More Republican "Values" -- how can we ever compete?

[CatWoman]

:eyes:

Yesterday:

Bush introduced Mike and Sharla Hintz, a couple from Clive, whom he said benefited from his tax plan.

Last year, because of the enhanced the child tax credit, they received an extra $1,600 in their tax refund, Bush said. With other tax cuts in the bill, they saved $2,800 on their income taxes.

They used the money to buy a wood-burning stove to more efficiently heat their home, made some home improvements and went on a vacation to Minnesota, the president said.

Mike Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, said the tax cuts also gave him additional money to use for health care.

He said he supports Bush's values.



Today:

A Des Moines youth pastor is charged with the sexual exploitation of a child.
KCCI learned that the married father of four recently turned himself in to Johnston police.

Rev. Mike Hintz was fired from the First Assembly of God Church, located at 2725 Merle Hay Road, on Oct. 30. Hintz was the youth pastor there for three years.

Police said he started an affair with a 17-year-old in the church youth group this spring.

http://www.dailykos.com

[latteromden]

1. Well, you know they're twisted when

They use their tax cuts to go on vacation to MINNESOTA.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

24. That's what I thought. Nice lakes, but c'mon.

not a whole lot else.

[danostuporstar]

2. wow...got links?

[CatWoman]

6. i referred you to Daily Kos

the actual links are there.

[MountainLaurel]

9. Another DU thread

Complete with links:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1051202

BTW, welcome to DU!

[BrklynLiberal]

30. Great idea at that link.....

datasuspect suggested that someone needs to set up a site that keeps track of this kind of crapola...with a name like christianhypocrisywatch.org or something. What a GREAT idea!!!!
Like that chickenhawk site!!!!

[MountainLaurel]

48. Here's a start at it:

http://www.weblog.nohair.net/archives/000395.html

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Links

The original story:
http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041005/NEWS09/410050398/1001/NEWS

The new story:
http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/3976822/detail.html

[Maat]

3. Heard this this morning!

Laughed out loud! I'm 46 years old. Nothing's changed. My parents were involved in local conservative politics in Orange County, Ca. They were all earthshaking hypocrites. Soured me on that side of the political spectrum, shall we say.

[MountainLaurel]

26. Yep

Reminds me of great Repukes like Ted Bundy, who was considered an up and coming mover in WA state politics, and the stepfather of Susan Smith, who was the local Republican party chair at the same time he was raping his teenage stepdaughters.

[Mandate My Ass]

28. John Wayne Gacy

was very active in Republican politics in between stints as Pogo the Clown and his ummmm, other hobby.

[maveric]

47. Sorry to inform you. Gacy was a dem precinct captain.

In Chicago. Was a big Jimmy Carter supporter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/gacy.shtml

[Mandate My Ass]

52. You're right ... my bad

It was his fascination with law enforcement that tripped me up.

:dunce:

[BrklynLiberal]

34. So many Repug hypocrites, so little time.... n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

36. LaTorneau's Dad was also Repug BigWig and was doing some nasty stuff. n/t

[Maat]

51. Actually, that was what I had in mind.

Went to a lot of functions with Mary's family and my family. Mrs. Congressman Schmitz always behaved like the paragon of virtue (as her husband was, in my humble opinion, making ... uh .. interesting looks at my mom.

And, remember, his mistress was alleged to have abused one of her two children (and guess who the daddy was).

Ah, moral values. Perhaps I've lost touch with them....

[BrklynLiberal]

41. Isn't that where LaTorneau's Dad was caught screwing around? n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Well hey!

At least he got his tax cuts, right?

[ClintonTyree]

5. Some "Demoncrat" must have got to him..............

a good Republican Family Value type like that would NEVER do something like that unless one of we godless, baby killing, heathen Democrats put him up to it. :eyes:
OK, who was it? You might as well confess, they'll just beat it out of you anyway. :spank:

[NewJeffCT]

7. don't they at least do a cursory background check?

pre-election, Bush dragged out some doctor that ended up having been sued for malpractice several times...

[Straight Shooter]

8. Republican values aren't American values

Phew! They can keep them.

Of course, they'll blame it on the liberal media and there will be calls to cast the Clenis demon out of their pastor.

[Solly Mack]

10. Honestly...what is it about republicans and the sexual exploitation

of children?

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

[CatWoman]

11. um

they are hypocritical peices of shit? :shrug:

child molesting, lying bastards :grr:

[Solly Mack]

14. It's like they crawled out of the woodwork 4 years ago

and went on a child molesting rampage.

Are we to expect another 4 years of the same?

The sick fucks.

[ilovenicepeople]

43. I wonder what percentage of Christians are pedophiles ,and what percentage

of atheists are pedophiles?Which group embraces this vile act more,and why???

[blm]

12. Sex crimes against Children - It's the Republican Way.

Faking concern over values while voting for Bush so you can keep stealing from others - It's the Republican Way.

[Contrary1]

13. I would give back the extra $$$...

if I didn't have to vacation in Minnesota. Geez.

[underpants]

15. Aside from the crushing irony-they did all that with $2,800?

http://www.justsaunas.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/87
Okay that is a moderately (?) priced wood burnign stove for $440

So they had $2,360 left

They did home improvements (What does that mean?), went on a vacation (I am guessing they didn't go to Key West and have Mojitos at Alonzos), AND had some more left over for health care (see the righteous GET health care).

[CatWoman]

17. hey!!!! I was thinking about you this weekend!!!!

Lifetime was doing a countdown of the best movies of 2004 :D

:hi:

[underpants]

23. Wow that is odd

I was thinking about Valerie Bertinelli this weekend.

:bounce:

:hi:

[Up2Late]

16. Urgent ! Talk of the Nation NOW Election Lies!

Any Black or Latinos out there?

NPR is looking for Black and Latino Callers for Election 1 month later Show. :puke:

Lot's of BS going on NOW :mad:

[BrklynLiberal]

18. Another member of the Fundie-Christian Hypocrite Assoc. n/t

[Loki]

19. Guess who's picture is still up on the White House gov site?

Sure looks like it.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/10/images/20041004-7_p43192-080-515h.html

[CatWoman]

21. which one is he?

[sniffa]

27. here's my guess

that guy

based on:


hmmm... or is it the guy in the grey coLLared shirt?

[BrklynLiberal]

40. I think it is the guy in the collar...must be an old pic.

The article said he had 4 kids.

[BronxBoy]

54. Tax Relief for Working Families.....

And they are all white. Guess us black, asian and latin people don't work....or need relief.

[sniffa]

55. you understand the ann couLter meme

[underpants]

22. Yikes all that is missing is the mayonnaise

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. I think the appropriate background music would be

"Springtime for Hitler". I haven't seen so many blondes outside of a Nazi propaganda movie!

[Mad_Dem_X]

53. How true - not a dark face in the bunch

Shows who really benefitted - white, middle class.

[BrklynLiberal]

25. Yup..That's the man and his family up on the state with W n/t

[newportdadde]

29. Its ironic

But it always seems like its Republicans getting busted for this stuff.

[sniffa]

31. true - just Like neiL cavuto

sick

[oasis]

39. I've been away. What's the deal on Neil?

[oasis]

37. Just the the tip of the iceberg into fundie/GOP hypocrisy. To expose all

of these super-righteous bastards would take 3/4 of newsspace. :puke:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

33. Republicans are know for their "Sexual Assault" abilities!

[Loki]

35. Don't forget another "honorable" repuke

ex-Mayor Philip Giordano charged with 17 counts of using his office to conduct sexual relations with children 8 and 10 years old. These people are scum.

[oasis]

42. Or Beverly Russell the upright South Carolina GOP big shot who molested

his step-daughter Susan Smith. She exposed him at her trial. She murdered her two very young boys by drowning them in a lake.

[SOS]

49. Mustn't overlook

the right-wing, gay-hating, prostitute-loving Jimmy Swaggart.

[BrklynLiberal]

50. GREAT GRAPHIC!!!!!!!!! Swaggart could be their poster boy! n/t

[PatriotGames]

38. LOL @ the irony

[Contrary1]

44. I just noticed something...

"With other tax cuts in the bill, they saved $2,800 on their income taxes."

If they saved $2,800 total with other tax cuts in Shrub's new tax bill, how come they only got $1,600 of it back?

[BrklynLiberal]

45. link to article about lots of Repugnant hypocrites...

http://www.weblog.nohair.net/archives/000395.html
Thisn includes several that were mentioned in some of the posts

[newportdadde]

46. Randi Rhodes is covering this story now.