Open thread for night owls: Idiocracy
Sigh. All right, let's do this thing:
Allen West provides a head count on the number of Communists in the [House] Dem Caucus
REP. ALLEN WEST (R-FL): I believe there's about 70, 80 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the C...
Notable idiot Steve King is also a compulsive liar
If you see a Steve King in the wild,
do not approach. Avoid eye contact.
I just want to take a small portion out of your day to point out that Republican Rep. Steve King, in addition to being a probable sociopath, also is a gigantic liar. Huge...
Notable idiot Steve King says some Americans just don’t need health care
Rep. Steve King,
patron saint of sociopaths
Presenting yet more barely intelligible drivel from Rep. Steve King, crapsack of Congress. This time it's an argument against universal health insurance based on a premise so hallucinatory and ridicu...
Notable idiot Steve King says some Americans just don’t need health care
Rep. Steve King,
patron saint of sociopaths
Presenting yet more barely intelligible drivel from Rep. Steve King, crapsack of Congress. This time it's an argument against universal health insurance based on a premise so hallucinatory and ridicu...
Ethics committee scolds Sen. David Vitter, but won’t punish him
Not shown: prostitutes. Dozens and
dozens of prostitutes.
When we last we checked in on Republican Sen. David Vitter, he had been caught as one of the prominent political clients of a fancy D.C. prostitution ring, which may or may not have involved d...
Steve King is a rotten human being
(Right Wing Watch)
I am quite done with ultraconservative crazy person and actual member of Congress, Steve King. He does, mind you, continue to impress me, not because of any intellectual prowess or rhetorical skill on his part but as a near-perfect...
Are Republicans really shifting on gay marriage?
Republicans are still fighting this. (Source: Gay Marine Facebook page)
With British conservatives actively pushing for gay marriage, Politico decided to take a look at whether a similar shift was happening in America. Their verdict:
Just a few years...
Republicans face massive gender deficit
In 2008, President Barack Obama won women 56-43, while narrowly edging out John McCain among men 49-48. That 12-point gender gap appeared massive at the time, but it appears that we're headed toward an even bigger margin in 2012.
The latest data from o...
Rep. Cliff Stearns goes birther … again.
Notable dumbass Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
When we last joined prominent House Republican Cliff Stearns (R-Florida (of course)), he was busying himself by denying bribe allegations, "investigating" Solyndra (because Rep. Darrell Issa can't hog all the asin...
Rep. Cliff Stearns goes ‘birther’
Via Think Progress, here's Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns debating whether Obama's much-vetted birth certificate is "legitimate" in a recent meeting with constituents:
(FlaPolActCoop)
I guess we're going to ramp this birther stuff back up again for the g...
