Apparently some ridiculous Republicans (redundant?) are trying to give credit to former President George W. Bush for the killing of Osama Bin Laden. This is preposterous on its face but even more so when you consider that the strategy that took out Bin Laden was President Obama’s, not Bush’s (nor would it have been President [...]

For all of the Republican talk one would think that the stock market would do better under GOP Presidents than under Democratic Presidents but in fact the reverse is true. This graphic over at the DaiyKos really tells the story quite well. As you can see; it’s not even close. While the stock market soared [...]

“There is no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans.” This is one of the least true and most dangerous things that people often say. I most frequently hear this said by liberals who are justifiably angry that the Democratic Party is not progressive enough. They are understandably upset at the amount of corporate influence [...]

Remember how well the Republican’s policies under George W. Bush worked out for America? They got us into the worst recession since the Great Depression and helped us get mired in a war in Iraq (a war based on lies) that cost over 4000 American soldiers lives and over $3 trillion of our tax dollars. [...]

A great example of this “blaming it on the black guy” is that according to a recent poll more Americans think the bank bailouts (TARP) happened under President Obama (47%) than think they happened under President Bush (34%)! To be clear, the bank bailouts happened under Bush. Remember: The economy went to hell in September [...]

You didn’t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. You didn’t get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy. You didn’t get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed. You didn’t get mad when the Patriot Act got passed. You didn’t get mad [...]

The disturbing truth is that the Bush/Cheney admin wasn’t torturing detainees to get intelligence to protect the country (torture has never been proven to be effective at getting good information) but instead they were torturing them to try to get them to give a (false) confession of some link between 9/11 and Iraq. In light [...]

President Obama has left the door open for congressional investigations into the Bush admin’s role in the torture of prisoners of war during the “War on Terror.” It’s clear that the orders to use torture (which is illegal according to international law) came from the top so these investigations could lead to the very top [...]

The Republicans appear to be in danger of becoming a fringe party that only appeals to the type of people who don’t think Rush Limbaugh is a moronic gasbag. And luckily for the future of this country the amount of Americans who are deluded enough to have a favorable opinion of Limbaugh is lower than [...]

Although it seems somewhat crazy to already be polling approval ratings for someone who will not even become President for another two months, that’s exactly what Rasmussen Reports is doing. On 11/6, Obama’s approval rating was at 52% (closely corresponding to the 53% Obama won in the popular vote.) As of 11/17 (today) that approval [...]