Back in 2014, with the rabid support of the Tea Party and far-right talkshow hosts like Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, and Ann Coulter, Dave Brat, an econ professor at Randolph–Macon College with an Ayn Rand fetish and a talent for riling up crowds of angry voters, somehow managed to win the Republican primary for Virginia’s […]
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Have the Republicans, in an attempt to keep a Democratic former CIA operative from Congress, released her private security clearance application to the press?
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Abigail Spanberger, Alexandria, Ann Coulter, anti-government, CIA, Congressional Leadership Fund, Dave Brat, Eric Cantor, Girl Scouts, Hostile Intelligence Service, Islamic Saudi Academy, John Schindler, Koch brothers, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Muslim, Paul Ryan, race baiting, racism, Saudi Arabia, security clearance, SF86, tea party, Terror High, Valerie Plame, Virginia 46 Comments
The biggest post-election losers… Or, six old white men that need to be set adrift on ice floes
Bobby Jindal, the Republican Governor of Louisiana, when asked a few days ago to reflect on the election, said, “We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys.” Sure, he’s probably lying, but I still think it’s safe to say that this comment, […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Albert Mohler, ALEC, American Crossroads, Americans for Tax Reform, anti-government, Ashley Judd, Bill Kristol, billionaires, Birthers, Bobby Jindal, bribery, Bush tax cuts, casinos, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Crossroads GPS, CrossroadsGPS, dark money, Dean Heller, Department of Justice, evangelical, fiscal cliff, Frank Wolf, Grover Norquist, immigration reform, Libertarianism, Macau, Megyn Kelly, Miriam Ochsorn, Mitch McConnell, Move to Amend, Nevada, Obama, organized crime, racketeering, Republican strategy, revolution, Romney, Romney. obstructionism, Saxby Chambliss, SEC, Securities Exchange Commission, Senate, Shaun Casey, Sheldon Adelson, starve the beast, tax the rich, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea party, The Apprentice, The Simpsons 35 Comments
Here we go again… the Swiftboating of Obama has begun
A few nights ago, I told you about a family member of mine who had shared a purposefully misleading political graphic on Facebook, and how I responded. The piece, which incorrectly attributed $5 billion of the nation’s debt to the “Democratic majority,” was produced by an organization called Right Change, a fake grassroots entity bankrolled […]
Posted in Media, Observations, Politics Also tagged 9/11, astroturf, Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US, Bush, Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Dishonorable Disclosures, Federal Election Commission, Fred Eshelman, George Bush the Lesser, intelligence, Iraq war, leaks, liberal media, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Mission Accomplished, national security, Navy SEALS, Obama, OPSEC, Osama bin Laden, Plamegate, political ads, RightChange.com, Romney, Ryan Zinke, special forces, Special Operations for America, Special Operations Political Committee, state secrets, Swiftboating, Valerie Plame 22 Comments