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Republicans

Ken Mehlman Says “I’m Gay”

August 26, 2010
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And? It seems that Ken Mehlman has decided to come out of the closet.  Maybe someone should have told him before he made the statement that his closet door has been open since day one.  Who did he think he was fooling?  The Republicans?  Oh, please. // According to Mr. Mehlman it has taken him [...]

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Conservative GOP Has “Some ‘Splaining to Do” Over Trip to Voyeur West Hollywood

March 29, 2010

For those of us old enough to have enjoyed “I Love Lucy” we remember those times when Lucy would be up to something she did not want Ricky to know about.  Inevitably, Ricky would find out — we always do — and come home flinging the door open with his famous words to Lucy.  “Luuuucy, [...]

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President Obama Steps Up to the Plate

March 27, 2010
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There is no need to try to catch up on the Health Care Reform Bill that President Barack Obama signed into law this past week.  We all know how it happened and contrary to what some would have us believe, the majority of American citizens wanted to see something positive come out of a year [...]

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President Obama and the Republicans Face to Face in Baltimore

January 29, 2010

In a rare face to face meeting today in Baltimore, President Obama and representatives of the Republican party in the House asked and answered questions while occasionally lecturing one another, disputing one another, and sounding much like Parliament (for those who love those raucus meetings in the U.K.). This is worth watching if you can [...]

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Gov. Mark Sanford Not Hanging Loose in Mtns., Hanging with Mistress in Argentina

June 24, 2009

It just never ends.  We have tried to overlook this last Republican disgrace, but it is just too good to let it go.  It seems that the conservative water walker Governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford, has discovered that confession is good for the soul. After going missing for several days, being reported to be [...]

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Ensign Stays On in Senate, Steps Aside as Chairman of RPC

June 17, 2009

Oh, how things look differently when you are the one caught with the hand in the cookie jar!  Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada, has stepped down as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, but has made no indication that he is willing to leave Washington or his Senate seat. It is clear that Ensign [...]

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Senator John Ensign Adds His Name to the Disgraced

June 16, 2009

There is little to say about the extramarital affair of Senator John Ensign, Republican of Nevada.  With Las Vegas as his home base, it appears that Ensign gambled and lost.  Today he is heading home to confirm an extramarital affair. Perhaps we should say more, but let’s just say — John Edwards, Bill Clinton, David [...]

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Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) Going to China?

May 15, 2009

According to an administration official it seems that President Barack Obama plans to name Republican Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. as Ambassador to China. Needless to say, this comes as a major disappointment and a shock to some of the Repubs who sit around the Sunday morning talk show table — specifically, Monica Crowley.  Over [...]

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Dick Cheney: Uncut, Extended Version

May 15, 2009

I swear to you, this Dick Cheney just will not go away.  In fact, the new uncut version of the Cheney side show reminds me of the uncut extended version of the worst movie I have ever seen. Cheney has come out of the shadows since leaving office and wheelchair behind, making the rounds of [...]

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Romney, Cantor Are Examples of Why the GOP Lost and Continue to Lose

May 3, 2009

It’s not that Mitt Romney and Eric Cantor are not bright and articulate.  It is that neither of them have the courage to face the truth… at least not in public. This morning in an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, where both appeared, they said they believed the GOP lost traction… and the [...]

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