Category Archives: firebaggers

Ratf**kers, Republicans, and Bin Laden

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Ratf**kers, Republicans, and Bin Laden”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Question: Does anybody see anything wrong with this political advert? Because I don’t. First, it’s politics and it’s an election year. Of course, a President trying for re-election is going to harp … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Chait Puts Bag Over Head, HuffPo Lights It On Fire

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Jonathan Chait Puts Bag Over Head, HuffPo Lights It On Fire”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Jonathan Chait is not normally given to hyperbole. But it is telling that his New York Magazine essay a few weeks ago on the sources of … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging Derangement Syndrome, firebaggers, Huffington Post | 3 Comments

Scary Stupid Headupassitis

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Scary Stupid Headupassitis”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956 For the umpteenth time, Hillary Clinton has said she’s leaving politics. She’s not interested in running for President. She’s finished. Done. Retired. For the time being. At least after this stint as … Continue reading →

Posted in firebaggers, Hillary Clinton, Obama Derangement Syndrome | 4 Comments

Obotomapologies

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Obotomapologies”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhen President Obama was elected, he used the words “Armenia” and “genocide” in the same sentence because words are important. He was right to do so. He is wrong now for not using them in the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Civics, firebaggers, Kulturkampf, Obama Derangement Syndrome, progressives | 2 Comments

Both Sides Do It

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Both Sides Do It”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Republican Party always has a new plan for taking down Clinton Obama, and that plan always makes room for liberal discontent. Here’s Greg Sargent yesterday: While it’s true that disapproval of Obama on … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Cockroach

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “The Year of the Cockroach”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia1956 If nothing else, let it be said that the Presidency of Barack Obama proved one precise thing: That the United States is not a post-racial country. More importantly – as 2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in David Sirota, firebaggers, Glenn Greenwald, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Professional Left | 7 Comments

Meanwhile, While the Left Was Looking for Reasons to Criticize the President

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Meanwhile, While the Left Was Looking for Reasons to Criticize the President”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956 Three years have passed. That’s three years when Democratic voters of all stripes could have built a viable coalition behind the President’s leadership. … Continue reading →

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Cenk Uygur Comes Out of the Woodwork

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Cenk Uygur Comes Out of the Woodwork”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia 1956 I’m old enough to remember ratfuckers. They appeared, as if from nowhere, during the 1972 election year – young Republicans, mostly college students, trained to look and … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Strange Bedfellows”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 Zaid Jilani, a proud Southerner, doesn’t think Ron Paul is at all racist. He tweets:- And:- Zaid Jilani is the Jimmy Olsen of Think Progress, the little kid they’ve let sit at the … Continue reading →

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Where’s Adam Green When You Need Him?

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Where’s Adam Green When You Need Him?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956 Remember Adam Green? Sure, you do … he’s the geeky-looking guy who fronts the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. He’s the grifter political activist whose group holds accolades from … Continue reading →

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Joan Walsh, Katha Pollitt, and Katrina vanden Heuvel Pissing on the President

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Joan Walsh, Katha Pollitt, and Katrina vanden Heuvel Pissing on the President”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By Emilia1956 Well, there’s an election year next year, and I wonder what the hyper-vocal Professional Left will do if Newt or Mitt come to … Continue reading →

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