Some of Wednesday’s Questionable Right-Wing Statements and Decisions

Jason Attermann — October 27, 2010 – 1:47 pm | Election 2010 | GOP Hypocrisies | Republicans | Women's Issues Comments (0) Add a comment

Below are some of Wednesday’s questionable right-wing statements and decisions:

• Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller (R-AK) deferred questions on gay issues, including if homosexuality is a choice.
• TPM reported that new documents show that Miller “admitted that he lied about committing ethics violations during his time as a part-time borough attorney.”
• Tim Profitt, the man who stepped on the head of a Moveon.org volunteer, was identified as the Bourbon County coordinator for Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul’s (R-KY) campaign. The Paul campaign has distanced itself from Profitt. However, Profitt is reportedly demanding an apology from the woman he stepped on.
• A new ad against California Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R-CA) reminds voters that Whitman failed to vote for 28 years.
• TPM published a report on Republican House candidate Todd Lally’s (R-KY) views on gender discrimination.
• During a debate last night for Pennsylvania Senate candidates, Republican candidate Pat Toomey (R-PA) specifically listed federally-subsidized study abroad opportunities for students as programs he would consolidate to pay for his proposed tax cuts. Think Progress has analysis on what this cut would mean.
• Amid attacking the “systematically liberal” media, Karl Rove reportedly stated that “45 percent of NPR listeners were Saddam Hussein.”

 

Also, be sure to check out Foreign Policy‘s roundup of how other countries view the Tea Party movement.

And, find out what grade certain Tea Party-backed Republican candidates would get if they were taking a Constitutional Law exam.

 

 

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