Oh Missouri? Firm Yet?
Congressional Republicans didn’t know how to repeal Obamacare. Lord knows they get extra points for trying, though.
Manly Mike Moon
Along comes Missouri Republican State Rep. Mike Moon. Mr. Moon has a new tactic to try to repeal Obamacare.
A resolution now pending in the Missouri House, calling on the state’s congressional delegation to “endeavor with `manly firmness’ and resolve to totally and completely repeal the Affordable Care Act . . . ”
Moon says that the “manly firmness” line comes from the Declaration of Independence. Funny how that stuck out in Moon’s mind.
Apparently, no one took the shovel away from Moon so he kept digging.
“It is just like going to war,” Moon told the Columbia Tribune. “You want a soldier to fight like a man. If a woman is in the trenches, you want them to fight like a man, too.
“It was not meant to downplay their womanhood at all,” he added. “We just want them to know, every man and lady who is representing us, that we are demanding, as citizens of Missouri, that Obamacare be repealed and make it clear we don’t want a replacement.”
Honey, the hole he dug is so deep that you can hear Chinese people talking on the other end.
I have been told that they’re having a ball with it on Twitter but I’m afraid to look. But, someone sent me Missouri Senator Clair McCaskill’s tweet.
She also added that there’s nothing manly about taking away health care from people.
Thanks to Mike for the heads up.
“She also added that there’s nothing manly about taking away health care from people.”
Sadly, that depends entirely on which side of the aisle you sit on.
1Somewhere out there is a gnome writing quotes for idiotic wingnuts to spout. Here is one from dumbass dubya similar to Moonshot’s-For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable. And we’re going to do something about it.” –Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001
2I hit the Googles – it turns out this guy represents a rural district in the Ozarks between Springfield and Joplin, and not too far from Branson. It is the same area whose US Congresscritter is Billy Long, former auctioneer and tea partier who also ridiculed the idea of tornado warnings (granted, before the Joplin F4).
3Normally I don’t argue with Miz JJ, after all she owns the place, BUT I have great issue with this snip “Funny how that stuck out in Moon’s mind.” C’mon now clearly aint got one. But that’s ok cause if he had a brain in his head what would support it? He got no backbone neither.
4Sorry, I’m laughing. It’s pretty dark humor but there you go. Lessee, is this manly guy funded by one of the Koch bros. front groups? “Manly Men for Murika”?
5Wow! This almost makes me proud to be living in Kansas!
Almost.
6Didn’t recall that particular phrase from Declaration, but Rep. Moon is correct.
“He [the king of Great Britain) has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
So President is not only a socialist, Muslim, Kenyan, and a “murica hater” but is just like King George III, sometimes known as the “mad king”.
7I think Rep. Moon should henceforth be known as “Manly Firmness Moon.” He’s earned it.
8Manly Firmness Moon. That would look real nice in calligraphy.
9I’ll bet Lindsay Graham is on his side. He does love some manly firmness.(swoon)
10@austinhatlady
11History is harsh with George III. I never saw him as mad. More like constantly irritable.
I got a suggestion that might help the working poor in the red states that do not want Obamacare. Change the name to Reagancare or Bushcare. That will sell for sure. Sadly in TN the bill didn’t even get out of the committee. Here is a tidbit that got my goat. They had some preacher give the opening prayer for the session and she asked god to make sure that the bill didn’t leave the committee. I mean since when isn’t god for the working poor in this country. No wonder people are leaving organized church.
12Displays his m(anly) f(irmness) by sporting that Groucho Marx cookie duster?
13From Missouri,huh? I wonder if he is legitimate?
14Call him Moon over Paradox?
15Me thinks someone’s been watchin’ too many Cialis and Viagra commercials!
16For a manly guy, he sure looks a lot like Ed Flanders.
17Manly Firmness Moon sounds like the name for a Hippy couple’s offspring! Or a porno actor…
18George III had Porphyria, that made his pee purple. And made him a bit bonkers, too. But I like the purple pee better. Sounds royal.
Marcus Hiles will use manly firmness as a defense against beating women and A-Butt will prolly hire him back.
19That mustache of his and “manly firmness” go together!
20That phrase may have been in the Constitution, but probably best left there for historians to chuckle over. Any one who disagrees with me, I challenge them to a duel!
21Since “manly firmness” does not trip lightly off the tongue,
22let’s use Stephen Colbert’s pithy “truthiness” as a model and contract it to “firmanliness”, thereby getting to the crux of the matter.
Mr. Moon equates giving people healthcare with non-firmanliness, for lack of a better term, impotence. Ah, he feels impotent and must stick it to the people who need healthcare, in order to restore his self-esteem. Awfully hard-hearted of Mr. Mike Moon.
I hear banjo music.
23This is kind of like verbal embroidery.
24Henry, apologies to banjos! Right now!
25I guess if Missouri folks who can’t afford health care get real sick, they should just let their appendix explode and maybe die of peritonitis with manly firmness, regardless of gender.
Anybody who thinks it’s “manly” to screw over poor working families should have some of them get seriously manly on him, regardless of gender. There are a bunch of those idiots across the river in Virginia who’d rather give Obama the finger than help about 200,000 people get health insurance that the state doesn’t even have to pay for.
26Rep. Mike “Manly Firmness” Moon is a real whackjob knobtwistin’ meatbeatin’ Onanist Ozarkian; clearly his oxygen-starved brain is a couple quarts low, with most of his ‘precious bodily fluids’…errm…’blood’, pumping up his puerile penile ‘hydraulics’.
That ‘stache is just…just…terrific…
OMFG, whenever I see males (using the term loosely, not that there’s anything wrong with that…) with elaborate facial/head hair, I can’t help but think: whatta ‘Prissy SOB’.
The Repukes have their upcumming Prez ticket ‘firmed up’ now: Bolton & Moon in 2016!! (Sorry, Miz Lindsey).
Their slogan: We’ll Sweep the Field with Manly Firmness!! (y’all just don’t shake their hands…).
And his constituency doesn’t even know they’ve been ‘shafted’, bwahahaha…no affordable healthcare for you dumbass hillbillies.
(hopin’ that momma’s not payin’ too much attention here… ;] , or I’ll be ‘deadmeat’)
27austinhatlady–Thanks for providing the quote. You’ve gotta admit, though, that it shows how much the Rs should love George III, since he “dissolved Representative houses repeatedly,” sort of like their gerrymandering and doing their best to shrink the government. Of course, his name was George, so that has to put him on their favorites list right there.
28The line for brains was too long so he went back for a second helping of porn ‘stache.
29@Henry
30Are the banjos dueling?
It might be time to practice my Sean Connery impression.
“The name is Firmness. Manly Firmness.”
31Yes, with manly firmness, Mike Moon proves that he is a total, complete and utter idiot.
32Just one more proof that the present GOP is the most cowardly bunch of politicians ever to hit D.C. Think about it. They always go after the very old, the very young and the infirm.
33Another thing; about that shovel, you never interrupt an opponent when he’s making a mistake.
What will they do if the manly firmness lasts for more than 4 hours? Use Obamacare?
34Rep. Alan Grayson revealed, in toto, the Republican Healthcare Plan: 1. Don’t get sick. 2. If you do get sick, die quickly.
35Damn! I never knew Claire McCaskill was so funny! But then, consider the inspiration!
And Rhea! Terry has been trying with manly firmness to get expanded Medicaid to those 200,000 people but his opposition is struck with unmanly gracelessness.
36Makes me think of the old Mr. Manly radio clips.
37Near everyone loves a little “manly firmness” once in awhile.
38This fella’ looks like he would be happier with some regular
manly firmness and less lamely brainness. That might help his
overall outlook on life.
Unfortunately,with the news about the “Daily Show” there will be less intense voices pointing out the hypocrisy of wingnut nation.
JJ-it is up to you to fill the void. Can you handle that? Please,please,please!
39Oh, epo, I also despair that without Jon Stewart’s rapier satire and Stephen Colbert’s pseudo-conservative persona to highlight the rwnj’s foibles, the American political process will fall to the Koch Industrial Complex. The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon is our last progressive hope and refuge.
40Why is it that I suspect Rep. Moon’s “manly firmness” has had very little contact with anyone’s womanly softness?
41micr … George III had porphyria which could present as madness. With proper treatment it can be cured or at least kept in remission. Not so with Manly Moon.
42maryelle and e. platypus onion, despair not. There’s John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight to fill the void. I don’t have HBO, but I do check it out on youtube.
43(My cable provider dropped all Viacom channels last year, so I’ve been w/o steady Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert all this time. Does anyone think their double departure is due to Comedy Central cash flow problems?)
44I love it when they are so dense they have no idea what fun can be had with their words.
45“I hit the Googles – it turns out this guy represents a rural district in the Ozarks between Springfield and Joplin, and not too far from Branson.”
That’s where my mother-in-law is from. I should’ve guessed that.
46Is he using the Playboy copy of the declaration? The one that begins “When in the course of one-night stands it becomes desirable to dissolve the relationship between screwer and screwee…”
Because the official copy doesn’t have the word ‘manly’ anywhere in it. However I’m sure this was just an oversight on the part of Tommy Jefferson (who we all know had manly firmness).
47How do I edit a reply?
48Poor Old George III–he kept getting his wife p.g., and those that survived to adulthood were drunkards, wastrels, and adulterers. No wonder the poor guy was so irritable.
49John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” is a worthy successor to The Daily Show. In fact, his latest show rips a new orifice in the pharmaceutical industry and the doctors who belong to Big Pharma.
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