Mike Huckabee immediately blasted Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, saying that she comes from the “far left” and would result in an “Extreme Court”. But we think Huckabee didn’t even bother to figure out who he was talking about before blasting away. When he first posted his statement, he gave her […]
Sean Hannity chickened out on his offer to be waterboarded for charity, but conservative talk show host Erich “Mancow” Muller decided to prove that waterboarding wasn’t torture by submitting to it. I wanted to prove it wasn’t torture. They cut off our heads, we put water on their face … I really thought “I’m going […]
It looks like Republicans are determined to make their tent as small as possible. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Virginia revoked its recognition of the campus Democratic Club, saying ““we are unable to lend support to a club whose parent organization stands against the moral principles held by” the university. The Club can no longer […]
The health insurance companies have been making lots of noise recently, pretending to support health care reform, but at the same time they have been plotting to double-cross the push for reform. While publicly supporting reform, they have been practicing dirty politics at its worst: lobbying Congress to block the public health insurance option, and […]
This must be a special time for inherent contradictions and hypocrisy. First, RNC Chairman Michael Steele just published an article in Politico with a conclusion that includes the following paragraph: The Republican Party has turned a corner, and as we move forward Republicans should take a lesson from Ronald Reagan. Again, we’re not looking back […]
On Saturday, RNC Chair Michael Steele decided that the way to make the GOP more gay-friendly was to recast their stance on marriage to a simple question of economics (and not civil rights). Steele claims that recognizing gay marriage could put a dent in the pocketbooks of small businesses as they are forced to provide […]
Today, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich attacked current Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling for an investigation. “I think that the House has an absolute obligation to open an inquiry, and I hope there will be a resolution to investigate her. And I think this is a big deal. I don’t think the speaker of the House […]
The New York Times reports that Congressman Pete Sessions, the head of the House Republican campaign committee, claims that the Obama administration is purposely working to increase unemployment and diminish stock prices. Why? So they can “divide and conquer” the American people and consolidate power. Sessions conveniently ignores the fact that unless the economy starts […]
First there was the irony of Bristol Palin going on national TV as an advocate for sexual abstinence. I didn’t mention it in here, because I have a lingering case of Palin burnout. But when the story moves into hypocrisy, I just can’t resist. It turns out that the campaign that Bristol Palin was participating […]
The GOP rolls out their grand effort to rebrand themselves — a “listening tour”. Sometimes I think that if Rush Limbaugh came out and declared that the earth is flat, the Republican “leadership” would fall over each other to agree with him. Great video of rank hypocrisy in action: Thanks to the Huffington Post. UPDATE: […]
The GOP is taking their role as the opposition party very seriously. In fact, they have already come out against Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, despite the fact that nobody (probably not even Obama) has any idea who that nominee will be. In fact, Souter only confirmed that he will be retiring a few […]
In early March, the House Financial Services Subcommittee asked AIG CEO Edward Liddy how much AIG had paid in bonuses in 2008. His answer was “I think it might have been in the range of $9 million.” In late March, Politico asked AIG pretty much the same question, wanting a hard number. At that time, […]
As proof of the need for tax breaks for the rich, I keep hearing a statement bandied about that the biggest earners in the US are paying an increasing share of the nation’s income taxes. You can read it here in the Wall Street Journal, in an article by Bush’s former press secretary, Ari Fleischer. […]
A new study says that white evangelicals are more likely to approve of torture than other religious groups. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely to say that torture is acceptable.
On Obama’s 100th day in office the House passed the budget with absolutely zero yes Republican votes, continuing their run as the party of NO. In addition, John McCain boasted about voting against the confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human services on Twitter: voted against Sebelius – already moving toward […]
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