The 1% of the 1% and their agents like Grover Norquist have been selling “demon government,” but it is big business, not big government, that is the real Big Brother. Read the rest of this entry »
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An Elephant May Never Forget, but the GOP and a Greedy Media Sure Hope Like Hell That You Will
In 2012, Auto Bailout, Barack Obama, Big Insurance, Big Oil, Big Three Auto Makers, Bureaucracy, Business, Campaign 2012, Corporatocracy, Defense Contractors, Democrats, Elections, Federal Government, GOP, Grover Norquist, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Ideologies, Jobs, Koch Brothers, Legislation, LGBT, Liberals, Living, Mitt Romney, Neo Conservatives, Politics, Race, Racism, Religious Right, Republicans, Special Interests, Tea Party, The Congress, The House, The Senate, The White House, Unions, Women's Rights, Years on May 9, 2012 at 1:11 am
An elephant may never forget, but the elephants of the GOP are sure hoping that you will, well, overlook a few inconvenient truths in their march to bring back 19th century capitalism without a social safety net. Sadly, so does the media caught between the story and an epic pay day.
Their vested interest and power, without regard to consequence or the welfare of the nation, is only countered by you.
Elephant Droppings: The Far Right’s 10 Most Wanted
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Power. That’s the name of the game in Republican politics. Not principle. Not vision. Who are the core players in that power game? t2P has combed several lists of ‘key’ Republican players from the two opposing forces in the Radical Right, the Libertarians and the Neo Cons. Our top ten list represents the people who, through political clout, money, or both, are seminal driving forces that corrupt Republican politics and push it to the extremist ends that it promotes today.
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The Club for Growth is RINO Hunting Dick Lugar and… Marco Rubio?
In 2012, ALEC, Campaign 2012, Club for Growth, Dead Billionaires Club, DeVos Family Foundations, Elections, Fascism, GOP, Ideologies, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Legislation, Mid-Term 2010, Mike Huckabee, Neo Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Politics, Religious Right, Republicans, Richard Mellon Scaife, Right to Life Movement, Special Interests, States, Tea Party, The Congress, The House, The Senate, Totalitarianism, Women's Rights, Years on April 7, 2012 at 10:52 am
The Club for Growth, unimpressed with the GOP presidential pack are going RINO (Republican in Name Only) hunting. The same anti-union, anti-women, Tea Party backers are looking to bag big game in Congress because the name of the game isn’t the White House anymore. It is breaking down the heart of government: The Legislative Branch.
Romney Punks Primary System; Is It Time for a Real Super Tuesday?
In 2012, Campaign 2008, Campaign 2012, Constitution, Dead Billionaires Club, Democrats, Elections, Federal Government, Foster Friess, Grover Norquist, Ideologies, Koch Brothers, Legislation, Lobbyists, Mitt Romney, Neo Conservatives, New York Times, Newspapers, Newt Gingrich, Politics, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, States, Tea Party, The White House, Voting, Wisconsin, Years on April 1, 2012 at 2:14 pm
The American primary system is a joke, the punch line for which came last week: Mitt Romney, his popularity sinking so fast that Celine Dion is writing a tune for the James Cameron version, kept pressing for his ‘inevitability’ so he can wind the primaries up and avoid more damage in the general election. Apparently 50 states don’t get a say, just the ones early enough to “count.”
Sorry, Mitt, but the whole point of a 50 state primary system is to compete in 50 states. To say to the states in the back 25 of the primary process that you want it over is to disenfranchise the members of your party in half of this nation, some of whom hate your guts and want Santorum or Ginrich or Paul.
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Sunday Funnies
In 2012, African-American, Barack Obama, Campaign 2012, Communities, D.C., Democrats, Elections, Federal Government, Florida, GOP, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Ideologies, Jim Morin, Joe Heller, Legislation, Living, McClatchy Newspapers, Mitt Romney, Neo Conservatives, Newspapers, Paul Ryan, Political Cartoonists, Politics, Race, Racism, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Robert Ariail, States, Steve Sack, Sunday Funnies, Tea Party, The Congress, The House, The Supreme Court, The White House, Tom Toles, Washington Post, Years on March 25, 2012 at 9:12 amOur weekly survey of the best political cartoons includes, as you’d guess the Trayvon Martin case, the Paul Ryan budget, and some etch-a-sketchy moments…
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Rush Limbaugh: The Truth of Consequences
In 2012, Constitution, Federal Government, First Amendment, GOP, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Ideologies, L. Brent Bozell III, Legislation, Living, Mitt Romney, Political Punditry, Politics, Religious Right, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Special Interests, Tea Party, Women's Rights, Years on March 12, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Freedom of speech is one of the great founding principals of the United States. In fact, the First Amendment specifically prohibits limitations on speech by the Government, with very few exceptions. Rush Limbaugh is not one of those exceptions and he is forgetting the rule. Read the rest of this entry »
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The GOP Contraception Confrontation
In 2012, Campaign 2012, Christianity, Elections, Faiths, Fascism, GOP, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Ideologies, Islam, Legislation, Liberals, Living, Neo Conservatives, Politics, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Right to Life Movement, Special Interests, The Congress, The White House, Years on February 28, 2012 at 3:49 pm
The recent uproar about women’s rights and health care is a time machine back to the 1950’s.
Birth control has been a non-controversial issue for decades. At least it was until Newt Gingrich, in early February, latched on to the fact that the Obama administration announced in mid-January that it had mandated that birth control be covered at no co-pay as basic health care service by insurance providers.
It took a while for the GOP to take hold of the issue and blow it out of proportion. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Rubber Stamp President
In 2012, ALEC, Campaign 2012, Constitution, Dead Billionaires Club, DeVos Family Foundations, Elections, Fascism, Federal Government, GOP, Grover Norquist, Ideologies, Jack Abramoff, Koch Brothers, Legislation, Liberals, Lobbyists, Mitt Romney, Neo Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Patriotism, Politics, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Tea Party, The Congress, The House, The Senate, The White House, Years on February 26, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Grover Norquist is smarter than Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum combined. He knows what a fool’s errand running for President is. As a matter of fact, Norquist, our future leader, a key player in the ALEC shadow government, spelled that out exactly in a little-seen and less commented upon speech advocating the Rubber-Stamp Presidency. Read the rest of this entry »
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No More Turnipheads.
In 2012, ALEC, American Values, Barack Obama, Campaign 2012, Christianity, Civil Protests, Constitution, Dead Billionaires Club, Democrats, Elections, Faiths, Fascism, Federal Government, First Amendment, Foster Friess, GOP, Grover Norquist, Ideologies, Jack Abramoff, John McCain, Koch Brothers, L. Brent Bozell III, Legislation, LGBT, Liberals, Libertarian, Lobbyists, Meghan McCain, Mitt Romney, Neo Conservatives, Newt Gingrich, Occupy Wall Street, Patriotism, Political Punditry, Politics, Race, Racism, Ralph Reed, Religious Right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Roman Catholicism, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, South Carolina, Special Interests, States, Tea Party, The White House, Totalitarianism, Unions, Voter Registration, Voting, Wall Street, Years on February 22, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Republicans need a new pledge: NO MORE TURNIPHEADS.
The primaries from Hell continue as the mediocre Mitt fends off reactionary Rick and nasty Newt. Another Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) closed last Sunday with more of the same brain-dead 19th century Libertarian-meets-”Christian” rhetoric that is to the party what ticks are to a dog.
Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin are the best that the Republican party can muster up?
Please.
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