The real difference between Republicans and Democrats is the same difference between Rush Limbaugh and Jon Stewart – the difference between guts and gall.

Guts is when you never take on anybody with less money, power, or good looks than you have.

Gall is when that’s all you take on.

Jon Stewart takes on the power boys.  Rush Limbaugh takes on Sandra Fluke.

We have a Republican guy here named Rick Miller who is running for the State Lege who claims to be a former Naval officer and a deacon in the Baptist Church, but he has to keep telling you that because you can’t tell that by his behavior.  He stood and watched, doing nothing, while his fellow Republicans beat up a 70 year old woman.  He did nothing to stop it.  He is a raging coward on top of it all.

They are thugs.  They are bullies.

And that is why they attract people like this guy.

Gregory Peterson is a major TEA Party activist in Utah and  has hosted the Rocky Mountain Conservatives Conference at his lakeside cabin the past three years.  He was a co-chair of a Romney for President fundraiser in 2007.  And he has some other hobbies.

News that a Utah Republican activist is accused of raping four women — two of whom say they were taken to the Heber cabin where the man hosted major political events — caused ripples of unease Thursday throughout the GOP.

Gregory Nathan Peterson has hobnobbed with the likes of Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, Gov. Gary Herbert, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, and candidates such as 4th District congressional contender Mia Love.

But for the past 14 months, the 37-year-old Orem man allegedly has led a double life as a serial date-rapist.

Peterson was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City with 23 felony counts, including rape and kidnapping, and two misdemeanors.

They are thugs and bullies.  It is second nature to them.  And that is why Gregory Peterson was attracted to them.

I am not calling Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan rapists.  I am calling them thugs.

Paul Ryan has never had a real job in his life – he has lived off the government dole from the time his father died and he collected social security until today.  But he wants Grandma off the medicare and social security.  He’s a thug and a bully.

Mitt Romney wants to move all the jelly to the top shelf where it can only be reached by this car elevator.  He has made a fortune off thugging people out of their money.

And that is my Monday Morning soapbox.  I will put it away until next Monday morning when they do something else that hacks me off.

Thanks to Bananas for the heads up.