So the Republican controlled House decided to defend DOMA themselves because Obama decided (correctly) not to do so himself. You can see the Washington Post article here. I'm honestly a bit confused as to how they can continue calling themselves conservatives, when they not.
That's not entirely true, I'll give them some credit. They're conservatives when it's convenient for them. I'm sure they're all very conservative around election time, when they need to rouse their ultra-conservative fan base by deception. We saw that with McCain's apeshit-crazy phase, that suspiciously only lasted during election season.
But now, they've decided to abandon their conservative principles. I guess it's pretty easy to abandon the core values of one's political party when you're as personally disgusted and afraid of gay people as most Republicans are.
I could be confused, but isn't the Republican party in favor of smaller government and decreased spending? Not to mention lowering taxes (but only for the rich) and increasing state's rights. We've heard arguments again and a again (every time marriage equality comes up really) that states should be able to decide for themselves whether they want to give gays the rights that straights enjoy. Nevermind that the rights of the few should never be put to the vote of the many. Yet here they are, forcing DOMA on all of the states! Why the hypocrisy?
Well because everyone should hate the gays of course! Or at least Boehner (ha, boner) thinks so. Which brings us to several Republicans fighting to keep a larger government. And using taxpayer dollars to do it. Hmm, I've heard on the internet that that's called "doin it rong." You're foolishly throwing away taxpayer dollars on frivolities, something you regularly accuse the Democrats of doing.
I'm sorry to say that I'm not surprised at this turn of events. It's quite easy to argue for a smaller government as long as you're not planning to get rid of any part of government that you like. Yes, "let's get rid of healthcare for everyone but damnit we need to spend millions on making sure gays can't get married!" makes tons of sense. I think that made sense to some stoner in California.
It's one thing to demand the government spend less. I'm completely in favor of decreased government spending. Hell, I wouldn't mind lower taxes either. Unfortunately, the Republicans disagree with me. And they're willing to ignore their beliefs when it's comes to keeping rights away from us. Like in Wisconsin.
Have a good weekend everyone!
-Kevin
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