U.S., might as well have gone with a headline that said, ‘Lesbian or switch-hitter?’”

But out of all the comebacks in the history of comebacks, the one given by a WSJ spokesperson could be my new favorite: “If you turn the photo upside down, reverse the pixilation and simultaneously listen to Abbey Road backwards, while reading Roland Barthes, you will indeed find a very subtle hidden message.”

Ohhh, BURN.

And lest you think the gay/lesbian community is all up in arms over this, there was a voice of reason from a founder of the conservative gay group GOProud, who said, “I fully expect the White House to push back and claim Kagan never played softball and that it’s a smear to insinuate she did.” Leave it to a conservative to demonstrate some common sense and a sense of humor about this. :)

Moron Of The Day

Published by Daisy on February 20, 2010 in General Political Mockery. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

I only had to listen to about a minute of this video to realize that I don’t like this dude. And, for all you liberals out there who think that we’re not equal-opportunity snarky, this dude is a “conservative.” Well, I don’t care what his name is or what group he represents or whether he’s conservative, liberal, progressive, or just plain wacko. I just want to punch him in the face based solely on the fact that he’s spewing his disdain for gay representation at CPAC. Really, dude? Really?

I have a couple of male gay friends who are staunch conservatives – they both voted for McCain in the last election, actually. And yep. They’re gay. I know – crazy, right? Gay people who are conservative and vote Republican. The horror. I know this may come as a shock to some, but gay conservatives exist, people. And, to attempt to squelch them really, really irritates me. I always hate it when smart people are squelched. :-)

So, yeah….this guy officially irritates the crap out of me. And, therefore, he gets my official title of Moron of the Day.

Enjoy the ignorance. DEFINITELY not conservative makeover material.

How In The Holy Hell Did Kevin Jennings Get To Be Safe Schools Czar?

Published by Daisy on December 9, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 9 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

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Kevin Jennings, Obama’s stellar pick for Safe Schools Czar, is plain out wack. He’s had a lovely little history leading up to his appointment by the almighty Obamamessiah. Here are all the “gates” associated with this guy:

• “Brewstergate” — the case of a young student, “Brewster,” whom Jennings knew was having sex with an older man he’d met in a bus station restroom.

• “Fistgate” — the case in which Massachusetts public school educators sponsored by GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network — founded and run by Kevin Jennings) instructed children as young as 12 years old on explicit homosexual practices, including such dangerous practices as “fisting.”

• “NAMBLAgate” — Jennings has repeatedly expressed admiration for the late Harry Hay, a member of the Communist Party and one of the most militant homosexuals of the past century. Hay was an icon and sort of “senior statesman” in NAMBLA, the North American Man-Boy Love Association, the militant pederast group.

• “QueerSchoolsgate” — Jennings wrote the foreword to Queering Elementary Education and has admitted that he developed the “anti-bullying” label as a way to present the pro-homosexual agenda as a “safety” issue; Jennings’ GLSEN brigades have subjected millions of school children to forced “queering” sessions through various GLSEN-sponsored programs.

• “Act-Upgate” — Jennings is a longtime activist in the militant homosexual group Act-Up, which broke many laws, invaded churches, and physically assaulted clergymen and Christian worshipers. Jennings is notorious for viciously smearing, sometimes in very foul language (both in his writings and speeches) Christians who disapprove of homosexual behavior. He also advocates censoring former homosexuals who warn youngsters against the “gay” lifestyle.

• “Drug-gate” — Jennings, who runs the federal Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, has written rather ambiguously about his own drug and alcohol abuse — expressing no regrets and even romanticizing it — leaving open to question whether he is encouraging or discouraging drug use among our youth.

And before you go and start lecturing me about gay rights, this isn’t about being gay. Or straight. Or bisexual, transsexual, asexual, or however and whatever sexual you choose to be. Seriously, I don’t give two craps who you decide to sleep with. I’ll stand by my belief that one’s sexual orientation is not anyone else’s business, nor is it a big deal, really, as long as the partners are consenting freakin’ ADULTS. This is about sex getting injected into the public school system by a dude who believes that having sex with young boys - 18-month olds, even – is an O.K. thing? This is about appointing a Safe Schools Czar that is giving out books to 12-year olds on how to “fist” and pee on one’s sexual partner. This is about appointing a Safe Schools Czar that doesn’t take an anti-drug stance at all. This is about appointing a Safe Schools Czar that hasn’t and won’t do jack squat to actually make kids, um, SAFE. And, that’s when I start asking, WHAT IN THE HOLY HELL was Obama thinking?

Yeah. Once again, he wasn’t. Shocker.

It’s Official. Gay People Are More Valuable Than Straight People.

Published by Mockarena on October 30, 2009 in Really? and You Know What I Hate?. 6 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

So remember that video I showed you a few weeks back of Mike Pence criticizing the hate crime legislation that was attached to a defense spending bill? Well, here’s a great write-up about what a huge pile of crap that is, and how inappropriate it was for Democrats to include it in a bill meant for our military.

Obama signed the bill this past Wednesday, you guys. It’s a done deal. Gay and transgendered people are now a specially protected class, which allows the Justice Dept to prosecute any violence against them based on their gayness or transgenderedness. If you’re straight and viciously attacked? Same old same old. But if you’re gay or transgendered, then you’re apparently extra important and warrant extra super double secret prosecution of your attacker.
 
The Family Research Council President, Tony Perkins summarized it well (bolding is mine): “Today, President Obama signed into law the so-called ‘hate crimes’ bill which violates the principle of equal justice under the law and threatens to infringe on the free speech rights of the American people. All violent crimes are hate crimes, and every victim is equally important. President Obama’s decision today fails to recognize that all of our citizens deserve equal justice under the law.” 

The law itself is incredibly offensive, but made even MORE offensive by the fact that it was slipped into a defense authorization bill.  Pence said, “Today, the president of the United States put his liberal social priorities ahead of an unambiguous affirmation of our men and women in uniform. Every day, our armed forces stand in defense of freedom and our cherished way of life. It is deeply offensive to their service and to millions of Americans to pile so-called ‘hate crimes’ legislation onto a bill that authorizes critical resources for our troops. Hate crimes legislation is antithetical to the First Amendment, unnecessary and will have a chilling effect on religious freedom.” 

Perkins described the bill as a slap in the face to servicepeople, because it forced Congress to choose between EITHER expanding hate crime legislation OR making our military go without needed supplies. And Democrats take no issue with that. They don’t see how absolutely despicable that idea is. It’s outrageous.
 
Ironically, the statement from the Human Rights Campaign president, Joe Solmonese, was as follows: “Today’s signing of the first major piece of civil rights legislation to protect LGBT Americans represents a historic milestone in the inevitable march towards equality.” Um, no, Joe, it doesn’t. It represents LGBT Americans being provided with special treatment. Special treatment does not equal “equality.”
 
I guess there’s truth to that whole, “Everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others” concept.

Another Stellar Czar Appointment

Published by Daisy on October 1, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” is unfit for the job. Well, at least many think so. And, I tend to agree. Actually, I don’t know why in the hell we need a Czar for safe schools to begin with, but that’s neither here nor there. I’m still waiting to be appointed Czar of Stilettos, so what do I know?

He wrote a book that included a story from when he was a high school teacher. Here are some exerpts from that book:

“Discussing his high school years in Hawaii in the early 1980s, Jennings wrote, I got stoned more often and went out to the beach at Bellows, overlooking Honolulu Harbor and the lights of the city, to drink with my buddies on Friday and Saturday nights, spending hours watching the planes take off and land at the airport, which is actually quite fascinating when you are drunk and stoned.”

And then there were his conversations with a gay student (he calls “Robertson” in the book), who had a relationship with an older man (which was considered statutory rape). Instead of seeing the potential for this kid to be in an UNSAFE situation, he basically told the kid to make sure he was wearing a condom. He wrote, “As the fall wore on, Robertson continued to drop by my office to chat, often updating me on his latest ‘adventures.’ Sometimes these startled me, and I began to underline the importance of safe sex to him. One day he snapped back, ‘Why should I use a condom? My life isn’t worth saving anyway.’”

Yesterday, he was quoted as saying, “Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities.”

Gee…you THINK? Maybe?

Here’s a video of him talking about this kid and some other stuff:

NOW he’s saying he’s sorry for handling the situation in that way, but weirdly enough, he’s talked about it openly and without remorse as recent as last year. So, the whole “I’m sorry the way I handled it” thing? Yeah. I’m going on a limb here, but I’m guessing that it’s just because people are calling him out on it now. Go figure.

Yet another bang-up and completely-void-of-the-vetting-process Czar appointment. I’m so disillusioned by the Czar thing at this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Obama appoint Courtney Love as the Anti-Drug Czar.

This Republican Needs To Go Away

Published by Daisy on September 22, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Senator Tom Coburn’s (OK) Chief of Staff, Michael Schwartz, may want to spend more time actually being Chief of Staff and less time trying to be an armchair psychologist.

In this article, our lovely little “conservative” activist, claims that “homosexuality is wrong because most 10-year-old boys have an innate hatred for it.” (A lot of 10-year old boys hate girls, too, but I guess that’s neither here nor there.) He then talked about the “evils of pornography, echoing a friend who once told him that all porn was gay porn because it turned men inwards.”

Um, alrighty then.

And, then his piehole didn’t shut at that point, but continued to spew nonsense when he said, “And if you tell an 11-year-old boy about that, do you think he’s going to want to get a copy of Playboy? I’m pretty sure he’ll lose interest. That’s the last thing he wants! You know, that’s a good comment, it’s a good point, and it’s a good thing to teach young people.”

A good thing to teach young people? Holy crazy.

In my own personal experience with gay friends and family members, these people were all gay when they came out of the womb. The whole notion of trying to steer someone into a life of straightness is ridiculous, antiquated, and just plain ignorant. This is the kind of dude that made Mock and I look at each other at lunch one day and say, “You know? Not all of us conservatives are old white dudes in stuffy suits. We should start a blog to convey that.” In fact, SOME conservatives out there – dare I say it – are GAY. (GASP!)

You know how we talk about conservatism needing a makeover? Well, this guy is a perfect example of why we need that in our party. How about knocking off the amateur psychology crap and doing your freakin’ job, Mr. Schwartz? Perhaps sticking to creating responsible fiscal policy or something useful like that. There’s a thought.

So, there you go, liberals. An early Christmas present. You can thank me later.

According to Obama, Gay People Hold Greater Importance Than Martin Luther King, Jr.

Published by Daisy on June 11, 2009 in Really?. 32 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

So, a clever and competent reader forwarded us a note to let us know that the White House just came out (no pun intended) with this press release on June 1 that proclaims June 2009 the first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.

Now before you go all crazy-liberal on me, lefties, I like gay people.  I think gay people should be able to have civil unions with rights like married couples.  I have gay relatives who I love.  I have gay friends who I love just as much as my gay relatives.  And moreover, before Mr. Daisy and I were married, we actually lived “in sin” for a while and went through the proper channels to become a domestic partnership, enjoying the fruits of our own “civil union.”  I don’t give two craps what YOU do in the privacy of your bedroom or whom or what you choose to love.  So there’s my preamble.

I have an issue here.  And my issue is the month thing.  Why is it that Martin Luther King, Jr. only gets a day?  Why do veterans, who were wounded and/or lost their freakin’ lives – only get one day?   I don’t get that.

I’m a woman – I still make 80 cents to a man’s dollar.  Where’s my friggin day?  Let alone a month?  I’m just sayin…

I appreciate Obama’s political correctness in all of this, even though I lean towards being anti-politically correct myself.  I appreciate that even though he acts like a hero for hiring gays in his “first 100 days of office” (oooh…someone get him a medal!), I don’t understand why this cause – this sect of our country full of immigrants, minorities, and people who have suffered arguably as much – should get 30 times more recognition than, say, the most notorious leader of the civil rights movement? 

In the last paragraph, Obama writes, “I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.”

That’s a coincidence, seeing as how that’s precisely what Martin Luther King Jr. was trying to do.

But yeah.  He just gets a day.

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