TagsTagsJon Ralston has more video of Sharron Angle's speech to Hispanic high school students, and it's getting even weirder: Angle to Hispanic children: 'Some of you look a little more Asian to me'. "So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Immigration
Sharron Angle proved yesterday that she'll lie shamelessly to anyone, telling a group of Hispanic high school students that those images of threatening Latinos in her campaign ad may not be Latinos at all. Then she went on to make an even more outrageous claim, in a campaign dedicated to race-baiting ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Immigration
Sarah Palin pretends to be a feminist while supporting a candidate who wants to force women to carry rapists' babies to term, even if it kills them. She is Woman,Hear Her Roar :) www.weeklystandard.com "Man Up" Sharron Angle exhorts Reid(w all due respect) no wimping around real problems Orwell spins ...
Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, Far Right, Religious Right, kooks, Bad Craziness, John Birch Society
DC Douglas's video from a few weeks ago seems like a parody, but every bugeyed crazy quote he attributes to Palin's "mama grizzlies" is real. [Video]
Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle, Renee Ellmers, Mama Grizzlies, Far Right, Religious Right, kooks, Bad Craziness
I find it continually amazing to see the Republican candidates in this election openly advocating bizarre and extreme ideas like abolishing Social Security and the Department of Education. It seems to have become an article of faith on the right wing that all the social progress of the last century ...
Rand Paul, Kentucky, Ron Paul, Bad Craziness, Far Right, GOP, Department of Education, Hallucinations
Tea Party crazy lady Sharron Angle is scheduled to debate Harry Reid in Nevada tonight, and it starts in just a few minutes. You can watch live over the web at C-SPAN. Here's a thread for liveblogging; we'll see how well the GOP's PR machine has coached Angle for her only ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Harry Reid, Debate
Jon Ralston has been covering Sharron Angle since the beginning of her rise to Tea Party stardom, and he can't hide his astonishment at the blind hate that is financing Sharron Angle’s run. “Sharron Angle produced one of the most successful single quarters of fundraising in the nation’s history for ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party
The GOP's Neanderthal candidate for governor of New York, Carl Paladino, who's been in the news lately for a series of homophobic and gay-baiting comments, cashed in on Buffalo gay clubs Cobalt and Buddies II. Carl Paladino says kids shouldn't be "brainwashed" into thinking it's okay to be gay or be ...
Republican Party, GOP, Extremism, Bad Craziness, New York, Racism, Carl Paladino, Homophobia
Republican candidate Rich Iott apparently never learned the First Rule of Holes: when you're in one, stop digging. Rich Iott Defends Nazis He Dresses Up As: 'They Were Doing What They Thought Was Right'. [Video] Ohio Congressional candidate Rich Iott got grilled by Anderson Cooper last night on his rather unusual hobby ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Rich Iott, Waffen SS
The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Jack O'Reilly, says Sharron Angle is a bigoted moron, using his city to stoke fear and hatred against Muslims. Not in so many words, of course. Video In a letter sent to Angle Monday, Dearborn Mayor John O’Reilly, Jr. fired back at the Nevada Republican. “I am deeply ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Anti-Muslim, Dearborn
The GOP's Neanderthal candidate for Governor of New York just can't seem to stop himself from spewing hatred: Paladino Calls Gay Parades ‘Disgusting’. Despite an uproar over his remarks about gays, Carl P. Paladino appeared on national television on Monday and expressed revulsion at gay pride parades. Mr. Paladino restated his ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Bad Craziness, New York, Carl Paladino, Racism, Homophobia
GOP gubernatorial candidate for New York Carl Paladino, who sent out emails to his list containing overt racism, pornography, and bestiality, and fathered a child in an extramarital affair, is telling audiences that he considers himself the "religious values" candidate. And as the religious values candidate, he wants you to know ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Bad Craziness, New York, Carl Paladino, Racism, Homophobia
Last July, when Byron Williams was arrested in Oakland after a shootout with police, we learned that he was on his way to attack the offices of the ACLU and the Tides Foundation -- two frequent targets of Glenn Beck. The circumstantial connection of Williams's violent plans with Glenn Beck's ugly ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Far Right, Crime, Byron Williams, Glenn Beck, Alex Jones, David Horowitz
In Michigan, a man is being investigated by the FBI after weapons, body armor, and bomb-making materials were found in his car, along with a laptop containing information about the crazy Christian militia group Hutaree: Sheriff's lieutenant says FBI probing local case. The FBI is investigating whether a Brighton-area man ...
As I pointed out yesterday, when the news broke that Republican candidate Rich Iott liked to dress up as a Nazi for "reenactments," the right wing blogosphere immediately started defending him -- because there is nothing these people won't defend, if it's done by a right wing Republican. White supremacism, ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Rich Iott
For years Rich Iott, Republican Tea Party nominee for Congress from Ohio's 9th District, liked to play dress-up as a member of the Third Reich's Waffen SS in Nazi reenactments. Iott says it was perfectly harmless fun, and he is not a Nazi. When contacted by The Atlantic, Iott confirmed his ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Rich Iott
Sharron Angle's new attack ad contains a statement that is ... no other way to say it ... a lie. The ad asserts that Harry Reid voted to pay for "Viagra for convicted child molesters." But in reality, what Reid voted against was one of many silly obstructionist amendments to the ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Harry Reid, Sleaze
I've been a bit amazed (and not in a good way) at the cruel and inhuman responses of some right wingers to the story about the Tennessee subscription-based firefighters who watched a family home burn down because the owner hadn't paid the fee -- some of these people actually seem ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Hate Speech, Religious Right, Bryan Fischer, American Family Association
Sharron Angle's new ad attacking Harry Reid is an object example of the use of fear mongering racial stereotypes in political advertisements. [Video]
Nevada, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Anti-Muslim, Bad Craziness, Bigotry, Republican Party, Tea Party, Immigration
Before the Tea Party loons had their big Delaware primary victory with Christine O'Donnell, Republican incumbent Mike Castle was favored for an easy win. Then came the teabaggers; Castle was declared a despicable RINO. The anti-masturbation, anti-evolution religious fanatic candidate was in! The Tea Party's march to greatness was under way! They ...
Republican Party, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Religious Right
The video of the day: conspiracy impresario Alex Jones appearing on the pro-Kremlin propaganda outlet "Russia Today," complaining that Glenn Beck is stealing all his best crazy ideas and using them to promote Beck's corporate masters. You have to admit, Jones has a point. [Video] (Hat tip: Killgore Trout.)
Glenn Beck, Alex Jones, 9/11 Conspiracies, Russia Today, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Fox News
Jonathan Martin at Politico has a piece on the weird behavior of many candidates (mostly Republicans) in this election -- who seem to believe it's a winning strategy to hide from the press and the public. It’s mostly, but not entirely, a Republican phenomenon. In some cases, a tea-party-oriented candidate ...
Republican Party, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Ignorance
She didn't come from no monkey, she thinks you shouldn't be touching yourself, and she is not a witch. In fact, she's you. And that is even scarier. [Video]
Republican Party, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Advertisement
In a 2006 Delaware Senate primary debate, anti-wanking Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell boasted that she was "privy to" secret classified information about a Chinese plot to take over the United States. WASHINGTON — Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to ...
Republican Party, RNC, GOP, Extremism, Tea Party, Bad Craziness, Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, China, paranoia, Fear
Jon Ralston has obtained a recording of a meeting between Nevada GOP wacko Sharron Angle and Tea Party of Nevada candidate Scott Ashjian, in which Angle trashes the Republican Party -- then tries to convince Ashjian to back her because she'll be able to get him access to Jim DeMint ...
Nevada, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Anti-Muslim, Bad Craziness, Bigotry, Republican Party, Tea Party