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Triumph of the Wrong - NYTimes.com

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:59:45 +0000

But the biggest secret of the Republican triumph surely lies in the discovery that obstructionism bordering on sabotage is a winning political strategy. From Day 1 of the Obama administration, Mr. McConnell and his colleagues have done everything they could to undermine effective policy, in particular blocking every effort to do the obvious thing — boost infrastructure spending — in a time of low interest rates and high unemployment.

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In the House, a Refusal to Govern - NYTimes.com

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:48:24 +0000

A refusal to even to sit at a bargaining table is another way of refusing to govern. The nation’s founders created two chambers for a reason, but Republicans, in their blind fury to harm the least fortunate, are forgetting even those fundamental national values.

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In the House, a Refusal to Govern - NYTimes.com

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:48:24 +0000

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The Big Budget Mumble - NYTimes.com

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:15:38 +0000

Now Republicans find themselves boxed in. With taxes scheduled to rise on Jan. 1 in the absence of an agreement, they can’t play their usual game of just saying no to tax increases and pretending that they have a deficit reduction plan. And the president, by refusing to help them out by proposing G.O.P.-friendly spending cuts, has deprived them of political cover. If Republicans really want to slash popular programs, they will have to propose those cuts themselves.

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Marty Kaplan: GOP Smart on Copyright for 24 Hours

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:38:48 +0000

It is delicious to watch a young conservative apply conservative principles to demolish oligopolistic claptrap, even if those industries finance the campaigns of the members of Congress who pay his salary. It is sad to watch his bosses -- who never tire of railing against political correctness - place fealty to corporate elites above the spirit of intellectual inquiry.

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Republicans skip Benghazi hearing; complain about lack of information on Benghazi | The Cable

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:44:49 +0000

But although McCain had time to speak on the Senate floor and on television about the lack of information provided to Congress about the attack, he didn't attend the classified briefing for senators Wednesday given to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, of which he is a member.

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Now That's What I Call Gerrymandering! | Mother Jones

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:58:23 +0000

Americans didn't intend to elect a Republican majority to the House of Representatives. Thanks to GOP-engineered redistricting, they did.

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How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:29:28 +0000

The reality is that so-called pro-life movement is not about saving babies. It’s about regulating sex. That’s why they oppose birth control. That’s why they want to ban abortion even though doing so will simply drive women to have dangerous back alley abortions. That’s why they want to penalize women who take public assistance and then dare to have sex, leaving an exemption for those who become pregnant from rape. It’s not about babies. If it were about babies, they would be making access to birth control widespread and free and creating a comprehensive social safety net so that no woman finds herself with a pregnancy she can’t afford. They would be raising money for research on why half of all zygotes fail to implant and working to prevent miscarriages. It’s not about babies. It’s about controlling women. It’s about making sure they have consequences for having unapproved sex.

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The GOP can no longer avoid its Rush Limbaugh problem - The Washington Post

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:36:47 +0000

What we are saying is that Mr. Limbaugh has abused his unique position within the conservative media to smear and vilify a citizen engaged in the exercise of her First Amendment rights, and in the process he debased a national political discourse that needs no further debasing. This is not the way a decent citizen behaves, much less a citizen who wields significant de facto power in a major political party. While Republican leaders owe no apology for Mr. Limbaugh’s comments, they do have a responsibility to repudiate them — and him.

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Rick Santorum On Opposition To Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:17:00 +0000

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who face such circumstances should "make the best out of a bad situation."

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Michele Bachmann, America's Perfect Monster | The Awl

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:32:55 +0000

Bachmann is a national clown and a global embarrassment, an extremist so foul that she poses nearly as much of a threat to Republican legislators as to Democratic ones. She's a Republican bomb-thrower who forgets the throwing part. Both parties will certainly be glad to be rid of her. But Bachmann's repose only means the absence of the messenger, not the absence of those who paid for the message.

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Daily Kos: John McCain is worried House Republicans are making the entire Republican Party look bad

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:25:40 +0000

But whether John McCain or House Republicans have done or are doing more damage to the Republican Party isn't something that most people care about. What they care about is making sure that Congress doesn't raise their taxes while the economy is still in recovery. And if Republicans cared more about that, we wouldn't be facing this stalemate now. The American public would be better off, and so would the GOP.

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MinnPost - Latest Amy Koch developments complicate GOP plans across the board

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:08:06 +0000

If allegations surrounding Koch, who is married, are true, she would become in the eyes of many a prime example of the double standard surrounding the heated marriage amendment battle.

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Boehner On Whether Letting The Payroll Tax Cut Expire Hurts The Economy: 'I'm Not An Economist' | ThinkProgress

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:55:16 +0000

Later, Boehner came around to admit that an extension would help boost the economy. To help Boehner out, several actual economists have said that letting the cut expire would, in fact, hurt growth and destroy jobs. According to Macroeconomic Advisers, allowing it to lapse “would reduce GDP growth by 0.5 percent and cost the economy 400,000 jobs.” An analyst at Barclay’s estimated that letting the cut expire would knock 1.5 percent off of first quarter growth next year.

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How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:28:13 +0000

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street?

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