On Losing Votes (3)
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Little Green Footballs (160)
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This is a thought-provoking essay by Paul Hsieh, a practicing physician in Denver and long-standing Republican voter: How the GOP lost my vote. After a resounding electoral defeat, in which voters in this once-red state rejected Republicans McCain, Schaffer, and Musgrave, the Colorado Republican Party will undoubtedly be asking themselves, “Why did we lose?” I want to let them know that they lost the vote of many former supporters (including myself) because they have chosen ...
Loony Bin Elements of GOP Seek More Control (1)
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Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life (4)
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One would think that the data evidencing the flight of moderates from the Republican Party - I myself fled a number of years ago - would be a wake up call to the Party that the embrace of the lunatic Christianist elements has been an ill-advised move regardless of the temporary success of Rovian politics. Should the McCain/Palin ticket and numerous Congressional Republicans go down to defeat next Tuesday, the evidence would seem even stronger ...
Christianists vs. Islamic Fundamentalists (1)
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I have long maintained that the only difference between Christianists and Islamic fundamentalists is the degree to which they will use violence to achieve their goals. To date, the Christianists have not embraced terror and bombings, and the killing of innocent civilians, although the skinheads recently arrested in Tennessee for a plot against Barack Obama spoke of killing 100 innocent black citizens, so sadly that may be changing. Mirroring my thoughts is a column that ...
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I have long maintained that the only difference between Christianists and Islamic fundamentalists is the degree to which they will use violence to achieve their goals. To date, the Christianists have not embraced terror and bombings, and the killing of innocent civilians, although the skinheads recently arrested in Tennessee for a plot against Barack Obama spoke of killing 100 innocent black citizens, so sadly that may be changing. Mirroring my thoughts is a column that ...
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