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ACORN and ‘Voter Fraud’ : Bogus Issue Missreported
Top: ACORN voter registrar in New Mexico. Photo by Clayton Kennedy / ACORN. Above: Nevada investigators raid Las Vegas ACORN office looking for evidence of ‘voter fraud.’ Photo by J.C. Hong / AP.Media revive pattern of reporting on alleged “voter … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Campaign Tactics, Community Organizing, Media, Media Distortion, November Election, Republican Party, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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Juan Cole: Abolish Puritanism in Government Policy
The Great Reagan Pyramid Scheme Comes Crashing DownBy Juan Cole / October 15, 2008 The Republican Party that Nixon invented melded the moneyed classes of the Northeast with the white evangelicals of the South. This odd couple went on to … Continue reading
GOP Rallies : Conservatives Go Ballistic
A McCain supporter yells at Obama supporters before McCain and Palin arrive at a rally, Oct. 8, 2008, in Strongsville, Ohio. Photo by AP.McCain campaign riling up base by ‘ratcheting up fears and frustrations.’ By Jonathan Martin / October 10, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Conservatives, McCain Campaign, November Election, Political Ethics, Republican Party
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Wall Street Bailout and the Republican Right : Far from Populist Heroes!
Sandra Hines, of Detroit, who said she lost her home after 40 years, speaks at the Spirit of Detroit statue to protest the government bailout of financial institutions on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 in Detroit. Photo by Rashaun Rucker / … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Campaign Finance, Economic Collapse, Republican Party, Right Wing, Wall Street, Wall Street Bailout
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Republican Election Tampering? No Way!
Republican consultant Michael L. Connell is refusing to testify or produce documents related to alleged 2004 election tampering.Republican IT consultant subpoenaed about 2004 election hanky pankyBy Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane / September 29, 2008 COLUMBUS — A high-level Republican … Continue reading
Texas Court Decision Worthy of Tom Delay : Checks Aren’t Money!
The Hammer his own self. Photo by Carrie Devorah / WENN.Court Writes Delay a Blank CheckBy Andrew Wheat / September 19, 2008 Two years after scandal drove Tom DeLay from Congress and six years after DeLay allegedly violated state law … Continue reading
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Tagged Political Corruption, Political Scandal, Republican Party, Texas, Texas Courts, Tom Delay
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The Country is a Deregulated Mess
‘It has become obvious that UNregulated business activity gravitates to the dark side’By Randy H. / The Rag Blog / September 18, 2008 I admit that I’ve vacillated back and forth between Democrat and Republican over the last 40 years. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Deregulation, Republican Party
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Economic Meltdown : Are We a Nation of Village Idiots?
‘Conservative Republicans always want the government to stay out of business and avoid regulation as long as they are making lots of money’By James Moore / September 18, 2008 Don’t let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Capitalism, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Market Regulation, McCain, Phil Gramm, Republican Party, Wall Street
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Thomas Cleaver : The Republicans and Socialism for the Rich
Mr. Burns, the one secretly in charge: ‘Excellent!”Who says the Republicans don’t believe in socialism?By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / September 17, 2008 …Or at least socialism for the rich, when their incompetence threatens to kill them all. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Republican Party
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It’s Just Like the Election in 2004 All Over Again
If you haven’t yet read Greg Palast’s Armed Madhouse, you might want to do it before November 4 to educate and amuse yourself. There are a lot of reasons to believe that John McCain and his class act from Alaska … Continue reading
Sarah Palin : ‘So Sambo Beat the Bitch!’
‘Being openly racist is only the tip of the Palin iceberg’by Charley James / September 5, 2008 “So Sambo beat the bitch!”This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Presidential Campaign, Racism, Republican Party, Sarah Palin
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Gloria Steinem : Palin is Wrong Woman With Wrong Message
Feminist leader Gloria Steinem says recruiting Sarah Palin is no way to attract women to the Republican campaign.‘Sarah Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Hillary Clinton. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger’By Gloria Steinem / September 4, 2008 Here’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminism, Gloria Steinem, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Repuplican Convention, Sarah Palin, Women's Movement
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