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Thorne Dreyer : The American Voting Public? Not that Bright.
Kathleen Parker, having fed publicly on the bones of the Republican Party and the evangelical movement within it, now suggests that the dumbing down of America reaches far beyond the walls of the Grand Old Party. By Thorne Dreyer / … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Education, Evangelical Christians, Republican Party
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GOP : Whoops! There Goes the Firewall…
Click image to enlarge. Firewall status: Six GOP senators have lost their places on the wall, falling off just like a bunch of Humpty Dumpties. Three more GOP seats teeter precariously.By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 14, … Continue reading
Thief of Hearts 2008
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Paul Krugman on the Republican Rump : Hard Right All That’s Left
Anger from the Republican right: Gayle Quinnell who calls Barack Obama an Arab during town hall meeting, in Lakeville, Minn. on Oct. 10, 2008. Photo by Jim Money / AP.‘What will defeat do to the Republicans?’By Paul Krugman / November … Continue reading
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Tagged Extremism, Paul Krugman, Racism, Republican Party, Republican Right, Right Wing
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The Last Days of Dubya : Plunder and Run
The Bush gang’s parting gift: a final, frantic looting of public wealth.By Naomi Klein / October 31, 2008 The US bail-out amounts to a strings-free, public-funded windfall for big business. Welcome to no-risk capitalism. In the final days of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Big Business, Bush Presidency, Political Corruption, Republican Party
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Gore Vidal : John McCain in the Echo Chamber
Gore Vidal in 2007. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.‘Even from the corpse of the Republican Party, which Abraham Lincoln left somewhat hastily in the 19th century, this was an unusually sickening display.’By Gore Vidal October proved to be the cruelest … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Gore Vidal, Maury Maverick, McCain Campaign, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Texas
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Trick or Treat : Sarah Palin in 2012
Sarah Palin on Halloween: Now THAT’S scary.If conservatives keep jumping Repug ship, then Palin’s the one.By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 McCain can have only two hopes left in 2008: the Bradley Effect is stronger … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, November Election, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
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Trouble in Paradise : ‘Diva’ Palin ‘Goes Rogue’
Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign’s already-tense internal dynamics.….“She’s lost confidence in most of the people on … Continue reading
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Tagged November Election, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
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The GOP’s Blame-ACORN Game
Graphic by Christopher Serra / The Nation.‘Since the 1970s ACORN, which has 400,000 low- and moderate-income “member families,” has been warning Congress to protect borrowers from the banking industry’s irresponsible, risky and predatory practices.’By Peter Dreier & John Atlas / … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Banking, Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, Finance, Racism, Republican Party, Social Action, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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Republican Smear Ad : License to Drive
The Worst Campaign Ad of the Entire Season?By Kyle Munzenrieder / October 20, 2008 Wonkette has this ad starring America’s (and by that I mean, the America Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin talk about, the “pro-American America”) two most feared … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, November Election, Obama Smear Campaign, Republican Party, Terrorism
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Signs of a Sick Society: the Election
Who says conservatives don’t understand political theatre? This is one of the finest examples of agit-prop ever caught on video. A really grand nation we’ve got here, filled with cynical, self-serving racist folks. Wonderful place … Richard Jehn / The … Continue reading
Freddie/Fannie Pay to Prevent Regulatory Reform
Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaignBy Pete Yost / October 20, 2008 WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Bankruptcy, Congress, Lobbyists, Republican Party
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