American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

• The Dung Beetle Award Goes To...

  

  The Academy of Dung Beetles' Award is being rolled towards Bill Maher, for saying: "The other thing that apparently was so important for the Republicans to... Read more

  The 06 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Joe Barton, GOP = Party of Stupid

  

  I feel sad that conservatives actually believe rubbish like this, that they are consistently so willfully and intentionally ignorant, so anti-science, so... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Y’ Say y’ Want a Revolution?

  

  “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy[courtesy Bing Images]stAt first, the controversy seemed to b... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Adask
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• The Shutdown and the Dominance of the GOP by White Southerners: A Growing Meme

  One of the important trends in analysis of the current situation of American democracy as the Republican party shuts down the federal government is to note how... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Are There Bachmann Corruption Charges Coming in Iowa?

  

  Election bid or auction bid in Iowa? cross-posted from MNPP: According to the HuffPo, Kent Sorenson received significant quantities of moola, pay-offs,... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• There's Much Less Science Taking Place Under the GOP Federal Shutdown

  

  Instead, Australia and China, working cooperatively, made this discovery. You can bet they are also the nations that will be raking in the profits from this... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• More Worried By Shutdown Now Than 1995

  

  The charts are made from information in a new Gallup Poll (conducted on October 2nd and 3rd of a random nationwide sample of 1,021 adults, and has a margin of... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Half of Americans Consider GOP "Extremist"

  

  Back in August of 2010, Americans had a different view of Republicans than they do now. While 40% of them considered the Republican Party to be extremist,... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• No Unemployment Numbers Thanks To Shutdown Of Government By GOP

  Normally, I would be reporting and discussing the Labor Department unemployment numbers on this day (because they are released on the first Friday of the month... Read more

  The 05 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• THE Quote on the Republican's Federal Government Shutdown

  Republicans conceived it, Republicans planned it and those same Republicans executed it, this government shutdown. Now they're trying to get... Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Morage
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• The Problem is 'You the People'

  Note: This post was initiated yesterday but, alas, time ran out for the reasons stated below and I am finishing it off today. Life sure does get complicated... Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Davidduff
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• Public Not On GOP's Side With Shutdown

  

  These numbers are from a new CBS News Poll conducted after the government shutdown (on October 1st and 2nd of 1,021 adults nationwide, with a 3 point margin of... Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Public Thinks Top Priority Of The GOP Is To Make Trouble For President Obama

  

  It is no secret to those who stay abreast of politics that the Republican leaders met after the election of President Obama, and decided to oppose, obstruct,... Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Bernie On Speaker Boehner

  

  Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has a valid point here. Speaker Boehner has not acted in the best interests of the House of Representatives, the government,... Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Obama Applies 'The Chicago Way'

  "All over Washington, D.C. public parks used by children and families that are normally unguarded and unstaffed have been fenced off and shuttered. Read more

  The 04 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• The Planet of the Hard-Headed Holograms: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe...

  

  The following is a guest post by GOF comrade Romney Wordsworth. After a thirteen year gap from the eponymous debut of super-group Deltron 3030, Event 2 (on... Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Grooveonfire
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• The Guildhall Gothic

  

  Mother, Dan Hillier, 2006. Photo: Dan Hillier.I was lucky enough to be invited along to see the superb new Victoriana: The Art of Revival exhibition at the... Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Thursday Folly – Watching Our GDP Fade Away

  

  This is just the impact of the first 3 weeks of a Government shut-down as $300M a day is drained out of our economy and the net effect snowballs over time. Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Sector Detector: Still Bullish as Stocks Await Their “go” Signal from Congress

  

  Stock market bulls have been reluctant to let the market fall very far. Support seems to arrive whenever the bears get too bold. Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• GOP Turns Victory Into Humiliating Defeat

  

  (The cartoon above is by John Cole in the Scranton Times-Tribune.) A few days ago, it looked like the congressional Democrats had once again come near a deadlin... Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Poll Shows Democrats May Have A Real Opportunity In Texas In 2014

  

  Attorney General Greg Abbott is the presumptive GOP nominee for governor in the 2014 election. And today, State Senator Wendy Davis is expected to announce she... Read more

  The 03 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The Wandering Jew

  Regular readers will have picked up my general admiration for Jews. Of course, that admiration is not unconfined, like all peoples everywhere they have their... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Davidduff
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• Rick Perry - a Truly Dumb Hypocrite

  

  The governor of Texas, Rick Perry, who once suggested Texas might secede from the Union (which shows how dumb he is as secession is impossible), is now calling... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Lowell
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• About the Shutdown: A Gathering of Good Commentary

  Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyRachel: Elect Republicans and they will burn the place down. And they will laugh whil... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Video Provides Evidence That Deputy In Shelby County Conducted A Fraudulent...

  

  Shelby Co. Sheriff Chris CurryA video produces evidence that a sheriff's deputy in Shelby County, Alabama, conducted a phony traffic stop in order to serve cour... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• How Long Do You Want to Put up with This, America?

  

  How long? Fortunately, the American people aren't completely daft and there is some good news: Poll Indicates GOP Has Been Deeply Damaged By Shutdown Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Morage
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• 1995-96 Government Shutdown

  SUMMARY: From November 14 through November 19, 1995 and from December 16, 1995 to January 6, 1996 the U.S. government was shut down as a result of a budgetary... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Mikeb302000
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• Public Opposes GOP Government Shutdown

  

  Once again, the Republican Party is spitting in the face of the American public. After repeated attempts to repeal, defund, or delay the Affordable Care Act... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Warren Blasts GOP Government Shutdown

  

  The Republican Party in the House of Representatives, bowing to the wishes of a small group of House teabaggers, have shut down the United States government. Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Poll Has Record Low Approval Of Congress

  

  These results are from the latest CNN/ORC Poll (done between September 27th and 29th of 803 nationwide adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error). Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Barack Obama's Diary: Down and out

  

  Dear Diary: Today has been hell. I asked Valerie Jarrett to set up a consultation with Dr Rink. She returned to the Oval Office looking flustered, which is not... Read more

  The 02 october 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Minnow-sota, Colorado, and the GOP Shutdown of the Federal Government

  

  cross-posted from MNPR: Rachel Maddow last week (September 25, 2013) did a segment on her show on MSNBC about Duluth, Minnesota, and fat head minnows that are... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• Defunding and Democratic Despair, Again

  

  Well, we know where the New York Daily News stands today in regards to the current government debacle. As for me, well, I'm afraid I find myself thinking... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Russellarbenfox
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• GOP = Deafness to the Will of the People

  

  As noted in mid-September in the CNBC poll, in spite of the phony excuses that they are listening to the will of the people, the right wing fringies are... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Doggone
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• New Educational Resource from Faith in America: Wolf Blitzer Hosts Dialogue Abou...

  "There is nothing wrong with being wrong. But there is something wrong with being wrong and continuing it": for those interested in the interface between... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Turned Off Tuesday – America’s Closed, Go Home!

  

  Kudos to the Republican Party for standing by their principles. It's too bad for us that their principles are INSANE and destructive to the American way of... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Alabama Sheriff's Department Resorts To Fake Traffic Stop To Harass Blogger For...

  

  Shelby Co. Sheriff Chris CurryA Shelby County deputy on Sunday afternoon conducted a bogus traffic stop in the latest example of harassment my wife and I have... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• House GOP Shuts Down The Government

  

  As I write this post, midnight is approaching, and the Republican Party still wants to follow the lead of a small band of suicidal teabaggers in their caucus an... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Wrong About Public Opinion Of A.C.A.

  

  After watching hours of the current congressional debate on C-SPAN, I have to say I'm getting a little irritated about one thing -- the Republican claim (lie? Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP Has The Least Public Approval

  

  While the Republicans have gerrymandered the House districts, allowing them to keep most of them, they still trail both the president and the Democrats in publi... Read more

  The 01 october 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• On This Ignorant, Irresponsible Government Shutdown

  Mad as hell and don't want to take it any more: “The American people don’t want a government shutdown, and they don’t want Obamacare,” House Republican leaders... Read more

  The 30 september 2013 by   Morage
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• Bust Brodkorb and the Elephant He Rode in on

  

  cross-posted from MNPP image from thinkprogress On Friday night’s edition of Almanac, there was a segment composed of former legislators who commented on curren... Read more

  The 30 september 2013 by   Doggone
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• Sheriff Targets Blogger Who Broke Bill Pryor Gay Porn Story In County That Led...

  

  Judge Bill PryorShelby County, Alabama, played a central role in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that overturned a key provision of the Voting... Read more

  The 30 september 2013 by   Rogershuler
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• Repub Baby Budget Battle Breaks the Market

  

  As we expected, the Futures are off about 1% this morning and down about 3.5% on the Dow, S P and NYSE since Thursday, the 19th, when we told you to ignore the... Read more

  The 30 september 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• Public Still Misunderstands Obamacare

  

  There is little doubt that health care reform is needed in the United States. Just look at the top chart -- made with information from the latest Kaiser... Read more

  The 30 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Government Shutdown Looming…Again

  

  At the White House 10 (Photo credit: afagen) At midnight on September 30th the U.S. government will once again be on the brink of a government shutdown. Loomin... Read more

  The 29 september 2013 by   Real Talk
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• Teabaggers Win - Shut Down Government

  

  (The cartoon above is by Martin Kozlowski at martinkozlowski.com.) I was wrong. I thought the Republicans would give in on the continuing resolution to fund... Read more

  The 29 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Ted Cruz - De Facto Leader Of The GOP ?

  

  (The cartoon image above is by John Branch in the San Antonio Express-News.) Yesterday I did a post about how the teabagger movement is losing support among... Read more

  The 29 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Mapping the Craziness

  

  I think this is a really interesting map. The red dots locate the home districts of the 80 Republican US House members who signed a letter to their leader,... Read more

  The 29 september 2013 by   Erictheblue
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• Cruz Now Top GOP Choice

  

  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's effort to defund Obamacare is paying off politically as he is now the top choice of Republican voters for president in 2016, according to ... Read more

  The 29 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• After The Clinton Years Of S Club Parties, You Knew T Club Parties Were Next,...

  CNBC has published lists of the ten richest and poorest states in America based on median household income in 2012.In other news, Reuters reports that the... Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   Nottheworstnews
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• Shutdown Looms Larger

  "Bowing to the wishes of conservatives, Speaker John Boehner and the House GOP leadership team have decided to propose a bill to fund the government that would... Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Academia Nuts: GOP 'wants Kids to Die'

  

  Republican lawmakers “want kids to die.” Conservatives “are trying to take the U.S. hostage” and hope to “destroy our public school system. Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• How Washington, DC Lives High on the Hog

  

  . . . while our national debt is now $17 TRILLION.Just the other day Nancy Pelosi insisted that there were “no more cuts to make” to the federal budget.Filthy... Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Jon Stewart: Pope Francis and the GOP--Two Holy Conduits No Longer on Same Page

  The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook"Now traditionally these two holy conduits [i.e., the papacy and... Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Government Shutdown Now Up To House

  

  (This image of the U.S. Senate as the vote was announced in from C-SPAN.) The game of political "hot potato" continues in Washington, while the nation waits to... Read more

  The 28 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Jonathan Chait: Republicans Must Force Obama to Accept GOP Agenda Precisely...

  

  Jonathan Chait points out that the Republicans have to try to force their will on the nation in the debt-ceiling war precisely because they lost and lost big... Read more

  The 27 september 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Climate Change, CNN & Gingrich, Al Gore, NSA, Bill O'Reilly, & Art Woodstone

  

  One of the problems with conservatives is their brains don't work the same as the brains of normal people. Because science so often interferes with their... Read more

  The 27 september 2013 by   Lowell
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• Wendy Davis To Run For Governor

  Follow us on Twitter @PolliticsToday for more insight, commentary and updates concerning this blog or “LIKE” us on Facebook. To get alerts on our newest... Read more

  The 27 september 2013 by   Polliticstoday
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• Deficit Falling - But People Don't Know It

  

  The budget deficit has gone down in every year of Barack Obama's presidency -- and in no year of his presidency has the deficit been as large as it was in the... Read more

  The 27 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP, Ted Cruz and Other Traitors

  

  Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are not working on creating jobs, or on measures to protect our environment, or on bills which would help repai... Read more

  The 26 september 2013 by   Lowell
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• GOP Cuts Food Assistance for Poor, Tries Yet Again to Torpedo Obamacare, Quotes...

  

  While I was preparing to provide testimony in a trial in the past two weeks, one of the two major political parties in the U.S. Read more

  The 26 september 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Filibuster Or Political Theater ?

  

  (The caricature on the left of Ted Cruz is by DonkeyHotey.) The 21 hour "filibuster" against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas),... Read more

  The 26 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Most In U.S. Opposed To Food Stamp Cuts

  

  A few days ago, the House Republicans passed a bill that would cut about $4 billion a year from the SNAP program (commonly called food stamps) for the next 10... Read more

  The 26 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Are Virginia's Whitbeck and Cuccinelli anti-Semites?

  Transcript of remarks by John Whitbeck, the chairman of Virginia’s 10th Congressional District Republican Committee, in his introduction of Virginia GOP... Read more

  The 25 september 2013 by   Lowell
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• Ron Paul’s Liberty Movement

  Some people say our circumstances are hopeless.  We are overpowered by superior government forces and condemned to defeat by our own ignorance and apathy. Read more

  The 25 september 2013 by   Adask
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• Will We Hold It Wednesday – Cruz Missiles Fired On Washington

  

  Sorry, I didn't want you to start reading this article under some false impression that I in any way endorse Ted Cruz, what he's doing, or his party in any... Read more

  The 25 september 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• More Of The GOP's Anti-Woman Agenda

  

  "Almost 13 million women aged 15-44, accounting for one in five (20.8 percent) women of reproductive age, were uninsured in 2012, according to a Guttmacher... Read more

  The 25 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP & Public Disagree On EPA Regulations

  

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just announced new and stricter regulations for new power plants -- regulations that will mandate they produce a... Read more

  The 25 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• 12 Signs America Is Insane by Jaime O'Neill

  

  Smirking Chimp / By Jaime O'Neill 12 Signs America Is InsaneBradley Manning is in jail. Dick Cheney is not. Need we say more?The US flag flies at half-mast at... Read more

  The 24 september 2013 by   Lowell
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• Mr. Cruz Goes to Washington

  

  The evil Obamacare will go into full effect ONE WEEK from today.This afternoon, the fearless, principled, conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) began a one-man... Read more

  The 24 september 2013 by   Eowyn
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• GOP Tactic To Defund Obamacare Is Not Popular With The American Public

  

  Last week the Republican-dominated House of Representatives voted along party lines to include a complete defunding of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in th... Read more

  The 24 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Public Still Doesn't Understand Obamacare

  

  These charts were made with information from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Poll taken of 801 Georgia adults between September 12th and 17th (with a 5 point... Read more

  The 24 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• The Rich Pay A Smaller Percentage

  

  There is a persistent myth perpetrated by the Republicans on behalf of their most important constituency (the rich). It is that the rich (and the corporations)... Read more

  The 24 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Crunchy Or Squishy - What Kind of RW Nut Do You Prefer?

  

  Cruz-ing for a bruising? Yours, ours, theirs… Blame "Ted Cruz-the-fuse" on the right wing ticking time bomb of destruction... cross-posted from MNPP: Crunchy... Read more

  The 23 september 2013 by   Doggone
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• Another Very Early Party Presidential Poll

  

  Another presidential preference poll has been done. This one is the CNN/Opinion Research Poll. It was taken between September 6th and 8th of 452 Republicans... Read more

  The 23 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP To Tempt Fate Over Debt Ceiling

  

  As you probably know by now, if you follow politics at all, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives has passed a fraudulent continuing resolution to... Read more

  The 23 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Opposes Anything That Doesn't Help Their Constituents (The Rich)

  

  (This cartoon image is by Bob Englehart in The Hartford Courant.) President Roosevelt passed Social Security because over 50% of the elderly were living in... Read more

  The 23 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• "Trickle-Down" Is An Unfair Economic Policy

  

  These two charts are from Mother Jones magazine, and they illustrate clearly the economic unfairness that the Republican "trickle-down" policies have caused... Read more

  The 22 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• First the Vote, Yesterday, and Now the Stupidity

  

  So the House Republicans did it, just as expected. They voted to send a bill to the Senate stripping 40 billion dollars of spending out of support for the poor... Read more

  The 21 september 2013 by   Morage
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• The Newest Numbers On Americans Without Health Insurance

  

  As more of the Affordable Care Act will soon kick in, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the number of Americans that still don't have any... Read more

  The 21 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Barack Obama's Diary: Don't Mess with Me, GOP

  

  Dear Diary:  I flew by Air Force One to Kansas City today and  before an audience of  burly auto workers who stamp  out truck panels for F150s, I scared the hel... Read more

  The 20 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Completely. Bat. Guano. Crazy.

  

  No. Really. Striking a tone of disgust, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ridicules the GOP as obsessed with its loathing of President Obama and hell-bent... Read more

  The 20 september 2013 by   Brutallyhonest
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• House GOP Reaches New Heights Of Mean

  

  (The cartoon image above is by Julio Carrion Cueva [Karry] at karrycartoons.blogspot.com.) The Republican economic policies cost this country millions of jobs... Read more

  The 20 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Voter Fraud in Florida!

  

  We get all kinds of wackos in Florida. The majority are old, well-to-do, from the north, cranky, bored, Republican, and a little bit crazy. Read more

  The 19 september 2013 by   Lowell
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• Progress Notes: Patient 540463, Obama, Barack H.

  9/18/18 Patient has suffered a severe setback after learning that the GOP has announced a new health reform bill, much cheaper and vastly more practical than... Read more

  The 18 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• GOP Reveals Plan to Repeal, Replace Obamascare

  The Republican Study Committee in the House of Representatives will unveil a health-care bill Wednesday to replace Obamacare. The bill, titled the Republican... Read more

  The 18 september 2013 by   Hughvw
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• Quote for the Day: "The Defense of Patriarchy Is, Largely, a Theological...

  

  At his Slacktivist site, Fred Clark takes a look at John Turner's reviews of Carolyn Dupont's Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil... Read more

  The 17 september 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Remarks of Archbishop Nienstedt Linking Gay Rights to Devil Gaining Wide...

  I mentioned last week that the vociferously anti-gay archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, John Nienstedt, spoke recently to the right-wing Catholic group Napa... Read more

  The 16 september 2013 by   William Lindsey
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• Manic Monday – Summers Out, Syria Solved, Markets Flying!

  

  Everything we were worried about is "fixed" and most of the Global markets are snapping higher this morning. That suits us just fine as we got much more... Read more

  The 16 september 2013 by   Phil's Stock World
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• POLL: Hillary, Christie in 2016 Match-up

  

  (Iron Mill New Service /Politisite) – With the beginning of the 2016 election primary season more than two years off, CNN/ORC conducted a poll to identify... Read more

  The 16 september 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Senate Panel Votes For State Run Media (Videos)

  

  By Susan Duclos The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the so-called media shield bill with a vote of 13-5 and sent it to the Senate floor. Read more

  The 16 september 2013 by   Susanduclos
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• Newspaper Chastises Texas GOP Leaders About Refusal To Expand Medicaid

  

  East Texas newspapers are not known for supporting liberal ideas. In fact, outside of the Panhandle, East Texas is probably the most Republican area of this ver... Read more

  The 16 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Maine's GOP Governor Trailing In Early Polls

  

  It looks like Maine's dalliance with a right-wing Republican Governor may be coming to an end next year. A new poll from the Maine Peoples' Resource Center show... Read more

  The 15 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit

  

  (Image is from the Facebook page of Americans Against The Republican Party.) Today's right-wing Republicans want Americans to think that Social Security is the... Read more

  The 15 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Teabaggers Are Unhappy With GOP Leaders

  

  The charts above were made with information from a survey done by the Pew Research Center between September 4th and 8th. Some 396 Republicans were interviewed,... Read more

  The 13 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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• Review: Other People’s Money (Shattered Globe Theatre)

  

  Other People’s Money Written by Jerry Sterner Directed by Dennis Zacek at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont (map) thru Oct 19 | tickets: $30 | more info Check for... Read more

  The 13 september 2013 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• Arizona GOP Rebukes John McCain

  

  The word “rebuke” means censure — an expression of severe disapproval or criticism.In the United States, censure is the public reprimanding of a public... Read more

  The 13 september 2013 by   Eowyn
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• House Postpones Obamacare Vote; Politicians Running Scared?

  

  Robert Romano writes for Netrightdaily.com, Sept. 12, 2013:America’s grassroots awakens on Syria, Obamacare In the face of withering public support for its... Read more

  The 12 september 2013 by   Eowyn
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• Not Racist ?

  

  And don't even try to say it's because of his "socialist" policies? President Obama is one of the most moderate and centrist Democrats ever elected, and far to... Read more

  The 12 september 2013 by   Jobsanger
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