Below The Beltway

No, really:
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― Sources tell CBS13 a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning.
The California Highway Patrol pulled over Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer noticed a black Chevy Tahoe swerving at 13th and [...]

The man who brought us Virginia’s gay marriage amendment has really out done himself this time:
RICHMOND – Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall, R-13th, says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy.
He made that statement last Thursday at a press conference to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood.
“The number [...]

Yesterday on Glenn Beck’s radio show, Debra Medina, who is the Tea Party endorsed candidate for Texas Governor put her foot firmly into her mouth when she appeared to lend credence to 9/11 conspiracy theories:

Listen to the audio and you’ll clearly hear Beck ask Medina do you believe that the government was involved in the [...]

This story has been sitting in the to-read list since last week.

BECK: He chose to use his name, Barack, for a reason. To identify, not with America — you don’t take the name Barack to identify with America. You take the name Barack to identify with what? Your heritage? The heritage, maybe, of your father [...]

It’s not just the FRC’s Peter Sprigg who wants to ban homosexuality:
It might be worth noting that what I actually suggested is that we impose the same sanctions on those who engage in homosexual behavior as we do on those who engage in intravenous drug abuse, since both pose the same kind of risk of [...]

Ladies and gentleman, Saxby Chambliss (R, Ga.):
At the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today on the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) expressed his concern that repealing the rule would pave the way for allowing “alcohol use, adultery, fraternization, and body art” in the military — and that the army must [...]

Jenny Sanford remembers her wedding day:
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford recalls how she made the “leap of faith” to marry husband Gov. Mark Sanford even though the groom refused to promise to be faithful, insisting that the clause be removed from their wedding vows.
“It bothered me to some extent, but … we were very [...]

In the middle of a discussion over the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell debate, Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Counsel had something truly bizarre to say:
Matthews: Do you think we should outlaw gay behavior?
Sprigg: Well, I think certainly..
Matthews: I’m just asking, should we outlaw gay behavior?
Sprigg: I think the Supreme Court decision in [...]

According to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, pretty darn crazy:
Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not?
Yes 39
No 32
Not Sure 29
Okay, well, this one is pure partisanship. Ask the same question of self-identified Democrats a few years ago and the numbers favoring impeachment of Bush probably would’ve been higher. Impeachment is a political act, after [...]

Last night Jon Stewart said all that really needs to be said about Chris Matthews’ bizarre State of the Union oratory: