United States Senate candidate Milton Wolf, Kansas, created a stir when it was discovered that he had posted graphic X-rays of gunshot victims on his Facebook page. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Wolf also “participated in online commentary layered with macabre jokes and descriptions of carnage.” Wolf, a Johnson County radiologist, […] said in an […]
Tensions are arising between the Washington based Tea Party groups and local Tea Party activists who envision their own groups as being among Washington adversaries. The New York Times reports that “The still-emerging Tea Party movement is not merely waging war against the Republican establishment this year. Some of its more heated disputes are coming […]
Here is a great scene from Aaron Sorkin’s “The Newsroom“. Sorkin draws a brilliant parallel between the Tea Party takeover, and the progressive hippie movement in the 1960’s. Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) explains to his boss, Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston) why he and the rest of his fellow moderate republicans are getting hijacked by the […]
John Boehner’s primary challenger, Tea Party member J.D. Winteregg, has lost his university teaching job over a raunchy campaign ad attacking the House Speaker. [watch the ad here] As Liberals Unite reported earlier this month, the ad spoofed a typical commercial for a drug for erectile dysfunction. UPI reports that “Winteregg, 32, has lost his […]
Bob Dole questions whether “extreme right-wing” candidates like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul can run for president in an interview with The Wichita Eagle. Asked about possible “Presidential hopefuls for 2016 so far? Can anyone run against Hillary Clinton, if she runs?” Dole responded: “A number of the younger members, first-termers like Rand Paul, (Marco) […]