Rand Paul claims to be this “small government’” Libertarian, the kind of person almost synonymous with “Tea Party”, but when it comes to Medicare, that’s a different story. It turns out Paul is now framing himself as the savior of Medicare and Social Security in a new ad: Imagine that – a doctor who relies […]
What Richard Poplawski did yesterday can only be summed up as domestic terrorism. He instilled premeditated violence against citizens of this country to further his political beliefs. That is the basis of terrorism. Now the right will quickly throw out that claim, despite their strong desires to pins some sort of terrorist act under the […]
I posted about California’s GOP punishing some of its members for voting for tax hikes the other day. It looks like that notion is picking up steam as the RNC’s Michael Steele is now talking about punishing senators Collins, Specter and Snowe for their support of the stimulus. (h/t AmericaBLOG) Something we used to hear […]
There has been a lot of confusion since the Ohio Primary. Some people have labeled it as an “open primary”. As a former precinct captain, I can tell you that is not necessarily the case. While you are allowed to change parties when voting in the primary, you are required to sign a form stating […]
It’s amazing that there is an apparent leak from the White House that may have just closed a very important back end to al Qaeda. If you have been in a cocoon for the past 24 hours, here is the run down: A small, privately run intelligence analysis company says that a Bush administration leak […]
Rudy Giuliani is a problem for the GOP. The right-wing pundits try to dismiss this, but the Christian Right is making sure their concerns are known: Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is […]
Adam R. Shepherd died in Iraq on January 17 of an unknown illness. I do not know Adam, however his cousin is a family friend. During Adam’s funeral this weekend in Cincinnati, a protestor from Fred Phelps (godhatesfags.com) showed up with her children and was carrying a sign saying “God is glad your dead”. Cincinnati […]