Archive: October, 2010

You call this "getting government off our backs"?

POSTED: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 4:29 PM

Not to belabor the point, but there's another survey out about the Tea Party Movement today, and I can't say that I find this particularly shocking....

Nearly half of those who identify with the Tea Party believe that the Bible is the literal word of God, and a similar proportion thinks that public officials do not pay enough attention to religion, the survey found. They are more likely than the population as a whole to view America as a Christian nation.

Will Bunch @ 4:29 PM Permalink | 37 comments

O'Donnell: Not a witch, but leading the cult of anti-elitism

POSTED: Monday, October 4, 2010, 10:25 PM

The Internet is all a-Twitter tonight: Christine O'Donnell has released her first TV ad in the Delaware Senate race -- and it's a doozy.

Unfortunately, there's no Elias Sports Bureau for politics, but I think we can safely say that this is the first 30-second campaign spot in U.S. history that begins with the phrase: "I'm not a witch."

Will Bunch @ 10:25 PM Permalink | 109 comments

How the Tea Party and John McCain killed Planet Earth

POSTED: Monday, October 4, 2010, 4:05 PM

I've mentioned this before, by now Ryan Lizza has the definitive piece in the New Yorker about Washington's failure to tackle climate change.

When North Wildwood is 30 milies offshore, we can all blame the Arizona Tea Party:

Will Bunch @ 4:05 PM Permalink | 24 comments

Some blood in blogger

POSTED: Monday, October 4, 2010, 3:27 PM

I'm back -- for real. As in, sitting at my desk in the newsroom.

And the amazing thing is that I have a job to come back to.

Will Bunch @ 3:27 PM Permalink | 4 comments

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