Quote :

"Prison lobby? There is a prison lobby? The fuck do we need a prison lobby for?"

for rjrumfel:

http://youtu.be/_Pz3syET3DY

7/21/2014 3:56:58 PM

^ His segments have been better than The Daily Show.

7/21/2014 5:33:59 PM

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0721/Newly-elected-GOP-Congressman-comes-out-in-support-of-same-sex-marriage

Quote :

" Newly elected GOP Congressman comes out in support of same-sex marriage Republican Congressman David Jolly says he still believes in traditional marriage, but he thinks the state should recognize same-sex marriage 'as a matter of Constitutional principle.' A Florida ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional last week, but marriage licenses in Florida are on hold pending appeal, the judge ruled Monday. "

7/21/2014 11:40:27 PM

and on the opposite side of that spectrum:

https://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/07/a-millionaire-and-a-homophobic-conspiracy-theorist-just-won-primaries-in-georgia/374915/

Quote :

"Hice wrote in a 2012 book that "the gay community has a secret plot to recruit and sodomize children," "supporters of abortion rights are worse than Hitler," and "Muslims be stripped of their First Amendment rights.""

and he's a near lock to win the general election

7/23/2014 3:26:58 PM

The Ted Cruz show is about to come on AGAIN???

Sorry thousands of young illegals, Ted needs to see if he can run the House from his Senate chair


***kicks feet up, cracks a beer***

7/30/2014 4:41:20 PM

RNC has a problem with AP History tests because...

http://tinyurl.com/nujtaed

Quote :

"AP U.S. History exam fails to adequately discuss “the Founding Fathers, the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the religious influences on our nation’s history.”"

Rush likens Robin Williams' depression/suicide to liberal worldview:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2014/08/12/robin_williams_and_the_pop_culture_media

Quote :

""He had everything, everything that you would think would make you happy. But it didn't." Now, what is the left's worldview in general? What is it? If you had to attach not a philosophy but an attitude to a leftist worldview, it's one of pessimism and darkness, sadness. They're never happy, are they? They're always angry about something. No matter what they get, they're always angry. "

[Edited on August 14, 2014 at 12:19 PM. Reason : A]

8/14/2014 12:19:07 PM

the irony of Rush making that leap is lost on about 99.99% of his listeners

8/14/2014 12:34:21 PM

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-king-ferguson-continental-origin
Rep. Steve King: Ferguson Protestors Are Of A Single 'Continental Origin' . Something tells me this won't go over well.

8/14/2014 1:59:49 PM

*sigh*

What an idiot.

8/14/2014 2:22:21 PM

Haha, Bob McDonnell is living with a gay priest

8/26/2014 11:10:01 AM

https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/509863953951117312

Gop has a solid 63% chance of taking senate.

9/11/2014 12:23:43 AM

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/09/10/tea-party-lesson-learned-plays-nice-this-time

9/11/2014 1:02:55 AM

10/2/2014 10:21:30 AM

I guess I get the argument, but it's just an homage to a shitty show right? Does everyone have similar issues with Say Yes to the Dress?

10/2/2014 2:00:21 PM

Progressives would do well to try and cater to low information voters this way too, realistically. Not every voter cares about stoic policy rhetoric.

Republicans have been very effective with coming up with catch phrases for their issues (death panels, obamacare, axis of evil, entitlements, calling people socialists, etc.), and these things work.

10/2/2014 2:25:05 PM

Some republican candidates are appearing to become more progressive on social issues, or they're just saying that to get elected.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/09/republican_candidates_are_avoiding_social_issues_gop_politicians_don_t_want.html

10/2/2014 7:33:55 PM

McCain and others are calling for the appointment of an Ebola Czar

Quote :

"Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday called for President Obama to nominate an Ebola "czar" to coordinate the administration’s response to the deadly virus."

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/220506-mccain-calls-for-ebola-czar

Quote :

""Obama has more czars than the Romanovs." — John McCain on Saturday, May 30th, 2009 in a Twitter message"

if only we had a figure head doctor, like a supervisor surgeon person, to head an organization of health professionals they can dispatch in a national emergency. surely the nation would want to appoint a person like that quickly, and not block it for trivial reasons like tweets about guns or something

10/15/2014 9:48:05 AM

Quote :

"Liberals favor CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and The New York Times, but none of those sources more dramatically than another. Conservatives have an overwhelming favorite: Fox News Channel, according to a study of media habits released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. ... A majority of conservatives said they distrusted fully two-thirds of the news sources they were asked about. Besides Fox, the only organizations the conservatives trusted were the Wall Street Journal, The Blaze, Breitbart, the Drudge Report and radio shows hosted by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Four others were equally trusted or distrusted. "

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/survey-shows-media-differences-due-politics-26334941

These are the people that are about to take control of congress

10/21/2014 2:25:17 AM

By "they" you mean the 2,901 random online respondents to the survey? I really don't understand how half the posts in this thread are related to "GOP credibility." But then again, I'm the one responding to the post above so that makes me part of the problem I guess.

10/21/2014 9:35:01 AM

we all know how much conservatives hate polling

(at least they do until it tells them that Romney is going to win an election, then it's gospel)

10/21/2014 9:36:07 AM

Ha the unskewed polls thing... i still hold that one over my friend's head who fell for that after he started watching Fox News, because that's what his FIL watched.

10/21/2014 2:09:57 PM

^^^Not random.

Quote :

"2,901 web respondents, recruited from a nationally representative sample. "

10/22/2014 3:01:23 AM

Quote :

"These are the people that are about to take control of congress"

why are all you liberal rats jumping ship? no confidence in your heroes?

i thought america had it with republican shit?

10/22/2014 9:14:11 AM

The best democrat can't compete against gerrymandering and rabid fundies. And there is often not a democrat worth voting for.

10/22/2014 3:49:05 PM

you should stick with the latter; it makes you sound less stupid

10/22/2014 3:58:21 PM

That rocket that blew up? Privatization -3

10/29/2014 8:51:26 AM

does their credibility go up once the presidency is the only thing blue?

IM NOT MAKING ANY PREDICTIONS OR ANYTHING BECAUSE GOD DAMN I AM ALWAYS 100% WRONG.

but would you interpret that as american anger towards democrats?

or are you guys just going to claim republican cheating etc?

or better yet just call americans dumb. thats simple enough. im really just curious (not trying to pick a fight).

[Edited on October 29, 2014 at 6:46 PM. Reason : .]

10/29/2014 6:46:34 PM

they still have something like a 70%+ disapproval rating, if they gain seats i think the only conclusion would be that people are unhappy with democrats, or unhappy with incumbents, but not that voters have some kind of mandate for what republicans are doing right now

10/29/2014 7:03:02 PM

assuming the latest numbers to hold and come true, what will the first 100 days of our new red overlords look like?

10/29/2014 7:04:12 PM

There's going to be a continuous line of gotcha bills sent to the White House.

10/29/2014 7:06:46 PM

it would probably look like what happened to NC, and the Supreme Court would probably be very busy

10/29/2014 8:17:39 PM

^^ but at least there will be bills headed to the white house for once. Thanks Harry Reid!

10/30/2014 9:52:22 AM

O ye of little memory. Do you honestly think that the obstruction genie that Senate Republicans have uncorked over the last six years doesn't work both ways?

10/30/2014 9:56:18 PM

if Republicans take the Senate, how quickly do you think they stomp down any talks about impeachment? Do you think leaders will make public statements against any who still call for it, or will they just ignore any continued calls for it and hope no one notices?

10/31/2014 1:32:06 PM

I hope leaders publicly acknowledge that there's just a fringe talking about it and that nobody is taking it seriously. But it needs to come from top Republican officials.

10/31/2014 8:28:21 PM

Do Republicans really respond to associating anyone and everyone with a (D) beside their name to President Obama? I ask because I saw commercials running that morphed a guy's face in a state senate race (Watauga County) into that of Obama's. There has to be a point at which such absurd comparisons simply become comical.

Also, has anyone seen ads from conservatives about teh gheys being able to get married now? I would have thought Judge X or Register of Deeds Y would have somehow been attached to all of this silliness in some rural, conservative county.

11/3/2014 11:15:47 AM

11/4/2014 8:48:55 PM

So how long before the NC GOP institute a 3min time limit to vote like they have in Louisiana? Try voting for candidates, 14 state constitutional amendments, and local referenda...

11/4/2014 9:57:36 PM

Quote :

"Do Republicans really respond to associating anyone and everyone with a (D) beside their name to President Obama? I ask because I saw commercials running that morphed a guy's face in a state senate race (Watauga County) into that of Obama's. There has to be a point at which such absurd comparisons simply become comical. Also, has anyone seen ads from conservatives about teh gheys being able to get married now? I would have thought Judge X or Register of Deeds Y would have somehow been attached to all of this silliness in some rural, conservative county. "

Did you see the spelling bee one where the child was asked to spell "hagan" and she spelled out "o-b-a-m-a".

11/4/2014 10:19:20 PM

Right, but that was an extremely high profile race. I'm talking about some local state senator of relative obscurity. Hell, that fool probably won too.

11/5/2014 7:54:57 AM

3 minute time limit? That's retarded. I wonder what the rationale behind it is.

11/5/2014 7:57:51 AM

Quote :

" The House will then move quickly to eliminate individual parts of the law, Boehner said, including a tax on medical devices, a provision that Americans without health insurance must pay a tax penalty and a 15-member healthcare payment advisory board expected to launch next year that has been derided by Republicans as a "death panel.""

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/06/us-usa-congress-boehner-idUSKBN0IQ26920141106

So this is pretty hilarious... they're not actually looking to change the parts of the law people seem to hate most. I'm not sure what getting rid of the advisory panel is supposed to do, and i haven't heard of the medical device tax having any kind of real impact.

11/6/2014 6:47:42 PM

Quote :

"3 minute time limit?"

sounds ridiculous to me. seems like it would hurt elderly voters the most and those are the ones we WANT to vote.

11/6/2014 7:24:51 PM

I can dig up the statute if you don't believe me, but I have no incentive to lie in this regard. Just think of how cumbersome it becomes when you eliminate the option of straight-party voting...

11/6/2014 10:22:54 PM

I was reading pre selected candidates from my phone and I'm pretty sure it took longer than 3 minutes.

11/7/2014 12:09:18 AM

No phones allowed

11/7/2014 6:12:08 AM

^ I always found that stupid. What are you going to do with a phone? Cheat? Actually know what the candidates stand for?

11/7/2014 6:50:36 AM

How could you cheat with a phone?

11/7/2014 6:54:35 AM

The terrible reasoning used for it is that you could use a phone to record your votes to certify to someone paying for your vote that you voted for who you were supposed to. Obviously terrible reasoning since the elections are bought much more subtly than that.

11/7/2014 10:48:54 AM

GG putting James "Mountain" Inhofe in charge of Senate environmental policy........................ . . . . .

11/7/2014 10:55:49 AM