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The Men Behind the Oil 01/15/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Last week I  wrote a post about Rep. Paul Broun, Rob Scheck, and Patrick Mahoney gathering in the Capitol in order to anoint the doorway that Barack Obama will pass through on his way to his swearing in …

Right Already Plotting to Tie Obama Up in Court 12/18/2008 by Kyle Mantyla One of the things that Republican politicians start complaining about during election cycles is " lawsuit abuse ," the idea that trial lawyers are clogging the judicial system with …

Warren To Deliver Invocation at Inaguration 12/17/2008 by Kyle Mantyla It seems that no matter how many times people, including us , point out that Rick Warren is really just a friendlier version of James Dobson , his media-driven reputation as some sort …

Obama "Will Accelerate God's Judgment on America" 12/11/2008 by Kyle Mantyla There is not really much we can add to these sorts of dire predictions that the end result of Barack Obama's presidency is going to be the hastening of God's judgment on America: …

The Right’s Latest Gripe 12/03/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Always on the lookout for anything they can churn into a controversy that suggests that God is somehow under attack here in America, the Right has latched onto the opening of the new Capitol Visitor …

Did Dobson Push Powell to Endorse Obama? 10/22/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Max Blumenthal has a good piece up on The Daily Beast on James Dobson’s longstanding dislike of Colin Powell and outright attacks on him that suggests that Dobson’s attacks fed into …

Percentages Matter 10/08/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Kristian Kanya, writing on the Committee for Justice blog, weighs in on the inevitably confusing issue of judicial confirmation numbers, which I am generally reluctant to tackle because they are notoriously …

McCain Campaign Palling Around With Schenck 10/06/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Since Sarah Palin decided to go after Barack Obama for his essentially non-existent ties to William Ayers, maybe now is the time to remind everyone about the McCain campaign’s ties to …

Schenck "Profoundly Disappointed" By Obama Campaign's "Snub" 09/24/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Just the other day we were wondering why Barack Obama’s campaign was legitimizing right-wing leader Rob Schenck of Faith and Action by attending the forum he was …

Sean Hannity: I'm Funnier If You Are Drunk 09/13/2008 by Kyle Mantyla Sean Hannity entertains the audience at the Values Voter Summit with an extended bit about the relationship between James Carville and Mary Matlin which comes to a screeching halt when …