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When Did Republicans Become So Mean?

February 1, 2012
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CNN And Southern Republican Leadership Conference Host GOP Presidential Debate

Today it was announced that the charity Susan G. Komen for a Cure would no longer fund a program with Planned Parenthood that provided free breast screenings that has probably saved thousands of women’s lives. Why? Because Planned Parenthood is under investigation in Congress thanks to anti-choice Republican Cliff Sterns. How can you put...

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Santorum Doesn’t Want to Make Life Better for Blacks

January 3, 2012
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Santorum

Ex Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and presidential candidate wants to reform welfare on the backs of black people. He said the following in Iowa. “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money.” “I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn their money and...

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Is Ron Paul a Liar?

December 22, 2011
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Ron Paul

I previously wrote about Ron Paul’s racist comments here. Here are some of them. If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.” – Ron Paul, 1992 “Given the inefficiencies of what D.C. laughingly calls the `criminal justice system,’ I think we can safely...

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Of Course it’s Class Warfare Republicans

December 16, 2011
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Foodline

Republicans hate it when someone says the words class warfare. This from the most vacant Republican lawmaker I’ve seen in years, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. “Class warfare … may make for really good politics, but it makes for rotten economics,” … “If you tax something more, you get less of it,” Ryan said. “If...

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Bernie Sanders Calls Out the Supreme Court

December 11, 2011
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Bernie Sanders

I may be a couple of days late on this story, but I believe it is vitally important. Democratic Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has called out the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s about time someone did. This is a court controlled by conservative members who have no problem cavorting with rich people and corporations who...

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Where are the Serious GOP Candidates Part 3, 4, or 5

December 9, 2011
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Newt

I have posted previously about the lack of serious GOP presidential candidates and quite frankly I’ve grown tired of it. I would normally point you to my previous posts on the subject, but it just seems pointless. That’s the reason behind the title of the post. Where are the serious GOP candidates for president,...

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Why Don’t Republicans Want to Protect Consumers

December 8, 2011
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The Consumer Financial Protection Agency was created in 2008 after the economic meltdown caused by greedy wall street insiders. It prohibits complex disclosure forms, simplifies credit cards, oversees payday loans, gift cards, overdraft agreements and other products. Simply, it protects consumers. That’s why it’s called the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. But Republicans don’t like...

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What is Wrong with Rick Perry

December 7, 2011
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Rick Perry

Perry attacks Obama on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Christmas. His comments are ludicrous and reflect more on the fact that he is behind in the polls rather than Obama’s policy. Here’s what Perry said. “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian,” the Texas governor says. “But you don’t need to be...

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Donald Trump is a Jerk

December 7, 2011
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The Jerk

Donald Trump is a jerk and like most jerks he doesn’t realize it. What makes him believe he has any qualifications to moderate a presidential debate. He is a failed businessman, a failed husband, and a failed presidential candidate. Donald Trump is not a person, he is a brand. A brand that appears to...

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Now Some Conservative Columnists are Throwing Up on Themselves

December 6, 2011
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Jonah Goldberg

While I am a progressive, there are many conservative pundits who I admire and read veraciously. I always consider their thoughts and many times agree with their opinions. David Brooks comes to mind. However, there are some whose missives often make me go huh! Jonah Goldberg would fall into that category. He’s not an...

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  • Jill Biden begins her bus tour at Columbus State
    Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, along with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis made their first stop on the Community College to Career Tour, looking to draw attention to successful partnerships between businesses and community colleges. The mission: to develop the most “competitive workforce in the world,” said Biden. […]
  • Ash Wednesday marks beginning of Lent
    Today is Ash Wednesday, when Christians receive ashes on their forehead and steel their resolve to keep a Lenten promise to give up a bad habit or take on a good one. The six weeks of Lent will culminate on Easter Sunday, April 8. […]
  • GOP candidate Santorum to speak in northwest Ohio
    Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will add northwest Ohio to his state campaigning. GOP officials say Santorum will speak March 3 at the Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner for the 5th House district. They say all Republican presidential candidates have been invited to the dinner at Bowling Green State University’s student union. […]
  • Twice nearly deported, Nigerian man becomes U.S. citizen today
    A Nigerian immigrant and chef who was almost deported twice took the oath of American citizenship Downtown this morning. […]
  • Justices quiet critic of excessive noise law
    A Wayne County man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct during his Halloween party in 2009, after neighbors repeatedly complained about the booming music and sheriffs deputies made repeated trips to his building. An appeals court upheld the conviction, but noted that it was in conflict with a separate appeals court ruling. […]

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