Presented for the Daily Kos readership. Steve Benen of the Maddow Blog captured the Republican mindset clearly:
It seems the key to American social progress in the 21st century is simple: more conservatives having more life experiences.
Indeed, I'd be glad to introduce Republican lawmakers to more Americans who are poor, in the hopes they'll stop trying to cut health care programs; students, in the hopes they'll stop opposing education investments; women, in the hopes they'll stop opposing women's health care; and African Americans, in the hopes that they'll stop supporting voter-suppression tactics.
"It allowed me to think of this issue from a new perspective, and that's of a Dad who loves his son a lot," Portman said. That's a perfectly nice sentiment. But if his son came out as unemployed, would the senator give another look to economic stimulus and extended jobless benefits?
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Maddow Blog
It says it all.
Portman was Bush's budget director, ran up the deficts, and then campaigned against them when Obama was elected. He's a Romney-loving pig.