Tag: Republican Hypocrisy

Late Night Video — The Essential Tea Party Trait

Filed in National by on June 3, 2011 2 Comments

And that would be racism — that they work very hard to convince themselves is more principled than that — fueled by the resentments targeted at the wrong person.

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Naughty Boy Senator to Resign

Filed in National by on April 21, 2011 7 Comments

Sen. John Ensign, who was caught screwing around with a campaign aide and then arranged for said aide’s husband to get some lobbying business, is reportedly going to resign. So, how many upright, Christian, family-values Republicans does this make in the past 5 years that have been forced from office?

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What the Government Shutdown Really Means

Filed in National by on April 7, 2011 32 Comments

There has so much back and forth about what the shutdown of the Federal government really means, that I figured that as someone who stands to be furloughed, I would add in my two cents. Besides the cancellation of the Cherry Blossom Parade, the shuttering of the Smithsonian, and the closing of parks and monuments, […]

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Rep Keith Ellison Breaks Down in King’s Witchhunt Hearings

Filed in National by on March 10, 2011 18 Comments

Rep. Keith Ellison is the only Muslim member of Congress.  Today he spoke before Peter King’s hearings about radicalized Islam in America.  This is the conclusion of his remarks, he tells a moving story of a Muslim-American being posthumously demonized. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cgh0P8Dr9k[/youtube] I find it inconsistent that Muslims are oversensitive when leaders paint them and their […]

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Couldn’t Happen To A More Deserving Bunch

Filed in National by on February 10, 2011 2 Comments

Some members of Congress who turned down their health care benefits are finding coverage hard to find and expensive.

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The GOP Healthcare Plan – “Race To The Bottom”

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Publius at The Fourth Branch explains the Republican health care plan as “a race to the bottom.”

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Republicans Discover Senate Hate

Filed in National by on January 20, 2011 5 Comments

Rpeublicans are now complaining that their kick kids off insurance and increase the cost of granny’s drugs bill won’t get a vote in the Senate. Bless their hearts.

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A Metaphor For Our Times

Filed in National by on January 12, 2011 14 Comments

Dan Burton wants to enclose Congress in plexiglass.

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Republicans’ Big Day

Filed in National by on January 7, 2011 10 Comments

The GOP’s first full session was yesterday – a
recap.

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The Constitution Stunt

Filed in National by on January 4, 2011 12 Comments
The Constitution Stunt

The new Republican House has already decided that it’s first stunt is to read the Constitution out loud. The Republicans want to convince us that they are the one, true party of the Constitution. I agree with Greg Sargent’s take – that we should use this as an opportunity to talk about the Constitution instead […]

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More GOP Hypocrisy on Earmarks!

Filed in National by on December 10, 2010 2 Comments

Surprise, surprise, surprise

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Well, THAT Didn’t Take Long

Filed in National by on November 24, 2010 9 Comments

Seriously — I’m thinking that that the GOP is going to have a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade called the Hypocrisy Brigade.  NOW, what?, you are asking.  Earmarks!

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The People Have Spoken

Filed in National by on November 24, 2010 7 Comments
The People Have Spoken

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans want anti-health care reform legislators to turn down their government health care plan.

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