On Wednesday, Republicans announced their “Pledge for America,” their policy agenda for the coming Congressional term. As for the merits of the pledge, I doubt anyone could put it better than Paul Krugman. As one would expect from today’s Republican Party, it’s full of deception and overblown apocalyptic rhetoric. And, as the crack team at [...]
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Tags: 2010 elections·Daily Show·GOP·mid-terms·Paul Krugman·Pledge for America·Republican idiocy·Republican trickery
I may have spoken too soon in giving the Republican leadership credit for their response to Rep. Joe Barton’s comments. The actual statement put out by the House Republican leaders raises eyebrows in some of its word choice: “The oil spill in the Gulf is this nation’s largest natural disaster and stopping the leak and [...]
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Tags: apologies·BP·conservative logic·environment·GOP·Gulf Coast·Joe Barton·John Boehner·oil spill
As I’ve written previously on this blog, I have a particular interest in the quality of public apologies. Today’s events surrounding Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX, of course) present two interesting questions: 1) How should we react to an apology that is sincere and unqualified, but concerns something that absolutely should not be apologized for?; and [...]
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Tags: apologies·BP·conservative logic·GOP·Gulf Coast·I'm sorry if you were offended·Joe Barton·oil spill·shakedown·Tony Hayward
The GOP has created an internet tool. A.K.A. the latest in a series of bad ideas involving the GOP and the internet. Apparently the tool even used to include an animated Michael Steele figure walking about! I have to say, now that we’ve all seen their interns, I’m not totally surprised that nobody on staff [...]
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With Mark Sanford crying in Argentina and Sarah Palin further revealing herself to be rather mad, the Republican party needs a new savior to lead them against the horror of Obama. After the thrashing Republicans received in November, led by record turnout by, and wide Democratic margins among, women and minorities, there’s been a lot [...]
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Tags: 2012 Republican primary·GOP·Haley Barbour·Mark Sanford·Sarah Palin·tobacco lobbyists·white men
