The Second Coming of American Liberal Fascism?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  April 25th at 04:46 AM  | 

During the Bush years, Bush was often compared to Hitler or Mussolini,. The focus of the attacks had to do with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and angst over the supposed erosion of civil liberties due to warrantless wiretaps, among other things. There was a lot of hyperbole. Bush was a monkey, a Nazi, a Fascist, the devil’s spawn. The hyperbole became so hysterical some | Read More »

From “All Catholics Are Pedophiles” to “Catholics Hate Poor People”

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 28th at 04:45 AM  | 

Is it any wonder polls are showing a huge shift in the Catholic vote from Democrats to Republicans? Last week in Missouri, Russ Carnahan made his closing pitch against his opponent, Ed Martin. It went something like this — “All Catholics Are Pedophiles, Ed Martin is a Catholic, Therefore Ed Martin is a Pedophile”. In Minnesota the Democrats are opting for something else. “All Catholics | Read More »

These People Crack Me Up

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 21st at 05:56 AM  | 

Good grief. An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic church into dropping its long-standing prohibition barring women from the priesthood says it ordained three women on Sunday. Church officials did not recognize the ordination, and the Vatican has previously warned that women taking part in ordination ceremonies will be excommunicated. The group known as Roman Catholic Womenpriests held the ceremony at the Church | Read More »