Republican candidates used to deny climate change, but as that meme becomes harder to sustain (all you have to do is look around you), they’ve shifted gears from drive to neutral and are trying to coast over the issue. When pressed, many now resort to the noncommittal expression, “I̵[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
HALLOWEEN: The GOP’s Scientist Shortage
October 28th, 2014 - 2:05 pm § in Politics
Why Do So Many Republicans Commit Voting Fraud?
Voting fraud is rare in America. All reputable studies confirm this. So we’re speaking in relative terms. Most people, whether Democrats or Republicans, don’t vote on other people’s ballots, vote more than once, etc. But, though rare, it does occasionally happen. This article exami[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: Another reason to wonder if the entire state needs to be placed back in reconstruction before rejoining the Union?
This guy is pretty typical of South Carolina. My own brother in law lives there and is pretty defensive about the place. Did you know that the fore runner of the KKK was actually in a Jewish synagogue in Charleston? Frankly, the Jews of that horrid culture were nothing for the rest of use t[...]
October 25th, 2014 - 10:43 pm § in Politics
Photo ID: The New (Legal) Poll Tax
Republicans don’t want most Americans to vote. It’s so obvious they don’t even try very hard to hide it anymore. It’s an obvious strategy for an unpopular minority party when propaganda and lies don’t work very well anymore. (Which was amply proven by their double[...]
SUNDAY REVELATION: Belief that God is essential to morality in INVERSELY proportional to national wealth.
The Pew Research Center published a survey. The results of the survey of people in 40 countries shows that belief that God is essential to morality in INVERSELY proportional to national wealth. [...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 9:40 pm § in Politics
Republican Congressman Blasts Surgeon General’s Ebola Response
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) says Obama’s Ebola czar, Ron Klain, is “off to a bad start” and thinks the Surgeon General should coordinate the response. “Why not have the surgeon general head this up?” Chaffetz asked Wednesday on Fox News. “I think that’s a very [...]
October 23rd, 2014 - 7:22 pm § in Politics
Brown-Skinned GOTV Volunteer Delivers Box Of Absentee Ballots; Crazy Arizona Republicans Go Nuts
Gotta love this story from Daily Kos, originally reported by The Daily Dot, an online newspaper based who knows where — everywhere, I guess. This story contains all the delectable elements of rightwing psychosis that make conservatives so much fun: Paranoia, delusion, racism, love of violenc[...]
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