November 2009 Archives

Republican candidate for New York District 23, Dede Scozzafava, recently pulled out of the race.  She had come under withering attacks from Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and his supporters, including Sarah Palin, for not being "conservative enough" because of her pro-choice, pro-gay marriage stance on social issues, ties to organized labor, and support for the stimulus.  Scozzafava claims her record was misrepresented and that she simply could not raise enough money to counter the...

This just what we need. A mob of Bachmann-inspired teabaggers and  town hall screamers roaming the halls of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. From Crooks and Liars:"I'd love to have every one of your viewers to join me so we can go up and down through the halls, find members of Congress, look at the whites of their eyes and say, 'Don't take away my healthcare.'"Interesting phrasing by Congresswoman Bachmann. Google the words "the whites...