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I’ll do my best

August 18th, 2010
From Reddit, via the Daily What.
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Can you smell-ell-ell-ell-ell what Linda McMahon is cooking?

May 18th, 2010
Fact: Richard Blumenthal is a big old douche for (at best) misleading people that he fought in Vietnam. Surprising, related fact: credit for his exposure probably goes to the campaign of one of his Republican opponents, Linda McMahon of Word Wrestling Entertainment (and Vince’s wife). From her Wikipedia page: Linda McMahon was active in the [...]
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Catalogue of sins

May 11th, 2010
Wonkette relays a wonderful list of sins, as decreed by the Family Research Council (you may know them from such hypocrisies as the rent boy. There’s a special section of “State & National Sins”, which defines sins for citizens and leaders. All of them are gems, but I especially like these: Judicial, legislative & executive [...]
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Obama’s not my pastor either?

April 17th, 2010
It occurs to me that if the right-wing claim is true that the government can’t accomplish anything (aside from the moon landing I guess) and ruins anything it touches, shouldn’t religious conservatives want to keep church and state as separate as possible?
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If You Vote for Health Care, Sen. Tom Coburn Will Not Forget, Will Make You Pay

March 18th, 2010
Raising the bar on Republican opposition maneuvers in the Senate, Mr. Coburn on Thursday threatened to put future holds on any Democratic House members who switch their vote in favor of the health care bill, lose their election as a result next November, and then are rewarded with a high-ranking job in the Obama administration. [...]
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Liberty University declares Democrats immoral

May 22nd, 2009
Liberty University, the evangelical school in Virginia founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, is drawing heat Friday for its decision to revoke recognition of the College Democrats' chapter on campus. According to the Lynchburg News & Advance, the school decided a week ago the organization “stood against the moral principles” held by the school [...]
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The Mormons Baptized Obama’s Mom

May 6th, 2009
In 2008, the Mormon Church baptized President Obama’s mother posthumously. Which didn’t surprise me much. But apparently the baptism was against the Mormon religious code because the dead are only supposed to be baptized when a living, Mormon relative submits them for it. And here I thought they were just baptizing the entire human race [...]
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Fox & MSNBC on Specter

April 28th, 2009
An event like Arlen Specter’s party switch really brings out the differences between Fox & MSNBC. Here’s MSNBC: Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter abruptly switched parties Tuesday, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year but also pushed Democrats within one seat of a 60-vote supermajority they need to push President [...]
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Betty Brown Thinks Your Names Are Too Difficult

April 11th, 2009
The Texas Democratic Party demanded an apology Wednesday from state Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell for suggesting Asian-descent voters should adopt names that are “easier for Americans to deal with.” via Wonkette
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Did Reagan Try to Convert Gorbachev?

March 16th, 2009
Ronald Reagan may have tried to make a believer of Mikhail Gorbachev. The president said he had a letter from the widow of a young World War II soldier. He was lying in a shell hole at midnight, awaiting an order to attack. He had never been a believer, because he had been told God [...]
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