2008 Election

Powerful Democratic Operatives in D.C. Help South Carolina Republicans Retain Control

South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison is a powerful lobbyist for the Podesta Group. He's about to become the Chairman of…

10 years ago

Our 44th President said just the right inaugural things

President Barack Obama and a number of other speakers and entertainers brightened up an inauguration that struck just the right…

10 years ago

GOP: Refusing to do What We Want You to Do is a Violation of the Constitution

The Republican Party seems to think if Obama doesn't do what they want him to do, he is violating the…

10 years ago

President Obama is More Popular Now than During His First Term

The GOP finds itself in trouble as Obama's popularity soars and their own plummets, and Obama's second term only promises…

10 years ago

The Republicans Have Quit on America; It’s Time for Americans to Quit on Them

Republicans have quit on America. They're putting forth no effort, and most importantly at all, they haven't even bothered to…

10 years ago

Puzzled Republicans; here are the reasons African Americans gave the President 93% of their votes

The Emancipation Proclamation ostensibly freed the slaves back in the midst of the Civil War. Modern day slavery camouflaged as…

10 years ago

Move Over Star Wars: A Trilogy of GOP Cognitive Dissonance: 2008, 2012, 2016

The Republican Party's doldrums are likely to continue until they acknowledge reality, but there are no signs of that happening…

10 years ago

The Mystery that is Hillary Clinton: To be, or not to be a 2016 Candidate

There are 2 prominent women who could assume their party's mantle as Presidential candidates in 2016. They are Condoleezza Rice…

10 years ago

Republicans are Blaming George Clooney for Mitt Romney’s Defeat

The braniacs at World Net Daily and the American Family Association have convinced themselves we voted for Obama because George…

10 years ago

Investigate Rick Scott for the Voting Obscenity that is Florida

As the absentee vote count continues in Miami-Dade county. Post-election, Rick Scott should be investigated

10 years ago

Romney will bring talking points to the debate while Obama will tell the truth

Mitt's handlers will give him talking points, while President Obama will be armed with the truth at the first presidential…

10 years ago

Ralph Reed Tries Some Hocus Pocus for a Bush Redux in 2012

Ralph Reed, the 90's Evangelical Wunderkind, once disgraced, is back again mobilizing the vote he once said was mythical, for…

11 years ago

Obama, Poverty, Racial Politics, and the White Vote

Critics have been saying President Obama has not done enough to address poverty. They don't seem to understand the reasons…

11 years ago

Mitt and his Rove Jr. VP Grace 60 Minutes and Honesty Was Hard to Come By

60 Minutes Romney/Ryan interview Romney & new VP questioned by Bob Schieffer TV interview exposes BS of Mitt and Paul.

11 years ago

NRA Shrugs Off Latest Mass Murder as its Attention is Riveted on Electing Romney

The NRA is front and center again as another mass murder draws attention to the organization and the role of…

11 years ago

Will Nikki Haley be Mitt Romney’s VP Mystery Date?

Surely, there's sufficient sleaze to qualify Nikki Haley to be Mitt Romney's Vice President/bookkeeper.

11 years ago

3 Disturbing Finds From Digging Deeply Into Mitt Romney’s Tax Return

Odd foreign investments, sleazy family businesses, and questionable blind trust funding sources are just three of the disturbing elements found…

11 years ago

Dr. James Dobson: Another Presidential Campaign, Another Chance to Hate Obama

Dr. James Dobson is an Obama-basher of long standing, and his behavior demonstrates why this country can never compromise the…

11 years ago

Romney Transforms a Good Deed into Smarmy Political Exploitation

In 1996, Mitt Romney helped in a search for a colleague's lost 14 year old daughter. Even though though Romney's…

11 years ago

Golden Boy John Edwards’ Fall From Grace into Federal Court

The future looks bleak for John Edwards. It all started going downhill when he started an adulterous affair with a…

11 years ago

Game Over: The Cynical and Dangerous State of the Republican Party

If you haven’t seen 'Game Change' yet, it’s a must see movie, and not because it’s about Sarah Palin, but…

11 years ago

HBO’s 2008 McCain Palin Campaign ‘Game Change’ Is Must See TV

It's coming........ Game Change, the movie is heading your way on March 10th at 9PM on HBO. Did you read…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Iowa Case Shows GOP Doesn’t Really Believe in States’ Rights

GOP opposition to big federal government and support of states' rights is a reaction to loss of control and does…

12 years ago

Palin Won’t “Waste” Time Letting Couric Interview Her Again

That Couric is a pretty horrible person. "Journalistic ethics be damned," Katie Couric must have told herself. "I'm going to…

12 years ago

In the Name of The Mother: Palinbots Rig DWTS for Bristol Palin

You Thought It Was Just DWTS, but It's 2008 Redo for the "Country" Vote! Palin for President if Bristol wins.…

12 years ago

Sarah Palin Has Crashed This Party a Little Too Long

Suddenly Mark McKinnon is not so keen on lowered expectations. He went on MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell’s “Last Word” program last…

12 years ago

A Lesson for Americans: Reaping the Consequences of Hate

Words and actions have consequences, sometimes to the person who speaks, sometimes to the people spoken of. In an environment…

12 years ago

The Republican Narrative and Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance seems to run through the Republican narrative. Since it is impossible that 9/11 could have happened on the…

13 years ago

Fox Running Scared from Carter’s Fear Mongering Accusations

Former President Carter recently called out Fox News as being a source and propagator of paranoia against Obama, including birtherism…

13 years ago

The Republicans Are Failing to Make an Argument

During election season arguments fly fast and furious. It can be hard to keep up; it can be hard to…

13 years ago

Schooling Sarah Palin on the True Meaning of Feminism

The dictionary definition of feminism is "the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those…

13 years ago

A Confused and Clueless Palin Doesn’t Know What a Stimulus Package is

Sarah Palin was on Fox News' Freedom Watch yesterday with Andrew Napolitano (the "Judge") to discuss the utter badness of…

13 years ago

Petty Palin Can’t Let Go of Her Mean Girl Ways

Sarah Palin is a petty, mean girl not fit for prime time. It doesn't matter if she's just a celebrity,…

13 years ago

The Voices for Peace Prevail as Obama Keeps His Iraq Promise

During his year a half as President, the nation, struggling under the weight of epic economic woes, easily tossed their…

13 years ago

Palin’s Phantom Pipeline Steals $500 Million from Taxpayers

On August 27, 2008, Palin signed AGIA (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act) into law awarding TransCanada 500 million dollars and a…

13 years ago

To Sarah Palin Cajones Equal Secession

Sarah Palin says Barack Obama lacks "cojones." This, we might note comes from a woman who fully thoatedly endorsed a…

13 years ago

The Looming Threat of Republican Destruction of This Economy

As the fall election nears, the buzz is that if the economy doesn’t recover, the Democrats will take a hard…

13 years ago

Sarah Palin’s Fence of Oil Email Obstruction

Sarah Palin: Tear Down This Wall! Palin lives in fear of exposure and has been known even as a Mayor…

13 years ago

Right Wing Tries To Socialize Oil Companies with “Obama’s Katrina”

In calling the BP oil spill "Obama's Katrina"; conservatives infer that the President did not act fast enough. However, not…

13 years ago

Once Upon A Time Republicans and Democrats Agreed On Illegal Immigration

Ironically, in 2006, all of the players you now see polarized had agreed to an immigration reform bill co-sponsored by…

13 years ago

The Truth is Out: Palin’s VP Debate Answers Were Scripted

The false narrative continues as Steve Schmidt (aka, the Bullet) reveals Palin’s debate answers were memorized and scripted. What’s the…

13 years ago

Alaskans Adamantly Rebuke Palin’s Denial of Stoking Violence

Sarah Palin’s ties with the AIP (which itself has strong ties with white supremacists groups, the same groups the Secret…

13 years ago

Poutraged Eric Cantor Blames Democrats for Tea Party Violence

Righteous Eric Cantor claimed yesterday that his office was the target of gun violence. I wondered at the time the…

13 years ago

McCain to Double Down on His Losing Health Care Strategy

McCain is everywhere this post-healthcare reform passage morning. McCain is apparently feelin’ rather badly for himself and his party, as…

13 years ago

Sarah Palin: Walkin’ the Thin Line with SarahPAC

Sarah Palin raked in around 2 million dollars as the of the end of the fiscal year reporting for SarahPAC…

13 years ago

Democrats Just Want Their Party to Kick Some Republican ASS!

Democrats are sick of being kicked around and they want to see their Dem leaders KICK some ass. Right now,…

13 years ago

The Other Sarah: What’s wrong with Sarah Palin?

Sarah Palin's much-anticipated debut on Fox News this week has not gone well. From O'Reilly's condescension to Beck's mocking of…

13 years ago

Sarah Palin: Visor Gate or What I did on My Vacay

Sarah Palin, her husband Todd and daughter Piper and son Trig left the rest of the family in Wasilla or…

13 years ago

Superman Obama Finds Bush’s Kryptonite Emails

The old right wing knows how to play the left's justified concern over justice, truth and transparency to a t!…

13 years ago

Palin’s “Going Rogue” Tour Finally Jumps the Shark

The Palinapooloza Book Tour jumped the shark today, when an internal memo of her demands for her book-signing appearance at…

13 years ago

A Message for Republicans; By the Way, You Lost.

Dear Republicans, we know you're having a hard time with this concept, so we thought we'd send you a friendly…

13 years ago

Palin Uses Book to Strike Preemptive Blow at 19 Year Old Levi

The National Enquirer is reporting that they’ve gotten a peek at Palin’s ghost-written (by a partisan who pals around with…

13 years ago

Republicans Impose Their “Decider” Approach re Afghanistan Strategy

Republicans are insinuating that Obama's "delay", aka, seeking input from naysayers and congress before making a decision regarding strategy in…

13 years ago

Sarah Palin Attacks President Obama on Foreign Soil During Wartime

Sarah Palin actually managed to show up for her speech in Hong Kong, which wasn't surprising because apparently all it…

14 years ago

Hong Kong Palin: Sarah’s Latest 2012 Gimmick

In what’s been described as the "American Ding Dong goes to Hong Kong" by astute international posters, Mrs Sarah Palin…

14 years ago

I Want My Country Back: Medicare for All

We keep hearing from the far right that they want their country back. What country are they talking about? I…

14 years ago

Birthers Busted Peddling Fake Kenyan Birth Certificate; real owner steps up

So, the Great Last Hope of the birthers, and one I might add, they touted with great pride on national…

14 years ago

Republican Lynch Mobs Try to Destroy Healthcare Reform

A leaked memo reveals what’s behind the crazies claiming they "don’t want no socialized medicine" at recent Town Halls. Republicans…

14 years ago

Palin’s Lawyer Threatens Kindergarten Teacher

Why so angry, Sarah? It seems an Alaskan blogger, Gryphen, who writes at The Immoral Minority and the Alaska Report…

14 years ago

The Palin Plunge

The Thrilla from Wasilla who just a year ago was touted as the country’s most beloved Governor (a statistic that…

14 years ago

Obama Rocks the Stock Market

Remember earlier this year when President Obama took office and suddenly the stock market plunge of October, 2008 was his…

14 years ago