In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina’s most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan’s White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political scientist at Case Western Reserve University. In this audio, made public for the first time ever in 2012, Atwater lays […]
Does presidential hopeful Rand Paul have a problem with women? If the first full day of his campaign is any indication, there is certainly cause for concern. Paul announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday, and managed to shame himself first thing Wednesday morning by sparring with Today Show anchor Savannah […]
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) recently appeared on CNN and urged critics of Indiana’s religious “freedom” law to get a “perspective” and then he did what every Republican does to deflect the issue – he suggested that we compare the United States to Iran and then we’ll all see just how great we have it in […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a press release warning other countries not to trust President Obama’s promise to significantly reduce U.S. carbon emissions. Much like Tom Cotton’s Open Letter to Iran, signed by 46 GOP senators last month, this is yet another way for Republicans to sabotage international negotiations and to undermine President […]
I woke up today and found this Facebook message. I looked this character’s profile up and saw that he’s a big fan of Duck Dynasty. I’m assuming he sent this message to me because I posted an article about DD’s Phil Robertson yesterday. I was trolled heavily by many folks who have fake Facebook accounts. […]