Category Archives: dirty rotten scoundrels

Ryan dons apron to dish out big lie


Matt Taibbi made a good point regarding Joe Biden’s demeanor in his debate with Paul Ryan — laughter is entirely appropriate when your opponent’s lies are so big and so numerous that you can’t keep up with correcting them. From … Continue reading

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‘Bravado’ as euphemism for lying


Frank Bruni recently argued that Mitt Romney won his first debate with Barack Obama because he showed more “bravado,” which Bruni seems to think is the one character trait common to all successful politicians. In making his point, Bruni dodged … Continue reading

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Update on Ohio voter suppression efforts


It’s a presidential election year, so Ohio Republicans are up to their usual dirty tricks. Whether the feds will stop them from stealing the election this year is still up in the air: Judge Peter Economus has set a hearing … Continue reading

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Rove: Don’t forget to vote white


From The Raw Story: Republican strategist Karl Rove says that part of Mitt Romney’s plan to win the White House has to include getting “white Democrats” not to vote for President Barack Obama. During a discussion with Politico’s Mike Allen … Continue reading

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Lawsuit against ‘ACORN pimp’ to proceed


James O’Keefe is what the Yes Men would be like if the latter were bigoted and had no social conscience: A federal judge last week allowed a lawsuit against conservative activists James O’Keefe and Hanna Giles to proceed, according to … Continue reading

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Texas executes retarded man after Scalia rejects stay


Recently, the good old boys who oversee the prison system in cruel and unusual Texas made the news in connection with the heat-related deaths of ten inmates. Yesterday, the boys were back in the news, this time for executing a … Continue reading

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