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10/27/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Aiding and abettingCategories :: Republicans
t is axiomatic that everyone looks good when things are going well. Dealing with high times isn’t a traumatic test of character, and therefore doesn’t reveal true character. It’s when things get tough that authentic personalities are exposed – and...
09/30/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The GOP’s elephant in the roomCategories :: Republicans
Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe’s resident conservative, doesn’t usually get it. Most of his columns - reality-based disconnects of Heritage Foundation fantasies and talking-point drafts for the Limbaugh crowd - leave the thoughtful reader either slackjawed or in stitches. But...
09/12/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Demagoguing failureCategories :: Republicans
It is often astounding to read what passes for brilliant strategic thinking these days. You’ve read the newspaper stories and watched the talk shows in which “party strategist” after “party strategist” bloviates on the contours of contemporary politics - a...
09/06/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Cognitive Dissonance on the RightCategories :: George W. Bush :: Republicans
GOPsters do an about face on two key issues, showing how absolutley nuts they are.
07/13/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The incredible politics of incredible hypocrisyCategories :: Republicans
What a difference a party label makes. When asked about the raging controversy over Karl Rove’s participation in outing an undercover CIA agent, “several Republican senators,” reported the New York Times, said “that they did not know enough or did...
07/12/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The sweet clash of the titansCategories :: Republicans
If you want to do your part for the left, send two checks today to the right: one to the political-action arm of the Chamber of Commerce and another to that of the Southern Baptist Convention. Then sit back and...
07/06/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Redefining Republicanism, one Republican at a timeCategories :: Republicans
In a wide-ranging, 10,000-word feature on Howard Dean’s past, present and future, Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post captured the party chairman’s deepest woe in one line: “Message has been a major problem for Democrats.” “Major problem” is, at best,...
06/29/05 :: By S.M. Dixon The GOP Supports Our Troops...Categories :: Iraq :: Republicans
The Bush Adminstration and Congressional Republicans have short-changed out nation's troops. What a "surprise."
06/23/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter “H.J. Res. 10: A bill to divert attention from what clowns we are”Categories :: Republicans
Republican members of the United States House of Representatives are in full-panic mode. Now that less than one in five Americans has confidence that Republican lawmakers are even a trifle interested in people’s everyday problems, the Republicans, rather than addressing...
06/23/05 :: By Drew Johnston Operation Yellow Elephant: Making a Difference One Wingnut at a TimeCategories :: Conservatives :: Hypocrisy :: Republicans :: Satire
Are young chickenhawk conservatives really cowardly hypocrites, or have they just been denied an opportunity? Let's find out. An audience participation post.
06/10/05 :: By S.M. Dixon New GOP Fundraising Tactic: ProstitutionCategories :: Congress :: Republicans
The GOP is raising money by borrowing a page from the "world's oldest profession."
06/06/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Mehlman Lies About Downing Street MemoCategories :: Republicans
The GOP's Ken Mehlman lies about the Downing Street Memo. What a "surprise."
06/06/05 :: By S.M. Dixon The Grand Old Plutocracy, part IICategories :: Class Warfare :: Republicans
The results of the GOP's three-decades of class warfare are in; guess who's winning?
06/05/05 :: By S.M. Dixon The Grand Old PlutocracyCategories :: Corporate Corruption :: Republicans
New details on just how corrupt the GOP has become.
06/03/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Another GOP TantrumCategories :: Humor :: Republicans
The GOP "Crybaby Wing" is whining about Howard Dean's latest humourous barb.
05/26/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Bush by the NumbersCategories :: Bush Administration :: Republicans
Another poll with bad news for the White House and the GOP. Will either group start listening to the American people any time soon?
05/25/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter It’s the bullying, stupidCategories :: Republicans
The Senate locked horns over the filibuster; TV’s talking heads lectured on the filibuster; op-ed pages, talk-radio asylums and political Web sites parsed every parliamentary aspect of the filibuster -- and the debates were mostly an irrelevance. More on that...
05/23/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Bush and Company Going DownCategories :: Republicans
Bush and the GOP's poll numbers continue to plummet.
05/18/05 :: By S.M. Dixon The Truth From... Pat Buchanan?!Categories :: Republicans
Pat Buchanan dishes the GOP's dirt, and it ain't pretty... unless you're a liberal.
05/17/05 :: By S.M. Dixon I Hate the "MSM"Categories :: Media :: Republicans
What's wrong with the "MSM?" Not what you think.
04/28/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Republican Recklessness: GOP Passes Do-Nothing BudgetCategories :: Breaking News :: Economy :: Republicans
The Republican Party blows it again, passing a budget deal for a budget that does nothing to address the economic and social problems Americans face..
04/25/05 :: By S.M. Dixon GOP Going DownCategories :: Republicans
A new poll has bad, bad news for the Republican Party.
04/21/05 :: By Drew Johnston Why The Hell Are Republicans Still Clinging To Social Security Privatization?Categories :: Bush Administration :: Congress :: Republicans :: Social Security
Why would any politician support an obvious loser issue like SS privatization? As it turns out, it may hurt more if the Repubs give it up.
03/22/05 :: By S.M. Dixon It's OUR Culture of LifeCategories :: Hypocrisy :: Republicans
Republicans claim to value a "Culture of Life," but their policies and practices have been inimical to every facet of life.
03/14/05 :: By Stu Finkel Action Alert: Busting DeLayCategories :: Activism :: Congress :: Criminal Acts :: Republicans
Pressure is mounting on the icon of Republican corruption Tom DeLay. Now efforts are being made to influence wavering GOP'ers uneasy about ethics changes meant to protect DeLay.
03/06/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART X "APPENDIX: THE 14 WORDS NEVER TO USE"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the tenth and final installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank warns conservatives of the 14 words they should never, ever use -- and then graciously provides 'proper' alternatives.
03/06/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART IX "AN ENERGY POLICY FOR THE 2lst CENTURY"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the ninth installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank leads the crusade for nuclear energy and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
03/04/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART VIII "LAWSUIT ABUSE REFORM: A COMMONSENSE APPROACH"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the eighth installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank reveals the truth about those filthy 'Public Protection Attorneys' and explains the delicate nature of convincing the public that big business should run wild and free of the restraints imposed by 'ethics' and 'law'.
03/02/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART VI "TAX RELIEF & SIMPLIFICATION"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the sixth installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank explains that Republicans don't want tax 'reform', they want tax 'simplification'. Here's why it matters.
03/01/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART V "THE BUDGET: ENDING WASTEFUL WASHINGTON SPENDING"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the fifth installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank insists that the budget problems be blamed on 'Wasteful government spending'... no, not the tax cuts to the most wealthy Americans or the quarter billion burned in a war of Bush betrayal. The deficits are all about those ever-so-reviled social programs. This sets the stage for 'Starving the beast'.
03/01/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART IV "INTERNATIONAL TRADE: PROMOTING AMERICA’S COMPETITIVENESS"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the fourth installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank reveals his thoughts on 'leveling the international playing field' so our apparently hapless businesses can finally compete in the global marketplace. (Last I knew, our 11 trillion dollar economy dwarfed its next closest international competitor. Maybe Luntz knows something we don't?)
02/28/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART III "GROWTH, PROSPERITY, & RESTORE ENERGY and ECONOMIC SECURITY"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the third installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank tells us how to, among other things, frame 'lawsuits' (never mentioned without the word frivolous preceding it) as a primary driver for the horrific loss of jobs over the course of Bush's reign in the White House.
02/26/05 :: By Tom Ball Frank Luntz Republican Playbook -- Searchable Text-Version: PART II "SETTING THE CONTEXT AND TONE"Categories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
In the second installment of the text version of the Luntz Republican playbook, Frank tells us how to establish the ever-important context and tone for our messages.
02/25/05 :: By Tom Ball Introducing a Searchable, Easily Accessed, Text-Version of the Frank Luntz Republican PlaybookCategories :: Framing 101 :: Reference :: Republicans
So the Frank Luntz Republican Playbook is in our hands and everybody wants to peel through the pages to discover the inner workings of the right-wing propaganda machine.
Unfortunately, you currently have to battle debilitating file downloads and software requirements to read it.
Fortunately, we are here to help make your life easier -- to access, to search, to read and to excerpt the GOP’s strategic tome. As a part of our 'Framing Project', over the following days, we are creating a text version of the currently available image document. It will be completely searchable -- and browser accessible in a handful of posts organized and permanently referenced on our main 'Framing Project' page.
02/12/05 :: By Tom Ball New 9/11 Commission Findings and the Top 19 Ways Bush and the Republicans Benefited from the AttackCategories :: Bush Administration :: Republicans
From here, I will take the baton and run with the question of 'who benefits?' The question has been posed, pondered and answered many times before, but never quite so completely as this. And I present this so that everyone can see just how many ways Bush and his cabal have benefited from the ultimate devastation in New York, Pennsylvania and DC...
12/25/04 :: By Delton Murphy Puppeteer of the YearCategories :: Bush Administration :: Humor :: Republicans
Although Time Magazine named Bush 2004 Person of the Year, the true man behind the curtain is the one who should receive the accolades, puppet master himself, Karl Rove.
12/06/04 :: By Tom Ball Civil Rights Voting Records Spotlight the Stealth BigotsCategories :: Civil Rights :: Election 2004 :: Race :: Republicans
In the wake of the latest election season, charges of voter suppression by Republicans have been flying without mitigation, gaining momentum with each passing day. In response, Republican's couldn't scoff loudly enough, "How dare the Democrats make such baseless accusations. We are a party of compassion and high morals. We are the party of inclusion and tolerance. Just ask Condi and Colin...and also ask that gay fellow who heads up the AIDS office." -- or something like that. As usual, the Republicans' talk is the virtual antithesis of the Republican's walk. To illustrate, we need go no further than the politicians' votes to see who's walk matches their talk.
11/09/04 :: By Tom Ball Who Hates America?Categories :: Philosophy :: Republicans
There's little doubt just who hates America - American values - freedom, liberty and justice for all.
11/05/04 :: By Tom Ball Another Explanation for Bush's Win?Categories :: Republicans
Check out this little ditty for a good laugh. However, take note as you read this that I'm not attempting to equate ignorance with intelligence -- but there is certainly some causal relationship between WILLFUL, BROAD-BASED IGNORANCE and a low intelligence.
11/05/04 :: By Stu Finkel Jane Smiley: Unteachable IgnoranceCategories :: Blowhards :: Hypocrisy :: Progressive Strategy :: Republicans
Among the many self recriminations occurring on our side, it's more than important to remember that it's not entirely our fault, even as the political outcome and the other side want to remind us that we are consistent electoral failures....
11/04/04 :: By Stu Finkel Is America Already a One Party State?Categories :: Republicans
In which George W. Bush's intentions to rule as if he won 80% of the vote yesterday are discussed and our prospects for the future seen to be grim.
10/29/04 :: By Delton Murphy Voting Wrongs of the RightCategories :: Criminal Acts :: Discrimination :: Election 2004 :: Elections :: Republicans
This year's election theft tactic isn't limited to illegally purging Black voters from the voter rolls. This time the Republicans are challenging the federally guaranteed use of provisional ballots. This is crazy because the reason some voters are requesting a provisional ballot is because they were erroneously purged from the voter rolls in the first place!
10/13/04 :: By Stu Finkel GOP Firm Shredding New Voter Forms in NevadaCategories :: Elections :: Republicans :: Tactics
GOP hired voter registration firm in Nevada is accused of ripping up new Democratic voter registration forms.
10/05/04 :: By Stu Finkel What Atrios SaysCategories :: Iraq :: Lies :: Media :: Republicans
According to the most recent Gallup poll, 62% of Republicans think Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the 9/11 attacks.
06/04/04 :: By Delton Murphy Voting Wrongs: How Touch Screen Voting is a Catastrophe in the MakingCategories :: Election 2004 :: Elections :: Government :: Republicans :: Tactics
If the Canadians can use paper ballots in their presidential election and count their votes in four hours, why are we having such a difficult time counting and deciding how to count our votes in the United States? When did this become so hard for us to do?
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