Ireland’s President educates a Tea Party blowhard

Listen as Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland, educates a Tea Party blowhard.

(H/T to Phil @ The Masses)

“Tea Party Tommy” has officially replaced the “Boy From Elroy”

Yeah, I think Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson’s conversion from a reasonable Republican to a Tea Party extremist is now officially complete. A key figure in Gov. Scott Walker’s election victories is going to work for Tommy Thompson’s U.S. Senate campaign.

Thompson announced that Keith Gilkes, a former aide to Walker and Walker’s campaign [...]

College Democrats of Wisconsin Statement on Romney Vice Presidential Pick

From my inbox this morning, a press release from Andy Suchorski, the chairman of the College Democrats of Wisconsin. I have cut and paste the statement in its entirety and the bold emphasis appears in the original:

MILWAUKEE, WI – In a move to clarify his position on most economic policies, Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt [...]

S–t Joe Walsh says

Though I’m on vacation right now, I’m finding that there’s no much to do in a hotel room at 8:15 p.m. while everyone else is sleeping, except perhaps to put together a few quick and easy blog entries.

That being said, I find that Tea Party Republican Rep. Joe Walsh is a special brand of [...]

Verify the Recall – case study

Yesterday, we discussed the story local reporters are turning on their own to show themselves as hero's. The various papers editors, many of whom proudly endorsed scott walker, are now “disciplining” data entry persons who signed the recall petition.

I have said since the beginning, that “Verify the Recall” was never ever meant to [...]

I want to be a fiscal conservative

Because those guys spend money like crazy(on themselves):

Ron Paul, The deficit hawk and republican presidential candidatewho has never seen a spending bill that he liked, UNTIL NOW!

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) emerged this week atop a list of congressional representatives who’ve paid family members fees and salaries from their campaign war chests, congressional [...]

Right Wing Hate

is on the rise ever since President Obama was elected.

The number of groups in the anti-government “Patriot” movement have sky rocketed 755 percent since President Barack Obama has been elected, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) yearly report found.

“These groups are becoming more and more aware as they watch the primary [...]

GOP Bullies

Interesting read at alternet this morning:

Most conservatives now openly reject the very idea of democracy. Whether it’s corporatists seeking to own every branch of government and privatize every public institution, security and intelligence types cracking down on our civil liberties, or Christian nationalists out to turn the country into a theocracy, conservatives are increasingly [...]

Shrill Labarre Supports Mimes!

Shrill Labarrel, failed tea party candidate and fringe right winger, today filed papers to recall Senator Bob Jauch. In her filing she let it be known that Senator Jauch was being recalled, because he voted against MIMES!

H/T Politiscoop:

As if the “tea party” hasn’t done enough damage, they now want to flood [...]

Verify the Recall – Has Been Verified

The results are in – they should be advocating for stronger public schools!

I recently asked "who is going to verify the "Verify the Recall" group? Luckily for us, our friends at PR watch did just that:

Findings released this week from the Tea Party-led “Verify the Recall” effort allege that recall [...]