“I used to like John McCain, but he’s aligning himself too closely with what Bush did, and that’s just not what I want for this country,” Mrs. Morgan, who is 56, said when asked to explain her rejection of the presumptive Republican nominee. picked by JDRucker 5 months ago

Neither Jerry Falwell nor Pat Robertson ever retracted their view that America provoked the 9/11 attacks by doing things to anger God. John Hagee continues to believe that the City of New Orleans got what it deserved with Katrina. And James Inhofe -- who happens to still be a Republican U.S. Senator -- blamed America for the 9/11 attacks picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Losing out were New York City, Cleveland and a joint bid from Tampa and St. Petersburg, Fla.

Probably just didn't have the same ring to them. picked by Alton 2 years ago

That's right – your world is finally complete! It's amazing wacky fun time with all-new Psychedelic RepublicansTM trading cards! Collect them all, and gaze on in helpless, pupil-dilating wonder as your favorite C-SPAN stars morph into groovy explosions of technicolor quasi-fascism! picked by buddha 10 months ago

As candidates rush to lock up the endorsements of key special interest groups, none is more highly coveted by Republicans than that of abortion foes. picked by capnews 1 year ago

"Once again we see that the GOP will truly do and say anything regardless of whether or not it's true, they are so desperate to hold onto power," Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney said in a statement. "Clearly Republicans are so afraid of their abysmal record they can't offer one example of what they've done to keep America safe." I'd just labe... read full post picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Archie Bunker ranted about Democrats but his ideas apply to politicians in general and his words ring as true today as they did 30 years ago. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

Let's play the blame game and point to the staff. No real accountability in this administration.

I wonder, if it turns out he's at fault, does that mean he'll fire himself? picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.

*See the word CONFIRMED up there, those are YOUR civil liberties. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

A Republican operative in Alabama says Karl Rove asked her to try to prove the state’s Democratic governor was unfaithful to his wife in an effort to thwart the highly successful politician’s re-election. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don't know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It's a mystery," said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: Follow the money... picked by ImNotBlue 3 months ago

Businesses are lobbying the Bush administration to roll back rules that let employees take time off for family needs and medical problems. And electric power companies are pushing the government to relax pollution-control requirements.
*This really pisses me off. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

Yes, that's correct. The White House, which was ordered to save emails subsequently deleted them, didn't back them up as ordered and now alleges that the computers were destroyed (thus, forestalling any hope of finding them forensically on the hard drives). Updated to this and this and this. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

The debate next month will be shown on the Country Music Channel and will be co-moderated by Snoop Dog and Chris "Vanilla Chunks" Matthews. picked by capnews 1 year ago

Hoyer acknowledged "this legislation alone will not bring down gas prices." But he said the measure will provide a needed boost to alternative energy industries -- solar, wind, biofuels and geothermal -- and help promote energy conservation. "That may bring down gas prices three years from now, 10 years from now," he said. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Bad idea? Good idea? picked by Marli 1 month ago

"The irony is, the only people McCain can count on to vote for him are the very Republicans he despises — at least those of us who can get drunk enough on Election Day to pull the lever for him. In fact, we should organize parties around the country where Republicans can get drunk so they can vote for McCain."

A 'humorous' look at why people might vote for McCain. picked by ImNotBlue 2 months ago

For all their differences, there's one thing that the presidents of NYU's College Democrats and College Republicans can agree on.

They both say Ralph Nader should not be running for president. picked by gammerus 8 months ago

WASHINGTON - Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.GOP senators shoved aside the Democratic proposal, arguing that punishing Big Oil won't do a thing to lower the $4-a-gallon-price of gasoline that is send... read full post picked by bingo 4 months ago