by Digby | Dec 23, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
One of the recurrent themes of this presidential election so far is a determined belief that Donald Trump is tapping into working class economic anxiety. And given what we know about the Republican party and the subset of American that are attracted to the Trump...
by Digby | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Despite the fact that this past weekend featured a Democratic Party presidential deb ate, the news continues to be Donald Trump and the GOP race. One assumes the press was not interested in the debate simply because the three candidates are professional, intelligent,...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s supporters are now yelling “Seig heil!,” and calling for a black man to be burned alive. Can we call them fascists now? Can we call them racists now? Well, here we are. It finally happened. It was inevitable, really. It’s been coming almost from the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Republicans put a surprise sneak law into the big, last-minute "omnibus" budget bill: It bans the administration from making companies and "charities" disclose who is putting up the baksheesh money for political campaigns. The president has to sign it or the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
Republican presidential candidates had a chance to take a stand against Donald Trump's dangerous demagoguery at Tuesday night’s debate. None of them took it. At the fifth Republican presidential debate, nine candidates took to the stage for the main event, when eight...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
With Congress about to vote this week on a federal budget for the current fiscal year, perhaps we can be thankful that Tuesday's Republican presidential debate spared us extended disingenuous talk about "out-of-control government spending." Some variation of that...
