FactCheck.org Logs Record Overtime Tabulating GOP Lies from Drake Debate

Their brains were smoking from the sheer volume of dishonesty pouring from the Drake University GOP Klown Kar Kandidate Debate.  They invoke the dreaded “baloney” attribution to the entire debate.

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NEWT! Finally an Adult in the GOP Primary Race

OK, Newt’s an adulterer, and not that much of an adult, but the Republicans have got to take what they can get, I suppose.  This week’s polling of the Republican Presidential primary field is about the most ludicrous yet.  Sure, we all knew that serial sexual harrasser Herman Cain would…

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Christmas with the GOP

Bill Maher (a card-carrying atheist) uses Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to teach the GOP the true meaning of Christmas.

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Michele Bachmann’s paid NH campaign staff quits en masse

According to James Pindell of WMUR in New Hampshire, the paid staffers for Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign have quit the campaign en masse as a protest of Bachmann’s lack of commitment in New Hampshire Bachmann’s presidential campaign has been struggling for survival since winning the Republican Ames Straw…

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Just a thought on the Republican presidential field

Despite all the hoopla and positive press (at least from the right-leaning media) that surrounded Texas Governor Rick Perry’s entry into the 2012 Republican presidential field, Perry’s candidacy has begun to falter in the face of a series of gaffes and poor debate performances, leading to continued calls for New…

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Republicans are speaking Parseltongue!

Turn on any TV and you will see our friends from the right say that we have too much regulation. Never saying exactly where the too much regulation is, and pretending that the Wall St. meltdown due to lax regulation never happened. Well recently, under this heavy burden of job…

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Is Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign in trouble?

Is “Tea Party” Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign in trouble? Well, yesterday her top two campaign operatives announced they were leaving her campaign, which typically isn’t a sign of a campaign that’s firing on all cylinders. First came news that Bachmann’s campaign manager, Ed Rollins, was “stepping back” from…

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Bachmann wins Ames Straw Poll, but what does it mean?

On Saturday Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota scored a victory in the Ames Straw Poll, a win that will provide her with some all-important momentum in the months between the Straw Poll and the Iowa Caucuses. Rep. Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll with 4,823 votes, narrowly beating Texas…

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Polls Polls Polls

In the wake of this weeks election results, where California Democrat Janice Hahn, soundly beat a \"tea party\" candidate for the seat vacated by corporatist Blue Dog Democrat Jane Harman. Here in Wisconsin the democratic challengers to the ethically challenged republican senators facing recalls withstood a primary by “fake” democrats…

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How Dare She….

What will her base do for a date on Friday night? H/T Think Progress: Tonight, Michele Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge created by THE FAMiLY LEADER, an influential social-conservative group in Iowa. By signing the pledge Bachmann “vows” to “uphold the institution of marriage as…

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