by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The right-wing response to the Paris terror attacks is predictably hysterical, racist and xenophobic. It’s everything the terrorists could possibly want, and a distraction from a very real threat. The world is still reeling from the terrorist attacks in Paris, which...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Does it seem like the “War on Christmas” comes earlier every year? ’Tis barely the season yet, and this week wingnuts are seeing red about Starbuck’s decidedly minimalist holiday cups. Starbucks decided to keep it simple for the holidays this year. Last month the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The biggest question leading up to the fourth GOP presidential debate is which Ben Carson will show up tonight? Will it be the mild-mannered, soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon, or the defensive fabulist and conspiracy theorist? Perhaps Ben Carson’s biggest problem has...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In Ben Carson Republicans have found a candidate who truly makes George W. Bush look like an intellectual giant, and yet another representative of a right-wing culture where belief is more important than knowledge. In May, I wrote a post titled “Ben Carson’s 13...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Ya gotta hand it to the GOP presidential candidates. It takes either incredible skill or monumental stupidity to get President Obama and Fox News to agree. But their “diva demands” for future debates did it. The whining started even before the third Republican...