John Boehner

Let's Shout 'You Lie!' to the Liars (Metaphorically, Of Course)

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

We're in a no-kidding crucial situation. Unless someone will stand up and (metaphorically) shout "you lie!" to those who are lying, we may find one day that there is no one left to speak for us.

20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Josh Nelson

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

GOP Leaders Tell Steele To Back Off

Politico | Manu Raju and Jonathan Martin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy. ...

Arthur Delaney

Boehner Can't "Find" Anyone Who Supports Public Option; Maybe He Should Check His Backyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he's never met an American who supports the creation of a public health insurance ...

Boehner: I Have Not Met One American Who Supports The Public Option

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has just more or less dared proponents of a public option to bombard his office with their expressions of ...

Jeff Muskus

GOP Cites ACORN Bill In Fundraising Pitch

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) sent out a fundraising e-mail Wednesday touting the GOP's Defund ACORN Act -- which was both deemed likely...

U.S. Could Get Olympics in 2016, Health Care in 3016

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Obama: "I am more determined than ever to get health care done in the next thousand years."

Ryan Grim

GOP Rushes To Defend Insurance Companies From Dem Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: Veering right into Glenn Beck territory, House Republicans darkly hinted Wednesday that the White House was behind the nefarious plot to muzz...

Jeff Muskus

Hoyer: McChrystal Should Testify Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


In the wake of his leaked report warning of possible failure in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal should testify before Congress sooner rather than...

Mr. President: Time to Issue a Direct 'Call to Action' to Your Grassroots Supporters

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Paul Abrams

It is time for Obama to go "all in" on health care reform. Having declared health care reform the defining mark of his presidency, he has nothing to lose but defeat.

Eight GOP Politicians Parrot False $1,761 Talking Point on Costs of Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green


Josh Nelson

When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.

A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics


Michael B. Laskoff

Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

GOP Plan: If Uninsured Die Fast Enough, They Won't Need Coverage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Rep. Boehner said that the sooner the uninsured die, "the sooner they will be relieved of the stress and anxiety caused by not having health coverage."

Why Health Care Reform May Kill the USA

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Steven G. Brant

My waking nightmare was prompted by House Minority Leader John Boehner's appearance on the PBS NewsHour Thursday night. Why is he speaking so positively of "rebellion"?

GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


"I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents," he said. Long before the tea parties or...

Joseph Cao: "Future Of GOP" Voted To Rebuke Wilson

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics


Joseph Cao was hailed six months ago as the future of the GOP. Yesterday, he voted to rebuke Joe Wilson. Can the most endangered Republican in the Hou...

Joe Wilson and the 9/12 March: The Week That Decency Died?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

The 9/12 protests are extensions of the 'sore loser' rallies, and they're one hundred percent partisan. That is why their attempts to wrap themselves in the tragedy of 9/11 is so wrong.

Republicans Fear "Crackpots" Becoming Face Of Party

POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it d...

Wilson Censure Considered By Dem Leadership

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has refused to apologize to the House of Representatives for his conduct Wednesday night, prompting Democratic leadership to ...

The Monkey, The Organ Grinder, & the Swift Boating of Van Jones

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


John Wellington Ennis

We need rope, lots of it, to let the right wing shark-osphere hang themselves in their xenophobic obsessions. Because what won't deter them is shame. There is no shame to these hacks.

Reactionary Right Lose the Night with Wilson Back-Bencher Blast

Brian Ross | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Brian Ross

Even in this day and age, there is an ignorant rabble that apparently cannot grasp the protocols of our government.

Health Care Reform Debate A Boon To Focus On The Family And The Christian Right

The Washington Post | Jacqueline L. Salmon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


The Christian right, facing questions before the presidential election about its continuing potency as a force for cultural and political change, has ...

On Wednesday, the President Has to Move the Health Care Debate from a Marketplace of Lies to a Marketplace of Ideas

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

If outright lies end up killing health care reform, the Republicans will have won, but, more importantly, the American people will have lost.

Republicans Demand Equal Access to Schoolchildren

Don Parker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Don Parker

Amid the uproar over President Obama's grand scheme to use subliminal brainwashing to indoctrinate America's schoolchildren into his cult of personality, Republicans today demanded equal access to young minds so they could counterbalance the president's dangerous message.