Just a few weeks after the shooting in Arizona, we still have moronic Republicans out there using gun metaphors: A state senator in Alabama said Monday his call for Republicans to “empty the clip” on the issue of illegal immigration was taken out of context. At a Republican breakfast in Cullman County, Alabama, last weekend, […]
This is an interesting article from the AP: A brother of U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY’-nur) would have seen his unemployment benefits dry up if the congressman had succeeded in his push to defeat an extension-of-benefits bill passed this week. Boehner and most fellow Republicans opposed the measure Thursday, but 61-year-old Bob Boehner […]
I can’t believe I am here defending Frank Luntz, but this is just ridiculous: The chief pollster for John McCain’s presidential campaign offered a candid diagnosis of how his candidate was done in, on occasion reserving harsh words for fellow Republicans. Bill McInturff, speaking at a National Journal breakfast on Thursday, said the political environment […]
We finally have a major media outlet, the AP, reporting that John McCain is actually a conservative: The independent label sticks to John McCain because he antagonizes fellow Republicans and likes to work with Democrats. But a different label applies to his actual record: conservative. The likely Republican presidential nominee is much more conservative than […]
Joe Biden, Carl Levin and Chuck Hagel are now working on their non-binding resolution to oppose the troop escalation. President George W. Bush on Wednesday tried to shore up support among fellow Republicans for increasing U.S. troops in Iraq but a bipartisan group of senators drew up a resolution opposing his plan. According to a […]
Following the Medicare/Medicaid debacle that happened first of this year it seems like Republicans are scrambling to once again distance themselves from Bush and also try and save that some of the vital senior votes this fall. This from Reuters: President George W. Bush’s plan to cut $36 billion from Medicare ran into stiff opposition […]
On the day after President Bush’s announcement of Harriet Miers as nominee to the Supreme Court we are starting to find out very limited information. President Bush is apparently predicting a fight with this nomination considering he called a press conference today in which he used his time to mostly reaffirm his decision. Abortion rights […]
Every time Ken Mehlman, the chairman of the Republican Party, opens his mouth I just want to cringe. He can hardly make a statement or get through an interview without uttering “the Democrats have no agendaâ€ÂÂ. Apparently in Ken’s little two-dimensional world there should only be two views on the governing of our nation. America […]