Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republican. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2009
REPUBLICIANS & THE FAR RIGHT
Paul Krugman's piece in the November 9, 2009 New York Times - very interesting read about the far right, paranoia politics and the Republician party. Some interesting observations -
- the far right leadership isn't interested in governing;
- the far right that used to be manipulated by the Republician party to help it get elected then abandoned so the party could serve the moneyed elites now effectively runs the party.
Most surprisingly - Richard Hofstadter in 1964 in an essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" foresaw much of the far right crisis currently under way.
- the far right leadership isn't interested in governing;
- the far right that used to be manipulated by the Republician party to help it get elected then abandoned so the party could serve the moneyed elites now effectively runs the party.
Most surprisingly - Richard Hofstadter in 1964 in an essay "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" foresaw much of the far right crisis currently under way.
Monday, October 19, 2009
CORPORATISM
Both Political Parties seem to owe allegiance to the Corporation. But the Republicans - the leading Republicans have tricked many people into fearing government when it's really corporations and corporatism who rule government. Who are the corporate government rulers - LOBBYISTS. Republican values entail CORPORATE WELFARE, CORPORATE SOCIALISM, CORPORATE FASCISM.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
VOTING REPUBLICAN CONDONES
HATE AND VIOLENCE!
Several recent events have lead me to this conclusion:
The Rep. Don Young (R-AK) misquote of Lincoln. Actually it wasn't a quote from Lincoln at all but the creation of a so called 'journalist' who thought it would be cute to attribute it to Lincoln. Lincoln was opposed to the Mexican-American war, the only parallel to the current Iraq war.
The Catholic League attack on the two bloggers hired by Presidential candidate John Edwards. The League has nothing to do with the Church, it's funded by right wing groups, and opposed the two women because they were feminists.
The Republican Party continuing support for the Iraq War and the likely soon to be Iran war. And their extreme triades during the Iraq war resolution debate in the U.S. House.
What do all of these have in common - the Republican party!
Several recent events have lead me to this conclusion:
The Rep. Don Young (R-AK) misquote of Lincoln. Actually it wasn't a quote from Lincoln at all but the creation of a so called 'journalist' who thought it would be cute to attribute it to Lincoln. Lincoln was opposed to the Mexican-American war, the only parallel to the current Iraq war.
The Catholic League attack on the two bloggers hired by Presidential candidate John Edwards. The League has nothing to do with the Church, it's funded by right wing groups, and opposed the two women because they were feminists.
The Republican Party continuing support for the Iraq War and the likely soon to be Iran war. And their extreme triades during the Iraq war resolution debate in the U.S. House.
What do all of these have in common - the Republican party!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
HOUSE RESOLUTION
According to John Boehner (House Minority Leader) on Sunday's Meet The Press, he doesn't see many Republican (defections) members voting for the Democratic party's Iraq war resolution. In John's words . . . he kind of mumbled, "I don't look at the numbers" to Tim Russert's question.
Well let's see, there are presently 202 Republican members of the U.S. House. So a 10% defection would be 20 members. The media talking heads are saying 30, maybe 60, definitely 'dozens likely to join vote'. That's . . . well it's a whole lot!
What do you think? I'll publish the defection numbers after the voting, it will tell us who's afraid.
Meanwhile, John Boehner is either (a) a bad liar, (b) poor at math, (c) doesn't know his own members (d) doesn't talk to anyone except Bush.
Well let's see, there are presently 202 Republican members of the U.S. House. So a 10% defection would be 20 members. The media talking heads are saying 30, maybe 60, definitely 'dozens likely to join vote'. That's . . . well it's a whole lot!
What do you think? I'll publish the defection numbers after the voting, it will tell us who's afraid.
Meanwhile, John Boehner is either (a) a bad liar, (b) poor at math, (c) doesn't know his own members (d) doesn't talk to anyone except Bush.
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