Debunking right-wing media since 2004

The Plame game
Wingnuts downplame the verdict.

I'll be blunt. That talking point won't fly. If you're doing a national security investigation, if you're trying to find out who compromised the identity of a CIA officer and you go before a grand jury . . .if it is proven that the chief of staff to the vice president went before a federal grand jury and lied under oath repeatedly and fabricated a story about how he learned this information, how he passed it on, and we prove obstruction of justice, perjury and false statements to the FBI, that is a very, very serious matter.
-- Patrick Fitzgerald

Bye bye Harriet
When specific outcomes matter. What did we learn from the Miers debacle? That conservatives believe that a nominee's faith shouldn't be a factor? Nope. That they think all of Bush's nominees deserve an up or down vote? Nope. Don't let the code words fool you, we all know what they want.

Moron taxes
Starving the beast. Instead of doing the sensible thing and repealing the Bush tax cuts in order to make up for revenue loses and astronomical deficits, conservatives want to "starve the beast", that is intentionally run up deficits to prevent the government from funding education, healthcare, and anything else except for weapons systems.

Some Recent ones

Oh Harriet

The right turns on Bush. Despite the fun we're all having watching them turn against each other, we need to beware of the underlying assumptions taken as Gospel.

Green ink
Right wing commentary on the environment is like klan lit on civil rights - it's just wrong. Despite scientific consensus to the contrary, wingnuts continue their assault on global warming. Throw in a little land rights, and next thing you know we can strip mine Yosemite.

Tax the rich

And feed the poor. As part of our "Death and Taxes" series we will continue to debunk wingnut tax economics.

Katrina, continued
This is the story of the hurricane. The devastation of Hurricane Katrina revealed the Bush Administration's incompetence to the world. It also tragically revealed the enormous gap that exists between the rich and poor in America. It’s unfortunate that it took a natural disaster to bring the media into poor urban neighborhoods.

Burn baby burn

Why the Right is way wrong on energy.

All this time the Left has tried to convince America that driving SUVs is destroying the Earth. How wrong we were—it turns out SUVs may have saved the Earth from another ice age. And you thought all you got from your gas guzzler was a false sense of security!

Here come da' Judge!
To act or not to act? Last week was extremely stressful for conservatives, especially the type that goes to bed worrying about how to take back the judicial branch. President Bush’s nominee for Chief Justice, John Roberts, was subjected to difficult questioning by Senate Democrats, who audaciously believe they have a right to know something about the nominee for the highest judicial position in the nation before they vote to confirm him.

Katrina

A natural and political disaster. Katrina exposed a lot. Like the need for effective government, sound energy policy, reliable transportation infrastructure, and compassionate social policy, for example. The hard truths exposed by this disaster revealed the ineptitude, deceitfulness and corruption that is the Bush administration for all the world to see. Thus, the faithful had to redirect blame, and repeat their failed mantras.

Got gas?

Katrina exposes our nation's need for a new energy policy. Regardless of the culpability of gas station owners, Katrina did expose the glaring problems of America’s current energy policies. This republican government’s wrongheaded approach to energy came to life in the energy bill that passed earlier this year.

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