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Republican Rebranding Fails As Mitt Romney And Jeb Bush Lead GOP Field

Republican Rebranding Fails As Mitt Romney And Jeb Bush Lead GOP Field

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Mitt Romney leads the pack of GOP hopefuls for 2016, with Jeb…

9 years ago

Petty Republicans Throw An Epic Senate Temper Tantrum Because They Are Mad At Obama

The government funding bill likely has enough votes to pass the Senate, but the problem is that several Republican senators…

9 years ago

McConnell Promises Republicans Will Escalate The Religious War on Women

Now, the Republicans' first order of business with Mitch McConnell sharing Senate Majority Leader duties with Ted Cruz is precisely…

9 years ago

RNC Allies with Christian Nationalist Who Calls U.S. Constitution “the Wrong Train”

David Lane, never mentioned by the MSM, is a big supporter of Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry,…

9 years ago

Republicans Are Idiots – But Kirk Cameron’s Movie Officially Sucks So Cheer Up

Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas has lower ratings than Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 and The Hottie & The Nottie, and a…

9 years ago

Michigan License To Discriminate A Portent Of Impending Theocracy  

It is astonishing, but the extremist Christian fundamentalists are basing their punitive power on the religious freedom guarantee in the…

9 years ago

Democrats Shouldn’t Save The GOP As Ted Cruz Pushes House Towards Government Shutdown

At a press conference, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pushed House Republicans to shut down the government, and Democrats should step…

9 years ago

Rick Perry Getting Ready to Inflict Himself on America in 2016

Rick Perry is putting together a 2016 run that is certain to fail as spectacularly as his ill-fated 2012 run

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Completely Falls Apart When Asked By Fox News How He Will Stop Obama

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fell apart when pressed by Fox News today on how exactly he will stop President Obama…

9 years ago

According to Ted Cruz, Reagan and Both Bushes Acted Like Monarchs

De facto Speaker of the House and self-appointed incoming Senate Majority Leader Ted Cruz accused the President of being a…

9 years ago

Ted Cruz Proves Al Franken Right: Texas Senator Doesn’t Know What Net Neutrality Is

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to Sen. Al Franken's (D-MN) claim that the Texas senator doesn't know what net neutrality…

9 years ago

Al Franken Slams Ted Cruz By Strongly Calling Out His Idiocy and False Information

Sen. Al Franken was having none of Ted Cruz's intentional idiocy and propaganda. On CNN's State Of The Union, Franken…

9 years ago

Once More, President Obama Is Doing The Republicans’ Jobs For Them

There is an idiom that parents and employers likely put in practice when an important task has to be completed…

9 years ago

The GOP is Getting Hysterical Over Impending Immigration Executive Action

Republicans are even talking about embarrassing themselves with another lawsuit, like the one that worked so well with healthcare reform

9 years ago

Ted Cruz’s “Net Neutrality Is Obamacare For The Internet” Tweet Shows He Understands Neither

On Monday morning, President Obama made a public statement urging the FCC to take strong measures to protect net neutrality.To…

9 years ago

Conservative Website Deletes Article Incorrectly Identifying AG Nominee As Another Woman

Breitbart ran an article claiming AG nominee Loretta Lynch was a member of the Clinton legal team during the Whitewater…

9 years ago

Conservatives Turn on McConnell And Anoint Ted Cruz The Leader Of Congress

The real conservatives look forward to Cruz's plan to push "his" Republican-led Senate to be as conservative and confrontational as…

9 years ago

GOP Strategist Behind Republican Obstruction Of Obama Now Laughably Calling For Compromise

Republican strategist Frank Luntz said that after winning the Senate majority, Republicans should work with Democrats and President Obama to…

9 years ago

Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan Are So Scared Of Jon Stewart That They Won’t Go On The Daily Show

In a new interview, Jon Stewart said that conservative movement heroes Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan have repeatedly refused to…

10 years ago

Evangelical Vote Crusade Warns: Government Is ‘ISIS Attacking U.S. Christians’

Although the religious right has effectively, through the Catholic Supreme Court, eliminated the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment and…

10 years ago

Election Day Reality: The Republicans Have Got Nothing, and They Know It

Not a lot of voters will fit in that tiny little GOP tent set up deep in the heart of…

10 years ago

Hey Republicans, Hate and Bigotry are not Values, They’re Character Flaws

Rick Santorum claims if he hadn't been persecuted into silence, he could have convinced millennials to be hateful bigots like…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Has Disqualified Himself from Public Office

A series of episodes of egregious dishonesty this past week have clearly demonstrated Ted Cruz's unsuitability for public office

10 years ago

Senator Ted Cruz’s Deputy Chief Of Staff Says Obamacare Is To Blame For Ebola

After it had been confirmed that a doctor in New York City had tested positive for Ebola, conservatives reignited their…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Says A Functioning Senate Subverts the Will of The People

In fact, there is very little that Ted Cruz even likes about this country, including the United States Constitution, that…

10 years ago

The Republican Refusal to Deal with Reality Runs Deep

"travel ban works for african countries, liberal logic: liberal political hacks spread ebola to stop the spread of ebola, nice…

10 years ago

Hypocrite Ted “Government Shutdown” Cruz Whines That The Government Should Be Doing More on Ebola

The man who shut down the government in an effort to stop funding to Obamacare/access to affordable healthcare is now…

10 years ago

Jeff Denham Is The Koch Brothers’ Favorite California Tea Partier

Jeff Denham is a typical teabagger-Republican in that his campaign rhetoric is dictated by the Koch's Americans for Prosperity and…

10 years ago

Joni Ernst’s Campaign Is Clueless As They Have Two-Time Loser Mitt Romney Stumping For Her

Two-time failed Presidential candidate Mitt Romney hit the campaign trail for GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst in Iowa Sunday night.

10 years ago

How North Carolina Represents A Microcosm Of Marriage Equality

This monumental victory for North Carolina concluded a historic week nationwide for marriage equality. Ten states in the past week…

10 years ago

Republican Says One Invented GOP Scandal Proves Another Invented GOP Scandal

Texas Republican Randy Weber says Obama's record on invented scandals is so bad that he can't possibly be on top…

10 years ago

We Are Way Better Off Than We Were When Bush Left Office As Jobless Rate Falls To 5.9%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released September's employment figures on Friday and it was almost entirely good news. The economy…

10 years ago

With Nothing To Run On Republicans Blow Religious Dog Whistles

Republicans are big on dog whistle politics, particularly going into a midterm election where they have no apparent agenda to…

10 years ago

It is Time Again for the Value[less] Voters to Rail Against Reality

Would-be martyr Ted Cruz will join pretend moderate Rand Paul and Bobby "Rooting for Obama to fail isn't treason" Jindal…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Sides With the Koch Brothers on Climate Change

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie likes to pretend that he's a moderate, bipartisan straight-talker, but when it comes down to…

10 years ago

Cliven Bundy Republicans Campaign To Seize and Sell Off Federal Land

Now, there is a serious movement among Republicans who embrace Bundy's claim the federal government is forbidden from owning land…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Parlays His Execrable Behavior at Arab Christian Conference Into Martyrdom

"They persecuted the Prophets of the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures) who were speaking truth to power and these so-called Christians…

10 years ago

Republicans Are Fixated On Using Extortion To Rule America

The truth is that since teabaggers became de facto leaders of the Republican Party, they have contemplated various schemes to…

10 years ago

Religious Right Calls for Deportation, Sterilization and Holy War on Muslims

Even while WND's Joseph Farah claims there is no difference between CAIR and ISIL, we see Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson…

10 years ago

Rick Perry Is Dragging Down The Republican Party as Ted Cruz Stands With Indicted Gov.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined the Republicans who are jumping on board Rick Perry's sinking ship by announcing that he…

10 years ago

Fox News’ Megyn Kelly Tells Massive Lie To Assist Ted Cruz’s Latest Attack On Obama

On Wednesday night's broadcast of Fox News' The Kelly File, host Megyn Kelly let loose a huge whopper of a…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Hits a New Level of Nuts By Accusing Obama of Holding Border Children For Ransom

On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) made the wild accusation that President Obama is holding the children who…

10 years ago

Despite Being A Huge Part Of It, Ted Cruz Hypocritically Complains About ‘DC Machine’

On Monday evening, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) appeared on The Mark Levin Show to discuss, among other things, the recent…

10 years ago

Paul, Santorum, Perry, Romney: Republicans Offer No Imagination for 2016

As Charlie Brown despairs from time to time, "Good Grief" or if times get truly stressful, "OH, Good Grief." From…

10 years ago

Tea Party Candidate Endorsed By Ted Cruz And Sarah Palin Loses By 23 Points

Tuesday night Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) easily defeated former Oklahoma House Speaker TW Shannon in Oklahoma's US Senate Republican primary.…

10 years ago

Conservative ‘Christians’ Show No Class By Placing Obama Figurines In Urinals At Conference

This week in Washington, DC, the Freedom and Faith Coalition is holding their Road to Majority conference. Basically, this is…

10 years ago

Republicans Self Destruct By Moving To the Far Right After Cantor’s Loss

Republicans are convinced that tea partiers are enraged that establishment Republicans did not oppose President Obama over the past five…

10 years ago

Plea To The Mainstream Media — Can You Please Cut Off John McCain’s Mic?

On Friday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on five different cable news shows to discuss the recent flare up of…

10 years ago

Extremist On the Horizon: Dave Brat Fits In With Government Destroying House Republicans

Even though Brat appears to be an extremist outlier in the conservative movement, his outrage that Cantor voted to raise…

10 years ago

Ted Nugent’s He-Man Bromance with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach

Nugent claims, "Kris Kobach is our ass kickin BloodBrother & on the frontlines taking on the America hating ObamaGang at…

10 years ago

The Republican Party Has Institutionalized Dishonesty

The Republican Party has made dishonesty an art-form, lying about everything from Obamacare to Benghazi, from the economy to prisoner…

10 years ago

Sleazy Republicans Hit An All Time Low By Accusing Obama of Negotiating With Terrorists

Republicans have shown they there is no limit to their Obama hate by warping the freeing of a captured soldier…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Actually Thinks Government Shutdown Will Lead The GOP To Victory In Midterms

During a speech at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on Saturday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated his belief…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Lies and Claims Senate Democrats Will Abolish The 1st Amendment

Ted Cruz was introducing his father at the Watchmen on the Wall, sponsored by the extremist Family Research Council and…

10 years ago

The Republican Party Has Become a Haven For All Forms of Right Wing Extremism

The Pew survey should disabuse Americans of the notion that the teabagger or Republican movements are not havens for right…

10 years ago

Fake Christians Tear Up the Constitution in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Wicca is "neo-pagan and invokes polytheistic, pre-Christian deities," and therefore it does not fall within "the Judeo-Christian tradition."

10 years ago

Class Warfare GOP Style: Millionaire Republican Senators Block Bill To Raise The Minimum Wage

Republican style class warfare was on full display today as just one Senate Republican millionaire broke with his party to…

10 years ago

Kentucky Tea Party Senate Candidate Matt Bevin Has No Clue What The National Debt Is

This week, Bevin decided to release an attack ad against McConnell regarding his vote on the debt ceiling increase that…

10 years ago

Republicans Who Praise Ted Nugent Should Be Regarded as Nazi Sympathizers

There is a saying that a person is known by the company they keep, and the Republicans praising, excusing and…

10 years ago

Hillary Clinton Way Ahead Of Every GOP Candidate In Battleground State Of Ohio

Quinnipiac University released a new poll on Thursday showing that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds double-digit leads on…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Stands Up For Hateful Racist Ted Nugent During CNN Interview

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) defended Ted Nugent as a passionate fighter for Second…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Finds Fellow Constitution Haters on the Religious Right

Ted Cruz whined to Janet Mefferd and David Barton about President Obama's imaginary attack on "traditional" marriage

10 years ago

Crazy Steve Stockman Could Force Senator Cornyn Into Runoff in TX GOP Primary

A newly released poll shows Tea Party Congressman Steve Stockman closing the gap on Senator Cornyn, setting up a possible…

10 years ago

Reviled by Republicans, Ted Cruz is ‘So Hated, He’s Going to Need a Food Taster’

Jonathan Karl said, 'Ted Cruz is so hated among the republicans. More so than the shutdown, the Tuesday lunch they…

10 years ago

Chris Christie Says Income Equality is Mediocrity – Doesn’t Know Sh*t from Shinola

"You want income equality? That's mediocrity." That's Chris Christie being pragmatic

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Violates The First Amendment With Anti-Gay Marriage Senate Bill

Besides wasting taxpayer time, money, and violating the First Amendment's prohibition that Congress shall "make no law respecting the establishment…

10 years ago

Bill Maher Slams Ted Cruz and Rand Paul By Labeling Them The Insane Clown Posse

Bill Maher was on CNN today, and when asked who he would like to see run for president in 2016,…

10 years ago

Sarah Palin Gets Dose Of Reality As Hillary Clinton Leads By 27 Points In 2016 Matchup

A poll released by McClatchy-Marist on Wednesday shows that former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds a…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Did Democrats a Big Favor Today That May Cost Mitch McConnell His Senate Seat

By forcing Senate Republicans like Mitch McConnell to vote in favor of advancing the debt limit bill, Sen. Ted Cruz…

10 years ago

GOP Senator Dean Heller Says Ted Cruz Is Wrong To Filibuster Clean Debt Ceiling Bill

On Tuesday night's episode of CNN's Crossfire, Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) stated that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is wrong in…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz’s Latest Debt Ceiling Filibuster Threat Is Why Harry Reid Must Go Nuclear

On a conference call with reporters today, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) hinted that he may filibuster the House passed debt…

10 years ago

Republicans Are Making Sure That An Immigration Bill Will Not Pass Until After 2014

Republicans want a permanent immigrant sub-class of mostly non-voters to do the laundry, mow the yard and have no say…

10 years ago

Thanks to Republicans, 73,000 More Americans Will Lose Their Unemployment Benefits This Week

There is a lot of political chatter surrounding extending unemployment benefits, but the reality is that 73,000 more Americans will…

10 years ago

GOP May Refuse To Believe It But CBO Shows That Budget Deficits Continue to Shrink

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report discussing the economy and budget. The report showed that the deficit…

10 years ago

In 120 Years Republicans Only Cry Tyranny When the Black President Uses Executive Orders

Although President's have been issuing executive orders for over 120 years, Republicans consider it the height of tyranny and dictatorial…

10 years ago

Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz Openly Threaten The Country With Economic Catastrophe

Republicans are once again threatening to hold the debt limit hostage in return for a ransom payment that is, beyond…

10 years ago

While Lying About the ACA Ted Cruz Demands An Apology From President Obama

While lying about the ACA on Face The Nation today, Sen. Ted Cruz had the nerve to demand an apology…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Would Get Absolutely Destroyed By Hillary Clinton in 2016 Per PPP Poll

In a poll released by Public Policy Polling on Thursday, New Hampshire voters favored Hillary Clinton overwhelmingly to Sen. Ted…

10 years ago

Bridgegate’s Sinking Christie as NBC Poll Shows Hillary Clinton With a 13-Point Lead

Just last month, before the entire Bridgegate scandal unraveled, Christie trailed Hillary Clinton by only three points, 48-45. In this…

10 years ago

Lack of Diversity on Display as White Male Republicans Dominated the Sunday Shows in 2013

Well, when looking at the most frequent guests on these shows in 2013, it is apparent that the opinions that…

10 years ago

When Boehner and Cantor Say What The American People Want They Mean ALEC and the Kochs

In Republican parlance, when they say "what the people want," they mean their wealthy benefactors the Koch brothers, ALEC, and…

10 years ago

The Religious Right Champions Moral Relativism in Defense of Phil Robertson

All this fuss about Phil Robertson comes down to the Religious Right's insistence that they have a right to say…

10 years ago

Poll: Who is the biggest Republican tool in the box?

It's been a year of epic toolery in the GOP. From Ted Cruz's government shutdown to the GOP's endless ObamaCare…

10 years ago

House of Representatives Actually Pass a Budget Deal; Will Senate Follow Suit?

Lo and behold, in this least productive year ever in Congressional history, the House was able to get a two-year…

10 years ago

Time Re-Validates Humanity By Choosing Pope Francis Over Ted Cruz as Their Person of the Year

Time Magazine named the Pope their Person of the Year, with Ted Cruz as first runner up. Under their criteria…

10 years ago

HHS Releases ACA Enrollment Numbers for November and it Sends Republicans Reeling

While estimates had already been released prior to today in regards to the number of enrollments through the health insurance…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Courts Republican Voters by Starring in a Coloring Book

Sen. Ted Cruz reaching out to Republican voters by starring in a coloring book that calls him a real life…

10 years ago

Koch Brothers Illegally Funnel Millions Into Campaign to Eliminate Pensions and Sick Pay

The Koch Brothers are are launching a nationwide campaign to eliminate public sector workers' wages, pensions, sick pay, workers' compensation.

10 years ago

A Tale of Two Heroes: How Nelson Mandela Was Truly the Anti-Reagan

Nelson Mandela was everything that Ronald Reagan wasn't. For Conservatives today, that simply means that Mandela was clearly in the…

10 years ago

Republicans Freak Out as Healthcare.gov Gets Nearly a Million Hits on Monday

At his press conference on Monday afternoon, White House Press Secretary confirmed that over 375,000 people visited the federal health…

10 years ago

Tissues for the Tea Party’s Issues

The tea party is the intersection of cognitive dissonance and reality. It's certain to become a reality show. Oh wait…

10 years ago

The Supreme Court Could Rule that Hobby Lobby is More of a Person than You Are

The problem is that if corporations have Freedom of Religion, its employers lose their Freedom of Religion

10 years ago

It Is The Mainstream Media’s Fault That America is Plagued By Sarah Palin

It is the main stream media's fault the nation is plagued with Sarah Palin's recurring appearances on the national stage

10 years ago

The GOP is Unrepentantly Evil and This is Why

They will reduce working class Americans to serfs, put our children to work, rape our wives, sisters, and daughters, and…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz Wilts and Implodes When Asked About His Plan To Replace Obamacare

Another step in exposing a Texas sized fraud occurred today when Ted Cruz wilted and melted down on CNN when…

10 years ago

Ted Cruz is Attending David Barton’s Conference for State Legislators

Barton is not a scientist. He is not a historian. He pretends to be a constitutional scholar but has no…

10 years ago

Extremists Launch Treasonous Plot to Overthrow President Obama A Week Before Thanksgiving

Right wing extremists have proclaimed a date a week before Thanksgiving to demand the surrender of President Obama to face…

10 years ago

Southern Comfort: Why The South Ain’t So ‘Backwards’ Anymore

The south is becoming more and more socially progressive, which is leading to an educated populace that should no longer…

10 years ago

A Senate Committee is the Latest to Attack Kathleen Sebelius Over ACA

Today, we take a close look at the Senate Finance Committee and their relentless and unfair attempts to discredit the…

10 years ago

Treasonous Republicans Warp the Constitution To Justify Nullifying Federal Laws

Republicans persistently claimed they, and only they, adhere to the constitution regardless they routinely disregard or misrepresent the document to…

10 years ago