TagsTagsTexas's creationist governor Rick Perry really doesn't like the US Constitution very much; he has a long list of changes and amendments he wants to make, starting with term limits on Supreme Court justices. Washington - Rick Perry, like other conservatives, has lots of complaints about the Supreme Court: The ...
Rick Perry, Texas, US Constitution, Cognitive Dissonance, Right Wing, Election 2012, Religious Right
A perfectly symbolic incident today in the House of Representatives, as the Republicans' cheap stunt of reading the Constitution is interrupted by one of the people for whom they're staging the stunt -- a fanatic Birther: Birther Interrupts House Reading Of Constitution, Yells 'Help Us Jesus'. [Video]
Tea Party, Republican Party, GOP, House of Representatives, US Constitution, Birthers, Bad Craziness
For one of their first acts, Republicans are going to read the entire Constitution on the floor of the House of Representatives. Now, I have nothing but respect for the US Constitution, as anyone who's read my blog surely knows. But come on. This is a cheap stunt for the Tea ...
Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Republican Party, House of Representatives, US Constitution
The Republican Party's attack on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment has gone into high gear in this election. All the GOP candidates are sounding like Pat Robertson. Now anti-wanking candidate Christine O'Donnell's campaign manager, Jonathon Moseley, is offering a $1000 "bounty" to anyone who can find the exact phrase ...
Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Chris Coons, Evolution, Creationism, Religious Right, Young Earth Creationism, US Constitution, Separation of Church and State
Peter Daou makes a good point about Christine O'Donnell's First Amendment gaffe -- to the right wing audience it was aimed at, this was not a gaffe. It's an article of faith (literally) on the right wing that separation of church and state was not the intention of the First Amendment. ...
Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Chris Coons, Debate, Evolution, Creationism, Religious Right, Young Earth Creationism, US Constitution, Separation of Church and State
The AP story on Christine O'Donnell's shocking ignorance of the Constitution says her statements "generated a buzz in the audience." But in fact, the audience laughed out loud at O'Donnell's idiocy. Here's the video: Video Notice that at the beginning of this clip, she rambles on and on about "intelligent design" creationism, and ...
Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Chris Coons, Debate, Evolution, Creationism, Religious Right, Young Earth Creationism, US Constitution, Separation of Church and State
Yesterday, in a debate at Widener University Law School before an audience of legal scholars and law students, Christine O'Donnell reiterated her position that local public schools should teach young earth creationism in science classes. Which is bad enough. But in trying to support her ludicrous anti-science position, O'Donnell revealed her shocking ...
Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, Chris Coons, Debate, Evolution, Creationism, Religious Right, Young Earth Creationism, US Constitution, Separation of Church and State