Roundup - The Idiots and the Oddities

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Monday January 02, 2012 · 6:57 PM PST

2012/01/02 · 18:57

Christmas may have passed, but the Republican freak show just keeps on giving.

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Wednesday December 14, 2011 · 6:54 PM PST

2011/12/14 · 18:54

David Axelrod, the Obama campaign’s senior strategist, summed up the 2012 GOP race perfectly in a Washington Post article on Tuesday:

“The longer this [Republican] race goes, the more you’re going to see these Republican candidates mortgage their general-election campaign to try and win the nomination...”

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Monday December 05, 2011 · 8:00 PM PST

2011/12/05 · 20:00

The Washington Post ran a story on Newt Gingrich’s first campaign TV ad today, which runs in Iowa. The text reads as follows:

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Sunday December 04, 2011 · 8:00 PM PST

2011/12/04 · 20:00

One of the Republican candidates' recent circle-jerks, the “Family Leader Thanksgiving Family Forum” was an embarrassing display of groveling to win an endorsement from Bob Vander Plaats and his pals. It was sponsored by Focus on the Family, the National Organization for Marriage, and Vander Plaats’ own group, The Family Leader; all of which wield some inexplicable authority in Republican politics.

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Thursday November 24, 2011 · 9:00 PM PST

2011/11/24 · 21:00

A close look at Newt Gingrich would not be complete without addressing the character issue, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Newt has reinvented himself as a God-fearing and moral person, engaging in religious rhetoric that sounds just like the hollow party pandering it is.

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Thursday November 17, 2011 · 8:00 PM PST

2011/11/17 · 20:00

Newt Gingrich campaigns with the thumb of one hand in a vast corporate pie and the index finger of the other in the political winds. His personal for-profit and advocacy ventures skew his perception of whats “necessary for the country”.

His campaign is nothing more than a glorified marketing tour for his books and DVDs with the required debate thrown in here and there. Gingrich rarely makes a public appearance without referencing the title of something or other he’s selling, or working a book signing into the mix, and doing it on the dime of campaign donors. Even his campaign website is hawking the wares of Gingrich Productions. It’s slimy.

Gingrich loves to pontificate, and no one loves the sound of Newt’s voice more than Newt. He makes points with his arms outstretched like he’s welcoming sheep into the fold; but take away the polished oratory and the bullet points, and you’re left wondering if there’s an actual plan in there… anywhere.

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Thursday November 10, 2011 · 9:00 PM PST

2011/11/10 · 21:00

Eric Cantor just might have been officially dethroned as the Congressional King of Arrogance when Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) unleashed a mini tirade on some of his constituents at his “Cup of Joe” (how cute) town hall meeting this past weekend.
One gentleman had the audacity to suggest that politicians are “in the back pocket” of the big banks, and that set Joe off.

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Friday November 04, 2011 · 9:00 PM PDT

2011/11/04 · 21:00

Newt Gingrich is an annoyance to me; a self-important, puffy little twit, that spews so much bullshit it’s impossible to wade through it all.

Now that he’s running for the GOP nomination, the news is a never-ending stream of his political fantasies and embellishments, with only a handful of the media calling him on any of it. He continually cites his record in office in the ‘80s and ‘90s to make the case for his Presidential qualifications. Fine, let’s take a closer look at it.

Here are several items from Gingrich’s tenure in the House you won't hear him touting:

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Monday October 24, 2011 · 10:00 PM PDT

2011/10/24 · 22:00

Newt Gingrich has secured his place in history, for good or bad, and in a perfect world that’s where he’d stay; but this guy has an ego the size of a small planet. Newt’s convinced himself the country needs him and there are in fact people who’ll vote for him because they believe it too. They’re the same people who maintain a white knuckle grip on the fantasy of Ronald Reagan.

Gingrich has ridden the coattails of that legacy for 30 years and would like it to carry him all the way to the White House; but a look at his interviews and articles over the years leaves one wondering, was Reagan the only one who suffered from Alzheimer’s? Here’s a quick trip down (lack of) Memory Lane:

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Monday September 12, 2011 · 8:56 PM PDT

2011/09/12 · 20:56

2012 will be a critical election for women if they are to retain both their rights and the ability to take care of their families. Republicans and the Tea Party have proven themselves to be anti-poor, anti-middle class, anti-elderly, anti education, anti-union and extremely anti-woman. Here’s how current legislative agendas affect women's futures:

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Friday August 19, 2011 · 7:21 AM PDT

2011/08/19 · 07:21

As far as Presidential candidates go, Rick Santorum is an easy mark to put it mildly. It could be argued that he’s not actually a viable candidate and thus not worth the effort of scrutinizing; but the way I see it, if he’s not smart enough to get out of the race he’s fair game.

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Saturday August 06, 2011 · 6:24 AM PDT

2011/08/06 · 06:24

A recent column by Phyllis Schlafly highlights the Conservative fixation with (out of all of the real problems in the country) lightbulbs.

It seems there are some really important “freedom of choice” issues (oh the irony) regarding light bulbs that many Americans may not be aware of; I’m certainly not – but then I waste my time worrying about things like the deficit and unemployment, call me crazy!

But I’ll take a break from serious issues for a moment, what the hell.

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