American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

American Politics — U.S. Presidential Race

• Benghazi II: Keeping a Stunt Alive, Just to Continue Hitting You in the Face!

  By RF SchattenWhen you're a Republican and the Polls show your opponent has a double-digit lead over every candidate in your party, what do you do?? In the word... Read more

  The 22 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• To Vote Or Not to Vote?

  

  One weekend about a month ago, on MSNBC’s weekend roundtable show “Up with Steve Kornacki”, Mr. Kornacki interviewed former liberal Representative from... Read more

  The 22 april 2015 by   Paul Phillips
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• It's Earth Day and the News is NOT GOOD; I Hate Tick and Mosquito Season

  

  A blood engorged Wood Tick, or maybe just a fossil fuel donation engorged Republican On the recent news feeds one of the series of stories, not only here in... Read more

  The 22 april 2015 by   Doggone
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• Scott Walker: The Integrity of a Liar...and Why the Brothers Koch Love Him!

  By RF Schatten"I've had a high level of Integrity all the way back to my early days as a kid when I earned the rank of Eagle Scout" ~~ Scott Walker The one... Read more

  The 21 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• The 9 States To Watch In The GOP Presidential Race

  

  (This image is from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs.) While the race for the 2016 Democratic nomination is pretty much over (in... Read more

  The 21 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• How Do We Fix Income Inequality And Boost The Economy ?

  

  (This chart was found at The Big Picture.) It is just a fact that, because of the economic polices we have been following for the last 35 years, the United... Read more

  The 20 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Candidates Launch A New Attack On Social Security

  

  The Republican candidates for president have joined in the fight against Social Security now. Of course they will tell you they are trying to "save" Social... Read more

  The 19 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Republicans and Obamacare: Admitting They're Wrong? Not!

  By RF SchattenThe silent surrender of a failed political illusion...when a fool refuses to admit defeat, he'll continue his foolish ways till someone who... Read more

  The 18 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• In the News (#530)

  

  The war on sex offenders poses perhaps the greatest political challenge for those seeking to dismantle the carceral state. – Marie GottschalkDivided We FallGay... Read more

  The 18 april 2015 by   Maggiemcneill
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• Both Clinton And Feingold Look Strong In Wisconsin

  

  Wisconsin Republicans like their governor, and about 40% of them would vote for him in their primary if he chooses to run, but his popularity has fallen... Read more

  The 18 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Why Nothing Ever Gets Done To Fix Global Climate Change

  

  The chart above is from the New York Times (from a poll they did last September). It shows that a majority of Americans now understand that global climate chang... Read more

  The 18 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• New Presidential Polls In North Carolina And New Hampshire

  

  (This image of passengers in the GOP clown car is by DonkeyHotey.) There's still plenty of room in the Republican clown car right now. It currently only has... Read more

  The 17 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• House GOP Votes A New Tax Break For Billionaires

  

  (The image above is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) If you had any doubt that the congressional GOP was in the pocket of the super-rich, this should remove... Read more

  The 17 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP: When the Substance of the Argument is lost...Fear is an Old Stand-by!

  By RF SchattenA truly indecent and hateful man will instill fear at his supporters, not just to rile up emotions...but, because the Son of a Bitch likes it! Read more

  The 17 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Rush Limbaugh: What I Heard About Harry Reid’s “exercise” Injuries

  

  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) recently admitted that he is now blinded in his right eye from injuries he sustained from “exercising” on New Year’... Read more

  The 16 april 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Public Says Rich And Corporations Pay Too Little In Taxes

  

  Yesterday I brought you the results of a Gallup Poll that showed a majority of Americans (56%) think the income tax they pay is fair. Read more

  The 16 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 04.15.15 You’ll Have to Vote for Hillary (sorry!)

  If you are are in  red or purple state, you don’t get to vote your conscience (or sit on the sidelines) in November 2016. Sure, there is lots to abhor about... Read more

  The 15 april 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• Wednesday’s Worrying Time Bomb – Global Debt Past $200Tn

  

  How much does prosperity cost? In 2008, the global GDP was $62.86 TRILLION and now, 6 years later, it's $75.59Tn – up $12.73Tn (20%). Read more

  The 15 april 2015 by   Phil's Stock World
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• On Hillary Rodham Clinton and Her Likely Juggernaut

  

  Suddenly, all of a sudden, the foregone conclusion that Hillary Rodham Clinton is going to run for the presidency of the United States is here and done and the... Read more

  The 15 april 2015 by   Morage
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• Americans Reject Libertarianism (Even Republicans)

  

  Recently, Republican presidential candidate has been running away from his Libertarian roots as fast as he can. Why is he doing this, when it is pretty well... Read more

  The 15 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Today is the 150th Anniversary of the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

  

  Today is the anniversary of the assassination of our president by traitors to the United States as part of their attempt to wage war on America. Lincoln was... Read more

  The 15 april 2015 by   Doggone
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• State Taxes Punish The Poor More Than Any Other Group

  

  I have often said on this blog that state taxes punish the poor, while basically letting the rich off the hook. Now we have some numbers (from the Citizens for... Read more

  The 14 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Marco Rubio: A Little Boy, Trying to Play a Man's Game

  By RF SchattenIn Politics today, it doesn't take much to know a man's true character. So! here's a short muse on one, Marco Antonio Rubio. Read more

  The 14 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• It's Official - Hillary Clinton Is Running For President

  

  From NBC News: Hillary Clinton is officially running for president. John Podesta, the chairman of her presumptive campaign, sent an email message to Democratic... Read more

  The 13 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Why The Nature of Social Media Conflicts with Hillary Clinton’s Brand Archetype

  

  Print PDFObama was the classic Underdog archetype. Social media wasn’t his communications vehicle, it was part of his story. People ask if Hillary Clinton will... Read more

  The 12 april 2015 by   Drpamelarutledge
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• Secret Republicans in California’s Silicon Valley and Hollywood

  

  The two-party system is embedded in the institutional structural DNA of the United States. That’s why historically, third parties have built-in disadvantages an... Read more

  The 12 april 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Defining My Cuban Heritage...so Many Good Years, Wasted!

  By RF Schatten"The Cold War has been over for a long time...and I'm not interested in having battles frankly that started before I was Born" ~~ Barack ObamaFor... Read more

  The 12 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Modern Republican Orthodoxy: What Would Abe and Ike Do?

  By RF SchattenRepublicans hate it when they are called Racist!...but, when they're called Racists by one of their own?The Party of Lincoln and Eisenhower has... Read more

  The 11 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Dr. Ben Carson - More Humor on the Second Amendment

  

  Dr. Ben Carson Ammoland On April 10 2015, I had the opportunity to talk with GOP Presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson about guns and gun rights, and he told us... Read more

  The 11 april 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• 04.10.15 GOP Hates the Poor and Minorities

  This is from Harold Meyerson in yesterday’s Washington Post:Fueled by the mega-donations of the mega-rich, today’s Republican Party is not just far from being... Read more

  The 10 april 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• U.S. Public Leans Significantly Toward The Democrats

  

  The Republican Party controls both houses of Congress, and because of that, many in that party think the American public favors the Republicans more than the... Read more

  The 10 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Hillary Still Leads Among Democrats For 2016 Nomination

  

  The Gallup Poll is not normally very kind to Democrats. It had the 2012 election as a dead heat between Obama and Romney (which we now know was very wrong). Read more

  The 10 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 04.09.15 Theology, Theocracy & Ideology

  TheologyI’m an atheist. I’m quite certain there are myriad phenomena in the universe we can’t explain – and don’t even know about. I just don’t see how that... Read more

  The 10 april 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• My Favorite Quote This Week

  

  Billy Graham, center, with President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, circa early 1980's I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. Read more

  The 09 april 2015 by   Doggone
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• Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Said ‘Death to America’. So, What?

  

  As the peaceful negotiations over a nuclear deal with Iran happily make their way to a resolution, many opponents of the current deal (or any deal with Iran)... Read more

  The 09 april 2015 by   Paul Phillips
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• Public Still Prefers Clinton Over Any Of The GOP Hopefuls

  

  There are two official candidates on the Republican side (Cruz and Paul) and a whole gaggle of others chomping at the bit to get into the race -- but a new... Read more

  The 09 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Rand Paul Wants to Take America Back........to When?

  2016 Rand Paul campaign button The questions the boring thinkers are asking are the obvious questions, which are the wrong questions. Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Doggone
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• A World of 7 Billion Fights to Save the Planet...and 300 Republicans Bent on...

  By RF Schatten“I see people in Beijing and New Delhi, where they can’t breathe, they just wear masks...If you can’t breathe the fucking air, wouldn’t you want t... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• The New York Times Displays Flagrant Hypocrisy When It Comes to Reporting with...

  

  Campbell RobertsonJust more than a year ago, The New York Times reported on my incarceration for blogging in Shelby County, Alabama. It proved to be one of thos... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• President's Approval Still Much Higher Than Congress

  

  Congressional Republicans and right-wing pundits still want to talk about how unpopular the president is, and how low his approval numbers are -- and that is... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Links 8/4/15

  Politics: What does it take for the public to care about the surveillance revelations? John Oliver interviewed Edward Snowden in Russia, and the only question... Read more

  The 08 april 2015 by   Cathy Leaves
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• GOP Hatred Loses More Ground - President Obama Named "Most Admired Man in the...

  They call him a Kenyan Muslim Socialist Marxist Communist Dictator. The lies and disrespect they’ve spread about him are unprecedented of any other President... Read more

  The 07 april 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• Public Wants Voting Made Easier (But Not Mandatory)

  

  Recently, Oregon just passed a new voter registration law. Anyone who visits that state's Department of Motor Vehicles (to get a license, renew a license, get a... Read more

  The 07 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• GOP Candidates Serious About Reducing The Wealth Gap ?

  

  (The cartoon above is by John Darkow in the Columbia Daily Tribune.) It looks like some of the GOP hopefuls for their 2016 nomination are beginning to realize... Read more

  The 07 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 2016 GOP Clown Debates: New Faces, Old Faces, Same Stupidity!

  BY RF Schatten"Make 'em laugh! Make 'em laugh! Don't you know, everyone wants to laugh?" There's nothing more invigorating to the soul of Progressive America... Read more

  The 06 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Majority Of Americans Already Considering 2016 Candidates

  

  Political junkies like me, and the paid political pundits both on TV and in print, have been talking about the 2016 presidential election (and the possible... Read more

  The 06 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Job Growth Stats: Another Big Thumbs Up for Obama...another Thumbs Down for the...

  By RF Schatten"One of the 1st Rules of playing the Power Game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly as if one already knew and didn't care. Read more

  The 05 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• 04.05.15 Abstinence Works

  Even as we have witnessed the extraordinary national declaration that it is no longer ok to discriminate against gays and lesbians, the GOP Theocrats continue... Read more

  The 05 april 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• U.S. Unemployment Remains Steady At 5.5% For March

  

  The Labor Department has released its unemployment statistics for the month of March. It shows that about 126,000 jobs were created in March -- about half the... Read more

  The 04 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Seems to Me Idahoans Should Be Proud of Dr. Rahim

  I admit, some days I stop and ask aloud , “why am I moving to conservative Idaho from my lovely native Oregon?” (The real answer is because I want to be with... Read more

  The 04 april 2015 by   Belladaze
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• More of the Same from Republicans

  

  And as soon as it was announced that this president reached the framework of an agreement to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons, the Republicans responded:... Read more

  The 03 april 2015 by   Morage
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• Clinton Looks Good In Latest Poll - No Leader Among GOP

  

  These charts were made from a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between March 26th and 29th of a random national sample of 1,003 adults. The survey ha... Read more

  The 03 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• It's Not The Poor Who Are Lazy, But Many Of The Rich

  

  The Republican mantra is that poor people are poor because they are lazy, and if they just worked as hard as the rich, they could be wealthy also. Read more

  The 03 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Despite Israeli and GOP Efforts, Obama Succeeded Again! Karma is a Bitch, Bibi!

  By RF SchattenA little Diplomacy goes a long way. How tough a deal? Tough enough for Russia, China, France, Great Britain, and Germany to all agree it's the bes... Read more

  The 02 april 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Public Wants More Emphasis Put On Clean Energy Sources

  

  All we seem to hear from congressional Republicans is "drill, baby, drill". They want our government to put the emphasis on drilling for (and using) more oil... Read more

  The 02 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 04.01.15 Thank You, Indiana. Thank You Arkansas.

  I just love it when places where I would have no interest in going to under any circumstances manage to convince the rest of the world to stay away. Really,... Read more

  The 01 april 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• The Obamacare Insured Are Happy With Their Coverage

  

  Obamacare has proven time after time that the lies told by Republicans about it are ridiculous. Now this Gallup Poll (done in October and November of last... Read more

  The 01 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• New Hampshire Republican Presidential Preferences

  

  These charts show the results of the Franklin Pierce University / Boston Herald Poll that was done between March 22nd and 25th of 429 likely GOP primary... Read more

  The 01 april 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 3 Reasons We Need A Religious Freedom Restoration Act

  

  Indiana Governor Mike Pence, unintentional champion of equality. Disclaimer: This is not an April Fools’ post.. Less than six months after same-sex marriage... Read more

  The 01 april 2015 by   Designerdaddy
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• Carly Fiorina Wants to Be Prez!...wants to Do for America, What She Did for HP!

  By RF SchattenWorkers are watching Porn all day? Oh, my!...must be the 18,000 Workers laid off by Carly Fiorina, when she Outsourced their jobs to India and... Read more

  The 31 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Commentary on Indiana, Religious Freedom, and Gay Rights: How Anti-Gay "Religiou...

  It's this important. Tuesday's front page. #rfra pic.twitter.com/gVPf82J2iu— Mark Alesia (@markalesia) March 31, 2015A selection of excerpts from articles... Read more

  The 31 march 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• A Different Kind Of Presidential Poll

  

  This is a new CBS News Poll -- taken between March 21st and 24th of a random national sample of 1,023 adults. The margin of error for both Republicans and... Read more

  The 31 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Bigotry With A Bible Is Still Bigotry (Even In Indiana)

  

  (From the Facebook page of America's Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers.) The Republican officials in Indiana have decided that their fundamentalist base was... Read more

  The 31 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Gun-Lovin' GOP Presidential Candidates

  

  Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) fires his AR-15 with the Army insignia at Sharpshooters Gun Club Range in Greenville, S.C., on Aug. 16, 2013. (Courtesy of Sen.... Read more

  The 30 march 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• GOP House/Senate Pass Non-Sensical Joke Budget

  

  (This caricature of the GOP elephant is by DonkeyHotey.) The Republicans in the House and the Senate have passed budget proposal for 2016. Read more

  The 30 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Plagiarizing Another Man's Plagiarism. The Cruz & Trump Show

  By RF Schatten"The Donald" is claiming "plagiarism" on Ted Cruz for plagiarizing 'his' term; "'Make America Great Again"...which he plagiarized from the 1980... Read more

  The 28 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Newest GOP Polls In New Hampshire, Iowa, And Florida

  

  This is the Suffolk University Poll of 500 New Hampshire Republicans Between March 21st and 24th. This is the Gravis Marketing Poll of 683 New Hampshire... Read more

  The 28 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Yesterday, Indiana, Today, Arkansas: Recent Commentary on Anti-Gay "Religious...

  

  Yesterday, Indiana, today, Arkansas: yesterday, Governor Pence of Indiana signed into law that state's new anti-gay "religious freedom" legislation; today,... Read more

  The 27 march 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons

  4-Star Admiral Slams Obama: Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated All Of Our National Security Agencies Published on Jan 28, 2015 During a press conference on how to... Read more

  The 27 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Bi-partisanship in DC:Time for the GOP to Sign on Board the Good Ship USS...

  By RF Schatten"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it" ~~~ WC FieldsThe Republican Party... Read more

  The 26 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Resignation of U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock Reminds Us of Judge Bill Pryor and His Tie...

  

  Bill Pryor at badpuppy.comU.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) resigned last week and now faces an FBI investigation to determine if his spending activities rise to th... Read more

  The 26 march 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• Screw You, America

  

  What the Republicans did yesterday: $478B Infrastructure Bill Blocked by Senate GOP Americans need jobs. America and Americans need improved, updated... Read more

  The 26 march 2015 by   Morage
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• A Couple Of Views On The GOP Presidential Hopefuls

  

  I found these two charts interesting. Both were made from a YouGov Poll done between March 14th and 16th of a random sample of 1,000 adults (with about a 4 poin... Read more

  The 26 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Laff(er)ing at Ted Cruz and His Ridiculous Flat Tax Proposal / End the IRS...

  So, now Ted Cruz joins past presidential candidate wanna-bees on the right in proposing a flat tax. Flat taxes have been proposed by most recently Herman Cain... Read more

  The 25 march 2015 by   Doggone
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• Support For GOP Plan To Privatize Medicare Is Small

  

  The Republicans in the House of Representatives recently released their proposed budget for 2016, and once again, it contains a measure that would effectively... Read more

  The 25 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• The GOP's Self-denial of an Embarrassing Reality...Obamacare is Working!!

  By RF SchattenLiving a Life of Self-denial in their own Little Make-believe World. Republicans just can't conceivably understand why the Affordable Care... Read more

  The 24 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Catholics Are Leaving the Democratic Party

  

  It seems that every day, we are inundated by bad news, including posts published on FOTM. It gets depressing. But never fear! I bring you a piece of good news... Read more

  The 24 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Enemies on the Left, False Friends on the Right – Part 10

  

  “I often warn people: Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, ‘There is no “I” in team.’ What you should tell them is, ‘Maybe not, but there is a... Read more

  The 24 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Gun Rights and Gun Control Not Mutually Exclusive - Agree Or Disagree?

  

  Breitbart On March 19 Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a rally at the Iowa statehouse to oppose GOP efforts to repeal the current requirement... Read more

  The 24 march 2015 by   Mikeb302000
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• Does The GOP Really Want To Repeal Obamacare ?

  

  The Republicans in both the House and Senate have released their proposed budgets for 2016 -- and both of them included the complete repeal of the Affordable... Read more

  The 24 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Republican Sen. Ted Cruz Announces Presidential Campaign, but is He Eligible?

  

  This morning, at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), announced his 2016 presidential campaign. Ted Cruz, joined by wife Heidi and... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Obama Calls for Mandatory Voting in U.S.

  

  Ahhhh yes, you can never have enough illegal alien voters: By Dave Boyer – The Washington Times – Wednesday, March 18, 2015 President Obama, whose party was... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• In a World of Hyper-aggressive and Sensitive Cops, What Acts Constitute...

  

  Liberty Duke Please trust me when I say there is nothing fun about being roughed up by Alabama sheriff deputies--inside your own home, on a civil matter--and... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Rogershuler
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• The Rich & The Corporations Don't Pay Enough In Taxes

  

  The chart above may surprise some people, but a majority (53%) of Americans think their own taxes are about right. They may not love paying taxes (who does? Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Wayne Allyn Root on Obama’s Love for America

  

  When Rudy Guliani said he thought “Obama doesn’t love America,” it set off a media firestorm. You know, those same fine ultra-liberal Americans now running the... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Split Develops Between House & Senate GOP On Medicare

  

  (Cartoon above is by Steve Breen at creators.com.) The new budget proposal of Republicans in the House of Representatives contains a proposal that would be the... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Oregon Shows The Nation What Democracy Looks Like

  

  Red states across the nation are in the process of restricting the number of citizens who can vote in elections. These Republican states are doing this because... Read more

  The 23 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Enemies on the Left, False Friends on the Right – Part 9

  “Can we regain our country and our freedom? The answer is, only if we can bear the truth that our forefathers knew and took for granted. Read more

  The 20 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Misogyny in Music

  

  Image from http://real-life-villains.wikia.com Things are not looking good for Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, who are being forced to pay 7. Read more

  The 20 march 2015 by   Candornews
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• GOP Primary Voters Are Too Conservative For General Public

  

  The Republican Party, controlled by extremist teabagger elements in most states, seems to think they represent the feelings of most Americans. Read more

  The 20 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Just NUTZ! Right Wing Nuts.

  

  Actor Slim Pickens, riding a nuke to destruction in Dr. Strangelove, or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb The right 'wingaloos', via Wonkette,... Read more

  The 19 march 2015 by   Doggone
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• Hillary Holds A Substantial Lead Over Leading GOP Hopefuls

  

  The Republicans, the corporate media, and even some on the left have done their best to smear Hillary Clinton with the silly e-mail "scandal" -- trying to... Read more

  The 19 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• 2016 & the GOP Dilemma: Mainstreaming Hatred, and Another Bush as the Only Sane...

  By RF SchattenThe incredible indecency of an American Political Party...their fondness for hatred and the joy watching their fellow man's misery. Their hate... Read more

  The 19 march 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Droppings from the Bilgrimage Birdcage: "When the Critical Moment for Cultural...

  

  I'm struck by a wise observation of Ruth Krall in response to my posting yesterday about how the actual behavior of some U.S. Catholics belies the claim that th... Read more

  The 18 march 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• GOP Loves Slipping "Poison Pills" Into Popular Bills

  

  (This image of a "poison Pill" is from The Huffington Post.) What is a "poison pill" in political terms? It is a provision that a political party knows could no... Read more

  The 18 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• "Ominous Signs for the Democrats"

  

  This from Salon no less: While Catholics have been swing voters since Richard Nixon’s second term, white Catholics are now identifying as Republican by... Read more

  The 17 march 2015 by   Brutallyhonest
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• Public Disapproves Of GOP Senators Iran Letter

  

  The 47 Republican senators who tried to embarrass the president and short-circuit the Talks with Iran by sending Iranian leaders a letter, thought they had... Read more

  The 17 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Enemies on the Left, False Friends on the Right – Part 6

  

  Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. Read more

  The 16 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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• GOP Is Out-Of-Step With The Public On Taxes

  

  While the public is angry with both parties in Washington, they seem to be a bit more angry with the Republicans. That is probably because the Republican... Read more

  The 16 march 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Strange Article V – ConCon Connections Just Keep on Coming

  

  By Michelle Horstman In previous articles here and here, we have learned of many associations with the leaders of the Article V Convention of States movement... Read more

  The 15 march 2015 by   Eowyn
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