by Terrance Heath | Aug 15, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Two tragic events this week gave right wingers an opportunity to show some humanity and decency. As usual, wingnuts did not exactly cover themselves in glory. Instead of rising to the occasion, they sank to new lows. Most Americans were sad to learn that beloved...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 8, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Sen. Rand Paul turned tail and ran away when confronted by undocumented DREAMers. But the GOP has a “Latino problem” it can’t run from, and right-wingers seem determined to make it worse. Sen. Paul was with fellow-Republican Rep. Steve King in Iowa when undocumented...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In a Detroit News op-ed this week, Michigan Republican Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land separated herself from most Republican lawmakers and voiced opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement currently being negotiated. Her op-ed included this: I...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker John Boehner called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's idea for passing immigration reform "Nutso." Maybe Boehner hasn't taken a good look at his own party. Then again, who can blame him? No doubt Boehner was stinging from his latest humiliating defeat....
by Terrance Heath | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Right-wing reaction to issues in the news this week brought to mind a classic 1980s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial, but with a wingnut spin on the famous line: “Hey, you got your Malaysian airliner in my Benghazi!” Across the wingnut-o-sphere, right-wingers...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Thank heaven for American wingnuts’ short attention span. The apparent shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the Ukraine gave us a respite from the usual sexist, racist, homophobic, xenophobic rantings. A brief one, but a respite nonetheless. Fox News...
