Category Archives: Republican Front Groups

Worse Than A Buddhist Temple Fundraiser

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Worse Than A Buddhist Temple Fundraiser”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRemember when Republicans were all up in arms about this? The Democratic National Committee eventually returned the money donated by the Temple’s monks and nuns. Twelve nuns and employees of the temple, … Continue reading →

Posted in Piltdown politics, Republican Front Groups, Republican scandals | Tagged al gore, buddhist temple, campaign, chamber, commerce, finance, yglesias | Leave a comment

FreedomWorks Sponsors Beck

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “FreedomWorks Sponsors Beck”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIt had to happen; Beck was running out of potential sponsors. Via Karoli at C&L: Actually, it surprises me that it took this long for the astroturf front organization to just go ahead and sponsor … Continue reading →

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Palin’s Party Prattle

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Palin’s Party Prattle”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSarah wants a new third party to, y’know, make Republicans have to debate harder an’ stuff: ThinkProgress has a list of her statements about a third party; up til now she has taken the more … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: “And Yet It Melts”

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: “And Yet It Melts””FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAmong random crap on Twitter, I found a gem: the so-called “American Voice” website contains anti-intellectual hate speech. The problem, according to “Mr. Silence Dogood Houston, Texas” (once again invoking the rule … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Story Changes

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Tea Party Story Changes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFreedomWorks has revised its estimates of the tea party crowd in Washington Saturday… downwards, to “between 600,000 and 800,000″ attendees. Matt Kibbe, president of the astroturfing agency known as FreedomWorks, told the assembled teabaggers … Continue reading →

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CBS: Credulous Breathless Stenography

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “CBS: Credulous Breathless Stenography”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCBS News ran a story last night on a “conservative alternative” to the AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons. A single hour of web-based investigation into the American Seniors Association, however, reveals it … Continue reading →

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