by Terrance Heath | Apr 30, 2014 | Conservatism
Cliven Bundy isn't the first conservative to defend slavery, but he may be one of the first condemned by fellow conservatives for doing so. Does this mean conservatives are ready to stop defending slavery, if only for the sake of their political future? Conservatives...
by Derek Pugh | Apr 29, 2014 | Conservatism
Enslavement: An economic means to an end that coupled with hatred to produce a reality of racism that Americans still struggle with today. It is a word that should not be used lightly. In recent months, many conservatives have felt entitled to its usage. They have...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, they didn’t come any nuttier than Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and the right-wing pundits and politicians who rushed to support his “range war" against the federal government. Revolution was almost nigh, until Bundy shot off his mouth. It’s hard to blame...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
[fve]http://youtu.be/FbnRnhrNFEY[/fve] "Dog-whistle," "code word" politics is not about what the politician says, it's about what the listener hears. Mitt Romney says this: "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right,...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 23, 2014 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Obamacare didn’t come with ”death panels," like conservatives claimed it would. So, Republican governors and state legislatures formed their own. Until the death of Charlene Dill, the victims of those death panels were invisible. Conservatives constantly say that poor...
by Digby | Apr 21, 2014 | Conservatism
I have a post up at Salon this morning discussing this reflexive conservative impulse to explain that they are really winning all the elections. It's just that they are forced to count the votes of all those people of color: The news is so depressing for conservatives...
