Category Archives: Republican Lies

Sargent Sabotage

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Sargent Sabotage”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Sargent thinks the GOP game plan (sabotage process, blame Obama, ????, POWER!) can still work: Republicans will argue that this shows that the public wants the GOP to stall the Dem agenda. But I think … Continue reading →

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Talking Point

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Talking Point”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDozens of GOP congresscritters say “flawed health care bill:” See what I mean when I say the mash-up is the final act in the evolution of media?

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Reconciling Reality

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Reconciling Reality”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe history of reconciliation in graph form, via Rachel Maddow’s Twitter stream, ought to be used to challenge every Republican who yammers about “unprecedented” health care bills being “rammed down our throats.” Speaking of which: am … Continue reading →

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GOP Civil Rights Hall of Fame

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “GOP Civil Rights Hall of Fame”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhy are there no Republicans in the Civil Rights hall of fame? This is the same Texas Board of Education that erased liberals from the civics books. This is Orwell, folks: Day … Continue reading →

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Another Joe Wilson Lie

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Another Joe Wilson Lie”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJoe Wilson (real name Addison Graves Wilson) told a fib at his press conference last Thursday when he claimed to be an immigration attorney: According to the bio on Wilson’s website — or what’s … 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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Teabaggers Lie (UPDATE)

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Teabaggers Lie (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMatt Kibbe, president of the astroturfing agency known as FreedomWorks, told the teabaggers assembled in Washington that ABC News had reported crowd size as 1 million to 1.5 million people. Problem is, ABC never said … Continue reading →

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Joe Wilson Is A Disgrace (UPDATE)

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Joe Wilson Is A Disgrace (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFunny, I can’t recall a single Democrat heckling Bush even once during any of his joint session speeches. Well, there was that one time Cindy Sheehan got arrested for wearing the wrong … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform Will Eat Your Grandma

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Health Care Reform Will Eat Your Grandma”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHaving succeeded in putting off legislation until after the August recess, Republicans and Blue Dogs are using the delay to launch a tidal wave of bullshit to kill the bill: If … Continue reading →

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Vote Suppression in Alabama (UPDATE)

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Vote Suppression in Alabama (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIt was my fond hope to never again mention the existence of Dale Jackson, the Rush Limbaugh of Huntsville. But he did something yesterday that deserves mention: WVNN’s morning show host, Dale Jackson, … Continue reading →

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Making Their Own Realities

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Making Their Own Realities”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWingnut conservatism is an unquestioning ideology — really, it’s more of a theology. Whenever reality collides with that theology, the practitioners will first attempt to change the subject and then try turning the accusation … Continue reading →

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