{"id":1565,"date":"2003-05-15T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-16T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2003-05-15T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2003-05-16T03:16:00","slug":"shiite-republicans-straight-from-the-pits-of-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/05\/15\/23\/16\/shiite-republicans-straight-from-the-pits-of-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiite Republicans Straight From The Pits Of Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

So with the bizarre news that Texas Republicans are using federal anti-terrorist forces to hunt down and corral dissident Democratic representatives<\/a> in order to railroad through some nasty pro-GOP vote-rigging “redistricting”, I was quite impressed to read this summation of the state of politics in King Bush’s “home” state<\/a>. Apparently, one of the more depraved GOP politicians is one Debbie Riddle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Faced with a $10 billion deficit, the Republicans decided to outlaw gay marriage. Then they kicked 250,000 poor children off a health insurance program that is mostly paid for by the feds in the first place. Picking on the weakest, the frailest, the youngest and oldest Texans has been the sport of choice this session. When the handicapped came to the capital to protest cuts in their services, the governor had them arrested … During a committee meeting, Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Houston) demanded earnestly, “Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education? Free medical care? Free whatever? It comes from Moscow. From Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell.<\/b>” … These folks are not stupid, they’re like members of some weird cult. You can’t dent their worldview with reality. It’s like trying to talk to the people who followed David Koresh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So with the bizarre news that Texas Republicans are using federal anti-terrorist forces to hunt down and corral dissident Democratic representatives in order to railroad through some nasty pro-GOP vote-rigging “redistricting”, I was quite...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t