by Emily Schwartz Greco | Sep 24, 2015 | Climate, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The second Republican presidential debate shed light on why the GOP doesn’t want to do anything about climate change. Senator Marco Rubio led the way, misconstruing the shift toward green-energy — which even Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden says is in...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Republicans have shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank because a vehement minority of them don't believe the American government should have a role in helping American companies compete in the world. Republicans also don't believe that the American government...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Last week, Scott Walker one-upped the gang of GOP presidential candidates all jostling for the coveted Republican title of Best Billionaire Bootlicker. He accomplished that by announcing with pomp and fanfare that, unlike those other Republican pansies, a President...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 18, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
A 14-year-old high school freshman and budding scientist build his own clock, and brought it to school to show his teacher. Instead, he got arrested, and wingnuts lost their minds. Because he was Muslim, of course. When 14-year-old freshman Ahmed Mohamed arrived at...
by Bill Scher | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
After Carly Fiorina said at the Republican debate, "If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Mrs. Clinton," Politico Magazine tested the proposition and asked 20 Democrats. I was asked, and I was not stumped. Here is my contribution:...
by Donald Kaul | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
To hear Republican presidential candidates tell it, you’d think the most important issue facing the nation is Hillary Clinton’s old emails. Not climate change, not the growing gap between the filthy rich and the deserving poor, and not our crumbling roads, declining...
