Republican Hypocrisy – Page 4

Republican Family Values

By cassandra_m May 22, 20104 Comments

'Nuff Said.

Conservative Women’s Group Elevates Souder To A Man Above Men

By pandora May 19, 20103 Comments

Seriously? "Those of us who have worked with Mark over the years know him to be a kind and thoughtful legislator. If Mark Souder is capable of sexual misconduct, it…

Another “Family Values” Republican Fails To Practice What He Preaches

By pandora May 18, 201020 Comments

Typical. Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), a champion of abstinence education and traditional family values, will resign effective Friday after an affair with a female staffer in his district office, he…

Shameless

By Unstable Isotope April 30, 20101 Comment

The man who would be Speaker of the House, John Boehner, was interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition this morning. Boehner had quite a few things to say, but a particularly…

Republicans’ False Populism

By Unstable Isotope April 19, 20107 Comments

Republicans have been pretty shameless in their attempts to exploit the financial crisis for electoral gain. Even though the bailouts were done under Bush, they've managed to pretend it was…

Too Good for Their Own Taxes

By cassandra_m April 18, 201017 Comments

That could be the alternate title of Celia Cohen's latest soft shoe -- this time around Senator Colin Bonini's past tax issues with the IRS. His tax issues resulted in a lien on his house for a short time.

Morning Funny — New RNC Logo

By cassandra_m March 30, 20109 Comments

Courtesy of the indispensable Crooks and Liars (via the Delawareliberal twitter feed):

He Was For It Before He Was Against It

By nemski March 27, 201010 Comments

As you might have read, President Obama has finally pushed through some recess appointments. Republicans are "upset". John McCain said he was "very disappointed" and: Once again the administration showed…

Hissy Fit

By Unstable Isotope March 17, 201010 Comments

As the passage of health care reform becomes more and more likely, the Republican hissy fits have become more and more vehement and more dishonest. First the Republicans were throwing…

The Party of Vitter and Ensign

By cassandra_m March 12, 201033 Comments

Dems to GOP: If you say Rangel and Massa, we’ll say Vitter and Ensign.

Conservative Disconnect On Government Intervention – Marriage vs Abortion

By pandora March 9, 20102 Comments

It's no secret that when it comes to abortion the Conservative/Republican motto is the more government intervention the better. Mandatory waiting periods for abortions? Fine with them. A measure “that…

What’s That Word I’m Looking For?

By Unstable Isotope March 8, 201015 Comments

There's a word that applies here but "ironic" isn't it: The vocal opponent of health care reform in the U.S. steered largely clear of the topic except to reveal a…

DE GOP Abuse of Legislative Perks

By cassandra_m February 27, 201059 Comments

That is the topic of a good piece of reporting by Ginger Gibson in this morning's News Journal, providing some detail how how the GOP spent their budgets to support themselves when they were in control of the House. This report has the feel of a tip of the iceberg -- as in there is likely more there to look at.