by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Conservatism, Tax Reform, Winning Issues for 2014
There is legislation before Congress to do something about corporations renouncing their US "citizenship." The odds are that Republicans will block it -- and not just because they have obstructed everything else. There is a wave of news about corporations using a...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 22, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For most of America, the shooting of yet another unarmed, young black man laid bare the way that racism and inequality play out in our streets. For wingnuts, it was another chance to appeal to the basest of the GOP base. This week, the worst of wingnuttia is all about...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 18, 2014 | Conservatism
Rep. Mo Brooks (R, Alabama) recently accused Democrats of waging a “war on whites.” In Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown — an unarmed, 18-year-old, young black man — was shot and killed by a police officer, there is no question against whom war is being waged....
by Terrance Heath | Aug 15, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Two tragic events this week gave right wingers an opportunity to show some humanity and decency. As usual, wingnuts did not exactly cover themselves in glory. Instead of rising to the occasion, they sank to new lows. Most Americans were sad to learn that beloved...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 14, 2014 | Conservatism
The latest “Libertarian Moment” is upon us, and will expire once it runs headlong into its own inherent shortcomings and the reality of a populist majority. Blink, and you’ll miss it. Robert Draper, in the New York Times, asks “Has the Libertarian Moment Arrived?”,...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 8, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Sen. Rand Paul turned tail and ran away when confronted by undocumented DREAMers. But the GOP has a “Latino problem” it can’t run from, and right-wingers seem determined to make it worse. Sen. Paul was with fellow-Republican Rep. Steve King in Iowa when undocumented...
