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 […]
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Claiming the Palin mandate
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, mama grizzlies, mandates, masturbating bear, Nevada, Pedobear, Republicans, Sarah Palin, taking credit for things you didn't do, tea party, Tom Tancredo, West Virginia 10 Comments
Republican Blowout, But No Conservative Mandate
The best take on yesterday’s election that I’ve found thus far came from the folks at Think Progress. Here’s what they had to say: Riding a wave of discontent, Republicans overtook the House of Representatives by great numbers, but foundered in the U.S. Senate, where the media spotlight on Tea Party candidates like Sharron Angle […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged angry Republicans and their ideas, Bush, Bush tax cuts, Carly Fiorina, Center for American Progress, Christine O'Donnell, deregulation, election results, Eric Cantor, FreedomWorks, fucking Democrats, global climate change, inept Democrats, Jeb Bush, John Boehner, John Podesta, Ken Buck, mandates, Matt Kibbe, Meg Whitman, Michael Steele, middle class, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, recession, Republican platform, Sarah Palin, tax the rich, tea party, the hijacking of the Republican party, the plight of the overtaxed rich, Tom Donohue, Wall Street 9 Comments
Can someone in Dearborn let me know what it’s like to live under Sharia law?
With top Nevada Republicans coming forward to endorse her Democratic rival, Harry Reid, Tea Party sweetheart Sharron Angle has had to ratchet things up a bit in her campaign for Senate. Not only is she claiming in a new ad that Reid wants to give Viagra to convicted child molesters (it’s apparently vitally important to […]
Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics Also tagged attack ads, Bacon, Burkas, child molesters, Dearborn, Frankford, Harry Reid, Nevada, Scientology, Sharia law, tea party, Viagra, Viagra for child molesters 29 Comments