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The Tea Party View Of Personal Value And Worth

This video from the Mr. Show boys basically explains the Republican (A wholly owned subsidiary of Tea Party USA) view of self worth.

What Have We Learned From This Ridiculous Debt Limit Fiasco

As I write this at midday Sunday, it appears that our long national debt-limit increase nightmare will soon be over. But the great crisis of 2011 will be looked at post-mortem as both a victory and a failure by elements of both sides of the aisle. It has proven several things true politically, and revealed [...]

Everyone Aside From Reagan Himself Calling GOP On Their Insanity

You may have already seen it but it deserves watching again. Further demonstrating how far-afield the modern Republican party has gone from the legacy of their Christ figure, I give you Reagan advisor Bruce Bartlett on the debt ceiling and taxes. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

The Debt Limit, Reluctant Reagan, And The Beatification Of Bill Clinton

For decades the 40th president of the United States has been the God Emperor of the conservative pantheon. After the disaster of Nixon and Watergate, and the uselessness of the bumbling Ford, it was only natural that movement conservatives would latch on to such a strong and charismatic leadership figure as Ronald Wilson Reagan. Yet [...]

Driving America Off A Cliff Just In Time For Sweeps

America’s sad weakness is danger, and that’s exactly what has us in the situation we’re in with the debt ceiling. In true Hollywood style we all get a thrill from seeing the nation in that chase scene, always just about to go headlong off a cliff. The reality of the situation is immaterial to us, [...]

TSE Chat Room: What We Learned From Last Night’s Debate

Jolemite: HAHAHA Jolemite: on the what did we learn last night tweet Senator Sunshine: Thank you Senator Sunshine: I have CNN on my Sirius App Senator Sunshine: so I listened to about five minutes Senator Sunshine: that was all it took Jolemite: I scrolled through the tweets at the end of the night Jolemite: made [...]

Stephen Colbert’s Word: On Senator Rand Paul

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Political Types Are Always Reading The Wrong Side Of The Tea Leaves

Like fanatics for horse racing or fantasy football, political watchers are in a constant search for any scraps of information or insignificant insight that can portend the results of future elections. Special congressional elections in far flung backwaters and percentage point changes in approval years from election day are often used to predict the mood [...]

Conservatives Were For Their Deeply Held Beliefs, Before They Were Against Them

As soon as Barack H. Obama was elected by an over ten million vote margin as the 44th president of The United States, conservatives and republicans endeavored to counter the new president’s agenda. They endeavored to counter the new president’s agenda even if parts of it were previously part of their agenda. Republicans and conservatives [...]

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