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Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: Michael Steele
Teabaggers Failing
The wingnutosphere is restless; right-wing netizens seem to be in a mood for choking games with Michael Steele’s cash flow: Earlier today, conservative blogger Michelle Malkin published one of what has become a series of posts about previous donors to … Continue reading
With Enemies Like These…
David Corn seems more cued-in to what the rest of the progressive left is missing: With profound challenges still facing the nation, what counts is what Obama can achieve by out-maneuvering and surmounting this opposition. Washington is long past the … Continue reading
Steele is a Cow on the Tracks
Michael Steele says he is a cow on the tracks, trying to derail the train of health care reform: Steele might want to rethink that analogy. Responding, ThinkProgress reminds us that cows usually die when they get hit by trains. … Continue reading
Michael Steele’s Website Fiasco
There is fail, there is epic fail, and then there is the rarefied realm of fiasco. The Republican Party wanted a fancy new website, with a virtual Michael Steele moving Matrix-like across the screen. The problem, is there’s no good … Continue reading
Steele Likes ACORN, Pans Doctors
My apologies for this video, as it’s been produced without regard to viewers who might be more interested in the first person’s question. It’s of GOP Chairman Michael Steele saying nice things about ACORN: CNN gives us the context: On … Continue reading
Michael Steele Still Arguing With Himself
At Intoxination, Jamie makes a great catch. It’s in the last few seconds of the video. Just three days ago, Steele accused Democrats of wanting to cut Medicare. Now Steele wants to cut Medicare. Someone please tell me how I … Continue reading
Steele Argues With Himself
Until yesterday, I had been waiting in vain to hear anyone from the MSM question the basic premise of Republican fearmongering over Medicare reform. It finally happened, and Michael Steele was caught with his mental pants around his rhetorical ankles. … Continue reading
Dear Michael Steele
Dear Mr. Steele, I see that you have called on the GOP to submit to a 12-step recovery program. “This is going to take some time, it is going to take some effort,” you said. “But we are prepared to … Continue reading
Will Banking Bring Bipartisanship?
After three weeks of GOP-fed media narrative proclaiming Obama’s economic stimulus an epic fail, the coverage suddenly turned positive this weekend. The press woke up to the enormous victory Obama has scored despite intense obstructionism from the right. Rhetoric about … Continue reading
