Republicans hate the U.S. Constitution

By Richard K. Barry

Though I recognize I will not be the first to point this out, conservatives have a very peculiar understanding of intellectual consistency.

A new national poll (Public Policy Polling) of Republican primary voters finds that 57 percent of these voters support “establishing Christianity as the national religion.” This is despite the fact that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution clearly states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

I can't help but envision all those slack-jawed Tea Party morons at various rallies a few years back looking strait into any available camera berating "libtards" for failing to respect or understand the intention of the Framers.

It's one thing to disagree. It is something different to attempt debate with people who have no respect for the rules of logic. 

Booing Jeb Bush at CPAC

By Richard K. Barry

Activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had a fine time booing Jeb Bush today. Jeb might be the only Republican who could give Hillary a run for her money. Great to see the party faithful so completely incapable of understanding their own best interests.  

The liberal line up

By Carl

 

In case you haven't heard, MSNBC -- which has always had some pretty shaky ratings but can usually point to one or two juicy plums in their book -- has been suffering miserably since their most recent prime time shakeup:

Amid the cable news network’s declining ratings, insiders tell TheWrap changes are coming soon and “everything is on the table”

When President Obama was reelected in 2012, MSNBC was “leaning forward” and smiling wide as Obama 2.0 propelled it to record ratings and a firm grasp on the No. 2 spot in cable news.

Over two years later, the network has fallen backwards. January ratings revealed double-digit declines compared with January, 2014 in all ratings measurements. During the day, MSNBC was down 20 percent in viewers and 37 percent in the advertising-coveted 25-54 demo. In primetime, it fell 23 percent in viewers and 39 percent in demo.

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