At last night’s debate, Sen. Rand Paul said that he believes “abortion is always wrong.” Which, in Amanda Marcotte’s mind, makes him pro-“forcible childbirth.” Or something: Oh geez. Where do we even start? How about here: Are you literally insane, Amanda? Or just willfully and woefully ignorant? Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/01/29/literally-amanda-marcotte-pro-life-rand-paul-supports-treating-women-like-farm-animals/
Chris Christie still won’t play in Santa Monica. But he might catch measles there. View this image › Mark Wilson / Getty Images If there’s one thing in America you can actually be unequivocal on, it’s vaccinating children against diseases like measles. It is an uncomplicated issue. And yet, a handful of top Republicans have […]
Today, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul suspended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. In 2013, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews advised everybody to bet the ranch otherwise: What would we do without the self-proclaimed “experts”? Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/02/03/this-is-what-i-do-for-a-living-chris-matthews-gop-nominee-prediction-was-slightly-off-the-mark-vine/
The Smarter Sentencing Act is being reintroduced by a bipartisan coalition of conservative and liberal senators. Update: A White House official said the Obama administration “applauds” the effort. View this image › Getty Images Andrew Burton WASHINGTON — The White House and prominent Democratic senators have once again joined forces with the most prominent names […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Thomasismyuncle/status/460492951714799616 Correction: Since the publication of this post it has been learned that Donald Sterling, while having a history of donations to Democrat candidates, is a registered Republican. Here’s more on Sterling’s political background from the Washington Post: Although Sterling is a registered Republican he has supported Democratic candidates in the past. He gave $5,000 […]
http://twitter.com/#!/DanIconq/status/524734414493073408 Hopefully people have enough sense to ignore The Huffington Post — we certainly do — but check out their latest screed where they go after politicians who dare to have a medical opinion on Ebola. Notice anything odd about the picture they chose for their piece? Politicians might not be scientists, but they seem happy […]
http://twitter.com/#!/AceofSpadesHQ/status/492051156114624512 The New York Times has alleged that Montana Democrat Sen. John Walsh plagiarized “at least” one-quarter of a 2007 thesis he turned in to earn a master’s degree from the United States Army War College. Serious allegations, right? For Blake Hounshell of Politico, the first order of business was to provide spin and maybe […]
http://twitter.com/#!/MelissaTweets/status/515632241896980480 Pollster Frank Luntz on Friday released his latest favorability numbers for some likely 2016 candidates, and it’s not pretty. Favorability ratings
- Hillary Clinton: 52%
- Rand Paul: 34%
- Jeb Bush: 34%
- Ted Cruz: 31%
- Chris Christie: 31%
http://t.co/WpeHs9cdXb — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 26, 2014 @FrankLuntz @kbdabear The 52% number is all the evidence you need for […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Hegelbon/status/509712003477540864 Bill Maher endorsing Rand Paul? Not yet, but. . . http://twitter.com/#!/reason/status/509705860923133953 More from Talking Points Memo: http://twitter.com/#!/TPM/status/509706684831637504 And liberals bring the snark: http://twitter.com/#!/Patriot_Musket/status/509706813994827777 http://twitter.com/#!/BigBillHaywood/status/509707660887744512 And don’t forget a little anti-Semitism: http://twitter.com/#!/KraftyWurker/status/509708070868766720 Related: Democrats try to salvage failed gotcha attempt against Rand Paul ‘Making me sick’: Rand Paul and Cory Booker’s ‘love fest’ isn’t pretty; […]
http://twitter.com/#!/jetx86/status/522900540804849664 Twitchy has reported on Senator Rand Paul (who is a medical doctor) being pretty critical of how the federal government is reacting to the Ebola situation. Obama: Ebola danger ‘extraordinarily low’; Rand Paul: ‘We’ve gone from ignorant to obscene’ US Sen. Rand Paul says Ebola "incredibly contagious," contradicts world health authorities, @kronayne reports. http://t.co/KFFJmGdNF9 — AP Politics (@AP_Politics) […]
