Last night police estimated a crowd of about 35,000 occupying Foley Park. The above is one of the thousands of pictures that emerged from the event. Looking through all these pictures, you know what I noticed is missing? I noticed things like this weren’t there: Nor this: People came to this event out of true […]
As Americans scramble today to file their taxes, the GOP is looking for more ways to make that burden even higher on average Americans. Take Tea Party darling and habitual liar Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin. Taking a page from the elder Bush’s campaign, he vowed to never increase taxes. Of course that pledge only […]
Sarah Palin opens mouth and creates another shit storm: Seeking to channel the sign-bearing, flag-waving enthusiasm of the “tea party” movement into ballot-box victories, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told hundreds of supporters Monday they couldn’t “party like it’s 1773” until Washington was flooded with like-minded conservatives. The led to Gwen Ifill to tweet the […]
Wow – what a potty mouth: Hamilton County Republican chairman Alex Triantafilou accuses Rep. Steve Driehaus of using ‘a vulgarity’ in a fundraising email, and is demanding an apology. The vulgarity: “tea bagger.” The Driehaus campaign calls the GOP release “nonsense” and says “no offense was intended.” Spokeswoman Melissa Wideman cites the Oxford American Dictionary […]
I think this poll would make a great poster for the wingnuts “Boston Tea Party” protests this week. Show that only a slim majority, 64%, of the country wants to help home owners. Don’t people realize that in Republican math 36% beats 64%?