August 27, 2012
Republican Senate Candidate Tom Smith Says Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy ‘Similar’ to Rape Pregnancy
Apparently there is no end to the GOP insanity, and we still have a Republican convention to contend with!
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August 27, 2012
Do Liberals and Democrats Demonize Wealth?
A recent Left Call commenter said, “What I totally don’t understand about you liberals, and Democrats in general, is how you so easily demonize the wealthy. I just don’t get it. You think that the Republican Party is just for the wealthy? That Conservatives are rich people alone?”
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August 27, 2012
Tea Party RINOs, as Defined by Will McAvoy of The Newsroom
If you aren’t watching The Newsroom then you should be. It’s a new Aaron Sorkin show on HBO that combines a great cast with a unique method of weaving real-life events, politicians, and public figures into the world of ACN (Atlantis Cable News), a fictional news network that competes with the real-life Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is the anchor of a fictional 8pm news program on ACN called News Night.
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August 26, 2012
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist Backs Obama for President
Charlie Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida wrote an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times today giving his endorsement to President Barack Obama.
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August 25, 2012
Birtherism: Hey Romney Supporters, Your Bias Is Showing
On Friday, while at a campaign stop in Michigan, Mitt Romney joked, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate.” Maybe Romney has gone birther, or maybe he was pandering to the birther element within the Republican Party, or maybe he just made a bad joke. It’s irrelevant to the point I would like to make that Romney supporters are showing their bias when they defend his “joke.”
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August 25, 2012
Undocumented Immigrants and their US-Born Children
What is the greater crime – Entering the country illegally? Or, a judge ordered separation of parent from child? If you ask me, it’s the latter, and I’d like to hear someone try to make a case for the former being the bigger crime. I’m not saying we should ignore the rule-of-law, but we need a judicial system and an immigration system that does not run on absolutes. We need to stop treating illegal immigration as a serious crime, because it is not.
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August 25, 2012
Real Time with Bill Maher: Highlights from Episode 256, August 24, 2012
Highlights from Real Time with Bill Maher – Episode 256, August 24, 2012
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August 24, 2012
VIDEO: Romney: ‘No One’s Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate’
What is Mitt Romney looking to accomplish with his birth certificate joke? Today Mitt Romney said, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate.” He said this during a campaign stop in Michigan. Why does Romney feel the need to play to the racist and ‘head up the ass’ fringe of the Republican base when he should be trying to win over the few remaining undecided voters? Surely these undecided voters are in the moderate camp and not likely to subscribe to the absurd birther movement.
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August 23, 2012
Stories You Should Be Reading, August 23, 2012
Gawker releases over 950 pages of Bain Capital financial records:
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August 23, 2012
Republican Rank Hypocrisy on Issues of Personal Freedom and Liberty
Have you ever noticed how often the Republican Party attempts to trample freedom and liberty? They say they are the defenders of freedom and liberty but the Republican Party, if left unchecked, appears hell-bent on passing laws that discriminate against millions of Americans.
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