TagsTagsThere was no way I was going to wake up at 5:30am to see this morning's GOP debate; but it looks like Mitt Romney managed to go tone-deaf again, suggesting that only very rich people should run for office in America. Mitt Romney suggested in today's debate that only rich ...
Mitt Romney, Debate, Occupy Wall Street, Class War, Super-Rich, Election 2012
Here's Newt Gingrich at a 2007 fundraiser in someone's luxurious mansion, making an amazingly crude "joke" about public housing. I want to thank the Cox family for inviting us into their home. It's a wonderful thing to do this for us and we're all very very grateful. I think any ...
newt gingrich, Class War, Heartless Bastard, Right Wing Humor
I almost can't believe it, but Newt Gingrich is still out there promoting his plan to gut America's child labor laws, fire the unionized janitorial staff in schools, and put those shiftless little bastards to work swabbing out the toilets. Here's Newt in Des Moines, Iowa, explaining that "poor kids" don't ...
Just when you think you've seen the utter depths of Republican cynicism, along comes a right wing flack like Frank Luntz to take it even lower: How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street. Luntz is now advising the Republican Governors Association on how to properly lie to ...
Republican Party, Class War, Frank Luntz, Dishonesty, Cynicism, Right Wing
It's time to just come right out and admit what's going on. Typically, it's considered poor form to accuse the opposition of deliberately trying to sabotage the economy for political gain. But what else can you possibly call this? In their first attempt to advance individual pieces of the president’s sprawling ...
Republican Party, Obstructionism, Bad Craziness, Class War, Economy
The right wing rhetoric just keeps getting cruder, and the policy suggestions crazier, until today we end up with Matthew Vadum's column for the far right American Thinker. The title tells you everything you need to know about this ugly article: Registering the Poor to Vote is Un-American. Why are ...
American Thinker, Far Right, Welfare, President Obama, Racism, Class War, Bad Craziness
Today the Republican Party of Minnesota actually shut down the state government rather than compromise on tax increases for the wealthiest. The governor said his last offer would have raised income taxes only on those earning more than $1 million a year -- an estimated 7,700 Minnesotans, or 0.3 percent ...
Minnesota, Republican Party, Social Conservatives, Abortion, Class War
Gov. Scott’s veto of Farm Share hurts state’s most vulnerable. With a stroke of his pen on May 26, Gov. Rick Scott eliminated the annual distribution of $26 million worth of fresh produce and food products to needy residents throughout Florida. Gov. Scott vetoed the Florida Legislature’s recent appropriation for ...
Republican Party, GOP, Class War, Food Stamps, Florida, Rick Scott
Michigan's Republican State Sen. Bruce Caswell has an idea that I'm sure will be a big hit in today's GOP. Caswell has proposed that children in the state's foster care system should only be allowed to buy clothes in second hand stores. Caswell wants to give foster children and children of ...
Michigan, Republican Party, GOP, Class War, Bruce Caswell, Creep
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a graphic illustration of what's wrong with the Paul Ryan budget plan: Chairman Ryan Gets Roughly Two-Thirds of His Huge Budget Cuts From Programs for Lower-Income Americans. Related: Paul Ryan's Absurdly Optimistic Budget Projections Draw Widespread Ridicule
Here's the latest front in the GOP's war on government services that help low-income families: huge funding cuts in the Centers for Disease Control's immunization and respiratory health programs. In the past year, California has experienced the worst whooping cough outbreak in more than 50 years, an epidemic that has ...
Republican Party, GOP, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Immunization, Class War