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The Republican Taliban Are in the Cat Bird Seat

Charge!: Republican Chairman Michael Steele calls forth the forces of reaction.‘The price of determined obstructionism will be much higher for the nation, but the Republicans clearly care only about their own political fate.’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog … Continue reading

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Repugs : Obama Doesn’t Want You to Eat Meat!

Cow. Check out this dude’s carbon footprint.The Repugs intend to sell this by claiming that Cass Sunstein is Obama’s ‘economic guru’ and Sunstein wrote a well known (within academia) book on animal rights.By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading

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Republicans and the Stimulus Plan : Betting on Hard Times

Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has stopped short of threatening a filibuster to stop the stimulus plan. Photo by AFP. It is in the interest of the GOP to complain endlessly about waste and to throw up road blocks at … Continue reading

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Boehner : Lighten Up Already

‘Boehner is like a talking toy that repeats the same thing over and over when you pull its string.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 30, 2009 There is great speculation that GOP house minority leader John … Continue reading

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1933 / 2009 : Change, and the Repetition of History

‘Misery and insecurity exist to a degree unprecedented in our national life. And spiritually the American people have been debauched by the materialism which made dollar-chasing the accepted way of life and accumulation of riches the goal of earthly existence.’ … Continue reading

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Washington’s Dark Climate and the Death of Rove’s Computer Guru

Michael Connell. Photo courtesy of The Raw Story. Reporter Larisa Alexandrina thought that Mike Connell, who died in a mysterious palne crash, was about to talk. She said, ‘Mr. Connell has confided that he was being threatened, something that his … Continue reading

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Those Wacky Republicans : "Magic Negro" May Actually HELP Candidate Saltsman

‘Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman had sent a CD including a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” to the RNC members he is courting some of those officials are rallying around the embattled Saltsman.’By … Continue reading

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Tone Deaf GOP : Just Humming Along?

‘Chip Saltsman, pretender to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee thought it would be funny to send a CD with 41 tasteless, demeaning racial parodies to his Republican buddies as a holiday gift.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag … Continue reading

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‘Magic Negro’ and ‘Star Spanglish Banner’ : Republicans are Equal-Opportunity Offenders

Chip Saltsman, who managed Mike Huckabee’s campaign, said the songs, produced for Rush Limbaugh, are just “light hearted political parodies.” ‘Republican operative Chip Saltsman distributed a CD containing “Barack the Magic Negro” as part of his campaign to be elected … Continue reading

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Alleged Vote-Rigger Michael Connell Was Warned About Sabotage Before Crash

Michael Connell and Karl Rove.Report: GOP consultant killed in plane crash was warned about possible sabotage.By John Byrne, David Edwards and Stephen Webster / December 22, 2008 Go here to watch Video from Action 19 News. For more background on … Continue reading

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Michael Connell : The Suspicious Death of the Man Who May Have Rigged the 2000 Election

Michael Connell. Photo from Cleveland Plain Dealer.‘Michael Connell’s unnatural, suspicious death raises serious questions about the corruption of the American electoral process that now may never be answered.’By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / December 21, 2008 Michael Connell, the … Continue reading

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Bailout Bust : Southern Republicans Strike Out at Unions

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, left, listens to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaking about the Senate’s rejection of an emergency $14 billion loan bailout for US auto companies, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo by Haraz N. … Continue reading

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