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It's Official: Romney Will Proudly Stand With America's Best-Known Birther

Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:33 pm PDT

One 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

Onion: Republicans Stalling Obama's Agenda by Speaking, Moving in Slow Motion

Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:19 pm PDT

The Onion

Onion, Comedy, Satire, Republican Party, Obstructionism, Slow Motion

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus Makes the GOP's Reactionary Agenda Very Clear

Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:49 am PDT

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

FunnyOrDie: Republicans, Get in My Vagina!

Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:17 pm PDT

Kate Beckinsale, Judy Greer and Andrea Savage spread the Republican message. Video

Comedy, Funny or Die, Republican Party, War on Women, Women's Rights

Not Birthers Again: NC GOP Candidate on CNN

Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:43 pm PDT

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

50% of Americans Support Gay Marriage, but Only 22% of Republicans

Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:44 am PDT

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 ...

Gallup Poll, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Republican Party

Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. the Wingnuts

Sun, May 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm PDT

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

The Tale of the Obsessed Sperm-Donating Alabama Gubernatorial Candidate

Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:56 pm PDT

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!?

Romney Foreign Policy Adviser Grenell Hounded Out by Anti-Gay Conservatives

Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:52 pm PDT

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

Video: Rachel Maddow Destroys the Right Wing Myth That Women Don't Get Paid Less

Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:47 pm PDT

MSNBC Video

Rachel Maddow, Women's Rights, Right Wing, Republican Party, Misogyny, Video

Romney: 'Even Jimmy Carter' Would Have Given the Order to Kill Bin Laden

Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:26 pm PDT

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

Video: Rachel Maddow vs. Old Republican Guy

Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:21 pm PDT

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

VAWA Passes, All Nay Votes Are Republicans

Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:06 pm PDT

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

Shock: Newt Gingrich Bailing Out

Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:55 am PDT

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 ...

Mitt Romney, newt gingrich, Election 2012, Republican Party

Stephen Colbert Interviews Texas School Board Creationist Don McLeroy

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:09 pm PDT

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

Romney Promising the Religious Right He'll Appoint Right Wing Judges

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:23 am PDT

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

FL Gov. Rick Scott Vetoes Funding for Rape Crisis Centers

Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:46 am PDT

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

Obama Using Executive Power to Get Around Obstructionist GOP

Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:49 am PDT

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

WaPo Blogger Jennifer Rubin Suddenly Notices That the Right Is Anti-Gay

Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 6:04 pm PDT

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

Marco Rubio in Dreamland

Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:49 am PDT

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

Ted Nugent Gets Noticed by the Secret Service

Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:44 am PDT

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

Ted Nugent: 'If Obama Becomes President, I'll Either Be Dead or in Jail'

Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 11:05 am PDT

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

Romney: Poor Mothers Should Be Required to Work Outside the Home

Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:27 am PDT

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

Mitt Romney in 1994: 'Both Parents Have to Work'

Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:26 pm PDT

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

War on Women: AZ Gov. Brewer Signs Radical Anti-Abortion Bill

Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:03 pm PDT

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

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