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Entries from October 2006

The New Face of the GOP -

October 20th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

Instead of a GOTV the GOP has started a SOTV…
GOP Aims to Scare Up Big Voter Turnout - washingtonpost.com: “With top Republican strategists now privately predicting substantial House losses, President Bush and top GOP officials plan to spend the final days of the 2006 campaign attempting to rally partisans and limit conservative defections with dire [...]

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I think they learned the lesson…

October 19th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

I found the following passage intriguing. It may have taken them a hundred plus years, but those “Republican editors” appear to have found the butter…But now it’s margarine, as it a imitation of the real thing.The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau’s Journal: 19-Oct-1859: “Thoreau’s Journal: 19-Oct-1859Some eighteen hundred years ago Christ was crucified; this [...]

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And so begins the run-up to 2008

October 19th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

Do you feel safer with your lawful rights in the hands of these people?
A Dangerous New Order - New York Times: “Once President Bush signed the new law on military tribunals, administration officials and Republican leaders in Congress wasted no time giving Americans a taste of the new order created by this unconstitutional act.
Within hours, [...]

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The Culture Wars

October 10th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

Eugene Robinson makes a good point today.
‘Values’ Choice for The GOP - washingtonpost.com: “The culture war is supposed to be about morality, but really it’s a crusade to compel Americans to follow certain norms of private behavior that some social and religious conservatives believe are mandated by sociology, nature or God. Republican officeholders have paid [...]

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