Right Wingers Can’t Accept Responsibility for Their Own Actions

There is a great piece on Op-Ed news by Amy Fried about how Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker appeared on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos and not only defended Mark Sanford, the South Carolina governor who disappeared to Argentina with his mistress, but did what all the crazy Right Wing Nuts seem to do best which is somehow blame it on a Democrat.

Here’s an excerpt:

Noonan attributed any harsh reaction to Sanford’s behavior, to the Clinton era, which “unleashed” a new “devilishness” and “meanness” in the media – get that? It was all Clinton’s fault!

When the issue of hypocrisy came up, Parker would not hear of it: “I don’t think hypocrisy is the big issue for Mark Sanford.” Then she took on a softer look, gushing: “I take the romantic view… he’s truly in love.” What a guy! I guess he couldn’t help himself; it must have been his lover’s fault! How noble! She goes on to say how she remembers how that felt, and that you feel invisible. Conservatives usually blame liberals for focusing too much on feelings – “empathy” becoming a dirty word in Sotomayer’s nomination. Now, the issue is not Sanford’s behavior, but his feelings, being one we all share.

Parker went on: “This is not a bad man,” not “using women and casually discarding them,” or acting as Mark Foley and Larry Craig did. Oh, yes, Kathleen, I’m sure his wife and four sons didn’t feel discarded on Father’s Day weekend.

I pretty certain that taking responsibilities for one’s actions is the noble and respectful thing to do, yet time and time again, those Right Wing Nuts, who just love to point fingers, are taking the actions of GOP members and somehow twisting it to place the blame on someone else.  Have they lost all dignity and self-respect?  First it was Limbaugh’s over-sized, drug using, stupidity blaming President Obama for Sanford’s actions, now it’s these two blaming anyone other than the guy who abandoned his wife and kids on Father’s day for his actions.

Amazing!

The GOP’s Big Problem is GOD

From the Washington Post:

Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.

I’m bathing in holy water as I type.

To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon cometh.

Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth — as long as we’re setting ourselves free — is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.

The choir has become absurdly off-key, and many Republicans know it.

Read the Rest at the Washington Post!