Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:06:37 am
One of the amazing things about the rise of the far right (and not in a good way) has been the concomitant rise of conspiracy peddler Alex Jones, and today an elected United States Senator, Rand Paul, revealed that he's a reader of the twisted dishonest rubbish Jones disseminates: Senator ...

Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:20:07 am
President Ronald Reagan with economic adviser David Stockman Reagan budget adviser David Stockman has today's must-read op-ed, labeling the Paul Ryan budget plan an "empty conservative sermon:" Paul Ryan's Fairy-Tale Budget Plan. The Ryan Plan boils down to a fetish for cutting the top marginal income-tax rate for “job creators” — ...

Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:34:38 am
There's a lot of talk about the Paul Ryan budget and its intended destruction of Medicare -- but even more disturbing are the enormous cuts Ryan proposes to make to Medicaid, the system that helps millions of low-income Americans when they need it most: Paul Ryan's Biggest Budget Cuts Are ...

Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:37:01 pm
YouTube Video Here's American Family Association fundamentalist loon Bryan Fischer with energy industry shill Cal Beisner, congratulating Mitt Romney on his selection of Paul Ryan -- because Ryan's anti-science views on climate change and the environment are every bit as insane as theirs: Fischer and Beisner Praise Ryan's 'Biblical View of ...

Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:05:24 am
A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows that Paul Ryan is probably not going to help Romney much: Paul Ryan Gets Low Marks for VP. Americans don't believe GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll ...

Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:57:01 pm
President Obama is drawing the lines of the political conflict for the next few months, identifying Paul Ryan as the "ideological leader" of the Republican Party. CHICAGO — Just over 24 hours after Rep. Paul Ryan was tapped for the vice presidential slot on the Republican ticket, President Obama today ...

Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:21:20 am
Practically in the same sentence as his announcement of Paul Ryan as his VP pick, Mitt Romney threw Ryan's ridiculously extreme "budget" under the bus... but in an amazingly rapid reversal, now he's back to saying he "would have signed" it. Just moments after Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan ...

Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:09:21 pm
If you've been watching this campaign so far, you'll remember that Mitt Romney spent considerable political capital trying to convince women he was on their side, despite the Republican Party's unceasing attacks on women's reproductive rights. It's emblematic of Romney's unfocused, self-contradicting campaign that he then picks a vice presidential candidate ...

Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:16:47 am
Ezra Klein has a good post on Mitt Romney's Paul Ryan hail-Mary pass. This is an admission of fear from the Romney campaign. You don’t make a risky pick like Paul Ryan if you think the fundamentals favor your candidate. You make a risky pick like Paul Ryan if you ...

Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 5:18:11 pm
The Onion

Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:47:55 am
Here's a case study in why the right wing should not be trusted, in anything they say or try to do, because they simply lie and make things up. The Daily Caller is hyping a survey by the "non-partisan" Doctor Patient Medical Association that says: Report: 83 Percent of Doctors Have ...

Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:21:18 am
The dynamic duo of Ron and Rand Paul have announced a new crusade -- keeping the Internet free of government interference and solidly in the hands of the wise, loving corporations who always choose the right path: The Pauls' New Crusade: 'Internet Freedom'. Kentucky senator Rand and his father Ron ...

Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:08:32 pm
Simply one of the best pop songs ever written, from Crowded House's "Farewell To The World" tour in 1996. In memory of the great Paul Hester. YouTube Video

Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:22:51 pm
Read the rest here, and see an even more Murican political ad, too. Now that embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu isn't running for Congress in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District, the race is down to two Republicans -- Congressman Paul Gosar, and state Senator Ron Gould. [...] There's a banjo, a faithful ...

Sun, May 13, 2012 at 10:49:22 am
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, ...

Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 3:06:41 pm
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 ...

Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 3:07:05 pm
A few days ago an interesting document showed up in my mailbox. It was the Official 2012 Republican Presidential Platform survey package. The package opens with a four page letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus who made the following comments while a candidate for the position he now holds: In ...

Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:00:28 pm
The latest polling in Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum's home state, shows that Republican voters are now entering the "acceptance" stage, and are getting ready to bite the bullet and vote for Mitt Romney: Romney Takes the Lead in Pennsylvania. Mitt Romney's taken the lead in PPP's newest poll of Rick Santorum's ...

Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:22:00 pm
Rick Santorum has won the Oklahoma and Tennessee primaries, and he's now beginning his victory speech in Steubenville, Ohio, so here's another thread to discuss... Delegates won so far: Romney: 81 Gingrich: 34 Santorum: 25 Ron Paul: 0 (sorry, Paulians)

Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:14:58 am
Far right anti-immigrant Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu is the latest Republican icon to have his secret life revealed, after he reportedly threatened to have his gay Mexican lover deported: Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face ...

Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:05:57 am
The thing about Rick Santorum is that he's genuine. He really believes that anti-science reactionary bullshit he spouts. He's not just saying it to get elected, unlike Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The reactionary Republican base senses this genuineness; they see Santorum as one of them. And this has now catapulted ...

Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:12:23 pm
Here's an open thread to keep up on news from the Nevada GOP caucuses, in which Mitt Romney is expected to thoroughly trounce Newt "Poor Kids Make Great Janitors" Gingrich. Ron "I Can't Help It If White Supremacists Dig Me" Paul, for some reason, seems confident that he'll beat Gingrich for ...

Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:41:13 pm
Today at the far right fever swamp known as Free Republic, somebody posted a link to our latest article about Ron Paul's connections to the white supremacist subculture, which led to an amusing and revealing sequence of comments. First, the wingnuts tried to argue that associating with neo-Nazis might not be ...

Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:31:47 am
The "anti-fascist" wing of the "Anonymous" hacker group has broken into a website run by the white supremacist American Third Position (A3P), and released a document dump consisting of private forum messages, emails, organizational notes, and other personal information. The documents show numerous connections between Republican candidate Ron Paul and these ...

Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:27:17 am
The Florida primary may already be over. Tampa, Florida (CNN) - It's primary day in the Sunshine State, but more than 600,000 people have already voted in Florida's Republican presidential contest. And a new public opinion poll indicates that the ballots already cast may help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ...