GOP Iran Letter: Rand Paul Reveals His Inner Neocon
In a move that should put a permanent end to all the silly talk about Rand Paul being a new kind of non-warmongering Republican, the self-certified Kentucky ophthalmologist is one…
Dominion: Majority Of GOP Voters Want A Christian USA
Public Policy Polling recently asked 316 Republicans whether they would support making Christianity the national religion, and a depressing 57% agreed with the notion of doing away with religious freedom…
Scott Walker Evolution Dodge Shows GOP Beholden To Zealots
London has become the place where Republican presidential aspirants go to show us how intellectually-bankrupt their party is. Mitt Romney famously offended the entire United Kingdom by casting doubt on…
GOP Public Health Idiocy Underlines Everything Wrong With ‘Libertarianism’
Chris Christie’s sop to Gardasil vaccine opponents on Sunday has set off a chain of idiotic statements by Republican Senators, an early indication that the 2016 campaign season will be…
Chris Christie’s Vaccine Nonsense A Sop To Gardasil Opponents
With rare exceptions (I’m looking straight at you, Robert Kennedy, Jr.), anti-vaccine denialism has thankfully never penetrated very far into the liberal punditry, much less the Democratic Party. President Obama’s…
James Rustad Lampoons Bryan Fischer In “Jesus Loves Me This I Know, ‘Cause Rick Perry Tells Me So”
My original song “Jesus loves me this I know, ’cause Rick Perry tells me so” explores the cozy relationship between the Republican Party and radical right wing group the American…
New GOP? Nope, Just The Old Conservative Base
There’s a State of the Union speech tonight, but for Republicans, the best speeches were given this weekend. Talking to a ‘think tank’ in London, Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby…
James Rustad Sings “Joni (Ernst) Likes To Castrate Piggies”
Here is my new song about the new star of the Republican Party, Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, who was chosen to give the GOP response to President Obama’s State…
GOP House Wants Paul Ryan’s Magic Unicorns In Budget Projections
Congressional Republicans are set on budget-busting tax cuts, but they don’t want responsibility for the resulting red ink. Instead, the House — to be followed soon by the Senate —…
In 1999, David Duke And Rep. Scalise Were Both Mainstream Louisiana Republicans
Although the Republican Party was officially divorced from David Duke, they were still sleeping together in Louisiana, even in 1999. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the new House Majority Whip admitted…