One of the biggest Republican lies is that they support the military. Republicans like to spread around the myth that they are strong supporters of the military, and while it is true that they support military actions (oftentimes without thinking matters through), they have never been supportive of our troops or of addressing their many […]
Republicans will stop at nothing to discredit the Obama administration, particularly as the country nears the mid-term elections. Most recently, conservatives have been pounding the airwaves with a seemingly never-ending barrage of newscasts about the faux scandal at the IRS. Conservatives were initially whimpering that conservative groups, particularly those with terms such as “Tea Party” […]
“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home.” ~Ronald Reagan, at his birthday celebration in 1989. Having grown […]
It’s time to call out conservative poverty myths and racial stereotypes. MYTH 1: Nearly all the primary recipients of assistance through federal benefit programs are African-Americans. Reality: 35.7 percent of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients and 43 percent of those on Medicaid—two of the largest public benefit programs—are white. MYTH 2: The main […]
I thought I might share a bit of history with those of you interested in the current debate regarding healthcare program’s “individual mandate” as many ranking members of the GOP and of the conservative media are now claiming it is a tax, and the largest tax in the history of the United States. It is […]