Author - SK Ashby

Ethics

What Happens Next?

What happens next now that House Oversight Chairman Darrell "Witch Hunt" Issa has successfully held a vote of contempt for Attorney General Eric Holder in the House Oversight Committee? The short...

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Quote

Doof Quote of the Day

Joe "Deadbeat Dad" Walsh has some advice for Mitt Romney, and I for one hope Mitt is listening. WALSH: It’s a good thing in this country, Tammy Duckworth, to make money. That is a good thing. I wish...

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Campaign Finance

Here Comes The Money

According to ABCNews, the pro-Romney Concerned Trolls for America and the Koch Brother's Americans for Prosperity super PACs are planning to spend nearly $20 million over just the next 10 days...

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Racism

Birtherism Still Won’t Die

This is a new take on Birtherism. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he's now convinced the president was born in Hawaii, however he now believes the president lied about being born in Kenya...

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Open Thread

The Last Specimen

Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Florida Governor Rick Scott is facing yet another lawsuit for violating the Voting Rights Act. Florida is also facing lawsuits from the ACLU and the...

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Comedy

Thank You Saint Karl

Virtually every line of this Colbert segment is hilarious."I don't think Hispanics are going to fall for Obama's little ploy of promising to help and then doing it."

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Election 2012

Milquetoast Guaranteed

The not-entirely-surprising revelation today that Marco Rubio may not be considered by the Romney campaign for vice president after all also revealed that the VP short-list has been narrowed down to...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

In case you haven't noticed, the Republicans seem to be on a crusade to free Americans to be as dicky as possible to their fellow Americans. It is now okay to be a dick to immigrants. It's now okay...

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Wingnuts

Super Stupid

This is a real campaign ad from real congressional candidate Joe "the un-licensed" Plumber. Samuel Wurzelbacher, famously known as ‘Joe The Plumber,’ is running for Congress this year on a platform...

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Open Thread

Purchasing the Presidency

Artist - Rob Tornoe In other news, anti-immigrant sentiment is now at its lowest point since Gallup began tracking it in 1965. That's bad news for the Republican party platform which tells Americans...

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Election 2012

Kerry Plays Romney

While others are cracking jokes and poking fun at the choice, I think this is brilliant. President Obama has tapped Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, to play Republican Mitt...

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Immigration

He Drank Your Milkshake

When asked for a response to President Obama's recent announcement of a re-prioritization of immigration enforcement, Mitt Romney simply offered the quick and easy "I agree with Marco Rubio" line. I...

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Immigration

Real Tough Men

President Obama's recent announcement that young immigrants will no longer be deported if they meet certain criteria is not an executive order but rather a directive from the Department of Homeland...

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