tagged w/ Republican Party
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Such a strange thing for Jindal to say, especially since he hails from the state that was ravaged by Katrina. (Which, ironically, was the subject of its own equally awkward moment). The volcano monitoring program was on a list of Republican talking points at one stage, but virtually none of them ran with it, apparently figuring that there were much better scabs to pick at.
And I know: I'm piling on a little. This was going to be an awfully tough speech to deliver, almost no matter what its content. With the possible exception of Jim Webb in 2007, the minority party reaction speeches have always tended toward extreme lameness.
I just want to know who wrote the speech and who vetted it. Because it was manifestly at odds with the talents of the guy who delivered it.
-- Nate SilverSuch a strange thing for Jindal to say, especially since he hails from the state that... more
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Gary E. Johnson is the former governor of New Mexico, and candidate for the 2012 Republican Party nomination. He'll likely lose, but if he dose lose, I hope that he'll switch over to the party that really stands up for his political opinions: the Libertarian Party. I think he has the potential for sticking it to the two major candidates, possibly sucking away some votes from both, in 2012.Gary E. Johnson is the former governor of New Mexico, and candidate for the 2012... more
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The Republican party is withering away according to the latest statistics.
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Election Day exit polls and the American mosaic that turned out for Obama’s inauguration have sent shivers down the backs of many a Republican.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader, gave voice to that anxiety at the Republican National Committee meeting on Thursday:
“We’re all concerned about the fact that the very wealthy and the very poor, the most and least educated, and a majority of minority voters, seem to have more or less stopped paying attention to us, and we should be concerned that, as a result of all this, the Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional party than a national one.”
He couldn’t have been more right. The Republicans haven’t yet figured out how to puncture Obama’s armor or resist his charms. And, they’re leaderless, unless you count one of these unlikelies: the woe-is-us McConnell, the brackish John Boehner, the clownish brute Rush Limbaugh, or “Mama Grizzly” herself, whom they can’t seem to make stay in Alaska.
They’re in trouble, and they know it.
Take a look at these statistics:
1. According to a poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News this month, only 21 percent of respondents said that they consider themselves Republicans. This was the lowest percentage for that response since The Times started asking the question in 1992. By comparison, nearly twice as many respondents said that they consider themselves Democrats.
End of ExcerptThe Republican party is withering away according to the latest statistics.
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Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.
Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities.
The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, planned to meet in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state's congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.
Not a single Republican voted with the majority last week when the House approved Obama's $819 billion combination of tax cuts and new spending. The president's goal is to create or preserve 3 million to 4 million jobs.
Republicans led by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio complained that the plan is laden with pet projects and will not yield the jobs or stimulate the economy in the way Obama has promised.
But states are coping with severe budget shortfalls and mounting costs for Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor. So governors, including most Republicans, are counting on the spending to help keep their states afloat.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a former member of the House, said he would accept the stimulus money but would have voted against the bill if he were still in Congress.
(Image courtesy of: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are... more
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Here's the order of how the Republican's online encyclopedia ranks the people of this world:
1. whites - the best
2. yellow peoples - somewhat inferior
3. red "Indians" - inferior
4. brown and black - savage "beasts"
Here is the Wikipedia entry on the same subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_superiority
And if Conservapedia removes this saying it was a fringe entry from people that never post on their site (As they did with the Democratic Governors hit list) Here are the three people it took to write two sentences:
DrSandstone: Number of contributions around 2000.
JY23: Number of contributions around 2500.
Ed Poor: Number of contributions around 18000.Here's the order of how the Republican's online encyclopedia ranks the... more
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In a not so surprising move Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey shows the stalwart and unequivocal leadership we have come to expect from the Republican party.In a not so surprising move Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey shows the stalwart and... more
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Twitter, Facebook, the GOP? Ever since Barack Obama's campaign changed the way technology is used to reach voters, the Republican party is trying to catch up.Twitter, Facebook, the GOP? Ever since Barack Obama's campaign changed the way... more
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Though no one expected Paul to last through the primary, the energy his candidacy created here has not dissipated. In fact, it may be crucial to a Republican Party looking to rebound. “A lot of people in the Ron Paul movement were kind of dissatisfied with the political situation before Ron Paul ran,” says Robert Terhune, an organizer for Nevadans for Ron Paul. “I would say Ron Paul’s candidacy woke a lot of people up. It got ’em energized.”
More: http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2008/dec/04/revolution-continues/Though no one expected Paul to last through the primary, the energy his candidacy... more
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Outgoing President George W Bush has admitted that he regrets being caught making up intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.Outgoing President George W Bush has admitted that he regrets being caught making up... more
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Sarah Palin isn't done yet- she's hitting the campaign trail again. This week, she'll support Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. Think she'll do any good?Sarah Palin isn't done yet- she's hitting the campaign trail again. This... more
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If the Republican Party wants to regain control of the government, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says GOP leaders must first learn the bass line to Johnny B Goode and hit the cheeseburgers.If the Republican Party wants to regain control of the government, former presidential... more
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One McCain aide described the Palin family shopping spree in some of America's most exclusive department stores as 'Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast.'
According to Newsweek magazine, a party donor who agreed to foot the clothes bill was expecting to pay out up to £15,000.
He was stunned when he received the bill for nearly £100,000. And that wasn't even the whole tab, it was revealed yesterday.
Mrs Palin also allegedly leaned on some of her low-level handlers to put thousands of pounds worth of additional purchases on their personal credit cards.
Aides claimed a Republican Party lawyer is now being dispatched to Alaska to inventory the clothes and retrieve any still in the governor's possession. One McCain aide described the Palin family shopping spree in some of America's... more
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In the spirit of the swedes, fins and others who crossed the ocean to settle the rugged wilderness we now call the Upper Peninsula, a northern Michigan attorney is challenging the political landscape along Lake Superior.
This is the first video of a two-part interview with Cathy Church, Independent candidate for Marquette County Prosecuting Attorney.
Church answers questions about her campaign including why she decided to run, why people should vote for her and her concerns about how domestic violence cases were handled by her opponent - a longtime incumbent.
Running as an Independent against the entrenched powers that be - no matter what party - can be a difficult but at the same time rewarding. Many Americans believe the two-party system sometimes serves it's politicos rather than the people. In the spirit of the swedes, fins and others who crossed the ocean to settle the... more
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If you are interested in the present or past presidential television ads, then check out the Living Room Candidate, a Web site that has a collection of more than 300 campaign ads from as far back as 1952.If you are interested in the present or past presidential television ads, then check... more
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In an interview to be aired Thursday on ABC's "20/20," Sarah Palin said she will continue to seek a leadership role in the Republican Party even if she and John McCain do not win the White House next week...
(and if this is the direction the Republican Party chooses to go, it will utterly implode.)In an interview to be aired Thursday on ABC's "20/20," Sarah Palin said... more
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The Republican Party is coming apart at the seams. What a shame. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of douchebags. It really is a joy to watch extremists take over a party and attack anyone who offers a stray thought. Looking back, this was inevitable. Keeping religious nuts, big business and people scared of terrorists all under one roof was doomed to fail. It's like pedophiles and rapists going in on a van together. Turns out, they have different priorities.
The Republican Party is coming apart at the seams. What a shame. Couldn’t have... more
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Do you think your vote's going to count this year? Think again. Unless you take action now, your vote may already be lost. Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast, who uncovered exactly how the election was "won" in 2000, teamed up with activist, attorney, broadcaster and writer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to find out if democracy was in a better state eight years on. In their report, which was published this month in Rolling Stone, they concluded that the 2008 Election had already been stolen. They are now challenging you to steal it back.
"If Democrats are to win the 2008 election, they must not simply beat John McCain at the polls -- they must beat him by a margin that exceeds the level of GOP vote tampering," Palast and Kennedy summarized. But all is not lost -- yet. To this end, the dynamic duo prepared an adult comic, Steal Back Your Vote, which outlines the six ways these thieves (who would call themselves "patriots") are trying to deprive you of your vote, and empowers you with seven ways you can snatch it back.
We checked in with Palast, a self-styled Sam Spade-like detective turned writer (he started out as a corporate investigator), to get the skinny on this 2008 election crime wave (and, no, the criminals aren't members of ACORN).
Click on the link above for full interview with the intrepid Mr. Palast.Do you think your vote's going to count this year? Think again. Unless you take... more
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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card in her wallet. ut about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.
"This office has received notification from the state of Georgia indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote," a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.
But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and a birth certificate to prove it. The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.
"It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send me my birth certificate, and then I was like, 'It's too late, apparently,' " Berry said.
Berry is one of more than 50,000 registered Georgia voters who have been "flagged" because of a computer mismatch in their personal identification information. At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove eligibility to vote.
Experts say lists of people with mismatches are often systematically cut, or "purged," from voter rolls.
It's a scenario that's being repeated all across the country, with cases like Berry's raising fears of potential vote suppression in crucial swing states.
"What most people don't know is that every year, elections officials strike millions of names from the voter rolls using processes that are secret, prone to error and vulnerable to manipulation," said Wendy Weiser, an elections expert with New York University's Brennan Center for Justice. "That means that lots and lots of eligible voters could get knocked off the voter rolls without any notice and, in many cases, without any opportunity to correct it before Election Day."
click to read allATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in... more
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Please watch all 8 videos from the Christian ADC and respond to them here or there.
They attempt to prove Obama is not a Christian based on the fact that he is open minded. Please watch all 8 videos from the Christian ADC and respond to them here or there.... more
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ANP: Sarah Palin says GOP welcomes all Muslims (Not as far as the comments by Republicans are concerned...). Way to lose the Christian Fundamentalist votes...
ANP: Sarah Palin says GOP welcomes all Muslims (Not as far as the comments by... more
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