Sic Semper Tyrannis
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While most of us hoped it would not be so, it took less than 24 hours for Republicans to start attacking the race of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
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I have several Catholic friends and family members and other family and friends who are anti-abortion or pro-life. Every time the issue of abortion comes up, either via a court case or special event or an election, some of them start saying the same things.
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A few days ago, Meaghan McCain spoke of a war within the Republican Party between, and I am paraphrasing for a number of reasons, the future, and those who are terrified of it. While Meaghan McCain is not considered an authority on the Republican Party, I think she is right.
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First, we were told that the Tax Day Tea Parties would draw "millions" of Tea Baggers upset about having to swallow government spending and taxes "at over 5000 locations".
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In a few days, one of the most convoluted political spectacles in American history will unfold in all its cacophony. No one who follows politics should be surprised. Within Conservative America, some hard-core groups cannot get over the fact that Barack Obama won the election.
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There is an interesting tendency among many on the political right in America, particularly those on the political right who do not tend towards Libertarianism.
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Fighting for basic human rights is always a good thing. Marry that fight with humor and a cleverness that borders on genius and you may just create a phenomenon.
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I return periodically to the topic of how the right wing in America is murdering the English language, one word at a time.
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Since 2003, when March 7th comes around I think of all the men, women and children that have died in the Iraq war, all the anger directed at the US by the rest of the world and I think how easily all would have been prevented if we had had a President that was honest, interested …
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With Louisiana's Bobby Jindal and California's Arnold Schwarzenegger we have two Republican Governors, one who cares about the people of their state and one whose primary focus is playing political games.
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I admit to being a bit depressed about the political situation in Israel. A few days before the election, it seemed like Netanyahu and Likud were going to have a massive victory and that was bad as far as I am concerned, but I was preparing myself for it.
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The world is barely starting to comprehend the widespread damage wrought by eight years of a right wing American administration and now a new threat to World and Middle East progress and peace arises in the form of Israel's right wing Likud and Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu נְ …
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Doggonit! It wasn't Sarah Palin's fault that she lost. It was that mean Liberal media dontcha know!?!
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The excellent responses, even harsh criticism from some to my first article on my proposed Consumer Bailout helped crystallize some of the finer points of the proposal.
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The economic disaster that I predicted back in April of 2008 in these articles and is here.
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One of the great fears of right wing media is that the incoming Obama administration will reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.
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Anecdotally, my perception is that about 80% of the country wants the Obama Presidency to be a success.
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Back in January 2008, Mitt Romney and his campaign put out a paper called "Senator McCain Defeated by Defeatism". The paper is a stunning indictment of McCain particularly regarding his flip-flopping on various topics including taxes.
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One of the worst election smears in US history occurred in Georgia's Senate race in 2002.
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The latest in embarrassing episodes about to explode on the McCain campaign is that the person he is criticizing Obama for associating with is someone McCain funded to the tune of half a million dollars through a group that he chaired.
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It has been 28 years since Reagan was elected President. During that time, 20 of those years we have had a Republican President, and 8 years we have had a Democratic President. For almost all 20 of the Republican years, the Federal Deficit has grown like an aggressive cancer.
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Every election, Republicans claim that there is voter fraud occurring that benefits Democrats. This year, Republican ire is focused on Acorn.
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For the last six weeks, John McCain has been flailing about from demeanor to demeanor, gimmick to gimmick and attack to congeniality to attack trying to find the answer to the Obama surge, see
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The big question about tonight's debate is whether the town hall format will allow McCain to go on the attack as he intends. The town hall format involves the candidates fielding questions from ordinary citizens.
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