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Rubio sees nothing wrong with waiting six hours to vote 3 in 4 young black Americans say they’d feel like fleeing the country if Donald Trump is elected One quarter of federal workers might quit if Trump wins At least Ted Cruz isn't his father Jeb Bush wants to starve 45 million Americans Federal judge rules Trump involved in ripping off union workers 2015 Among conservative parties in the democratic world, only the GOP denies science Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and a right-wing insurgency the GOP can no longer control Gross Old Party   OCCUPY DEMOCRATS The decline of the GOP leaning white vote: For an article on the historical context for this development see here The chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is telling Pope Francis to stay out of the ongoing debate over global warming. Sen. James Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, said, according to the Guardian, “The pope ought to stay with his job, and we’ll stay with ours.” Mr. Inhofe is one of the leading global warming skeptics on Capitol Hill. The decline of the GOP leaning white vote: For an article on the historical context for this development see here Republicans get dumber with education GOP gerrymandering has segregated politics Koch brothers to spend more than $125 million to buy elections Anti-gay NC GOP candidate was once a female impersonator House Republicans responsible for over 500 anti-environmmental votes 13 Benghazis that occurred on Bush's watch without a peep from the right Glenn Beck links Grover Norquist to Muslim Brotherhood Now even Republicans think party is going the wrong way
A short guide to the horrors of today's GOP Only six percent of scientists are Republicans How the GOP helps to build the government it claims to hate GOP eyes new election laws in states Obama won How the Republicans created the debt ceiling problem Republicans mean to labs as well as to people
Why the GOP is a cult, not a party  Drinking makes you more conservative  KNOWLEDGE MOVEMENT
Since Roosevelt, no GOP presidential campaign has won without a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket. Republicans beginning to accept climate change Republicans dislike FEMA so badly, they appoint incompetent people to run it @Harpers - Percentage of Republicans in a January survey who believed their state should secede from the Union: 23 The GOP plan to privatize disaster relief.. Over half of Republicans think humans were created 10,000 years ago Why the Republicans are another bad bet by Wall Street What Republicans really think Actual excerpts from the 1956 GOP platform Welfare queen addresses GOP convention Getting ready for those family values folks, Tampa police arrest hookers  MORE WELCOME ADS FOR THE GOP GOP senatorial candidate suggests overturning major civil rights act Ohio GOP Secretary of State tries to fire two Democratic officials for seeking fair voting Republicans and evangelicals better for strip club business than Democrats Texas governor spends $25 million on his mansion What Republicans feel is less important that more military spending Race
to the bottom 37% of Mississippi Republicans would back Confederates in another Civil War GOP chair calls for America to become a full oligarchy GOP senators from Oklahoma have repeatedly voted against federal disaster aid House GOP pushes massive cuts to EPA, wildlife, arts & humanities Jindal to poor Louisianans: drop dead 25 percent of Republicans want to secede from America Debbie Dunnegan, the Republican recorder of deeds in Jefferson County, Missouri--south of St. Louis--asked her military friends on Facebook if they had the right to remove Obama from office since he was a "domestic enemy." Political Wire - Anthony Culler (R), who is challenging Rep. James Clyburn's (D-SC) for Congress, referred to same-sex couples as "gremlins" and "bullies" in a Facebook post, according to The Hill. Culler decried same-sex marriage as "a pestilence that has descended on our society, against our will, by those in the courts and government that do not value the traditional family. Same sex couples that seek to destroy our way of life and the institution of marriage are NOT cute and cuddly but rather (for those of you that are old enough to remember the movie), Gremlins that will only destroy our way of life." Loudoun County [VA] Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R) warned supporters in a fundraising email hat the advancement of gay rights may force businesses to implement "hiring quotas" for gay people, allowing LGBT individuals to "terrorize daycare centers, hospitals, churches and private schools." Daily Kos - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's administration has rejected the request of a group of low-wage workers to use an unusual Wisconsin law saying that the state's minimum wage has to be a living wage. A minimum wage worker would have to work 81 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Wisconsin. Think Progress - In the first debate of the Colorado gubernatorial race, Republican nominee Bob Beauprez went on the record supporting the seizure of Colorado’s national parks, forests and public lands by the state government, saying “this is fight we have to wage.” In a video taken by American Bridge, Beauprez, who is challenging incumbent Governor John Hickenlooper (D), claimed that all public land in the state was “supposed to be Colorado’s” and that “if this were private land and the federal government was a tenant, we would cancel their lease.” LA Times, 1989 - William J. Bennett, federal drug policy coordinator, said Thursday night he had no moral qualms about beheading convicted drug dealers. "Morally, I don't have any problem with that at all," Bennett said when asked on the CNN program "Larry King Live" call-in television show, whether he would support Saudi Arabian-style beheadings to deter drug dealers. What Republicans actually believe Why you're lucky you didn't take a college course from Professor David Brat Rick Perry compares homosexuality to alcoholism Over half of Republicans think homosexuality should be discouraged Oklahoma state house candidate Scott Esk wrote on Facebook last summer that gay people are “worthy of death” and should be stoned, later claiming that violence against gays is “in the old testament under a law that came directly from God.” Out of 107 current Republican Senate candidates, only 1 says on their official website that climate change is real GOP chair calls for America to become a full oligarchy Barring a 95 year old from voting Detroit News - House Republicans prohibited state Rep. Lisa Brown from speaking on the floor Thursday after she ended a speech against a bill restricting abortions by referencing her female anatomy. . . "Finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no,'" Brown said Wednesday. Forbes has confirmed that billionaire Sheldon Adelson, along with his wife Miriam, has donated $10 million to the leading Super PAC supporting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney–and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. A well-placed source in the Adelson camp with direct knowledge of the casino billionaire’s thinking says that further donations will be “limitless.” Greg Kaufmann, Nation - Ohio has thrown nearly 70,000 people — including 40,000 children — [off public assistance]. The reason? The state faces up to $130 million in federal penalties if 50 percent of the adults receiving assistance don’t meet the federal work participation requirement by September 30. [70,000 is more than the entire caseload in 39 states] Why Republicans are acting so crazy GOP to use sleeping air-traffic controller story to push for privatization. Because if there's anyone you want making $12/hr with no benefits, it's an air-traffic controller - Fark GOP protecting factory farms from the truth The House Republicans voted to defund NPR which - according to the Congressional Budget Office - will actually save the government nothing. Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R) claims that voting is "a privilege, it's not a right," According to Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern (R), “blacks” simply don’t work as hard as whites.adding, “I’ve taught school, and I saw a lot of people of color who didn’t study hard because they said the government would take care of them.” Former Iowa gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats - If we're teaching the kids, 'don't smoke, because that's a risky health style,' the same can be true of the homosexual lifestyle. . . It is a public health risk 46% of Mississippi Republicans think inter-ethnic marriage should be illegal, while only 40% approve of it. A GOP New Hampshire legislator told a constituent “the world is too populated” and that there are too many “defective people.” When asked what should be done with these “defective people” that are mentally ill, Martin Harty suggested sending them to Siberia, something that he said Hitler was “right” to do Extremist Wisconsin GOP demands emails of prof critical of Governor Walker Gov. Sean Parnell's appointee for the panel that nominates state judges testified that he would like to see Alaskans prosecuted for having sex outside of marriage.- Anchorage Daily News Florida Republican governor orders unconstitutional drug tests GOP congressmember sought to censor press with Espionage Act Ann Coulter: "I think there should be more jailed journalists". . .And CPAC cheered her. The Republican mayor of Enfield, Connecticut has forced that town's public library to cancel a showing of the Michael Moore film, Sicko, a 2007 documentary on healthcare reform. Bowing to pressure from the Town Council and a mayoral threat to cut off funding for the library if the film were screened, the library reluctantly cancelled the program A House panel chaired by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin plans a hearing to discuss forcing Internet providers, and perhaps Web companies as well, to store records of their users' activities for later review by police. Haley Barbour says he won't critize the proposal for a Mississippi licence plate honoring Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early leader of the KKK. The GOP chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security wants to "strangle the viability" of WikiLeaks by placing the publisher and its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, on a US "enemies list" normally reserved for terrorists and dictators. Placement on the US "Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons List" would criminalize US companies who deal with WikiLeaks or its editor. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said that American Muslims aren't "American" when it comes to war. "When a war begins," King said, every ethnic and religious group unites as "Americans." "But in this case, this is not the situation. . . Whether it's cultural tradition, whatever, the fact is the Muslim community does not cooperate anywhere near to the extent that it should": Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley wants to end multilingual DMV tests, and state Rep. John Cauthorn agrees: "The average guy on the street hates Spanish, and it is everywhere." - TPM Senate Republicans block bill designed to reduce differences between the wages of women and men The Republicans initially wanted to read the original Constitution at the opening session but someone pointed out the part in which slaves counted for only 3/5 of a person for apportionment, so they switched to the amended version. Republicans further disenfranchise residents of District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa by taking away their limited House voting rights Republicans in Arizona have gotten a bill passed that bans the teaching of ethnic studies in the state Governor Haley Barbour defends the White Citizen Councils on the grounds that they weren't as bad as the KKK GOP senator John McCain voted against repeal of DADT because it would be a potentially deadly distracton for Marines "and I don't want to permit that opportunity to happen." Only three GOP senators voted for the Dream Act, a first step in improving immigation policy. GOP congressman wants US citizens to be held without trial if deemed terrorists Rep. Steve King R-IA wants to do away with birthright citizenship for children of immigrants Jon Runyan, a former pro football player and now the Republican nominee against freshman Rep. John Adler (D-NJ), listed the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court decision as a recent case that he disagreed with. Maine GOP candidate for governor Paul LePage: "I just don't understand how people, at least sane people, would want to allow transgender in our primary schools and our high schools." Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) believes that if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend-she shouldn't be in the classroom." Al Reynolds, the Republican running for Congress in Illinois' 52nd District, says that African American men prefer dealing drugs to going to college, because it is "easier." GOP House candidate attacks ethnic intermarriage Sharron Angle thinks that there is a "militant terrorist situation" that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities, Senator Jim DeMint, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal "said if someone is openly homosexual, they shouldn't be teaching in the classroom and he holds the same position on an unmarried woman who's sleeping with her boyfriend -- she shouldn't be in the classroom." A whole series of Republican candidates for House, Senate, and Governor's mansions in 2010, reports Mike Lux, have been promoting ideas that were conservative many decades ago, including some even back in the 1800s, including:
SENATE REPUBLICANS UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO KEEP GAYS AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS MONTANA GOP THINKS HOMOSEXUAL ACTS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL After she's voted for 70 years, GOP bigots prevent 96 year old black woman from registering GOP limits democracy in 15 states Georgia Republicans resegregating state through redistricting Judson Phillips, president of prominent Tea Party group Tea Party Nation: “The Founding Fathers… put certain restrictions on… the right to vote… you had to be a property owner. And that makes a lot of sense.”  Think Progress 2014 UPI - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted mostly along party lines Thursday to approve an amendment to the $600 billion National Defense Authorization Act which prohibits the Pentagon from using any of its budget to address climate change and specifically instructs the Department of Defense to ignore the latest scientific reports on the threats posed by global warming. Tree Hugger - If New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets his way at a budget hearing, state funds that had been dedicated to clean energy will be redirected to highway-widening and other fossil fuel-promoting development projects; recycling funds would go instead to general state operations. Republicans are only major party in world's democracies to dispute climate change Gingrich says he would eliminate EPA A 53%-majority of Republicans say there is no solid evidence the earth is warming. Among Tea Party Republicans, fully 70% say there is no evidence. Disbelief in global warming in the GOP is a recent occurrence. In 2007, a 62%-majority of Republicans said there is solid evidence of global warming, while less than a third (31%) said there is no solid evidence. Few Republicans see global warming as a very serious problem (14%) or in need of immediate government action (24%). . . On the other hand, 97 out of 100 scientists that believe in man-made climate change GOP Representative Bill Flores: "Republicans in the House as a whole want to get rid of the EPA." John Boehner has announced the end of the House subcommittee on climate change. It's all up to God now. Over half of Republicans don't believe in climate warming Sarah Palin thinks global warming is a hoax. During a town hall meeting at Toms River, New Jersey Governor Chris reportedly said that he was skeptical that humans were causing the earth to warm. Christie says "more science" is needed to convince him. 86% are opposed to any climate change legislation that increases government revenue REPUBLICANS ARE ONLY MAJOR PARTY IN WORLD'S DEMOCRACIES TO DISPUTE CLIMATE CHANGE Texas GOP plaform "We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills, ...critical thinking skills and similar programs ... which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority." Jeb Bush - “The system we have today with over 13,000 government-run, politicized, unionized monopolies [aka public school districts] is probably not the best governance model for 2014 and going forward.” 57,000 Head Start students won't be going back to school this year because of budget cuts In 22 states, all Republicans voted against Sandy aid House GOP kills Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill Republicans want to cut your mail service Republicans want to end Saturday mail deliveries GOP STRATEGIST CALLS FOR ENDING POSTAL SERVICE Kansas State Rep. Virgil Peck (R) suggested that the best way to deal with the illegal immigration problem may be the same way the state might deal with the problem of "feral hogs" -- by shooting them from a helicopter. - TPM Bill fines employment of illegal immigrants . . . except maids and lawn workers Under Maine Gov. Paul LePage's proposed budget, teachers and other state employees will be required to increase their contributions to the pension system, from 7.65 percent of their salary to 9.65 percent. One public employee currently paying 7.65 percent, however, won't see an increase. The governor has exempted himself. The liberal Helena-based think tank The Policy Institute released a 17-page report stating that "some of the same legislators who rail against government in general, the federal government in particular and all the evils contained therein, have benefited from large amounts of money to their farm and ranch operations through federal farm subsidy programs over the years." According to the report, 16 Montana legislators received farm payments in excess of $100,000 between 1995 and 2009. . . ..Farms and ranches owned by Republicans received 98.8 percent of the subsidy money — or $6,976,120 — and those of Democrats received 1.2 percent. - Great Falls Tribune Texas Gov. Rick Perry likes to tell Washington to stop meddling in state affairs. He vocally opposed the Obama administration's 2009 stimulus program to spur the economy and assist cash-strapped states. Perry also likes to trumpet that his state balanced its budget in 2009, while keeping billions in its rainy day fund.. . .Turns out Texas was the state that depended the most on those very stimulus funds to plug nearly 97% of its shortfall for fiscal 2010, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.- CNN According to a Hotline review of records compiled by Citizens Against Government Waste, the 52 members of the Tea Party caucus, which pledges to cut spending and reduce the size of government, requested a total of 764 earmarks valued at $1,049,783,150 during Fiscal Year 2010, the last year for which records are available After Francisco "Quico" Canseco beat Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Tex.) as part of the Republican wave on Nov. 2, the tea party favorite declared: "It's going to be a new day in Washington." Two weeks later, Canseco was in the heart of Washington for a $1,000-a-head fundraiser at the Capitol Hill Club. The event--hosted by Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.) and Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.)--was aimed at paying off more than $1.1 million in campaign debts racked up by Canseco, much of it from his own pocket. - Washington Post Michigan GOP rams through right to work law in seven hours New York Republicans block a minimum wage increase for 880,000 workers Payoff for GOP's anti-government policies: 657,000 unemployed  Nearly two thirds like jobs bill that GOP killed State Rep. Carol McGuire (R-NH) believes the federal minimum wage is too high. In a statement to reporters, she said she would like to repeal all minimum wage laws and have corporations pay workers whatever rate they desire. She also said the $7.25 minimum is overly generous to young people: “It’s very discriminatory, particularly for young people. They’re not worth the minimum,” she said. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs a bill that bans local ordinances guaranteeing workers' paid sick and family leave. GOP votes to end aid to homeowners Ohio’s Kasich Wants to Outsource Any Job Anytime—And Winner Pays No Taxes GOP governor threatens to call out National Guard on state workers if they protest cuts in their rights. . . 12,000 protesters to oppose governor's war on unions. . . Green Bay Packers join in battle GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker achieved ending state employee collective bargaining rights as a budget cutting move
Asked about the tens of thousands of workers who would be unemployed if the GOP budget plan goes through, John Boehner said, "If some of those jobs are lost, so be it." Republicans fail in effort to abolish National Labor Relations Board Congressional Republicans managed to block a Democratic plan to give $250 to Social Security recipients in lieu of a cost of living increase. Apparently the GOP preferred the money be used to keep the taxes of millionaires low. 87% of House Republicans voted against assistance to jobless Republicans launch war on unions NJ GOP governor launches fullscale attack on public worker Law and order A Georgia GOP state legislator has proposed abolishing drivers' licences Republicans want your Social Security to crash with the stock market US Senator Mario Rubio says Social Security and Medicare made Americans less inclined to save: "“All that changed when the government began to assume those responsibilities. All of the sudden, for an increasing number of people in our nation, it was no longer necessary to worry about saving for security because that was the government’s job. It weakened our people in a way that undermined our ability to maintain our prosperity.” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) claimed Sunday that he didn't expect Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare to be around when he retires. "What we [House Republicans] have said is this: We'll protect today's seniors and those nearing retirement, but for the rest of us, all of us, who are 54 and younger, I know the programs are not going to be there for me when I retire," Cantor told Fox News' Chris Wallace. "They can't," he added. - OpEd News GOP leader says Social Security must go Texas Gov. Rick Perry advocates letting states opt-out of Social Security and numerous Texas lawmakers are consideirng pulling the state out of the Medicaid program. Former Senator Alan Simpson calls America's seniors the "greediest generation." Ronald Reagan - If you don't [stop Medicare], one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free. GOP led austerity has slashed mental health assistance  Republicans vote against money for food safety GOP plan would ration healthcare GOP senators overwhelmingly vote against Medicare GOP healthcare plan could cost you $182,000 Republican governor Rick Scott's push to privatize Medicaid in Florida is highly controversial—not least because the health care business Scott handed over to his wife when he took office could reap a major profit if the legislation becomes law. - Mother Jones Rep Ron Paul: "No one has a right to anyone's wealth, I don't have a right to come to you and say my poor kid needs 500 dollars for an education. An education is not a right, medical care is not a right." Arizona seeks to drop 280,000 from state Medicaid rolls The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated overturning the reform signed by Obama last year would add about $230 billion to the deficit by 2021 and result in 32 million fewer people having health insurance.That was a blow to Republican campaign promises to slash the federal budget deficit. Governor Christie undermining NJ medical marijuana law Texas state representative Leo Berman wants to charge any person who tries to implement the 2010 health care reform law in his state with a felony and put them behind bars. Senate Republicans voted against health care benefits and compensation to sick first responders of the 9/11 attack Arizona state senator Russell Pearce (R), who has been elected the president of the state senate, has launched a push to reject federal funding for the state's Medicaid program. Pearce told a reporter that "church, community, families got to provide." Arizona Republicans institute death panel policy House Republicans kill 200 year old page program No more public funds for non-profits House speaker designate John Boehner of Ohio and incoming House majority leader Eric Cantor of Virginia have called for the dismantling of a Smithsonian exhibit focused on same-sex attraction. The museum has already removed one piece What are those sandals that he wore the other day?” Donald Trump demands disbelievingly, reacting to the image of the vacationing president in a Hawaiian ice cream parlor, sporting swimming trunks and flip-flops. “I wouldn’t be wearing flip-flops,” Trump says of Obama. “I don’t like it. I don’t think that is what the president is supposed to be representing. You will not see me wearing flip-flops. Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana said that he would sign a bill cutting off Medicaid financing for Plan Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a budget that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, after pushing the measure through the state Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Planned Parenthood denounced the decision to choke off state and federal funding to nine health centers in small communities that will deny preventative health care to 12,000 women who don't have health insurance: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it has 27 health centers across the state, which provide birth control, cancer screenings, annual exams, and sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment to 73,000 patients every year. - AlternetParenthood. Louisiana State Rep John Labruzzo (R) has introduced "feticide" legislation to ban all abortion in his state and sentence women and doctors who violate the ban to 15 years hard labor. The most confusing thing about this clip from The 700 Club, wherein Pat Robertson explains that married liberal women have abortions in order to put themselves on "a level playing field" with childless lesbians, is that he seems to think lesbians can't have children - Gawker Rep Allen West (R-FL) "thinks" liberal women are neutering American men thereby increasing debt and deficits - Fark GOP wants details of abortions on tax returns Willie Geist, MSNBC - Are you willing to hold up this entire budget over defunding Planned Parenthood?. . . .Rep Mike Pence R-IN - Of course I am. GOP votes to end aid to homeowners Ohio car magnate and one-time Republican congressional candidate Tom Ganley has been indicted on charges that include gross sexual imposition and kidnapping. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Ganley faces three felony charges of gross sexual imposition, and single counts of kidnapping, abduction, solicitation, and menacing by stalking. - TPM The Folkbum blog reported that when protesters appeared at the home of Wisconsin GOP state senator Randy Hopper, his wife told them that he no longer lives there but with his 25 year old mistress in Madison. Newt Gingrich told Christian Broadcast Network's David Brody that "there's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate." Republicans try to kill funding for Planned Parenthood. A Republican state legislator in Georgia doesn't like the term rape "victim." In fact, he has introduced a bill mandating that state criminal codes refer to these people as, simply, "accusers" -- until there's a conviction in the matter.. . .173 GOP congress members want to weaken definition of rape Family values as practiced by John Boehner An Ohio Democrat, Steve Driehaus, clashed repeatedly with Boehner before losing his seat in the midterm elections. After Boehner suggested that by voting for Obamacare, Driehaus "may be a dead man" and "can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati" because "the Catholics will run him out of town," Driehaus began receiving death threats, and a right-wing website published directions to his house. "I wouldn't change the decision even if I could do it right now. I had a great five days with my children. I promised that." -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), telling the Newark Star Ledger that his wife warned him to not "even think about" canceling their Florida vacation when a major blizzard hit. The Arkansas Times reports Mike Huckabee and his wife are building a $3 million home in Florida and that they're taking on a $2.8 million mortgage. GOP hypocrite of the day: cost cutting NJ governor spent $475 for hotel room Republican wrecking ball targets UN GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says he wants American officials to consider establishing permanent military bases in Afghanistan. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who was just elected the new head of the Republican Governor's Association, said this week that President Obama should consider sending the military into Mexico to help fight the drug war 80% of Super PAC money has gone to GOP groups & came from 100 individuals Paul Ryan - "The best way to turn from a vicious cycle of despair and learned hopelessness to a virtuous cycle of hope and flourishing is by embracing the attributes of friendship, accountability and love.That's how you fight poverty," Jeb Bush - "A loving family taking care of their children in a traditional marriage will create the chance to break out of poverty far better, far better than any of the government programs that we can create." GOP votes to starve four milliion Americans The GOP's civil war will cut 21 meals a month from food stamp recipients House Republicans voted to throw 300,000 kids off of food stamps What Republicans feel is less important than more military spending House GOP prefers funding military bands to feeding the hungry GOP members of the House are proposing to cut assistance to low income mothers and children by 11 percent and $2 billion from the food stamp program. Florida governor Rick Scott is about to sign a bill that would require welfare recipients to undergo routine drug testing. Better still, this new legislation makes the poor people pay for their own drug tests. “Recipients who test positive for drugs would lose their benefits for a year. If they fail a second time, they lose the benefits for three years." -Wonkette Wisconsin governor Walker is proposing to turn over the allocation of food stamps to a private corporation, which will get to decide who qualifies and who doesn't. Minnesota Republicans are pushing legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more $20 in cash in their pockets any given month. This represents a change from their initial proposal, which banned them from having any money at all. - Fight Back News Joe Mller would end the minimum wage and reduced funding of the EPA Leading Republican Christian blasphemers 57% Of GOPers Support Making Christianity The National Religion God a complete flop in GOP primaries You know there’s a statue in New York harbor called the Statue of Liberty. You know where we got it from? French Free Masons. Listen folks that is an idol, a demonic idol, right there in New York harbor. People say, ‘well no it’s patriotic.’ What makes it patriotic? Why is it? It’s a statue of a false goddess, the Queen of Heaven. We don’t get liberty from a false goddess folks, we get our liberty from Jesus Christ and that Statue of Liberty in no way glorifies Jesus Christ. There is no connection whatsoever. So I’m just telling you we practice idolatry in America in ways that we don’t even recognize. - John Benefiel, head of the Heartland Apostolic Reformation Network,at Rick Perry's August prayer rally. God can't decide among the GOP candidates Republican extremists want to spend $90 million on "In God We Trust" signs Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX), along with his colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee, passed a resolution that reaffirms support for “In God We Trust” while encouraging its display in all public schools.. . The “In God We Trust” measure now heads to the full House of Representatives for a vote.- WIOD, FL Rick Santorum told about 50 members of the group Catholic Citizenship that he was "frankly appalled" that America's first Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, once said "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute....That was a radical statement," Santorum said, and did "great damage." - TPM How the GOP thinks like the Muslim Brotherhood Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips says that the Metrhodist Church is "the first Church of Karl Marx," and "little more than the "religious" arm of socialism. . . If you hate America, you have a great future in the Methodist church." 52% of Republicans think God created humans in their present form 10,000 years ago New Arkansas Republican state representative Loy Mauch, says the Confederate flag is a "a symbol of Jesus Christ," John Shimkus, R-IL.is running for chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee. A year and half ago he quoted God telling Noah, "As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease" himkus elaborated: "I believe that is the infallible word of god, and that's the way it is going to be for his creation.. . .The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood." Update: Fortunately, Barton didn't get the job. Rep. Joe Barton who is running for chair of the House Energy & Commerce committee: "Speaker Boehner is our Dwight Eisenhower in the battle against the Obama Administration. Majority Leader Cantor is our Omar Bradley. I want to be George Patton - put anything in my scope and I will shoot it." Update: Fortunately, Barton didn't get the job. 57% OF Republicans think Obama is a Muslim Forty one GOP senators voted against a bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans Republicans vote against jobs program for vets 80% of Super PAC money has gone to GOP groups & came from 100 individuals NAACP takes GOP assault on voting rights to UN GOP vote restrictions biggest act of segregation in a half century The GOP's war against democracy: blocking students from voting 100 Republicans who got $1 million from ATT urge Obama to let firm buy T-Mobile Another of the Kochs’ projects surfaced in Texas, as the state’s Republican lawmakers rammed through a Koch-backed bill that would make it harder for consumers, workers, and small business owners to bring civil suits against corporations. House Bill 274 - dubbed the “Loser Pays” bill - passed the state House with no amendments and no debate after Gov. Rick Perry (R) deemed it “emergency legislation,” rushing it to the top of the legislative agenda. Under the bill, those who sue corporations could be held responsible for the defendants’ legal fees if they lose the case - and in some instances, even if they win. - Alternet Ohio GOP governor wants to privatize just about everything Bills filed by two GOP Florida legislators would require the state Division of Recreation and Parks to hire Nicklaus Design to build courses in state parks in every region of the state, creating a Jack Nicklaus Golf Trail around Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott wants to balance the budget by slashing at least $2 billion from education, and has proposed $1.7 billion in tax cuts for property owners and corporation. . . . House Republican wants to abolish the tax code Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers, the “Prince of Pork,” will head of the Appropriations committee. Over the past two years, Rogers has requested $175,613,300 in earmarks, including funding for a cheetah protection nonprofit that his daughter works for. "In Washington, the view is that the banks are to be regulated, and my view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks," -Spencer Bachus (R), incoming Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Senate Republicans unanimously opposed ending tax cuts for those earning over $1 million annually. It's been kept secret until now but at a private campaign fundraiser, Sharon Angle said of Augusto Pinochet's privatizing of Social Security: "Sometimes dictators have good ideas."  GOP only group that wants to keep feeding the welfare fathers 54% of Republicans want to repeal all of Obamacare despite lack of health insurance causing some 45,000 deaths a year Bloomberg - A 21 percent cut across the board would take about $15 billion from education. A 21 percent cut in Pell Grants would take almost $5 billion from student tuition. A 21 percent cut at the National Institutes of Health would take about $6 billion from health research. A 21 percent cut would take $400 million from police. Center for Budget Policy & Priorities - A 21 percent cut in K-12 education funding would take more than $8 billion out of this area in fiscal year 2011, on top of the deep education cuts that many state and local governments across the country are being forced to make. Meg Whitman's plan to eliminate the capital gains tax would widen the state's budget deficit by about $5 billion, and for what? One winner would be Whitman, who would save $8-41 million during a four year term as governor. GOP Kentucky senatorial candidate Ron Paul would like to replace the national income tax with a sales tax. To accomplish this would take about a 23% sales tax. That would be on top of state sales tax and would be a massive giveaway to the rich. For example, in California, Meg Whitman would gain hundreds of thousands of dollars while those in the bottom 20% would have to pay several thousand dollars more a year. GOP congressional candidate David Harmer wants to abolish public schools WV GOP senatorial candidate John Raese has come out strongly against the minimum wage. Joe Miller thinks Social Security is unconstitutional because it's not in the Constitution The GOP supports children being rejected for health coverage due to pre-existing conditions, the ability of insurance companies to limit lifetime coverage, and the ability of insurance companies to take away insurance from children who are sick. These are all prevented by the healthcare bill the GOP wishes to repeal. GOP House members threaten to shut down government to repeal healthcare GOP VOW TO PROTECT THE WEALTHY'S TAX BREAKS GOP WILL TRY TO WITHOLD MONEY FOR HEALTHCARE GOP PLANK NUMBER ONE: WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY WHY DO REPUBLICANS PRODUCE SUCH BIG DEFICITS? 2014 Salon - A Virginia Republican currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives believes that incest exceptions in abortion bans are unnecessary because sometimes incest is “voluntary,” accord to a report from the Washington Times. Delegate Bob Marshall ...also believes that children born with developmental disabilities are God’s “vengeance” on people who have had abortions. Ann Coulter: If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. Michigan Republicans Offer a Tax
Credit for Fetuses After Cutting Tax Credits for Children GOP goes global with war on birth control GOP votes to kill funding for American Community Survey Little bunch of old white Christian extremists choosing the GOP candidate Republicans hate bicycles, too Republicans privatizing whole cities How Republicans and hedgefunders are made Kansas GOP House speaker prays for Obama's early death GOP's segregationist style voting restrictions will reduce ballots of seniors, young, minorities Republicans hate bicycles, too Iowa GOP State Senator Shawn Hammerlinck to students who came to the capital to testify for more funding: “I do not like it when students actually come here and lobby me for funds,. . . I want to thank you for joining us and though I have to concede, your time speaking before us is kind of a tad intense. It’s probably a pretty new experience. You probably prepared for it for days and you sat there in front of us trying to make sure your remarks were just right, and that’s a good thing. But actually spending your time worrying about what we’re doing up here, I don’t want you to do that. Go back home. Thanks, guys.” The GOP wants to end all government funding for NPR and PBS House Republicans want to do away with Americorps Texas governor Perry has called for lawmakers to suspend "non-critical" entities like the State Historical Commission or the Commission on the Arts until the economy improves 61% of Republicans polled said they hoped that Obama fails. Open Congress - In late June of 1995 then-GOP Conference Chairman John Boehner handed out "about a half-dozen" checks from the political action committee of tobacco company Brown & Williamson Corp. to fellow Republicans on the floor of the House. Boehner's chief of staff Barry Jackson stated, "We were trying to help guys who needed to get their June 30th numbers up, their cash-on-hand numbers up. All leadership does this. We have to raise money for people and help them raise money." Boehner was forced to stop handed out the checks when two freshmen Republicans, "appalled by it," confronted him and voiced their displeasure. Boehner's reaction was one of tempered apology, "I thought, 'Yeah, I can imagine why somebody would be upset. It sure doesn't look good.'" Conservatives in Arizona vehemently opposed a town's decision to have a trash truck and curbside recycling program. Some called it "Obamacare for garbage" or "trashcare." Think Progress - 100 freshmen Republicans will take their seats in the 112th Congress.Here is a snapshot of the GOP Class of 2010: - 39% have already declared their intention to end the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship - 32% want to reduce legal immigration - 91% have sworn to never allow an income tax increase on any individual or business - regardless of deficits or war - 79% have pledged to permanently repeal the estate tax - 48% are pushing for a balanced budget amendment Mike Huckabee wants to end public funding of NPR Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller faced with unpleasant revelations about his life and past: "We’ve drawn a line in the sand. You can ask me about background, you can ask about personal issues — I’m not going to answer." Politfacts finds Michelle Bachman tells more lies than just about any politician it covers GOP SENATOR WANTS ATTACK ON IRAN WHATEVER HAPPENED TO REPUBLICANS LIKE THIS? GOP PLANS TO DISENFRANCHISE FORECLOSED VOTERS REPUBLICANS ARE ACTUALLY LOUSY FOR BUSINESS GREAT MOMENTS IN GOP FAKE PATRIOTISM REPUBLICANS HIRE EXPERTS ON HOW TO HANDLE BI-ETHNIC OR WOMAN CANDIDATE DOCUMENTS REVEAL MILITARY'S ROLE IN GOP CONVENTION PLANNING MOST GOP CANDIDATES OPPOSE BIRTH CONTROL GOP lying about tax proposal's effect on small business What the GOP budget plan would cost your state Tea Party politics brought down Nassau County Michigan Republicans establish financial martial law House Republicans passed a budget that would have slashed funding for a sunami warning center that helped to warn people after the Japanese quake
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SHARRON ANGLE Sharron Angle thinks autism is a fake problem designed to give people more medical benefits Sharron Angle thinks that there is a "militant terrorist situation" that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities, SHARRON ANGLE OPPOSES ABORTION IN CASES OF RAPE OR INCEST Great moments with Michelle Bachmann Why you don't want to work for Michelle Bachmann Michelle Bachmann makes Mitt Romney look honest Michelle Bachmann discovers she is actually an American Marcus Bachmann says his role as First Man in the White House will be to hate gays GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann says gay people do have the right to get married -- so long as they're planning on tying the knot with a member of the opposite sex. Michelle Bachmann is taking all of this Iran business very seriously. After the British embassy in Tehran was stormed on Tuesday and nations like the UK and France started drawing down their diplomatic presences there, Bachmann took to the stump to suggest America do the same. Except? The United States doesn’t have an embassy in Iran. And we haven’t had one for years now. For so long, in fact, there hasn’t been a US embassy in Iran for the entire lifetime of every single one of Bachmann’s twenty-eight children. But sure, let’s shut it down a second time just for good measure.- Wonkette Cain, Santorum, Bachmann support waterboard torture Michele Bachmann says if you turn Herman Cain's "9-9-9" plan upside down it becomes 6-6-6. "I think the devil is in the details," she said at the GOP debate. Michele Bachman would end individual taxes: Fox News host Megyn Kelly asked Bachmann about a question at a previous Republican debate on how much of every dollar taxpayers should get to keep. Bachmann said that she talked to the young man who asked the question at the last debate. “I said ‘I wish I could have answered that question, because I want to tell you what my answer is. I think you earned every dollar, you should get to keep every dollar that you earned,’” Bachmann said. “That’s your money, that’s not the government’s money, that’s the whole point.” Perry & Bachmann want to cut your salary & benefits I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians." - Michele Bachmann on the recent earthquake and hurricane. Bachmann won't rule out cutting minimum wage Sarah Palin's husband justified her quitting governor's post because she needed more money Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again, That will happen. - Michelle Bachmann How Bachmann bought the Iowa straw poll Bachmann fibs about her family Bachmann starred in film that linked public education to Holocaust Bachmann is repeat federal welfare mother Why Michele Bachmann doesn’t realize how dumb she is Bachmann says the Renaissance did us in Bachmann promises to shut down EPA Michele Bachmann says only she can talk about her foster children Bachmann is repeat federal welfare mother I guarantee you the EPA will have doors locked and lights turned off and they will only be about conservation. It will be a new day and a new sheriff in Washington, D.C. - Michele Bachmann Witnesses: Bachmann clinic abused gay youth “My husband said ‘Now you need to go and get a post-doctorate degree in tax law.’ Tax law! I hate taxes—why should I go and do something like that?” she told the audience. “But the Lord says be submissive. Wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands.” (In this video, Bachmann also reports that the Lord told her to run for Congress) Legal question: Can someone who claims they submissively follow the orders of their husband and someone they identify only as "The Lord" serve as president under the Constitution? CARL QUINTANILLA (CNBC): Does it strike you that as the unemployment rate goes up that your chances of winning office also go up?. . . .MICHELE BACHMANN: Well, that could be. Again, I hope so. "Most Americans recognize that Israelis and Americans are two sides of the same coin because we share the same values and the same aspirations," Bachmann says. "We even share the same exceptional mission -- to be a light to the nations." - Michelle Bachmann Bachmann graduated from Oral Roberts Law School, which eventually closed and transferred its library to Pat Robertson's Regent Law School. The Regent Law School Review provides an insight into Bachmann's view on law - and history: "Regent University Law Review seeks to present academically excellent scholarship on relevant issues facing the legal community today from the perspective of a historic Christian worldview. It is committed to a jurisprudence based upon a Higher Law; that is, law based upon the Law of God." - Buzz Flash Bachmann wants schools to teach "intelligent design" Why Bachmann didn't 'raise' 23 foster children  If God seems a little distant, it may be because he's otherwise engaged PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature of the St. Petersburg Times that checks whether statements made by politicians are true, has repeatedly determined that Bachmann's claims don't ring true. "We have checked her 13 times, and seven of her claims to be false and six have been found to be ridiculously false," An Ohio Democrat, Steve Driehaus, clashed repeatedly with Boehner before losing his seat in the midterm elections. After Boehner suggested that by voting for Obamacare, Driehaus "may be a dead man" and "can't go home to the west side of Cincinnati" because "the Catholics will run him out of town," Driehaus began receiving death threats, and a right-wing website published directions to his house. John Boehner named Michelle Bachmann to the House Intelligence Committee John Boehner's fiscal ties to the tar sands pipeline Jeb Bush - I love my dad. I'd kill for him. I'd go to prison for him because, I love him so much. Thankfully I haven't had the need to do that. Jeb Bush won't rule out violating international laws against torture  Jeb Bush thinks out of wedlock couples should be publicly shamed Jeb Bush wants to push back the retirement age for Social Security by as many as five years, The Hill reports. Said Bush: “I think it needs to be phased in over an extended period of time. We need to look over the horizon and begin to phase in, over an extended period of time, going from 65 to 68 or 70. And that, by itself, will help sustain the retirement system for anybody under the age of 40.” Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) said in an interview that a National Security Agency program that collects information on Americans’ phone calls is “not a violation of civil liberties.” Jeb Bush Says Christians Can Refuse to Serve Gay Weddings Jeb Bush thinks NSA's illegal spyng is "hugely important" 2014 Jeb Bush opposes federal minimum wage How to express your support of Jeb Bush Obamacare sure worked for Jeb Bush Jeb Bush is worse than you thought Jeb Bush's business ventures are getting curiouser Jeb Bush quits another corporate board Jeb Bush is an offshore tax haven baron Great moments with Jeb Bush: InnoVida Holdings Jeb Bush is an offshore tax haven baron Jeb Bush on America's public schools How Jeb Bush described public schools "The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. ....A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza." - Herman Cain "The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. ....A manly man don't want it piled high with vegetables! He would call that a sissy pizza." - Herman Cain Cain, Santorum, Bachmann support waterboard torture  KEITH OLBERMAN FAN PAGE Cain wants to electrocute illegal immigrants Campaign manager was banned from Wisconsin politics Sim City had 999 plan before Cain Meet Herman Cain's 'economist' ABC - Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said the demonstrators are coming across as "anti-capitalism." ... "Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!" Cain said. "It is not a person's fault because they succeeded, it is a person's fault if they failed. And so this is why I don't understand these demonstrations and what is it that they're looking for.".... Herman Cain wants to impeach Obama Herman Cain believes that allowing a mosque to be built in Tennessee is "an infringement and an abuse of our freedom of religion." Herman Cain says he'll ask oil executives to advise him on which environmental regulations to eliminate GOP presidential contender and former pizza executive Herman Cain . .. promised the audience that as President, he would never sign pieces of legislation that are longer than three pages. . . . Under this bright-line rule, Cain wouldn’t have signed such landmark pieces of legislation as the Civil Rights Act, the Social Security Act, or the PATRIOT Act. In fact, he wouldn’t have even been able to sign the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, which ran 114 and 18 pages, respectively. -Think Progress Asked whether he would mind having gays in his cabinet, Herman Cain responded, "Nope, not at all. I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all. I just want people who are qualified, I want them to believe in the Constitution of the United States of America. So yep, I don’t have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they’re not going to try to put sharia law in our laws." ERIC CANTOR GOP hypocrItical oaths U.S. House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said he will not support President Barack Obama's proposal to renovate U.S. schools as part of the administration's bill to spur job growth. "Anything that is akin to the stimulus bill I think is not going to be acceptable to the American people," Cantor said. He added that Obama should focus instead on cutting federal regulations that he says kill U.S. jobs. Cantor and other Republican leaders voted for over $120 billion to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, funds that were used to construct and repair schools, roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure. But now these same Republicans are saying there's not a penny left to help kids and jobless Americans. Cantor also says House-passed bill can become law of the land without Senate Greedster Cantor goes where he belongs Eric Cantor even wants to steal Labor Day for his corporate backers Ben Carson, thinks everyone visiting the United States should register and be monitored while in the country, a spokesman for his campaign said. Carson just surpassed Donald Trump in egomania Ben Carson's West Point fantasy Doc Carson would even screw up Medicare and Medicaid Ben Carson offers bipartisan political correctness Ben Carson wants ban on all abortions Presidential contender Ben Carson told Glenn Beck that he wants to "intensify" the war on drugs. Carson wants government workers to spy on each other Ben Carson suggests shipping Palestinians to Eygpt New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed legislation that would have added 1.6 million new voters to the state’s rolls and made New Jersey the third state in the country to adopt automatic voter registration. Christie about to throw chronically disabled out on the street Another superfluous reason to ignore Chris Christie Christie attacks Social Security, Medicare Great moments with Chris Christie Little known great moments with Chris Christie Chris Christie is also part of the rightwing economic cult Christie okays police spying on Muslims Chris Christie is also part of the rightwing economic cult How Tom Cotton got along thanks to government money Great thoughts of Tom Cotton: Iranians have seized Tehran 2015 Ted Cruz dumbest GOP candidate on climate change Cruz wants 19% federal sales tax Cruz flunks climate issues worst say scientists Any president that doesn't start the day on his knees isn't fit to be commander in chief. - Ted Cruz Cruz cheers support from anti-Christian who wants abortion supporters killed Cruz out to destroy America's government and economy to get at Planned Parenthood Cruz would privatize Social Security Cruz in brief: He led the GOP’s government shutdown, costing the economy a staggering $24 billion, as part of a personal crusade to take away quality health care from millions of Americans and give control back to the insurance companies. He has obstructed everything from raising the minimum wage to paycheck fairness to immigration reform. He would give corporations and the richest Americans huge tax breaks, at the expense of working Americans - Democratic National Committee Cruz:The most hated man in the Senate Just a few days before Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the first official candidate for president in the 2016 election, he introduced a bill which, if enacted, would repeal all federal climate change regulation in the United States. Ted Cruz is the only person to switch from rock to country because of 9/11 Cruz has a little truth problem  Ted Cruz: Another member of the gradocracy Bob Dole; GOP should close for repairs 2015 Daily Beast - A review of Federal Election Commission records by The Daily Beast shows that Fiorina first paid herself back for more than $1.25 million in personal loans she made to [her senatorial] campaign, including a $1 million check on the day before Election Day. That check set the campaign back so far it was impossible to pay staff and vendors what they were owed for years Fiorina lobbied for corporate tax holiday to create jobs but. . . . How Fiorina wants to start World War III The fetal flap and Fiorina fictions Fiorina's sorry record as a corporate boss As CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. Fiorina shipped jobs to China. And while Californians lost their jobs, Fiorina tripled her salary, bought a million-dollar yacht and five corporate jets. - Barbara Boxer campaign ad, 2010. Lindsay Graham favors storm aid for North Carolina but opposed it for New Jersey Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reintroduced a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and said he would "insist" that the bill get a vote in the Senate. Great thoughts of Lindsey Graham: He claimed the world was “literally about to blow up” if the United States didn’t intervene in Syria. He doesn’t only want to deploy the military all over the Middle East—he might use it against Congress, too. “And here’s the first thing I would do if I were president of the United States. I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this,” he said in March, referring to cuts in the defense and intelligence budgets. “I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to.” The neo confederate past of top Lindsey Graham aide Stupid Bobby Jindal tricks: Sanctuary cities Another Republican looking for WWIII:“Frankly it’s time we punch the Russians in the nose.” – John Kasich The rightwing side of John Kasich John Kasich's bipolar views on Iraq Right wing Maine governor and native tribes in conflict Mike Tipping, Bangor Daily News, ME - At a speech to a conservative audience in Falmouth last week, Governor Paul LePage made a statement that is deeply revealing. “About 47% of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work,” said LePage. Currently, around 65% of Mainers over the age of 15 are working or are unemployed and actively seeking work. Of the remaining 35%, almost all are retired, are caring for children or other family members, are pursuing education or training or have a disability that prevents them from working. Only a tiny fraction aren’t working for other reasons. The conservative Heritage Foundation, using U.S. Census data, puts this number at 1.1% nationally. Great thoughts of Rick Perry: “Texas has been criticized for having a large number of uninsured,” Perry said. “But that’s what Texans wanted. They did not want a large government program forcing everyone to purchase insurance.” What's the Rick Perry indictiment about?  Why you may not want Rubio running our budget DC Politics - Sen. Marco Rubio (R) was among the Florida state legislators who voted for the so-called “Scarlet Letter” law in 2001 that required single mothers to publish their sexual histories in the newspaper in order to place their babies up for adoption. .... The law, which passed with overwhelming majorities in the House and Senate, required unwed moms who wished to put their babies up for adoptions to post details about their recent sexual encounters in the newspaper in an attempt to contact the father, even if the woman was a victim of rape or incest. The purpose of the bill was to inform estranged biological fathers that their children were being adopted and give them the chance to intervene. The Hill - Marco Rubio has missed more votes in his career than any other senator Three top Rand Paul associates indicted Paul claims what he used to say is off limits to reporters Rand Paul would repeal the estate and gift taxes, individual capital gains and dividend taxes, and the Alternative Minimum Tax. In place of the existing individual and corporate income taxes, he would implement a version of the flat tax proposal originated by Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka: a flat tax on wages, and another flat percent tax on the corporations - Vox Paul's recent budgets called for a 20% decrease in money for the Center for Disease Control, National Institutes for Health, Geological Survey and the FDA. Other proposed Paul cuts:
Not to mention the elimination of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Government Printing Office, Department of Energy, and K-12 education funding. We must remember that our rights are unlimited, unenumerated, and given to us by God, Your rights are who you are. Your rights are what you are. Your rights are in your DNA and the government can -- quite frankly - get lost! - Rand Paul who is, incidentally, a highly paid government official No, not Sarah Palin, but Rand Paul actually said this Rand Paul - Over half of the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts Some ways Rand Paul wants to ruin America Rand Paul compared national healthcare to slavery Paul approves of invasive government when it's invading women Paul opposed government aid to tsunami victims Ron Paul's newsletter predicted race war Ron Paul's investments are betting on disaster All I know is if you look at history and if you compare good medical care and you compare famine, the countries that are more socialistic have more famines. If you look at Africa, they don’t have any free market systems and property rights and they have famines and no medical care. - Ron Paul Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that poor Americans would "absolutely" be better off if the minimum wage were eliminated. Ron Paul has promised to ban public funding for Planned Parenthood. Some things you don't hear about Ron Paul Ron Paul opposes flood insurance Ron Paul says he would not have voted for the 1964 civil rights act MAKING IT EASIER TO FIND RON PAUL SUPPORTERS RON PAUL TRIES TO EXPLAIN QUOTES FROM HIS NEWSLETTER RON PAUL REVELATIONS HIT LIBERTARIANS THE DIRTY UNDERSIDE OF RON PAUL SOME REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR RON PAUL THINGS RON PAUL GROUPIES MAY NOT KNOW RON PAUL TRIES TO EXPLAIN QUOTES FROM HIS NEWSLETTER RON PAUL REVELATIONS HIT LIBERTARIANS THE DIRTY UNDERSIDE OF RON PAUL SOME REASONS NOT TO VOTE FOR RON PAUL THINGS RON PAUL GROUPIES MAY NOT KNOW MARCO RUBIO Great thoughts of Marco Rubio: Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries. - Marco Rubio DONALD TRUMP Ivana Trump told Vanity Fair that her then husband had Hitler book by his bed Trump news gives spike to extreme right web site Trump wants you to spy on your neighbor Trump hasn't voted in a primary since 1989 Donald Trump's own line of men's wear, the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection, is manufactured in China. -Salon Donald Trump: Well, you know, when it comes to racism and racists, I am the least racist person there is. And I think most people would me would tell you that. I am the least racist I've had great relationships. In fact, Randal Pinkett won, as you know, on The Apprentice a little while ago, a couple of years ago. And Randall's been outstanding in every way. So I am the least racist person John Johnston, who is challenging Indiana Democratic state Rep. Chuck Moseley for the 10th District seat, said during a social media discussion on poverty that “no one has the guts to just let them wither and die.” Arkansas Republican state representative Loy Mauch says the Confederate flag is a "a symbol of Jesus Christ," Texas Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden says he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership. In a rambling exchange during a TV interview, Broden, a South Dallas pastor, said a violent uprising "is not the first option," but it is "on the table." Alaskan GOP senatorial candidate Joe Miller thinks we could do a better job of securing the Mexican border. "If East Germany could, we could," he said.  GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE COMPARES HELPING POOR WITH "FEEDING STRAY ANIMALS" CHRIS CHRISTIE Governor Christie says NJ school districts should decide if they want to teach creationism MITCH DANIELS Mitch Daniels? Isn’t he the former Bush budget director who said the Iraq War would cost $50 billion when it ended up costing $3 trillion? The bureaucrat who promoted the Bush tax cuts when we were fighting two wars? The one whose budget projections were so fraudulent that he predicted federal surpluses in 2004 and 2005?- Joe Conason ANDY HARRIS Maryland physician Andy Harris (R) soundly defeated Frank Kratovil, one of the most endangered Democrats on Capitol Hill going into the November election. And he did it in large part by railing against 'Obamacare' and pledging to repeal Health Care Reform. But when he showed on Capitol Hill tfor an orientation for incoming members of Congress and their staffs, . . hecreated a stir by demanding to know why he had to wait a month after he was sworn in in January for his government-subsidized health care to kick in. After responding in a huff, he even asked if there was some way he could buy into the government care in advance, TPM DARRELL ISSA The scary man the Republicans have chosen to run its congressional investigations PAUL LEPAGE Maine's governor, other GOP officials registered to vote under rules they now want to abolish GOVERNOR JINDAL Federal report on handling of oil spill - “Coast Guard responders watched Governor Jindal — and the TV cameras following him — return to what appeared to be the same spot of oiled marsh day after day to complain about the inadequacy of the federal response, even though only a small amount of marsh was then oiled,” the report stated, citing an interview with a Coast Guard official. “When the Coast Guard sought to clean up that piece of affected marsh, Governor Jindal refused to confirm its location.” PETE KING I’m absolutely delighted that The New York Times would attack me ... I have nothing but contempt for them. They should be indicted under the Espionage Act. - Rep. Pete King, chair of the Homeland Security Commission MIKE LEE Senator Mike Lee of Utah thinks child labor laws are unconstitutional Also federal minimum wage laws, civil rights laws or prorviding Medicare and Social Security. MITCH MCCONNELL Making Obama a one-term President is my single most important political goal along with every active Republican in the country. - Senator Mitch McConnell McConnell promises to crash government if Republicans win Senate Nation - On the Senate floor Wednesday, Senator Mitch McConnell made his pitch that Republicans are the ones looking out for the working class, “whose wages have remained stubbornly flat.” At a press conference in Northern Kentucky this afternoon, McConnell presented his new fundraising plan to replace an obsolete bridge connecting the state to Ohio: lowering the wage of construction workers. Mitch McConnell played both sides of Iraq war CHRISTINE O'DONNELL
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum declared that, if elected, he’d push for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Rick Santorum - "I've voted to kill Big Bird in the past. I have a record there that I have to disclose. That doesn't mean I don't like Big Bird. You can kill things and still like them, maybe to eat them, I don't know. That's probably that. Can we -- can we go back on that one?" Proof that Rick Santorum is really sick Santorum involved with Catholic extremist group  WALL PHOTOS To live with the Santorum health plan you have to be as rich as Santorum To live with the Santorum health plan you have to be as rich as Santorum Some questions for Rick Santorum If Rick Santorum doesn't believe in the separation of church and state, can he take an oath to uphold the Constituition? Asked whether he follows NASCAR, Romney responded, “Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans. But I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners.” Rickia law would end separation of church and state Romney tries to relate to Detroit Santorum's wife claims God is a total screw-up "I did always feel in my heart that God had big plans for Rick. Eventually it was there, tugging at my heart. When Obamacare passed, that was it. That put the fire in my belly." Santorum claims there is no such thing as a liberal Christian Santorum was on board of hospital chain accused of offenses Santorum abuses Christianity again Give Santorum a beard and he'd be happy in Israeli politics Santorum blasphemes Christianity again In 2008 Santorum claimed mainstream Protestantism was a shambles and had left Christianity "It's not okay because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be." - Rick Santorum on contraception Last year Mr. Santorum made a point of defending the medieval Crusades against the “American left who hates Christendom.” - Paul Krugman One of the favorite things of the left is to use your sentimentality, and your proper understanding and belief that we are stewards of this earth and we have a responsibility to hand off a beautiful earth to the next generation. They use that and they have used it in the past to try to scare you into supporting radical ideas on the environment. They tried it with this idea, this politicization of science called man-made global warming. President Obama, you may remember, tried to pass cap-and-trade and tried to get control not only of the health care system but of the energy industry, the manufacturing industry, another two big sectors of this economy, and using this facade of man-made global warming. I stood up and fought against those things. Why? because they will destroy the very foundation of prosperity in our country.- Rick Santorum Rick Santorum's plans for America Santorum makes Gingrich look kind Rick Santorum told CNN’s Piers Morgan that he would never change his opposition to same-sex marriage because it does not reflect “God’s will for us.” The former Pennsylvania senator also reiterated his support from outlawing and restricting marriage in New York and the five other states that allow gay and lesbian people to marry: Send poor Rick Santorum a uterus of his own Santorum's Iowa campaign head didn't think a woman should be president Back in 2002, Rick Santorum wrote an op ed for Catholic Online in which he explained a sex scandal in the Massachusetts Catholic Church this way: "When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm." Which, given the recent scandals at Penn State, is it now fair to say that his homeland is as perverted as Boston? “Your free speech rights can be incredibly harmful to someone else.” - Rick Santorum Santorum calls for immediate cuts in Social Security Santorum plays down long history as Washington insider Santorum wants to ban all pornography The Santorum that America doesn't know Santorum thinks no one ever died for lack of health insurance Santorum wants states to be able to ban birth control Santorum compares social welfare to Italian fascism Erstwhile dumbest member of Congress almost wins Iowa Great thoughts of Rick Santorum In 2006, watchdog group listed Santorum as one of the three most corrupt members of the Senate Why does the media call Rick Santorum a Christian when he's really a blasphemous bigot? Cain, Santorum, Bachmann support waterboard torture Rick Santorum argued that single mothers were the “political base” of the Democratic Party, and that Republicans should work to lessen single motherhood in order to score political points against their Democratic rivals. The Democratic Party, Santorum said, relies on “single mothers who run a household” and have a “desire for government” as their voter base, and concluded that building “two parent families” is necessary “to reduce the Democratic advantage.” Rick Santorum got (as opposed to earned) $239k from Fox News for his appearances on the network Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the gay community has "gone out on a jihad" against him for his stance against gay marriage. Whatcha mean 'we,' white man? Rick Santorum: We have less freedom today than in 1776.. Glenn Beck: What about global warming?. . . Rick Santorum: There is no such thing as global warming. Santorum would jail doctors who perform abortions Santorum says Normandy invasion was a battle for private medical insurance I believe the earth gets warmer and I also believe the earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man, through the production of CO2 -- which is a trace gas in the atmosphere, and the manmade part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas -- is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd. - Rick Santorum RICK SCOTT Florida's governor, who is leading a disputed purge of voter registration rolls, had to cast a provisional ballot in 2006 because officials mistakenly thought he was dead, election officials said ALAN SIMPSON ALAN SIMPSON RAILS AGAINST SENIORS AGAIN Why does the media listen to someone as dumb and wrong as Alan Simpson? SARAH PALIN The book that may crimp Sarah Palin's career Sarah Palin's husband justified her quitting governor's post because she needed more money I want the mainstream media -- and I've said this for a couple years now -- I want to help them. I have a journalism degree. That is what I studied. I understand that this cornerstone of our democracy is a free press, is sound journalism. I want to help them build back their reputation. - Sarah Palin Sarah Palin thinks Sputnik brought the Russian economy down. In an interview she said, ""Yeah, they won but they also incurred so much debt at the time that it resulted in the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union," As Talking Points Memo notes, "While the Soviet Union did eventually collapse, that wasn't until 1991 -- a full 22 years after the U.S. put a man on the moon, and the collapse came amid stagnant economic growth after years of unsustainable Soviet defense spending of which its space program was a relatively small part." Sarah Palin: "We need to cut these things that aren't constitutionally mandated, that are kind of on the periphery, the fluffery, like NPR and National Endowment for the Arts." Senator Rand Paul, citing the "nobility of private charity" has proposed privatizing Meals on Wheeels and other government food assistance programs. With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies. It's not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery. - Rand Paul GOP Kentucky senatorial candidate Ron Paul would like to replace the national income tax with a sales tax. To accomplish this would take about a 23% sales tax. That would be on top of state sales tax and would be a massive giveaway to the rich. For example, in California, Meg Whitman would gain hundreds of thousands of dollars while those in the bottom 20% would have to pay several thousand dollars more a year Rand Paul thinks Obama was too mean to BP PAWLENTY Pawlenty has strong ties to Morgan Stanley Among the services Pawlenty would cut: Amtrak, the U.S. Postal Service, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the Government Printing Office. Pawlenty said those organizations "were all built for a time in our country when the private sector did not adequately provide those products. That's no longer the case." Interpreted broadly, the test could spell the end of federal involvement in the storage of nuclear waste, environmental clean-up efforts and disaster relief -- all services that a Google search reveals are offered by private sector firms. - CNN Perry spent $350 per vote in 2012
Rick Perry wants troops back in Iraq Perry joins Gingrich in wanting drug tests for welfare recipients Perry double dipping: taking salary and pension The best moments with Rick Perry Study: Rick Perry tax plan would cut revenues by $1 trillion, benefit wealthy Rick Perry: "We don't need to be focused on passing this policy or that policy." Perry preacher says Romney isn't a Christian Anita Perry blasphemes God, says he supports her husband Perry wants to send US troops to Mexico to fight drug war Contradictions in sworn statements about Rick Perry's fundraising for his 2006 reelection bid raise questions about whether aides to the Texas governor... gave false or misleading testimony under oath. At issue were the circumstances surrounding a $1 million contribution to the campaign, and whether the Republican Governors' Association, which paid out the funds, was used as a conduit to camouflage their true origin. Perry's appointees plotting refund to oil refineries. . . .from poor schools' budgets Rick Perry is a Texas stud, a real macho-man who looks great in cowboy hat and boots and was supposed to come galloping on his stallion to rescue Republicans and lead us to the promise land. But it’s become increasingly clear he can’t perform. He has electile dysfunction. -Ana Navarro, advisor to Jon Hunstman Perry thinks gays are like alcoholics: In a little-noticed passage in his first book, “On My Honor,” a encomium on the Boy Scouts published in 2008, Perry drew a parallel between homosexuality and alcoholism. “Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink,” he wrote. “And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the same sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender.” Meet Pam Olsen, a member of Rick Perry's leadership team A longtime adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, upset over his abrupt firing at a Texas university, admitted Thursday he told staff he would surrender his office keys only if "anyone is man enough to take them" – all while brandishing a pocketknife in what police called a "nonthreatening" way. Rick Perry's zombie movie campaign ad Most Texas job growth went to immigrants Perry gives the terrorists the argument they want Rick Perry put teacher retirement funds in hands of cronies Perry & Bachmann want to cut your salary & benefits Rick Perry doesn't come cheap: "If you're saying I can be bought for $5,000, I'm offended." - Rick Perry Rick Perry tries . . .and tries. . . to explain his position on abstinence Great achievements of Rick Perry Who said Rick Perry isn't a federalist? From the Texas Statesman: "Three days after fires started to burn in Central Texas, Gov. Rick Perry today expressed frustration that federal firefighting support, including equipment from Fort Hood, has yet to make its way to the firefighters. Perry said the firefighters could use heavy equipment such as bulldozers to clear fire breaks. 'It’s more difficult than it should be,”he said. “When you have people hurting, when lives are in danger, I don’t care who owns the asset.'" Texans don't like the government interfering with their business, especially campaign donations, where state laws allow contributors to fork over unlimited cash. No one has benefited more from this arrangement than Rick Perry, who has raised $100 million over the last decade, nearly half of which came from just 204 ultra-wealthy donors. Rick Perry, who wants to tell doctors what they should tell pregnant women, wants to get the government off our backs. Shouldn't he also want to get it out of our wombs? Perry has gotten a half million dollars from ATT, $125k from Bank of America Perry hides much public information from the public It is a Ponzi scheme for these young people. The idea that they're working and paying into Social Security today, that the current program is going to be there for them, is a lie. It is a monstrous lie on this generation, and we can't do that to them. - Rick Perry Rick Perry's curious financial past Perry's anti-Christian war on women and gays Rick Perry signs anti-Christian pledge to back constitutonal amendment banning gay marriage In 11 years, Perry has overseen 234 executions, more than next two states combined Bank of America exec tells Perry, "We'll help you out." Rick Perry tries to disagree with his book Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes a choice to drink. And, even if someone is attracted to a person of the same sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage in sexual activity with someone of the same gender.” -Rick Perry, 2008 Perry supports criminalization of gay sex How Perry and God are getting along Perry calls for total anarchy: "We’re calling today on the president of the United States to put a moratorium on regulations across this country, because his regulations, his EPA regulations are killing jobs all across America. We’re sending out a request today asking President Obama to put a moratorium on all regulations," Perry loves federal money. . . except when he's running for something Texas was growing ten years before Rick Perry along More great ideas of Rick Perry Rick Perry is saying that any more emergency efforts by Ben Bernanke to resuscitate the economy would be "almost treasonous." Perry thinks Perry should resign as governor Perry calls global warming "contrived phony mess" Not to mention that he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional Some of the heretical Christians behind Governor Perry's day of prayer When he was Tezas agriculture commissioner, Rick Perry received over $9,000 in federal funds to let his farm lie fallow. Gov Perry praises group that blames gays for creating the Nazis Ryan would cut deficit on backs of the old, sick and poor aul Ryan's healhcare plan would cost the average 65-year old $6,000 more a year RICK SCOTT Rick Scott spends $178 million to save $50,000 Florida Tea Party governor Rick Scott pays only $360 a year for medical insurance Florida Governor Rick Scott now has a page on his campaign website, RickScottforFlorida.com, asking people to send pre-written letters of praise about him to the editors of Florida's major newspapers. Scott's campaign staff wrote the flattering form letter lionizing Scott and his performance in office. Florida governor Rick Scott vetoed nearly $5 million in funding for his state's public broadcasting “I understand there’s people that like things and don’t like things. It’s really no different than in business. Because in business everyone doesn’t agree with everything you do. All your employees won’t say, ‘Oh yeah, I think you should exactly do this instead of that.’” - Florida governor Rick Scott Florida governor bans liberals from public event [New Florida Governor Rick] Scott is a millionaire and the former CEO of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, Columbia/HCA. Shortly after he stepped down, the company paid the largest fine for Medicare fraud ever assessed. He won the governor's race by running as an outsider — spending some $70 million of his own money. OLYMPIA SNOWE What Olympia Snowe's 'moderation' cost cities and states 2016 Why Trump is not to be trusted with nuclear weapons Federal judge rules Trump involved in ripping off union workers 2015 Trump urges collective punishment - a war crime under Geneva Convention 75% of Trump's claims are lies When the Trump firm blocked black renters Let's be fair: Trump doesn't hate all Muslims Almost half of Republicans without a college degree support Trump Best description of the Trump campaign Trump would deny full citizenship to Muslims Donald Trump wants to shut down some mosques Donald Trump thinks your wages are too high How the immigration policy Trump praised actually worked Donald Trump has filed for business bankruptcy four times Trump not only wants the White House, he may want your house too Trump provided homes for for some nasty people TV news channels give Trump five times more coverage than Sanders Why Trump neds therapy not votes Trump hasn't voted in a primary since 1989 NY Attorney General says Trump U defrauded 600 students Trump talks (and thinks) like a third grader Great moments with Donald Trump Who Trump wants in his government Donald Trump's dumbest remarks Trump even bought his audience 2015 Walker calls for all out war on labor unions Scott Walker finds something good about unions Walker wants to consider a wall across the Canadian border Walker a big spender for sports backers of his campaign How Scott Walker is rigging who teaches in Wisconsin Scott Walker's economic mismanagement of Wisconsin Where Scott Walker gets his foreign policy ideas Scott Walker's ten bigest whoppers Scott Walker is a sports socialist Wisconsin's prisons had 22,156 inmates at the end of April 2015—roughly twice as many as Minnesota’s, even though the two states’ total populations are about the same. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said that he supports a constitutional amendment banning nationwide marriage equality... "I personally believe that marriage is between one man and one woman," said Walker, a prospective GOP presidential candidate, on ABC's "This Week." "If the court decides that, the only next approach is for those who are supporters of marriage being defined as between one man and one woman is ultimately to consider pursuing a constitutional amendment." Walker’s truth-tested statements have received the “Pants on Fire” designation ten times, along with thirty-eight statements rated “False” and twenty “Mostly False.” That’s sixty-eight ratings on the false side of the ledger, compared to forty-six statements deemed “True” or “Mostly True,” with twenty-five “Half True” ratings in the middle. The dirty politics of Scott Walker Scott Walker wanted it all right for doctors to lie to patients about abortion How Scott Walker celebrates Earth Day Scott Walker puts labor unions in same class as ISIS: "I want a commander in chief who will do everything in their power to ensure that the threat from radical Islamic terrorists does not wash up on American soil. If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world." 2014 Scott Walker tries to wreck the University of Wisconsin Rand Paul introduces anti-Palestine bill Out of state billionaires big backers of Walker Wisconsin based companies to treat the way Scott Walker treats labor unions Wisconsin's message to Obama: you can't win without a cause Walker signs four bills harming women and youth Scott Walker replaces union workers with prison slaves Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a budget that cuts funding for Planned Parenthood, after pushing the measure through the state Legislature without a single Democratic vote. Planned Parenthood denounced the decision to choke off state and federal funding to nine health centers in small communities that will deny preventative health care to 12,000 women who don't have health insurance: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says it has 27 health centers across the state, which provide birth control, cancer screenings, annual exams, and sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment to 73,000 patients every year. - Alternet Walker sells out to Miller's Beer Scott Walker doesn't want painting
of multi-ethnic kids Legislation that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says will create jobs would provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks to insurance companies, while giving control of a $250 million fund to out-of-state financial management companies that would not have to pay back the fund's principal and would keep up to 80% of its profits. |
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