Last night, Laura Ingraham told FOX:

If McCain loses, if Republicans lose seats across the board, this is a rejection of Republicans who don't follow traditional conservative principles. It's not a rejection of conservatism, or Reagan, or small government.

... I think Republicans are going to have to do some soul-searching, but not on conservative principles -- on how they governed.

Dave Neiwert replies:

how they governed was precisely according to conservative principles!

The Big Shitpile is a direct product of conservative principles enacted in governance -- namely, the Panglossian belief that deregulation of business, and the financial sector, was an unrelievedly good thing.

Atrios is shocked at the absurdity Of CNBC:

The entire financial system is practically collapsing and they're lamenting the possibility of more regulation... People who prattle on about "the free market" are usually too stupid to have a clue how complicated and pervasive the "rules" had to be to to get a well-functioning modern market system: sophisticated concepts of contracts and enforcement, property rights, legal entities, proper accounting, bankruptcy, limited liability, etc... etc..., did not descend from the heavens but were, in fact, created.

So why do conservatives want to make all these crucial rules, regulations, and laws disappear? What would our financial system look like without them?

In the last 23 months 10 Republican perverts have been exposed: Richard Curtis ®WA, Larry Craig ®ID, Bob Allen ®FL, Mark Foley ®FL, Michael A. Flory ®MI, Glen Murphy ®IN, John D.R. Atchison ®FL, Dennis Gallagher ®NY, Randall Tobias ® DC, David Vitter ® LA.

This rogues gallery accounts for at least 7 cases of infidelity, 6 cases of homosexual sex, 5 cases of prostitution/solicitation, 3 cases of rape/sexual assault, 2 cases of pedophilia, and 10 cases of hypocrisy.

The Republican party is the party of "Family Values," if your idea of a family is the Manson Family.

mike kohr

On Tuesday, just as Republicans were launching their full-scale attack on Moveon for running a newspaper ad, George Bush hosted a White House rally for rightwing groups that issue death threats against Americans, viciously insult generals, and physically assault Gold Star fathers.

Here's the report from rightwing hate central, FreeRepublic.com (h/t Aravosis and Hamsher)

According to news reports, Florida Representative Bob Allen (Republican) was arrested last July 11 for soliciting sex from an undercover black male cop. The reason he gave was his fear of black men...

Now many will quickly ask what rational person would believe such a cockamamy story ?

But hold on, now.. READ THE REST

Ann Coulter, that contemptuous example of "compassionate conservatism," infamous for bashing the 911 widows who "marinate in their exquisite personal agony...I have never seen people enjoying their husband’s death so much" while promoting her misinformed and skewed diatribe "Godless: The Church of Liberalism" struck out twice at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

First, she simultaneously smeared gays and John Edwards with this despicable comment:

"COULTER: Oh, and I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards. But it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word "faggot," so I'm -- so I'm kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards. So I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions."

Thanks to Bob for pointing out the latest in wingnutterdom, the "Victory Caucus", who are going nuts over the fourteen white flag surrender monkeys (brave Republicans) who've joined co-sponsor Walter Jones in supporting the toothless Democrat-led resolution dissapproving of Smirk's escalation of the Iraq war.

Show them some love....

For the past two years, cable TV watchers have been force-fed endless anti-immigration propaganda by most of FOX News (led by Hannity, O'Reilly, and John Gibson), CNN's Lou Dobbs, and MSNBC's Pat Buchanan. Their go-to guy on immigrant-bashing is Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), who is threatening to run for President.

This right-wing immigrant-bashing led to Jim Sensenbrenner's (R-WI) bill to make 12 million illegal immigrants into felons, which in turn produced massive immigrant rallies and caused large numbers of legal immigrants to vote for Democrats. But it also led to the revivial of violent hate groups, as AP reports:

Not that they need a special time to be more whacked than what is normal (for them), but doncha think Christmas is CRAZY TIME for Reich-wing whack-jobs? Just this week as examples, we have Virginia congressman and whack-job extraordinaire Virgil Goode layin' down an anti-muslim racist screed in a letter to his constituents.

"I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States" if we do not adopt "strict immigration policies."

Then, not to be out bigoted by a Virginian, NC Congress-critter and also Reich-wing Bible-thumpin' whack-job extraordinaire, Robin Hayes has suggested the solution to the Iraq war is to have our soldiers convert all Muslims to Christianity.

"Stability in Iraq ultimately depends on spreading the message of Jesus Christ, the message of peace on earth, good will towards men. Everything depends on everyone learning about the birth of the Savior." (more)

OpedNews editor Rob Kall has an update on the OH Voter Letters Purge story. Seems he and Fitrakis are gettin' their ducks in row...

"I asked him if he agreed that there was "no truth to the Ohio Purge Letters." He replied, "WE are not satisfied at this moment that this purging did not occur. WE don't know yet.""

Fitrakis Ohio Voter Purge Investigation Continuing-- Letters Found
This article will recap the the evolution of the last few days of news regarding voter roll purging in Ohio, with an update from Bob Fitrakis, since he has seen and had reports of several vote purge related letters and uncovered more information on statewide vote purge activities, including private, vendor control of the voter rolls. After an initial report that letters were sent out to many Ohio voters, particularly in Democratic voting areas, questions have been raised as to whether inappropriate voter purging, particularly of young, student voters and apartment dwelling, city African American voters occurred.... (more)