First Family Values

Ken AshfordBush & Co.Leave a Comment

From the NY Post: April 7, 2005 — VIDEOTAPE of Jenna Bush in very high spirits at a bachelorette party is being sold and could end up on national TV by the end of the week. Luckily for Jenna, the cameraman missed "the high point . . . Jenna on all fours doing ‘the butt dance’ — and doing it … Read More

More on the Whining Crybabies

Ken AshfordIraq, Right Wing Punditry/IdiocyLeave a Comment

Yesterday, I blogged about the whining crybabies on the right who are upset because the Pulitizer Prize for cartooning went to someone on the left.  Athenae talks about the other gripe they have, and he is totally correct: Via Atrios: disgusting sons of bitches. Now, the right-wing pajama brigade is in full attack mode against the Pulitzer Prize awarded this … Read More

More on DeLay’s “Family Values”

Ken AshfordRepublicansLeave a Comment

TBogg has the scoop on DeLay’s response: Tom DeLay defends his no-talent daughter and wife and the money that they made: Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, on Wednesday angrily dismissed newspaper accounts that focused on payments to his wife and daughter as well as on additional trips taken by him that have come under scrutiny. In an interview … Read More

Pull The Plug?

Ken AshfordBloggingLeave a Comment

Things are looking bad for BlogsforTerri.com.  Nobody visits the site anymore, as the graphic on the right shows.  Apparently, her insta-celebrity death was overtaken by a real celebrity death thousands of miles away in Vatican City.  So who gives a crap anymore? It has been suggested to the webmaster of the site that he stop providing posts to the website.  … Read More

Schiavo Memo Silliness

Ken AshfordAssisited Suicide/Schiavo, Right Wing Punditry/IdiocyLeave a Comment

Here’s the story, roughly, in a nutshell: March 20:  The Washington Post reports about how the Republicans are using the Schiavo story for political gain, citing a one-page memo obtained by ABC News: An unsigned one-page memo, distributed to Republican senators, said the debate over Schiavo would appeal to the party’s base, or core, supporters. The memo singled out Sen. … Read More

It’s A Wonderful Bush

Ken AshfordBush & Co.Leave a Comment

"A lot of people in America think there is a vault — and banks take the money you deposit then hold it for you until you want it back and then they give it back to you.  But that’s not the way it works. There is no money in the vault, just IOUs that I saw firsthand." – George Bush, … Read More

Sen. Cornyn Licks Up His Own Vomit

Ken AshfordRepublicansLeave a Comment

Texas senator John Cornyn, discussed by me earlier, has decided to "clarify" his remarks. He now says that he doesn’t know of any connection between (1) the recent "spate" of judicial killings and (2) activism on the part of judges. I guess that is because there is no connection, moron.  But the question is… if Senator Cornyn doesn’t know of … Read More

DeLay — Time To Remove The Feeding Tube

Ken AshfordRepublicansLeave a Comment

From the Post … A six-day trip to Moscow in 1997 by then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was underwritten by business interests lobbying in support of the Russian government, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the trip arrangements. DeLay reported that the trip was sponsored by a Washington-based nonprofit organization. But interviews with those involved in planning … Read More

Whining Crybabies

Ken AshfordRepublicansLeave a Comment

I swear.  Everytime conservatives run across criticism directed at them, they come across as a bunch of little baby Nellies.  "It isn’t fair!" they cry.  "They are such meanies!" Check out the latest from Assrocket at Power Line who complains about (*rolls eyes*) how hurtful poltical cartoons are.  John, if drawings like these hurt your widdle fee-wings, then perhaps you … Read More

Why James Dobson Is A Liar And A Demogogue And An Idiot

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

From Media Matters: Reading from a prepared address about judges that he touted as "prophetic", Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson conflated state circuit judges whose decisions he opposed with federal judges in order to rally support for President Bush’s federal bench nominations; misstated the political leanings of several judges in order to support his flawed contention that … Read More

Florida Law and the Right to Kill

Ken AshfordCrimeLeave a Comment

No, not another post about Schiavo.  It’s about this: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – People in Florida will be allowed to kill in self-defense on the street without trying to flee under a new law passed by state politicians on Tuesday that critics say will bring a Wild West mentality and innocent deaths. The Florida House of Representatives, citing the need … Read More