Monthly Archives: September 2010

  Rick Perry: Odd Man Out – There’s going to be a Texas gubernatorial debate in Austin after all, but Rick Perry won’t be there. Democrat Bill White last month accepted the invitation, which was initially extended just to Perry, … Continue reading →

  Conservative Creep Tries to Pull Another Video Con; This Time on CNN – James O’Keefe, best known for hitting the community organizing group ACORN with a heavily edited and misleading undercover video, hoped to get CNN Investigative Correspondent Abbie … Continue reading →

  Republican “Pledge to America” Fails National Security Test – The national security portion of the Republican “Pledge to America” (buried away on page 37 of the 45-page document) fails to address any of America’s immediate security challenges. Neither Al … Continue reading →

  Rick Perry Has a Problem with the Truth – The non-partisan Politifact.org has graded 40 of Rick Perry’s campaign statements and has found that only 13% of them are true, and only 10% are mostly true.   Republican Mike … Continue reading →

  Rick Perry Doesn’t Take Questions – Letter to Rick Perry from the President of the National Conference of Editorial Writers: September 23, 2010 Dear Gov. Perry: The National Conference of Editorial Writers was stunned and disappointed today when you … Continue reading →

  Republicans Doing Voter Suppression in Wisconsin – According to the statements made on recordings of a meeting of Wisconsin Tea Party leaders, Here’s the plans between the Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair and the state director of Americans for … Continue reading →

  Rick Perry is So Proud; State May Have to Lay Off 9,800 Workers – 9,800 workers could likely be laid off as the state grapples with a projected two-year budget shortfall approaching $21 billion. Mike Gross, vice president of … Continue reading →

  Christine O’Donnell in 1999: ‘I dabbled into witchcraft’ – The story of Christine O’Donnell’s past got a little stranger Friday. Bill Maher — on whose former show, “Politically Incorrect,” O’Donnell appeared repeatedly in the late 1990s — showed a … Continue reading →

  Republican Lies About Public Employees – In August, the New Republic, the New York Times and others warned, “There’s a class war coming to the world of government pensions.” Of course, there’s only one problem with Rush Limbaugh’s claim … Continue reading →

  Republicans Have Been Lying About the Deficit – The Treasury says that the deficit for August of this year is 13% lower than that of the August of last year, and 8% lower than the first 11 months of … Continue reading →