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The new breed of direct con job Republicans

You'd think, since Newt Gingrich loves bling so much he's half a million in debt to Tiffany's, he'd be ecstatic at the chance to be coated in free glitter. *rimshot* So, Donald Trump is out.  Mike Huckabee is out.  Gingrich is basically out, not that he was ever really in. …

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Dumpster Diving: Not Just For The Silent Anymore

I receive e-mails from Mike Huckabee's PAC or committee or whatever the hell it is you run in the stage between having failed to successfully run for President and failing to decide if you're going to do it again.  The e-mails generally contain a couple of anecdotes or response pieces…

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Mike Huckabee backs reinstating military ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy

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Former Arkansas governor and Fox News host Mike Huckabee said Tuesday he would support re-imposing the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military if elected president. “I would — because that’s really what the military wants,” Huckabee told OneNewsNow. “There’s been some talk that the military is…

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Republicans like Wisconsin governor more than GOP presidential hopefuls

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is more popular among Republicans than the top GOP presidential aspirants, according to a poll released on Thursday. The Republican governor unleashed a wave of protests in Wisconsin after pushing to curb state workers’ union rights. On March 11, Walker signed a bill that was rammed…

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Palin to be prosecuted for inciting violence if she visits Australia, attorney says

Sarah Palin better watch out. Under Australian law, inciting violence is a serious crime: an offense which could even trigger the prosecution of members of the US political class and mainstream media who called for the assassination of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to his attorney. Comments by Robert Stary,…

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This appears like it’s going to be much worse than even the worst cynic would have predicted

Having had weeks to prepare for Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court hasn’t helped Republican hysterics take the time they need to think very carefully about launching attacks (god forbid they should accept that Obama has a right to nominate justices, of course—no matter who it is, they’re going…

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Esquire covers Huckabee’s shameless anti-gay bile on his book tour

Failed GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is still on the media circuit, this time he is covered by A.J. Jacobs in a feature piece for Esquire, as the writer says, “flogging his new book (“Do the Right Thing”) on a 56-city tour.” Jacobs describes the very qualities that make Huckabee…

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Mike Huckabee: ‘definitely not pro-sodomy’

On his weekend Faux News talk show, failed GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee suggested quite strongly to the vile Ann Coulter — “scouts honor” — that he doesn’t believe in having his pole smoked (among other things) that fall under the definition of sodomy. Huck to Coulter: I am not,…

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Jon Stewart slays the homophobic Huckabeast without breaking a sweat

And entertains while doing so. Jon Stewart asked serious questions any hard-hitting progressive journalist or political commentator with a talk show is perfectly capable of asking. He made Huckabee explain his positions on LGBT rights and connects it to the messages in his new book about the merits of social…

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Rachel Maddow goes soft on anti-gay Huckabee

I’m starting to think that Rachel Maddow has an issue or professional discomfort with taking on publicly anti-gay figures on her show. It’s an oddity, given 1) she’s out and has a high-profile; and 2) her fellow MSNBC host, Keith Olbermann, has been extremely forceful as an ally on the…

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