I've found my tea partier I want to hug.

I haven't felt this hopeful for the human race in a long time.

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FONTE: You’ve said you want to repeal the health care law and replace it. There’s a lot of things that took effect that help seniors. Once you repeal it, what happens to all that? And what are you going to replace it? Why don’t you make a ( Read more... )

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Truly inspiring speech. Actually makes me want to hug a Tea Partier.

Maybe we have learned something from this tragedy after all.

Here's my problem

1. Tea Party uses violent rhetoric to attack their political opponents, throwing in plenty of "shoot 'em up" metaphors for good measure, as it is THEIR RIGHT to be as incendiary and volatile as they possibly can: Read more... )

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Exclusive: Loughner Friend Explains Alleged Gunman's Grudge Against Giffords
In a Mother Jones interview, the friend shares a message sent hours before the massacre.
Mon Jan. 10, 2011 12:01 AM PST
By Nick Baumann

At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday-about eight hours before he allegedly killed six people and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz ( Read more... )

Barack, you are beginning to make this lame duck session look like a Thanksgiving turducken. And I was really starting to think you didn't have the stones to pull shit off ( Read more... )

Add this to the list of shit George W. Bush would never have dreamed of doing:

The Washington Post: December 1st, 2010 -- Obama administration reimposes offshore oil drilling ban

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Via TrueMajority.com:Victory: offshore oil drilling banned ( Read more... )

The FCC approved compromise net neutrality rules Tuesday that would forbid the nation’s largest cable and DSL internet service providers from blocking or slowing online services, while leaving wireless companies with much more latitude ( Read more... )

In January 2009, Sandy Tsao, an army officer based out of St. Louis, MO, told her superiors that she is gay - a violation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law. Tsao then wrote to President Obama, urging him to change the DADT policy: “I do hope, Mr. President, that you will help us to win the war against prejudice.” On May 5, Tsao received a ( Read more... )