by Terrance Heath | Jul 28, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump seriously thinks he can woo LGBT voters with empty rhetoric about “protecting” us from terrorist attacks. But who’s going to protect us from his religious extremist friends, and his party’s anti-LGBT platform? Last week,in his acceptance speech at the...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
For four days, the Republicans convened in Cleveland, officially nominated Donald Trump for president, and wingnuttery abounded. A Paler Shade of White Remember when the Republican National Committee issued its post-mortem of the 2012 election? In a rare moment of...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The ouster Thursday of Fox News chief Roger Ailes, brought on by a long history of sexual harassment, portends big changes for the network he created — and the party it has consumed. A sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Ailes by former Fox News anchor Gretchen...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The man Republicans will nominate this week as their presidential candidate sees himself as a U.S. generalissimo. Donald Trump would be, he said last week, the law-and-order president. He’d be a tough guy at a time when crime is down. He’d strong arm at a time when...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 19, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
What Rudy Giuliani did for New York City as its former mayor, and what Donald Trump promises to do for America, will only make things more dangerous for Americans — both for the police, and for those being policed. Giuliani’s speech on the opening night of the...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The same week that Democrats advanced the most progressive platform in the party’s history, Republicans crafted a platform that effectively rejects the 21st century. Tasked with the job of drafting a platform to bring the GOP into the 21st Century, delegates on the...
