On Wednesday, Republicans announced their “Pledge for America,” their policy agenda for the coming Congressional term. As for the merits of the pledge, I doubt anyone could put it better than Paul Krugman. As one would expect from today’s Republican Party, it’s full of deception and overblown apocalyptic rhetoric. And, as the crack team at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Republican idiocy'
Pledge to Hope America Forgets Everything that Happened Before 2008
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Tags: 2010 elections·Daily Show·GOP·mid-terms·Paul Krugman·Pledge for America·Republican idiocy·Republican trickery
Republicans and History
March 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics
Not content to lie about the present and the future, Republicans have stepped up efforts to rewrite history. In Texas, the right-wing elected officials charged with setting the state’s curriculum voted to ensure that Texas schoolchildren will learn, among other things, that the founders were Christian, there is no separation of church and state, Thomas [...]
Tags: Dick Armey·education·health care reform·history·McCarthy·Paul Broun·Republican idiocy·Republicans·right-wing hysteria·Steve King·Texas·Texas textbooks·The Great War of Yankee Aggression·Velvet Revolution
Republicans Mistake Presidential Address to Congress For Episode of The Price is Right
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
While most of the attention is being focused on Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) shouting “You lie!” in the middle of President Obama’s address, I’m more amused by the dope the Honorable Louie Gohmert (R-TX) with the hand-drawn “What Bill?” sign sitting on his lap. -AR
Tags: angry white men·Drew Carey·hand-drawn signs·Republican idiocy