TagsTagsDoes the Republican Party actually want the US economy to remain in its terrible state, because it's hurting President Obama? Are they really that corrupt and evil, that they would actively work to keep unemployment high, just to gain political advantage? It's difficult to come to any other conclusion, after the top ...
Republican Party, Obstructionism, Federal Reserve, Bad Craziness, Economy, Ben Bernanke
When asked today about Rick Perry's implied threat against Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded: "When you're president or you're running for president you have to think about what you're saying because your words have greater impact. President Obama and we take the independence of ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
Well, Rick Perry surprised me. I thought even Perry would have to realize that his statement implying Fed chairman Ben Bernanke should be lynched went way too far, and that he'd walk it back with one of the standard political non-denial denials. Instead, Rick Perry's campaign issued an official "clarification" ... ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke
Rick Perry's going to deny he was suggesting violence, of course, but yesterday he said about Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke: "If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I dunno what y’all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down ...
Rick Perry, Texas, Tea Party, Religious Right, Election 2012, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, President Obama
Today, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke made another (probably futile) appeal to the Republican Party to stop holding the debt ceiling hostage. "I fully understand the desire to use the debt limit deadline to force some necessary and difficult fiscal policy adjustments, but the debt limit is the wrong tool ...
Republican Party, GOP, Obstructionism, Debt Ceiling, Economy, Federal Reserve
See -- this is why conservatives can't have nice things. "It's a sad day in American history when a one-time conservative/libertarian stalwart has fallen more out of touch with America's needs for national security then our current socialist presidential regime," said the group's national director Jordan Marks. The dispute between Paul ...
Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Extremism, libertarianism, Far Right, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Federal Reserve
The Republican Party put anti-Federal Reserve wingnut libertarian Ron Paul in charge of overseeing the Federal Reserve, and today, for his first hearing as chairman, he called one of his friends as a witness -- neo-Confederate slavery apologist Thomas J. DiLorenzo. Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, one of the most ...
Federal Reserve, Neo-Confederate, GOP, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Ron Paul, Rand Paul
As expected, the Republican Party has placed Ron Paul, a pseudo-libertarian far right kook with an openly stated desire to destroy the Federal Reserve and return the US economy to the gold standard, in charge of overseeing the Federal Reserve. Also see: Ron Paul Wants to End the Fed, So the GOP ...
Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Extremism, libertarianism, Far Right, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Federal Reserve
At Religion Dispatches, Julie Ingersoll has an excellent post on the extreme fundamentalist sect known as "Christian Reconstructionism" and its influence on the modern libertarian movement's call to destroy the Federal Reserve: Better Dead Than ‘Fed’: Behind Palin’s Dig at ‘Unbiblical’ Fed. While Ron Paul’s anti-Fed crusade is widely thought ...
Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Extremism, libertarianism, Far Right, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Federal Reserve
Meanwhile, Fox News's looniest employee just keeps getting crazier. The raving freakazoid's conspiracy theory du jour: "I believe the White House takes orders from the Fed." Video
Glenn Beck, kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fanaticism, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, Conspiracy Theories, Federal Reserve
For the past few years I've been watching Ron Paul's rise to power with a gut-wrenching sense of inevitability; despite his overtly racist newsletters, insane economic theories, and associations with extremists and conspiracy wackos of all kinds, from the John Birch Society to Alex Jones, his star just keeps rising ...
Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Extremism, libertarianism, Constitution Party, John Birch Society, Alex Jones, Far Right, Conspiracy Theories, Bad Craziness, Federal Reserve
Here we go. In their desperation to do anything possible to obstruct financial regulatory reform, House Republicans are going to align themselves with the keynote speaker of the John Birch Society’s 50th anniversary convention — Ron Paul: GOPers To Push Fed Audit. House GOPers will make a push to audit ...
Ron Paul, Conspiracy Theories, kooks, Bad Craziness, GOP, Republican Party, Federal Reserve
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) really lets his kook flag fly in this clip, accusing the Federal Reserve of helping Saddam Hussein buy weapons, helping fund the Watergate burglary, and planning a secret bailout of … Greece. Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s reply (as people laugh in the background): “These specific allegations you’ve ...
Ron Paul, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Conspiracy Theories, kooks, Video
Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve has been approved. The House Financial Services Committee has approved Rep. Ron Paul’s measure to drastically expand the government’s power to audit the Federal Reserve. The measure, based on a Paul proposal that has attracted more than 300 co-sponsors, passed, 43-26, as an ...
Following on the heels of a very positive report from the Federal Reserve, economists are now saying that a recovery is near: Leading indicators show recession bottoming out. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. recession is bottoming out and a recovery is near, economists for the Conference Board said Monday after ...
A new Federal Reserve survey just released says that 11 out of 12 economic regions are either “stabilizing” or “improving” — indicating that the recession is over.
Ron Paul’s star continues to rise like a bad moon: Frank Said to Back Broader Fed Audits. Rep. Ron Paul said he has a commitment from the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, to advance the Texas Republican’s legislation opening the Federal Reserve to broader federal audits. In ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, Federal Reserve, Barney Frank
The mainstreaming of paleo-libertarian isolationist Ron Paul in the GOP continues apace, as wacky Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announces she’s a convert to the Paulian cult, and has invited the crazy uncle to speak as an expert on monetary policy: Bachmann to host town hall with Rep. Ron Paul. In ...
Ron Paul, Idiocy, Conspiracies, kooks, GOP, Federal Reserve, Michele Bachmann
Oh no. Republicans embrace Ron Paul on domestic policy.
The crazy uncle’s influence on US conservative politics is definitely increasing. CQ Politics reports on growing GOP support for Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill. He may have faded from the national political scene a year ago, after his dark-horse presidential run came to naught, but Rep. ...
Ron Paul, GOP, Economy, Federal Reserve, Campaign for Liberty, Paleolibertarian