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more about #republicans more comments → DoctorNine: I am amazed that no one has mentioned that Arlington is the home of the largest developmental mental health facility in West Tennessee. There is this... more » senatormayer: Somebody please, remind me why I live in Tennessee. Come on, there's gotta be something good here. more » MissNormaDesmond: Just as I thought, the voting's not even close. The Fox outrage was actually committed years ago, when they lambasted the guy for telling the truth. ... more » BadUncle: Prevented from watching the Peanuts Xmas Special, I must conclude that Jesus wasn't The Son O' God. If the news pre-empts the Year Without a Santa Cla... more » AzureTexan: The surname Wiseman, in this instance, is hilarious on so many levels. more » Go Like Hell Machine: The Faux News thing is irritating, ironic and kind of hilarious, but Wiseman's a goddamn elected official, for Jeebus sake. more » MyNameIsChris: Everybody knows it's actually the Jews who are constantly trying to kill xmas. Maybe the Muslims and them can finally bond over trying to stop Charlie... more » Mediahohoho: There's no way we would have won WWII if these clowns were in charge. more » Helio: Virginia never ceases to disappointment me. Cantor is obviously vying for a seat at the GOP grown ups table. Someone seriously needs to retire the "NO... more » Atilla the Bun: Yes, if there is anything unemployed people are concerned about, it is the government taxing their non-existent income. more » Miss Anita Manbadly: Le Sigh. Bonjour Tristesse. One is so tired of this no tax increase nonsense when it's obviously aimed at relieving the country's top earners of the... more » econdave: Remember this the next time you hear a Republican complain about the budget deficit under Obama. These guys are completely morally bankrupt. more » Iamdoingit: Look, I have to admit I am probably on the side of stop taxing people like crazy, but this guy is completely full of crap. If there were ever a ploy ... more » Swifter: Giving money to the government is the equivalent of flushing it down the toilet, so I sympathize with his views. more » bluebears: I had not heard that Romney story and it actually really upset me, thinking about that poor dog. What a fucking asshole. more » -
#outrage
Outrage-Off: Tennessee Mayor Charlie Brown Jesus vs. Fox News
We're a Christian nation with a Muslim president who hates Charlie Brown. It's outrageous. The only solution is more outrage, in the form of outrageous right-wing idiot statements. Today's outrage-off: a Jesus-fearing Tennessee mayor vs. Fox News and News Corp. More » -
#sigh
Today in Serious Policy Proposals
Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor's economic plan calls for no tax increases of any kind until unemployment falls below 5%, at which point he does not support any tax increases. -
#2012
The GOP-ers Who Have Written Their Own Attack Ads
The punditocracy say that Mike Huckabee's clemency towards a prisoner who went on to shoot four police officers has given his potential 2012 opponents a gift. But he's not the only GOP hopeful who's written his own attack ads. More » -
#bafflingcrusades
GOP Literally Digging Through ACORN's Trash for Anything Bad-Seeming
What is our nation's very serious opposition party up to, these days? Oh, just staging mock trials in Congress using "evidence" they found in ACORN's trash! More » -
#wingflap
Glenn Beck Dismisses Palin-Beck 2012 Because Sarah Belongs 'in the Kitchen'
For his pre-Thanksgiving radio broadcast, Glenn Beck made a joke about how Sarah Palin belongs "in the kitchen," and how he's sick of her "yapping." It's why he won't consider Palin-Beck 2012, but Beck-Palin is a different story. More » -
#polls
Outrage-Off: Ann Coulter vs. Dana Perino
Tomorrow we celebrate the day when Jesus smote the heathen Washington Redskins on behalf of the New England Patriots. Today, we have a pre-Thanksgiving outrage-off: Outrageous vs. outrageously stupid. Vote below. More » -
#fieldguide
Tim Durham: The Sleazy Republican Dealmaker Whose Offices Were Raided by the FBI Today
One day you're a high-flying banker, hanging with Penthouse pets and rappers and watching hot girls kiss at 'pajama parties'. The next the feds are raiding your office and humiliation awaits when websites find your Facebook page. More » -
#tests
You Must Be This Much of a Dick to Receive RNC Support
The Republicans were embarrassed when their candidate in NY-23 turned out to be too electable to be acceptable to the psychos who've seized control of their party. RNC members have proposed a solution: a purity test! More » -
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#marksanford
Argentinian Fling Governor Faces Ethics Probe
Mark Sanford, the South Carolina governor who coined the best euphemism of the year when told aides he was "hiking the Appalachian trail" as an excuse for doinking an Argentinian woman who was not his wife, faces questioning. More » -
#thewaywesexnow
Leave It to Beaver
Years of conservative, abstinence-only sex education, and thus teenagers using bread bags because they can't get condoms, mean that America is now rife with nasty sexually transmitted infections. More » -
#outrage
Outrage-Off: Bill O'Reilly vs. Bryan Fischer
Nidal Hasan, a Muslim, killed a bunch of people at Ft. Hood. This is a challenge to the right wing to come up with the most outrageously crazy thing to say, about Muslims. Today: Bill O'Reilly vs. Bryan Fischer. More » -
#predictions
2010 Preview: GOP to Be Teabagged
It's basically a given that the president's party will lose seats after his first midterm (except when 9/11 happens). So let's not get our hopes up. But Republicans really wanna try to prove that bit of conventional wisdom wrong. More » -
#2012
Mike Huckabee: I Was the Fat, Unattractive Sarah Palin That No One Liked
In 2008, a charismatic right-wing populist Republican governor won the heart of the party's base despite being forced to take a backseat to a more respectable "moderate" Republican. He was Mike Huckabee, and he is sad, and mad. More » -
#healthcare
How are some reacting to last night's sole Republican yea vote? Like this.
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#wtf
Health Care Vote Draws Near, DC's Crazies Out in Full Force: Babies, Fatties, Death Threats, Paper
There's much chatter about upcoming final votes on the Health Care bill we're basically sick—ahem—of hearing about because when people talk about health care they apparently start to go slightly insane. As evidenced by this baby-assisted floor speech. More » -
#republicans
Republican Web Boss: Al Qaeda Has the Right Internet Strategy
Now the Republicans have won a couple of minor elections, everyone seems to be conveniently forgetting that they're as crazy as a box of frogs. As a reminder: meet Todd Herman the man behind the recently relaunched $1.4m GOP website! More » -
#elections
Your Off-Year Election Guide
The only race tomorrow that will have anything to do with national political trends is a tiny congressional district in upstate New York. But there are other races that everyone will talk about as if they mean something. More » -
#fans
Rush Limbaugh Supports Our Gay Leftist Recessionomics Theory
Every day at this leftist gay gossip site, Gawker, I write a "Recessionomics" column, which is like John Maynard Keynes after a massive head injury, but before he learned anything about economics. Finally, Rush Limbaugh has endorsed its econometrical findings.
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#morningjoe
Joe Scarborough Very Adamant: Republicans Are Stupid
This morning Joe Scarborough was like, hey, I'm a Republican, but Republicans sure do say and do many stupid, stupid, stupid things these days, due to the innate stupidity of Republicans! And Pat Buchanan kind of looks at him, silently. -
#itcamefromwasilla
Palin Goes Rogue All Over New York's 23rd District's Face
Now that she's endorsed an uber-conservative third-party candidate in New York, is Palin ready to start that far-right alternative to the GOP that everyone keeps hoping she will, if only because it'd be comedic gold? More »
