Republican morality?

It always stuns me as the height of delusion that Republicans and conservatives claim the mantle of "pro-family" or of "moral values" or of being "pro-military." Paul Waldman lists just a few of the things Republicans have done in Washington over the last few months--and continue to do--because the American people are, evidently, too stupid to call them on it. Yes They Can | The American Prospect:

"Maybe it was when they filibustered a defense-appropriations bill (not supporting our troops!). Or maybe it was when, just after the attempted Christmas bombing, they held up confirmation of the man President Barack Obama appointed to head the Transportation Safety Administration, leaving the agency leaderless. Or maybe it was the 'Shelby Shakedown,' when Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby put a 'hold' on 70 administration appointees so he could get some pork for his home state. Or maybe it was the way they argued that trying terrorist suspects in civilian court made Obama soft on evildoers, when the Bush administration did the same thing hundreds of times."

It goes without saying that any of those actions by Democrats would be decried as "unamerican" or just another example of the "blame America first" crowd. Fox would trumpet how Democrats were putting their own political desires above national security, and even that daring to criticize the President during such trying times was unAmerican and unpatriotic. But the Republicans do it because they realize the only people making those ridiculous claims are, well, Republicans.

Closer to home, Blue Oklahoman reports that our own Senate is killing a bill that would ban denying coverage because of domestic violence. Or, in other words, the heavily Christian republican party in Oklahoma prefers to side with insurance companies rather than force them to cover women who are beaten by their husbands or boyfriends. There are your Republican family values.

Sigh.