“Hurricane Marco Rubio threatens everything in its path…”

Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has named hurricanes. Now 350 Action has a new naming system: "One that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate policy." (Petition here.)

Here’s their fake weather reports on the fictitious lawmaker-named storms:

• “If you value your life, please seek shelter from Michelle Bachmann.”
• “David Vitter is literally lifting boats out of the water and tossing them onto land.”
• “Thousands of animals have been displaced or killed by Governor Rick Perry.”

Christian voters believe in redemption (for Republican politicians)

Courtesy of the New York Times, let’s look at two politicians who, in a decent world, would not be in politics at all:

1. David Vitter is a dyed-in-the-woolen breeches conservative from Louisiana. He’s also someone committed a “very serious sin” involving prostitutes six years ago.

In 2010, he ran for the senate against Charlie Melancon, a former Democratic congressman. Today, Vitter is the senator. In exit polls, he beat Mr. Melancon among white women by a 54-point margin.

2. Dr. Scott DesJarlais is a Republican congressman from Tennessee. In 2010, and again in 2012, sordid details of his past came to light. They are too lengthy to enumerate here, but included legal problems and multiple affairs with former patients. One of these women said Dr. DesJarlais pushed her into getting an abortion.

Eric Stewart was the Democrat who ran against DesJarlais. Why does he think that Republicans voted for this blackhearted scoundrel? “Voters talk a lot about hypocrisy but they don’t vote based on it.”

Yeah, but WHY? Some posit that religious conservatives just love a good comeback-from-sin story: “Where there is a large Christian voting bloc, they believe in redemption.”

A more likely explanation: Religious Republicans can count some diehard partisan, hypocritical sumbitches amongst themselves.