Politics

WATCH: Karl Rove Equates His Dark-Money ‘Social Welfare’ PAC With The NAACP

May 19th, 2013

That well-known bastion of integrity, Karl Rove, braved the searing inquisition of Fox News Sunday this weekend to explain that his Crossroads GPS dark-money group is a legitimate tax-exempt 501(c)4 organization that promotes social welfare. Just like the NAACP. Democrats, he disingenuously alleges, “had this for decades — literally decades — and no criticism at all,
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Another Derailment

May 19th, 2013

Virginia GOP Nominates Candidate For Lt. Governor Who Says ‘The Idea That Barack Obama Is a Christian Is Laughable’

May 19th, 2013

Republicans in Virginia have responded to President Obama winning their state twice by nominating a trio of the nation’s most extreme right-wingers for statewide office. Joining their nominee for governor, state attorney general Ken Cuccinelli, is state senator Mark Obenshain, nominee for attorney general, and E.W. Jackson, nominee for lieutenant governor. All three men represent
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LOL Of The Week: Reince Tells Republicans Not To ‘Cry Wolf’ As Obama’s Approval Rises

May 19th, 2013

In Aesop’s fable, “Boy Who Cried Wolf,” the boy gets a few free cries before all his credibility is gone and his flock becomes wolf snacks. The Republican Party cried its way to Bill Clinton’s ridiculous impeachment, the Iraq War and dozens of fake Obama mini-scandals, including those focused on the president’s birth certificate, his
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Right-Wing Radio Host Wants To Shoot Hillary Clinton, Watch Her Die

May 18th, 2013

When you’re so unhinged that even RightWingWatch considers you too crazy to cover, perhaps you should think about getting professional help. But that’s the thing about conservatives in this country… there’s no such thing as “too crazy” anymore. And that’s precisely why the Republican Party is speeding down the road to irrelevance faster than one
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