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Quick Take

Sunday, September 2, 2012

I was going to give Paul Ryan grief for fibbing on his marathon time, but I got distracted when I was admiring the numerous Cy Young Awards and Hunt Cups on my mantle.

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Now That’s What I Call Racism

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Jan Brewer accused Barack Obama of “race baiting” this morning and was angry about accusations of bigotry. Being accused by la Cervecera of race baiting is a bit like being accused by Randy Travis of public intoxication. Since her side is free of race baiting and bigotry, I’m sure she’d be more than happy to [...]

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A Blast from the Past…Well, a Few Months Ago…

Sunday, August 12, 2012

After the jump, a letter from members of the faculty of Georgetown University to Paul Ryan on the eve of a visit there back in April:

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Another Quick Take

Saturday, August 11, 2012

The reason why Ayn Rand’s name gets invoked so much by Paul Ryan and others these days is because calling invoking “Social Darwinism” would be a problem for the base.

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Quick Take

Saturday, August 11, 2012

A definition of irony: Mitt Romney decrying alleged cuts to Medicare while introducing Paul Ryan.

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Hmm.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Chief among the attacks from Ron Barber against Jesse Kelly were quotes from Kelly’s last campaign regarding Social Security and Medicare. Kelly claimed that the attacks were unfair, but refused to explain his alleged change of heart. Unfair or no (I say “no”), it was clear that Kelly wanted to campaign as the defender of [...]

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Mirror Gazing

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The blog Arizona’s Politics did a good job of summing up the rebuttal to the ridiculous attack that Ron Barber is looking to destroy Medicare. Well, as we’ve learned, actual facts will not get in the way of this hit. Give it a couple of weeks, they’ll be droning on about Barber personally running a [...]

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Mirror Gazing

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

This came from the NRCC yesterday: We may have just learned Barber’s campaign plans today, but we’ve already known his political agenda for weeks. Barber is supported by Arizona boycotter Raul Grijalva and has said he would have rubber stamped all of President Obama’s policies over the last three years, including Obamacare’s $500 billion cut [...]

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