Governor Rick Scott of Florida. Remember him? The Republican governor who rode into the state on his white Teaparty horse in November 2010, promising to create jobs and providing every household with an unlimited supply of manna from above? Remember him? Well it…
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You listen to these Republicans bitch about the economy, the “failures” of President Obama and how, if given a chance, they would be able to turn things around. To right what’s wrong in America, and they will do this while…
Have you heard the latest story about teachers and tenure? No? It goes like this. A teacher was given stellar evaluations for two and a half years. In the spring of the third year, the principal wrote a savagely negative…
It seems the Christian Conservatives and Republicans have made up their minds. In a party that claims to have moralistic superiority when it comes to family values, Christian Conservatives in the Republican party have settled on Newt this-is-my-third-marriage-after-serving-my-wife-divorce-papers-while-she-laid-in-a-hospital-bed-recovering-from-cancer Gingrich. A…
Another superb production by the DNC. This time, taking on the false claim by Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney: “I didn’t spend my life in politics.” Well, maybe not your entire life Mitt, but a huge portion of it was spent in…
Ron Paul said no to a Donald Trump moderated debate, and Donald Trump fires back. “Ron Paul’s not going to win. He’s got no chance. You have a better chance right now of winning, and you’re not running, and so…
Consider: This has been the year of economic gloom, a devastating Japanese tsunami, an earthquake in Virginia, a hurricane in New England, and a destructive East Coast snow storm before Halloween. These are bad enough. Are we really headed for…
He is a billionaire. He is responsible for starting, or contributing to getting many corporations off the ground. If anyone knows about job creation and who creates them, it’s him. His name is Nick Hanauer, and it is his belief that…
If you have a circus and the clowns don’t show up, is it still a circus? Well Ring Master Donald Trump and the conservative organization Newsmax may find out sooner than later. Yesterday, Jon Huntsman was the first Republican Presidential…
In another weekly presidential speech, President Obama urged Republicans to put country first and do what is necessary to uplift the economy, not a political party. Unfortunately, too many Republicans in Congress don’t seem to share that same sense of…
The joke that is Donald Trump is taking it’s act to a whole new level. Trump is scheduled to be the ring leader of a Republican presidential circus debate scheduled for December 27th. We’re torn between the idea of this being…
Yay for America! It’s the news no one has heard over the last 2 and a half years – unemployment is at 8.6%. With all the anti-economy, anti-middle class antics of the Republican party, and their obvious efforts to make things…