A great deal of attention has been given the last few days to Alvin Greene, the unemployed veteran who pulled off a shocking upset in the Democratic Primary for South Carolina’s Senate seat. Greene won 60% of the vote despite seemingly not even running a campaign; South Carolina’s Democratic leaders cannot recall him appearing at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tea Parties'
Republican Primary Sabotage: Minor Damage to Dems, Major Damage to Selves
June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Tags: 2010 elections·Alvin Greene·conspiracy theories·extremism·Harry Reid·Rand Paul·Republican trickery·right-wing paranoia·Sharron Angle·South Carolina·South Carolina senate·Tea Parties
She Is A Real American
May 15th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Law School, Law and Justice, Politics, Supreme Court
I could not support more strongly the idea that we need as much diversity as possible on the Supreme Court, and not just along the race/gender/religion/sexual orientation axes that we normally talk about. I understand that it’s difficult to get a cross-section of America on a nine-member body, but any time the president has an [...]
Tags: Bill O'Reilly·Dahlia Lithwick·diversity·Elena Kagan·Ivy League·Kathleen Parker·Paul Waldman·real America·Ruth Bader Ginsburg·Supreme Court·Tea Parties·white men
Another History Lesson
March 21st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California has come to the defense of Tea Party protesters hurling racial and homophobic slurs at members of Congress, finding such behavior understandable because “[w]hen you use a totalitarian tactics, people, you know, begin to act crazy.” Both halves of Rep. Nunes “totalitarian tactics justify hate speech” rationale are incorrect. [...]
Tags: Devin Nunes·health care·health care reform·John Lewis·non-violent protest·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties
Lying to Make Friends Goes Undercover
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Lying To Make Friends ventured out into the world of the Teabaggers today to do some actual reporting. Well, I’m not sure it qualifies as reporting when you’re too terrified to actually talk to anyone (other than the UNC fan who accosted me because of my Duke sweatshirt), but I did take pictures! First, a [...]
Tags: angry white men·conservatives·health care·Michelle Bachmann·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties·teabaggers
A Teaching Moment
September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics
One of the more disturbing aspects of the Tea Party movement and conservative response to Obama in general has been the hysteria over the mundane. The president commemorates September 11th by calling for a National Day of Service? Hijacking national tragedy in the name of Karl Marx! The president addresses school children about the importance [...]
Tags: census worker·conservative logic·Michelle Bachmann·right-wing hysteria·Tea Parties