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George W. Bush as Hurricane Isaac
There is nothing Republicans would rather the American people forget more than George W. Bush, who doesnu2019t even have a bit-part at the GOP convention opening in Tampa.
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The 99% Take on the Republican National Convention
olitics is an elaborate chess match, and in St, Petersburg one small strike was staged against the Republican National convention on Aug. 26 that revealed the thrust of President …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Is Desperately Trying to Downplay Fears of a Civil War Brewing Within Their Party, and More
The Republican National Convention kicks off this week in Tampa, Florida u2013 and Republicans are desperately trying to downplay fears of a civil war brewing within their party, Republicans …
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Why do Ohio Republicans suddenly feel so strongly about limiting early voting hours in Democratic counties?
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How the Right Is Creating Voter Vigilantes
Ouren and Americans for Prosperity gathered these recruits in Boca Raton in July to instruct them on how they could become u201cempoweredu201d vessels for True the Voteu2019s poll watcher …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Court Upholds Governor Perry’s Decision to Deny Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood, and More
In today's On the News segment: A Fifth Circuit Appeals Court upheld a decision by Governor Rick Perry to deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, Joe Arpaio could have …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Colorado, Washington and Oregon Are Giving Voters a Chance to Legalize Marijuana, and More
CNN reports that early drafts of the Republican Partyu2019s 2012 platform include a constitutional ban on abortion.
Mitt Romney’s Southern Strategy Gambit
On August 3, 1980 GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point at the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that …
Bill Moyers: In Paul Ryan, the Right at Last Has Their Man
This was never Romney's party, and without Karl Rove's shadowy money behind him, he would not have survived the primaries.
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Mike Lofgren: A Devil’s Dictionary
In that spirit, allow me to offer up my own devilu2019s dictionary of contempou00adrary American political terms.