Author - SK Ashby

Open Thread

Debate Quiz

Artist - David Fitzsimmons I'm sure this comes as a shock, but the right wing is sliming the young elementary school teacher who asked the question concerning equal pay for women last night. I'm not...

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Comedy

Save the Candidates

I suppose this wasn't the last time I would mention this story after all. And I don't care if you're sick of this story, because I'm still laughing. Colbert and Stewart both took swipes at Paul Ryan...

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Election 2012

Mitt’s Rules

Because Team Romney is continuing to complain about debate rules, the debate questions, and the debate moderator this evening -- here's a video of Romney trying to make his own rules. Romney: He got...

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Epic Fail

What About Your Claps?

Sure, Mitt Romney was out-matched, disjointed, and obviously agitated throughout the night, but Michelle Obama clapped for her husband of 20 years at one point in the debate! Gasp! Drudge siren...

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Open Thread

Balancing the Budget

Will Romney call for increased defense spending again tonight, or will he pretend that he never did to begin with? Who knows? Artist - Adam Zyglis In other news, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Ohio...

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Ethics

Pointing Fingers

A common theme among the Romney campaign, and during the vice presidential debate, has been to point fingers at the Obama administration for supposedly bungling both the preparation for and the...

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Photography

Photo of the Day

This is what 600 copies of Dreams From My Real Father looks like. These were offered free-of-charge at a rally for Paul Ryan yesterday along with pamphlets on George Soros. (photo via Slate) Adding...

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Ethics

Best Persons

After his son was suspended and assigned alternative school for standing up for a special-needs friend who was being bullied, former law enforcement officer and active service member Randy Duke...

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Ethics

Say Anything

Longtime George Romney aide Walter De Vries is no fan of Mitt. In fact I think it would be fair to say he's embarrassed by Mitt. Walter De Vries, who worked for the senior Mr. Romney throughout the...

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Open Thread

Another Big Bird

Artist - Bill Day In other news, a study released today by the Keystone Research Center shows that since the late 1940s, Democratic presidents have presided over the net addition of 7 million new...

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Epic Fail

A Lesson in Bad Optics

This is so shameless, rude, crass, douchey, and fake it leaves me damn near speechless. Paul Ryan posed for a photo-op while cleaning a pot at a Youngstown, Ohio soup kitchen on Saturday. And that...

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Economy

More Good News for the Economy

With consumer confidence at a five year high during the month of September, retail sales have followed suit based on new numbers released by the Commerce Department today. (Reuters) - Retail sales...

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