Rep. Renee Ellmers

This makes way too much sense to be part of a nonsensical issue:

But a U.S. courthouse? Named for the man who made a sport of blocking qualified nominees from serving on the federal courts? Say it isn’t so. For the last decade or so of his Senate career, Helms blocked every single nominee from North Carolina to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, as well as many slated for the U.S. district bench.

What makes even less sense is why Renee Ellmers would reanimate this embarassing and divisive issue now, when there are a lot more important fish to fry. She's either trying to build cred with the wrong crowd, or she's being manipulated by elements who want to divide us even more. Whatever the case, here's a few words from the "for" camp:

I guess it takes an idiot to sell an idiotic idea:

"We picked the freshmen who we thought were best qualified to be in a position like this, and Renee was at the top of the list."

Yeah, right. The more likely reason is, Republicans in the House know their position is untenable and election season suicide, so they're moving the pawns into position:

Knowing the right lies to tell is important:

Today is Tom Doheny’s first day on Capitol Hill, where he is serving as Press Secretary for freshman Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).

He previously was in the Charles G. Koch Foundation Associate Program at American for Prosperity from 2009-2010.

Translated: Paid by Koch, used by AFP.

See if you can spot the conflict. There will be a test.

Ellmers, of Dunn, will become chairwoman of the subcommittee on health and technology within the Small Business Committee

Ellmers is a nurse and runs a small business with her husband, a physician.

Okay, I understand it helps if committee members bring some knowledge along with them. But when acts of said committee can have a direct impact on the financial success (or failure) of a committee member's private business interests, the potential conflict looms large. And when that member is also the Chairperson, it looms even larger.

Taxpayer-subsidized healthcare is Socialism necessary if you want to avoid bankruptcy:

“Unfortunately, being here in Washington is very expensive,” said Ellmers. “Yes we do have a salary and we do have benefits. It costs a lot of money to be here. I've signed on to the private plan, just like so many in America are on. The benefit is available to me. People need to understand out there it costs a lot money to be here in Congress.”

Yeah, I'm sure getting by on a salary of $12,250 a month is tough...

Do you feel lucky today, Punk? Well, do ya?

U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, a freshman Republican from Dunn, has had a concealed carry permit since February, according to Harnett County records.

"I have one. And I'll be carrying," she said recently when asked.

Since February? So, did she start carrying because she was worried about some of her Tea Party supporters, or did she do it to impress them?