The Republican Lies are getting comical.....Repug says Harry Reid supports rail line to a brothel

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Latest Stimulus Lie: Harry Reid ‘Is Committed To’ A ‘Red Light Express’ To Nevada Brothel

In the days and weeks since President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, conservatives have distorted its provisions in a desperate attempt to mislead the public about what the package will do. First they mocked parks preservation funds as spending on “grass.” Then they repeatedly and falsely claimed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought $30 million to save a mouse. And they completely made up a mythical high-speed rail line between L.A. and Las Vegas, gleefully attacking the “magnetic levitation” train apparently because they thought the term sounds funny.

Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) took the lies to a new level today when he — with the help of an enthusiastic Fox News’s Megyn Kelly — declared that the 2009 omnibus bill included funding for a train traveling straight from “Disney” to Nevada’s most famous brothel, the Moonlight Bunny Ranch:

KELLY: It’s a super railroad, of sorts — a line that will deliver customers straight from Disney, we kid you not, to the doorstep of the moonlight bunny ranch brothel in Nevada. I say, to the moonlight Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada. So should your tax dollars be paying for these kinds of projects? (…)

FRANKS: The majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Harry Reid has fought for this publicly and is committed to this project, even in the face of criticism. … If this is something that is truly the priority of the majority leader of the US senate, it’s pretty late in the day, Megyn.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/02/franks-lie-red-light-express/


ThinkProgress was unable to find such an earmark in the omnibus spending bill. When asked to point to the specific provision, Franks’ office would only tell ThinkProgress to contact Reid’s office.

Reid’s office confirmed that Franks is referring to a proposal to refurbish a historic railroad line between Gold Hill, NV, and Carson City — hardly a direct line from L.A. to the “doorstep” of a brothel. Considering there’s no funding for high-speed rail between L.A. and Las Vegas — despite Republicans’ frenetic assertions to the contrary — the idea of a Disneyland-Bunny Ranch supertrain is far-fetched, to say the least.

Ironically, at the end of the pathetically ill-informed segment, Kelly asked how politicians can be held accountable for these mythical boondoggles; Franks replied with praise for Fox News: “Fortunately, people like yourself and Fox News are a tremendous help in that regard because they tell the people — you know, sunlight has a way of being an accountability all by itself.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/02/franks-lie-red-light-express/

[rcrush]

1. Ive always wanted a direct line to the bunny ranch.

Where do I sign up?

[blondeatlast]

2. No, Trent and Megyn (how cute is her name spelled?!)--it's MITT ROMNEY who is the Mormon

who gets utlra-rich off porn--when will you get suitably disturbed by that one?

[Lost in CT]

3. I support a rail line to the brothels as well... I like the cut of this Reid's jib. nt

[midnight]

4. The question should be how do the Repub. know where all the

brothels are?

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[msongs]

6. Senator Vitter(R) the diaper lover will be glad to hear this nt

[Motown_Johnny]

7. insert Train joke here_______________________

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. How best to handle the wingnuts on this one?

Laugh in their face and say "'Taint' true, but what a great way to 'stimulate' the economy! Besides, it's legal..." (I know I'll be hearing from an Insannity-is-God neighbor and want to be prepared.)

[Ron Green]

9. Ha Ha - that Megyn Kelly blew it today when she acknowledge to her dimwit co-host

that she is married. I mean, her only value, as far as I can tell, is as a nasty hottie feeding the fantasies of basement dwellers.

[Change has come]

10. These people are idiots!

This is a local historical railroad that will run from Virginia City to Carson City. It's almost half way finished and needs about 10 million to complete the run into Carson City. Most of the money so far has come from the local governments and the State of Nevada. The tracks may pass near the Bunny Ranch (which is a freakin double wide trailer in an industrial park) but the train will not stop there.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/gpmVrPDHZ8r6Neh-Yqm-dg/l&imgrefurl=http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/V2eB42D_kHi5fz-yCyeL_A%3Fselect%3DgpmVrPDHZ8r6Neh-Yqm-dg&usg=__lW6GKlTo86EoYVb92D9V0XgZUo4=&h=525&w=700&sz=272&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=dTWDY_ucieuFIM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmoonlight%2Bbunny%2Branch%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

Carson city is 350 miles from the Vegas strip where the imaginary mag-lev train will magically end.

:rofl:

Edit to add a link to the project website.

http://www.steamtrain.org/the_project.asp

[chollybocker]

11. The Poondoggle Express ?

[RC]

12. Build it and they will come or whatever.

And maybe entice some of the repugs away from the underage stuff in the process.

[ezgoingrl]

13. Makes sense to me.

After a long day of walking around the magic kingdom, I'm sure the Bunnyland Ranch's customers are worn out and in need of refreshing and rest before they can participate in the festivities provided there. This way the Bunnyland's customers can rest and relax while enjoying their high speed train ride!