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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Could Nine GOP Governors Flip the Vote?
Boss Tweed: “As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?” Cartoon by Thomas Nast /Harper’s Weekly, October 7, 1871. Image from Scoop Independent News.Will nine GOP governors electronicallyflip Romney into the White House? … Continue reading
Marilyn Katz : The Ties That Bind Paul Ryan and Todd Akin
Graphic from Eclectablog.Paul Ryan and Todd Akin: The ties that bind Rape-denier Todd Akin is right in line with the GOP’s staunchly anti-abortion platform. And so is Ryan. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | August 22, 2012 Republicans, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Marilyn Katz, Paul Ryan, Republican Party, Todd Akin, War on Women, Women's Health
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Don Swift : Paranoid Politics and the Legitimacy Crisis
Graphic from Framing the Dialogue. Inset images below from NeoRepublica and Pushed to the Left.Paranoid politics:How the legitimacy crisis helps the Republicans The growing lack of confidence in government and democracy occurred most with white, blue-collar people. The extent to … Continue reading
Travis Waldron : Texas Republican Platform: Whoa Doggies!
Texas Republicans. Image from Republican Liberty Caucus.The five craziest policies inTexas Republicans’ 2012 platform The Texas GOP supports ‘repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment,’ which instituted a national income tax, and instead favors a wildly regressive national sales tax that would … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Suppressing Democracy 101
Graphic from Other Means.Today’s Republicans findnew ways to suppress democracy By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 19, 2012 Registering the poor to vote ‘is like handing out burglary tools to criminals.’ — Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Bogus Republican Values on Texas Primary Ballot
Art by DonkeyHotey / Flickr.Texas ballot initiativesillustrate bogus Republican values The propositions fit into the typical Republican mindset — they tend to see things in black and white, without the ambiguities and complexities that exist in the real world. By … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Conservative Politics, DonkeyHotey, Lamar W. Hankins, Republican Party, Texas Politics
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Lamar W. Hankins : Republican Mind is Terrible Thing to Waste
Congressman Paul Ryan: A terrible thing to waste. Image from rrstar.com. A Republican mind isa terrible thing to waste By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 2, 2012 “The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : The GOP’s Biggest Mistake
Mike Luckovich political cartoon from The Friends of Jake.GOP’s biggest mistake:The anti-woman agenda By Ted McLaughlin | The Rag Blog | April 3, 2012 I can understand some of the actions of Republicans, even though I vociferously disagree with them. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Conservative Politics, Misogyny, Republican Party, Ted McLaughlin, Women's Health
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Bill Freeland : Republican Roulette
Graphic by Bill Freeland / The Rag Blog.Republican roulette:Romney vs. the rebels By Bill Freeland | The Rag Blog | March 20, 2012 As the Republican nominating process enters its whirlwind phase — with nearly a primary a week scheduled … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Bill Freeland, Republican Party, Republican Primary
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Richard Raznikov : Vaginal Penetration in Virginia
The GOP’s uterus inspection device. Image from Little Green Footballs.Vaginal penetration in Virginia:Just lie back and enjoy it By Richard Raznikov | The Rag Blog | February 22, 2012 Yes, I do appear to be outraged much of the time, … Continue reading
