I’ve been a bit rough of late on the TAPPED Groupthink Collectivetrade; (incidentally, you can see the Collectivetrade; in its younger incarnation by renting Billy Jack — though back in ’71, the Collective called itself, alternately, the “Other Ways Demolition Squad” or “The Committee,” and featured a long-haired Howard Hesseman, who called himself “Don Sturdy”), but really, TAPPED ain’t all squishy libbies feeling put-upon having to look after droopy-lidded Chevy owners (and their dull, fat kids) who enjoy an Applebee’s chicken fried steak from time to time.

For instance, check out what happens to SuperDem Joseph Biden when he tries to sneak some BS past the TAPPED-ers:

Normally, we would applaud Senator Joe Biden’s efforts to protect a woman’s right to choose. (See, we do care about abortion.) The bill that Biden is embracing would do so by preventing radical anti-abortion activists convicted of illegally blockading abortion clinics from declaring bankruptcy — a tactic they often use so as to avoid penalties handed down by the courts. But the bill to which this provision is attached — the bankruptcy ‘reform’ bill that credit card companies and banks have been pushing for some years now — is unconscionable. This legislation would make it harder for working families to recover from bankruptcy, while preserving the ability of the rich to hang on to their assets even after they’ve filed (through a handy $1 million exemption for homesteads). And it would be especially harmful to women: More than one million women will file for Chapter 11 this year, about 300,000 more than the number of men who will do so. According to Harvard Law School’s Elizabeth Warren, who wrote recently on this subject in The New York Times, ‘More than 90 percent of women who file for bankruptcy have been hit by some combination of unemployment, medical bills and divorce.’

Proponents claim the new provisions will cut down on fraud, but the bill’s scope is far broader than that. For that reason, it has been stuck in conference for some months. But no more. With great fanfare, Biden has promised his fellow Democrats that he will now vote with the Republicans — but only if they include the abortion amendment. What courage! What fortitude! So Biden gets some good P.R. as a protector of women’s reproductive rights, while helping to pass legislation that would hurt women far more pervasively than any abortion protestor ever could.

A weary sense of duty compels Tapped to inform our readers of the obvious: The credit card and banking industries have been among Biden’s most generous contributors — $103,450 during the last two years alone, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Given his efforts to pass this monstrosity of a bill, we can see why.

Kudos from the right, comrades.