All Posts Tagged With: "Republican Bamboozlement"

So Why Is DE State House Giving Official Tributes to Known Christian Dominionists?

On January 19, 2012, one C. Peter Wagner was awarded an official tribute from the Delaware House of Representatives, sponsored by Representative Daniel Short and officially signed off by Speaker Gilligan. The House awards tons of these, but this one is spectacularly different.

2Feb2012 | cassandra_m | 29 comments | Continued

Late Night Video — The Cain Train Wreck

This weekend’s news has been fascinated with the suspension of Herman Cain’s fake bid for the White House. Fake, because he was just opening a campaign HQ this weekend and still hasn’t actually staffed up to properly compete in either Iowa or NH. He *has* been furiously fundraising, selling books and managing his profile. Much like the Alaska grifter and all of the other GOP grifters looking for their pipeline of wingnut welfare, Herman was alot of sound and fury, signifiying nothing. Which ultimately qualified him to be the GOP frontrunner for one New York minute. And that “suspending” business seems to mean that Herman can still raise money.

4Dec2011 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued

Only Fools and Clowns Believe Republican Ideology

Pleasepleaseplease start voting these suckers off of the island soon!

22Nov2011 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued

In Which We Find That John Sigler Doesn’t Know What He Is Talking About

In yesterday’s Delaware Voice (New Journal), Representative J.J. Johnson reminds GOP chair John Sigler that he should stick to refereeing the food fights in Sussex County and leave the business of governing to those who will care about its details.

21Nov2011 | cassandra_m | 31 comments | Continued

Just Like Jesus

Just like Jesus did, Mega-Pastor Rick Warren believes that poor people should pay more taxes.

26Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued

Heritage: The Poor Have It Too Damned Good

The conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation has a new report on poverty in America arguing that cheap electronics mean the poor aren’t poor.

20Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued

A Nation of Socialists

It is always amusing to listen to the teajadis and their bleats about socialism or redistributing wealth — especially since you know that most of them are some of the biggest beneficiaries of government handouts on the planet. Now we can see exactly how much redistribution Americans take advantage of and we don’t even *know* that these are government programs:

11Jul2011 | cassandra_m | 6 comments | Continued

Why Should Increased Tax Revenues Be On the Table? Because Americans Support More Tax Revenues.

Really, if you have been paying any attention at all to the deficit discussions over the past 6 months or so, you will know that the only people who are against increasing tax revenues — whether that is from increased taxes on the wealthy or closing of unneeded loopholes) — are Congressional Republicans. There has been a decent amount of polling about this over the past 6 months, polling that Bruce Bartlett has rounded up at his blog.

3Jul2011 | cassandra_m | 41 comments | Continued

The GOP’s Odd Silence On Economic Sabotage

Why is there no reaction from the GOP when one of the Senate’s top Democrats accuses them of economic sabotage?

1Jul2011 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued

Another Edition of IOKIYAR — Christine O’Donnell Saved by the GOP

So the rest of the story of how the FEC charges against O’Donnell got dropped finally comes out. And she is saved from having to account for her mismanagement of campaign funds by the Republican commissioners on the FEC.

29Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 14 comments | Continued

Watching the CRI Sink Into Irrevelancy

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.

28Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 13 comments | Continued

If America Loses, Eric Cantor Wins

Eric Cantor has money invested fund that shorts US Treasury bonds. In other words, Cantor will gain financially if the US defaults on its debt.

28Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued

Anyone Know There Is Another GOP Presidential Debate Tonite?

Well, there is one and go figure — the Clown Show gets to debate itself. Of course, this is one more exercise is just how much batshit crazy these guys will commit to in order to get the approval of the teajadis.

13Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 53 comments | Continued

Weekend Open Thread

It’s the weekend, and here is your Open Thread.

4Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued

I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Earmarks Are Going On In Here!

Earmarks — didn’t you think that they were all done with? I mean, the Republicans in Congress showily promised that this Congress would mark the End of Earmarks As We Know It.

3Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued

It’s Official: Americans Hate the Ryan Budget

There has been alot of polling on the GOP plan to kill Medicare. The latest version is from CNN, with 58% opposing and 35% for. Another recent poll shows that Democrats agree to major cutbacks to Medicare at their own risk.

2Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 8 comments | Continued

Weekend Open Thread

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

28May2011 | cassandra_m | 16 comments | Continued

Missing the Boat on Gingrich’s Tiffany’s Issue

I’ll admit it, I am enjoying the epic flame-out of the Gingrich 2012 campaign. Watching him contort himself to prove that he is totally consistent with his 24-hours-ago-self is like paying the extra money to see behind the scenes at the circus freak show. This latest blunder presents a golden opportunity for those of us [...]

26May2011 | liberalgeek | 18 comments | Continued

On Deficits and Debts; or Don’t Believe the Entitlements Hype

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities continues its yeoman work on documenting where the federal Government’s deficits AND Debts come from. Even though most of the readers here likely get this story, it has yet to make much of a dent in the media narrative, which continues to flog the business about entitlement spending being the thing that is running our fiscal futures off of the rails.

22May2011 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued