TagsTagsOne of the clearest signs yet that the Republican Party is off the rails and over the cliff: Romney Camp Stands by Trump After Latest Birther Comments. (CBS News) Mitt Romney's campaign stood by its decision to use Donald Trump as a top surrogate even as the reality television host ...
Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Birthers, Republican Party, Election 2012
The Onion
Onion, Comedy, Satire, Republican Party, Obstructionism, Slow Motion
MSNBC Video Reince Priebus says the official position of the Republican Party is that gays and lesbians should not be allowed to marry, they do not see it as a civil rights issue, and what's more, they want a constitutional amendment to enshrine their bigotry as the law of the land, ...
Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Gay Marriage, Anti-Gay, Homophobia
Kate Beckinsale, Judy Greer and Andrea Savage spread the Republican message. Video
Comedy, Funny or Die, Republican Party, War on Women, Women's Rights
Oh no, here come the Birthers again. They're relentless. This irrational crypto-racist conspiracy theory is so deeply ingrained in the GOP base that it refuses to die. It's the ultimate right wing zombie meme. This time, it's a North Carolina Republican congressional candidate, Dr. John Whitley, a neurosurgeon (if you can ...
Birthers, CNN, Anderson Cooper, North Carolina, Republican Party
The latest Gallup poll finds that 50% of Americans are in favor of legalizing gay marriage. That number would be much higher, but the reactionary right wing is pulling down the curve. PRINCETON, NJ -- Fifty percent of Americans believe same-sex marriages should be recognized by law as valid, with the ...
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls out the ideological extremists who dominate today's Republican Party: California's GOP Should Take Down Its Small Tent. I've been writing my memoirs recently, and looking back at how I came to my political identity has reminded me that this election cycle marks my 44th ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Republican Party, Far Right, Extremism
Former Alabama GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson has left his wife and family and moved to New Zealand, where he'll be free to donate as much sperm as he wants. Bill Johnson, a former Alabama gubernatorial candidate, has left his wife and family in Prattville to be with babies he ...
Alabama, Family Values, Republican Party, New Zealand, Sperm Donations, WTF!?
Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin, who recently noticed that the conservative movement is virulently anti-gay, has a headline on her latest post that says it all: EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell Hounded From Romney Campaign by Anti-Gay Conservatives. When I learned that Grenell was gay, I knew it was just a matter of ...
Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Richard Grenell, Anti-Gay, Bigotry, Republican Party
MSNBC Video
Rachel Maddow, Women's Rights, Right Wing, Republican Party, Misogyny, Video
Mitt Romney is on record saying that he would not enter Pakistan without permission "to kill one man," meaning Osama bin Laden. Obviously, Romney's reflexive opposition to everything Barack Obama says has backfired on him with this one, big time. So today he's trying to walk back that statement, downplay the killing ...
Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Osama bin Laden, President Obama, Spin
On Meet the Press today, Rachel Maddow faced off with an old white man (GOP strategist Alex Castellanos), in a perfect illustration of the reason the Republican Party is so unpopular with women and young people. MSNBC Video The obvious condescension is a mask for fear; people like Castellanos are terrified of ...
Rachel Maddow, Republican Party, Alex Castellanos, Video, Meet the Press, Women's Rights
The bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 has passed the Senate, and every single Senator who voted against it was a Republican man. (h/t: Gus.) The full list: NAYs -- 31 Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) DeMint (R-SC) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC)Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee ...
Senate, Violence Against Women Act, VAWA, Women's Rights, Republican Party, Right Wing
The fact is, it's always been Mitt Romney's turn to win the GOP Presidential Sweepstakes, and Newt Gingrich is finally going to stop pretending he has a chance: Newt Gingrich to Suspend Campaign. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is expected to suspend his presidential campaign within the next week, according ...
On the Stephen Colbert show, here's young earth creationist Don McLeroy, the fanatic appointed to the Texas State Board of Education by Rick Perry, and subject of many a post at LGF. Weep for the future of America, because McLeroy's stunning anti-science ignorance may seem extreme, but it's not unusual ...
Stephen Colbert, Don McLeroy, Creationism, Evolution, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Republican Party, Education
As a Mormon, it's an uphill climb for Mitt Romney to get the religious right on his side; many of the most influential right wing religious leaders are not shy at all about calling Mormonism a "cult." One tactic Romney is using to get over this problem: promising to appoint far ...
Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Election 2012, Religious Right, David Barton, Wallbuilders, Jordan Sekulow
We should be grateful to people like Florida's far right Tea Party Governor Rick Scott, who make it exceedingly clear that the Republican Party's war on women is very, very real: Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds for Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) ...
Florida, Rick Scott, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Rape, Republican Party, Tea Party, Right Wing
The New York Times has an article today on something that's been incredibly obvious ever since President Obama's election: the Republican Party is bound and determined to see him fail as a president, and they're obstructing absolutely everything he does. And now, Obama is finding ways to get things done ...
President Obama, Republican Party, Obstructionism, Right Wing, Congress
The next big rift in the base of the Republican Party may be caused by Mitt Romney's choice of the openly gay Richard Grenell as foreign policy spokesman. Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin is properly appalled at the hateful language of people like Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, ...
Mitt Romney, Richard Grenell, Gay Rights, Republican Party, Election 2012, Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is pleading with the GOP to drop the xenophobic fear mongering. Not in so many words, of course. WASHINGTON — With Republicans increasingly concerned about losing Hispanic voters this November, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida on Thursday pressed his party to embrace a compromise measure allowing ...
Florida, Marco Rubio, DREAM Act, Immigration, Republican Party, Xenophobia, Right Wing
Motor City mouthAfter Right Wing Watch released their video of caveman guitarist Ted Nugent saying he'd "either be dead or in jail" if Obama is reelected, the Secret Service got interested. Update: A spokesman for the Secret Service tells us, "We are aware of it, and we'll conduct an appropriate ...
Loony Right, Hate Speech, Mitt Romney, Racism, Republican Party, Ted Nugent
YouTube Video Here's good ol' Ted Nugent (a frequent guest on the vile white supremacist radio show Political Cesspool, which also regularly features David Duke), spewing deranged hatred at President Obama and pledging, "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by ...
Loony Right, Ted Nugent, Racism, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Hate Speech
After the totally fake controversy about "stay at home moms" drummed up by the Republican Party, this clip of Mitt Romney is pretty devastating. As recently as January of this year, Mitt Romney was singing a very different tune, telling poor women they shouldn't be allowed to stay at home ...
Mitt Romney, Fake Outrage, Women's Rights, Republican Party, War on Women, Super-Rich
Here's Mitt Romney running for the US Senate in 1994, with a somewhat different view on "stay-at-home moms." YouTube Video (h/t: Andrew Kaczynski.)
Mitt Romney, Women's Rights, Republican Party, Election 2012, Hilary Rosen
Tonight, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law one of the nation's most radical right wing anti-choice bills: Brewer Signs Bill Banning Most Abortions After 20 Weeks. Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill into law banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and making numerous other changes ...
Arizona, Jan Brewer, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Abortion, Republican Party, Atavism, Bad Craziness