6:50 of Bull

I mean Bill.

(trigger warning: extreme ignorance and belligerence ahead. video and comments.)



One more thing: I caught most of the debate last night. On the radio, on my way home from work, starting at 9:40. The rest on the radio at home, along with the after-programming on NPR. I fiddled with some crosswords as I listened (a book of Saturday Stumpers) and only yelled at the radio a couple of times. Most vociferously and repeatedly at Sarah Palin's assertions of Republican, conservative "tolerance."

For me, it took a particularly patronizing tone: yeah, we'll put up with you gay people wanting "rights." We'll throw you the "civil union" bone that makes no waves. We'll look the other way as Florida allows gays to adopt, as long as it's a case by case basis. (Yeah. I know. The Official Dem Position is little better, but it is better. And I do believe it's an ugly compromise that they're making for this election. I'll take this poison with a spoonful of sugar with the belief that, in a few years, there will be enough of a ground swell for outspoken support for all Americans - even if there are still slurs spoken in America's private parlors. The bigots may not be routed, but we can make them scared of daylight.)

And, Ladies. Ladies. We're not going to throw you in jail for having (or trying to have) an abortion. Even if you've been raped (and *cough* white), there are lots of nice (*cough* white) families out there to adopt your bastard child. Don't even think of Plan B (see clip above). Plan A's the only one you need. Not Abortion, though. Oh no. Not that. Adoption. Or you can take the Hester Prynne path.

Yes. I know. I'm being inflammatory. But isn't she? Who is she to speak of tolerance? And f*ck this speaking shit. If you're gonna talk the talk, walk the walk. I'm sick of all this half-stepping.

If you missed the debate, TPM has the greatest hits (and misses):



And, for a bit of inspiration, a few words from Lillian (H/t Pam's House Blend):



Additional nods of the cap to Talking Points Memo and Shakesville.