his defense now is that he was booked at lots of speaking events and wasn't aware of the politics of this group.\

that defense is BS too because apparently it was a big story in the local press and a lot of people were unhappy with the hotel for hosting the event, a story that occurred before he spoke

12/30/2014 12:24:36 PM

David Duke is the President? Who's that? I've never heard of him.

12/30/2014 3:27:45 PM

hes said if republicans try to throw scalise under the bus hes going to out others he met with, lol.

he says he knows who the real racists are and scalise was actually just there to talk about tax policy.

also he looks like david bowie.

12/30/2014 3:34:54 PM

oh sheesh

Ted Cruz, Longtime Foe Of NASA And Science, Will Oversee NASA And Science In New Congress
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/ted-cruz-nasa_n_6456270.html

1/12/2015 5:25:20 PM

god damn

1/12/2015 6:18:06 PM

1/12/2015 10:56:38 PM

he spelled Adolf incorrectly

1/13/2015 11:04:34 AM

ha ha ha

1/15/2015 12:24:34 AM

LOL, House Republicans posted an edited version of the SOTU and removed the climate change and torture parts

1/21/2015 1:53:23 PM

^ they are not Charlie.

1/21/2015 9:18:28 PM

Joni Ernst is basically a caricature

I was skimming the GOP response(s) to the SOTU, why do they keep saying criticizing "Washington" for not offering solutions? The GOP is part of Washington, they are members of congress and are able to offer solutions.

1/22/2015 8:58:01 AM

How about John Boehner inviting Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of congress without the WH's knowledge or consent? This is a leader of a political party effectively promoting the foreign policy of another nation against that of his own. For how much they talk about Obama being un-american and treasonous, how does this not count as real actual treason?

[Edited on January 22, 2015 at 11:23 AM. Reason : :]

1/22/2015 11:16:26 AM

yeah, but we have to love and support Israel so it's okay

1/22/2015 1:34:25 PM

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/the-cias-most-important-overseer-is-abdicating-his-responsibilities/384727/

Quote :

"But as Senator Burr begins this job, he is behaving less like an overseer than a CIA asset. Rather than probe problems at the spy agency, of which there have been many, his first priority has been aiding CIA efforts to cover up past misdeeds. It is hard to imagine a more flagrantly inappropriate act by a head overseer. Asking More From the Next State of the Union Address Specifically, Burr is trying to help the CIA to suppress two reports on its torture of prisoners. Like the spy agency, he never wants the full reports to reach the public, and he is misusing his position on the oversight committee to advance that agenda. One report was commissioned by Leon Panetta, a former CIA director. Though it is classified, people who've seen it assert that it paints a scathing portrait of a spy agency that misled its overseers about the efficacy of tactics like waterboarding. No wonder current and former overseers on the intelligence committee, like Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, found great value in reading it."

1/22/2015 1:40:03 PM

Quote :

"why do they keep saying criticizing "Washington" for not offering solutions"

same reason why fox news considers themselves to not be part of "the media"

1/22/2015 2:40:41 PM

If only they weren't.

1/22/2015 2:55:23 PM

[Edited on January 22, 2015 at 3:07 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2015 3:05:57 PM

The White House's 10/10 trolling seems relevant to that comment:


the other networks all had "News" included (ABC News, NBC News, etc...)

1/22/2015 3:39:48 PM

While Shep does work at Faux News and is tainted by default, there are way worse offenders at that network who are more deserving of this "oversight".

1/23/2015 8:18:37 AM

that was how all the Fox correspondents cards were

1/23/2015 11:00:07 AM

You say troll, I say unprofessional. Extremely unprofessional. Shepard Smith deserves at least a little respect.

1/23/2015 12:50:11 PM

so you think Fox News acts as professional as possible with some of the things said about the president on their air?

1/23/2015 12:58:23 PM

Quote :

"This is a leader of a political party effectively promoting the foreign policy of another nation against that of his own. For how much they talk about Obama being un-american and treasonous, how does this not count as real actual treason?"

I have no idea if the democrats have a history of this, but the GOP definitely has. Didn't Kissinger (maybe someone else in the campaigns, I don't remember the details) go around "negotiating" with foreign sovereigns for Nixon and Reagan before either were actually in office?

Pretty sure the Vietnam peace talks were sabotaged, at least.

[Edited on January 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ]

1/23/2015 1:32:09 PM

I think we need a few congressional investigations to get to the bottom of #placecardghazi

1/23/2015 1:33:08 PM

Quote :

"so you think Fox News acts as professional as possible with some of the things said about the president on their air? "

So you're saying the WH should stoop to their level? That's mature. Also, Fox news gives the current president just as much as Bush got when he was in the office.

1/23/2015 1:33:35 PM

At least Fox News isn't a liberal mouthpiece like GOLO commentators

[Edited on January 23, 2015 at 1:34 PM. Reason : ac]

1/23/2015 1:34:24 PM

I've given up on GOLO. At this point I think people on the left are just logging in and saying the most absurd things they can trying to pass as right wing nutjobs.

Either way, internet news comments, like youtube comments, will be documented 300 years from now as proof of how we have been slowly devolving as civilized beings.

1/23/2015 1:40:07 PM

Quote :

"So you're saying the WH should stoop to their level? That's mature. Also, Fox news gives the current president just as much as Bush got when he was in the office."

after 6 years of destroying him on a daily basis? this is a ridiculously subtle move by the White House.

and last I checked, this president wasn't allowed to start two unneeded wars

there is absolutely no comparison between the media during the Bush years and the media during the Obama presidency

1/23/2015 1:46:27 PM

Look, everybody else out there licks the shit off of his bootheels. Somebody's gotta be the odd team out.

I guess it sounds like I'm defending Fox, which I'm not, I just think that this WH is being childish when it comes to them. Fox is definitely right wing, I'm not arguing that. Just don't act like children are running out country. This wasn't the White House Correspondence Dinner. It would've been kinda funny then.

1/23/2015 1:49:41 PM

maybe in your bubble they do, but after getting blasted by media critics during the Bush years, the media, as a whole, has reacted by being much harsher and combative with the White House than they have in previous years

they're also pissed that this administration is more skeptical of them than previous administrations and doesn't allow as much access

1/23/2015 1:56:28 PM

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"Look, everybody else out there licks the shit off of his bootheels. Somebody's gotta be the odd team out. "

Do you actually watch or read any non-right-wing media? Or do you just get that opinion because of how right-wing-media descries the "lamestream media"? Because they certainly don't "lick the shit off his bootheels" in many instances. Especially in his second term.

And I assure you that many of the goloers are bat-shit crazy right-wingers. It's always been like that.

[Edited on January 23, 2015 at 2:42 PM. Reason : ]

1/23/2015 2:42:14 PM

he also reads unbiased, center media like Drudge and TheBlaze

1/23/2015 3:02:34 PM

Fox got people to buy into "unskewed polling" when Romney was running. They pushed benghazi even after the congressional inquiries came back. They gave Sarah Palin a job.

Implying they aren't an actual news agency isn't a slight, it's just the truth. They don't make any attempt at understanding.

1/23/2015 3:10:01 PM

Yes, I visit Drudge. I don't go to theBlaze. On a daily basis I spend most of my news time on CNN, Yahoo, Fox and WRAL.

1/23/2015 3:42:33 PM

It's not like Republican strategist Roger Ailes previously created a pro-Nixon administration, pro-GOP news agency and then after that a right-wing conservative-funded news service to create pro-right news content to provide to stations for free before then launching "Fair and Balanced" FOX

wait, nevermind, that's exactly what happened

1/23/2015 4:24:43 PM

Quote :

"On a daily basis I spend most of my news time on CNN, Yahoo, Fox and WRAL."

Have you seen recent examples of these sources "licking shit off of his bootheels"? If so, it might be interesting to start a thread to show examples of the mainstream media praising obama.

1/23/2015 4:46:30 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/civil-rights_n_6534922.html
Senate Republicans Remove 'Civil Rights And Human Rights' From Subcommittee Name

Quote :

"WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans revealed this week that they have eliminated the phrase “civil rights and human rights” from the title of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee charged with overseeing those issues. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) became chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee this month and announced the members of the six subcommittees this week. With Grassley’s announcement, the subcommittee formerly known as the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights suddenly became the Subcommittee on the Constitution. The new chairman of the newly named subcommittee is Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). His office confirmed that it made the switch. “We changed the name because the Constitution covers our most basic rights, including civil and human rights,” said Cornyn spokeswoman Megan Mitchell. “We will focus on these rights, along with other issues that fall under the broader umbrella of the Constitution.” In his press release, Cornyn never used the phrase “civil rights” or “human rights.” Instead, the release said he would be a "watchdog against unconstitutional overreach and will hold the Obama Administration accountable for its actions." Cornyn is an opponent of legislation that would restore federal oversight over some local and state election changes that were eliminated when the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013."

LOL

1/24/2015 8:37:25 AM

I don't understand. I thought the civil rights act was unconstitutional?

1/24/2015 8:55:06 AM

Is this relevent in regards to Boehners invitation to Netanyahu?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act

Quote :

"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects."

1/26/2015 4:10:16 PM

I wonder what "without authority of the United States" means int hat context.

It would be amusing if the whitehouse started floating rumors of impeaching Boehner

[Edited on January 26, 2015 at 5:12 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2015 5:11:07 PM

IMO all the liberal blogs are going full retard

1/26/2015 6:35:34 PM

http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/key-members-plot-exit-from-rsc-amid-conservative-rift-20150113

Quote :

"House conservatives are plotting a mass exodus from the Republican Study Committee as soon as next week over simmering dissatisfaction with the group's direction. The members have been talking for weeks, and they met Monday night to formalize their plans to institutionalize a competing, invitation-only organization that they see as a real conservative caucus that can push Speaker John Boehner rightward. Once a bastion for the conservative movement, the RSC has strayed too far from its original mission and been co-opted by the same party leaders it is meant to exert pressure upon, the members believe."

Mind blowing. No matter how far the GOP as a whole swings to the right, there is a cadre of them that will never believe it is conservative enough. Its not principle, their entire schtick is to run to the right of anything and everything only so that they can scream that they are the most conservative and because its safer to just throw bombs at anything that actually makes it to the House floor because its not pure enough than to actually have a reasoned answer for their vote.

Its either that or the more scary scenario: "Conservatism" (with a big C) is finally making the transition from a political leaning (on a spectrum) to dogmatism or religion or a cult or something.

**shudder**

1/30/2015 9:06:58 AM

FFS

The tea party is going to cause the Republicans to lose yet another presidential race. I'd much rather see a moderate Republican in office than Hillary or something worse. Can the 7 hardcore conservatives (Led by Cruz) not see that this is not an effective way to win presidential elections? Do they get their advice from Hannity? It's like they think if they run on their principles alone, that will lead them to victory.

1/30/2015 11:13:14 AM

Why? Hillary is basically a moderate Republican, it's not like Democrats are going to choose Warren or any actual progressives to run

1/30/2015 11:14:35 AM

^

1/30/2015 11:35:50 AM

Quote :

"The tea party is going to cause the Republicans to lose yet another presidential race. I'd much rather see a moderate Republican in office than Hillary or something worse. Can the 7 hardcore conservatives (Led by Cruz) not see that this is not an effective way to win presidential elections? Do they get their advice from Hannity? It's like they think if they run on their principles alone, that will lead them to victory."

until you and people with your line of thinking stop voting for them in Presidential elections, it's only going to get worse

they're playing the entire party by appealing to the hardcore conservatives for $$$

1/30/2015 11:55:24 AM

I mean, I wouldn't vote for someone like Cruz in the primary, but I'd have to pick the lesser of two evils in a presidential election. Not gonna throw away my vote for a third party candidate.

I haven't really read up on Jeb Bush, but I honestly think that unless he changes his name, he won't win anything. I thought Romney would have been a good center line candidate, but he's not running again.

God knows who we'll end up electing in the primary. I doubt I'll agree with it whoever it is.

1/30/2015 12:04:36 PM

In what universe is Cruz a "less evil" than Hillary?

1/30/2015 12:06:01 PM

we're in year 6 of "Republicans need to come more towards a moderate middle in order to win national elections", while they're going more and more to the right each year

it's fun to watch, at least

1/30/2015 12:15:48 PM

oops

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[Edited on January 30, 2015 at 1:42 PM. Reason : ]

1/30/2015 1:40:47 PM