TagsTagsFlorida 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
Rick Santorum didn't win any friends in Puerto Rico with his xenophobic "English first!" comments: Romney Will Win Puerto Rico's GOP Primary, CNN Projects. (CNN) -- Mitt Romney will win Sunday's Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico, CNN projects, based on vote results obtained from local party and election officials. At ...
Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Puerto Rico, Xenophobia
Here's a second thread for wrap-up comments about this pathetic event they're calling a debate. Brian Williams failed to follow up on a single issue; it was basically a two-hour commercial for the Republican Party agenda. I don't know who "won" the debate, but I know who lost. You, me, and ...
Once again, Republican politicians are pandering to the lowest, most bigoted element of society with an unnecessary, clearly discriminatory bill that would ban shariah law from Pennsylvania courts. Shariah law is not currently being used by Pennsylvania courts, and in fact the US Constitution specifically bans such a thing and has ...
Republican Party, Anti-Muslim, Xenophobia, Bigotry, Pennsylvania
It's the right wing delusion that absolutely refuses to die. Rick Perry tells Parade Magazine that after having dinner with Donald Trump, he's suddenly "undecided" whether President Obama is really an American citizen. Governor, do you believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States? I have no reason ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Racism, Xenophobia, Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Rick Perry, Donald Trump
After feebly trying to pretend he was just "joking" when he called for an electrified border fence that would kill illegal immigrants, tonight Herman Cain is dropping the pretense and going all-out bloodthirsty: Herman Cain acknowledges his electric border fence idea isn't a joke after all. PHOENIX - After first ...
Herman Cain, Immigration, Bigotry, Republican Party, Xenophobia, Bad Craziness
How many times have we seen this dodge from conservatives? They say something disgusting to pander to the loony base, then when called out on it, claim it was "a joke." This excuse is so tired and worn out by now, it's a joke in itself. Cain Says His Deadly Fence ...
Herman Cain, Immigration, Xenophobia, Right Wing, Excuses, Bad Craziness
Yes, he really did say this, and he apparently really does mean it: Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to ...
Herman Cain, Immigration, Xenophobia, Right Wing, Bad Craziness
The new anti-immigration law just signed by Alabama's Republican governor Robert Bentley explicitly violates the Bill of Rights's provisions against unreasonable search and seizure, by requiring police to arrest anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally if they can't produce documentation -- when stopped for any reason: Alabama ...
Dallas Tea Party leader Phillip Dennis tells Chris Matthews that President Obama just might be a Muslim. Video
Xenophobia, Conspiracy Theories, Chris Matthews, Bad Craziness, Texas, GOP, Republican Party, Tea Party
Bloggers won't be running out of material any time soon, with the GOP's goofiest right wing extremist, Sharron Angle, forming a new TeaBagger umbrella group called "Patriot Caucus." Former Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle is angling to lead the tea party movement heading into 2012. Angle over the weekend unveiled ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Xenophobia
Melissa Del Bosque reports in the Texas Observer: 'Go Back to Mexico'. A group of Tea Party activists in Washington D.C. recently told two Hispanic Texas border congressmen to "Go back to Mexico" as they were on their way to vote on the House floor. Apparently, even elected officials should ...
Sharron Angle's overtly racist ads featuring images of menacing Latinos seriously backfired on her; she garnered just 8% of the Latino vote, compared to Harry Reid's 90%. In this election, the Tea Party GOP made a calculation to pander to the racist and xenophobic elements of their base, and this is ...
Nevada, Tea Parties, Far Right, Bad Craziness, Sharron Angle, John Birch Society, Republican Party, Xenophobia
Survey findings on far-right views give Germany its latest Führer furore. GERMANY IS undergoing its annual Führer furore, this time over a new survey suggesting that extreme-right views are on the rise. Some 13 per cent of Germans in a new survey said they felt “Germany needs to be ruled with ...
Bad news from Sweden, where the xenophobic far right Sweden Democrats have made big gains in Sunday's election: Eurofascists Break the Back of Scandinavian Tolerance. Also see: Friends of Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer: Sweden Democrats Xenophobic Swedish Party's Video: An Army of Burqas Sweden Democrats Lying About Neo-Nazi Connections? The History of the Sweden ...
Sweden, Sweden Democrats, Eurofascism, Neo-Nazis, Xenophobia, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association is scheduled to speak at the upcoming Values Voter Summit, along with a full card of top GOP politicians and pundits, including Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Jim DeMint, Mike Huckabee, Mike Pence, and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Here's Fischer's latest: A huge Muslim problem: ...
Right Wing, Bad Craziness, Xenophobia, paranoia, Extremism, Hate Speech, Religious Right, Video, Bryan Fischer, American Family Association
The latest really bad idea to move from the fringe to the Republican mainstream at light speed: repealing the "birthright citizenship" granted by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution. That's right -- the people who publicly make a fetish out of the Constitution, declaring their unconditional love for every word ...
Immigration, nativism, Xenophobia, Republican Party, Constitution, 14th Amendment
Arizona Republican Sheriff Paul Babeu is a frequent guest on Fox News, vigorously defending Arizona’s new immigration law on at least 18 occasions. And last July 10th, Sheriff Babeu appeared on a radio show that openly and proudly promotes white supremacism, antisemitism, Holocaust denial and other extreme right wing causes — ...
Arizona, Immigration, Law, nativism, White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis, Xenophobia, Racism, political cesspool
Heavily armed neo-Nazis roaming the Arizona desert looking for “narco-terrorists.” What could possibly go wrong? Jason “J.T.” Ready is taking matters into his own hands, declaring war on “narco-terrorists” and keeping an eye out for illegal immigrants. So far, he says his patrols have only found a few border crossers ...
Arizona, Immigration, Law, nativism, White Supremacists, Neo-Nazis, Xenophobia, Racism
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Jon Stewart, Comedy, Video, Arizona, Immigration, Law, nativism, Xenophobia
Check out Ry Cooder’s excellent new single, inspired by Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law, in an exclusive premiere on NPR. Arizona’s ongoing battle over immigration has inspired a new single from guitarist, composer and venerated session musician Ry Cooder. The song, “Quicksand,” tells the story of six people who attempt to ...
Now that Arizona has enacted a repressive law conceived by people connected with white supremacist organizations, what’s the next step? Arizona legislature bans ethnic-studies programs, of course! But wait, there’s more! They’re on a roll. In another controversial shift in state education policy, the Wall Street Journal has reported that the Arizona ...
Arizona, Immigration, Law, nativism, White Supremacists, Eugenics, Racism, FAIR, Ethnic Studies, Xenophobia
Popular British news outlet The Muslim Weekly explains the Islamic prohibition against the other white meat: Oink Oink! - Why Islam forbids Pork. The abstention from eating pork is one of the steps taken by Islam to practise hygiene and to attain purity of soul. There is a saying in English ...
The European Union is the ultimate passive aggressive nanny state, and now they’ve made something a crime that they deliberately do not define in precise terms; it’s Orwell’s 1984, except Big Brother is your dull-eyed pedantic cousin: EU agrees to penalties for racism and xenophobia. LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union ...
European Union, Racism, Xenophobia, Thought Crimes, Orwellian