House Majority Whip Spoke At White Supremacist Conference In 2002 Twelve years before he was elected by his colleagues as House majority whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke at a conference hosted by the white supremacist group European-American Unity and Rights Organization. Scalise spokesperson [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
December 28th, 2014 - 12:20 am § in America
Obama’s results vs. GOP’s promises
During the 2012 presidential campaign: Romney promised to get unemployment down to 6% by 2016. Obama won and unemployment is 5.8% in 2014. Gingrich promised $2.50 gas. Obama won, and the national average gas price today is $2.38. Pawlenty promised giving tax breaks to the wealthy would boost GDP gro[...]
December 26th, 2014 - 2:10 pm § in America
Radical Republicans: will the GOP keep a felon as a Congressman?
Rep. Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty To Felony Tax Fraud Grimm, who represents Staten Island, initially pleaded not guilty, calling the charges a “political witch hunt” and vowing to fight “tooth and nail” to prove his innocence. Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse on Tu[...]
December 26th, 2014 - 1:31 am § in Misc.
GOP Blames Obama For Bad Christmas .. Economy Rises 5%
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Bruce Willis, Hero of American Right, Bankrupts Russian Bank
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said that a plan to loan Trust bank an amount of up to 30bn roubles (£343m) had been approved, while analysts warned that Russia’s banking sector had become particularly vulnerable. Trust bank has run a series of advertisements featuring actor Bruce Willis in Russ[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 10:32 pm § in Misc.
Radical Republicans: No, this isn’t a toy gun; and the kids are real, too
These are Michigan state representative-elect Todd Courser’s children, whom he’s “training up” to fight against “tyranny” and for “Christ.” http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/19/1352903/-Mich-GOPer-posts-pix-of-his-kids-with-AR-15s-calls-them-modern[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 5:08 pm § in America
The RIGHT Joins North Korea in Blaming Obama
FUCK KIM JONG UN, AND FUCK YOU. David Atkins is right: It wasn’t “Hollywood” or America who pulled The Interview due to North Korean pressure, it was Sony, a multinational corporation that, like any other, values shareholder interest waaaaaay more than free speech. Of course con[...]
December 17th, 2014 - 2:50 pm § in Misc.
Republican HYPOCRISY
High-Ranking McCain Staffer Lobbied For Repeal Of Cuba Sanctions Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics Read More: John McCain Cuba, Mccain Staffer Cuba Lobby, John Green Mcccain Staffer, Mccain Staffer Cuba, John Mccain Cuba Sanctions, Mccain Cuba Sanctions, Politics News A high-ranking[...]
December 17th, 2014 - 1:37 pm § in America
Republicans Riot Over Recognition, I am Shocked, Shocked
Apparently the Republican Party does not realize that young Cubano Americans want to normalize relations with Cuba: They also do not appreciate how much MONEY corporate America expects to make from Cuba as a customer: MEANWHILE THE CACOPHONY Washington – Marco Rubio Pledges To Block Efforts [...]
GOP retaliates against IRS by cutting $350 million from its budget and forcing 13,000 layoffs
Hidden away in the $1.1 trillion spending bill passed by the GOP-controlled House this week, and now being considered by the Senate, is a $350 million cut in the IRS budget that a GOP congressman admitted was payback for what many Republicans claim was partisan targeting of conservative groups but m[...]