Posts filed under “The Dick Army”
Are they admitting that they are fake?
Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks has gone into crisis mode overnight. After cultivating the Tea Party’s “brand” over the past three years as an organically spawning libertarian movement, they now have to deal with Mitt Romney stepping on their (astro)turf. Romney plans on attending a Tea Party rally this weekend in New Hampshire to begin his new [...]
Miller-time In Alaska
If there are three things we know that Tea Partiers solemnly believe in, it’s freedom, liberty and fiscal responsibility. Okay, so that’s really two things. But freedom/liberty is really, really important. That’s why it’s best to put it first, and count it twice. The dedication to fiscal responsibility is upheld by their full-throated support for [...]
Some Crazy Possibilities And Probabilities
The weather I have this morning is cold and wet and dreary, so here’s a post to match that mood. Let’s pick, pretty much at random, four of this year’s crop of truly lunatic Republican Senate candidates. And let’s look at how likely they are to be making a complete fool of themselves on Capitol [...]
Rand Paul’s Hitlerism
I am sorry to report that a logical analysis of Rand Paul‘s public statements — statements he made freely and repeatedly, statements he did not feel embarrassed by even after the fact, statements he has made no move to qualify or disavow — reveals that the Paul is working towards the emergence of a Hitler-like [...]
Suppose They Had A Party And Nobody Came?
There’s no doubt, of course, that the loose conglomerate of groups fomented by GOP operatives known as the Tea Party has had a dramatic effect on several Republican primaries. The term “Tea Party” certainly stands for a certain amount of ballot-box power. It’s less clear what it means that the promoters/exploiters of the movement are [...]
The McCain Anomaly
Christine O’Donnell‘s victory over moderate Republican stalwart Mike Castle yesterday raises all kinds of questions. And since early last night all the obvious ones have been asked. Over and over. So here’s the one I want to ask: in this primary season of Tea Party Davids repeatedly toppling Republican establishment Goliaths — often, as last [...]
The Continuing Implosion Of The Republican Party
(1) For a few weeks now, it has been looking increasingly likely that Florida governor Charlie Crist will pull out of the Republican Senate primary to run as an independent. This makes sense, because polls show him getting creamed by right-wing challenger and darling of the Tea Partiers, Marco Rubio in the primary, but he [...]
Bubble Boy, Take Two
Look who’s inherited the mantle of George Bush: media mogul and CEO of Fox News’ parent company, Rupert Murdoch. It seems he draws the line at consuming his own product — or even monitoring it for quality control — so he has no idea what sort of news (or not) Fox News puts out. Even [...]
Ugly Americans (contd.)
The post-healthcare-reform ugliness continues: Two conservative Tea Party activists posted the address of the home (of Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother) on the Internet on Monday, mistakenly believing it was the home of the congressman. One of the activists urged others to “drop by” and “express their thanks” for Perriello’s vote in favor of health care [...]
The Babe Who Would Be King
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sarah Palin‘s finest moment at the National Tea Party Convention (acronym CROCK*) in Nashville: The weirdest part of the evening came not during the speech but during the following Q&A session. Asked what she thought that a Republican-controlled congress’s top three priorities should be, she answered: stop spending, energy policy and … [...]