Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams has decided to call it quits in his re-election bid for state chair: “I have loved being chairman, but I’m tired of the nuts who have no grasp of what the state party’s role is,” Wadhams told the Post. Wadhams, who has been chair since 2007, was considered a […]
Tea Party Nation has just blasted out an email blaming Obama for the rising gas prices (login required): As we close out 2010, gas prices in much of the country crept about the $3 a gallon mark. In an interview a couple of days ago, the ex-president of Shell oil predicted $5 a gallon gas […]
Again – anyone that voted for these people under the assumption that they would “cut government waste” was suckered in big time: Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their commitment to cutting government spending now, but they used the 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that, taken cumulatively, added more than […]
There’s a lot of talk right now about earmarks. The Tea Party/GOP candidates, who campaigned heavily on getting rid of things like earmarks, have now reversed their positions since winning their elections. Examples of this can be seen in John Boehner and Rand Paul. But what about the non-Congressional supporters of the Tea Party/GOP? Well […]
You got to love the little Tea Baggers and their constant denial of their inner hatred: The fringe tea party group Tea Party Nation sent out an email to its supporters over the weekend urging them to support Republican House candidate Lynne Torgerson against Rep. Keith Ellison (D) in Minnesota’s 5th District. The Maddow show […]
The ick factor has just reached a whole new level: Add this to list of bizarre and unusual campaign trail antics: at last week’s Tea Party Express rally in Phoenix, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio welcomed Sarah Palin with a pair of pink underwear. “I just got done welcoming Sarah Palin to our County. Had […]
And guess what? It’s no “lefty activist”: A female Kentucky Tea Party activist who wishes to remain anonymous has identified the man who wrestled a female MoveOn.org activist to the ground after the debate last night. In an email to me and copied to another Tea Party activist, she says that his name is Mike […]
The craziness of Tea Party hero Joe Miller has taken to new heights this week when he was giving his solution for securing our borders: Most of what he said, he’s said before. I’ll try to post more on this later. But the comment that caught my attention most was one he made was in […]
Another hypocrite from the land of Tea Baggers: The editor of the Alaska Dispatch website was arrested by U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s private security guards Sunday as the editor attempted to interview Miller at the end of a public event in an Anchorage school. Tony Hopfinger was handcuffed by the guards and detained in […]
Remember bartering with chickens for health care? Well it seems like a bank has taken that advice to a whole new level when it comes to debt collection: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters Life!) – This little piggy went to market — to pay off a Russian woman’s overdue debt to a bank. Court officers in far […]