Mitt Romney makes a birther funny!!

Apparently Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney still feels he has something to prove to the “birther” crowd. The Obama campaign was quick to put out a response: “Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them. It’s one thing…

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There’s vote fraud happening in Wisconsin…..thanks to Republicans!

For all their talk about “rampant vote fraud” here in Wisconsin, conservatives have been hard-pressed to provide real, concrete examples of the vote fraud they say makes draconian voter ID laws necessary. However, as Tony Galli of WKOW in Madison is reporting, we now have an example of vote fraud…

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A double dose of Republican crazy!

I’ve got a double dose of Republican crazy today, starting with Lubbock County (Texas) Judge Tom Head, who warned this week that the nation could descend into civil war if President Barack Obama is re-elected. Saying that as the county’s emergency management coordinator he has to “think about the very…

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fix*us contest – You Are the Solution

From my email inbox comes news of an interesting contest being put on by LiveCitizen, “a community of outspoken citizens who voice their opinions on an array of political topics, current events and public affairs.” Here’s the details on the contest: As a country, we do pretty well , but…

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Congressman Paul Ryan lobbied on behalf of companies he took campaign contributions from

No surprise here… In 2004, Ryan wrote Norman Mineta, the Secretary of Transportation, on behalf of the chemical company PPG Industries. The company’s PAC has contributed $6,750 to Ryan’s campaign coffers from 1998 through 2012. Ryan began by saying he was “writing to share the concerns” of the company over…

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How to have an opinion on women’s reproductive rights

This just about sums things up…

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