TX-GOV: A longshot, but not hopeless.
There seem to be two competing camps on Wendy Davis's presumed entry into the race to replace Rick Perry. One camp can't conceal its excitement; the other can't conceal its skepticism.To the first...
View ArticleTX-Gov: Oh, it's on.
We laugh at Politico a lot over here, but this time they might have stumbled onto something:Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis and her advisers have begun informing influential Democrats that she intends to...
View ArticleGreg Abbott: "Without voter fraud, Obamacare would not exist"
You've probably heard of Greg Abbott. Down here in Texas, he's the Attorney General and the Republican candidate for Governor in 2014.Apparently Greg is a little concerned about his right flank, or he...
View ArticleTX-Lt. Gov.: Republican candidate advocates expelling states from Union
If you're not from Texas, you probably don't care all that much about our downballot offices. Well, you're missing out on a lot of hilarity if you haven't been paying attention, because the Republican...
View ArticleRep. Steve King displays new level of cluelessness
Clearly, Rep. Steve King has been spending too much time with Louie Gohmert:“I don’t know if I’m paid or not,” he said. “I haven’t looked. I have not. And I get questions I’ve never thought about. I...
View ArticleMandela gets the MLK treatment from conservatives
I have noted in several comments today that any conservative paying tribute to Nelson Mandela should come with an obligatory disclaimer that the conservative movement supported the apartheid regime in...
View ArticleHow People Who Call Themselves Christians Can Ignore The Poor
Piggybacking off this excellent diary (short form: rich guy tells the Pope to quit bashing capitalism or else he'll stop writing checks to the Catholic Church), I got to thinking today about this...
View ArticleME-Sen: "Vote for me because I'm a wife-beater!"
Maine Senate candidate thinks domestic violence conviction is a reason to vote for him.Normally, you would expect a domestic violence conviction to be the kind of thing that a politician would want to...
View ArticleTed Cruz: STILL Canadian.
For your Friday afternoon reading pleasure, here's this article from the Houston Chronicle.That's right: Ted Cruz, who back in August (when it was apparently first brought to his attention that he is,...
View ArticleTexas Republicans launch into personal attacks on Wendy Davis
Oh, Texas Republicans. You act like this is such a dark-red state, and then, well, you freak out when Democrats come up with a candidate for Governor who isn't a no-name.Predictably, Republicans have...
View ArticleOh, dear. Wendy Davis photographed holding shotgun.
Since the Texas Republican Party has apparently decided that they are not going to keep the Governor's mansion based on, you know, actual issues or policies, we get treated to questions about Wendy...
View ArticleTom Perkins' hilariously dumb idea
Tom Perkins, supposedly in jest, says that tying voting power to the amount of taxes you pay would bring about so many changes.Aside from the fact that this is a complete affront to democracy (no, the...
View ArticleGeorge P. Bush: Continuing the family tradition
Texas is having a rip-roaring primary season, with six of the seven statewide executive offices having no incumbent and the one with an incumbent (the Lieutenant Governor's race) still hosting a...
View ArticleKeep on cheering, right wing.
So, in the wake of the Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC decision, we now have one more decision in favor of "individual liberty," if you understand purchasing Congress to be an "individual liberty"...
View ArticleUniversity of Massachusetts basketball player comes out of the closet
University of Massachusetts basketball player Derrick Gordon publicly announced that he is gay in an interview with ESPN and Outsports, becoming perhaps the first Division 1 men's basketball player to...
View ArticleNo, America is not going to become Mississippi.
Holly Springs, Mississippi, is a town of about 7600 people. It's about a 45-minute drive from where I grew up (outside of Memphis, TN), a small-college town, home of the historically black Rust...
View ArticleTX-Sen: Could John Cornyn be vulnerable?
The other day, Public Policy Polling released a poll of Texas showing Republican Greg Abbott leading Democrat Wendy Davis 51-37. That was what everybody focused on.What a lot of people seemed to miss,...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Video of Cliven Bundy speaking to group of "Negroes"
You've heard about Cliven Bundy speaking his mind about "Negroes" and how much better they had it during slavery, but now we have video of him actually telling this to a group of African-American...
View ArticleDecoding the "education reform" dog whistles
"We support higher standards and rigor in the classroom, but every day, concern among parents is growing over Common Core. The feds are taking over and rushing this. Let's face it: centralized planning...
View ArticleWhy We Can't Have Nice Things: Race, sprawl, and climate change
It's 2014. The fact that climate change is happening and that humans are causing it should be blatantly obvious at this point, and the question should be "what should be done about it?" But instead,...
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