Category Archives: Republicans Meet The Teabag Terror

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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Morning Awful: Mourdoch Bipartisanship

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Mourdoch Bipartisanship”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailLadies and gentlemen, the modern Republican Party: I keep saying that Republicans have no one but themselves to blame. Future historians writing about this era should look back to the moment that Mike Castle … Continue reading →

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The House GOP Has a Plan

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The House GOP Has a Plan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBooman got it exactly right last week: It is within the Republicans power to obstruct and, by doing so, make the president look weak and ineffectual. That’s the path they’ve chosen. However, … Continue reading →

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Atlas Shrugging Off Tea Party, Republicans

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Atlas Shrugging Off Tea Party, Republicans”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhat was that I was saying about the Republican Party going bankrupt? From the website-that-must-not-be-linked: With $11 million on hand at the end of June — and about $2 million in reported … Continue reading →

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Graham Comes Out

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Graham Comes Out”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailQuote the First: On four occasions, Graham met with Tea Party groups. The first, in his Senate office, was “very, very contentious,” he recalled. During a later meeting, in Charleston, Graham said he challenged them: … Continue reading →

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Kulturkampf And Rand Paul

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Kulturkampf And Rand Paul”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Kudos to Rachel Maddow for recognizing that tea party extremism is essentially leftover reaction to the Sixties. The word she’s looking for — the noun that describes this kind of regressive politics in … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Triangulates Shelby

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Ron Paul Triangulates Shelby”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This ad has started showing up all over Huffington Post lately. Click it and you’ll visit Ron Paul’s Campaign For Liberty, otherwise known as C4L, where a set of Frank Luntz and Paulite … Continue reading →

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Choosing Not To Choose

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Choosing Not To Choose”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Senator Lindsey Graham explains his holdup of the bipartisan climate bill: “Moving forward on immigration — in this hurried, panicked manner — is nothing more than a cynical political ploy,” Graham said. “Let’s … Continue reading →

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Two Swords Are Enough

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Two Swords Are Enough”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI was selling flags at a gun show all weekend and had to spend yesterday evening catching up with a news cycle that’s finally catching up with me. Frank Rich recognized the teabag terror … Continue reading →

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Let The Purges Begin

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Let The Purges Begin”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail At HuffPo, David Frum’s wife recognizes the end of conservative philosophy: I can categorically state I’ve never seen such a hostile environment towards free thought and debate — once the hallmarks of Reaganism, … 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 →