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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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  • The Pope’s Hate Speech

    The Pope's Hate Speech

    In case you missed the story, Pope Benedict made headlines this week by doing what it is popes do best - putting the irrational fear of God into his followers. The ...

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  • Mitt Romney’s Idiot Quote of the Day

    Mitt Romney's Idiot Quote of the Day

    Romney was asked whether questions dealing with distribution of wealth and power were a matter of jealousy or fairness. You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class ...

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  • Is The 2012 Republican Field the Weakest Ever?

    Is The 2012 Republican Field the Weakest Ever?

    If one could meld the Republican presidential candidates into a single person, what would emerge?  I was thinking along the lines of Jekyll and Hyde and the result, as demonstrated ...

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Glenn Beck, The Flimflam Man

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I’m sure most of you do not need any convincing that Glenn Beck is little more than a con artist who has found a way to make millions by exploiting the fears of the feeble-minded people he calls his audience.  But this one was too good to pass up.

Beck has been on a rampage ripping into Feisal Abdul Rauf, the guy behind the Islamic center to be built two blocks from Ground Zero.  Beck has been portraying him as a terrorist sympathizer.  Specifically he has attacked Rauf for making the following statements.

A)  “I wouldn’t say the United States deserved what happened on 9-11, but the United States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happened.”

B)  “When people said they hate us [the U.S.], well, did we deserve 9-11? No. But were we minding our business? No. Were we in bed with dictators and abandoned our values and principles? Yes. That causes problems.”

You can debate whether Rauf was right or not in making these statements but Beck has no such doubts and sees it as a direct attack on the country he loves and further proof that Rauf cannot be trusted.

Oops.  Did I say Rauf made both statements?  Sorry, my mistake.  Rauf made the first statement.  The second one (B) was made by no other than Glenn Beck himself on April 15, 2010.  If you can see any difference between the two, let me know because I sure as heck can’t.

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Then, Now and Later

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Via the DailyKos

Flashback: Sometime Between 2001 and 2008

“Mom, can we talk?”
“Sure, dear. What’s up?”
“I’m really concerned about the deficit and stuff. I think the government’s spending too much money.”
“Oh, now, dear, I think you just have an overactive imagination. The president says everything is just fine.”
“Yeah, but…”
“Oh, go on and play now. Deficits don’t really matter, dear. Alan Greenspan said so himself. Here…go buy yourself some ice cream.”
“Gee, thanks, Mom.”

Flash Forward: Sometime Between 2009 and 2010

“Mom, can we talk?”
“Whaddya want?”
“I’m still really concerned about the deficit and stuff. I think the government’s spending too much money.”
“Yeah, well, you can blame that socialist America-killer Obama. It’s all his fault! He and those Marxist thugs Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and their socialist-Marxist commie giveaways. Unbelievable! They come waltzing into town and run up the deficit like they’re high on meth. Deficits matter, you know! They matter a lot! Deficits matter more than anything else! Just ask Alan Greenspan—he knows! As long as Democrats are in power, you are so screwed. Now go get me a beer.”

Flash Forward: The Next GOP Presidency

“Mom, can we talk?”
“Sure, dear. What’s up?”
“I’m really concerned about the deficit and stuff. I think the government’s spending too much money.”
“Oh, now, dear, you just have an overactive imagination like your older sister. The president says everything is just fine. So don’t you worry your pretty little head, Punkin’. He has everything under control. Besides, deficits don’t really matter. Even Alan Greenspan says so, and he’s 125 so that makes him very wise. Here…go buy yourself some ice cream.”
“Gee thanks, Mom!”

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Jon Stewart Rips Conservatives Over Terrorist Hypocrisy

This is all good but check out the O’Reilly comment at the 6:42 mark…
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O’Reilly’s words…

‘One more terror attack…because there have been three on Obama’s watch in the first year. One more on our soil, you know, a major one where you get dead bodies…he is done.”

And what exactly is it that Republicans and conservatives want more than anything else?  To take over Congress and the White House? Absolutely.

Would a “few dead bodies” almost guarantee that for them?  Probably.

From my last post…

“…a successful act of terrorism on American soil is exactly what some on the right secretly hope for.  In their perverted order of priorities, it would guarantee them victory in 2012.”

1 + 1 = 2

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The Christian Taliban

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Birthers, teabaggers and the religious right are the conservative’s trifecta of bigotry, hatred and intolerance.

Amanda Simpson, who was named by President Obama to be senior technical adviser for the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, has worked in the field for over 30 years. But prominent figures on the religious right are claiming that she was picked only as part of some transsexual agenda.

“Is there going to be a transgender quota now in the Obama administration?” asked Peter LaBarbera, president of the anti-gay group Americans for Truth. “How far does this politics of gay and transgender activism go? Clearly this is an administration that is pandering to the gay lobby.”

Matt Barber, associate dean at Jerry Fallwell’s Liberty University, said the appointment “boggles the mind” and said that while African-Americans might deserve special treatment, transgender people don’t.

Kudos to the president on this one for doing what’s right and choosing the best qualified person regardless of their sexual orientation.  As for the religious right, their phony shtick has gotten tiresome.  These holier-than-thou bigots and purveyors of hate wield a bible like a bludgeon attempting to squash anyone who does not fit into their narrow interpretation of decency.

The only thing that “boggles the mind” here is trying to understand how delusional evangelicals still have the audacity to call themselves followers of a merciful Christ.

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Rush Speaks, Republicans Bow

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If you had any doubt that Rush Limbaugh is the Don of the Republican party, this might help.

October 16: Newt Gingrich.

“The special election for the 23rd Congressional District is an important test leading up to the mid-term 2010 elections.  Our best chance to put responsible and principled leaders in Washington starts here, with Dede Scozzafava.”

November 4: Rush Limbaugh on the Democratic win in NY-23.

“But, the right message; we cannot forget how this whole thing happened in the first place. There was not a primary. The right message here would indict the way party bosses, Republican Party bosses and these big thinkers like Newt screwed the whole thing up from the get go.”

November 4: Newt Gingrich.

“I think the nomination was a mistake. I wish that we had gotten involved earlier. And if we had, I would have done everything I could to make sure she had not been picked. And she clearly proved in the last few days that she [Dede Scozzafava] was in no way a loyal Republican.”

Gingrich becomes another repub willing to bow at the feet of Limbaugh as the fate of the Republican party rests largely in the hands of a pompous, lying, egoistic ‘entertainer’.

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