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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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Real Women
What makes a woman a woman? I’m sorry to disappoint my readers, but I’m certainly not going to answer that question in the next several hundred words. I will tell you that I question how genuine a woman twelve Republican … Continue reading
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A Question Of Status
I admit that one of the events I look forward to each year is the CPAC convention. It always provides a wealth of material for my writing. This year, with the Republican Party in desperate need of a transformation, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Alan West, Alaska, Ann Wagner, Artur Davis, Bill Bolling, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, CPAC, CPAC 2013, David Keene, Eric Cantor, Florida, Fox News, Heritage Foundation, Jeb Bush, Jim DeMint, Kelly Ayotte, Ken Cuccinelli, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marco Rubio, Massachusetts, Mike Lee, Missouri, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Newt Gingrich, NRA, Obama, Oklahoma, Pat Toomey, Paul Ryan, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Schafly, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Johnson, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, South Carolina, Steve Scalise, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tim Scott, Todd Akin, Tom Coburn, Utah State, Virginia, war on women, Washington DC, Wayne LaPierre, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin, women's issues, women's rights
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Touch ‘Em All Barack
Yesterday was a very busy day in Franklin County, North Carolina where I have the privilege of living. I may be a transplanted Yankee but I have lived in the South long enough to know that each county in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004 Democratic Natioanl Convention, Democrats, Eric Cantor, Franklin County North carolina, Grover Norquist, inauguration, Kentucky, Martin Luther King, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Obama, Ohio, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, social safety net, State of The Union, Virginia, Wayne LaPierre, Willard Mitt Romney
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Hidden In The Apparent Insanity
I have long felt that the thinnest line is the one between insanity and genius. Remember genius can be diabolical. The radical right of the Tea Party/Republican coalition is so obsessed with their dangerous agenda that they will use every … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, budget, coal, Congress, disaster relief, Eric Cantor, federal budget, Grover Norquist, House, House of Representatives, Hurricane Irene, Mick Mulvaney, money in elections, money in politics, natural disaster, New Jersey, New York, oil, oil industry, petroleum industry, politics, Republicans, Sandy, South Carolina, Superstorm Sandy, Tea Party, union busting, unions, Virginia
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Cleanup on Aisle 113
With the transition from Thursday morning to afternoon came the birth of the 113th Congress. In the House the 112th left so much unfinished business that the 113th is faced with an immediate mess.
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, C SPAN, Chris Christie, Congress, Democrats, Do Harm Congress, Eric Cantor, House, John Boehner, New Jersey, New York, Peter King, politics, Republicans, Sandy, Senate, Superstorm Sandy, VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, Virginia
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Women Lost In The Shuffle
About a week ago I received an e-mail from Senator Kay Hagan, (D-NC). In it she outlined her and Senator Patty Murray’s, (D-WA), concern over the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, (VAWA), which is currently stalled in the … Continue reading
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