by Dean Baker | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Thus far, the Ebola virus has infected three people in the United States that we know of, however Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million. There are reports of kids being pulled out of schools and even some school closings. People in many...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
Cutting federal spending doesn't "save money" – certainly not the way conservatives in Congress and in the states have been doing it. If you cut the Internal Revenue Service budget, that obviously increases the deficit because it lowers the government's ability to...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Republicans have adopted a Halloween-themed campaign strategy that they hope will incite voters to run screaming from Democrats. The GOP message: Americans should be very, very afraid because the homeland is under attack from ghouls and goblins manifest as Ebola and...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The GOP is rolling out a list of “principles” and pretending to have a “positive agenda,” because Republicans can’t tell Americans what they really want to do. Twenty years after Newt Gingrich launched the “Contract With America,” Republican Party Chairman Reince...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court boosted the number of gay marriage states to somewhere between 30 and 35. Needless to say, the floodgates of wingnuttery opened wide. On Monday, the Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings striking down same-sex...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 8, 2014 | Conservatism
In advertising they say, "If you don't have anything to say about a product, sing about it." In this election, Republicans are singing a song of fear. In this ad the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) says Arizona's Ann Kirkpatrick wants to let...
