Do We Have A 'Silly Shit Politicians Say' Thread? If Not, Here We Are

[zoobernut]

Lol. Freshman Republican congressman Vance McAllister from Louisiana caught making out with his staffer on a security cam.

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014...taffer/360293/

Based on the history of these Christian family values Republicans I am surprised that he wasn't caught making out with a male staffer.

[Blubbartron]

I was hoping it was a male as well. Maximum irony.

[Vandole]

local pothead runs for office, loses horribly

[Obiron]

Let's hope this candidate loses just as badly. Seriously, people need to learn what does and does not qualify as "religious freedom".

GOP Candidate Wants To Get Elected To Keep His Daughter From Learning Evolution

[Buffy]

Parents should have the right to educate their children however they want. If this means that they do so more stupidly than the general public, then the consequences will show in the marketplace when the child is unable to get a job or unprepared for the workforce or higher education.

It isn't "religious freedom" if it is only things that society in general agrees with. That's conformity, not freedom.

edit: Although in this specific case, he could have home schooled or enrolled in private school. Public schools can't teach creationism because that is religious indoctrination. I wouldn't want my child learning the Hindu version of how the world was created (not that I have a clue what it is). I can understand why atheist parents don't want creationism taught to their kids.

Besides, if you are so threatened that the public education system is teaching your children more/better than you are, the problem probably isn't with the public school system, it's in your home.

[hey]

Parents should have the right to educate their children however they want. If this means that they do so more stupidly than the general public, then the consequences will show in the marketplace when the child is unable to get a job or unprepared for the workforce or higher education.

It isn't "religious freedom" if it is only things that society in general agrees with. That's conformity, not freedom.

edit: Although in this specific case, he could have home schooled or enrolled in private school. Public schools can't teach creationism because that is religious indoctrination. I wouldn't want my child learning the Hindu version of how the world was created (not that I have a clue what it is). I can understand why atheist parents don't want creationism taught to their kids.

Besides, if you are so threatened that the public education system is teaching your children more/better than you are, the problem probably isn't with the public school system, it's in your home.

No, parents should not have the right to fuck over their children like that. Or the rest of society when they become adults and we have to deal with that shit.

[Jaybar]

They can't be denied a job because they believe in creationism - so no they won't get fucked over. Buffy is right except the marketplace isn't going to ween them out. Maybe if they pursue a high-intelligence/scientific research field there might be a problem with their beliefs in certain circumstances but if they do go that route they have probably been "indoctrinated" to the scientific method by then.

[hey]

Whether or not they can get a job is really completely irrelevant. School is mandatory for a reason. It's not so they can get jobs.

[AoE]

Dude is a GOP candidate which means her intelligence would be largely irrelevant so long as she gets a degree and work daddy's connections.

[Acevalefor]

Although in this specific case, he could have home schooled or enrolled in private school. Public schools can't teach creationism because that is religious indoctrination. I wouldn't want my child learning the Hindu version of how the world was created (not that I have a clue what it is). I can understand why atheist parents don't want creationism taught to their kids.

I may be reading this wrong, but are you against teaching kids about multiple cultural/religious beliefs? If so, that eliminates sociology from their education and puts them in a position where bigotry is more likely to take hold in their thoughts and subsequent actions.
The way I see it is; religious beliefs can be taught on an academic level but never on an indoctrination level. Taking a "religions of the world" class in high school or middle school as an elective should be ok, but taking a "bible study" class or offering a science class on creationism should be obviously prohibited.

[AoE]

I've never had a problem with religious beliefs taught as a philosophy. I also had a spectacular professor, though.

[Buffy]

I may be reading this wrong, but are you against teaching kids about multiple cultural/religious beliefs? If so, that eliminates sociology from their education and puts them in a position where bigotry is more likely to take hold in their thoughts and subsequent actions.
The way I see it is; religious beliefs can be taught on an academic level but never on an indoctrination level. Taking a "religions of the world" class in high school or middle school as an elective should be ok, but taking a "bible study" class or offering a science class on creationism should be obviously prohibited.

I was inferring from the article that since the dude didn't want evolution taught that he, in turn, would want creationism taught. In an earth science type class, creationism isn't appropriate (for a public school). However, should the school offer a religious history class or a philosophy elective class that covers those topics, that's fine.

[Obiron]

So this is where demon babies come from...

Not really a new story, just a re-affirmation that he's still crazy.

Bob Marshall Reiterates Claim That Disabled Children Represent God's 'Vengeance' For Abortion
SUBMITTED BY Brian Tashman on Friday, 4/11/2014 10:20 am

Virginia GOP state delegate and congressional candidate Bob Marshall is standing by his claim that disabled children are God’s punishment for women who have an abortion.

“Nature takes its vengeance on subsequent children,” Marshall said in 2010. “It’s a special punishment, Christians would suggest.”


Yesterday, Marshall insisted that he won’t be backing away from the comment as he campaigns for the House, and is similarly defending his suggestions that Justice Anthony Kennedy is secretly gay and that abortion should be banned in cases of incest because it could be “voluntary.”

Delegate Robert G. Marshall has said that disabled children can be God’s vengeance against women who have had abortions. He has described incest as sometimes voluntary, and he has questioned the sexuality of a Supreme Court justice who has favored marriage equality.

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“For all I know, Kennedy’s a homosexual,” he said. “You can’t be doing some of these things without this kind of conclusion.”

Like many of his other comments, Mr. Marshall stands by it.

“Clearly, some of the people who are making these decisions must be rationalizing their own bad behavior,” he said Thursday.

In 2010, at an event calling for an end to state funding for Planned Parenthood, Mr. Marshall suggested that women who have abortions are more likely to face “vengeance” from “nature” in children with a greater likelihood of having developmental disabilities.

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion who have handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the firstborn of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” Mr. Marshall said.

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The author of a 1989 Boston Globe column asked him about his opposition to all abortion — even in cases of rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother. Mr. Marshall, then the research director for the American Life League, posed a baffling question of his own in response.

“What if incest is voluntary?” Mr. Marshall said. “Sometimes it is.”

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Mr. Marshall has repeatedly introduced “personhood” bills to secure civil and legal rights for the unborn from the moment of conception. In 2012, he also introduced a measure that would require women to undergo ultrasounds before having abortions. The legislative effort created headaches for Gov. Bob McDonnell, who ultimately requested an amendment to water down the bill after the news went national and the state became the butt of jokes for late-night comedians.

[quannum]

why would nature take revenge for an abortion? oh wait, he meant his celestial darth vader.

[Blubbartron]

So this is where demon babies come from...

Not really a new story, just a re-affirmation that he's still crazy.

Sure, sometimes incest is voluntary, but jesus fucking christ this guy is off the deep end. Is this what we have to look forward to in the next couple decades? Republicans doubling down on religion as some kind of bizarre death rattle?

[BaneTheBrawler]

only until the Worst Generation dies off. Then it'll be hashtags and selfies.

[Buffy]

The retarded things we Christians say is really amazing.

Someone should tell him to read Matthew 5:45 again.

[ringthree]

why would nature take revenge for an abortion? oh wait, he meant his celestial darth vader.

Christians claim that their god is love, but they always bust out the angry Jewish god when they want to tell someone else what to do. To which I say, fuck off, get your own fucking religion. We did angry god first and better. The New Testament is a bad sequel. Jesus is basically Jar-jar Binks.

[Stumblingdrunk]

The retarded things we Christians say is really amazing.

Someone should tell him to read Matthew 5:45 again.

Or someone could do him a bigger favor and tell him that reading the Bible is an entirely pointless endeavor

[Stumblingdrunk]

Someone should tell him to read Matthew 5:45 again.

Alternatively you could also file this under retarded things Christians say