The Top Ten Smartest Democratic Quotes of 2012
If the Republicans fell all over themselves in 2012 to sound stupid, the Democrats were happy to help them along, as this list demonstrates
If the Republicans fell all over themselves in 2012 to sound stupid, the Democrats were happy to help them along, as this list demonstrates
The Syrian civil war drags on. Russia is sending ships and marines to Syria and both the U.S. and Russia are pressuring Assad to negotiate.
In Why America Needs a Left, Eli Zaretsky makes a case for a ‘hard’ left, something beyond either progressivism or liberalism
Piers Morgan, already being attacked for his stance on guns, has truly thrown caution to the wind by proclaiming that the Bible is flawed and must be amended.
While the population still grieves over the loss of young lives at Sandy Hook, the NRA and Congress dig in to prevent meaningful curbs on guns.
Tea Partiers indulge in wild fantasies of sending President Obama to prison since they haven’t managed to impeach him for Benghazi
South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley has made history in appointing a black Republican, but was the move historical or hysterical?
An obscure investment player of many years experience has emerged to buy the NYSE. He’s a big derivatives guy with powerful insider contacts
Conservative Christians despise atheism as being a subjective form of morality, ignoring the history of their own subjective belief system
The endless chorus from the Religious Right that all that plagues our society is the result of divine wrath has grown tiresome…and then some.
The NRA held a press event today. Wayne LaPierre presided. He suggested police in all schools. He mentioned no new gun laws to be passed
What happened to belief? Aren’t fundamentalists who try to prove the resurrection as bad as the atheists they decry for demanding that proof?
Politicians (a few at least) are making loud gun control noises. They do that every time there’s another mass murder. Nothing ever happens.
At this point, there is reason to hope for action on gun violence in response to the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook in which 20 children died.
David Barton says the Founding Fathers would want us armed with the same weapons available to the government – because the Bible says so
Six schools have been saved for science in New Orleans, where humans will never walk with dinosaurs and Noah’s flood did not create the Grand Canyon
Hilary Clinton, felled by a concussion, is under attack by Republicans for depriving them of an opportunity to subject her to the Inquisition
James Dobson says America has turned its back on God and Sandy Hook is God’s response: the murder of our children in retaliation.
Eric Cantor has gotten his orders from Koch/ALEC headquarters, and there is no mistaking their intent; continue to make life hell for the President and Democratic House members.
Fundies are determined to scare you into allowing school sponsored prayer back into our public schools: God will kill your kids if you don’t
Five decent, caring, dedicated and hard working adults were wiped out in Sandy Hook Elementary School by someone brandishing two 9mm pistols (a Glock and Sig Sauer) and a Bushmaster .223 AR-15 rifle. Tragically, 20 little boys and girls were also killed, either kindergartners or first graders. The school was populated by 5-10 year olds….
South Carolina is a prime example of right-wing attempts to destroy the public school system and replace it with private school profiteers
The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer misrepresents a scientific study to claim that homosexuality is a birth defect
Many right-wing state governors are opting out of the ACA Medicaid expansion opportunity. Too much money say their governors. That’s a lie!
A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina cannot offer choose life plates without also offering pro-choice plates
Little progress has been made on the debt issue. Donald Trump weighed in on the question a dozen years ago, and a few conservatives are pushing his plan as the answer.
Progressivism, like conservatism, is about regulating our lives. But I’m a liberal; I’m all about liberty, so leave my choices alone
An explanation of where the real influential power centers are inside and outside of state legislatures. Hint: it’s all about the money.
The numbers don’t lie: they didn’t lie on Election Night, and they do not lie in the longer run when they prove that America is becoming more, not less progressive.
Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate to take over the Presidency of the Heritage Foundation. Another extremist will undoubtedly take his place
Conservatives are dreaming of a ‘white’ Christmas, and that is all Christmas really is to them: a means to an end that has no role for Jesus
Bryan Fischer introduces Barack the Destroyer, the man who wants to destroy America and make Americans suffer because of their racism
Gary Bray, Republican Party chairman in Washington County, Oregon, called liberalism an ‘atheistic cult’ which seeks ‘utopian enslavement’
A federal district judge has issued a temporary injunction against a new California law banning gay conversion therapy, while a second federal judge has refused to block the ban.
When West Point hosted its first gay marriage this past weekend, the Religious Right went bananas, talking about moral cliffs and decadence
Even when compared to 2012’s other conservative ranters and spewers, a sour-faced lot if there ever was one, Muslim-baiter Pamela Geller stands out.
The Emancipation Proclamation ostensibly freed the slaves back in the midst of the Civil War. Modern day slavery camouflaged as grotesque unemployment numbers and economic status exists today.
In India, you can apparently be charged with blasphemy for pointing out that a statue of Jesus is not, in fact, crying.
Glenn Beck takes the new Egyptian Constitution as an opportunity to push his UN conspiracy and to predict a US dictator within 5 years
“All I want for Christmas is to kill it,” seems to be the song conservatives think liberals sing each and every holiday season. Fox News has made a lucrative living pushing a nonexistent war on Christmas, seizing on every example of religious pluralism in this country – that is, the right of people to believe…
The ongoing debate about the fiscal cliff continues as the U.S. approaches the current debt ceiling. Republicans are responsible for problem
Conservatives have convinced themselves of libearlism’s illigitimacy; now they have convinced themselves liberalism will fail
With schools hotbeds of electronic teaching devices, cursive writing instruction is being phased out, no longer considered necessary
Facts crash into belief where Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is concerned. How could Obama have paid for it when he hates Israel?
Apparently, to Grover Norquist an agreement with him is as legally binding as a mortgage, at least in his own self-important, inflated head.
The Republican Party’s doldrums are likely to continue until they acknowledge reality, but there are no signs of that happening soon
In calling in a missing paper report I was surprised to learn that my small newspaper used an overseas call center to respond to my concerns
School privatization is the new Gold Rush. There is money to be made in them there hills. And charter schools are the the Republican hammer to be used to prise it out of our hands.
I joined 10 other worker sympathizers in protest Walmart’s treatment of their Part-time workforce. Inside the store our petition was refused
Cracks begin to appear in the no new taxes wall as Saxby Chambliss signals a willingness to rethink the question of revenue
Kim Kardashian is heading for the mid-east to open 2 new Milk Bars. She’ll also learn move about the region after a twitter controversy.
It is that season again – and no, I am not talking about Christmas. I am talking about the War on Christmas, which is a far more important season to religious conservatives.
The 2012 election was especially satisfying for the Presidency and the new faces that will show up in Congress, especially the Senate.
Even in troubled times, there are a great many things to be grateful for. Here are a few of mine.
Another one of the 24 percent tells the 76 percent to get out because America is THEIR country: white and Evangelical
Israel could not have attacked Gaza without the tacit consent of the American government, which persists in seeing Israel as the victim
George Will writes about an agency founded and briefly run by newly-elected Senator Elizabeth Warren. Will tells many half-truths and lies.
James Dobson determined that Obama’s defeat means we are living in a time of judgment and that God can make use of Obama
The crazy has bubbled to the surface, and Republican loonies are running amok in post-Obama reelection America.
Conservatives insist that economic prosperity is impossible without their God but America wil prosper just as well with 20 gods or no gods
The Religious Right says some laughable things, but there is nothing laughable about their money, power – or influence on American politics
There are 2 prominent women who could assume their party’s mantle as Presidential candidates in 2016. They are Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.
Don’t tell me that some little part of you would not just like to say to Texas, or to another Southern state of your choice, ‘Fine. Go. We admit it. 1861 was a mistake and we are undoing it now.’
Longtime foe of multiculturalism, William J. Bennett, says Republicans lost culture war and accuses Democrats of playing identity politics
We’ve seen some crazy conclusions drawn since Election Day, but Larry Klayman’s claim that conservatives are the new N-words is obscene.
Army General, David Patraeus was destined for greatness from his first year at West Point. Sadly, an affair tainted his stellar reputation.
Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables in 1862, addressing themes of social injustice that are still embraced today in the Republican Party
2012’s weather is a terrifying foretaste of the future of ourworld with Global Warming. Watch 24 Hours of Reality, the Dirty Weather Report
Ohio Secretary of State, Jon Husted wants to dramatically change electoral votes to favor Republicans, and make it nearly impossible for Democrats to win Ohio.
Republicans, in appraising the causes for the Republican defeat in 2012, shy away from the real reasons for that defeat: the culture war
The braniacs at World Net Daily and the American Family Association have convinced themselves we voted for Obama because George Clooney did
As the absentee vote count continues in Miami-Dade county. Post-election, Rick Scott should be investigated
The Religious Right took a black eye in 2012 but they are far from powerless and will be back to attack the Constitution in 2016
Incredible amounts of money were spent on the 2012 General Election. And lots of that money was wasted when expensive attack ads didn’t work
America won four more years for President Obama, but did we issue a mandate for change or for the status quo?
Paul Ryan says Obama’s path compromises some non-existent values; the real problem is that Obama stands between Ryan and the Constitution
There could be no worse selection for President than money-monger, Mitt Romney. He himself admits, 47% of the population will be sidelined.
Reality is the ultimate enemy of Republican ideology, so Tom Tancredo picks up his vorpal blade and shows himself asylum-ready
Mitt Romney took to CNN’s opinion page to lie about his vision for America but his real vision is somewhat different
With Hurricane Sandy, Republican fantasy met the facts on the ground and lost; our shared reality is more potent than wishful thinking
Not only has God decided Mormonism is not a cult, but that former heretic Mitt Romney is his last true hope: vote Mitt or burn in hell!
Science explains superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, but conservatives prefer to see human immorality and a wrathful god
Miley Cyrus already embraced going forward and now her father follows in her wake, coming out for Obama on Piers Morgan Friday
The GOP is headed into Election Day as the Party of Rape, a group of white fratboys who never grew up
An obviously embarassed Mitt Romney and a drunk Meatloaf treanded on Twitter last night #MITTLOAF
Texas says to hell with international treaties and has threatened legal action against OCSE observers if they watch Texas suppress the vote
Mitt Romney wants Richard Mourdock, who thinks rape pregnancies are a gift from God, changing things in Washington, D.C.
Mitt Romney stepped into a hornet’s nest last night full of horses and bayonets and the Republican effort to extricate him is frantic
Conservatives are beside themselves at the idea of foreigners monitoring their voter suppression activities on Election Day
According to Jon Husted, making the vote accessible to all eligible voters is un-American, but a look who he is trying restrict reveals that he specifically means Democrats should not vote early.
Jesus said don’t be a hypocrite and pray in public, so what does Tebow do? He prays in pulbic AND trademarks it
Bryan Fischer appeared on CNN this week to share his hateful and dishonest spew but ran into a host who was having none of it
D’Souza, who attacked Obama in a recent film, is out as president of King’s College after having an adulterous tryst at Family Values event
Billy Graham was clear about what constituted a cult. But for the sake of theocracy in 2012, Billy Graham sold his soul to Satan
Ask yourself why the laws of mathematics work differently for Mitt Romney than for the rest of the universe before casting your vote in 2012
Fundies claim failure to teach Christianity in public schools is mental molestation – say it ought to be punished like physical molestation
Matt Barber calls quotes anti-Constitutionalist Patrick Henry to defend the Constitution and to portray Obama as the anti-Constitutionalist
Paul Broun and Todd Akin, both serving on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, deny evolution and embrace superstition
Paul Ryan made clear last night that he wants his religious beliefs to inform our decisions, while claiming it is his that are under attack