Here’s another item for the “we’re not surprised” category: a Texas religious-right group is deceitfully portraying a U.S. Army chaplain as a victim of religious persecution. Liberty Institute, a litigation group based in Plano north of Dallas, is representing Capt. Joseph Lawhorn, an Army chaplain who ran into trouble for essentially evangelizing at a mandatory training on suicide prevention […]
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2014 In Quotes: Potluck Nuttery II
On the first day of 2015, let’s check one last round of nonsense we heard from the right in 2014. Click here to read more quotes from the right in 2014. “We are not going to do anything to distance ourselves from Ted Nugent. If we had concerns about some of the things that Mr. Nugent has […]
2014 in Quotes: Potluck Nuttery I
Some of the crazy things we heard from the right this year defy categorization. So let’s just call these examples “potluck nuttery.” Click here to read more quotes from the right in 2014. “The best gun lubricant around.” — U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, saying he uses “liberal tears” to lubricate his gun. Stockman is […]
2014 in Quotes: Immigration and Anti-Muslim Hysteria
You wanna hear paranoia at work? Ask a right-winger about immigration or Muslims. Here’s more of what we heard from the right this year. Click here to read more quotes from 2014. “[These Central American] kids have scabies and influenza, viral pneumonia, leprosy. These kids are going to be part of the school system … They […]
2014 in Quotes: Anti-Obama Derangement Syndrome
The right always finds something to complain about when it comes to President Obama — even if it means making stuff up. Here’s more of what we heard in 2014. Click here to read more quotes from the right in 2014. “Before ObamaCare, there had never been a case of Ebola in the U.S.” – A tweet from […]
