Just sit right back, and you’ll hear a tale A tale of some rightward twits Who threw a party serving tea Aboard a flound’ring ship The mate was a vocal Birtherman The skipper a greedy rube If the passengers should…
Tag: Michele Bachmann (R)
BHR's Response to Paul Ryan's Response to the SOTU address
Prior to tonight’s SOTU address, content partner and general instigator Roby Brock challenged me and Jason Tolbert. I was to find three positive things about Rep. Paul Ryan’s response, and Tolbert was to find three positives about President Obama’s speech.…
GOP: And So It Begins…
All aboard the Crazy Train! Next stop: ScienceFailAdelphia! Fresh off a dramatic victory in which it retook the House leadership, the Republican Party intends to hold major hearings probing the supposed “scientific fraud” behind global climate change. [***] Holding hearings…
RWC: Bachmann Says Obama Making Slaves Of Americans
Michele Bachmann never ceases to amaze. And, by “amaze,” I mean “say amazingly ridiculous things to groups of fools inclined to believe her.” This time, as you’ve probably heard, she’s decided that President Obama is enslaving America in a way…
AL-02: Nuttier Than Squirrel Turds
We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Arkansas-centric political blogging for this ad from Alabama’s second congressional district. In the crazy-cake-taking contest, the ominous “SLAVERY” from ol’ Abe takes the cake, but that ad was nuts on a number of levels. Though, really,…
Reality Check: Yeah, About Those Obama Tax Increases…
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the Tea Party demonstration that descended upon the Arkansas Capitol yesterday. It seems, even in Arkansas, some Americans are mad as hell about Obama raising their taxes, taking over healthcare, and being a…