Archive for December, 2011

Our old friend Pat has moved his blog from politicalbyline.com to Blogspot, calling his new blog Thoughts and Rantings (one out of two ain’t bad). And he seems to have it in for Ann Coulter, criticizing her for saying that she would prefer Ron Paul to Newt Gingrich with his usual class and grace: Read more

Though the Tea Party-backed Republicans who stormed into the House and into state legislatures around the country promised to focus on jobs and fiscal responsibility, the reality is that they have instead pushed an anti-choice agenda that is absolutely breathtaking in the sheer number and scope of the bills proposed (and often passed). ThinkProgress has just a few examples: Read more

One of the other serious problems I have with Ron Paul is his embrace of some of the right’s looniest conspiracy theories. Talking Points Memo details one example, his claim that there is a plot to eliminate American sovereignty and form a single union with Canada and Mexico. On his 2008 campaign website, he said: Read more

“Whose country is it, anyway?” asks Pat Buchanan in his latest column. His answer, of course: It belongs to Christians like him — and to no one else. Or at least that’s how it used to be and how he wants it to be again. Read more

We all had a good laugh watching Rick Perry embarrass himself during a Republican debate a few weeks ago by not remembering which federal agencies he had promised to eliminate, but we should actually be laughing just as derisively at all of the candidates claiming that they’ll just close up a bunch of agencies and save all the money budgeted for them now. Ron Paul, unsurprisingly, has been the most aggressive in this regard: Read more