What you should remember about present and future Obama scandals

Here is the thing that you have to remember about the present attempts to tarnish Obama with the Emmanuel-Blagojevich scandal: Bill Ayers. If the Republicans would use an tangential, inconsequential relationship to make out that Obama is a Marxist America-hating terrorist then they will stop at pretty much nothing. If Obama so much as trips [...]

That really is how Conservatives are…

Look, lefties, it’s not a figment of your imagination. I was a (social) Conservative at one point in my life, maybe to an extent still am, the point is that yes, they are bigots. Bigoted on every level that a mostly white, apparently heterosexual, fundamentalist people can be bigoted on. They hate and they do [...]

What makes politicians likable?

An old balding man running for leadership of a First World country would normally have no chance, unless he is running against a black guy. Another whose ideas require a certain amount of common sense, and which would be drastically different from what is currently espoused has no shot.
Normally you have to look at [...]

Conservative style spin and excuses

If Rush Limbaugh were found with kiddie porn and/or dismembered tranny hookers in his trunk
Excuses:
Liberals framed him! Obama framed him!
He was collecting evidence to hunt down and capture pedophiles in his free time.
He had a moment of weakness but God has forgiven him so we should too.
If Sean Hannity was videoed in a Klan robe [...]

Elizabeth Dole tries to name AIDS bill after Jesse Helms

Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms
Republican Senator Dole introduced an amendment to name an HIV/AIDS relief bill after the recently deceased Jesse Helms. Helms, of course, was a strident foe of HIV/AIDS prevention, research and treatment.Suddenly, I find myself liking this woman. Of course it may be that she went into [...]