Privileged and entitled white guys tend to get annoyed at pesky minorities who get in the way of their plans. In a post-election hissy fit to explain why his donors didn't get their money's worth, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of offering gifts to minority groups to secure their votes. That accusation is so far-fetched and offensive that ( Read more... )

Watching Republicans constantly find new ways of stabbing each other in the back is a source of endless amusement. What's that old saying? Something about thieves and honor?

First we have the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie (who never met a doughnut burger he didn't like), becoming more and more of a headache to the Romney campaign ( Read more... )

While it is amusing watching the Republicans snip at each other, all of the exaggerated media blathering about Romney's "failure to connect" with the Republican base is getting tiresome. No one in the media (or among their audiences for that matter) seems to even remember that the same tired old discussion took place in 2008 during the lengthy ( Read more... )

Mitt Romney is probably the most sane of the current field of candidates for the Republican nomination. Although he is winning, he is having a very difficult time. Quite simply, his party's base doesn't like him and is desperately searching for an alternative. So far, all of the "Not Mitt Romney" alternatives that Republican primary voters have ( Read more... )

Occupy Denver was cleared out today, although Mayor Bloomberg reversed course on his threat to shut down Occupy Wall Street in Liberty Park. I am confused about Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's official statement on the clearing of Lincoln Park this morning. He actually gives a public thank you to Xcel Energy? Considering what the Occupy ( Read more... )

Kicking more people out of their homes, something that's bound to create lots of jobs, especially when combined with the union-busting bills making the rounds.

Good job, Speaker Boner, Your Orangeness.

1. I'm sure everyone will have a lot of sympathy for the agonizing ordeal that Bernie Madoff has had to go through. Right? Um, right? Tap, tap. Is this thing on ( Read more... )

Breaking News Alert ( Read more... )

...these idiots do realize that there are steps a bill has to go through after being passed by the House, right? Right ( Read more... )

...although you'd be hard pressed to find it buried deep in an article with the seemingly harmless headline "GOP ousts Steele, picks Priebus to head party".

Priebus' political statements have sometimes contrasted with the law firm's actions ( Read more... )