Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: Rep. Joe Walsh

U.S. Congressman, Tea Party-Republican and deadbeat dad famewhore-freshman Liar, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill) to President Obama in Walsh’s now viral video, emphasis mine:

“President Obama, quit lying. Have you no shame, sir? In three short years, you’ve bankrupted this country.”

“I won’t place one more dollar of debt upon the backs of my kids and grandkids unless we structurally reform the way this town spends money.”

Rep. Walsh to his ex-wife’s lawyer who asked the judge to suspend Walsh’s  drivers license until Walsh-the-deadbeat-dad pays $100,000+(for his 3 children) in back child support:

“Have you no decency?”

Seriously. You can not make this stuff up.

Quote of the Day

Paul Krugman wonders if democracy can survive in the U.S.:

“What Republicans have just gotten away with calls our whole system of government into question. After all, how can American democracy work if whichever party is most prepared to be ruthless, to threaten the nation’s economic security, gets to dictate policy? And the answer is, maybe it can’t.”

Yet they have the nerve to go after Rep. Weiner

This - “Ohio Congressman Is Convicted in Sex Case, but Aide Says He'll Run for Re-election”, emphasis mine:

E. Lukens, Republican of Ohio, was convicted today in a case in which prosecutors said he had sex with a 16-year-old girl.

A jury deliberated for one and a half hours before finding him guilty of contributing to the delinquency and unruliness of a minor at his apartment in Columbus on Nov. 6. The offense, a misdemeanor, carries a maximum sentence of 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. He will be sentenced after a presentencing investigation.