Banning Republicans from adopting children

Ohio State Senator Robert F. Hagan needs to be impeached. Or recalled. Or whatever it is they do to lunatics in Ohio.

As the Gay People's Chronicle reports (and, no, I can't believe I am citing this publication as a source):

Democrat Robert Hagan of Youngstown sent out a co-sponsorship request for his “Republican Adoption Ban of 2006” on February 22.

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“Credible research exists that strongly suggests that adopted children raised in Republican households, though significantly wealthier than their Democrat-raised counterparts, are more at risk for developing emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, an alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves, and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities,” Hagan continued.

Okay, I realize the bill is a gross parody of sickening proportions, but that is just the problem: a state senator is using his taxpayer-funded time and resources to push something that amounts to little more than one of the most partisan attacks in recent memory.

As Steve over at Letters in Bottles notes:

So what have we learned from this? I don't know about you, but the only thing I get from it is that this guy Hagan is damn clown. I also see another reason that the Democrats are not winning elections.

Seriously, if state senators are going to behave like eight-year-olds, which may actually be quite the slight to the good third grade students of Ohio in Mr. Hagan's case, they ought to be treated as such. In this case, I would recommend a firm expulsion from school followed by a time out from his parents.

And if the people of Youngstown, Ohio re-elect this hack of a politician, I would personally favor federal legislation diverting highway funds from that city's portion of the Ohio Turnpike. Or maybe just a bill banning the people of Youngstown from adopting children. Either would work just fine.