The purpose of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” … is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. Yesterday, Sen. John Kerry and former Sen. Bob Dole, among [...]
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The Right Rallies for Missouri’s Todd Akin, NRSC Issues New Statement
“What’s the moral case for not backing the Republican nominee picked by the people of Missouri?” – Newt Gingrich NATIONAL REPUBLICAN stars from the far right, from Senator DeMint to Rick Santorum, have decided to throw down for Todd Akin. After the final deadline recently passed, with polls showing Claire McCaskill clearly ahead, Newt Gingrich’s [...]
Romney’s Bad, But His Base Is Worse
To pin recent stumbles on Stevens would be to overlook Romney’s role in all this. As the man atop the enterprise — in effect, the CEO of a $1 billion start-up — Romney ultimately bears responsibility for the decisions he personally oversaw, such as the muffling of running mate Paul Ryan’s strict budget message and [...]
Sarah Palin’s Gal Upsets the Boys in Nebraska
“Sarah Palin still can pick ‘em.” – Jennifer Rubin SARAH PALIN BACKED the log shot, while the guys were duking it out. Today Palin congratulates Deb Fischer on a spectacular upset. As recently as a week ago, Deb Fischer was dismissed by the establishment. Why? Because she is not part of the good old boys’ [...]
The Moment Where Charles Pierce Obliterates Ross Douthat
Simply put, Elaine Pagels has forgotten more about the events surrounding the founding of Christianity, including the spectacular multiplicity of sects that exploded in the deserts of the Middle East at the same time, than Ross Douthat will ever know, and to lump her work in with the popular fiction of The Da Vinci Code [...]
Rick Santorum Crashes, Adult Industry Celebrates
“America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography. It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking.” – Santorum Declares War on Porn Industry Rick Santorum is an ignorant putz and like all politicians loves pontificating on subjects he knows absolutely nothing about. As if [...]
Erick Erickson Gets the ‘Joe Scarborough Award’
As an added bonus, it was more than a bit ironic to hear Barack Obama call Paul Ryan a social darwinist considering Barack Obama remains the only member of the Illinois State Senate to speak in favor of infanticide from the floor of the State Senate. – Erick Erickson That’s the closing paragraph of Erick [...]
Bill Maher: Please Stop Apologizing
Mr. De Niro was speaking at a fund-raiser with the first lady, Michelle Obama. Here’s the joke: “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?” – Bill Maher Why the first lady’s press secretary bothered to say Mr. De Niro’s joke was “inappropriate” [...]
Fehrnstrom ‘Etch A Sketch’ Gaffe is Sack Worthy
If I was Mitt Romney I wouldn’t let Eric Fehrnstrom near a camera again. If Fehrnstrom was a woman he’d be drummed out of politics for being an incompetent, ditsy broad. The CNN host, John Fugelsang, was even identified as a “political comedian,” no less. It compounds Fehrnstrom’s political malpractice. From Think Progress: CNN HOST: [...]
Rick Santorum Hits Obama on Malia’s Spring Break Story That’s Now Being Scrubbed from the Web
There’s been an unprecedented blizzard of action surrounding Malia Obama’s Mexico vacation. When Agence France Press posted on it the story took off, with Huffington Post, Politico and many other new-media outlets doing reports. Then parts of the story started disappearing across the web. Now values snob Rick Santorum has chimed in. He just couldn’t [...]
Mitt Romney Gets Big Delegate Win in Illinois
**updated** (CBS News) More than four in ten of the people who voted for Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in Tuesday’s GOP primary in Illinois “have reservations” about their choice, according to early CBS News exit polls. – CBS News Early exit polls hint at a good night in Illinois for Mitt Romney. Rick Santorum [...]
Romney-Santorum-Gingrich Not Doing Scott Brown Any Good
It wasn’t an accident that Sen. Scott Brown decided to steal a joke from Conan O’Brien to hit conservative extremist Rick Santorum. During the opening monologue of his Feb. 27 show on TBS, O’Brien, a Massachusetts native, used the same double entendre: “As of tomorrow, Rick Santorum will be assigned Secret Service agents. Did you [...]
Mitt Romney Thanks You
Santorum: ‘I Don’t Care What the Unemployment Rate’s Going to Be’ Santorum is serious. In a 52-minute speech, according to reporting from Politico, Rick Santorum said the word economy only three times. The grandson of a coal miner has been replaced by Mr. Values. Mitt Romney jumped all over it. It’s hard to believe it’s [...]
John McCain: ‘Respect the Right for Women to Make Choices’
It’s so very basic, but yet it made news when Sen. John McCain said it on Sunday in his conversation with David Gregory. “There’s a perception out there because of the way that this whole contraception issue played out.. We need to get off of that issue. In my view, I think we ought to [...]
Oprah Should Spend Capital to Put OWN in the Political Game
It’s one thing to have a network vision, it’s quite another to make it marketable, watchable and profitable, let alone hip. And if there is one thing OWN is not it’s relevant. OWN seems sleepy and quaint at a moment when women are flexing their power. OWN is missing history. The Susan G. Komen Foundation [...]
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