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The Warm and Fuzzy GOP

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Another guest post is by our pal and regular TPC contributor, David Garber:

The Warm and Fuzzy GOP

Health care reform is dead.  Let’s face it.  The Republicans are trying to establish a system to ensure that no taxpayer money goes to pay for health care for people here illegally.

“So let’s solve that — just not treat them,” said a distinguished southern gentleman member of the House.  ”Let ‘em die in the streets for all we care.  They’re illegals.  They’re not our responsibility.”  A House member saying that?  House of Horrors is more like it.

The GOP also stripped the bill of equal protection by removing an amendment to allow for same sex couples to be treated as family.  Another Republican House member said, “Good, we don’t need any more disease than we already got.”  Seems health care is a big GOP issue… even if their take on it is bigoted, crude and senseless.

The Senate Judiciary committee bill is recommending creation of a 13-year path to citizenship for the 11 million people already here illegally.  Another elected Republican said they chose 13 to appease the Jews in the House — jokingly equating it to “a Bar Mitzvah for illegals.”  This quotable soul wasn’t Rep. Cantor, but you get two more guesses.  You can start by saying “Way to go, Mr. ‘Boo-hoo my eyes out’ Boehner.

Wow, that’s some open minded group you’re leading there.  Slamming and slurring immigrants and Jews at the same time is your party’s solution to the problem?

What, not enough time to talk it over but you have enough time to vote to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act on 36 occasions?  Priorities, Mr. Speaker. And I don’t mean priority tee times at the golf course.

Gotta love the Republican leadership — warm and sensitive, like iced sand paper.

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RNC Florida Hispanic Director is Now a Democrat

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This should be top story tomorrow, not all the kvetching about made up scandals. THIS is a true blue disintegration. How Rubio & Cruz justify their membership is beyond me. h/t Taegan.

It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them.

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Although the organization distanced themselves from those assertions, other immigration-related research is still padded with the same racist and eugenics-based innuendo. Some Republican leaders have blandly (if at all) denied and distanced themselves from this but it doesn’t take away from the culture within the ranks of intolerance. The pseudo-apologies appear to be a quick fix to deep-rooted issues in the Republican Party in hopes that it will soon pass and be forgotten.

The complete disregard of those who are in disadvantage is also palpable. We are not looking at an isolated incident of rhetoric or research. Others subscribe to motivating people to action by stating, “In California, a majority of all Hispanic births are illegitimate. That’s a lot of Democratic voters coming.” The discourse that moves the Republican Party is filled with this anti-immigrant movement and overall radicalization that is far removed from reality. Another quick example beyond the immigration debate happened during CPAC this year when a supporter shouted ““For giving him shelter and food for all those years?” while a moderator explained how Frederick Douglass had written a letter to his slave master saying that he forgave him for “all the things you did to me.” I think you get the idea.

MUST-SEE VIDEO: Student protests commencement speaker Sen. Kelly “no interest in true social justice” Ayotte

student Erin Faith Page protests Kelly Ayotte commencement speaker

I’ve always adored children, teens, and twentysomethings. This video exemplifies exactly why I loved teaching so much, why I admire Erin Faith Page more than I can put into words, and why I do not admire the “honored keynote speaker” Sen. Kelly Ayotte in the least, nor the way she personifies the hypocrisy of that Very Serious Outreach Effort (scroll) by the GOP:

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“Bringing someone who is racist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, or openly discriminatory goes against everything that we are taught here at NEC.”

“I will not keep quiet on such an important and personal issue.”

“There are times when I didn’t want to wake up.”

“I hated school. Not because I was dumb, but because I had never been surrounded by a community that believed in me.”

“May 18th will be the second most important day in my life… I get to look into the crowd knowing that in this moment, I am stronger than I ever thought possible.”

“I am confident because I finally believe in myself.”

“Because of my experiences at New England College, I was in absolute shock when the news of Senator Kelly Ayotte being our keynote speaker and recipient of an honorary degree was released. I cannot believe that they would choose someone who was the exact opposite of what I believe our school exemplifies.”

“Why would we align our name with someone who has no interest in true social justice? Senator Kelly Ayotte is an avid anti-gay marriage, anti-same-sex adoption, and anti-choice senator… She has worked hard to create a state where myself and others are not seen through the same lens, and are not worthy of equal treatment under our laws.”

“…I’ve learned how to tell people like her… that they are wrong.”

“This protest is not about Republicans or Democrats. This is about standing up for human rights.”

“I want every person on this planet to know that they are worth something. I want the suicides of our LGBT youth to end. I want sexism to be a story of the past, and I want us all to be equal under our law.”

Via Miscellany: Blue:

Erin Faith Page, a 24-year-old self-identified lesbian, will be the student commencement speaker next week at New England College. She made this video to protest the selection of Sen. Kelly Ayotte to give the keynote address at the graduation ceremony.

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Video- Rep Ellison Fights Back Against Peter King’s Call For Religious Profiling

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Video- Bill Cunningham Revives “Hussein” Fixation, Says Obama’s “Middle Name Is A Clue” For His Stance On Terrorism

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Founder of anti-immigrant group mocks day laborers: “I’m available! I’m cheeap!”

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Roy Beck is the founder of anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA, a guy who would like nothing more than to bring immigration to pre-1965 levels. He did his best John McCain “making the media rounds” impression by appearing on 10 radio stations to make his small-minded case.

And how did he do that? By comparing the vile work he’s doing on his nasty little anti-immigration mission to the real work immigrant day laborers do. Because, you know, they’re so analogous.

Here’s what Beck (a common name among GOPutzes) said to the National Journal while saturating the air waves during his media blitz:

“It’s a little bit like being at a day labor site,” he said, describing the event.

“Or like speed dating?” I asked.

“It is like speed dating, that’s true,” he said. “But it is like a day labor site, you’re just there. The little pickup truck drives by. Drives real slowly. And I go, ‘I’m available! I’m cheeep!‘”

No bigotry or stereotyping there. I wonder who mows his lawn or cleans his toilet for him.

As Think Progress notes:

NumbersUSA has been responsible for some of the most virulent anti-immigrant tactics, including claiming that Americans’ quality of life was ruined by immigrants. The group has also made concerted efforts to try to drive a wedge between African-Americans and immigrants.

And to think that in one day, listeners were exposed to this jerk’s toxic message on nearly a dozen radio shows.

So GOP, how’s that reachy-outy, makeovery, reinventiony thing workin’ for ya?

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Video- Fox Host Brian Kilmeade Asks Why Racial Profiling Isn’t Used To Prevent Terrorism

As if it isn’t. Via.