Tom Toles for March 01, 2015

But what difference does it make….that our ambassador got killed.

The media loves “When did you stop beating your wife” questions to Conservatives.

Why do people always bring up Koch (American-born brothers BTW) when discussing Conservative/Libertarian politicos, but seemingly have no problem with the Billions of dollars Soros (non-native) has invested into influencing American policy? Are we supposed to revile the name “Koch” more than “Soros” for some reason? Many Americans believe in the same things the Kochs promote, is that so hard to understand?

These days it seems as if for Republican politicians ANY question that’s not fawning and overly differential is a qotcha question. The question that Walker refused to give a straight answer to was whether or not he agreed with comments made about President Obama at his own event.

Hey ConserveGov, I have some disturbing news for you.Are you sitting down? Good, coz this is gonna leave a mark.Ready?You sure?

Okay, here it comes.The name of this website is GoComics.comNot, I repeat NOT ConserveGovblog.com.

Nice avoidance of the cartoon, conservatives. Let’s face facts: Walker is completely corrupt and incompetent even as a politician. Warren said it best, regarding Walkers’ idiotic comment comparing ignoring his own constituents versus going after ISIS:“If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it’s time we take a closer look at his friends.”

“If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.”

SW’nough said

Yeah, yeah…I remember when I had MY first shot of Cuervo

Too bad you can’t spell – maybe you don’t speak good also?

Because Glenn Beck dun said George Soros is eeeeeeevil!

Missing the point, denis. Bottom line: The unions have been broken in Wisconsin. They essentially no longer have the right to collective bargaining except in very, very narrow circumstances, defined by Walker and his Koch funders. Badmouthing them, as you do, simply demonstrates ignorance as to the real issues here.

Conservative pundit Michael Gerson had an interesting take on Walker’s childishness. I quote:

When Scott Walker pronounced himself agnostic about President Obama’s patriotism and Christian faith, it must have seemed like a clever formulation. “I’ve never asked him, so I don’t know,” he said. And about Obama’s Christianity: “I’ve never asked him that.”Walker quickly found his pitch unequal to the presidential big leagues. His argument can’t be generalized into a rule. I have never met Billy Graham, for example, but I’m pretty sure what he believes. As political attacks go, this one is particularly heavy-handed — the equivalent of saying: As far as I know, my opponent is not a swindler and a degenerate. A politician who tried this form of passive aggression before also got criticized for it. During the 2008 Democratic primary fight, Hillary Clinton said that Obama was not a Muslim “as far as I know” — sounding more like one of the wackier speakers at a CPAC convention.

For Walker, this is more of a paper cut than a chest wound. But for the Republican Party, which some Americans associate with religious exclusivity, it can’t be good for a front-runner to sound religiously exclusive. Walker’s Baptist upbringing — he is the son of a pastor — does put a particular emphasis on the personal acceptance of Christ. It was another Baptist governor, Jimmy Carter, who elevated the idea of being “born again” into the realm of presidential politics. For evangelicals in general, there is no such thing as a birthright Christian. Faith requires a conscious and highly consequential decision — a choice that some do not make. But here Obama has been as forthright as anyone could be. “I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian,” he said in a 2008 Christianity Today interview. “I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life. But most importantly, I believe in the example that Jesus set by feeding the hungry and healing the sick and always prioritizing the least of these over the powerful. I didn’t ‘fall out in church’ as they say, but there was a very strong awakening in me of the importance of these issues in my life. I didn’t want to walk alone on this journey. Accepting Jesus Christ in my life has been a powerful guide for my conduct and my values and my ideals.”

Ah yes, when at a loss for facts break out the moral equivalence fallacy card And just for the hell of it throw in a racist comment After following your comments for a while I’ve concluded you qualify as a troll

I love the way whrn the reactionaries can’t defend their position they immediately play the moral equivalence fallacy card

Here’s something else to read about Walker.

Nothing like adding a few Hominems to the argument, eh?

Yeah, spelling flames are old hat, but if someone is completely incoherent, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with mentioning it. Obviously.