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  • Romney Calls Santorum the ‘D’ Word

    Romney Calls Santorum the 'D' Word

    Mitt Romney believes that his best line of attack is making the claim that he has not spent a moment as a D.C. politician while his two main opponents, Newt ...

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  • Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    Holy Rick Santorum, Batman!

    No two ways about it, Rick Santorum had a good night. Not only did he sweep Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri but he also got off the best line of the ...

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  • “We the Rich…”

    We the Rich...

    Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...

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  • A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump’s Endorsement ()

    A Romney Victory Is Ensured With Trump's Endorsement ()

    As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney. Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...

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  • Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    Why I Love Newt Gingrich

    In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...

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  • Republican Cannibalism

    Republican Cannibalism

    I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...

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  • Romney Hood

    Romney Hood

    One of our readers sent me an email with an idea for an illustration - Mitt Romney as Romney Hood. I thought it was brilliant and came up with the ...

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  • Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Why Do People Take an Instant Dislike To Newt Gingrich?

    Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole. "Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...

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  • Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    Gingrich Takes A Thrashing

    After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback.  Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...

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  • SOTU

    SOTU

    There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet. The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...

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  • Just Another GOP Debate

    Just Another GOP Debate

    The highlights from last night's debate. - Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war. - Santorum, who ...

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  • No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    No More Mister Nice Guy for Mitt Romney

    It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously. “We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...

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  • Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee Solidifies His Birther Creds

    Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns. Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...

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  • The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    The Last Word On Jon Huntsman

    Good line. My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016.  The most electable guy in the field and he could ...

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  • Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    Does Romney Urinate Straight Down His Leg?

    I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice. So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...

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  • The Constitution – Libertarian’s False Idol

    The Constitution - Libertarian's False Idol

    Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope. ocLiberal: I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...

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  • Gingrich’s Delusional Politics

    Gingrich's Delusional Politics

    In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich. “I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...

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  • Late Night Political Humor

    Late Night Political Humor

    Via Political Humor... "Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...

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  • What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    What Do North Korea and Indiana Have In Common?

    Story 1: North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death' North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...

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Birther Racism Hopes To Become Law In Georgia

Just when you thought that Obama Derangement Syndrome had maxed out the lunacy index, this comes out of Georgia.

A House Republican this week – backed by 93 other lawmakers – proposed a law that would force presidential and vice presidential candidates to prove their citizenship before landing on the Georgia ballot.

House Bill 401 would not allow a candidate on the ballot until the Secretary of State receives “adequate evidence of such person’s eligibility for election” to those offices. The bill’s sponsor is Mark Hatfield, R-Waycross, but has huge backing with other GOP members.

“I think the issue with our sitting president has been left unresolved for a significant length of time that people have concerns,” Hatfield said. “But this is not just about our current president. It’s about enforcing the constitutional provisions for anyone who seeks the office of presidency.

The Constitution. It’s always about the Constitution and nothing about birthers being crazy racists who cannot accept a black man as their president. Whatever. These idiots accomplish little more than reinforce the belief in the minds of independents as well as the sane of both political parties that the GOP is the place where bigots, racists and the dim-witted all converge in one grand display of STOOPID.

For the record, Georgia becomes the11th state with pending legislation of this kind.  They join Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Connecticut, Indiana, Tennessee and Maine. I can’t wait for those Koch brothers paid attack ads next year. I’m sure they’ll be lovely.

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Karl Rove: Don’t Blame The Birthers, Blame The White House

Karl Rove on birtherism.

“This is the White House strategy, they love this. Look, the President could come out and say ‘Here are the documents,’ but they are happy to have this controversy continue.”

“Every moment the conservatives talk about this, they marginalized themselves and diminish themselves in the minds of independent voters.”

a)  The people who were required to see the documents, have seen them.  End of story.  The President issued his birth certificate and there is no need to cater further to the lunatic fringe of the Republican party.  By the way, it’s getting increasingly more difficult to refer to the kooks on the right as being part of a ‘fringe’.  The right-wing fringe has gone mainstream.

b)  If this was a “White House strategy”, it’s a damn good one. Birthers are conservatives and Republicans and voters should be reminded of this fact at every opportunity. They were not created by Dems but instead emerged from the bigoted, idiot wing of the Republican party.  Birthers are conservatives who are unwilling to accept a black man as their President.

Sorry Karl, but these idiots are part of the folks you counted on to vote for George W. Bush.  You loved them then.  You’re stuck with them now.

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Army Birther Off To Prison

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Always nice when justice is served…especially in the case of birthers.

An Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama’s eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced by a jury Thursday to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army.

The military jury spent nearly five hours deliberating punishment for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin on Thursday after three days of court martial proceedings at Fort Meade, outside Baltimore.

Lakin was convicted of disobeying orders – he had pleaded guilty to that count – and missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment.

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In online videos posted on YouTube, Lakin aligned himself with the so-called “birther” movement that questions whether Obama is a natural-born citizen, as the Constitution requires for presidents, and said he was inviting his own court martial.

Lakin is now asking for leniency, admitting he should not have disobeyed orders despite his strong held birther beliefs.  Too late, fool.  Lakin milked this entire affair from day one as he sought the cameras and microphones.  Whoever was advising this guy should also be punished for it’s hard to imagine how anyone in their right mind could have imagined this sad spectacle ending differently.

It’s not often we get to see stupidity punished so fittingly so when it does happen, a smile or two is more than warranted.

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Today’s Oxymoron: Birther Logic

You’re not going to learn much from the following video exchange between Anderson Cooper and Texas State Rep./birther Leo Berman except what you already knew: birthers are blithering idiots. What I found of more interest was how this clip is a classic example of what any attempt to reason with a wingnut/birther/teabagger/Fox News groupie sounds and looks like: an exercise in futility.

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Birther Nonsense

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I must confess that every now and then I drop by WorldNutDaily to check out what garbage the clowns are spewing out these days. I imagine I do it for the same reason that I pick up and glance through a National Enquirer as I wait in the checkout line at Winn-Dixie. Dumb, idle curiosity…and a deep need to know which celebrity has just given birth to an alien child. Yes, inquiring minds do want to know.

Well, to no surprise, WorldNutDaily is still hacking away at their own version of the alien birth story…the birther craze. These guys just won’t let go. These were the headings for their top stories when I checked in.

WorldNetDaily Exclusive
THE BIG LIST of eligibility ‘proofers’
See those who have raised questions about legitimacy of Obama presidency
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WorldNetDaily Exclusive
Houston asked, ‘Where’s the birth certificate?’
Billboard campaign on presidential eligibility spreads through Texas
–WND
WorldNetDaily Exclusive
U.S. attorney: Nothing Americans can do about eligibility
‘Fitness of a president is political question for a very good reason’
–WND

After almost two years of this nonsense, there is still a market out there for people who enjoy their news mixed in with a whole bunch of insanity. I imagine the crazies do need something to read too.

Ok, gotta go.  I’m holding up the checkout line.

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