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Occupy the Bible
The Religious Elite like the Wealth Elite wants us to subordinate our interests to their own. We can Occupy the Bible or let it destroy us
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Obama Uses His State Of The Union To Obliterate Everything The GOP Stands For
President Obama used his State Of The Union address tonight to literally shatter everything the 2012 Republican Party claims to stand for.
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Conservatives Are Now Changing Their Tax Story Because Of Romney
Now that Romney unveiled he pays less of a percentage in taxes than you tip the waitress at the local diner, conservatives are now changing their tune regarding capital gains and corporate taxes.
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Romney’s Broken Jobs Record Can’t Match Obama’s Presidential Experience
While Mitt Romney touts his business experience, he can’t match President Obama’s experience of running the most powerful nation on Earth.
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Gingrich Makes Like McCain – I’m an Outsider
Newt Gingrich is taking McCain’s approach in an effort to set himself apart from the “establishment”, laughably calling himself an outsider
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Frontrunner To Punchline: Debate Crowd Laughs At Romney’s Self-Deportation
Mitt Romney has gone from frontrunner to punchline as some in the Florida debate audience laughed when he suggested that illegal immigrants should deport themselves.
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The NBC News Republican Debate
Mitt Romney claims his great contribution to conservatism is raising a family, and 4 other reasons to be glad you didn’t watch the NBC Republican debate.
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Trouble Continues for GOP Establishment As Florida Falls for Gingrich
Newt Gingrich’s surge in Florida just might bring about uncontainable exposure of the real values of the Republican Party.
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Rush Limbaugh Compares Ron Paul To An Islamic Terrorist
While talking about Rand Paul, Rush Limbaugh claimed that the TSA would be justified in detaining Ron Paul because he sounds like an Islamic terrorist.
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What To Watch For: Romney’s Bain Pain Is Following Him To The GOP Florida Debate
One thing to keep an eye out for during tonight’s GOP debate in Tampa is the story of how Mitt Romney made $242 million for Bain by killing jobs in Florida.
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Newt Gingrich’s Meanness Is The Secret Of His 2012 Success
Newt Gingrich knows there is an abundance of mean-spirited, racist, religious right voters searching for a mean candidate to call their own.
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Cults of Personality – The GOP’s 2012 Narratives
The Republican presidential hopefuls have established cults of personality in line with Max Weber’s model of charismatic leadership
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Buddy Roemer: The Best Republican Presidential Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of
He’s a former governor and U. S. Congressman, and—unlike his competitors for the Republican Presidential nomination—an eminently sensible man. Chances are good you may never have heard of him, and even better that you had no idea he is running for President, but populist firebrand Buddy Roemer soldiers on undaunted.
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We the People Call On Congress To Stop Obstructing The Closure Of GITMO
Nothing about Guantanamo Bay is consistent with “protecting who we are.” Ever since GITMO, torture and rendition became accepted policies, and our civil rights have been under constant attack.
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The Mainstream Media Blacks Out Stephen Colbert’s South Carolina Vote Total
The mainstream doesn’t want to talk about it, but Stephen Colbert got more support in South Carolina than former GOP frontrunners Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann combined.
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Watch John Boehner Make A Fool Of Himself Trying To Attack Obama’s SOTU
John Boehner made a fool of himself today by criticizing President Obama’s 2012 State Of The Union Address while the White House is still working on it.
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Corrupt John Boehner Invested In Oil Companies Then Pushed Keystone XL
John Boehner’s invested in Canada’s tar sand oil companies and then lied about the number of jobs the Keystone pipeline would create in what could be a criminal case of conflict of interest.
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Roe V Wade @ 39: The Struggle For Female Liberty Continues
In the South and Midwest of our country, an evil struggling against female freedom is winning ground. In Mississippi, a woman is charged with murder for giving birth to a still born. In Alabama, a mother of three awaits a ten year sentence for a Cesarean that resulted in the death of her baby. In…
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Gingrich Puts Romney to Rout in South Carolina
Gingrich sent a message to the Romney election machine in South Carolina last night, taking in 40 percent of the vote to Romney’s 27 percent
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Bernie Sanders Takes Down Every Single GOP Presidential Candidate
In a masterful take down, Sen. Bernie Sanders took apart the 2012 GOP presidential field and called them the fringe of American society.
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Democrats Thank South Carolina For Giving Them A Shot At Newt Gingrich
Thank you, South Carolina Republicans. You’ve not only made Newt Gingrich viable, but you’ve also given Democrats the opportunity to strike back against the politics of racial hate.
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Stephen Colbert Draws 10 Times More People Than Mitt Romney Does
Things are getting so bad for Mitt Romney that, Stephen Colbert outdrew him ten fold when they both held rallies in South Carolina.
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Sorry, Newt ~ It is You and Your Audiences That Are Despicable!
The dirty little secret behind the GOP debate crowds is that these audiences are hand chosen by the handlers of these “shows” who manipulate and orchestrate the events in every possible way.
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Losing On The Issues, Republicans Amp Up Their Racist Rhetoric
Barack Obama’s successes have left Republicans little option but to attack him for being an African American.
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Chuck Norris to Make Gingrich Invincible – in World of Warcraft
Chuck Norris has pledged his World of Warcraft abilities to the cause of Newt Gingrich – who needs them – the two can talk fantasy all day
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Setting The Record Straight: Correcting The GOP Lies About Obama’s Oil Record
We have all heard the lie, that President Obama is the worst domestic energy President ever. Unfortunately, the facts have a progressive biased and run counter to the Republican claims.
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Catholic Leaders Call Out Gingrich And Santorum For Spreading Ugly Racial Stereotypes
A group of 45 Catholic leaders have called on GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.
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Did Obama’s Keystone XL Decision Prevent A Potential Environmental Disaster?
By denying the Keystone XL pipeline permit, President Obama may have prevented a repeat of the BP oil disaster that would have decimated America’s Heartland.
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What Gingrich’s Open Marriage Debate Hissy Fit Says About GOP Family Values
Rather than addressing the question Gingrich used the classic conservative tactic of attacking the media, which reveals a lot about the GOP’s family values.
Free Speech Prevails As Harry Reid Backs Down And Cancels PIPA Vote
After Senate support for PIPA evaporated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally got the message and postponed a scheduled January 24 vote on the bill.
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Stephen Colbert Mocks Newt Gingrich’s Open Marriage Debate Rant
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Stephen Colbert lampooned Newt Gingrich’s temper tantrum at the Republican debate over a question about open marriage.
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The Republican Appeal to History as it Should Have Been
The GOP doesn’t want to study history but to construct a theological narrative that re-purposes history to be more useful to present needs
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The CNN South Carolina GOP Debate
Mitt Romney admits he won’t release his tax returns until after he is the nominee, and 4 more reasons to be glad you missed the CNN South Carolina Republican debate.
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Senate Insiders Expect PIPA To Be Defeated
After the Internet blackout, congressional support for PIPA has collapsed leading both Democratic and Republican Senate negotiators to predict that PIPA will be defeated.
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Mitt ‘Tax Haven’ Romney Is The Poster Boy For Economic Inequality
Mitt Romney is the poster boy of all that’s wrong with the current tax system and indeed, all that Occupy Wall Street is protesting.
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Attacking Obama As The Food Stamp President Could Backfire On The GOP
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I’m guessing there are far more people on food stamps, and at risk of going on food stamps, than there are rich Republicans. There are almost certainly more unemployed folks than there are wealthy Republicans, and there are more unemployed folks collecting unemployment than there are wealthy Republicans. Matter of fact, I suspect there are…
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Inside The Sickness That Makes Republicans Hate Poor Children
There is a sickness inherent in many Republican supporters that makes them hate the poor and extending their contempt to poor children is a natural progression.
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Ralph Reed Seeks Resurrection as Republican Kingmaker
While so many Republicans rush toward self-martyrdom, one, Ralph Reed, is headed in the other direction – toward resurrection in 2012
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Liar, Liar: Mitt Romney And His Job Creation Fallacy
If Mitt Romney’s only qualification is as a job creator, then he is clearly a failure and not qualified to be president.
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PoliticusUSA Sports Black ‘Armbands’ In Support Of The SOPA Blackout
Today, PoliticusUSA is blacking out our header, sidebars, and some reader comments in a show of support for the SOPA Internet blackout.
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Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight To Uphold Obama’s Keystone XL Decision
Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed today that he will fight to uphold President Obama’s to deny the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Meet The Top 5 Democratic Targets Of The SOPA/PIPA Protest
Two Republican co-sponsors of PIPA have dropped their support, but here are five Democrats who must be targeted if the protests are to be successful.
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Poll: Stephen Colbert Is A Bigger 2012 Threat to Obama Than Romney
As Mitt Romney’s fortunes slide, a new PPP poll found that Stephen Colbert posed a bigger 2012 threat to Obama than the GOP frontrunner.
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Who Would Pay More Taxes Gingrich’s Child Janitors or Mitt Romney?
If super rich millionaire Mitt Romney is taxed at 15%, Newt Gingrich’s child janitors may pay as much in total taxes as the the rich.
Rick Perry’s New Enemy – America’s Ally Turkey
In the latest gaffe by a GOP presidential hopeful, Rick Perry singled out America’s ally Turkey, claiming it is led by Islamic terrorists
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Dems Get Almost As Many Signatures To Recall Walker As He Got Votes In 2010
The organizers of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker have submitted almost as many petition signatures for recall as Walker received in the 2010 election.
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January 18th: The Day The Internet Strikes Back At SOPA And PIPA
One doesn’t need to have a law degree to understand that if you like internet access in China, you’ll just love SOPA and PIPA.
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Republicans Claim Pensions Funds Are Robbing The Rich
Republicans have proffered the notion that American workers, the poor, and retired people are robbing wealth from the 1% that Republicans refer to as the “job creators.”
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Oh the Things They Say About Islam
Republicans in embracing 1950s-style paranoia makes Islam the new Communism and accuses it of everything the GOP is itself guilty of
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The Republican Debate Audience Hits A New Low By Cheering Child Labor
Not only did the South Carolina Republican debate audience cheer child labor, they were orgasmic over the idea of using child labor to destroy unions.
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The South Carolina Republican Debate
The South Carolina debate audience cheered child labor, and four other reasons to be glad you didn’t watch the Fox News Republican Debate.
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Even The Fox News Poll Thinks Obama Is Going To Win Reelection
A new Fox News poll delivered some surprising news, as 52% of those surveyed believed that President Obama will win reelection in 2012.
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Obama Sends SOPA Back To Censorship Hell
President Obama’s opposition to SOPA has killed the bill and sent it into eternal legislative limbo. All eyes are now focused on PIPA.
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Fox News: ‘You Can Pee on Me All You Want, Don’t Shoot Me’
The party of “ideas†has come to this: The Republican Party’s publicity arm Fox News had Brad Stine on this morning’s edition of Fox and Friends to justify Marines peeing on dead “Taliban.†After he got through explaining that liberals are coming from a position of idiocracy based in feminine values of putting too much…
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If The GOP Continues To Oppose Equality MLK’s Dream Will Go Unrealized
It is sad to admit, but Dr. King’s lofty dream will never become reality as long as Republicans oppose equality for all Americans.
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Even Republicans Who Endorse Mitt Romney Don’t Think He Can Beat Obama
Jon Huntsman is about to become the latest Republican to endorse Mitt Romney who doesn’t think he can defeat Obama
Team Obama Dishes Out More Bain Pain To Mitt Romney
On CNN today Obama reelection strategist David Axelrod spread more Bain pain for Mitt Romney by pointing out that the GOP frontrunner made millions by bankrupting a dozen companies.
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Harry Reid Sells SOPA Censorship As Job Creation
Despite the White House’s objections, Harry Reid said on Meet The Press that SOPA will save jobs and the Majority Leader continued to push the legislation.
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Stephen Colbert Takes Sunday Morning By Storm And Skewers Citizens United
Stephen Colbert used his appearance on ABC’s This Week to satirize Citizens United and point out the absurdity of corporations being people.
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Mitt Romney Embraces Failure By Doubling Down On Bush’s Cuts For Millionaires
Mitt Romney’s tax proposal would double the size of the Bush cuts with no plan to fund the cuts other than capping spending on programs 99% of Americans depend on.
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How The Mainstream Media Has Tebowed America On SOPA
Not only has the mainstream media ignored the SOPA legislation that they support, but new study revealed that Tim Tebow has gotten over twenty times more news coverage than SOPA.
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According To Fox News If You Love The Planet You Hate People
According to Fox News, if you love the planet you hate people. And by people, they mean corporations.
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Bush’s Dishonorable Culture Of War Led To Marines Urinating On The Dead
The dishonorable culture of war that the Bush administration wrought on our military is endemic to atrocities like Marines urinating on the dead.
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Rachel Maddow Calls Out The GOP Lie That Obama Has Grown Government
Rachel Maddow completely dismantled the Republican claims that President Obama has grown the size of government since taking office.
Poll: Republicans Could Be Heading For A Devastating 2012 Defeat
A new Democracy Corps poll revealed a nightmare scenario for Republicans where not only does Obama get reelected but Democrats regain total control of Congress.
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Obama Defeats The GOP Again By Calling Their Small Government Bluff
Under the guise of reforming the executive branch, President Obama set Republicans up with a no win situation. Either they give him what he wants or out themselves as the lovers of big government that they are.
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Pain In The Bain: Fox News Proclaims The GOP The Pro-Capitalism Party
In defense of Mitt Romney’s Bain problems, Fox News announced that Republicans have always been more “pro-capitalism†than Democrats.
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Addressing The Foreclosure Crisis Must Be Part of Obama Appeal To Middle Class
As a significant part of President Obama’s defender of the middle class re-election strategy, his administration should pay more close attention to the ongoing fallout from the foreclosure crisis.
The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Adds SOPA To Their List Of Lies
It is no surprise that the COC is pushing for passage of the bill, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) because the Chamber advocates censorship to protect Internet monopolies.
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Prayer in Public Schools an Essential Right – Except for Muslims
Fundies love the school prayer myth, crying that children must be allowed to pray in school – that is, until the kid turns out to be Muslim
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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Under Fire on Job Creation
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has come under fire for an already failed top-down jobs strategy, that has left the state 51st in job creation.
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What The Media Won’t Tell You: GOP Voter Fraud Is Running Rampant
The media has been ignoring the real story on election fraud. Republicans all across the country from Mitt Romney to state party officials have engaged in voter fraud.
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Meet President Obama’s Anger Translator, Luther – NSFW
When cool cat President Barack Obama addresses his fellow Americans, his anger translator Luther helps him get his real message across. Comedians Key and Peele introduce Americans to Luther, the Obama anger translator, in their new web show. Watch here (video is not safe for work, children, etc): The satirization of the President needing an…
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Possible Criminal Charges For James O’Keefe Debunk GOP Voter Fraud Paranoia
Voter fraud is among the charges NH officials and experts say they’d like to see thrown at James O’Keefe and his gang of video thugs.
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Obama Mobilizes Supporters To Battle GOP’s Voter Suppression Campaign
President Obama continues to raise huge sums of money, but he is also mobilizing supporters to do battle against the GOP’s 2012 voter suppression campaign.
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Republicans Argue That Corporations Should Be Allowed To Sponsor Candidates
The RNC arguing in court that it is unconstitutional to deny direct corporate sponsorship of a candidate or committee.
The Dirty Thirty – New Year’s Edition
The Dirty Thirty New Year’s Edition updates our survey of the GOP’s war on women, the environment, education, voting rights and more
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Why the Civil War Might Kill Mitt Romney’s Chances in South Carolina
There is no comparison to the inanity of having Mark Sanford on Fox News to use a Civil War analogy to explain why Romney (the non-Christian) might not get South Carolina.
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Draft Dodger Romney Misfires On Obama Jab And Insults U.S. Veterans
While attempting to criticize Obama’s commitment to the military, Mitt Romney managed to insult every veteran who has bravely served.
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Jon Stewart Calls GOP Primaries a Telethon for Electoral Dystrophy
Jon Stewart says of the endlessly repetitive debates that it’s like the republican primary’s become a telethon for electoral dystrophy
Santorum Doctrine to Attack Nations If We Don’t Like Their Religion
Santorum says it is okay to attack another country if we don’t like their religion, even though that religion sounds a lot like Christianity
Compassion Is The Problem For Mitt ‘I Like To Fire People’ Romney
The problem for Mitt is that he lives in a millionaire’s bubble and unlike the wealthy Kennedys for example, Romney just doesn’t have the compassion gene.
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Obama Auto Bailout Has Created 10 Times More Jobs Than Romney Ever Did
Mitt Romney may have only created 10,000 jobs while at Bain, but the Obama auto industry bailout that Romney opposed has created 170,000 jobs since 2009.
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Jon Hunstman–The Next ‘At Least He’s Not Romney?’
Since Republicans seem to love spreading the anti-Romney wealth around (socialists!), it leaves us with an obvious question: Is it Jon Huntsman’s turn?
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Mitt Romney: The Charlatan Who Should Never Be President
Mitt Romney is a lot of things, but he is not a businessman. He is a charlatan who manipulated investors’ money to enrich a select few.
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When Will 61 Degrees in Minot ND Mean Global Warming is Real?
We can laugh at Sean Hannity every time he says cold weather in winter disproves global warming but what does 60 degrees in Minot tell us?
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Rush Limbaugh Is Outraged That The Obamas Are Living Like Entitled White People
Wealthy elitist Rush Limbaugh is super mad that the Obamas are worming their way into living “high†on the “hog†like the white peeps. The nerve.
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Unlike Ronald Reagan Obama Doesn’t Use Government Hiring To Create Jobs
If the public sector was hiring as it did under Reagan, unemployment may be 8% or less today, rather than 8.5%. This is why the Republicans do not want to pass the Obama jobs bill.
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With Recall Looming Top Scott Walker Operative Faces Criminal Charges
The investigation into GOP Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s aides comes closer to the big fish, and the DA says more charges are coming.
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The Real Mitt: Romney Admits That He Likes To Fire People
The real Mitt Romney resurfaced again today. At a New Hampshire event, Mitt Romney admitted that he likes to fire people.
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Beyond the Job Numbers: Who is Working?
These job statistics show who is working based on gender, race, and education.
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Republicans Will Pay At The Polls If They Deny Gays Equal Rights
The GOP’s hate-inspired position will haunt them on Election Day if they continue promising to deny gay Americans equal rights.
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The Rise of American Fundamentalism 2006-2008
Before the 2006 midterms, the Religious Right controlled Congress, the White House and four out of nine seats on the U.S. Supreme Court
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Democrats Catch Mitt Romney In A Huge Lie During The Facebook Debate
The more Mitt Romney talks the harder it gets for him to keep his stories straight as evidenced by this DNC video that caught Romney in a big lie during the Facebook debate.
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Richie Rich Mitt Romney Says Only the Wealthy Should Run For President
Mitt Romney’s privileged background reveals itself again. According to Romney, only the wealthy should run for President.
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Ron Paul in One Lesson: A Primer on Libertarianism
Quadrennial asterisk Ron Paul is once again displaying his Libertarian Wolf Boy exhibit at the Republican freak show, again prompting puzzled onlookers to remark “oh yeah, I remember that guy,” and “what the hell is he doing up there?” Now that Paul has risen from novelty candidate to so-called “top tier” status, his libertarian principles arguably merit closer examination before being mothballed for another four years.
