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Live By The Sword
There is an old adage of biblical origin that says, “Live by the sword, die by the sword”. Hopefully the next to learn that is Virginia Republican Gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli gamed the system in Virginia to ensure his … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2013 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Bill Bolling, E. W. Jackson, extreme right, gay rights, gays in the military, greed, hate, hate speech, Ken Cuccinelli, Kentucky, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Mark Obershain, New Black Panther Party, Obama, Planned Parenthood, politics, radical right, Rand Paul, Republicans, Virginia, Virginia Republican Party, voter turnout, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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What If Plan B?
The other day I was thinking about what really holds the Tea Party/Republican coalition together. The conventional political wisdom is that they need each other. The true Republicans standing alone are simply too few and too regional to have any … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960 election, 2008 election, 2012 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Andrew Cuomo, Connecticut, Dan Malloy, Democrats, George W. Bush, H.U.D., Hillary Clinton, Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Mario Cuomo, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Mitt Romney, New York, Obama, politics, Republicans, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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The Banishment Of Phil Gingrey
In 1979 the Charlie Daniels Band had a hit record entitled The Devil Went Down To Georgia. I certainly don’t pretend to be an expert on the devil’s itinerary, but looking at the Republican wannabes for the 2014 United States … Continue reading
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Same Old Mitch
Old plays still work in sports and politics. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell knows that well. On fourth and inches everyone in the stadium knows that the quarterback sneak is coming but it almost invariably gets the first down. In … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2014 election, Alison Grimes, Ashley Judd, Karl Rove, Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, Mother Jones, Obama, politics, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Senate, Watergate
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Female Deliverance
This is not the first time I have expressed my concern of whether the Democratic Party is Barack Obama’s Party. What I mean by that is do voters turnout to support Democrats or do they support Democrats in the process … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960 election, 2008 election, 2010 election, 2012 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, Amy Klobucher, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, John Kennedy, Kirsten Gillibrand, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, politics, Republicans, Senate, Simon & Schuster, war on women, women, women's issues
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Ashley’s Exit
Last week the news broke that Ashley Judd’s much anticipated run for the United States Senate in Kentucky was not going to happen. If the reporting of some very reputable journalists is to be believed I expect there was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2014 election, Ashley Judd, Democrats, Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, money in elections, money in politics, politics, Republicans, Senate, Tea Party
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The New Empire State
I grew up and was educated in what I thought was the Empire State – New York State. In 2013 there appears to be a new empire in the United States – the Empire of Rick Snyder’s Michigan.
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Tagged 2010 election, 2012 election, Detroit, Emergency Financial Manager, emergency managers, James Day, Kevyn Orr, Michigan, money in elections, money in politics, New York, politcs, Public Act 4 of 2011, Republicans, Rick Snyder, right to work, right to work laws, Tea Party, union busting, unions, Voter suppression, voter turnout, wealth transfer
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Could The End Be Nearing?
Early Monday afternoon the Daily Beast broke the news of an Office of Congressional Ethics investigation of Michele Bachmann. There have long been allegations of impropriety in her 2012 Presidential campaign and this appears to be the beginning of it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 2012 Republican Primary, Congress, Daily Beast, House, House Ethics Committee, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, Iowa, Iowa Straw Poll, John Avlon, Kent Sorenson, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, money in elections, money in politics, office of Congressional Ethics, politics, right wing, Ron Paul
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Selling Spats
Somewhere in the 1920’s spats went out of style. I’m already considered a senior citizen by many and I don’t ever remember seeing them except in movies and plays. They were a garment that was primarily worn by men covering … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, C.P.A.C., CPAC, CPAC 2013, Democrats, education, gay adoption, gay marriage, gay rights, GOP, Government regulations, Herman Cain, immigartion, Michele Bachmann, money in elections, money in politics, Newt Gingrich, NIMBY, Obama, politics, regulations, Reince Pribus, Republican National Committee, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, RNC, S.P.A.T.S., same-sex adoption, same-sex civil marriage, same-sex marriage, student loans, Stupid Political Anti Talk Sustainment, taxes, union busting, unions, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Let The Insanity Continue
Last week the circus, a/k/a CPAC, was in Washington; well, National Harbor, Maryland to be specific. CPAC’s annual gathering is supposed to be the thinking seminar for the conservative base of the Republican Party. After the results of the 2012 … Continue reading
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