If you do it yourself, you can’t complain when McCain does… From Factcheck.org. A new Obama-Biden ad includes misleading claims about McCain and education spending: It says McCain "voted to cut education funding" and lists five votes. But one was a vote for increased education funding, although for fewer dollars than what Democrats may have…
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(from Factcheck.org) Joe Lieberman and his former Senate colleague Fred Thompson both made misleading claims about Obama in their prime time GOP convention speeches on Tuesday. We’ve heard two of them before – many times. Lieberman said Obama hadn’t "reached across party lines" to accomplish "anything significant," though Obama has teamed with GOP Sens. Tom Coburn…
I’m a registered Libertarian. I believe in less government.No, less than that.No, less that that. To be clear, I am neither a Liberal nor a Conservative. My political beliefs are not that simple. I’ve voted for both Republicans and Democrats based on what they promised me and whether or not they’ve kept those promises. Last…
If you thought Obama’s pastor was scary, wait till you get a load of Palin’s. critics of President Bush will be banished to hell; questioned whether people who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would be accepted to heaven; charged that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and war in Iraq were part of a war…
The Republicans have fucked themselves. Nominating an old man with dubious political decisions and a rookie governor with no foreign experience, relying on the ultra-conservative base to push them through the electoral college with promises of pro-life judges and creationism in schools. I mean, what the fuck are the Republicans thinking? An old man and…
I notice little things. Watch this video, then tell me what’s wrong. Why is a Protestant preacher using the word “saint” when he’s talking about Paul? I mean, really. Don’t these people understand their own religion? (The answer is, “No.” Yeah, I know the answer to my own questions, sometimes.) The preacher, by the way,…
We know the Bush Administration used “code words” to speak to Christian groups. (You can check them out here.) Looks like McCain is doing the same thing in a new internet ad. In short, he’s calling Obama the Anti-Christ. Fundamentalist Christians are starting to talk about the idea seriously. Here’s the ad. Watch for the…
(from Crooks and Liars) During a press availability in Panama City, Florida, John McCain said, “I have supported hundreds of pieces of legislation, which would help Americans obtain an equal opportunity in America. I am proud of that record, from fighting for the recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday in my state to sponsoring…
Yesterday, I stick up for the Mormons and this is how they repay me. Orson Scott Card–who wrote Ender’s Game–just said this: The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal recognition to “gay marriage,” is that it marks the end of democracy in America.He said it in the Mormon…