Aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann arrested for series of thefts from Rayburn House Office Building

Michele Bachmann can’t leave Congress fast enough…. Capitol Police arrested an aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) after a series of thefts from the Rayburn House Office Building. Javier Sanchez, 37, was arrested last Thursday, a Capitol Police spokesman said. Capitol Police were made aware of the thefts “earlier this…

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The threat to Michele Bachmann’s political career

I’d love to see Michele Bachmann lose in 2014… The bomb-throwing conservative and onetime Republican presidential candidate is girding for what promises to be a ferocious reelection contest. Awaiting Bachmann is a serious Democratic opponent who has the full backing of his national party and a suburban Twin Cities electorate…

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Republican Rep. Gohmert doubles down on anti-Muslim witchhunt

Apparently Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas really really wants to be this generation’s Joe McCarthy. Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert doubled down on warnings of Muslim Brotherhood influence in America Thursday while taking a shot at the media for not investigating his claims further. The Republican suggested reporters were more…

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Michele Bachmann is an ignorant, bigoted, soulless human being

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, a member of the most extreme elements of the conservative movement (and a Grade-A bigot to boot) has taken to smearing the reputation of Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. In a manner reminiscent of the anti-communist witch hunts of…

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State of the GOP: Santorum is the Voice of Reason

Santorum is the man who urged Congress to do all in its power to revive a braindead Terry Schiavo in 2005.  He was a whackjob trampling on individual rights.  He promptly lost his Senate seat by record margins, in a fetid cloud of Santorum.  But this is where the GOP…

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What Electoral Mixture Will Iowa Surge by Santorum Lead To?

By now everyone knows about the results in last night’s Iowa Caucuses.  Mitt Romney, four years after scoring 25% of the Iowa vote in 2008, received 25% or the vote last night, and improvement of. . . nothing.  On the surface that should tell everyone that he is not the…

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Who will win the Iowa Republican caucuses?

So which Republican presidential candidate will win the Iowa Republican caucuses tonight? The top three candidates seem to be Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul, while Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachmann seem to have settled in as the second tier of candidates. For my money, I’m betting…

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The 2011 Greatest Hits of the GOP

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Gingrich’s Attack on the Judiciary Has Precedent

All too seldom do we get an unobstructed glimpse through a fog of obfuscation, hand waving and denial and into the racist core of modern conservatism.  It’s a view of and America grounded in slavery, Jim Crow and the segregated South.  An America without regard to justice, fairness, equality or…

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Santorum Goes to the Extreme for a Republican — Tells the Truth

OK, this is out of context, a little bit, but is as close to the truth I’ve seen come out of the mouth of any GOP candidate for the Presidential nomination this year.  From Huffpo: “I know the other candidates have said they need your help and support. They’re lying….

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