Right-wing claims that Hillary Clinton faked illness to avoid testifying about the Benghazi tragedy would be funny if they weren’t so ugly. It’s the wingnut trifecta, smearing our most popular past Democratic president, Bill Clinton, along with our current president, Barack Obama, and the current 2016 front-runner, all with one shot. Imagine birtherism crossed with the worst of the hateful anti-Clinton lies, like the “Vince Foster was murdered” claim. That’s Hillary-health trutherism.But so far right-wingers claiming that Clinton somehow faked her concussion have gone virtually unchallenged on Fox News and right-wing sites like Newsbusters and the Daily Caller. Everyone from Charles Krauthammer to Sean Hannity to Laura Ingraham and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton have gotten into the act. Even after reports that Clinton also suffered a dangerous blood clot between her brain and skull, Bolton not only failed to apologize, he suggested that she was dodging Benghazi questions in order to protect her 2016 chances.Continue Reading… … Read More
Arizona electors, GOP Chair go birther
When it came time to formally cast their votes in the presidential race, three Arizona electors, including the Chair of the state Republican party, raised concerns about Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president.On Monday, the state’s eleven electors officially cast their votes for Mitt Romney – but three of them said they still have questions about the President’s birth certificate. ”I’m not satisfied with what I’ve seen,” said Tom Morrissey, state GOP chair. ”I think for somebody in the president’s position to not have produced a document that looks more legitimate, I have a problem with that.”“My issue isn’t whether he was born here,” he told KFYI radio on Monday. “I have questions [the birth certificate]. … You know, I have a law enforcement background. I come at this with a little different perspective. It just doesn’t ring right with me.”Continue Reading… … Read More
Time to commence “the Obama Games”!
Overview
Congratulations! Big fan. Look, I know you’re busy. The fiscal cliff, Afghanistan, your recipes, Pinterest, immigration, climate change, walking Bo — we get it, you’ve got a lot on your mind. We’re completely behind you. Solving America’s tough problems will take months of hard work, though, and we need something from you right now. When I say “instant,” you say “gratification.” Instant! (I’m going to assume you said it.) We’ve been glued to this election for over two years — nervously vibrating to a wobbly pitch of hope and fear. We need to come down, and not all of us live in Colorado. While you’re facing all of our challenges, we’re suffering a crippling intellectual and emotional attention deficit left behind by the election. I have an idea. Hear me out, because I made a few jokes on Twitter that obviously turned the election in your favor so I think you owe me. I see you nodding.Continue Reading… … Read More
“I believe in God and God is going to make sure Mr. Romney wins”
Documentary outfit New Left Media interviewed folks at a Mitt Romney rally in Ohio:Continue Reading… … Read More
Rep. Steve King goes on wingnut roll
Iowa congressman Steve King, who has compared immigrants to dogs and defended dog fighting in the past, hit a series of wingnut hot buttons Sunday during an interview with Des Moines’ local WHO-TV.King once again defended his comparison of the “vigorous” U.S. immigrant selection process to how dog buyers would choose the “pick of the litter.”"It was a compliment,” he said to the host.He went on to say “I don’t know where he was born” of the president. He then doubled down on claims that Huma Abedin had family connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, telling the host, “I say it appears to be the objective truth and I think we should look at those relationships, especially when someone’s that closely related to the staff of the Secretary of State. It becomes a critical issue and if you broaden this thing out to the Libyan situation and see the kind of performance we’ve had of this administration.”He also said has no position on whether states should be allowed to ban the sale of contraceptives.Watch the video below via YouTube, apologies for poor quality:Continue Reading… … Read More
Wisconsin Senate candidate’s son: “Opportunity” to send Obama back to Kenya
“We have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya,” said Jason Thompson, the son of former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, at a brunch this morning.The campaign for the elder Thompson, who is running for Senate against Tammy Baldwin and was not at the event, told BuzzFeed: “The Governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do. Jason Thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes.”Continue Reading… … Read More
