Category Archives: Liars

Taxes and Tea Baggers

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Can anyone explain why the IRS investigating Tea Party organizations that want tax exempt status is a bad thing? The Tea Party is a political movement. The IRS isn’t supposed to give tax exempt status to political movements. Does anyone … Continue reading →

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Gun background checks: Fool me twice …

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Another Republican lies about supporting background checks for gun purchases. This time it’s Rob Portman, the Ohio senator (from Daily Kos): Portman tried to obscure his true stance in a reply to a letter from Peter Schulman objecting to his … Continue reading →

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Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi: The GOP cartoon

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

That’s Robert Gates, the secretary of defense in the Bush administration, calling the GOP interpretation of how Benghazi should have been dealt with “cartoonish.” And here’s the lead animator of the cartoon, Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican, who’s presiding … Continue reading →

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Gun background checks: Fool me once …

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

How do Republicans expect to get away with voting against gun background checks by saying they support gun background checks? Here’s how (from TPM): Having found themselves on the wrong side of a cause supported by the vast majority of … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped and forgotten

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

When a girl from a well to do family goes missing (Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, JonBenet Ramsey, Chandra Levy, Natalee Holloway) the national media go into overdrive, with minute-by-minute coverage of the national disaster. But when said girls are from … Continue reading →

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South Carolina Republicans embrace an adulterer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

The people who live in South Carolina’s First Congressional District have no honor: Mark Sanford won the South Carolina special election comfortably Tuesday, emerging victorious in a competitive race for what in normal circumstances is a safe Republican seat. The … Continue reading →

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Another GOP adulterer running for election

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Mark Sanford, a Republican, was South Carolina’s governor from 2003 to 2011. For six days in 2009, he disappeared. No one knew where he was. Not his security detail. Not his family. When he reappeared, he told the state that … Continue reading →

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Airports and the temporarily disabled

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

If you fly from city to city a couple of times a month, you’ve probably seen this (from The Wall Street Journal): It happens regularly, airport officials say. A traveler requests a wheelchair, gets pushed to the front of the … Continue reading →

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The arrest that wasn’t

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

One thing for sure. News outlets really screwed up in Wednesday’s coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Here’s a chart (click to enlarge): The best part: CNN says “dark-skinned male.” CBS says “white mail.” Consensus: The suspect has skin. … Continue reading →

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McConnell vs. ProgressKY: A circus act

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

Kentucky Democrats need to get their act together if they’re going to beat Mitch McConnell in the 2014 U.S. Senate race. But based on this story in the Courier-Journal, as long as they have guys like this working for them, … Continue reading →

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