Showing posts with label Republican party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican party. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Democrats? Acting more aggressively? Probably a pipe dream, but worth a post at least.

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This is a slightly rosy assessment of policy options, especially in imagining there'll be a transition as we've known it; again toni...
Monday, June 08, 2020

Collaboration: "Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?"

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Wolfgang Leonhard and Markus Wolf were from similar backgrounds. Both were privileged members of the East German Communist ruling class. ...
Monday, February 11, 2019

#FreeDistrict3: Is a two-party political duopoly "fit for the purpose of representing and reconciling the diversity of opinions in a modern and complex country?"

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This article is about the Conservative and Labour parties in Great Britain, but the parallels with Republicans and Democrats in America a...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Republican women over the age of 65 are most hostile to #MeToo.

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Odd that we must rely on a razor company to make a statement of principle, but on the other hand, apart from Christmas presents, I'm g...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

George Will pegs Jeff Gahan dead to rights: "A Vesuvius of mendacities." Or maybe it was Trump.

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Be careful. Because: But at least Megarian got an answer. I've always respected George Will for his writing style and eru...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The nature of the diversion: "Noam Chomsky Diagnoses the Trump Era."

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It's a long interview, and I've chosen to excerpt only the first question, and to underline a few key passages. In large measure,...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Taibbi: "Democrats in general have lost the ability (and the inclination) to reach out to the entire population."

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Fantasy Island for local DemoDisneyDixiecrats. You know, the sort of superheroes who engineer secretive public housing putsches. Jef...
Monday, May 22, 2017

"President Mike Pence is proud to serve the white and Christian population of America for more than two decades."

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As I've been saying ... When the GOP elders get what they want from Trump, he's gone -- and with him the blame. They're hap...
Sunday, January 08, 2017

Younge: "If the liberal left is going to challenge (Trump) effectively in the coming years, then it must learn the lessons of its defeat."

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Let's view this sentence in bold. "The Democratic machine does not need a tune-up—it needs a complete overhaul." Has he...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Democrats seeking an alternative to Trump: "You won’t have a choice but to try something new."

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Trump-ready balconies? "Whatever the cause, something is different here. One age is dying, and another is rearing its head." ...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Weekend history lesson: "Are the Republicans Going the Way of the Whigs?"

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Just imagine printing your own ballots ... Are the Republicans Going the Way of the Whigs? , by Michael F. Holt ( Center for Politics ) ...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

"Trump can't win. Our national experiment can't end because one aging narcissist got bored of sex and food."

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Long live Matt Taibbi : It's hard to imagine a better summary. The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump , by Matt Taibbi ( Rolling Stone ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

George F. Will helped bring us Donald Trump, but Will apparently does not patronize pottery stores: "You break it, you buy it."

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The ubiquitous pundit George F. Will has spent the last 40 years serving as handy GOP shill, seldom questioning the party's varied 1%...
Sunday, October 09, 2016

Guest columnist Nick Vaughn: We must stand together and renounce Donald Trump.

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Editor's note: Owing to Nick's topical subject matter, I thought it best to publish these thoughts immediately and not as part of hi...
Wednesday, October 05, 2016

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: From prion to neurodegenerative in the lexicon of political disease.

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Welcome to another installment of  SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS , a regular Wednesday feature at NA Confidential . But why all these ...
Friday, August 05, 2016

"For the good of the nation, the Republican Party as it is presently constituted has to die."

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If the end of the GOP truly is near, and somehow I doubt it, it's causing me a great deal of unease. What will replace it? Are Yo...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

The GOP and its actual record: "For the entire history of modern conservatism, its ideals have been wedded to and marred by white supremacism."

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Typically, whenever I remind contemporary gated-community Christians about the legacy of the Crusades and the Inquisition, the hushing is...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

"If this isn't the end for the Republican Party, it'll be a shame. They dominated American political life for 50 years and were never anything but monsters."

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Chaplin, via Wikipedia.  For the section below, alone. R.I.P., GOP: How Trump Is Killing the Republican Party , by Matt Taibbi ( Rol...
Friday, May 06, 2016

WITHIN CITY LIMITS: Episode VI, In Defense of Paul Ryan.

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WITHIN CITY LIMITS: Episode VI, In Defense of Paul Ryan. By Nick Vaughn, Guest Columnist With Donald Trump being the presumptive GOP ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Pat Paulsen for President: Better a deceased comedian than "two despised frontrunners, two dying parties and a deeply broken system."

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"With the elections just around the corner its time to bring back a candidate who embraces the challenge of this modern world. This ...