In Which We Find John Stapleford Blaming Black and Brown People for Big Government

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That was the nicest title I could come up with after reading this new bit of stupidity from John Stapleford of the brain dead CRI. Titled What role does government aid play in elections?, we find Stapleford trying to gin up some numerical proof for Mitt Romney's claim that Obama won because he gave out gifts to key voter groups. And as usual for Stapleford, he produces a ton of numbers that aren't sourced anywhere, counting on readers not to notice and counting on readers to not ask questions about the numbers he provides. In other words, it is the usual CRI bullshit. And I want to know how he gets paid for this. Seriously. And explain to me how it is that wingnut welfare -- which Stapleford is clearly a beneficiary of -- isn't it's own gift to the angry white people being paid to push this bullshit to people who really need better information than this. Because I'd bet ALOT OF MONEY that the number of wingnut welfare recipients that voted for Mitt Romney approaches 100%.

Watching the CRI Sink Into Irrevelancy

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Not that they were especially relevant in the first place. Their factually-challenged and ideologically-driven attempts to join the *debate* has largely been a flop, yet we find John Stapleford has been able to get more space at the NJ editorial page to try to sow their confusion to Delawareans.

CRI Needs Crash Course in Math

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Today, when CRI and its Republican friends in the General Assembly cite a new study that shows that SB 234 would cost too much and do too little to increase recycling, remember that the figures in the study are pure bullshit, and that the study itself was prepared only for the partisan purpose of killing the bill.

Can I Get an Oh My!

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No Delaware public figure generates more angry letters to the Delaware Liberal tip line more than Insurance Commissioner,  Karen Weldin Stewart.  We have probably received more than 50 of them…

CRI’s Impact on Real People

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I'm not going to assign blame to a particular individual for the posting of payroll information. I don't know if that decision was made by the Director of CRI, board members or the anonymous money men behind the whole thing. But Dave Burris got all bent out of shape for Kavips' dissection of one of their employees resumes. Dave's main complaint seemed to be the poisoning of the well for said director in his next job interview. If a state employee resume comes across a potential employers desk, CRI's database of payroll data is likely to assist the employer in negotiating salary.