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@Todd_Courser Knows All About Fabricating Evidence: Attempted Translation of Most Recent Convoluted Word Salad
Sunday , 25, October 2015 Candidates, Elections, Tea Party 2 CommentsSomeone should really tell tea party poster child Todd “5head” Courser that his best strategy at this point to win the primary election in his district is stop typing random words into the computer and sharing them with the Internet as part of his “on slot” to convince the voters in his district it’s a […]
Todd Courser The Perpetual Poster Child of Conservative Values
Monday , 19, October 2015 Candidates, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentTodd Courser really wants his old job back. He also enjoys writing long streams of questionable consciousness and posting them on the internet intentionally, as if that in any way will persuade people he’s the right guy for the job he quit and wants back. Last night he posted once again another diatribe full of […]
Why Larry Lessig Needs To Be In The Democratic Party Debates
Thursday , 8, October 2015 Candidates, Presidential Primary 2016 2 CommentsFor starters, people might actually watch them. Secondly, so Lessig can be exposed for the scam artist he really is. The Democratic Party set their debate schedule for the 2016 presidential primary in August. In September, Larry Lessig announced he was running as the uncandidate with the intention of resigning as soon as he accomplishes […]
Cindy Gamrat Knows God Wants Her In Lansing: Files To Run For The Seat She Was Just Expelled From
Thursday , 17, September 2015 Candidates, Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party 1 CommentCindy Gamrat has been out of office for a week, but she already knows she has to get back there and finish the work God wants her to do. At two in the afternoon today she filed paperwork to run in the November 3, 2015 primary for the house seat she was just expelled from. […]
Dan Benishek Won’t Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him After Saying He Would Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him
Tuesday , 15, September 2015 Candidates, Elections, Tea Party 2 CommentsTea party VA surgeon and 3 term U.S. Rep Dan Benishek won’t break his vow to only run for three terms after all. This morning he issued a statement claiming he wanted to devote more time to his family and help veterans, and he could do those things better if he wasn’t a US Congressman. […]
Alleged Sex Offender Republican Candidate for State Rep Vijay Kumar Gets His Medical License Back
Friday , 11, September 2015 Candidates, Elections 11 CommentsDr. Vijay Kumar of West Branch was arrested on July 21, 2015 for a number of charges, including insurance fraud and criminal sexual conduct with a minor. While those charges are pending and the investigation continues, his suspended medical license was reinstated last week. Dr. Kumar is also a Republican candidate for state representative in […]
The Next Representative of Michigan’s First District Lon Johnson’s Labor Day Schedule
Saturday , 5, September 2015 Candidates, Elections Leave a commentGOP Candidate For 103rd State Rep Wins Some Press With Criminal Sexual Conduct and Insurance Fraud Charges
Thursday , 23, July 2015 Candidates, Elections Leave a commentState Rep Bruce Rendon finishes his time in Lansing at the end of 2016 due to term limit rules. That means the 103rd district will have a new state representative in 2017. As of this week, The Republican candidate for the office is charged with Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud, insurance fraud, and criminal sexual misconduct […]
Trump’s “Conscience of the Conservative” Puts Him On Top in the Polls
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentDonald Trump says terrible things and he surges in the polls. If you’re horrified by the Republican presidential candidate’s racist remarks about immigration, Mexico, and his most recent attack on John McCain not being a hero because he was captured – don’t be. Republicans aren’t shocked by it, even if some of them are suggesting […]