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The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

A loyal opposition would be a great thing; an opposition that added constructive ideas to the nation's political debate. But that's not where the GOP is today.

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RNC Clown College (PICS)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

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Thanks to the site The Daily What, we recently discovered Hebiclens/WMxdesign's photostream on flickr which is full of hilarious photoshopped images o...

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Do You Feel Scared???

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Fox News, Fearmongering, Republican Party, Nobama, John Boehner, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Comedy News
John Wellington Ennis

House Minority Leader John Boehner, from the state of Ohio which I know so well, released a video today called "Do You Feel Safe?" to helpfully suggest why we should be scared shitless.

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Over the Line: Boehner Inserts Pic of Congressional Hispanics in Terrorist Montage.

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 05.31.2009 | Home

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Mario Solis-Marich

After years of immigrant bashing and recent heated rhetorical statements about Latin American leaders, the patience of CHC towards GOP leadership members may be used up.

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Ryan Grim

House GOP Obama Ad Aims To Terrify (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

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UPDATE: Richard Clarke, head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, responded to the v...

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Boehner On Obama's First 100 Days: Latest Bill Makes Me "Want To Throw Up"

Washington Times | Click the Photo to Enlarge. | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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The top House Republican said Tuesday that the liberal bills being pushed by President Obama and congressional Democrats make him "want to throw up" a...

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Luddites Live On

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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Lance Simmens

John Boehner's job is to advance policies that will make a positive difference for all Americans, not to pander to the Luddites who are fearful of new technologies and scientific development.

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Napolitano Splits GOP; Leaders Not Calling For Resignation

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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The White House and senior lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defended Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday as a cadre of Republ...

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Boehner's blunder

Daniel Menaker | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Menaker

John Boehner uses this honest word of "torture" as part of a defense of these methods, but the diction says more than the defense.

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Ryan Grim

Boehner: Memos Outline "Torture Techniques"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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While cable news outlets and major newspapers continue to use euphemisms such as "harsh interrogation tactics" to describe the Bush administration's a...

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Ryan Grim

House Republicans Beat Up House Dems In Letter To Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans, in advance of a meeting Thursday at the White House, sent President Obama a letter outlining the difficulties they say they've had ...

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Napolitano Resignation Demanded By Some House Republicans

The Hill | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Conservative House Republicans are calling on their leaders to ask President Obama for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's resignation. ...

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Green News Report - April 21, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The EPA declares pollution a hazard (duh)....so Congressional Republicans focus on (wait for it).... cow farts!; The 39th ce...

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Analysis: Republicans still struggling in Congress

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Three months into the new Congress, Republicans are struggling to reinvent themselves on the fly as they adjust to life without a p...

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Sam Stein

Boehner Cites Cow Farts To Downplay Global Warming (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Green

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Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change as "comical" during...

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The Conservatives' Dangerous Game of Hate and Consequences

John Ridley | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

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John Ridley

Empty of better ideas -- of any ideas -- of how to remain relevant, the reactionary wing of the conservative movement has chosen to quit faking respectability and get back to doing what they do best: cranking up the hate to eleven.

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

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Sam Stein

GOP Leadership Hammers Obama Over Policies They Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Some progressive House Democrats were quoted criticizing President Obama's approach to Afghanistan and Iraq on Thursday, and perhaps not surprisingly,...

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Boehner Vs. Cantor: GOP Leadership Increasingly Divided

Washington Post | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

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On the House floor Thursday, Republicans registered their unanimous opposition to President Obama's budget proposal. Led by Minority Leader John A. B...

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GOP Calls For "National Day Of Foot Stamping & Lip Pursing"

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.05.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Stranahan

National Republican leaders, frustrated by the popularity of President Barack Obama and widespread public support for his policies, vowed today to remain frustrated.

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Boehner To Reporter: "Get A Brush, Will You?" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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House Minority Leader John Boehner had more than the Republican's new budget on his mind at Thursday's press conference. He offered unsolicited advice...

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Insane Republicans Reveal An Insane Budget Plan

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

Congratulations, Republicans, you just released a budget that rewards wealthy corporate executives while blocking any attempt to dig us out of the economic catastrophe they created. Smart!

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 1, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Eat The Press Operative Karla sends us the awesome cover of the April edition of D Magazine, featuring George W. Bush cold-chillin' in some Photoshopp...

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The Elephant's New Clothes

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Richards

See how smart you can look on a budget?

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Nonsense Pronouncements About Budget Deficits

Robert H. Frank | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Robert H. Frank

The two critical steps for thinking more clearly about budget deficits are: first, distinguish between the long run and the short run, and second: examine how borrowed money will be spent.

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