Rightists Stepping In It... People Watching

I've never been a big Bette Midler fan-- other than her amazing duet with Bob Dylan on "Buckets of Rain"-- but yesterday she was on CNN Headline News, Glenn Beck's old home, with Joy Behar. It was Behar's debut on the network and she and Bette spent some time talking about the serious consequences of ranting maniacs like Glenn Beck could have on the country's social fabric. Take a look:



Beck then went on the air to call her a cancer and make fun of her music and movies and wallow in victimhood. Meanwhile, the Beckoids over at Newsmax have taken down John Perry column calling for a military coup against Obama. I guess they're embarrassed by their publishing miscalculation.

And speaking of Beckoids, it looks like John Boehner and Eric Cantor decided to rein in Georgia kook Tom Price, understanding full well the impact of a resolution condemning Alan Grayson's perfectly reasonable remarks about the GOP health reform plan that corporate sadsacks Roy Blunt and then Paul Ryan failed to deliver. The prospect of videos of wild-eyed Republican extremists like Steve King (R-IA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX) proving Grayson's while making up lies about how Democrats want to kill people with their health care plans probably looked decidedly unappetizing as the moment for a privileged motion drew nearer and Grayson seemed more and more reasonable and more and more likely to hold his ground. More Democrats like Alan Grayson is exactly what the country needs-- lots more. Please consider donating to the Blue America Getting Grayson's Back page where over 600 donors have already given more than $20,000 in just 24 hours.


UPDATE: Funeral Directors Endorse GOP Health Care "Reform"

Yesterday we mentioned that the funeral industry supports many of the Republicans who have been screaming the loudest over Alan Grayson's revelation of the GOP prescription for a health care plan: "either avoid getting sick or, if that fails, die and die fast." Turns out the Borowitz Report went into that today as well.

Congressional Republicans received key backing today for their health care plan, picking up support from the National Association of Undertakers.

The funeral directors' group, which represents undertakers, embalmers and hearse drivers across the country, gave the GOP plan a big thumbs up, saying in a press release, "Finally, a health care plan that works for us."

The endorsement from the undertakers' association was the second major endorsement in two days for the GOP plan, which yesterday picked up support from the National Association of Viruses and Bacteria. 

UPDATE: Alan Grayson's Not Done With The GOP Yet

Yesterday, Grayson kept up his attack, going on MSNBC and pointing out that the Republicans have not been good faith players in the health care debate. "America is sick of you, Republican Party; you're a lie factory, that's all you do... Why don't you work together with the Democrats to solve America's problems instead of making stuff up?"