One of the worst things about political witch hunts is that they don’t end when the victim surrenders. No, the hunters often aren’t satisfied until the victim is burned at the stake. But sometimes the hunters sound so extreme that they become almost a parody of themselves. One can only hope that’s what is happening […]
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Pastor Mobilization Group Plans Events, Voter Registration Drives in Prep for 2014 Elections
A national organization that focuses on recruiting conservative evangelical pastors and their churches into partisan political warfare is gearing up for the 2014 midterm elections, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be a speaker at one of its first events this year. A report from the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) provides a broad overview of […]
David Barton's Sidekick Tries His Hand at Promoting Bad History
Rick Green, the former state legislator and failed Texas Supreme Court candidate who works for David Barton‘s WallBuilders outfit, is promoting his own 15-week online course in American government. Even a casual review of the materials in his class shows that he has the problems with accuracy similar to Barton. The course’s website promises that […]
Texas Secessionists Go on the Record
A correspondent for The Daily Show “meets Texas residents tired of living under the jackboot of a democratically elected government”: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook […]
Texas Congressman Louie 'Terror Babies' Gohmert: Guns Will Protect Us from Sharia Law!
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert, the East Texas Republican who thinks our nation’s enemies are coming here to birth babies who will grow up to commit domestic terror attacks, has a new argument against gun laws: stopping Islamic law! Rep. Gohmert had this to say today on the web-radio show The Voice of Freedom: “[The Second […]
