Taking The Focus Off The Morons

I was thinking of doing a post about Mama Grizzly Bore's rewriting of history. And I was thinking of doing a post about Michele Bachmann actually, actually, gloating about the Minnesota Legislature putting a gay marriage ban on the ballot in that state. But then I thought, why focus on the illiterate, amoral, uneducated, back-ass-wards thinking, pandering fucktards, when I can focus on someone with a brain and the ability to use that brain.

Case in point: 

Jeff Angelo, a former Iowan Republican state senator, let me say that again, a former Iowan Republican state senator, who is launching a group to support same-sex marriage. 

Tis true, my friends, tis true,. 

Angelo's group is called Iowa Republicans for Freedom, and was formed to encourage rank-and-file Republicans to support same-sex marriage as a principle of individual liberties. Angelos doesn't believe that government should be ion the right-to-marry business. He does, however, think that support for same-sex marriage should not be a factor for choosing any Republican presidential candidate. 

So, who should we focus on? The Republican who doesn't know her history from her ass? The Republican who gloats about discrimination? Or the Republican who understands that the battle for marriage equality isn't a battle against so-called traditional marriage [whatever that is], but a battle for equality for all Americans? 

I know who I'll be talking about.

Thanks Jeff.

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Iowa?!? WTF?!?

I used to have such high hopes for Iowa, and Iowans. They seemed to be free-thinking, equality-minded, live and let live kind of people.

When marriage equality became the law of Iowa, most Iowans just shrugged and went back to work. And when people, and by people I mean the GOP, who have nothing better to do than work to discriminate against the LGBT community, got all hot'n'bothered about same-sex marriage, the majority of Iowans asked their politicians to give it up. They were more concerned about war and money and jobs, and less concerned that John married Joe, or Jane got hitched to Helen.

Like I said, I had high hopes.

But then they elected people who seek to overturn equality, and remove judges from the bench who interpret laws in ways they don't see fit, and I began to wonder about my Iowans.

And now this:

It seems that nearly half of Iowan Republicans believe President Obama was not born in the United States. Seriously. Once their heads were screwed on straight, and now they're all askew.

Some 48% of registered Republican voters said Obama was not born in the U.S., while 26% say he is an American. Even more scary is the 26% who say they are unsure. Unsure? Seriously?

Let me set this queer for you Iowans. The people, and by people I mean Birther wingnuts and GOP goosesteppers who sidestep the issue, who don't think Obama was born in this country think so simply because of the color of his skin. I mean, black people becoming president! 

Or, they think because his name is Barack that he isn't from "here". I mean, if his name was George or Bill, we wouldn't be having this discussion, would we?

Say what you will, you Birther wingnuts, but you are riding this one-trick pony out of racism and fear and ignorance. Neither the color of a man's skin, nor his name alone, makes a man unAmerican.

And Iowans should know better. Or, at least, I thought they did.

And maybe now, since Obama has released his birth certificate AGAIN, we can focus on real issues.

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