Today's Fresh Blogs...

• GOP Contenders Will Not Commit To CNN/YouTube Debate

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:45 pm

  Tags: Debates, Republican Party, Republican Hypocrisy, Campaigns Elections

  YouTube — targeted at Republicans scheduled to get their turn at videopopulism on Sept. 17. But so far, only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) have agreed to participate in the debate, co-hosted by Republican Party of Florida in St. Petersburg. “Aside from those two candidates, we haven’t heard from anyone

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• Limbaugh's GM commercial He's just looking out for Global Climate

  Published: July 28, 2007, 6:15 pm

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy, Global Warming, Satire, Rush Limbaugh

  this in. This defines hypocrisy: If you’re doing an investment firm commercial that touches on the subject of, say for example, honing one’s talent to a fine point … you get Tiger Woods to be your spokesperson. If you’re doing a PSA on World Charities, you get someone who has championed the cause in the past like

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• Republicans' gall knows no limits

  Published: August 1, 2007, 12:50 pm

  Tags: Republican Party, Republican Hypocrisy

  Congressional Republicans picked a bad time for a new series of corruption scandals. This happens to be the week in which both chambers are considering major new ethics reform measures. The good news is, the House passed its measure today by a wide margin. The bad news is, there's at least one Senate Republican for whom chutzpah has no meaning.

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• Five things to wonder about

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy

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• Countdown: Worst Person in The World

  Published: August 4, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy, Right Wing Stupidity, Countdown Keith Olbermann, Bill O Reilly

  ah…choices, choices…  Download (285)   Play (366)  Download (108)   Play (220) Keith makes some fine ones in the Friday’s Worst Person in the World contest. BillO demonstrates he’ll throw his supporters under the bus in the charade of being fair (be very afraid, Debbie Schlussel,

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• Right Winger Sites Manufacture Controversy to Smear YKos

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:32 pm

  Tags: Military, Republican Hypocrisy, Blogs, Right Wing Stupidity

  videos of CPAC and the Young Republicans convention (and even they are minimally self-aware enough to have figured out that they looked really, really bad), there were some conservatives looking to make the netroots look equally hack-y at the YearlyKos convention. So predictably, Malkin, Drudge and the NRO (I won’t link to them because they

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• Loyalty oaths?

  Published: August 8, 2007, 8:27 am

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy, Right Wing Stupidity

  Kos, it appears the Kansas Republican Party, deeply divided between moderates and far-right activists, is pushing party loyalty to the extreme. The state Republican Party is forming a loyalty committee so that it can punish officers who endorse or contribute to Democrats. […] Bob Beatty, a Washburn University political scientist,

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• Jon Stewart Slams McCain's Racist, Hypocritical, Disgraceful FL Campaign Chair

  Published: August 9, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Election 08, Republican Hypocrisy, John Mccain

  First Mark Foley, then Ted Haggard, now Florida lawmaker (and St. McCain state campaign manager) Bob Allen has been snagged in a gay prostitution scandal. What’s more, just like Foley, Allen authored legislation that would ban the very same lewd and lascivious public acts in which he was caught red-handed. I think it’s time to call

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• Rep. Gingrey gets an earful

  Published: September 6, 2007, 9:29 pm

  Tags: The House, Republican Hypocrisy, Iraq

  a complete catastrophe as a Republican [sic] today. I will give you the vision of the future next year: about 8 to 11 senators will be voted as Democrats that are now Republicans. There will be about 30 Republican congressmen that are now Republicans that will also become Democrats. And the next president will be a Democrat. My entire

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• Disgraced Republican Senator Larry Craig Will Try To Take Back Guilty Plea

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:42 pm

  Tags: Republican Party, Scandals, Republican Hypocrisy

  argues. Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct following a sting operation in a men’s bathroom at the Minneapolis airport. His lawyer, William Martin, said he will file court documents Monday trying to undo that decision so Craig can fight the charge. Martin said Monday that Craig did not

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• Say it isn't so, McHenry!

  Published: September 13, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: Scandals, Republican Hypocrisy

  Is the conservative Congressman Patrick McHenry the latest to fall in a sordid sex scandal? Pam’s House Blend has the story and audio of the tangled story.

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• Why are liberals so obsessed with Senator Craig's personal life?

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:09 am

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy, Satire

  (click for full comic) I meant to post this earlier, but here’s Tom at the top of his satirical game.

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• Are All Republicans As Out Of Touch As Boehner?

  Published: September 14, 2007, 3:15 pm

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy

  DailyKos wonders where the Republicans so eager to call out Democrats for the MoveOn ad are after Boehner’s bone-headed remarks about the “small price” he’s willing to pay for “success” in Iraq. John McCain has already called on Boehner to retract his remarks, but not apologize. Will Mitt Romney, Fred

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• Montana Conservative Attacks Fallen Soldier/Op-Ed Author

  Published: September 16, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Republican Hypocrisy, Supporting Our Troops

  Play (484) …one Republican proves that “supporting the troops” only goes so far for the Grand Old Party, at least when the troops stray from their warmongering line. ThinkProgress: Earlier this week, Sgt. Omar Mora and Sgt. Yance Gray, who recently co-wrote a New York Times op-ed critical of the Iraq debate, were killed

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• Fla. Assistant U.S. Attorney Arrested In Child Sex Sting

  Published: September 18, 2007, 12:39 pm

  Tags: Republican Party, Scandals, Republican Hypocrisy, Right Wing Stupidity

  (h/t BillW) Yet another sex scandal–this time, from a DoJ official.** While this was a sting operation and there was no actual victim, the details released in this video make it clear that Atchison has had sexual contact with young children in the past. As a word of caution for those with children, this video contains some graphic details

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