Tag: Texas
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Gohmert Pyle du jour
Congressman Louie Gohmert, who recently filed an amendment to the failed farm bill to cut food stamps altogether, questioned “the amount of obesity in this country” from “people were told do not have enough to eat. (source)
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Further confirmation the next GOP nominee is a moron
(Whoops — originally published in October) If Rick Perry is going to cast doubt about the authenticity of Barack Obama’s birth certificate then I think it’s fair to question his story about the racist rock on his family’s hunting camp. Although there’s irrefutable evidence Obama was born in the U.S. no such proof exists that…
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Noted & Quoted, bullshit macho posturing edition
Rick Perry brags about Alabama Southwest, from his cleverly titled bio-screed, “Fed Up”: “Texans, on the other hand, elect folks like me. You know the type, the kind of guy who goes jogging in the morning, packing a Ruger .380 with laser sights and loaded with hollow-point bullets, and shoots a coyote that is threatening…
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Garth Brooks in, George Washington out of Texas textbooks
The new Texas textbooks have debuted and, thanks to the America deification crowd, history will now be viewed through a Palin-esque prism. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams? They are nowhere to be found in the new high school TEKS. Students apparently learned everything they need to know about them in eighth grade. A…
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Another cheerleader from Texas
If Bush fatigue disqualifies Jeb Bush from seeking office, it certainly should disqualify Rick Perry. “Bush on steroids” is putting it mildly. Shallow charisma. Check. Though I doubt most voters would want to have a beer with Perry. Macho posturing. Check. Macho asshole may be a better way to describe Perry, who carries a laser-sighted…
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