Disgraced Former Speaker and Long-Time Washington Insider Now Leading Presidential Candidate of the Tea Party
That’s right, a guy who pocketed $300,000 to shill for Freddie & Fannie, ran up a six-figure tab at Tiffany, and who’s been part of the Washington establishment for 32 years — this is the guy Teabaggers want to put in the White House.
Early Morning Swim
- A shooting death near Occupy Oakland.
- Senate helps veterans…with tax cuts.
- Krugman once more on the crisis in Europe.
- Nixon’s Watergate testimony released.
- Threats and intimidation from the Pizza Guy.
Newt Gingrich Lied about That $300,000 He Took from Freddie & Fannie
At last night’s GOP presidential debate, after the candidates all took turns blaming the Bush Administration big gubmint for the financial crisis, John Harwood asked Newt what he did to earn $300,000 from Freddie & Fannie in 2006.
Early Morning Swim: Rick Perry, Former Presidential Candidate [VID]
I don’t think anything needs to be added to “Oops.”
Right-Wingers Running “Little Bit Nutty, Little Bit Slutty” Playbook on Cain Accusers
Yep, it’s Anita Hill all over again.
The Eternal Sunshine of Erick Erickson’s Mind
Wingnuts: gleefully rejecting facts and empirical evidence since 1342.
Early Morning Swim: Bill McKibben Talks to Keith Olbermann about the Keystone Pipeline [VID]
Wonder what the State Department will find?
Liz Cheney: Barack Obama Inherited a “Victory in Iraq”
This is what Liz Cheney’s “victory” looks like: since Obama took office in 2009, 262 Americans have been killed in Iraq. And with regards to the other war her father screwed up, we’ve lost another 1,201 men and women.
Early Morning Swim
- Here comes the tank.
- It’s not over until we say it’s over, Pizza Guy.
- Krugman, on solar power.
- Five arrested at ATL OWS crackdown.
- 12K surround White House.
John Boehner Thinks Saying Republicans Favor the Rich is “Very Unfair”
Gosh, where would anyone get that idea?