America Is Exceptional, Except When Conservatives Have Their Way

Peter Daou makes the case that Conservative ideology and governance is destroying America. Waging a war on women and the environment, conservatives contribute to America’s decline. The American right is fiercely wedded to the notion of American exceptionalism, but there’s nothing exceptional about...

Santorum to Palin: “Step Aside, It’s My Turn”

Apparently Rick Santorum could no longer manage to sit idly by and watch Sarah Palin consume all the stupid in the Republican party so he decided to dive right back into the mix head first. Welcome back little Ricky… “The question is — and this is what Barack Obama didn’t want to...

Glad He Is Not MY Brother

What would Jesus say on his first day in office as Governor of Alabama? Certainly not this: Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a church crowd just moments into his new administration that those who have not accepted Jesus as their savior are not his brothers and sisters, shocking some critics who questioned...

Move Over, Sarah Palin — There’s A NEW Mama Grizzly Ready To Sink Her Teeth Into 2012

Just when you thought Michele Bachmann’s unchecked (and wholly unhinged) egomania would finally be satiated (and silenced) by a House Intelligence Committee appointment comes this Hindenberg of a trial balloon: ABC News has learned that Bachmann, R-Minn., also is seriously weighing whether to seek...

Issa Thinkin Obama Izza Corrupt

If you are older than 7 years of age you are acutely aware that just saying something is true doesn’t actually make it so. Sadly, it would appear that incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform (R) Darrel Issa never learned this lesson. It would appear that he believes that by...

Halloween WTF? Zombie Wingnut Polygamist of Color Needs Brains

Last night while winding down and reading up on what transpired throughout the day I noticed a tweet between @SamSeder and what I assumed was a reasonable conservative about whether ABC actually understood who they were getting when they signed on to have Andrew Breitbart participate in their upcoming...