Cenk Uygur Vs. Chris Barron, Round Two

Chris Barron says the CPAC boycott is insignificant because most conservatives totally welcome having gay people on their side. Yeeeeah.

Sen. Jim DeMint Joins CPAC Boycott

Sen. Jim DeMint has joined the boycott of CPAC 2011 because of GOProud's sponsorship, prompting the above image by Facebooker Tracy Knauss. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has also backed out of attending, although he won't say why. At the current rate of defections, the nation's "largest annual conservative conference" will by attended by nobody but GOProud and the NRA. Wingnut infighting is hilarious.

(Image via JMG reader Marty)

Romney Leads First GOP 2012 Straw Poll

The results of the first 2012 GOP presidential straw poll are in from New Hampshire. Gingrich, Giuliani, and Santorum all got 3% or less. Donald Trump: 1%.

Family Research Council Requests Prayers For Sen. Jim DeMint's Anti-Gay Campaigns

Saying that Tea Party hero Sen. Jim DeMint is facing attacks from within the GOP because his support for anti-gay teabaggers cost them their Senate majority, the Family Research Council is asking for one million of their followers to pledge to pray for the asshat bigot every day.

After what should have been a proud moment for all Republicans on Tuesday night, the GOP is angry about "what ifs"--particularly if it had won seats in Colorado, Delaware, and Washington--defeats they blame almost unanimously on Jim DeMint. Apparently, fighting to bring true conservative candidates into the Senate instead of weak-kneed moderates who oppose the Republican platform makes Sen. DeMint a villain. One of his colleagues said, "It's like you're on the five-yard line ready to score, and the quarterback calls the play, and some member of your team tackles one of your members and keeps you from scoring." The only problem is that the "quarterback" is the old guard of the Republican Party. The same folks who backed big spending, pro-abortion, pro-gay GOP lap-dog incumbents.

At this writing, almost 13,000 FRC followers have signed the prayer pledge.

Sen. Jim DeMint: Fiscal And Social Conservatism Go Hand-In-Hand

Tea Party hero Sen. Jim DeMint, who last month declared that gays shouldn't be allowed to be school teachers, says that one cannot be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative as well. Wait, we thought the teabaggers didn't care about anything but shrinking government?

American Family Association Endorses DeMint's Call For Banning Gay Teachers

"Common sense and clear thinking dictates that if we love America’s teenagers, we will resolve to put healthy, mature role models in front of them right at the time when they are making sexual decisions of enormous and lasting impact. I’m happy to openly, publicly and unreservedly declare that Sen. DeMint is right. We should see to it that our teachers provide the kind of examples for our youth that are worthy of imitation in every way, including sexual expression. If we love America’s students, and love America and want only the best for her, we can do no less." - American Family Association radio host Bryan Fischer, quoted by Right Wing Watch who notes that DeMint is a frequent guest on Fischer's show.

RELATED: The Quislings at GOProud have finally found a GOP position they can't support, but they still manage to twist DeMint's hatred into an opportunity for them to endorse the Tea Party.

"It is clear that the socially conservative big government wing of the Republican Party is desperate to undermine and co-op the message and enthusiasm of the tea party movement. After a year and a half of attacking the tea party movement for not being focused on their pet issues, it is clear that Tony Perkins and his crowd have embraced a new strategy – if you can’t beat’em, join’em. The tea party movement is about limiting the size and scope of the government and empowering indiviudals. The grassroots tea party activists should reject attempts by Washington Republicans like Jim DeMint to corrupt the movement’s conservative message."

Sen. Jim DeMint: Gays And Unmarried Women Should Not Be Teachers

GOP Sen. Jim DeMint told a group of South Carolina pastors on Friday that "open homosexuals" and unmarried women should not be allowed to teach in public schools.

In addition to reiterating anti-choice talking points on abortion and backing "traditional marriage," according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, the senator went further and "said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend -- she shouldn't be in the classroom." Controversy over DeMint's position on this issue first arose in 2004 during a Senate debate, when he was asked whether he agreed with the state party's platform that said openly gay teachers should be barred from teaching public school. DeMint said he agreed with that position because government shouldn't be endorsing certain behaviors.

Referencing the controversy that resulted the last time DeMint made such remarks, he said, "(When I said those things,) no one came to my defense. But everyone would come to me and whisper that I shouldn't back down. They don't want government purging their rights and their freedom to religion."