This is the party?

So Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville was quoted in the Tennessean this week saying that our state party is at a 140-year low point. Sad, but true.

Today, I was looking around the TNDP and had a question regarding the voter ID law. I went to the 'contact us' page and, low and behold, their email link doesn't work.

Therefore, I sent them a message on FB...

Me: Hello. I tried sending an email to questions@tndp.org which is the contact posted on the TNDP website and it is bouncing back. I'm not sure if this is an old address or if it is a problem with my email.

TNDP: I've forwarded the problem to Benjamin Crumpler who oversees the database. Hopefully, he can get it fixed. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

That = embarassing.

Proof that Republicans are part of a cult

Marsha Blackburn was the headliner at a Charlotte, NC GOP fundraiser (I don't know how that's supposed to benefit her constituents in TN) and was introduced after this dude TJ Ritchie spoke about how his kids go to a "government school". But, TJ says it's OK because he doesn't let the school indoctrinate his kids with the tyranny of liberalism. What he means is that his kids go to study hall during science class.

Good points made

Here's a clip from Sunday's Meet the Press where Rep. Blackburn took part in a panel on civility in public discourse. I commend her for somewhat acknowledging how screwed up political speech can be these days. I'm hoping her public statements reflect this sentiment in the future... we'll see.

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USA Today has picked up on the hypocrisy

USA Today uncovers Republican support for energy loans they blast

The best part...

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote a push back letter saying the letters were not letters of support, but rather letters just asking DOE to speed up the loan approval process. A distinction without a difference.

The House GOP is so dumb that they don't even understand themselves!

And they prove it this time on energy policy, of all things! Federal funds going to their districts is AOK, but funding for anything anywhere else is WASTE WASTE WASTE!!!!

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx on the Need to Increase Domestic Energy Prod...

Marsha Blackburn's brainiac counterpart from North Carolina wonders why the President doesn't just lower gas prices like he should.  You know, all he has to do is press that button underneath his desk and BOOM... gas prices would go down!

The oil from the Keystone Pipeline was never meant to be used in the U.S., congresswoman. The pipeline leads straight from Canada to the Gulf, where it would be refined and shipped overseas. As a reminder, you voted to make sure that this would happen.

Super Tuesdee is almost here!

I was just driving home and heard an ad on 101.1 the Beat (Nashville's Hip-Hop/R&B station) about Mitt Romney being the conservative candidate to beat Pres. Obama. WRONG AUDIENCE, MORON!

I know, I know

It's been a hot minute since I've posted, but I'm sure that'll be changing here soon with election season ramping up. In the meantime, check out this gem...

Williamson GOP chief blasts school breakfasts
Kookogey: Government has no place in cafeteria

From today's Tennessean...

Idiot Congresswoman wasting time, money

From today's Tennessean...

Marsha Blackburn presses fight to save incandescent bulbs

A gem...

“Despite my best efforts, our beloved incandescent light bulbs are still scheduled to go away at the end of the year,” Blackburn said in a statement a staffer provided Tuesday.

“I will fight until the end so that people can keep their light bulbs and we’ll see what happens in the coming days. In the meantime, I am stocking up and filling my family’s Christmas stockings with light bulbs. Hope my friends in Tennessee are too.”

and what she'll never understand...

Replacing a single light bulb in every home in the country with a CFL would save enough energy to light about 3 million homes for a year and keep 9 billion pounds of greenhouse gases out of the air a year, according to the EPA. That’s the same amount that is emitted by about 800,000 cars.

“Sometimes we have to pass a law to make a difference on a mass scale,” said Scott McIntosh, who is working on master’s degrees in both business and sustainability at Lipscomb University.

“People aren’t aware how little changes can make big differences.”

Let the TN Election Season begin!

State Sen. Eric Stewart declares bid for Congress
1:15 AM, Nov. 18, 2011

State Sen. Eric Stewart announced Thursday that he is running for the 4th Congressional District, taking on first-term incumbent Rep. Scott DesJarlais.

Stewart, a Democrat who has represented the 14th Senate district since 2009, said there is widespread dissatisfaction with DesJarlais, a Republican physician with no prior political experience who pulled off a surprising win last November over Democratic Rep. Lincoln Davis.“I actually think across this district there’s some buyer’s remorse about who they sent up there to serve them,” Stewart said. “They’re pretty disgusted with what’s been going on up in D.C. on both sides of the aisle.”

Stewart, who won’t run again for his Senate seat, is entering the race even though state lawmakers are still redesigning the 4th District. It currently stretches from Lawrence County on the Alabama border to Campbell County on the Kentucky border. Stewart currently represents seven counties within the 4th Congressional District, and his home of Franklin County borders DesJarlais’ home of Marion County.

“I feel pretty confident that Franklin County will remain in the 4th District, as well as most of my state Senate seat,” Stewart said.

DesJarlais has not yet set up a campaign organization, an adviser said. The congressman said in a statement that he is focused on efforts in Congress to reduce the nation’s $15 trillion debt.“My focus is on the upcoming supercommittee recommendation and how to best reduce our national debt,” DesJarlais said in a statement. “There will be a time to focus on the campaign, but it isn’t now.”