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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Welcome Back, Obama
I don’t know what they call this in Chicago, but where I come from it’s known as kickin’ ass and takin’ names. President Obama addressing the UAW: Not sure where this guy has been for about the last 3 years, … Continue reading
At the Risk of Sounding Like a Snob…
I guess nothing should surprise me any more in the anti-intellectualism, celebrating ignorance, party of Palin, that is the modern-day GOP, but I must admit I’m taken aback by Rick Santorum’s recent remarks. First his claim that President Obama wants … Continue reading
Madison and Reagan Would Also Make Santorum Throw Up
Rick Santorum on This Week yesterday, describing his reaction to John Kennedy’s 1960 speech on the issue of separation of church and state: “To say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes … Continue reading
An Unfortunate Choice of Words
From Weld for Birmingham: Ewww.
Don’t Know Much About Geography
Mitt Romney in Thursday night’s Republican debate: “Talking about the relationship between Iran and Syria, Romney said: “It’s unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And …Syria is their key ally. It’s their only ally in the Arab world. … Continue reading
Shared Sacrifice in Romney’s World
The stadium may have been empty but the speech certainly wasn’t. During Mitt Romney’s speech in Detroit yesterday, he laid out his bold, new economic policy. Massive tax cuts for the top bracket paid for by cutting spending on programs … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Politics, Romney, Taxes
Tagged cuts, Detroit, Medicaid, Mitt Romney, speech
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God Tells (insert name of Republican here) to Run for President
And God said, “This shall be a sign unto you. If Obamacare passeth, thou shalt surely run for president”: “The wife of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that God is responsible for her husband’s recent surge in popularity. “I … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2012, Politics, Republicans, Rick Santorum
Tagged God's will, Obamacare, president, Rick Santorum
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The “Etch-a-Sketch Party”
A quick overview of last night’s Republican debate in Arizona. Mitt Romney is the sane person who has to play crazy to try and convince the base that he’s one of them. Something he hasn’t been able to accomplish in … Continue reading
Indiana Republican: Girl Scouts are Anti-Family Values
Bob Morris, a Republican (what else) state legislator in Indiana, says the Girl Scouts have “been subverted in the name of liberal progressive politics and the destruction of traditional American family values.” He knows this because he read it somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Republicans
Tagged family values, Girl Scouts, Indiana, Planned Parenthood, Republican
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Santorum and Gingrich Pass Graham’s Christian Smell Test: Obama Not So Much
This is exactly the kind of hypocrisy, judgementalism, and not-so-thinly veiled racism that drove me away from organized religion. Franklin Graham on Morning Joe, when ask whether or not he believes President Obama is a Christian, first says “I cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion
Tagged Christian, Franklin Graham. Obama, Gingrich, Morning Joe, Santorum
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