Archive for the ‘Election 2012’
Palin Returns to Anti-GOP Roots
As the immediate past Vice Presidential nominee, it’s hardly surprising that most people outside Alaska view Sarah Palin as a card-carrying member of the GOP establishment. Despite her husband Todd’s seven year dalliance with the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and his quiet conversion to the GOP when his wife decided to run for office, Sarah [...]
ALEC v. the Middle Class
By Thomas Dewar The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed corporations. —Thomas Jefferson ALEC is a dating service for state legislators and corporations. —Ed Muir, AFT Who Is ALEC? If you really want to know who and what is behind something [...]
Battleground Florida: Clown-on-Clown Violence
It’s time to put a couple fresh plump Florida oranges in a tube sock, and let the beating begin. All week long, Americans have been treated to the horrifying yet compelling spectacle of the two frontrunners in the GOP race for their party’s nomination pummeling each other like Roman gladiators before the bloodthirsty crowd. The [...]
Palin’s Newt Testament
After 30 years, Alaska Airlines has decided to no longer include prayer cards on the tray with their in-flight meals. The small, business card sized cards contained short quotes from the Bible and a peaceful image of nature. In a memo sent to frequent fliers, the airline made the announcement on Wednesday that the cards [...]
South Carolina – Let the Games Begin! (UPDATED)
While most can no longer stomach the cringe-inducing, stomach-churning, never-ending bouts of ethically challenged mud wrestling that are the Republican debates, apparently to others they do make a difference. CBS News notes: Nearly two out of three South Carolina Republican primary voters say the recent Republican presidential debates played an important factor in their decision, [...]
Racism Exposed by Redistricting Board
By Elstun Lauesen One of the terms we often hear lately is “agenda.” This politician has an “agenda” or that group has an “agenda.” Mostly we mere mortals are left to speculate what an “agenda” might be among the players in the rarified climes of politics. Thanks to the just concluded trial over the lines [...]
Palin Urges South Carolinians to Vote for “Egotistical Narrow-Minded Machine Goon”
Was Sarah Palin’s proclamation, “If I were in South Carolina, I’d vote for Newt” really an endorsement, or just her attempt to keep the wounded elephant that is the current presidential GOP lineup limping forward as far as possible before it collapses under the weight of its own unelectability? Correspondence from Palin seems to indicate [...]
Mitt Romney’s French Connection
By Jim Wright What do you call a man who speaks multiple languages? A polyglot. What do you call a man who speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call a man who only speak one language – and poorly at that? An American. Goddamned right. There’s only one language worth knowing and that’s English American. Speak it loud, speak it [...]
Mudflix – When Mitt Romney Came to Town
This 28-minute mini Mittens movie may as well have come from Moveon.org, but instead, the force behind the operation is none other than the equally loathsome Newt Gingrich. Now, mind you, even though the messenger is less than stellar, the message is pretty accurate and hard-hitting. This is worth setting aside a little time for. [...]
Unvetted Palin Says Republicans Should “Vet One Another.”
Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and [...]
Santorum Doubles Down and Claims He Was Talking About “Blah” People’s “Plives.” (NOT SATIRE)
A few days ago, Republican conservative golden boy Rick Santorum was criticized for saying, “I do not want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money,” implying that black people were, as a group, responsible for government entitlement programs. Here’s the extremely clear and audible video of that remark. Santorum, who [...]
Palin Endorses Gingrich
No, not Sarah. Todd. His wife has not decided yet “who is best able to go up against Barack Obama,” Todd Palin said. But apparently Newt has won the heart of the savvy political expert that is the snowmachine racing ex-first-dude of Alaska. One thing it does tell us is that a last-minute re-entry into [...]
Newt Gingrich Irritated by Lack of Appreciation from Those He Offends
Like many of his compatriots, Newt Gingrich has gotten himself in hot water about comments regarding the African American community. At a recent town hall event (in New Hampshire), Gingrich said that if invited, he would love to speak at the annual NAACP convention “about why the African-American community should demand pay checks and not be [...]
Santorum Denies Saying “Black People.” Insists He Said “Blah People.”
The other day, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum was quoted singling out black people for entitlement reform by saying to an Iowa audience, “I dont want to make black people’s lives better by giving them someone else’s money.” His point was about putting people to work, rather than welfare, but the racial characterization of the problem [...]
The Iowa Caucuses – Culling the Herd, One Mad Cow at a Time.
[Former candidate Michele Bachmann, with her husband Marcus (in pink shirt and tie) says farewell to the race. Photo by Chris Carlson/AP] Let’s do a quick Countdown of Crazy, and touch base with the best of the best of the Republican party and what they have to offer us in country leading potential. 6) Michele [...]
