While yesterday provided a significant victory for progressive politics (and general ‘right thing to do’-ness), the forces of moral fascism reactionary citizenry continue unabated. In Kansas, a new licensing law for abortion providers has passed, under the ruse of establishing “safety standards” in a state described by the head of Operation Rescue as “the Wild […]
Category: wingnuttery
Cain has been receiving quite a bit of press lately as he challenges for the Republican nomination. The NYT discuss him in today’s edition here, noting his strong tea-party credentials, while
This is an easy question for Represenative Peter King, current Chair of the Homeland Security Committee and defender of the Irish Republican Army, to answer: “I understand why people who are misinfo
Because we didn’t do any political posts yesterday, so I didn’t get a chance to blog about the judge who seems to imply that once you’ve arranged to have sex for money consent can never be withdrawn and rape is impossible. (See also here and here.) Particularly remarkable is the judge’s apparent endorsement of the […]
Like Matt, I think JMM gets this exactly right: I know I’ve said before that Romney’s profound and almost incalculable phoniness is a terrifying prospect to behold in a possible president.
Just so the consequences of Bush’s veto of S-CHIP are 100% clear: it’s not just that kids who need health insurance but aren’t currently covered are screwed. Kids who are currently r
Roger takes a closer look. One has to agree with his bottom line about the “Value Voters” summit: “Attendees would be well advised to leave their wallets in their hotel rooms and their children in another state.”
Our “new” troll Fred Jones “unhinged liberal” has managed to distill every idiotic argument commonly seen about anti-Roe countermobilization into one comment! Just for fun, let
Tigerhawk on our masthead quote: I actually looked at the title banner of the lefty blog Lawyers, Guns and Money and realized why it is a lefty blog… The founder of that blog is unlikely to succ
America’s Worst Columnist With the Possible Exception of Maureen Dowd endorses Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. We already knew she was the least progressive major candidate, but…[via MY] Bonus Krauthammer hackery: And look what Clinton unveiled this week: a modestly government-subsidized, personal retirement account. True, it is yet another big-government middle-class entitlement. Yes, she […]
Probably not meaning to, James Wolcott pens the ideal response to commenter MILS: Rush Limbaugh and his fellow talk-radio troll dolls didn’t “pervert” conservatism–he didn̵
It’s a minor example among the countless ones of the Bush administration’s fiscal incontinence, but the money the Bush administration is using to fund useless abstinence-only programs and