DiaperMan David Vitter, whom 47% of Louisiana Republicans would prefer to continue his adventures (we particularly liked The Perilous Plot of Political Poopypants), is not taking his renomination for granted among his state’s pigfuckers. Where other Louisiana politicos were quick to condemn the Non-Marryin’ Judge, Vitter took his time before finding just the right words:

Sen. Vitter thinks that all judges should follow the law as written and not make it up as they go along.

Vitter’s standards are clear. Criticizing a local judge who won’t marry an interracial couple is one thing. Calling for the resignation of a black senator from Illinois is quite another.

Senator Vitter’s Office Finally Comments On Judge Who Denied Interracial Marriage [Plum Line]

Schooling a paid shill from the Hudson Institute – isn’t this what we pay our senators to do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA

Oh my – this could get awkward:

The production company that runs the pageant is filing a cross complaint against Prejean, demanding, among other things, that Carrie return the $5,200 the pageant fronted her for her breast augmentation.

In other legal docs, Keith Lewis and crew are asking to strike a portion of Prejean’s lawsuit — the portion dealing with public disclosure of private facts.

The new docs say, “the alleged ‘private facts’ consist of her breast augmentation (which ceased being private during the swimsuit competition of the nationally-televised Miss USA pageant, in which Ms. Prejean walked the stage in a bikini).”

Pageant to Prejean: Give Us Breast Money Back [TMZ]

Michael Steele, last seen chewing his cud, offers some handy immigration tips to Univision viewers:

Basically what we should be saying is that there are rules that you need to get into the country, go the right door, fill out the right form, have some apple pie, hum a few bars of the Star Spangled Banner and get to work, God bless you, and I think that that begins to set us on the right road to dealing with this issue.

We checked, and no, Steele wasn’t doing a Nixon-style self-mocking sketch for Sabado Gigante.

Steele: We Don’t Need Comprehensive Health Care Reform [TPM]

It ain’t the Public Option — hell, it ain’t even Rapture Insurance — but Michigan Republican Thaddeus McCotter would like to make sure American pets get the quality healthcare denied their owners.

The “Humanity And Pets Partnered through the Years” bill — HAPPY! — spreads the joy with a $3,500 tax break for pet-related expenses.

It’s “as much a health care bill as any,” says Nancy Perry of the Humane Society. “It’s a human health issue to ensure that pets are provided with better care because of the role they play in our families.”

We’re not strangers to blowing the rent on Iams, so we appreciate the sentiment. We’d appreciate it even more if McCotter wasn’t opposed to healthcare reform.

HAPPY Bill Proposes Tax Breaks For Pet Owners [TPM]

Thank God the GOP Has the Guts to Stand Up For the Torture, Rape and Murder of Women, the Things That Make America Great!

When Minnesota Sen Al Franken (D-MN) proposed the defunding of contractors whose employees entertain themselves with gang rape and hide behind contract rules that could expose them, the GOP went apeshit crazy with outrage.

The neomedievalists of the GOP who are dedicating every ounce of their strength to the dismantling of western civilization and to destroying the gifts of enlightenment saw something very important to hate in the bill.

The recognition of women as human beings, perhaps?

Limits on the extent to which the military-industrial-organized-crime complex can be encouraged to indulge in cackling barbarity, possibly?

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A new Oklahoma law will require gathering statistics on every abortion performed in the state — and posting the details online:

1. Date of abortion
2. County in which abortion performed
3. Age of mother
4. Marital status of mother (married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never married)
5. Race of mother
6. Years of education of mother
(specify highest year completed)
7. State or foreign country of residence of mother
8. Total number of previous pregnancies of the mother
Live Births
Miscarriages
Induced Abortions

While the law doesn’t ask for name or address, you could pretty much open a bank account with the information given — especially in a small-town state, where any three of the questions would peg your neighbor.

Implementing the law (which is being challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights) would cost Oklahoma taxpayers more than $250,000 a year. Apparently legislators overlooked a more efficient method, consisting of distributing cases of scarlet spray paint to county sheriffs.

New Oklahoma law will publicy post details of women’s abortions online [Think Progress]