TagsTagsYou almost have to feel a little bit sorry for Mitt Romney. In the past, he would have been a shoe-in for the Republican presidential nomination; he's from old money, has a pretty solid record of mainstream conservative positions, and was next in line after John McCain. In the natural ...
Mitt Romney, Election 2012, Right Wing, Abortion, Extremism, Planned Parenthood, Misogyny, Religious Right
William Jacobson, one of the first wingnut bloggers to spread the ridiculous talking point that Sarah Palin got it exactly right with her absurd distortion of Paul Revere's ride, is now outraged -- outraged, I say! -- that I'm not going to apologize to Andrew Breitbart: Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Charles Johnson: ...
Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner, Press Conference, Fraud, Shirley Sherrod, Acorn, Planned Parenthood
Indiana's GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels tried to pull a fast one and ban the use of Medicaid funds at Planned Parenthood clinics, because as we all know, the best way to help the economy and create jobs is to take away women's reproductive rights and destroy Planned Parenthood. Ahem. Today the Obama ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Extremism, Republican Party, Indiana
The Republican Party clearly has a national agenda to wage total war against Planned Parenthood. In Texas today, a Senate subcommittee voted to ban Planned Parenthood from being part of a program that provides health screening for low income women. That's not all. The bill also includes a "poison pill" provision that ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Contraceptives, Extremism, Republican Party, Texas
A new front has opened up in the right wing's deranged vendetta against Planned Parenthood. Republicans in Oklahoma are now taking food out of the mouths of babies. Unbelievably, something like that occurred last week in the Oklahoma House. Rep. Jason Murphey, R-Guthrie, moved to amend a senior nutrition bill so ...
Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Atavism, War on Women, Planned Parenthood, Bad Craziness
They failed to get their agenda through Congress, so the atavist religious right is now refocusing their efforts on local politics. And Kansas is ground zero for the state-level effort to destroy Planned Parenthood. Budgets winding their way through the Legislature would redirect about $300,000 in federal family planning funds ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Contraceptives, Extremism, Republican Party, Kansas
Remember Jon Kyl's ridiculous lie, stated on the floor of the US Senate during the Republican push to destroy Planned Parenthood, that abortions are "well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does?" (The real number is three percent.) And when it was pointed out that Kyl simply lied, remember ...
Republican Party, GOP, Jon Kyl, Planned Parenthood, Abortion
Gail Collins makes an important point about the right wing vendetta against Planned Parenthood, in her New York Times op-ed column: The War Behind the Abortion War. For eons now, people have been wondering why the two sides can’t just join hands and agree to work together to reduce the ...
Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Atavism, War on Women, Planned Parenthood, Contraceptives
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is now admitting he "misspoke" when he said 90% of Planned Parenthood's services were abortion-related. And his hilarious "not intended to be factual" excuse is being blamed on an unnamed "press person." Asked if he regretted the flap, Kyl said Thursday: "I misspoke when I ...
Stephen Colbert, Comedy, Republican Party, Planned Parenthood, Fake But Accurate, Jon Kyl
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Stephen Colbert, Comedy, Republican Party, Planned Parenthood, Fake But Accurate
Only someone with a profoundly warped view of women could possibly make the statement Glenn Beck made this morning on his radio show. In a sickening rant, Beck actually mocked women who depend on Planned Parenthood for health services -- and said they must be prostitutes. Video
Glenn Beck, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, End Times, Religious Right, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Misogyny
At the very last minute, the Republican Party backed down on holding the budget hostage to destroy Planned Parenthood. But the attacks against the nation's largest provider of women's health services are not going to stop; in fact, you can expect right wingers to get even more vicious and dishonest. ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Contraceptives, Extremism, Republican Party
The government of the United States may be about to shut its doors and put up the "Closed Until Further Notice" sign, or maybe not. I still think the Republicans might be just crazy enough, God love 'em, to actually go ahead and turn off the lights, but they apparently ...
Republican Party, GOP, Obstructionism, Government Shutdown, War on Women, Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Open Thread
It's gone beyond ridiculous, to a tragicomic Theatre of the Fanatically Absurd. The Republican Party is preparing to shut down the government in order to stop Planned Parenthood from destroying America. It's not even about abortion; Planned Parenthood is already prohibited from using federal funds for abortions. The "party of limited ...
Republican Party, GOP, Obstructionism, Government Shutdown, War on Women, Reproductive Rights, Abortion, Planned Parenthood
The government shutdown is coming, and it's not because of fiscal disagreements. Both parties now agree on the size of spending cuts. The shutdown is imminent because of the GOP's determination to ram through the far right policy riders they've attached to the budget; these riders are more important to them ...
Republican Party, GOP, Budget, Government Shutdown, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Environment, EPA, NPR
A coalition of extremist anti-abortion groups (including video fraudster Lila Rose, left) has launched an effort to flood Congress with calls to defund Planned Parenthood. They claim to have a million people ready to do this, and it may even be true. Today, the Susan B. Anthony List, Family Research Council ...
Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Atavism, War on Women, Planned Parenthood
Announced Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is taking one of the religious right's most perverted arguments against Planned Parenthood into the mainstream, claiming that the true purpose of the organization is genocide against "black babies." Herman Cain poses with hate monger Pamela GellerSpeaking to reporters and bloggers at the Heritage ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Abortion, Anti-Choice, Planned Parenthood, Herman Cain, Conspiracy Theories
Last September LGF noted a firebomb attack against a Planned Parenthood office in Madera, California, occurring about a week after a local mosque was vandalized and hate messages posted on its walls. Last week, authorities arrested yet another right wing anti-choice fanatic (who happens to also be anti-Muslim) and charged him ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Extremism, Abortion, Anti-Muslim, Anti-Choice, Terrorism, Planned Parenthood
In the past couple of months, the Republican Party has launched an all-out assault on women's reproductive rights: [Item List] And that sad list is just off the top of my head; there's much more. Clearly, the Republican Party is extremely concerned about protecting the life of every single fetus, and willing to ...
Republican Party, GOP, Abortion, Women's Rights, Misogyny, War on Women, Planned Parenthood
Republicans in South Dakota who are sponsoring yet another absurdly draconian anti-abortion law are completely clueless as to what Planned Parenthood actually does. Republican state Sen. Al Novstrup (pictured, above) one of the bill's main sponsors, said that he views the legislation not as a fresh set of "restrictions" on ...
Planned Parenthood, War on Women, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Abortion, GOP, Republican Party, South Dakota
The crazy is reaching epidemic levels as anti-choice fanatics in the House plan to hold the entire country hostage for their Dark Ages agenda, vowing to shut down the government unless Planned Parenthood is defunded. A pro-life leader in the House says he and many other Republicans will vote against ...
Republican Party, GOP, Abortion, Women's Rights, Misogyny, War on Women, Planned Parenthood
I thought it might be interesting to search YouTube for the advertisement that inspired Kathryn Lopez to write her anti-contraception article, and it popped right up. This nightmarish glimpse of a liberal dystopia is brought to you by Bayer. Feel the horror lurking beneath the surface, as these deluded, desperate women ...
Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Contraceptives, Atavism, War on Women, Planned Parenthood
If you're one of the billions of women whose lives have been brightened, improved, or even saved by the availability of modern contraception techniques, you may be under the impression that having choices is a good thing. But here's the National Review's Kathryn Lopez, letting you know that the world was ...
Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Contraceptives, Atavism, War on Women, Planned Parenthood
In addition to their attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood's funding, the Republican Party had other important items on the agenda today -- such as voting to continue federal funding for NASCAR teams. (h/t Decatur Deb.)
Republican Party, GOP, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Women's Rights, Misogyny, NASCAR
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is dealing with the most important problems in America by passing a measure that strips Planned Parenthood of federal funding. The Republican Party has declared total war on women's reproductive rights, and Planned Parenthood is an organization that does an enormous amount of good for millions ...
Republican Party, GOP, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Women's Rights, Misogyny