by Terrance Heath | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
If Donald Trump wasn’t the Republican nominee, what would it take for his words and actions to be labeled treason? In fact, why does no one dare call it treason? It was bad enough when Trump invited Russia to engage in cyber-espionage against the United States, just...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
North Carolina Republican consultant Carter Wrenn plainly spelled it out: if African-Americans voted Republican, voter ID laws like his state's “monster law” wouldn’t have happened. “Look,” Wrenn told The Washington Post, “if African-Americans voted overwhelmingly...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 2, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump reverted to type with his immigration speech, delivered shortly after his visit to Mexico. After flirting with “softening” his position, the old Trump-style xenophobia was a hit with some, not with others. Hispanic Advisors to Trump, We Quit! It may have...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]http://youtu.be/oPStqbQG_w8[/fve] High on decibels, low on policy details and devoid of anything new, Donald Trump’s latest immigration speech was still a lurid reminder of why he must not become president. It was a chilling speech, in the sense that watching...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, This Is The GOP
Two Republican judges ceded their principles last week to Ohio Republicans intent on suppressing the African-American vote. The Ohio GOP, like their counterparts nationally, have decided that if they can’t win minority voters, they will cheat. So over the past decade,...
by Robert Reich | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I recently got a call from a political analyst in Washington. “Trump is dropping like a stone,” he said, convincingly. “After Election Day, he’s history.” I think Trump will lose the election, but I doubt he’ll be “history.” Defeated presidential candidates typically...