Category Archives: Cognitive Dissonance

Benghazi Is Not A Tom Clancy Novel

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Benghazi Is Not A Tom Clancy Novel”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail On CNN yesterday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) expressed dissonant disapproval of the president’s failure to teleport reinforcements to the US consulate in Benghazi. You have to admire the way he … Continue reading →

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Anarcho-Misogyny Apologetics in East Blogistan

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Anarcho-Misogyny Apologetics in East Blogistan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail One of the bloggers most responsible for Neal Rauhauser inflation in the wingnutosphere has some interesting views on the subjects of promiscuity, choice, and responsibility. A volunteer flagged me with this beauty last … Continue reading →

Posted in abortion, Authoritarianism, Cognitive Dissonance, East Blogistan, Libertarianism | Tagged Jay Batman, Neal Rauhauser | 8 Comments

Morning Awful: South Carolina Stockholm Syndrome

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: South Carolina Stockholm Syndrome”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn its most bizarre manifestation, the Republican war on women shows up in the cognitive dissonance of female Republicans. Here’s South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on The View yesterday, via ThinkProgress: Remember, … Continue reading →

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Fishing License Tax Open Thread

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Fishing License Tax Open Thread”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Correspondent Mia Raven caught this t-shirt at Rick Santorum’s Montgomery speech. I’ve seen this meme before, and it’s always struck me as funny when middle class white people complain about the existence … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Open Thread, rick santorum | 8 Comments

The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In its quantitative form, politics is about vote counts and polling data. In its qualitiative form, politics is about the state and the relative power of the many kinds of people … Continue reading →

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Elon James White’s Teachable Moment for Rick Santorum

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Elon James White’s Teachable Moment for Rick Santorum”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail At the 2:50 minute mark, he simplifies why Republican women are drawn to Rick Santorum’s candidacy, even though he espouses (pun intended) some of the most repressively anti-women social … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 GOP nomination, Cognitive Dissonance, Kulturkampf, racism in politics, rick santorum | Tagged Elon James White, Melissa Harris-Perry | 3 Comments

Morning Awful: Dissonant Candidates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Dissonant Candidates”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Like I said the other morning, Newt Gingrich was a giant ticking bomb of inanity (Newtron bomb?). Those former staffers who accused him of being unserious were dead-on. Only an unserious candidate would … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Highway Hackery

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Highway Hackery”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWarning: this may give you whiplash. In 2009, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act was too big, but in 2011 it was too small. Really! The background: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Morning Awful, stimulus bill, Transportation | Tagged American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, ARRA, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), Rep. John Carney (D-Del.) | Leave a comment

Morning Awful: Upton Dissonance

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Upton Dissonance”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYes, it’s that time again. The Morning Awful will be dominated by fundraiser appeals until the inkwell is full. These blogotubes are getting set to take it to another level in the new year, … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Words

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “A Thousand Words”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo this photo went out on the wire: And Reuters cropped it: Which Little Green Footballs’ Charles Johnson calls “proof” that (A) activists were armed with knives (B) Reuters is cropping photos for propaganda purposes, … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Cognitive Dissonance”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Doof quote of the day goes to Lindsay Graham: Graham described the bill as an instrument of those who would ban guns altogether. “We’re talking about a constitutional right here,” he said, explaining that he … Continue reading →

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