Don't let your chilldren grow up to be Republicans...

headscratcher4 · 24th February 2006, 11:31 AM

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Ohio_l...ican_0224.html

too funny.

Jocko · 24th February 2006, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by headscratcher4

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Ohio_l...ican_0224.html

too funny.

I'd love to know what prompted this. Someone pooped in his Cheerios, that much seems certain.

Manny · 24th February 2006, 11:37 AM

I thought the idea was to require abortion opponents, who are overwhelmingly Republican, to adopt an unwanted child.

Arkan_Wolfshade · 24th February 2006, 11:41 AM

Interesting tact to protest the gay adoption ban legislation.

ImaginalDisc · 24th February 2006, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Hagan said his "tongue was planted firmly in cheek" when he drafted the proposed legislation. However, Hagan said that the point he is trying to make is nonetheless very serious.

Hagan said his legislation was written in response to a bill introduced in the Ohio House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, that is aimed at prohibiting gay adoption.

"We need to see what we are doing," said Hagan, who called Hood's proposed bill blatantly discriminatory and extremely divisive. Hagan called Hood and the eight other conservative House Republicans who backed the anti-gay adoption bill "homophobic."

Quote:

To further lampoon Hood's bill, Hagan wrote in his mock proposal that "credible research" shows that adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."

Brilliant. I didn't realize there were still lawmakers with cojones.

jj · 24th February 2006, 12:21 PM

Oh my Ed, there is value left in Youngstown!

Well, other than the astronomy department at UCLA (That would be "University on the Corner of Lincoln Avenue", aka. "Youngstown State University), and the geology department there, too. I wonder how those collapsing coal mines are doing these days in Mineral Ridge? (My mom's hometown, that.)

Zbu · 24th February 2006, 02:02 PM

Bloody beautiful.

Cleon · 24th February 2006, 02:39 PM

I'll be damned. Another qualifier for the "Democrats Cleon Would Actually Vote For" list.

Zbu · 24th February 2006, 05:12 PM

I hope that becomes a trend. Witty Democrats with a sense of humor like this make the whole voting process worthwhile.

ImaginalDisc · 24th February 2006, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Jocko

I'd love to know what prompted this. Someone pooped in his Cheerios, that much seems certain.

Satire. Google it.

CapelDodger · 24th February 2006, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by ImaginalDisc

Brilliant. I didn't realize there were still lawmakers with cojones.

I'm across the Atlantic and am now aware of this guy, a politician, so the publicity potential is, y'know, potent. I need to know just how much more vulnerable this act has made those balls before I pass judgement on their significance. That requires polls. In the main, more important to politicians than anything material.

Charlie Monoxide · 24th February 2006, 07:31 PM

Very funny.

I wonder if these prospective adoptive parents would insist that the pregnant women (of their proposed unborn adoptive child) make the fetus listening to Newt Gingrich tapes rather than Mozart ....

Charlie (channeling Ayn Rand) Monoxide

24th February 2006, 11:31 AM	#1
headscratcher4 Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: USA Posts: 7,749	Don't let your chilldren grow up to be Republicans... http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Ohio_l...ican_0224.html too funny.
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24th February 2006, 11:33 AM	#2
Jocko Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, Chicago... it's a toddling town. Posts: 5,463	Originally Posted by headscratcher4 http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Ohio_l...ican_0224.html too funny. I'd love to know what prompted this. Someone pooped in his Cheerios, that much seems certain.
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24th February 2006, 11:37 AM	#3
Manny Illuminator Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,295	I thought the idea was to require abortion opponents, who are overwhelmingly Republican, to adopt an unwanted child.
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24th February 2006, 11:41 AM	#4
Arkan_Wolfshade Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Making Mytheon come to life Posts: 7,158	Interesting tact to protest the gay adoption ban legislation.
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24th February 2006, 11:44 AM	#5
ImaginalDisc Proactive Untwister of Octagonal Hippopotamus Pants Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 10,225	Quote: Hagan said his "tongue was planted firmly in cheek" when he drafted the proposed legislation. However, Hagan said that the point he is trying to make is nonetheless very serious. Hagan said his legislation was written in response to a bill introduced in the Ohio House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood, R-Ashville, that is aimed at prohibiting gay adoption. "We need to see what we are doing," said Hagan, who called Hood's proposed bill blatantly discriminatory and extremely divisive. Hagan called Hood and the eight other conservative House Republicans who backed the anti-gay adoption bill "homophobic." Quote: To further lampoon Hood's bill, Hagan wrote in his mock proposal that "credible research" shows that adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities." Brilliant. I didn't realize there were still lawmakers with cojones.
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24th February 2006, 12:21 PM	#6
jj grumpy old skeptic Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Deep in the rain Posts: 18,480	Oh my Ed, there is value left in Youngstown! Well, other than the astronomy department at UCLA (That would be "University on the Corner of Lincoln Avenue", aka. "Youngstown State University), and the geology department there, too. I wonder how those collapsing coal mines are doing these days in Mineral Ridge? (My mom's hometown, that.)
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24th February 2006, 02:02 PM	#7
Zbu Critical Thinker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 466	Bloody beautiful.

24th February 2006, 02:39 PM	#8
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24th February 2006, 05:12 PM	#9
Zbu Critical Thinker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 466	I hope that becomes a trend. Witty Democrats with a sense of humor like this make the whole voting process worthwhile.

24th February 2006, 06:13 PM	#10
ImaginalDisc Proactive Untwister of Octagonal Hippopotamus Pants Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Miami, Fl Posts: 10,225	Originally Posted by Jocko I'd love to know what prompted this. Someone pooped in his Cheerios, that much seems certain. Satire. Google it.
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24th February 2006, 06:29 PM	#11
CapelDodger Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Cardiff, South Wales Posts: 16,740	Originally Posted by ImaginalDisc Brilliant. I didn't realize there were still lawmakers with cojones. I'm across the Atlantic and am now aware of this guy, a politician, so the publicity potential is, y'know, potent. I need to know just how much more vulnerable this act has made those balls before I pass judgement on their significance. That requires polls. In the main, more important to politicians than anything material.
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24th February 2006, 07:31 PM	#12
Charlie Monoxide Wag Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 2,761	Very funny. I wonder if these prospective adoptive parents would insist that the pregnant women (of their proposed unborn adoptive child) make the fetus listening to Newt Gingrich tapes rather than Mozart .... Charlie (channeling Ayn Rand) Monoxide
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