Republican Jackass of the Week

Meet little-known Ohio congressman Mike Turner (R).

Outraged that the "sequester" has cut into the bloated Pentagon budget, now that another conflict with Syria is looming, Unknown Mike went on Fox Noise to whine about how vulnerable we allegedly are, and to blame President Obama for the defense cuts.

Nowhere did he mention that it was his own party that overwhelmingly voted for the cuts. Of course Rupert Murdock's teleprompter-reader never dared mention this obviously pertinent fact.

(House Democrats were split in their votes for and against the sequester, but House Republicans voted, by a margin of 3 to 1, in favor of passing it.)

Whine all you want, Jackass. Your party is responsible for it.

Mike Turner, our Regressive republican Jackass of the Week.

Congress "Adjusts" Sequester to Their Own Needs Only

Martin Bashir said it best yesterday:

"It is any surprise that Congress is held in such contempt, when members won't bat an eyelash if the elderly lose 4,000,000 Meals on Wheels, or 100,000 children lose their place under Head Start. But if you delay House Majority Leader Eric Cantor at the airport, then he will pass legislation quicker than he pockets money from the NRA."