Grand Old Tea Party
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Grand Old Tea Party

Reactionaries are extremely conservative, especially opposed to social change, wanting to keep or return to past cultural values. Definitions always seem cut and dried, not allowing for nuance, but this definition perhaps lets us understand what is driven by the Grand Old Tea Party (GOTP, formerly less aptly called…

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November 24, 2013
While Democracy Sleeps
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While Democracy Sleeps

Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union’s ruthless ruler before WWII, said, “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how, but what is extremely important is this – who will count the votes, and how.” Republicans have tried the voting angle, limiting voting for the opponents,…

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January 17, 2013
Republican Brand
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Republican Brand

By OcJim Have you ever seen such an egregiously ill-equipped crew of Republican candidates running for president? By category, they vary from the unseemly uninformed to obdurate liars to boorish scam artists. Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Herman Cain flash in your mind regarding uninformed. Bachmann also comes to…

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November 22, 2011
Default Avoided, Guns Kept!
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Default Avoided, Guns Kept!

By Jim Hoover OK, we probably won’t default. Is it time for rejoicing? Not so much. We supposedly are close to a debt ceiling/budget-cut agreement. Republicans cocked the default gun and held it to Obama’s head. He blinked… again. Don’t worry. The agreement assures that he will blink again….and…

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August 2, 2011
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