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The rabid right obviously learned nothing from the Shirley Sherrod story. That taking information from questionable (to be kind) sources and running with it without verification leaves a lot of egg on a lot of faces. The latest evidence came yesterday when Dan Amato at Digger's Realm "broke" the story about members of a  Mexican drug cartel supposedly crossing the border and "taking over at least 2 ranches in the Laredo, Texas area." Accompanying the...

In April of this year Karl Rove and former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie launched American Crossroads, billed as "an independent, national grassroots political organization whose mission is to speak out in support of conservative issues and candidates across America.""Independent?" Besides Rove and Gillespie:"American Crossroads...is the brainchild of a team of veteran GOP consultants, including former RNC chairman Mike Duncan, Republican operative Jim Dyke and Steven J. Law, who is leaving his perch as...

The bloviator-in-chief yesterday, from behind the golden microphone at the Excrement In Broadcasting Network: "On his show Thursday, Limbaugh blasted [Fox News anchor Shepard] Smith for not showing the video, suggesting that Smith only showed restraint because he didn't have the "guts" to show it. "Even Fox caved on this. Even poor old Shep Smith went down there and said that everybody's wrong on this, that Breitbart is wrong and so forth," Limbaugh said during...

To listen to the Bush administration history revisionists and legacy reconstructionists one would think that his 2 terms in office started on September 12, 2001. For years they have reminded us how President Bush "kept us safe" for over 7 years following 9/11, which is kind of like saying that other than the iceberg incident the captain of the Titanic had an impeccable safety record. Now that Republicans are running on a platform of taking...

Two prominent Republicans gave us a preview of what to expect should the GOP regain the majority in the House in the November mid-term elections. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann......said:"I think that all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another, and expose all the nonsense that has gone on."The man who would be Speaker, John Boehner......has a three point plan--repeal health care reform, kill climate legislation, and (surprise !) extend all the...

I am a racist. I admit it. I can't stand so many of these old(er) white men who sit on their asses collecting a paycheck they don't deserve while people under them with no power or authority, but a heckuva lot of responsibility for P&L, lose their jobs as a direct result of what the old(er) white man did or didn't do.I can't stand the fact that in Corporate America, it can be a...

It appears that Republicans are following the advice of Rep. Peter King (R-NY) about laying out their plans for what they would do should they regain control of the House in the November mid-term elections. On Bill Bennett's radio program last Thursday, Rep. King said this:"I don't think we have to lay out a complete agenda, from top to bottom, because then we would have the national mainstream media jumping on every point trying...

A couple of charts for the Republican Tin Men (if they only had a heart) who think that the unemployed are just lazy bums who would rather collect unemployment that work. First, from the Atlantic:"At the end of May there were 3.2 million job openings, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the face of nearly 15 million unemployed, that's obviously not enough. And if you add in those other...

God's Own Party is on the march. Sharron Angle, speaking to Ralph Reed:Reed: Sharron, you really came, maybe not out of nowhere but the back of the pack to win the Republican primary here in Nevada. There is a new poll out this week that shows you leading Harry Reid by 7 or 8 points. How do you explain all this? Your now a national story, are you kind of overwhelmed by it all?Angle: Not...

In a continuous effort to keep it classy among right wingers, Rush Limbaugh, Head of the GOP,  yesterday offered the following commentary regarding the death of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. From Media Matters: "That cracker made a lot of African-American millionaires.  He fired a bunch of white guys as managers left and right." Listen for more:   I'm not going to say he can't say this stuff, that's what free speech is for.  I am just so...