Musings Feb 15-17

Musings February 15, 2012

Gretchen Carlson interviewing Mitt Romney, “You know that is going to be President Obama’s whole strategy now, the fairness/sharing thing…how would you combat that?”

Did you hear Rick Santorum castigating the 1%, along with the Republican candidates and the Republican congresspeople?  “Don’t you see how they see you…these elite snobs…looking down their noses at you…they don’t care about the average person.”  Well, actually, he thought he was castigating Democrats.

Martin Bashir says the choice between the parties is, “Do you want intervention in the boardroom, or in the bedroom?”

Give Gov Walker his due, he gave a gracious welcome to the president when the latter arrived in Wisconsin, presenting him with an Brewers’ athletic shirt that says:  “OBAMA 1.”  Of course, he was too sick to accompany President Obama on a trip to a factory, but that is probably not a swipe at the president, but prudence about appearing before his people at this volatile time.

Sec Panetta:  “We’ve made very clear that they [Iran] are not to develop a nuclear weapon.  We’ve made very clear that they are not to close the Straits of Hormuz.  We’ve made very clear that they are not to export terrorism and undermine other governments.”   And who are we?  Who do we think we are?  Who told us that we could not develop nuclear weapons?  Who told us that we were not to close any sea lanes or blockade shipments from any port?  Who told us that we were not to bomb civilians and assassinate people, and that we were not to foment rebellion against other governments?               

It really was a simpler time.  Men kept their wives under control by keeping them barefoot in winter and pregnant in summer.

Foster Friess goes from bad to worse.   After passing off as a joke his comment about  using an aspirin for a contraceptive, he argues that forcing religious entities to cover contraceptives is like “asking a Muslim soup kitchen to serve pork or a Kosher delicatessen to have to serve ham.”   One can see why his protégée, Rick Santorum, equates the contraceptive rule to requiring that insurance provide coverage for toothpaste and deodorant.   Both of them trivializing women’s reproductive rights and health care needs. 

And what about those sweater vests?  Mind you, I have nothing against sweater vests, at least, I never have had.  But I am getting rather sick of seeing these all the time, is this some kind of fetish?  Is this supposed to set a fashion trend?  Has anyone seen an uptick is sales of sweater vests?  But now I see,  there is Santorum’s billionaire benefactor, who accompanies him on his tour, standing at his shoulder,  and who introduces him at CPAC—while wearing a sweater vest. 

If God really meant sex only for procreation, then why did that sly old fox make it possible for seniors to still enjoy sex even in their 50s, their 60s, their 70s?  Do you suppose he’s up there, chuckling away, and saying, “Go for it, it’s high time you could enjoy sex without worrying about the consequences?”  Or perhaps he’s saying,  “Whoops, I didn’t see that coming.  What did I do wrong?”  Maybe  Rep Issa’s oversight committee should look into that.