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Paul Ryan Is In Love With St. Thomas Aquinas; What Does This Mean? (UPDATE)

Since Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as a running mate, many media outlets have pointed out the Wisconsin Rep's interest in Ayn Rand. And they should -- Ayn Rand's basic schtick is that selfishness is a virtue and as such, the only ethical economic system is pure capitalism. Under Rand, any social s ... More >>

Will GLAAD Condemn Dan Savage for His "House Faggots" Tweet?

In this week's feature in the Voice Pride Issue "Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speech?" we take a long look at GLAAD, the self-described "PR firm for the LGBT community." Since the story was published Tuesday afternoon, a few events have happened as if on cue (one nationally, the others on a muc ... More >>

Rightbloggers Ditch the Breitbart Awards for Netroots, Still Have No Fun

Last weekend rightbloggers put on their finery for the Breitbart Awards in Providence, Rhode Island. Some got plaques, others listened to speeches and attended seminars. It certainly sounds like a good time to us, so we think it strange that rightbloggers didn't seem as interested in their own even ... More >>

"White America Has Lost Its Mind" Revisted: Where Are Those Crazy White Folks Now?

In September of 2010, the Voice published our cover story "White America Has Lost Its Mind." At the time, we thought the disease of crazy white people infecting the national zeitgeist was at its most noxious state. However, that period was before Donald Trump took birtherism to a whole new level, th ... More >>

Susan G. Komen for the Cure: Guns are OK, Planned Parenthood Is Not

​More unsettling developments in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure shitshow. The breast cancer advocacy group cut $680,000 in screening grants to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, saying that the organization could not give money to groups that are under congressional investigation. ( ... More >>

Jaded NYC Liberals and Progressives Drink to Obama's State of the Union

​It seemed like every archetype of New York liberalism--from your pashima-wearing UWS grannie to the pseudo-anarchist who introduces himself with a PGP -- was out and in rare form Tuesday night. At the Drinking Liberally State of the Union Watch Party at Forum, the drinking wasn't liberal enough ... More >>

Paypal Kills Christmas for Regretsy, Needy Families

via​Just in time for the holidays, here's your Internet beef (it concerns charity this time): On one side, there's Paypal, your go-to method for paying for things online without using a credit card. On the other, there's Regretsy, the hilarious "fail blog of hand crafts." To get everyone up to ... More >>

Unfunny Tea Party Comedian Writes For Andrew Breitbart's Sites

We could only make it about a minute into this thing, but perhaps you'll have better luck? The Tea Party apparently has comedians now, including this guy Eric Golub. Sample quote: "The left should love Sarah Palin. She has a beautiful, adorable special needs child... For that reason alone, the lef ... More >>

Rightbloggers Ejaculate Over the Women of Weinergate

Here is what everyone knows about Weinergate: A picture of bulging underwear, which Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner won't deny is his, exists, and a link to it appeared in his Twitter stream. Weiner says he didn't send it out himself, but was "hacked" or "pranked," depending, and he has been ... More >>

Anthony Weiner Badgered By Conservative Blogs in Weinergate, an Overly Complicated Internet Scandal

His Twitter profile pic, for real​The strange saga of Weinergate, in which New York congressman Anthony Weiner may have accidentally tweeted publicly a photo of his erect (boxer-briefed) penis to a college student in Seattle, set off a frenzy over the holiday weekend. Weiner says he was hacked ... More >>

Craigslist Congressman Resigns After Appearing Topless on Gawker

​Christopher Lee, a Republican representative from New York, is in hot (sexy) water today after Gawker posted the story of a woman who claims Lee sent her a bevy of flirty emails and a shirtless photo after she posted a dating ad on Craigslist. "Will someone prove to me not all CL men look lik ... More >>

The Other Potential 2012 Presidential Candidates Clear Sarah Palin's Hurdle

​While Sarah Palin bemoaned the state of public discourse as it flew from sorrow and mourning to finger-pointing, the nation itself grabbed a popcorn bucket and sat back while she attempted a curious, teleprompted defense. Some commentators are questioning what effect her bloody awful choice o ... More >>

Rightbloggers Comfort the Real Victims of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting: Themselves

After Saturday's shootings in Arizona -- which left Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords badly wounded and six people dead -- rightbloggers were swift to condemn... any possible criticism of themselves. You can understand their defensiveness. Back during the 2010 campaign, Sarah Palin had en ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find New Texas School Curriculum a Boon to Re-Education

The Texas Board of Education accepted this week, on a preliminary basis, the recommendations of conservative advisors to make the state's textbooks read more like Glenn Beck transcripts. They'd been working at this awhile. Earlier this year, conservatives had advised changing the Texas science c ... More >>

OPP: James O'Keefe, ACORN and Landrieu Stinger, Ran Racist Forum

​James O'Keefe, the videographer famous for taking down ACORN (and infamous for trying to take down Senator Landrieu), organized a speaking forum for white supremacists, and was even photographed manning the event's merchandise table. The hate watchdog group One People's Project photographed ... More >>

Sarah Palin: birther?

​Alaska's former governor talked to the press about her otter-skin purse, the president's communist tendencies, and side dishes for an open-air liberal roast at the Gridiron Dinner this week, but she didn't mention her interest in the "rightful" issue of Barack Obama's birth certificate.

Who Do We Have to Blow to Get Gay Marriage in New York?

The frustrating circle-jerk in Albany.

Rightbloggers Get a Scalp, and Perhaps a Party, in NY-23

On the weekend before a nationally-covered upstate New York Congressional election, the Republican candidate endorsed the Democratic candidate. This is a rarity in American politics, if not a first. Rightbloggers played a key role in this historical achievement. Let's step back several weeks and ... More >>

Poll: Owens and Hoffman in Dead Heat; Conservative Ducks Debate, Questions

A recent Club for Growth poll showed Doug Hoffman, the Conservative candidate in NY-23 who has become a national rightwing cause celebre, leading the race by 4.3 points. As Club for Growth is one of Hoffman's strongest supporters, the poll's credibility was questioned. But today a Research 2000 poll ... More >>

Conservatives Attack Republican in NY-23; Democrat Smiles

Republicans usually have an advantage in New York's 23rd Congressional District, but in the campaign to replace Congressman John McHugh there, conservatives have gone all out to attack the Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava. It's not that they're fond of Democrat Bill Owens (though, like most u ... More >>

Yelling Congressman Joe Wilson Raises Money for Opponent

​ Democrat Rob Miller is running in 2010 against incumbent Republican Joe Wilson for a Congressional seat in South Carolina. Miller lost to Wilson 54 percent to 46 percent in the 2008 race, which was the tightest the GOP-friendly district had seen in 20 years. You may recall Wilson is the guy ... More >>

Birther of a Nation: Poll Finds Less Than Half of Republicans Think Obama Was Born in U.S.

Maybe you heard that top conservative magazine National Review dissed the birthers -- that is, the folks who believe Obama is not really President because he was born in Kenya or somewhere like it. But it's going to take more than that to bring this patriotic movement down! According to a Daily Kos/ ... More >>

Rudy's Bar in Trouble; Liberals Come to Assistance

​ Rudy's Bar and Grill, one of the few real drinking establishments left in gentrified Hell's Kitchens, is in trouble. Seven months ago the department of buildings closed down its backyard for violations -- not a big deal in deep winter. Rudy's set to work, with a DOB certificate; it expected ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Gives Key Support to Senate Candidate Tasini

Jonathan Tasini, the labor activist who is thus far Kirsten Gillibrand's only announced opponent for the 2010 Democratic Senate nomination, is drawing a mere four percent in the polls, far behind unannounced Gillibrand opponet Carolyn Maloney. But he got a great gift the other day from Rush Limbaugh ... More >>

Tasini, Defying Everyone, Runs Against Gillibrand

Owlish labor activist Jonathan Tasini has nothing but guts. Back in 2006 he challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Senate nomination because he didn't like her crappy pro-war neo-liberalism. It was a suicide campaign for sure, but he managed to get 19.5 percent of the vote. Now, as Democrats ... More >>

Coup Update: Weird Scenes Outside the Senate Chamber

The defenestrated Dems of Albany are fighting back against the Skelos-Espada-Golisano coup -- not in the state senate chamber, which remains locked and where they were pretty useless anyhow, but with picket signs and press conferences. The Albany Times-Union reports protesters outside new senate pr ... More >>

Gillibrand Continues to Rack Up Way-Early Endorsements

She's new on the job, almost half her constituents can't give an answer when asked about her performance, and her next election is over 16 months away, but Senator Kirsten Gillibrand continues to rack up endorsements. Friday Al Sharpton and Congressman Gregory Meeks came out for her, and now House m ... More >>

On Notre Dame, Rightbloggers More Catholic Than The Pope

On Sunday President Obama spoke at Notre Dame University, where he had been invited to address graduates of the Catholic school. As the President is pro-choice, this raised some controversy among Catholics. And, to paraphrase Jesus, where two or three are gathered to oppose Obama, there also are ... More >>

Rightbloggers on Defector Specter: Fewer But Better Republicans!

"The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians." -- Ninotchka. Once upon a time -- as we pointed out elsewhere -- rightbloggers disapproved of purist liberal Democrats who were trying to drive moderates like Joe Lieberman out of their Party. This hun ... More >>

Supreme Court Justice Souter Expected to Retire

It hasn't been confirmed, but Supreme Court Justice David Souter is expected to resign today. The 79-year-old Justice was born in Massachusetts, and moved with his family when he was 11 to Weare, New Hampshire, where he still maintains a residence. He went from the state attorney general's office t ... More >>

2,000 Tea Party Denounces Obama Spending, Cheers USA, Fox News

On February 28, a Tea Party demonstration in New York's City Hall Park drew about 250 protesters who decried President Obama as a socialist, a communist, and the second coming of Hitler. This evening's Tea Party on the edge of the same park was much, much bigger -- stretching on the west sidewalk ... More >>

Bush Pardon Take-Back Has Precedent, Say Smart People

Online, Paterson Praises Kos Kids, Mets' Pitching Deals

Caroline Kennedy to Senate?

Rightbloggers On Palin's Turkey Slaughter ("The Lady's Got Spunk") and Other Big Wins

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Clue for a Congress doubting the Iraq war: The Downing Street Memo

Hammer Slammer Ding-Dong

Merry Christmas! There is a G-D! And other reactions to the Tom DeLay criminal indictment

What's the Deal With the Downing Street Memo?

Getting a grip on that Bush/Blair war scandal

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Getting a grip on that Bush/Blair war scandal

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