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South Carolina’s super far-right senator, Jim DeMint, announced today that he was quitting. DeMint has been an outspoken advocate for Tea Party extremism and one of the main people responsible for Washington gridlock. He’s leaving for the far-right think tank, the Heritage Foundation, a group founded by Joseph Coors and inspired by the John Birch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is not an exhaustive list, but here are a few Tea Party/John Birch Society members who managed to win in Tuesday’s election. Best to keep an eye on them. Sean Duffy, Wisconsin Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Steve King, Iowa Jim Renacci, Ohio Susan Brooks, Indiana Luke Messer, Indiana Vicky Hartzler, Missouri Mike Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania Doug […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While Indiana, Missouri, Maine and many other states managed to keep Tea Party nuts at bay, other states weren’t so wise. Nebraska’s Deb Fischer won a senate seat by kow-towing to Tea Party extremists in the Republican primary.
It took me a while, but I finally figured it out. I have to give Republicans credit, over the years they’ve developed such a complicated shell game that I genuinely thought they had some depth and principle. What I’ve discovered is that they only stand for one thing; rich people getting and keeping as much […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last month, veteran Washington insider Ron Kaufmam denied that Mitt Romney was racist for attacking the President over welfare and joking about being a Birther. A senior adviser for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney denied the campaign was engaging in race politics by airing a television advertisement that accuses President Barack Obama of “gutting” the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We get it– President Obama is a Kenyan socialist who hates the country and wants to kill your grandmother. That’s pretty much what the Tea Party has given us. Yes, they wrap it up in patriotic ribbons and confuse you with talk of freedom, but that basically covers the Tea Party’s contribution to society. You […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their commitment to cutting government spending now, but they used the 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that, taken cumulatively, added more than $1 billion to the federal budget. Read more Here’s the full list; NAME EARMARKS AMOUNT Aderholt (R-AL) 69 $78,263,000 Akin (R-MO) 9 $14,709,000 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They once claimed to be nonpartisan. Now, the Tea Party is heading to Tampa as just another brick in the Republican Party wall. They thought they hated the government, turns out they just hated President Obama. They once perceived themselves as leaderless, now Sarah Palin tells them what to do. In the beginning, Tea Partiers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s been a lot of talk about the dramatic circumstances that led the Supreme Court to vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act last Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts was the deciding vote in a narrow 5-4 decision and many have speculated on why he chose to vote with the more moderate justices. CBS News […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned. Most politicians are proud of their service. Most would like historians and journalists to have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“We have not seen such a divisive figure in modern American history as we have over the last three and a half years.” Those are the words of CNBC-T Party favorite Marco Rubio, thus revealing himself to be a non-serious, hyperbolic flamethrower of the first order. Attacking the President for dividing the country while being the person […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What we’ve seen is a bunch of posers, dogs without a bite, men without conviction. Texas evangelist Robert Jeffress is one such man. Jeffress once said that Mitt Romney was part of a cult, you know, those groups who want to take your children from you and brainwash them? Not so much now. Jeffress just announced […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Which, I suppose, makes CNBC the Cartoon network. DEBT! DEBT! DEBT! Santelli rants, but we must not support the Buffet Rule that brings down THE DEBT by billions and billions of dollars. I guess billions of dollars isn’t real money to the Cuban cigar smoking set. It must be so embarrassing for the floor traders trying to do their job to have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney supported TARP, the financial bail-out which was supposedly hated by the liberty-loving CNBC-T Party. That was then. Two years ago, some Republicans found their vote for TARP was enough to draw a populist conservative opponent into the GOP primary. Tea Party star Sen. Mike Lee won the Republican nomination over incumbent Utah Sen. Bob […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you know how you say “no” in Spanish? Marco Rubio sure does. This CNBC-T Party favorite say’s no every chance he gets. Rubio has become the face of the Republicant Party. Instead of doing the job of a U.S. Senator, Rubio has decided to seek short-term political gains by obstructing the business of government. Rubio’s latest gambit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive In an effort to stop President Obama, Tea Party Nation called for all American businesses and corporations not to hire anyone until he’s gone.
That’s what Conservative commentator and Morning Joe television host had to say about Texas Governor Rick Perry’s performance in New Hampshire over the weekend.
The Texas Governor appointed by George W. Bush, the one who threatens to secede from the Union unless his demands are met, declared his candidacy for President of the United States in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday. In a cliche-ridden speech, full of poll-tested rhetoric and fancy slogans, Rick Perry attacked the federal government and declared his intent to cut […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Iowa Straw Poll was held Saturday and apparently the right cup of tea for Iowa Republicans is Michelle Bachmann. Despite her disasterous performance in Thursday night’s debate, where the Minnesota Congressperson expressed her desire to see America default on its financial obligations, Bachmann was able to harness the anger and evangelical zeal of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Governor Rick Perry of Texas is a favorite of the Tea Party for his tough talk about limited government. Only last year, Perry threatened that Texas might secede from the union. Yet, Perry has a sweet tooth when it comes to government handouts. As President Obama noted last week, “Governor Perry helped balance his budget with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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