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Utah state senators agree that homosexuality is ‘the greatest threat to America’.

buttars-scowling.gifLast month, Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars (R) was kicked out of the state senate judiciary committee after he called homosexuality a “perversion” and “the greatest threat to America going down.” Appearing this weekend on the radio show “Inside Utah Politics,” Republican state Sens. Howard Stephenson and Dennis Stowell defended Buttars, complaining that “his words were taken out of context” and that “the gay community is using him a little bit to get more publicity“:

– Stephenson: I have to tell you publicly that most of what Sen. Buttars said – I agree with…I think that his words are largely taken out of context, but I’m disappointed that he chose to speak when he had agreed not to be the spokesman. And you know, any one of us can misspeak from time to time.

– Stowell: I think the bulk of people in Utah agree with 90 percent of what he said…I’m afraid the gay community’s using him a little bit to get more publicity.

When an angry listener called in and slammed senate president Michael Waddoups (R) — who previously defended Buttars — for being “pro-homosexuality” and “pro-gay rights,” Stephenson assured the caller that “Sen. Waddoups is not either of those.” (HT: Pam’s House Blend)

- Matt Finkelstein



139 Responses to “Utah state senators agree that homosexuality is ‘the greatest threat to America’.”

  1. Bobwurst says:

    I know this has been said before but…Buttars?!?!?!Buttars is to gay what “Rush” is to drugs, and what “Santorum” is to Santorum.


  2. Uncle Ho says:

    homosexuality is the greatest threat to America.

    Ummm, no..
    the greatest threat is the unhinged lunatic GOP/American Taliban religous reichwingnuts who listen to Limpdick, Mann Coulter, Brillo, Savage, Malkin, Falwell, Dobson, Robertson, et al.


  3. spearNmagicHelmet says:

    Apparently the greatest threat to Utah is running out of porn.

    Man, They just love that stuff!!


  4. rmwarnick says:

    “Buttars-Palooza” was last Saturday at the Utah Capitol. A thousand people showed up to party and thank Senator Buttars for all he’s done to advance progressive causes here in Utah. What would we do without him?


  5. misshusseinmolly says:

    Lemme get this straight. Gays are a bigger threat than terrorists? So what are we doing fighting over in the Middle East? Are we afraid they’ll ship their gays over here?

    Gays are a bigger threat than the collapse of our economy? Than global warming? Than unaffordable health care? Than crumbling infrastructure? I can just see the victims of the next collapsed bridge being grateful they didn’t have to witness a couple of guys holding hands as they sink into Davy Jones’ locker.

    Are gays even a bigger threat than corporate and special interest lobbyists, who have successfully managed to get loads of earmarks flowing their way and have made deregulation go completely out of control?

    Maybe gays are a bigger threat than political corruption — a cancer that we’ve seen eat away at our political system for the past eight years.

    Nah — they’ll probably concede that flag-burning might be a bigger threat than gays, but that’s about it.


  6. Canny55 says:

    Buttars is a moron. What concerns me most is how concerned they are over the rights of homosexuals, when heterosexuals have their own issues to contend with. I suppose he wants to outlaw divorce, marriage between an infertile woman and a man, and so on and so forth?

    I love how an Iraq vet slammed Buttars. He’s never faced a genuine threat in his life.


  7. MrBrown says:

    A state that was annexed just for the Mormons.
    What else could you expect???


  8. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    That picture. He looks like someone just asked him if they could borrow his KY jelly.


  9. V is for Snark says:

    Okay, I know this has been pointed out before, but “the greatest threat to America going down?” How do they right wing haters expect to be taken seriously when they write such great punchlines?


  10. dbadass says:

    I still think shallow calories and high fructose corn syrup are the greatest threats to America.


  11. Game of Life says:

    How can love be a threat…oh yeah, to repugs it is.

    There isn’t a threat to toe-tapping, anonymous sex and a governor who preaches “no intercourse” (bj’s ok) for the mass while her own daughter doesn’t abide by her mother’s self-serving rule.

    yep the repug club will get thousand of members on this bs.


  12. christopher wiwi says:

    homosexuality is the greatest threat to America.

    Ummm, no..
    the greatest threat is the unhinged lunatic GOP/American Taliban religous reichwingnuts who listen to Limpdick, Mann Coulter, Brillo, Savage, Malkin, Falwell, Dobson, Robertson, et al.

    My personal fav is M.Bachman!


  13. Bobwurst says:

    Look at it this way: Buttars has never felt threatened by a terrorist. He has felt threatened by his own, secret, filthy longings. And who knows, maybe he found himself in the stall next to Larry Craig…


  14. rosie says:

    Great pic! What a sweet-looking, approachable guy, eh? Makes us straight ladies just wanna swoooooooooon! (NOT)

    And btw, if Buttar’s comments were taken “out of context”, (am getting real tired of this fake excuse), then why doesn’t someone provide the RIGHT context and simply clear the matter up?


  15. Bobwurst says:

    You da Man Christpher, you da Man!


  16. rastaman says:

    HAHAHAHA….THIS COMING FROM THE STATE THAT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE THE BIGGEST SOLICITORS OF PORN (AND MOST LIKELY GAY PORN) IN THE USA.

    NEXT!


  17. sectionop92 says:

    Looks like someone didn’t get their “happy ending” when they went to the Castro district on the trip to San Francisco.

    Newsflash – Salt Lake City…Funding for boys wrestling at city schools gets increased 10-fold. Story on the late 9 p.m. news.


  18. really says:

    I think the rest of the country should boycott Utah. There are largely Mormon and would probably be happy to exclude the rest of the population—oh by the way
    no Federal money for Utah and no more tax exemption for the Mormon church.


  19. P.D. says:

    LOL! You can’t make this stuff up! Gays a threat? What about finacial melt-down? What about Global Warming? Dear Lord, these guys couldn’t be more out of touch. But what do expct? He’s from Utah! The Reddist State.


  20. normalasf says:

    It must be jealousy. These old white guys have been forced to conform to the rules invented by a guy who found the Book of Mormon buried in a hat.


  21. sectionop92 says:

  22. P.D. says:

    Hey remember, on Hannity’s website, many people said they would like secesion. Fine, bring it on! The red states can stay red. We will take the blue states which have the best educated children, more progressive ideas and aren’t obsessed with religion.


  23. misshusseinmolly says:

    sectionop92 Says
    March 2nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
    ________________________________________________________

    Yeah, I know. Words kind of fail me, too.


  24. dbadass says:

    The part I like best about Mormonism is the idea that somebody would find stuff made from gold yet still be dumb enough to lose it…


  25. dbadass says:

    That is a weird nonsequitor


  26. sectionop92 says:

    bullit4u Says:

    not a good day to be a left wing weenie haha u guys should of voted for hillary

    It sure would have beaten voting for a VP because she looked good in a swimsuit and little else.


  27. Game of Life says:

    MrBrown Says:

    A state that was annexed just for the Mormons.
    What else could you expect???

    Come to think of it, Utah is having a lot of sex, sex with young girls and a lot of babies.

    They need to get with his state and their idea of holy matrimony.

    Idiots.


  28. 08Dariana says:

    BUT gays are the greatest threat to the country they want to get married how awfull is that??!!111

    (Damn, trying to be a troll sucks…)


  29. sectionop92 says:

    misshusseinmolly Says:

    sectionop92 Says
    March 2nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    ________________________________________________________

    Yeah, I know. Words kind of fail me, too.

    I guess TP has a ban on a certain few words strung together, because I had them and Abracadabra, empty post.


  30. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    (Damn, trying to be a troll sucks…)

    Not as much as actually being one. ;)


  31. sectionop92 says:

    Game of Life Says:

    MrBrown Says:

    A state that was annexed just for the Mormons.
    What else could you expect??
    ?

    Come to think of it, Utah is having a lot of sex, sex with young girls and a lot of babies.

    They need to get with his state and their idea of holy matrimony.

    You mean there are irresponsible people and parents beyond Nadia Suleman? Heavens to Mergatroid!


  32. misshusseinmolly says:

    I can’t quite figure out what that is around Buttars’ neck. Did he just get lassoed or something?


  33. DRxJ says:

    America’s biggest threat?
    9/11 brought terrorism and death to our homeland.
    Guns bring about murder and accidental deaths every day.
    Children are going hungry. Families are going homeless.
    Tens of thousands of jobs are being lost every day.
    WE ARE IN A RECESSION!

    And all of this is because of teh gays? Because of false (c)hristians who are interested in what goes on between two grown men underneath the sheets?

    Am I missing something here? Like solid ground for common sense?


  34. kasinca says:

    The gay community has never done the damage that the reichwing religious taliban and everybody knows it. Get real. These fascist thugs should all go look in the mirror and they will see our enemy.


  35. christopher wiwi says:

    misshusseinmolly Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    I can’t quite figure out what that is around Buttars’ neck. Did he just get lassoed or something?

    He can`t stand that the other guys mic is bigger than his!


  36. dbadass says:

    bullit4u strikes me as a real ladies man…


  37. sectionop92 says:

    bullit4u Says:

    sectionop92 Says:

    bullit4u Says:

    not a good day to be a left wing weenie haha u guys should of voted for hillary

    It sure would have beaten voting for a VP because she looked good in a swimsuit and little else.

    the very thought of that hag in a bathing suit is terrifying

    Yeah, the thought of Grandma Palin needing to do a SI spread to get ahead in politics makes my spine shiver too!


  38. DRxJ says:

    misshusseinmolly Says:

    I can’t quite figure out what that is around Buttars’ neck. Did he just get lassoed or something?

    Well, it’s either that, or whips and leather at the local Gay S & M shop in downtown SLC!


  39. sectionop92 says:

    dbadass Says:

    bullit4u strikes me as a real ladies man…

    It’s those pictures he takes of himself that he posts online that makes him such.

    He’s serious “To Catch A Predator” material.


  40. Buckie Boy says:

    Those that protest the most have the most to hide…

    …just like our little closet case “Spanking out the devil Daryll”…

    …right, BUTT-arse


  41. Uncle Ho says:

    Chris wiwi says;

    Sorry for omitting M. Bachman, I had to rush my post, the Doctor had just handed me some more work. The hazards of posting from the office.


  42. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    Its never a good day to be a rightwing MORON. YOU shouldnt have boycotted adult education you ignorant gasbag


  43. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    These people really don’t get it that they are being filmed and that the film will show up on the Internet. I don’t see how anyone can say this was “taken out of context” or that he “misspoke”:

    Earlier this week, documentary film makers released the audio portion of an interview with Utah state senator Chris Buttars (R), who called gay people “the greatest threat to America going down,” labeled homosexuality “a sexual perversion,” and compared gays to alcoholics.


  44. Fred says:

    I hope these fools stay focused on crap like this. It will defeat them if they dwell on wedge issues when we are in so much trouble.


  45. scytherius says:

    Welcome to American Taliban HQ . . .Utah.

    “Oh God hear the words of my mouth.”


  46. raynman says:

    If you don’t like homosexuality, then don’t practice it.


  47. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    This is once again a great comparison between the Democrats and the Republicans. When a Democrat does something bad they are criticized by their fellow Democrats and most bloggers on the internet. When a Republican’t does something wrong, they are consistently defended by their brethren and bloggers and often times they are rewarded for their bad behavior.


  48. Perry logan says:

    Utah state senators agree that homosexuality is ‘the greatest threat to America’.

    And here I thought it was the Right-to-Lifers.


  49. dbadass says:

    Before we waste a lot of time might I trouble bullit4u to declare what bullitt4u see as the greatest threat to America and why bullit4u feels this is the case?


  50. Buckie Boy says:

    bullit4u – reported for a violent name


  51. Fred says:

    bullit4u Says:
    eugene get used to it

    We are, you’re the little petty whiners in the corner, right?


  52. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    c’mon hillary or sarah? no brainer….hillary i mean she never had one
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Did Hillary ever run as VP? What is this wierd compulsion you ignorant wingnuts have to come here and do notning except parade how astonishingly stupid you are? Get some self respect


  53. dbadass says:

    So we should all be reducing our power demands it seems. If I could have a followup, I wonder what the target usuage decline in power I should seek to achieve. Thanks bullit4u to remind us all that energy conservation really is a major part of the solution


  54. sectionop92 says:

    bullit4u Says:

    c’mon hillary or sarah? no brainer….hillary i mean she never had one

    Hillary is Secretary of State. Sarah is back to being Gubnah or Ice Station Zero.

    To put it bluntly, Sarah Palin is Kelly Bundy. Just that Kelly Bundy is a fictional character and Sarah Palin is just a really dumb person and politician.

    Women who are dumb and can wear a swimsuit nicely grow in orchards.


  55. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    bullit4u Says:

    the greatest threat is in power …for now

    Would you care to be a little more specific and a little less cryptic? Thank you.


  56. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    “bullit4you”??? Anyone who would use this for a screen name is far more dangerous than any gay person would be.

    If Daryll shows up, I hope I’m still lurking – you never know, do you, Daryll.


  57. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    eugene get used to it
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    I am very used to how stupid you morons are. I am not advocating you be rounded up and disposed of so I am even at peace with the FACT you will most likely pollute our gene pool with your massive stupidity. Such is life


  58. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    the greatest threat is in power …for now
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    No the greatest threat is that there are too many people as stupid and pathetic as you.


  59. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    If Charles Manson blogged, I bet he would post “hahahahaha”.


  60. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    hahahahaha
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Why do retarded morons think its funny that they are so unbelievably stupid?


  61. sectionop92 says:

    bullit4u Says:

    the greatest threat is in power …for now

    I believe you mean, the greatest threat was in power.

    I hate just hate how the No Child Left Behind program has failed our education system.


  62. Badger says:

    The Irony is… that the Mormons ended up in Utah because they were DISCRIMINATED AGAINST by Religious Bigots, who kicked them out of other States.


  63. Buckie Boy says:

    Everyone report bullit4u, he should be kicked just because of that moniker along.


  64. Game of Life says:

    P.D. Says:

    Hey remember, on Hannity’s website, many people said they would like secesion. Fine, bring it on! The red states can stay red. We will take the blue states which have the best educated children, more progressive ideas and aren’t obsessed with religion.

    Yahoo! Let them have their insane way of life.


  65. LividLib says:

    Buttars?
    sounds like some kind of rectal malady. like hemorrhoids or anal abscesses. probably something ya get from having too much anal sex.


  66. dbadass says:

    why is bullit4u getting all weird and hostile? bullitt4u calm down, you are among friends…


  67. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    bullit4u Says: no such thing as a patriotic liberal christian thats a oxyMORON

    So original, as if no one else has EVER offered such an idiotic suggestion before. And here’s my response: you can decide whether or not I am a Christian only after you’ve crucified yourself on a cross. Jesus never had a “bullet for me”.


  68. Badger says:

    Buckie..

    I think he just misspelled bull(sh)it4u


  69. dbadass says:

    bullit4u Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    liberal weenies i do feel sorry for you in the future

    — Can I respectfully ask why?


  70. Zooey says:

    This may have been said already, but I don’t have time to read the comments….

    If homosexuality is the greatest threat to America, why aren’t we fighting in the Castro Dist in San Francisco? Talk about ignoring a threat!


  71. Jane E. Schneider says:

    I’m just flagging the trolls today. Bullit4u (isn’t it ‘bullet’?) only has one idea, and it’s his screen name.


  72. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    “weenies”!? What are you, six years old? Or is that a favorite saying of the Republican, closeted, self-loathing gay men these days? Keeps the mind focused on the desire without actually acting on it.


  73. a0d7fzz says:

    There’s 2 kinds of people in this country: Conservatives and Americans.


  74. Jackie says:

    Alot is shaking up the Mormons these days. Their fighting everything and everyone while the young Monmons are out there making big bucks like the Jonas Brothers and Katie Perry. Look at the example of the perfect family vaules of the Osmonds as Maria finally realized she was human. Even brother Mitt Romney is selling his home in Utah and thinking about running for Govenor of California next he needs the money so bad. Chris Buttars sounds like those who used God and the bible to defend slavery. You have to love the Mormon Law Makers who steal and cheat while attacking everyone else.


  75. PatrioticLiberalChristian says:

    A bullet could be consider a phallic symbol also. Just sayin’.


  76. celtic cynic says:

    Re Badger at #72 “The Irony is… that the Mormons ended up in Utah because they were DISCRIMINATED AGAINST by Religious Bigots, who kicked them out of other States.”
    And now they have become the bigots.


  77. dbadass says:

    A bullet could be consider a phallic symbol also. Just sayin’.

    – So could Steve McQueen


  78. wiley says:

    That’s such a crazy thing to say. It’s delusional and paranoid.


  79. dasm says:

    God help us if Republicans were ever “pro-rights” for any group. Gays, immigrants, women, Democrats, liberals– they feel none of these groups should have rights. Very sick puppies, those Republicans.


  80. Jane E. Schneider says:

    So could Steve McQueen

    Watched him for a little while in The Magnificent Seven again last night…sigh…


  81. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    bullit4u Says:

    the greatest threat is in power …for now

    Wayne A. Schneider Says:

    Would you care to be a little more specific and a little less cryptic? Thank you.

    I guess not. Oh, well. I tried. Apparently the troll is not interested in discussing the issues, just in posting his childish insults.


  82. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    no such thing as a patriotic liberal christian thats a oxyMORON
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    You are a liar and a fool. The fact you cannot understand a thing is not evidence that thing does not exist moron troll. YOu are exceedingly stupid. You dont understand ANYTHING. Higher brain function far beyond your abilities even in your wildest dreams. You are ignorant and pathetic. You are a punk. You think you will annoy us since you KNOW you are far too stupid to actually engage in a discussion but you are far too stupid to annoy us. Ya got nothing except stupid and pathetic. THOSE you have in spades. Keep bringing us the free clown show. I love laughing at people as stupid as you.


  83. Mathazar says:

    Seems like there will always be someone to follow in Jesse Helms footprints.

    I still haven’t figured out what it is about gay people that is so threatening to America.


  84. had enough says:

    On Sept. 11 1857 it was in Utah where the Mountain Meadows Massacre happened… the Mormons executed a wagon train of men, women and children traveling to California.

    View here to see the trailer of September Dawn a movie of the massacre which shows what crazed lunatics these people were and apparently still are.


  85. tombaker says:

    sounds like bullitthead is ready to shoot up a post office somewhere.

    ease up a little there, cowboy. nobody’s rustlin yer cattle.


  86. dbadass says:

    bullit4u:
    Is there a point here?


  87. Bobwurst says:

    Bullit4U probbly shoots blanks, if ya know what I mean…


  88. dbadass says:

    That may very well be the stupidest thing I have seen today and I have been stuck here a long time now. Is it intended to mean something?


  89. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    no but liberals don’t need one either
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    How would you know? YOU have never made one. Your every post is just some pathetic variation of Hey everybody look how stupid I am. You are a pathetic punk. You would have to evolve to reach pondscum level. Thanks for the free clown show though MORON.


  90. dbadass says:

    get used to it you got 3 years and 10 months of it hahaha


    I am still trying to figure out what it is… Seems like nothing to worrisome


  91. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    get used to it you got 3 years and 10 months of it hahaha
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Dont be so modest. We have had to put up with people as stupid and pathetic as you our entire lives. I have no doubt we will have to put up with people as stupid and pathetic as you for the rest of our lives and our anscestors most likely will have to put up with people as stupid and pathetic as you till the end of time. Its ok. We can just laugh at how stupid and pathetic you are.


  92. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    easy boys don’t get so upset
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Dont flatter yourself. We dont get upset at morons. We LAUGH at morons and appreciate the free clown show. I am sure Rush told you how different but he just plays you morons like a kazoo.


  93. Badger says:

    I dunno…3 years and 10 months of Pointless Comments might be worrisome.

    Of course, we could always make a Point with our Mouse on the Report Abuse Icon.


  94. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    Sorry if you are going for stupidest troll trophy you will have to do better. Dont get me wrong. The stupid IS strong in you but we have trolls here that make icecubes look like Stephen Hawkins.


  95. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    are those veins popping out of your head?
    easy girlfriend
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    I already told you we dont get upset at morons. We laugh at morons. Dont you get how stupid you are? All you are doing is embarassing yourself. You are pathetic. I know Rush told you that us liberals are all excitable and vicious but he just plays you morons to carry his water for him. Keep coming back. Laughing at you is cathartic (go pay a five year old with a reasonable IQ to look up the multisyllabic words for you)


  96. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    i told you i’ve got 3 years and 10 months
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    You have said lots of things. All of them stupid none of them in any way related to reality.


  97. dbadass says:

    bullit4u:
    Ingeneral I enjoy speaking with the homeless, mentally ill, and disshevelled. The thing here is that you seem to just be wasting time. Is there a topic you might wish to discuss. Maybe say this angry kookie guy from Utah. If that doesn’t duit your fancy I am open to other ideas.


  98. Jane E. Schneider says:

    Of course, we could always make a Point with our Mouse on the Report Abuse Icon.

    As I have been doing since this troll appeared. It has nothing to say, just flag it.


  99. dbadass says:

    Jane is right. Still in keeping with my stated policy I need to leave that to others.


  100. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    liberalism always generates the complete OPPOSITE of what it intends
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    A direct quote from the LIMBORG. Obviously your screechmonkey master does all your thinking for you. How pathetic that you are so stupid you KNOW you cant think for yourself and just regurgitate what your master tells you to think. Of course this is just bone ignorant and I could easily destroy the premise but what would be the point. YOu wouldnt understand you are too stupid. You have no brain. You have a tape recorder you turn on while Rush does your thinking for you and regurgitate when the occasion arises. You are more thoroughly programmed than Pavlovs dogs. Do you even GET what a pathetic loser you are?


  101. dbearton says:

    These RepubliCon fools have caused the economy to collapse, but they are worried about homosexuals.


  102. Bobwurst says:

    buttit4U, I have a serious question for you.

    If love is blind,
    And God is love,
    Does that mean that
    God is blind?


  103. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    welcome to america
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    I suppose you think this means something since you are so abjectly stupid. Did you think you have a free speech RIGHT to post on a privatly owned website where someone else pays for the bandwidth? You dont. You really are a pathetic moron


  104. Bobwurst says:

    Bulit4U is Eric Cartmann in his teenage years.


  105. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    liberalism always generates the complete opposite of what it was intended…..think about it
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    You dont know anything about thinking. You are monumentally stupid. YOu CANT think. YOU dont have the requisite equipment. It is a worthless insult Rush programmed you with. It is a meaningless lie and only the stupidest and most brainwashed of the Limborg morons take idiocy like that seriously. You are a pathetic punk too stupid to know that Rush plays you like the fool you are.


  106. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    examples:fairness doctrine…..squelching freedom of speech
    freedom of choice act……no more secret ballots
    era of fiscal responsibility……1 trillion + more spending
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Yes we all know how stupid you are. We know these are things Rush has programmed you to think. It is a pity you are so stupid you believe them. There is no free speech issue involved in the fairness doctrine moron. The Supreme Court said so directly. Keep carrying water for the rich and corporations with this LIE about the employee freedome of choice act but you are wasing your time. YOU are stupid. WE arent stupid. We know better. Sorry you are a moron. Keep carrying Rush water. I enjoy laughing at people as stupid as you.


  107. DallasNE says:

    Buttars has a snarl that even exceeds the snarl of Dick Cheney. That speaks volumes about the state of Republican politics in Utah.


  108. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says: 141

    You are a liar and a fool keep repeating troll garbage and it wont be long before you are banned. Do you even have any idea how stupid, pathetic and brainwashed you are?


  109. Bobwurst says:

    bullit4u Says:
    examples:fairness doctrine…..squelching freedom of speech
    freedom of choice act……no more secret ballots
    era of fiscal responsibility……1 trillion + more spending

    Fairness Doctrine…still in place, no one on the left even talks about it except to respond to republican lies.

    Freedom of Choice act…Gives employees the choice as to whether or not they want a secret ballot, the same choice to start a union as they do to end a union.

    The end of fiscal reponsibility train left the station when george bush took bill clinton’s budget surplus and spent it and more on a lie of a war and tax breaks for his friends and family.

    What, no gun control rant? You are a lame one.


  110. Bobwurst says:

    bullit4u Says:
    east girlfriends only 3 years and 10 months to go

    Somebody’s stuck in Juevee!!!! to quote Nelson Munch HA HA!


  111. Bobwurst says:

    RHF, it’s obvious that buttit4U is in JueVee. He probably got busted with his mom’s meth stash. He’ll be out in three years and 10 months.


  112. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    ah the fairness doctrine
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    Ah the STUPID. It is a sweet frangrance in my nostrils the scent of a bone ignorant troll without a single functional braincell trying to make a point that he is FAR too stupid to understand. The laughs never end becuase the stupid pf the rightwing is infinite.


  113. Bobwurst says:

    bullit4u Says:
    bbl girls i gotta go stimulate the economy i’ll help out your president

    is that what they’re calling getting raped in the shower these days?


  114. EugeneDebs says:

    bullit4u Says:

    bbl girls i gotta go stimulate the economy i’ll help out your president
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

    what are you going to go buy a rubber dolly for the closet of your mommys basement? I bet you have been saving for months.


  115. EugeneDebs says:

    As stupid as this troll is he probably doesnt understand ICE.


  116. dbadass says:

    Man it is a bummer when you are so lame even I won’t f uck with you…


  117. Jane E. Schneider says:

    Jane is right. Still in keeping with my stated policy I need to leave that to others.

    Fine with me, dbadass, enjoy yourself. I’m going to keep flagging this lameass troll.


  118. green says:

    Ahhh…….the troll is so sorely misinformed, poor thing. He’s one of those low information voters who will continue to vote against his own (and the country’s) best interests because he lacks the curiousity to seek out the truth. Poor, poor thing.


  119. dbadass says:

    Jane I do not intend to fool with this fool. I just have a no flagging policy. Still I encourage others to flag away.


  120. pete says:

    I’m glad I only skimmed the comments on this one. I was hoping for an opportunity to mock Daryll but, I’ll have to settle for offering my thoughts on the fairness doctrine.

    First of all, no one’s pushing it. In fact, a resolution to scrap the whole idea recently passed the Senate. There is zero indication that this Congress or Administration are likely to push for the resurrection of the so-called fairness doctrine.

    Second? As is common among Reichwhiners, the old fairness doctrine didn’t say what they think it does. It’s a made-up scary word from Lush and the Raptards.


  121. Danny Noonan says:

    Does anyone else feel like making a South Park reference. Anyone?

    http://www.pufferfishblog.com/


  122. wiley says:

    The usual gay-bashing trolls haven’t shown up to tell us how gays are going to destroy the U.S. They must be thinking.



  123. dbadass says:

    he’s getting tense…


  124. dbadass says:

    Hey pete, the weather was against us but I got 73 species over a three day coastal trip. redhead, merlin, northern shrike, and a probably pacific loon were the highlights


  125. pete says:

    Cruddy weather here too, dbadass. Alternating snow and slop then bitter cold when the sun comes out. About all I’ve seen are some really disgusted looking bunnies digging for grass that was bare a week ago.


  126. dbadass says:

    We did have a bluebird in perfect light. That color is so hard to describe.


  127. J 4 lD says:

    More hate mongering from the Republican Party. What kind of people keep electing these bigots? More importantly, why?

    Plunditry Blog
    http://plunditry.com


  128. JethroQWalrusTitty says:

    Danny Noonan Says:

    Does anyone else feel like making a South Park reference. Anyone?

    http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
    March 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    I will:

    Oh, hamburgers!


  129. Robt says:

    Now wait a minute..!

    These Utah Senators haven’t considered something even more threatening to America…

    ” Gay Al Qaida liberal terrorists ”

    Be afraid, be very afraid…….!


  130. Max-1 says:

    .

    Dear Utah and other phobes,

    If my being gay is a threat to your institution of marriage…
    … Then divorce reinforces commitment, YES?

    PROTECT MARRIAGE
    OUTLAW DIVORCE !

    p.s.
    Marriage simply is meant to a lifelong union between TWO consenting ADULTS!

    PERIOD!

    .


  131. Max-1 says:

    #154 Robt,
    You forgot the Commie Socialist Gay Al Qaida liberal terrorists, too.


  132. Max-1 says:

    .

    Obviously those that are the greatest threat to marriage are those that actually abuse the institution; Eventually these people end up getting divorced.

    See, if they respected the institution, would these people undermine it’s sanctity by divorce? Isn’t that like cheating on your spouse? What good is saying “I DO, ONLY YOU” when you know eventually you’ll come to mean, “I DON’T, NOT EVEN YOU”?

    .


  133. The Republic of Stupidity says:

    Last month, Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars (R) was kicked out of the state senate judiciary committee after he called homosexuality a “perversion” and “the greatest threat to America going down.”
    __________

    The… greatest threat going down… wha the?

    Going down… GOING DOWN!?!?

    The greatest threat GOING DOWN is gay sex?

    And you all missed this. Did anyone catch it?


  134. weeza says:

    The greatest threat to America is the Republican Party.


  135. Steve Weedflex says:

    lets think for a minute… when was the last time religion took part in a war… oh yeah! the “war on terror”. when was the last time a war was fought because a bunch of gays got out of control… Oh yeah! NEVER!


  136. jerseyboyblue says:

    The greatest threat to America? No, not homosexuality. It’s hatred and intolerance. The fact that the people of Utah allow Buttars, STephenson, and Stowell to represent them in the state legislature should speak volumes about the content of their character.


  137. cougar_gal06 says:

    I think it outrageous and offensive to believe that citizens of the U.S. are the greatest threat to the U.S. What happened to the Taliban in the Middle East? What about all the people living in poverty throughout the world? The Borgen Project (www.borgenproject.org) shows that even our high ranking military leaders think it is better to keep our Foreign Aid up. If people are fed and their living conditions are decent they are less likely to become members of the Taliban and attack the U.S.


  138. vernon farquar says:

    I just don’t understand why Republicans can be so constantly misunderstood. What’s wrong with us?



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