The myth about government health care

One common conservative talking point posits that a government-run health care system would lead to a rationing of care, as was suggested in an editorial in Investors Business Daily, which used world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking as “proof” of their point: People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance…

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New Book Release “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party”

Release promotion for a new book “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party.”

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Divorce rate lower in (gay-marriage legal) Massachusetts

Bruce Wilson of the Huffington Post is reporting some interesting findings debunking the myth that same-sex marriage will lead to a breakdown in the traditional family structure (emphasis mine): Provisional data from 2008 indicates that the Massachusetts divorce rate has dropped from 2.3 per thousand in 2007 down to about…

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There’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more

For all the controversy Sen. John McCain and his supporters have tried to drum up about Sen. Barack Obama’s supposed socialist ideas when it comes to taxes, Sen. McCain himself has his own dirty little secret: he’s supported tax plans that tax the wealthy so the middle class can have…

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Palin broke the law, plain and simple

Here’s the spin Gov. Sarah Palin is putting on the recently released results of the Troopergate report (emphasis mine): Palin: Let me talk a little bit about the Tasergate issue if you guys would let me and, Meg, you want me to just jump right on in there? Stapleton: Sure…

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Teflon McCain

Earlier today, Jay Weber, local right-wing squawker, posted a list over at Right View Wisconsin of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s associations and gaffes that Weber feels have been overlooked by the mainstream media. Curiously enough, Weber didn’t a post a similar list for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, so…

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The Make-Believe Maverick

Take a few minutes and surf over to Rolling Stone to read Make-Believe Maverick, a piece that utterly explodes the myth of John McCain as a maverick. H/T to John over at Sprawled Out.

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McCain: “Is Bin Laden really a bad guy?”

Sen. John McCain’s the candidate of “leadership and experience,” right? If that’s the case, what does Sen. McCain’s comments about Osama Bin Laden say about his leadership? MJ: You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism…

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Job losses mount

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the current state of our nation’s economy, and while I’d love to talk about some good news, there just isn’t much to report. The Labor Department released September’s unemployment numbers, and the numbers weren’t good. While the unemployment rate held steady at…

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Another Day, Another McCain Flip-Flop

This time, Republican Sen. John McCain has flip-flopped on deregulation of the banking and lending industries. While out on the campaign trail last week, Sen. McCain responded to the turmoil on Wall Street by saying, “We need strong and effective regulation.” Sounds like a pretty straightforward statement, but McCain’s rhetoric…

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