Saturday, March 21, 2015

Since its CEO came out hard against gay marriage in 2012 the Republicans have spent nearly $13,000 dollars of taxpayer money at Chick-fil-A.

Go on. Take a bite for homophobia.
Courtesy of the National Journal: 

Since 2012, when the Atlanta-based fried-chicken chain came under fire for donating millions to groups fighting same-sex marriage—and CEO Dan Cathy declared that redefining marriage was "inviting God's judgment on our nation"—Chick-fil-A has become congressional Republicans' fast food of choice, a culture-war statement on a bun. When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee organized a "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" that August, defying liberal boycotts, Capitol Hill conservatives enthusiastically joined in, filling conference rooms with chicken nuggets and tweeting photos of themselves at Chick-fil-A drive-ins. 

Two and a half years later, the scent of fried chicken practically permeates the walls of the Capitol. Tea-party members in the House nosh on original chicken sandwiches and waffle fries at the Heritage Foundation's monthly "Conversations with Conservatives." Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a longtime Chick-fil-A aficionado, has the chain cater his birthday lunch party every year. During late-night GOP strategy sessions in the Senate ahead of a potential government shutdown in December, Chick-fil-A was the hunger-reliever of choice. And while Speaker John Boehner prefers a glass of red wine and Italian dishes served alfresco at Trattoria Alberto, his office has dropped hundreds on Chick-fil-A fare in the last few years—though Boehner spokesman Michael Steel says he's never seen the speaker himself indulge. (Steel would not comment further.) 

"They kinda got abused," says Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, "and I guess some would like to support 'em." Evidently so: Since Cathy made his controversial comments, House Republicans have spent nearly $13,000 in taxpayer money ordering Chick-fil-A, according to expenditure reports filed through July 2014 (the latest available). That's the equivalent of 3,900 original chicken sandwiches, and it represents a 37-fold increase over the paltry $345 the House GOP had spent on Chick-fil-A the previous three years. (It also may be an undercount, since some receipts say only "food and beverage" without specifying a source.) Figures for the Senate were not available, but the GOP's campaign arms have been eating "mor chikin" as well: The Republican National Committee has doubled its Chick-fil-A spending, while the National Republican Congressional Committee spends more than 10 times as much as it used to.

You know I personally eat a lot of broiled or baked chicken, but this amount of deep fat fried fast food chicken, eaten for this long, is a recipe for heart disease.

You know it almost seems as if the Republicans are hate eating this food just to spite proponents of marriage equality.

But seriously who would be that vindictive and nasty?

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting.

26 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:52 AM

    With any luck a 100% liberal boycott will see wingnuts having that shit for three meals a day...

    I'm doing my share, I hate the stuff.

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    1. Anonymous6:28 AM

      The proof is on the show, "My 500 pound life." All red state fattie's who love their Shit Fil A.

      As for paylin, you just know she's never put a bite of that stuff in her mouth.

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  2. Anonymous5:21 AM

    So what? Not all people have to agree that gays should marry. Liberals are a joke.

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    1. Anonymous6:16 AM

      Sweep your own doorstep first, sweet cheeks.

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    2. Anonymous6:25 AM

      Idiot. Yeah, christian bigots and their hate can stuff it! What makes you so superior to think you deserve more rights than gay people do? Bigots like you use your bibles as shields when it's convenient.

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    3. Anonymous6:52 AM

      Here's a bible verse for you, 5:21 AM:

      ""Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

      You can also revisit the Sermon On The Mount two chapters prior.

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    4. Anonymous7:06 AM

      Hey, 5:21 AM, read this.....and you're welcome.

      http://sojo.net/blogs/2015/03/13/day-she-came-out-why-rob-bell-right-and-church-being-left-behind#.VQyOssZz_2I.facebook

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    5. Anonymous11:32 AM

      5:21 - you are too ignorant to know the joke is you.

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    6. Anonymous11:53 AM

      11:32...... I doubt it. Methinks 2016 is going to be a real eye opener for liberals who think they've been given the keys to the kingdom. I'm not 5:21 btw.

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    7. Anonymous12:13 PM

      Run $arah, 11:53, run MOH! LOL. She said she'd be unconventional, so have at it. No way in hell will Queen Heifer EVER be president of this country and nothing but a laughing stock. Pray away, and this is from a Christian.

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  3. Anonymous5:30 AM

    We had a "day on the hill" at the capita here in Nashville a few weeks back when the legislators were taking up Medicaid expansion. The lunch provided to the people bussed in by the Koch broths was chic fil a.

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  4. With any luck conservatives and libertarians will snarf down enough 'fast food', whether it's Chick-Fil-A or Papa Johns pizzza, so they can keep the pharmaceutical giants crankin' out those statins. Funny how symbiotic business and political parties are!

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    1. Domino's pizza, too.

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    2. Anonymous11:07 AM

      Thats right Banana... business and politics...... sorta like Clinton and Walmart and anti unionism.

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  5. Anonymous6:13 AM

    Good, let the regressives make their homophobic statement by eating that garbage.

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  6. Gryph, I don't give this out to just anybody but I'm a big chicken eater too.
    ( Best with thighs & legs but you can also do it with pounded breast for a great sandwich. )

    Paint your thighs or legs with " white wine dijon mustard " then roll in Progresso Italian bread crumbs and bake { on a rack } at 400 for an hour and a half.
    Its fast to prepare and delicious to eat, the outside will be crisp and tasty the inside will be moist and juicy , enjoy : )

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    1. Anonymous7:21 AM

      LOL....with a disabled, disinterested husband, I would love to paint my thighs and legs. "Hey, maybe that would work!" Giggling......

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    2. Anonymous8:34 AM

      "Bake at 400 for an hour and a half"? Whaaaa?

      For chicken? Esp pounded boneless breast?

      (ps doesn't sound fast either.... sounds like a long wait for ruined chicken).

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    3. Raz,6:31 AM, seriously, I think a half hour would do it at that temperature...

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    4. Anonymous7:23 AM

      We bake a lot of chicken thighs and we usually cook the pieces at 425 for about an hour. If you think that's excessive, feel free to go for less time, but Raz's recipe doesn't sound so far off.

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  7. "Hate eating." I love that term.

    It reminds me of when the First Lady said she was considering coming out AGAINST kids' health so that the Republicans would start being for it.

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  8. Anonymous7:17 AM

    The epitome of coupledom, $arah and TAWD who divorced years ago yet keep up the facade for money.. Enter MOH and mini-me to keep it coming.

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  9. Anonymous9:39 AM

    I don't give a shit what food they stuff in their face. Let them eat grease and white bread. Please Mr/Ms politician, have another.

    What is disgusting, why do the taxpayers have to pay for any of their food? These politicians waste soooo much money it's sickening. For what? What is it they are being so grossly overpaid for? They certainly don't do the jobs they were hired to do. Free stuff, free stuff, free stuff, that's all they know. They're professional gov. tit suckers.

    Many of these moochers have lived off of the government all of their lives. And will retire and....live off of the government for the rest of their lives. When dead, I'm sure the government pays to bury them too.

    Isn't this the gang of assholes that sit around and bitch nonstop about what a bunch of takers "everybody else" is?
    The hypocrisy is so deep and thick it's about to suck my shit waders right off.

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    1. Anonymous10:07 AM

      AND if they proclaim the name of God they're forgiven for it. Uh huh.....I had to throw out my shit waders long ago. Overuse and not available in fine stores.

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  10. Anonymous5:53 PM

    Hey Sarah, did you commemorate "World Down Syndrome Day?" No? That's what I figured you filthy, phony, whore.

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  11. Anonymous6:42 AM

    Sarah Palin is Immoral Minority's bitch. All these years IM readers has commented that Sarah Palin hasn't said shit about special needs children, so now Sarah mentions something on her Facebook.

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