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This is past the point of ridiculous. President Obama needs to go to church more often to prove he's not a Muslim:<br />Jimmy Carter went to church more than any other modern president, Ronald Reagan rarely attended. Yet the right hates Carter and loves Reagan. President Obama could live in church and it wouldn't make any difference because it's not about church attendance. It's about a black man in the (up until now all) White...

Here's the one telling sentence in an article at the Washington Post on the results of a Pew poll showing that an increasing number of Americans, including more than a third of those who identify themselves as conservative Republicans, believe that President Obama is a Muslim:"Among those who say Obama is a Muslim, 60 percent say they learned about his religion from the media, suggesting that their opinions are fueled by misinformation.""Misinformation?" No, the word...

A compilation of reports on Fox News about its parent company, News Corp, giving a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association:      That's right, not a word: "A review of TV Eyes and Nexis transcripts shows that Fox News and Fox Business Network programs have not reported on News Corp.'s $1 million contribution to the RGA. Similarly, a review of FoxNews.com shows no mention of the contribution." Not only that: "A top...

From Think Progress: "Republican Allen West is the Tea Party candidate for House in Florida's 22nd district...and has become a favorite among conservatives, earning the endorsement of Sarah Palin." The reason West is welcome in the Tea Party and why he's been endorsed by Sarah the Quitter will become clear. First, a little of Mr. West's history: "West began his political career after resigning from the military following an investigation into his interrogation tactics. In...

I still say we need to get someone working on a blowout preventer for Sarah Palin's mouth: "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a scathing rebuke Monday night to the proposed "mosque" near Ground Zero and President Obama's comments supporting it. "He just doesn't get it, that this is an insensitive move by those Muslims that want to build a mosque in this location," Palin said of Obama in an appearance on Fox's "On the Record." "That...

Since Republicans like to toss around the Nazi comparisons, I've got one that fits much better than any of their fabricated Obama-Hitler connections. Straight out of  Josef Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda: "A propaganda theme must be repeated...Propaganda must label events and people with distinctive phrases or slogans.They must evoke desired responses which the audience previously possesses."Three recent examples--just the latest of many-- of those employing Goebbels' principles. Sen. John Cornyn on Sunday: "I do think...

As you would expect, Ste. Sarah of Facebook weighed in on President Obama's remarks about the Islamic center in New York. What she wrote was her usual sniping from the sidelines (read it at your own risk) including repeating the "Ground Zero mosque" lie, but more interesting were some of the comments from her "fans." Here are a few--unedited, as written:...you don't see christian churches in Afganistan, not even Bibles are allowed im muslim countries...

Big ups to President Obama on his remarks yesterday about the building of the Islamic community center in New York City. He knew there was nothing to gain politically by speaking out, that polls show almost 70% of the public in opposition, and that he would be blasted by the right-wing fearmongers--which is happening over and over and over and over and over--but he stood up for what's right. And the last time I looked...

The kooks at Right Wing News solicited the opinion of more than100 of their fellow kooks "conservative" bloggers on the 25 worst people in American history. Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and FDR were 1, 2, and 3, ahead of Benedict Arnold, Timothy McVeigh, and John Wilkes Booth. Here's the entire list and the number of votes each received from the 43 blogs that responded:23) Saul Alinsky (7)23) Bill Clinton (7)23) Hillary Clinton (7)19) Michael Moore...

Marg Baker, Republican (what else) candidate for the Florida State House, speaking at a 912 Project meeting when asked "What would be your solution for illegal immigration": "We can follow what happened back in the 40's or 50's. I was just a little girl in Miami and they built camps for the people that snuck into the country because they were illegal. They put them in camps and they shipped them back. We can do...