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Ed’s Back – Really
In mid-March when it was abruptly announced that Ed Schultz was leaving his 8pm weeknights timeslot for a weekend gig many feared that MSNBC was effectively putting him out to pasture. This weekend our fears were confirmed. What was originally … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, CBS, Chris Christie, Chris Matthews, CNN, Ed Schultz, Fox News, Howard University, Karen Finey, Leo Gerard, Mark Sanford, Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC, New Jersey, NFL, Paul Ryan, politics, Rachel Maddow, Steve Kornacki, television, The Ed Show, United Steel Workers, Up with Steve Kornacki, Vermont, Voter suppression
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The Banishment Of Louie Gohmert
This was a long time coming. It would be easy to dismiss Louie Gohmert as just another loony Tea Party/Republican, except that as a member of the House of Representatives he actually gets to vote on and propose legislation – … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Alan West, Americans for Tax Reform, anchor babies, Arizona, Aurora Colorado, balanced budget, Balanced Budget Amendment, C.N.N., Climate Change, CNN, Colorado, Connecticut, conservative, Constitution, Dick Cheney, discrimination, Drill Baby Drill, embryonic stem cell research, employment discrimination, F.I.S.A., FBI, FISA, Fox Business News, Fox News Sunday, gerrymandering, Government regulations, Grover Norquist, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Hate crime legislation, hate crimes, House, House Natural Resources Committee, House of Representatives, HR 1503, immigration, job discrimination, John McCain, Louie Gohmert, mass shooting, Medicare, Medicare Part D, personhood, photo ID, Planned Parenthood, politics, radical right, redistricting, regulations, Republicans, Rick Perry, right wing, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Sandy Hook Elementary School, sex discrimination, sexual discrimination, Sharia Law, stem cell research, Tea Party, terror babies, Texas, the pledge, Tom Delay, trans-Alaskan pipeline, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, United States Constitution, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, voter ID, Voter suppression, Washington Post
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Another Sign Of The Fissure
Last week while trolling some of the more obscure political news I stumbled across a piece stating that Senator Rand Paul, (R-KY), would be giving the Tea Party response to the President’s State of the Union address tomorrow night. After … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, CNN, Constitution, Florida, Fox News, Herman Cain, Kentucky, Marco Rubio, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, money in elections, money in politics, Obama, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, State of The Union, Tea Party, United States Constitution
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Guns, 113 And 2016
Like most Americans, in the immediate aftermath of the tragic shootings in Connecticut that left 20 babies dead I wondered if this wasn’t the unfortunate incident that would mobilize the vast majority of Americans in favor of reasonable gun regulation. … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, 2016 election, Alex Jones, Andrew Cuomo, Ben Shapiro, CNN, Congress, Connecticut, globalism, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Hitler, Joe Biden, Mao, mass shooting, National Rifle Associaition, New World Order, New York, NRA, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Piers Morgan, politics, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Rupert Murdoch, Stalin
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Willard’s World – A Touch Of Grey
The latest battle in the quest for the Presidency is what exactly Mitt Romney’s role at Bain Capital was in the years 1999 to 2002. Romney claims to have left Bain in early 1999 to save the Salt Lake City … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, ABC, Aurora Colorado, Bain Capital, Candy Crowley, CNN, Colorado, Ed Gilespie, Mitt Romney, Obama, Olympics, politics, retroactive retirement, S.E.C., Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Olympics, Security and Exchange Commission, Sports Authority, Staples, tax records, Utah, Wal Mart, Willard Mitt Romney
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Ash Wednesday For Hypocrites And Dummies
If you are going to talk the talk then you had better walk the walk. If you want to be President of the United States you better have an idea of what the real problems facing this country are. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 election, 2012 election, abortion, Arizona, Arizona primary, birth control, Catholics, CNN, conservative, contraception, debates, Drill Baby Drill, earmarks, education, fiscal, Great Depression, Great Recession, Iran, Joe Biden, John King, Mesa Arizona, Michigan, Michigan primary, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, No Child Left Behind, Obama, politics, Republican, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Rust Belt, union busting, unions, war, war on women, Willard Mitt Romney, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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More Than A Debate Collapsed
In a period of two hours Thursday afternoon the landscape of the Republican Presidential primary contest began to look a lot more static. Early in the afternoon word came out of the Romney camp that he would not be participating … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alaska, Alaska caucus, Andres Saul, Arizona, Arizona primary, bigotry, CNN, Georgia House Bill 385, Hogan Gidley, Idaho, Idaho caucus, Massachusetts, Massachusetts primary, Michigan, Michigan primary, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, North Dakota, North Dakota caucus, Ohio, Ohio primary, Oklahoma, Oklahoma primary, politics, racism, Republican, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, South Carolina debate, South Carolina primary, Super Tuesday, Tennessee, Tennessee primary, Vermont, Vermont primary, Virginia, Virginia primary, Willard Mitt Romney
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A Very Thin Sandwich
Prior to last night’s Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, Florida on CNN I had decided to pay particular attention to Rick Santorum because he had the most at stake. Polling indicates that Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are headed to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Brian Williams, CNN, debate, Florida, Florida Primary, Freddie Mac, health care, immigration, Jacksonville Florida, jobs, Mitt Romney, NBC, Newt Gingrich, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Tampa, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney, Wolf Blitzer
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Santorum On The Attack
The only thing slow about last night’s Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina was the portly Newt Gingrich waddling out on stage. This was the first debate of the GOP’s version of the final four. The last one on stage … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, CNN, debate, Jerry Lewis, Joe Biden, John King, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Obama, politics, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, South Carolina, South Carolina primary, The Nutty Professor, Willard Mitt Romney
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2013 – An American Horror Story – Part IX
This is the ninth installment in a series that portrays a fictional account of America in the year 2013 after a Tea Party assisted Republican landslide in the 2012 elections. While the events portrayed here are fictional – they are … Continue reading
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