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AZ-Sen: The Progressive Republican Club Endorses Dr. Richard Carmona (D)
Uploaded with ImageShack.usThe Progressive Republican Club, a section of moderate to liberal-leaning Republicans based in Phoenix, whose goal is to bring the party back to the values of Abraham...
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AZ-Sen: Jeff Flake (R) Is The Todd Akin Of The Desert
Uploaded with ImageShack.usOk, so we've heard a lot about the attempted joke Dr. Richard Carmona (D) made at the second Senate debate between himself and Tea Party Congressman Jeff Flake (R). It was...
View ArticleDear GOP: You Failed Me, and I voted for Obama
Except for my gender, I am the "ideal" Republican voter: White, 40+ college-educated ex-debutante, member of the 2%. I registered as a Republican at 18, and served two terms on the board of Denver...
View ArticleConservatives Need To Listen to the Ghost of Barry Goldwater
I know I will probably get lambasted by Kossacks for daring to write about Barry Goldwater, or maybe not. But this is not really for Kossacks, as much it is for Conservatives and maybe to provide some...
View ArticleThe Anti-Democratic Party: An Overview of the Modern Republican Party
Changing the Rules:Ultimately there are three reasons why anyone might propose changing how Americans elect our government(s); to make the process more or less fair, to make the process more or less...
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309 confirmed kills
thirty-six of whom were enemy snipersNot that we necessarily should glorify killing, although in wartime we certainly doI am reminded of the statement by Barry Goldwater about gays in the military,You...
View ArticleDid we elect Barry Goldwater last year?
In all of the hue and cry about chained CPI in the president's proposed budget, one item has escaped scrutiny. The budget considers selling part or all of TVA, the country's largest publicly owned...
View ArticleWe Didn't LITERALLY elect Goldwater
Our president, however did become the first national political figure in 49 years to touch a 3d rail in American politics in the same budget where he is touching an even more visibly charged 3d rail....
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The Battle For the Republican Party: An Interview with Geoffrey Kabaservice
Geoffrey Kabaservice is the author of Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party (Oxford University Press, 2012). He...
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NYC Mayor: George W. Bush's Cronies Are Using Citizens United To Try & Defeat...
Republicans are terrified of Bill de Blasio (D) winning the New York City Mayor's race that they're using some familiar faces to use Citizens United to defeat him: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... A...
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NYC Mayor: Rudy Giuliani (R) Returns To Scare People Out Of Voting For Bill...
Nosferatu has returned for another round of fear-mongering: http://blogs.wsj.com/... Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized the public safety policies of Bill de Blasio Tuesday, saying...
View ArticleThe Shattering: A Case for the Creation of New Political Parties
Since the first meeting of the 112th Congress, much has been made of the difficulty John Boehner has had in controlling the fractious members of the Republican delegation identified as members of...
View ArticleMichael Gerson Concern Trolls the GOP Tea Party's Opposition to Civil Rights
In tomorrow's Washington Post, Michael Gerson engages in a bout of concern trolling at the GOP. Specifically, the tea party elements are pining away for another coming of Barry Goldwater. But as he...
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Independence Day Special: Thirteen Facts About America Conservatives Would...
1. Conservatives opposed the Founding Fathers, the American Revolution and a lot of other righteous stuff as well.By definition a conservative is one who wishes to preserve and/or restore traditional...
View ArticleGuides to Right Wing Evil Need DemoCat
Americans love fast. Fast cars. Fast food. Fast information. You can write killer investigative news and get 10,000 reads or put out a meme and get 200,000. That is, if it is attention-grabbing...
View ArticleVietnam a Half Century after the Gulf of Tonkin
HOI AN, VIETNAM."I believe that history will record that we have made a great mistake," Sen. Wayne Morse (D, OR) declared fifty years ago this week. He was referring to congressional passage of the...
View Article"Peace, Little Girl". "Daisy Girl" turns 50 Today
The ad is infamous at this point. Some say it sank Barry Goldwater's campaign. Many now claim that it was a seminal moment in political advertisements. Some claim that it is the godfather of today's...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Vote to Silence Working Americans
Senate Republicans voted unanimously last week for elections that are competitions of cash, with candidates who amass the most money empowered to shout down opponents.The GOP rejected elections that...
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The Last of The Gang to Die: How Democrats Lost the Deep South
On the evening of July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson lay down beneath the grand canopy of his four post bed in The White House's 2nd floor living room, exhausted; his mind surely swirling with that...
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When hate trumps economic self-interest
Ku Klux Klan with Barry Goldwater's campaign signs A newly released study shows how the Ku Klux Klan helped turn the South Red. For years the Ku Klux Klan, the Democratic Party and belief in white...
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