By Their Oppression of People Not Like Them Shall You Know Them

Dana Millbank tells the story of how Rick Santorum went back to the US Capital this week to help lobby against the human rights of disabled people. That's right -- Mr. Culture of Life is fearlessly lobbying against the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities. This treaty was actually negotiated by the George W. Bush's administration and has been ratified by 126 nations, including China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, and Syria.

Paul Ryan Using the Poor as a Prop

It never ceases to amaze me that these people just don't get it. In an effort to humanize Ryan, the Romney campaign had Ryan and his family stop at a soup kitchen in Youngstown, Ohio last week. There was no advance notice to the venue ( Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society), no asking of permission, no coordination of schedules -- Ryan and his family and entourage just showed up

Contemptible Congress

When I was a wee lad, I had the utmost respect for Congress. I was in awe of my then Congressman, Byron Rodgers (D-Denver) who was the essence of a public servant. I was good friends with Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and Congressman & Senator Tim Wirth (who was a neighbor). That all changed after I moved to DC and began working for the government. I discovered that many of the 539 Members of Congress (including the delegates from DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands) didn't really give a damn about their constituents. It was all about getting face time on TV to make it seem as though they were doing something. This afternoon, Rep. Darrell Issa, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pushed through a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in "Contempt of Congress." Better add my name to that resolution, Issa, because I hold you and the Teabag 112th Congress in the utmost contempt. Obstruction is the motto of this Congress.

Newt – Answer the Friggin Question

In typical teabag-rethuglican manner, Newt Gingrich, who is closing in on a win in tomorrow's primary in South Carolina, attacked CNN newsman and debate anchor John King for asking a legitimate question about his ex-wife's interview with ABC News.

Better Make Sure There’s a Lock on that Closet

It's happened again to another RWNJ rethuglican politician. Greg Davis, the mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, "who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a conservative, family-values platform" according to the…

A Walk Down Memory Lane

You really have to love video vaults. Thanks to our friends at Think Progress, we have video from some of today's teabag members of Congress urging that the debt ceiling…