Faking Sincerity (Update1 & 2)

Advice to Romney from George Burns: “Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”

Gays, Guns, God & Gynecology

Hearing into women’s reproductive issues: What’s wrong with this picture?  Last summer when the economy was still sputtering and deficit reduction was all the rage, the Rethugs believed they had the perfect campaign theme to run on—restoring the economy. That they were mainly responsible for its demise was hardly an insurmountable problem in their eyes. Counting on low information voters with …

Who Let The Dogs Out? (Update)

From dogsagainstromney.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A Dogs Against Romney press event will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14 at NOON EASTERN TIME in front of MADISON SQUARE GARDEN during The American Kennel Club’s Westminster Dog Show (SEE EXACT LOCATION DETAILS BELOW). You are invited to join your fellow dog lovers on Valentine’s Day, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14, to protest Mitt Romney’s abusive treatment of …

CPAC 2012 Clown Show

Occupy CPAC featured a Fat Cat Rethug Strangling Working Man balloon The bat (shit crazy) clown signal shone brightly over D.C. this weekend, drawing an A-List of wingnuts to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention like moths to a flame. Our past coverage of the Wingnut Woodstock can be found here , here, here, here, and here. Last year, Coultergeist …

Making My Super Bowl Day

Clint Eastwood tells it like it is Yesterday’s Super Bowl was the most viewed telvision event ever, with a world wide audience estimated at 111 million plus. Yeah, it was an exciting game, down to the last second failed Hail Mary pass in the dead end zone by the New England Patriots‘ Tom Brady. But it was the half time interregnum …

Dissing The Prez

The irrational hatred of President Obama is undermining the Office of the President itself.

Winning The Crowd

“Are you not entertained?” Like professional comedians who will say anything  for a laugh, no matter how outrageous, politicians like Newt Gingrich will say anything to invoke a sense of outrage. This is both the Newtster’s greatest political strength and greatest weakness. While appealing to the baser emotions of anger, fear, and resentment plays well with the Teabagger activists who dominate …