Armed rebellion is a viable alternative to elections: ”Our nation was founded on violence. The option is on the table. I don’t think that we should ever remove anything from the table as it relates to our liberties and our freedoms.” —Tea Party-backed Texas GOP congressional candidate Stephen Broden, suggesting the violent overthrow of the […]
You remember the raid commanded by George W. Bush that killed Osama bin Laden? Here are just a few examples of the attempts by right-wing pundits and politicians to take credit from President Obama. And before checking these out, you might want to take a look at some words from Admiral William H. McRaven, who […]
These have all been fact-checked by Robert P. Watson, Ph.D., Lynn University. Obama is a Muslim: as per a recent Gallup poll released this Friday 18 percent of Republicans and 11 percent overall of Americans believe that President Barack Obama is a Muslim in spite of the fact his is a Christian. Obama is a […]
Forty years after the death of the father of the community-organizing model, Saul Alinsky, leading conservatives have attempted to tie the Obama administration to Alinsky’s radicalism. Most notable of these critics is Newt Gingrich who seems to have spearheaded the attack on President Obama using Saul Alinsky: The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is […]
For a group that prides itself on its reverence for the Constitution, the Tea Party sure has a lot of proposed changes to the Constitution. In particular, Tea Party members seem to want to repeal amendments 14, 16 and 17 to the Constitution and to add a few more, for good measure. What kind of […]