In a Media Matters report about an analysis by Equality Matters, we learn that “Fox News Spent One Minute Covering Marriage Equality In Three States.” It’s also been announced that FOX has hired Allen West as a contributor. I don’t know if the latter means there will be more reporting on marriage equality, but given [...]
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News Desk: Tea Party Bomb Thrower Allen West Concedes to Patrick Murphy
THE SEXIST throw back to the 19th century and all round crazy wingnut, Allen West, has finally thrown in the towel. Florida Rep. Allen West — the tea party pugilist and face of the class of House Republicans that stormed to power two years ago — conceded Tuesday to 29-year-old construction executive Patrick Murphy in [...]
Meet the Job Truthers [Videos]
**Update** “These numbers don’t add up.” – Joe Scarborough THIS IS not going to help Mitt Romney. But that didn’t stop GE’s Jack Welch from standing point. Chris Matthews and Welch had a smackdown today on “Hardball.” “Do you believe the BLS, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, lacks integrity,” Matthews asked. “You don’t think it’s [...]
News Desk: Romney Announces Black Leadership Council
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney announced this morning that former Birmingham congressman Artur Davis would be a member of his new Black Leadership Council. [...] The chairs of the national council are U.S. Reps. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Allen West of Florida, and Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll. [blogAL.com] THIS IS a symbolic [...]
Another Disgraceful Tea Party Performance
“He does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning and having that title of American. He’d rather you be his slave,” said West. – Rep. West: Obama Wants Americans To ‘Be His Slave’ AN AFRICAN AMERICAN Tea Party Republican squealing that the first African American president wants people to “be [...]
Fear of Making the Wrong Kind of History
Mr. Boehner now has the GOP positioned in sight of a political and policy victory. If his plan or something close to it becomes law, Democrats will have conceded more spending cuts than they thought possible, and without getting the GOP to raise taxes and without being able to blame Republicans for a debt-limit crackup [...]
Allen West, Poster Child for the Republican War on Women
The above graphic is the headline on Emily’s List fundraising email (just click on it to support Wasserman-Schultz), as they capitalize off of the battle that’s ensued over DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz taking it to Allen West. “The gentleman from Florida. who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan [...]
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