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Santorum: Ignorant or Liar? We report, you decide.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

The article at this link is mainly devoted to documenting Newt Gingrich’s hypocrisy in the matter of supporting American workers while buying foreign made stuff. ABC is asking the Republican candidates to explain the foreign made t-shirts and other doodads that their campaigns are distributed. Newt just hemmed and hawed, but Rick Santorum ran with […]

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Inhofe: FAA made me feel bad just cuz I dive bombed some commoners

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Admittedly, James Inhofe is one of the more insane members of the Senate (though he’s only tied with the other guy from Oklahoma),but this story nonetheless typifies the hubris of the political class, both sane and insane, particularly the folks on the right who enjoy the benefits of IOKIYAR. Inhofe is a licensed pilot. Recently […]

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We saw this coming

Monday, June 20, 2011

Steve Benen points out that the Republican’s obstruction of President Obama is unprecedented, particularly in the area of presidential appointments, as the Republicans have basically announced that in many instances, they will not allow a vote on any of Obama’s nominees, no matter who they might be. This is truly outrageous. But we must not […]

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Sarah and MIchelle ready to rumble

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

In these times of crumbling Empire, dysfunctional government and inept economic policy, we political junkies must take our pleasures where we find them. I wrote last week that if things turned out right we’d have a Michelle Bachmann-Sarah Palin fight to watch soon-the Iron Chef of crazy, if you will. Well, it’s already here. Ed […]

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Tim Pawlenty-down for the count

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

A while back (I’m too lazy to link) I observed that no one presently running for, or considered as running for, the Republican nomination for President can possibly be nominated. This presents, of course, a paradox, because despite the fact that, when examined individually, each candidate comes up so woefully short that it is impossible […]

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Rudy makes a strategic error

Monday, June 6, 2011

Rudy Giuliani is demanding that Mitt Romney apologize for the one halfway decent thing he did as governor of Massachusetts. I really think Rudy should think twice about this, especially if, as seems probable, he’s thinking about entering the race and repeating his 2008 flameout. Actually, he can’t do that, because this time there’ll be […]

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Another Republican frame adopted

Monday, May 23, 2011

It has been observed often, but always bears repeating, that the media in this country, whether consciously or unconsciously, sides with Republicans by adopting their terminology and the frames they put around issues. A good case in point is this article in this morning’s Times, about the special election in New York tomorrow. Several times […]

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Michelle’s challenge

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

This story, about the 10th grader from New Jersey who challenged Michelle Bachman to a debate/competitive quiz on the Constitution is highly amusing. Michelle has not accepted the challenge, and I don’t blame her, for it was literally impossible for her to win, as Newt Gingrich’s recent scrapes with the truth have proven. Michelle would […]

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Republicans demand mercy

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

You truly couldn’t make this sort of thing up: House Republican freshmen admit that their so-called “MediScare” attacks on Democrats helped them win a big majority in 2010. Democrats had voted for the health care law, which included $500 billion in “cuts” to Medicare — primarily slashing overpayments to private insurers — and Republican challengers […]

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This guy makes Paul Ryan look smart

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

This is truly incredible, and yet totally unsurprising. The very serious folks have been telling us that we must take the advice of the Simpson-Bowles Deficit Commission and solve the (nonexistent) social security problem. They pretty much consistently ignore the fact that the Commission never issued an official report, and that the only recommendations were […]

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