Yesterday, the Republican National Committee released its Growth & Opportunity Report, a compendium of all of the lessons the party learned from the 2012 elections, and what the Washington Post calls an […]
Republicans are the New Coke of politics
Tuesday Morning RAW: What is WWE up to with this Zeb Colter/Tea Party angle?
This is hardly the first time pro wrestling has come at the audience with a blatantly racist angle, and WWE has, through the years, perfected the arts of cheap stereotyping and jingoism. […]
Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow: forecast calls for a deluge of teabagger human kindness. Or not.
By Patrick Vecchio I am waiting to see if—no, make it how—the Tea party and other way-right-leaning Republicans react to this week’s barely-qualifies-as-news that TV journalist/personality Anderson Cooper admitted he is gay. […]
Does Obama deserve a second term? Show, don't tell…
Last summer I did some thinking about Mr. Obama and the 2012 election. Specifically, would voting for him again be a good idea? I offered up several scenarios where I pondered ugly […]
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Rick Perry: "Whatever it is, I'm against it"
by Robert S. Becker Perry: “I keep saying, ‘The world is flat.’” Don’t look to Barry Goldwater or Milton Friedman, even Ronald Reagan, to explain why addled fundamentalists, like zombies surfacing from […]
"Teabagger Paradise" revisited: Colorado Springs begs for mercy
Back in February I authored a look at the implications of Colorado’s infamous Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) on the state, and in particular on the city of Colorado Springs, which has […]
Teabagger Jedi Ex Cathedra Journalism: now being practiced in Lynchburg, VA
It started innocently enough: A tea party organizer angry over Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-Va.) vote in favor of health care reform published what he thought was the freshman member’s home address on […]
Spiderman 4 preview: Who Would Jesus Whack?
Remember the scene in Spiderman 3 when Eddie Brock (played by Topher Grace) goes to church and prays that God will kill Peter Parker? That probably got a laugh out of most […]
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