Evangelical Christians vet Texas Gov. Rick Perry at retreat – latimes.com. At one point, a participant noted that Perry disappointed many evangelicals when he backed the 2008 presidential bid of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a social moderate who supports abortion rights, and asked whether he would pick a running mate who opposes them.… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
Iowa GOP Debate Rick Santorum on abortion – YouTube . Just notice how Mr. Santorum talks about the father (read: violent perpetrator) and the fetus, but there is barely a mention of the woman who would be victimized perpetually. (transcript below) Funny how for so many men (especially those of the religious persuasion) only view… [Read more…]
August 12, 2011
The GOP debate in Iowa reveals the candidates have no grasp of reproductive health « Dr. Jen Gunter. I think, based on this years legislative sessions nationwide and the recent HHS ruling, it’s safe to say that abortion will be an even hotter topic than normal in the upcoming presidential race. Which is awesome in… [Read more…]
August 6, 2011
Gov. Perry Asks God To Pray For Nation’s Leaders : NPR. what a load of shit. I’m sorry. “Father, our heart breaks for America,” Perry told about 30,000 people gathered at Reliant Stadium. “We see discord at home. We see fear in the marketplace. We see anger in the halls of government and, as a… [Read more…]
July 28, 2011
Conservatives angry over Pell Grant funding in Boehner debt bill – TheHill.com. an uneducated population is an easily manipulated population. they love having sheeple. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) has compared Pell Grants to “welfare”. “So you can go to college on Pell Grants — maybe I should not be telling anybody this because it’s turning out… [Read more…]
July 17, 2011
herman-cain-im-not-discriminating-but-americans-should-be-able-to-ban-mosques… – StumbleUpon. So first he says that american communities should be able to ban mosques. We shouldn’t be able to ban other religious institutions, but just mosques because brown people are inherently evil. So obviously the blatant bigotry and xeonophobia that resides within the soul of hermain cain makes him a total wanker and… [Read more…]
July 16, 2011
Tiger Beatdown › Why the News of the World scandal is about you, no matter where you live. To the general public, all of this might seem very domestically British, very distant and while certainly a political misfortune, a series of events that hold little weight for the rest of us, non British residents. Except… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/The-Family-Leader-Presidential-Pledge.pdf. this is a whole bunch of madness.
July 7, 2011
What Obama Wants – NYTimes.com. Paul Krugman is a boss Mr. Obama’s people will no doubt argue that their fellow party members should trust him, that whatever deal emerges was the best he could get. But it’s hard to see why a president who has gone out of his way to echo Republican rhetoric and… [Read more…]
September 1, 2011
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