Walker’s recall campaign hires Sharron Angle communications staffer

In anticipation of a tough recall fight, Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign announced the hiring of several staffers, including Ciara Matthews, who previously worked in communications for the Senate campaign of extremist “tea party” candidate Sharron Angle in Nevada. Here’s Ciara Matthews defending Sharron Angle’s extremism on “Face to Face”…

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John McCain did not read the books(or watch the movies)

John Mccain took to the Senate Floor yesterday to weigh in on the debt limit ceiling talks, he chose to read a (Rupert Murdoch shrill) Wall Street Journal op-ed. He laid into the tea party and showed how the career politicians(and the Murdoch media empire) in Washington DC have such…

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No she didnt ….

I am not ready to give a full overview of the election results and what they mean etc… I have to let it all sink in first. However something in the post coverage caught my eye this morning that I needed to address. In one of the most high profile…

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Sharron Angle’s crazy train continues!

In a meeting with Hispanic students last Friday, extreme far-right Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada defended campaign ads that lean on images of dark-skinned men to blast rival Sen. Harry Reid’s record on illegal immigration. In defending the ads, Angle claimed she didn’t know the people in…

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Republican Sharron Angle: Sharia Law has taken hold in U.S.

Uh, wow….. U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters that the country needs to address a “militant terrorist situation” that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities. Her comments came at a rally of tea party supporters in the Nevada resort town…

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Tea Party Part 617

While I have been a little dismissive and hard on the “tea parties” on here, I do recognize that there is a trace of grassroots movement to them. I also realize that the right wing has successfully been able to bottle up the anger of the white right and seems…

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Is “These people could be in charge” the winning message for Democrats?

This promises to be a tough electoral year for Democrats, given the anti-incumbent mood that seems to be prevalent across the nation, and on a national level, Democrats have been searching for an effective argument to bolster their case that Republicans shouldn’t be allowed back in control of Congress. Democrats…

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NV Senate: Angle campaign ignores Hispanic media

Sharron Angle, a Republican who happens to be the far-right “Tea Party” U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, apparently has a problem with the Hispanic media in Nevada, as demonstrated by her campaign’s efforts to shut out Hispanic journalists and media outlets: Hispanic media journalists are tracking the Senate campaign alongside…

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“Just turn lemons into lemonade!”

I wonder if Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave Westlake, who has made it abundantly clear he’s 100% opposed to abortion, even if a woman is a victim of rape or incest, agrees with Republican U.S. candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada, who in speaking about her 100% opposition to abortion compared…

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