One good thing came of the despicable, lie-filled television ad that Karl Rove’s organization, Crossroads GPS, launched against Elizabeth Warren last week – it got a lot of people to donate money to her campaign. And, now, as a result, she’s got an ad of her own, which is scheduled to start airing tomorrow. If […]
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Unaware of how political campaigns are run, Elizabeth Warren fires back with the truth
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged Bette Grande, Crossroads GPS, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fear mongering, fracking, Karl Rove, Massachusetts, political ads, rat fucking, Republican lies, Scott Brown, tea party 5 Comments
Claiming the Palin mandate
As we discussed yesterday, the election, while certainly bad for the Democrats, doesn’t really indicate what could be considered a Republican mandate. But that fact doesn’t seem to stop politicians and pundits from making the claim. And it certainly doesn’t stop demagogues from taking credit. And that’s what we’re seeing right now. Yesterday, in the […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics Also tagged California, Carly Fiorina, Christine O'Donnell, chutzpah, Colorado, Conan O'Brien, Delaware, demagoguery, endorsements, Joe Miller, John Raese, Lisa Murkowski, mandates, masturbating bear, Nevada, Pedobear, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle, taking credit for things you didn't do, tea party, Tom Tancredo, West Virginia 10 Comments
The party of imagined bravery and craven victimhood
Eugene Robinson asks a great question in today’s Washington Post… “When did the loudmouths of the American right become such a bunch of fraidy-cats and professional victims?” Here’s a clip: …The thing is, though, that the manufactured brouhaha over the Park51 project is part of a larger pattern in which the far right embraces victimhood […]
Posted in Observations, Other, Politics Also tagged asshole Republicans, bandaids, fear mongering, fraidy-cats, ground zero mosque, illegal immigration, John Kerry, Louie Gohmert, Park51, pathetic Republicans, professional victims, purple heart, Shirley Sherrod, terror babies, victimhood 15 Comments