Why the GOP makes a big deal about gays and lesbians in the Armed Services.

First of all,gays and lesbians have been in the Armed Services for a long time. Our editor, The Major,  was aware of many gay people when he served. A lot of people in uniform knew who was straight and who wasn't, but really didn't care.

The problem was that some evangelical and fundamentalists did care and a complaint to the Office of Special Investigation (OSI) could end a promising career.

The Armed Services attract conservatives. Most of the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen are from the South and Midwest. The navy is an exception. Many sailors  are from the east coast and left coast  probably because they young men and women live near the Atlantic and the Pacific.

However, gays and lesbians often hold more liberal views than their peers in the Armed Services. Perhaps the Republicans worry that the Armed Services will become more liberal and Democratic if gays serve freely. 

Besides religious prejudices toward homosexuality, that's the best Rigthtardia can come up for the homophobia on the part of the GOP. The three candidates that are making the most noise about gays and lesbians are Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann,

All three GOP candidates who are evangelical and all three have made some peculiar statements about gays and lesbians.

Funny or Die, Betty Bowers and the National Lampoon all parodied the Strong commercial of Rick Perry.

Michelle Bachmann advocates "lavender marriages" for gays and lesbians. In Hollywood, a gay and a lesbian would sometimes marry to hide their true sexuality from the public.

These sham marriages were called lavender marriages. Michelle said is was OK for gays and lesbians to get married as long as they married the opposite sex.

Rick Santorum somehow relates strengthening the family with economic recovery. He thinks prohibiting same sex marriage will somehow help the economy. Santorum said:

The family is the bedrock of our society. Unless we protect it with the institution of marriage, our country will fall.

Huh? 

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Michele Bachmann reaches out to the internet to help the sales of her new book, Core of Conviction.

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Fat cat says Obama is dividing us

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Kenneth Langone, venture capitalist and co-founder of Home Depot speaks on How rich people give to charity, and create jobs for Americans.

Without the rich there would be not Scholarships, Universities, Hospitals, Church, Jobs etc. Fat Cats are a blessing to this nation. The more rich people there are, the better life is for Americans.

Kenneth Langone is probably part of the 1 per cent that doesn't want to pay reasonable taxes or deal with labor unions. He is obviously not a member of the Patriotic Millionaires.

When Obama won the 2008 elections, men like Langone were shocked because they just didn't understand the public anger toward GW Bush. Men like Langone think they own America.

Most of the divisiveness in politics has been on the GOP side who has been trying to derail the Obama train from the day the new president was inaugurated.

Has Obama been attacking affluent Americans? Apparently Langone thinks anyone who thinks the Bush tax cuts should be rescinded is anti-rich. 

In additional,using the term "fat cat" is hardly an affront or hard nosed class warfare more typical of the GOP.

Langone is a philanthropist. His philanthropic focus has been Universities, medical research and training, education, and helping children.

He became embroiled as a principal figure in the 2004 prosecution by Eliot Spitzer of Richard Grasso for a controversial pay package received by the former chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange from 1995 to 2003.

Langone's political solution: Make another business person president like GW Bush. Unfortunately that has rarely worked. These two charts explain why:

The chart shows that the national debt drops when Democrats are president

This chart shows unemployment drops when Democrats are president

The Republicans are suggesting that all we need to do is elect Mitt Romney and a bunch or other coporatist politicians and America will have a kumbaya moment.

Men like Langone has forgotten that GW Bush's corporatism, neo-conservatives and Wall  Street sharks got us into this financial quagmire in the first place.

Of course, it's not class warfare when Republicans attack organized labor, the public school system, Social Security or Medicare. 

Nor is it when millions of American jobs have been off shored and foreign workers on H1-B visas have been imported to take American jobs. That's just good business!

Langone makes some valid points, but most students complete college using government grants, not scholarships from people like Langone. 

In addition, Langone is a hard line Republican. Rightardia doubts that he would be happy with any Democratic president.

Rightardia reads the White House blog every days and publishes the weekly presidential address and West Wing Week. We have not noticed a divisive tone from the president or his staff.

In fact, the Republican candidates for president have made numerous outrageous and divisive statements, many of which are not even factual. The worst offenders are Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachman. We also doubt if a rogue like Newt Gingrich could pull Americans together.

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