Final Standings in the Race to the Stone Age (From Jan. 1 to March 28, 2012)

1. Tennessee +277 (Stacey Campfield being in office +5, Campfield homophobic interview +3, “Don’t Say Gay” passed Senate +6 net, Bistro owner stands up to Campfield -1, “License to Bully” bill introduced +1, laws limitingteachers’ collective bargaining rights +15, defunding Planned Parenthood +15 (temporarily halted by federal judge, so no points removed), voter ID laws +15, guns in bars law +15 (was struck down by federal judge, so no points removed), guns in bars sponsor arrested for DUI (lulz) +3, while still in Congress Zach Wamp threatened to “meet (Obama) at the state line” +3, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, Richard Floyd’s transphobic “bathroom bill” introduced +1, Floyd’s violent anti-trans comments +3, “American Laws for American Courts” law targeting Sharia in effect +15, anti-income tax amendment passed both chambers and slated for 2014 referendum +10 net, private school forbids any mention of homosexuality +2, law preventing local governments from making anti-discrimination laws more strict than the state’s (effectively stopping localities from protecting GLBTQTIA+ from discrimination even if they wanted to) +15, right to work law +15, law against Internet content causing “emotional distress” +15, law against “offensive” bumper stickers +15, embarrassing Tennessean front-page headline calling Obama a “Muslim” and Mormonism a “cult” +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, law stripping teachers of licenses if they can’t pay student loans +15, Crown College hosts Rick Santorum visit while having embarrassing restrictive/backward rules for its students +2, Senator Lamar Alexander (voted for Blunt Amendment, voted against Franken Amendment in past) +5, Senator Bob Corker (voted for Blunt Amendment, voted against Franken Amendment in the past, corporate shill, and just a horrible person all around) +5, Haywood County principal threatened to expel gay students +1, embarrassing and documented backwardsness of Dayton’s high school even all these years after Scopes +2, Monkey Bill of 2011 passed House and stalled in Senate +6, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, Rep. Rick Womick thinks green energy policies are U.N. plot +3, Womick told Muslims to “go back to where they came from” +3, election snafu denies former Congressman right to vote +3, drug testing for welfare introed +1, Rep. David Hawk beats his wife +3, bill introed that would reveal identities of doctors performing abortions and demographics about women who get abortions +1, Humphreys County cops beat handcuffed man +4, Humphreys County cops pursue unarmed man out of jurisdiction and beat him +4, bill allowing Ten Commandments in public passes both chambers +10, Putting Tennessee First Act to target foreign teachers introed +1, significant turnout at Breaking the Silence rally -2, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

2. Texas +214 (Look who their governor is +5, Perry’s “Strong” ad +3, Perry’s hints at secession +3, people cheering at said calls for secession +2, sonogram law in effect +15, horrific textbook revision enacted by state Board of Education +5, corrupt Tom DeLay +3, we’re still suffering from the last president you “gifted” us with +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, Judge Tonya Parker for being awesome -3, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, right to work law +15, gay softball players attacked +4, executive order cutting funding to all health centers providing abortion +5, light bulb nullification law +15, Leo Berman birther bill introed +1, Berman bill making federal enforcers of Affordable Care Act felons introed +1, Rep. Lamar Smith being in Congress (and sponsoring SOPA) +5, teabagger’s misspelled sign about making English the “offical” (sic) language +1, the collective embarrassment of 234 executions at least one of which was very likely wrongful +6, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Dallas County protects transgender employees -4, Austin passes disposable bag ban -4, electing that scummy Louie Gohmert of “terror babies” and Breitbart-loving infamy to Congress +5, John Cornyn (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Kay Bailey Hutchison (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, police officer punches rape victim in face and brags +4, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, Rep. Harold Dutton’s protest amendments to the mandatory sonograms law -3, anti-choicers taking license plate numbers and tracking addresses to harass abortion recipients despite it being illegal +3, anti-choice terrorists firebombing state Sen. Wendy Adams’ office +4, voter ID law (struck down by federal court so no points redacted) +15, embarrassing fact of being birthplace of 40 Days for Life +3, excluding Planned Parenthood from Medicaid +15, which violated federal policies causing loss of federal funds in reproductive health care +5, arguing Voting Rights Act unconstitutional +3, Perry on the Pink Slime tour +3, Dallas billionaire calls Obama “most dangerous American alive” +3, reporter fired over ultrasound law consequences coverage +3, Denton pays tribute to traitor Confederate soldiers rather than civil rights heroes from Texas and tells protestors to “get over it” +4, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

3. Arizona +191 (Jan Brewer simply being in office +5, Jan Brewer/Obama incident +3, Sheriff Joe Arpaio (local/county official) +4, anti-immigration SB 1070 +15, police brutality +4, Guns in bars +15, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, Tucson domestic terrorism (Giffords shot, others killed) +4, forced ultrasounds +15, Congressman Trent Franks the PreNDA sponsor +5, right to work law +15, mandatory tuition payment ($2,000) bill on House floor +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, John McCain (once moderate, swung to the extremes with the rest of his party, foisted Palin on us in 2008, voted against Feanken Amendment, voted for Blunt Amendment to throw away any and all previous humanity) +5, Jon Kyl (voted against Blunt, mega-douche besides) +5, Arpaio’s Obama birth probe even as 400+ sex crime cases go neglected +3, the embarrassing episodes of Paul Babeu +3, Michelle Ugenti telling college kids “welcome to life” re: mandatory tuition payment bill +3, bill that allows bosses to fire people for using birth control passes one chamber +6, bill that lets doctors lie to women to prevent abortions passes Senate +6, Arpaio’s diarrhea of the mouth whining about scorn birthers are getting +3, adoption-over-abortion education bill passes Senate +6, Birther Bill Redux introduced +1, state Rep. Jack Harper’s troglodyte emails to woman constituent +3, education law targeting Mexican-American content as “anti-white” +15, “Mexican Whiteboy” a banned novel as result of silly education law +3, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, state Rep. Terri Proud says women should be forced to watch abortions +3, protestors against Arpaio arrested +3, )

4. Virginia +180 (Gov. Bob McDumbass +5, Guns in bars +15, House passes personhood +6 (currently tabled but not dead-dead), forced ultrasound bill signed into law in watered-down-but-still-evil form +15, Janet Howell’s defiant amendment to Personhood bill -3, Liberty U exists +2, Eric Cantor +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, eliminate Medicaid funding for abortions passed House, on Senate floor +6 net, TRAP laws +15, delegate Dave Albo’s epic fail attempt at comedy +3, right to work law +15, bill discriminating against GLBTQ for adoption passes both chambers +10 (and on verge of McDumbass signing), nullification law against Affordable Care Act +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, repealed limit on handgun purchases +15, paramilitary police presence at protests against forced ultrasound law +3, McDonnell’s “Opportunity to Learn” agenda +15, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, death threats against Sikh family +4, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, majority of Virginians don’t approve of ultrasound law -2, )

5. Kansas +168 (Gov. Sam Brownback blows a lot +5, and he got pissy when Emma Sullivan pointed it out +3, Emma Sullivan herself for being awesome -1, Topeka decriminalizing domestic violence +4, Blows-a-lot exec order eliminates art commission and replaces it with private group +5, Westboro Baptist Church exists +2, defunding PP +15 (struck down by federal judge), anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, forced ultrasounds +15, legalized religious-based discrimination bill intro +1, drug testing for welfare intro +1, “pro-life” (lulz) man assassinates Tiller +4, TRAP laws +15 (blocked by federal judge, no points removed), anti-abortion bill including malpractice protection/hearing heartbeats/lots of other bad shit on House floor +3, bills by House and Gov. Blows-a-lot that raise poor’s income taxes and cut them for rich introed +1, property tax relief that benefits mostly rich passes House +6 net, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Jerry Moran (voted for Blunt) +5, Pat Roberts (voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, voter ID law +15, Miami County turns down funding for contraception +4, Gov. Blows-a-lot on the Pink Slime tour +3, state Rep. Pete DeGraaf compares rape pregnancy to flat tire +3, the same douche stands up for the deadbeat dads +3, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

6. Florida +162 (Rick Scott period +5, Scott line vetoes of health care centers +4, line veto of prenatal testing +4, Teabagger law of drug testing for welfare +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, forced ultrasounds +15, anti-Sharia bill out of House committee +3 net, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, Dove World Koran-burning idiots +2, right to work law +15, state school board approves stricter school grading making more schools likely to fall short and lose funding +5, school prayer bill signed into law +15, Marco Rubio (teabagger, voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, neighboorhood watch killing of Trayvon Martin (and continued non-prosecution of killer George Zimmerman) +6, “Omnibus” anti-choice bill with a ton of nasty shit and TARP passes House +6, Rep. Cliff Stearns the birther Congressman +5, Stearns loves Arpaio +3, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

7. Georgia +160 (Guns in bars +15, SB1070 copycat immigration law +15, Orly Taitz the birther +1, Kennesaw required gun ownership law +4, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, teabagger counterprotesters at labor rally +2, Troy Davis’ qustionable execution +6, teabagger businessman hot hiring until Obama impeached +1, high turnout at MLK Day of Service -2, the embarrassing Karen Handel of Komen vs. PP fame +3, fat-shaming Strong4Life +2, anti-Sharia bill introduced, on floor +3 net, right to work law +15, criminalizing picketing law introed +1, broad nullification bill introed +1, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Saxby Chambliss (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Johnny Isakson (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, ban on abortions after 20 weeks even if child not expected to live passes House +6, Rep. Terry England compares women to farm animals during debate on abortion bill +3, bill preventing state insurance plans from covering abortions passes Senate +6, women in Senate walk out in protest of insurance coverage bill -3, bill to outlaw picketing on Senate floor +3, Rep. Yasmine Neal’s tongue-in-cheek protest bill to outlaw vasectomies -3, voter ID law +15, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, “slavery math” +3, that happened again +3, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

8. Arkansas +156 (Cat killer +4, local offense of school denying black student from valedictorian honor +4, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, John Boozman (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, second-trimester abortions outlawed even if woman’s health at risk +15, no abortions until consultation +15, no state funds for abortion referrals or services +15, anti-choice anti-funding Amendment 68 +15, conscience clause +15, no public funding for abortions +15, post-viability abortion ban +15, your state spawned the Duggers +1, transvaginal ultrasound bill introduced +1, personhood amendment proposed +1, )

9. Mississippi +150 (Anti-immigration SB1070 copycat introduced/floor/passes House +6 net, considering personhood +10 net (defeated via referendum), Gov. Barbour’s, uh, highly selective pardons are rather embarrassing +3, for general statewide embarrassment of their state flag still featuring the Confederate battle symbol +3, anti-gay marriage amendment +15, grouping their same-sex marriage ban with incest and bestiality an extra embarrassing +3, forced ultrasounds +15, drug testing for welfare introed +1, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Thad Cochran (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Roger Wicker (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, embarrassment of voters thinking Obama’s a Muslim/not believing in evolution/not approving of interracial marriage +3, bill against teaching “liberal history” onto House floor +3, voter ID law +15, ban of abortions after 6 weeks passes House +6, Southern Miss pep band shouts racist cheer at opposing player in NCAA tournament +3, hate crime killing of James Craig Anderson +4, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

10. Alabama +137 (SB1070 copycat immigration law +15, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, forced ultrasounds +15, anti-Sharia amendment introduced +1, foreign car company executive arrested under immigration law +3, that happened twice +3, Tim James “We speak English” gubernatorial campaign ad +3, right to work law +15, transvaginal ultrasound a.k.a. state-sanctioned rape bill on Senate floor +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, questionable Thomas Arthur execution proceeding as scheduled after denial of DNA test +6, bill that would let state opt out of federal funds for abortions on Senate floor +3, Jeff Sessions (voted for Blunt, rotten human being all around) +5, Richard Shelby (voted for Blunt) +5, embarrassment of voters thinking Obama’s a Muslim/not believing in evolution/not approving of interracial marriage +3, immigration crackdown forcing high school play to be put on hold +3, Gadsden loves the Confederacy and names schools in honor of woman who aided Nathan B. Forrest +4, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

11. Louisiana +127 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, forced ultrasounds +15, “American Laws for American Courts” law targeting Sharia in effect +15, right to work law +15, nullification law against Affordable Care Act +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, David Vitter (one of the scummiest members of Congress, voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, pastor Dennis Terry +1, Jindal’s private school voucher program introed +1, eliminating teacher tenure altogether introed +1, eliminating annual salary increases for teachers introed +1, woman tells Santorum shooting at gun range to “pretend it’s Obama” +1, celebrating Confederate History and Heritage Month +15, New Orleans police shoot Wendell Allen +6, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

12. Oklahoma +125 (John Sullivan about shooting Democrat senators +3, Personhood bill introduced, floor, passes Senate +6 net, introducing reintro of DADT for National Guard +1, introducing public money for religion +1, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, fetuses in food introduced +1, Sharia law ban +15 (halted by federal court, no points redacted), AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, fetal heartbeat bill on Senate floor +3, Constance Johnson defiance of Personhood with “Ever Sperm if Sacred” amendment -3, Judy Eason McIntyre’s defiance against Personhood -3, significant turnout in protests against Personhood -2, Tom Coburn (voted for Blunt Amendment, pretty bad man in general) +5, James Inhofe (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Cody Rogers victim of hate crime +4, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, drug testing for welfare passes one chamber +6, Inhofe says Bible refutes climate change (lol) +3, the embarrassing fact that radical anti-choicer Randall Terry actually managed to win 12 counties in the Democratic primary +3, letting untrained users carry guns passes House +6, Senate strikes amendment that would hold them accountable via drug testing (from drug testing for welfare bill no less) +4, House hates the Establishment Clause and passes “In God We Trust” motto +6, Christian radio manager calls Obama racial slur +1, “monkey bill” passes House +6, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

13. Utah +110 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, anti-contraception/abstinence only sex ed passes both chambers +10, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Orrin Hatch (whackadoodle all around, voted for Blunt) +5, Mike Lee (voted for Blunt) +5, abortion waiting period bill passes both chambers +10, SB 1070 copycat immigration law +15, “ag-gag” law jailing people who take pictures/video of factory farms +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

14. South Carolina +106 (2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Bob Jones U exists +2, someone yelled for Obama to be lynched in a GOP primary crowd +1, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, anti-Sharia bill introduced +1, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, right to work law +15, Jim DeMint (one of the Senate’s biggest assholes, not surprisingly voted for Blunt) +5, Lindsey Graham (voted for Blunt) +5, Laurens County Republicans vow of chastity +3, SB 1070 copycat immigration law +15, Republican Lieutenant Governor resigns over “PlayStation-gate” +3, can’t believe I forgot about Mark Sanford’s trips to the “Appalachian Trail” +3, voter ID law in effect +15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

15. Indiana +98 (Right to Work enacted +15, anti-Planned Parenthood law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Daniel Coats (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Richard Lugar (voted for Blunt Amendment +5, SB 1070 copycat immigration law +15, legalizing shooting of police for trespassing passes one chamber +6, voter ID law +15, Garrett High School expels student for Twitter profanity +2, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

16. North Carolina +94 (You don’t get off for years of Jesse Helms just because he’s feeding the worms +5, Wake County abolishing economic diversity busing program +4, Larry Pittman’s comments re: public hangings +3, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, ultrasound description law +15 (overturned by federal court, no points removed), anti-gay marriage amendment passed legislature and on ballot +10, state Rep. George Cleveland says his state has no extremely poor people +3, Richard Burr (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, New Hanover County kills family planning funds and justifies it with slut shaming +4, Rep. Walter B. Jones in Congress and trying to impeach Obama +5, arguing Voting Rights Act unconstitutional +3, Tara Servatius’ racist picture of Obama with fried chicken +1, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

17. Wisconsin +89 (Scott Walker +5, Anti-teacher/union laws under Walker +15, Paul Ryan +5, voter ID laws +15 (struck down by federal court so points not removed), anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, death penalty abolished -15, Democratic Senators left state in protest of Walker -3, partial birth abortion ban introduced +1, anti-abortion SB306 passes Senate +6 net, repeal of Equal Pay Enforcement Act passes both chambers +10 omnibus, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Ron Johnson (teabagger, voted for Blunt, and I’m still pissed at you all for letting him oust Russ Feingold) +5, Glenn Grothman’s obviously polemic bill classifying single parenthood as child abuse introed +1, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, desperate Republicans introducing attempt to change recall rules +1, Grothman’s embarrassing slut-shaming interview on Fox News +3, Rep. Don Pridemore telling women divorcing on grounds of abuse to remember the good times +3, Pridemore staffer is “dunb” in email response +1, ban on private insurance from covering abortion passes both chambers +10, teabagger Sen. Ron Johnson tells you to Google birth control if you can’t afford it +3, Lt. Gov. Kleefisch’s “sugar daddy” comment about potential Walker recall foe +3, recalled Republican scumbag Senator blames DUI arrest on unions +3, Milwaukee cops with history of misconduct stripped of power -4, )

18. Michigan +88 (Rick Snyder +5, Gov. Snyder’s anti-union agenda becoming law +15, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, death penalty abolished -15, Senate passed exemption to anti-bullying bill that would’ve protected religious principle-based bullying (thankfully Snyder didn’t sign that version) +6 net, fetal remains bill passed Senate +6 net, partial-birth abortion ban redundant with federal law +15, Emergency Manager law and resulting borderline-fascist takeovers of poor cities +15, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, local judge puts Flint mayor in charge in defiance of Emergency Manager bullshit -4, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, fatal knife vs. gun police shooting over marijuana in front of victim’s son +6, )

19. Ohio +79 (John Boehner +5, John Kasich +5, Anti-union legislation through process +10 net (referendum blocks Issue 2 from actually being law), anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, abortion restriction to minors law +15, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Troy Noling questionable execution +6, Rob Portman (voted for Blunt) +5, Kasich initially refuses federal disaster relief funds then backtracks (still embarrassing) +3, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, Kasich’s district redrawings forcing progressive Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich to primary each other +5, Rep. Nina Turner’s tongue-in-cheek protest bill forcing men to get psychological screenings for impotence meds -3, police tasering 9-year-old +4, )

20. Idaho +75 (McGee resigns for sexual harassment +3, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Michael Crapo (what a fitting name, voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Jim Risch (voted Blunt Amendment) +5, state Sen. Chuck Winder’s embarrassing comments about how doctors should ask women to distinguish between rape and marital sex +3, issues half-assed apology with a “rape test” suggestion +3, forced ultrasounds passes Senate and moving through at lightning speed +6, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

21. South Dakota +68 (Bill putting barriers between pregnant woman and abortion provider passed +3, +4, currently stalled but being revisited +1, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, anti-Sharia bill introduced +1, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, John Thune (voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, Lt. Gov. Matt Michels on the Pink Slime tour +3, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

22. Pennsylvania +61 (Electing Tom Corbett governor +5, Penn State riots upon rape-enabler Paterno’s firing +2, Frothy Mixture did say his “man on dog” comment while he was still in the Senate +3, particularly draconian forced ultrasound bill on floor +3, anti-immigration bill introduced +1, sponser of two aforementioned bills writes creepy letter +3, TRAP laws in effect +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, St. Joseph’s walk out on Frothy -2, Bob Casey (one of 3 Democrats in Senate to vote for Blunt Amendment, and to think this is the guy that had to replace Frothy) +5, Patrick Toomey (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, voter ID law passed Senate and debated in House right now +6, Corbett’s misogynist “close your eyes” statement +3, House declares “Year of the Bible” and hates the Establishment Clause +6, )

23. Nevada +56 (2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, right to work law +15, Dean Heller (voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

24. Nebraska +53 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, AG suing Obama administration for contraception mandate +3, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Ben Nelson (fake Democrat, fake human being, voted for Blunt, one of the worst people in Washington from either party) +5, Mike Johanns (pretty high on the douchiness himself, voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, conscience clause for medical workers introduced +1, Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy on the Pink Slime tour +3, )

25. Kentucky +52 (Rotten Senator No. 1 Mitch McConnell +5, Rotten Senator No. 2 Rand Paul +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, anti-bullying bill fails because of “fears” it would give rights to gays +4, drug testing for welfare introed +1, forced ultrasounds introed +1, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

26. New Hampshire +51 (Gay marriage legal -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Food Freedom Act intro/on floor +3, dropped state minimum wage +15, deregulation bill intro +1, anti-labor/lunch intro +1, businesses can discriminate intro +1, Magna Carta bill intro +1, public school curriculum optional intro +1, prevent police from helping domestic violence victims intro +1, anti-income tax amendment passed House +6 net, nullification of Constitution resolution introed +1, Kelly Ayotte (voted for Blunt Amendment, confirmed teabagger) +5, Rep. Jeanine Notter’s embarrassing lack of anatomical knowledge +3, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, repeal of contraception coverage passes House +6, bill making doctors lie to women telling them abortion increases risk of breast cancer passes House +6, voter ID law passes House +6, speaker Bill O’Brien’s ignorant remarks about young voters +3, )

27. North Dakota +50 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, death penalty abolished -15, personhood bill passed House (first of its kind in U.S.) but fell in Senate +6 net, killing anti-LGBTQ discrimination bill +4, right to work law +15, law discriminating against GLBTQ for adoption +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, John Hoeven (voted for Blunt) +5, )

28. Missouri +45 (2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, intelligent design bill intro +1, English-only driver’s license tests passes House +6, House tries and passes it again +6, Roy Blunt (author of blatantly misogynist amendment) allowed to be in Senate +5, putting Rush Limbaugh in their Hall of Fame (especially after what he said about Sandra Fluke) +3, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, women in legislature offer tongue-in-cheek protest law restricting access to vasectomies -3, GOP caucus turns into schoolyard scrap between Paulbots and more mainstream GOP-ers +2, Congressman Todd Akin fails at history and knowledge about socialism +3, budget bill that would rob program that aids the blind of funds introed +1, )

29. California +38 (Prop 8/constitutional gay marriage ban +15, points not redacted since it was struck down by a federal judge, Oakland PD’s terrorism against OWS +4, Darrell Issa +5, embarrassing lousy tipper +1, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, dude tells L.A. mayor to “go back to Mexico” +1, Republican Party in the state frivolously suing Hispanic Democrat candidate for Congress +2, fatal hate crime beating of Shaima Alawadi +4, )

Montana +38 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, state Rep. Krayton Kerns likes comparing Sandra Fluke to a dog +3, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

31. Wyoming +37 (batshit Doomsday bill intro/on floor +3 net, drug testing for welfare on floor +3 net, right to work law +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, John Barrasso (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, Michael Enzi (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, )

32. Illinois +28 (You guys elected teabagger/deadbeat dad Joe Walsh to Congress +5, death penalty abolished -15, the whole Rod Blagojevich thing +3 (Look conservative wanderers, a Democrat earning points for his state. Fair is fair.), impeachment and removal of Blagojevich -5, bill targeting abortion clinics onto House floor +3 net, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, GOP Congressional candidate is a Holocaust denier +3, voter ID bill introed +1, Chicago police break in to home and do nasty things +4, Chicago’s school reform involving conversion to charter schools +4, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, Rep. Kelly Cassidy’s tongue-in-cheek protest bill forcing men wanting Viagra to watch an educational video -3, voter ID law introed +1, kickass high schoolers grill Frothy Mixture at campaign stop -2, two men kiss and troll Santorum campaign event -1, audience members at trolled event react like hooligans +2, conservative women love Santorum with vapid comments +1, off-duty Chicago cop shoots and kills black woman +6, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

33. Colorado +25 (2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, girls shadow state senators event positive -2, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, first-degree homicide of unborn bill passes House +6, )

34. Minnesota +26 (death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Michele Bachmann +5, Marcus Bachmann “pray away the gay” +3, anti-gay marriage amendment passes both chambers and on November 2012 ballot +10 net, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, voter ID law on November 2012 ballot +10, telemed abortion ban onto House floor +3, TRAP law onto House floor +3, “Stand Your Ground” introed +1, )

35. New Jersey +21 (Voting in Chris Christie +5, John Corzine’s (look guys, a Democrat!) corruption allowing Christie to even get elected +3, Christie vetoes gay marriage +4, Christie’s war on teachers and unions becoming law +15, death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Christie calls Iraq war veteran “idiot” in public +3, voter ID law introed +1, )

Alaska +21 (Just for being responsible for Sarah Palin +5, birther yahoo suing Obama in court +1, anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Lisa Murkowski (voted for Blunt) +5, Rep. Alan Dick living up to his surname by saying how women should get permission from men to have an abortion +3, “Stand Your Ground” introed +1, forced ultrasounds introed +1, )

37. West Virginia +11 (death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Joe Manchin (fake Democrat, one of 3 in Senate to vote for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

Iowa +11 (Gay marriage legal -15, death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Pearson’s anti-abortion bill on floor +3 net, right to work law +15, unusually tolerant Catholic university -1, Chuck Grassley (made an ass of himself during the ACA debate, also voted for Blunt) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, voter ID law passes House but thankfully stalled in Senate +6, Gov. Branstad on the Pink Slime tour +3, Congressman King’s inappropriate use of “keep your law off my body” in protest of ACA +3, “Stand Your Ground” introed +1, )

39. Delaware +2 (2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, tongue-in-cheek semen personhood decision by Wilmington city council in protest of War on Women -3, )

40. New Mexico 0 (Gov. Martinez’s anti-gay marriage comments +3, anti-gay-marriage amendment introed and on floor +3, hairdresser stands up to Martinez -1, death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Clovis re-elects mayor who called Obama the “carnal manifestation of evil” +4, voter ID law introed +1, )

41. Maine -4 (death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Susan Collins (supposed moderate who nonetheless voted for Blunt Amendment with all other Repubicans sans state colleague Olympia Snowe) +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, )

Connecticut -4 (Gay marriage legal -15, former Sen. Chris Dodd makes ass of himself during SOPA controversy +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, East Haven mayor doing racial relations with Hispanics wrong with “tacos” +3, )

Washington -4 (Gay marriage legal -15, Michael Baumgartner’s embarrassing comments re: woman talking about contraception +3, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, state pays for abortions via Medicaid which helps poor women -15, Mars Hill Church and its hipster members +2, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

44. Rhode Island -7 (death penalty abolished -15, online and in-school bullying of Jessica Ahlquist +2, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, )

45. Maryland -8 (Gay marriage legal -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, anti-immigration SB 1070 copycat introduced +1, voter ID law introed +1, )

New York -8 (Gay marriage legal -15, death penalty abolished -15, NYPD’s violence against OWS +4, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, bullying of Jada Williams +2, NYPD killing three black men in one week +6, voter ID law introed +1, more NYPD brutality against OWS in attempt to retake Zucotti Park +4, )

47. Hawaii -10 (death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, )

48. Massachusetts -16 (Gay marriage legal -15, death penalty abolished -15, Boston and state police violently attacking Occupy +4, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, Scott Brown (voted for Blunt Amendment) +5, “Stand Your Ground” introed +1, )

49. Oregon -25 (anti-gay-marriage amendment +15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, abortions funded by Medicaid -15, law helps women trafficked as juveniles to expunge records -15, teen dating violence awareness bill -15, no “age defense” for solicitation of underaged prostitutes -15, “Stand Your Ground” law +15, )

50. Vermont -85 (Gay marriage legal -15, death penalty abolished -15, 2012 GOP primary candidates all suck +5, laws against gender rating in health insurance -15, anti-discrimination laws protect orientation and gender identity -15, law prohibits exemptions in contraception coverage -15, law allowing women to breastfeed anywhere -15, )

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