Author - SK Ashby

Healthcare

Personal Responsibility

As our Supreme Overlords debate the constitutionality of the individual mandate, it's nice to have a reminder that there are still some Republicans out there who practice what they preach. March 26 –...

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Open Thread

Count Backwards

Artist - Christ Weyant In other news, tax-cut magician Paul Ryan pledged to close loopholes today during his two Sunday talk-show appearances, but he has refused to specify any such loopholes...

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Election 2012

One-Word Reactions

Expanding on Bob's earlier post on one-word reactions to Mitt Romney, here's the full chart of one-word reactions to each Republican candidate. Newt Gingrich: Old, No, Idiot, Untrustworthy This is...

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Comedy

This Can’t Be Real, Can It?

“I keep waiting for Mitt to say, ‘Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?’" -Rick Perry at the annual Gridiron Club dinner I keep telling myself this can't be real, but apparently it is.

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Open Thread

The Voters

Artist - Joe Heller You can view the results of the Louisiana Republican primary here. Last minute polling showed Rick Santorum with a large lead, but anything can happen.

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Ethics

Ha! Rape is Super Funny!

No. No it isn't. And for some reason it required a worldwide-trending embarrassment and widespread condemnation for the marketing department of Belvedere Vodka to realize this was a mistake. It's...

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Open Thread

Mitt’s Teleprompters

That's going to leave a mark. Artist - Nate Beeler In other news, John Corzine is an even bigger scumbag than was previously known. MF Global used customer funds, at the instruction of John Corzine...

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Election 2012

Man On Fire

Even though he's prone to gaffes, it's hard not to love Joe Biden, especially when he displays the fire he showed today while speaking in Florida on the 2nd anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. ...

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Healthcare

Happy Anniversary ACA

Today has been filled with Right Wing awfulness and racism, so how about some good news? Today is the 2 year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, and the administration has produced a video to...

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Open Thread

Let’s Try This Again

Artist - Adam Zyglis In other news, the senate voted to pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK) today, which is intended to prevent members of congress from benefiting...

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Ethics

A Lying Liar

Many people have already seen this as it has already made its way around the intertubes, but I'm posting it here because I consider it required viewing. I also recommend sending it to anyone who is...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

Rick Santorum goes there. "If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the etch a sketch candidate of the future.” ...

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Election 2012

Say Anything

You've all seen Mitt Romney's fantastical claim that President Obama actually wants the price of gas to go up. That President Obama assembled a secret task-force, which may or may not have been...

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Racism

Birtherism Still Won’t Die

If at first you don't succeed, try again, right? That's the advice a group of birthers in California took to heart after their last attempt to sue the state over the eligibility of President Obama to...

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Open Thread

A House Republican Film

Artist - RJ Matson In other news, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has chosen the co-author of the state's voter suppression ID law as Secretary of State following a ruling by the state supreme court...

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