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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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You Stll Own It Pat
I saw this one coming like a 3 and 0 fastball. On Wednesday Republican North Carolina de jure Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement: “The issues surrounding the transfer of the assets of the Ashville water department to a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, Art Pope, Ashville North Carolina, Bev Perdue, Charles Koch, Charlotte, David Koch, Democrats, greed, HB 488, Koch brothers, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, Pat McCrory, politics, privitization, Raleigh, Republicans, SB 10, Tea Party, Wake County Schools
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Courage Gives Way To Cowardness
“It is good politics to oppose the black guy in the White House right now, especially for the Republican Party.” Those are the now infamous words of South Carolina Republican State Representative Kris Crawford, M.D. They gave the doctor his … Continue reading
The Unseen American
Wow! Like millions of other progressives I tuned into the Ed Show on MSNBC on Wednesday night. I tend to be a bit cynical and anticipated that the hype would exceed reality; that the show would be, to put it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, 47%, China, Ed Schultz, Ed Show, greed, labor, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Obama, politics, right wing, Scott Prouty, social safety net, Willard Mitt Romney
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Surprise, What Surprise?
There was widespread surprise on the American political scene on February 20th when Tea Party/Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott announced his state would participate in the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. I was not among the surprised. When analyzing Republicans always … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Amendment, bigotry, Columbia/HCA, Florida, Florida legislature, greed, Greedonomics, health care, House Select Committee on Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare fraud, Obama, Obamacare, politics, racism, Republicans, Rick Scott, Solantic, Tea Party
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Job Creation Identification
Debunking Republican lies would require a book, this is a column. Therefore I will briefly focus my attention on just one of them – the myth of the job creators. Since the Republicans are completely devoid of economic ideas that … Continue reading
The GOP Immigration Dilemma
A rock and a hard place; damned if you, do damned if you don’t – or to steal a line from the 1983 hit song Wrapped Around Your Finger by the Police – “Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis”, (hey, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 census, 2016 election, 2020 election, 2024 election, bigotry, comprehensive immigration reform, Democrats, demographics, economy, electoral votes, gerrymandering, greed, hispanics, House, House of Representatives, immigration, immigration reform, labor, latinos, Medicare, money in elections, money in politics, organized labor, politics, racism, redistricting, Republicans, Social Security, Texas, The Police, unions
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A Widening Chasm
Monday’s big political news was that Karl Rove was starting a new political funding venture called the Conservative Victory Project. This affords us the opportunity to explore two issues: the growing chasm in the Republican Party and the role of … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, abortion, Christine O'Donnell, Conservative Victory Project, Delaware, greed, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, guns, Indiana, Karl Rove, Kentucky, legislative gridlock, Mike Lee, Missouri, money in elections, money in politics, Nevada, Obama, Obamacare, politics, Rand Paul, Republicans, Richard Mourdock, Sharon Angle, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Todd Akin, Utah
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Warren Sounds The Alarm
Tuesday an e-mail went out from Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren informing thousands Americans that A.I.G. was entertaining entering into a lawsuit against the United States Government the next day at its Board of Directors meeting. The lawsuit was over … Continue reading
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Tagged A.I.G., Adam Smith, AIG, bailout, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Forbes 400, greed, Massachusetts, maurice greenberg, money in elections, money in politics, politics, Republicans, Scott Brown, TARP, the invisible hand, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Wall Street
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The Banishment Of Pete Peterson
Did you ever wonder why millions of Americans obsess over the national debt, (although they mistakenly refer to it as the deficit), when the biggest economic problem facing America today is the lack of consumer demand caused by unemployment? Pete … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstone Group, capital gains tax, carried interest, Comeback America Institute, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Committee on Economic development, deficit, economy, Fix the Debt, Forbes 400, greed, Medicare, Mitt Romney, national debt, New America Foundation, Pete Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, politics, Richard Nixon, Social Security, taxes, The Can Kicks Back, The Fiscal Times, Willard Mitt Romney
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