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Rise of the Bernie Beasts!
THE UNHOLY SPAWN OF DEMOCRATIC FEAR MONGERING On November 7, 2000 I stepped into a Florida voting booth and pulled the lever for…dun dun duuuuun… Ralph Nader! (Insert blood curdling scream here!) That’s right. I said it. George W. Bush was all my fault! At least that’s the claim of Democratic operatives. Yes, it’s likely that Nader… Read more
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Hitler is Overworked
IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL DISCOURSE If you are involved in political debate, you are almost certain to be faced with Hitler…at least those who use Hitler and Nazism as a strategy to discredit what you are saying. Associating a position with Hitler and Nazism is a surefire way to silence that position. It is also easy,… Read more
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Like it or Not, The GOP is the Party of Trump
DR. MOREAU’S BEASTS NOW HAVE A LEADER The ignominious fall of Ted Cruz and John Kasich from the GOP primaries only confirms what the polls have been saying for quite some time. The GOP is the party of Trump and all that the billionaire media personality represents. This is quite the shock to people who… Read more
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Did Welfare Reform Work?
SPOILER ALERT! NO! This week, the New York Times Retro Report puts a spotlight on President Clinton’s 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Given the appealing monica (see what I did there!) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, a Democratic president signed into law what was, up until that point, a conservative wet dream. With clueless pride President… Read more
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Mean Tweets and Moral Cowardice
THE ANONYMITY OF THE INTERNET IS A BOON TO COWARDS I’m working on a few different posts that will appear shortly, but I wanted to take a moment to share this video. One of the great benefits of the internet has been in empowering people to share their personal experiences with us, and challenging us to… Read more
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A Bad Moon Revisited
A CLASSIC WITH CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE Back in 2010, just over six years ago, I wrote this post about the frightening turn I was seeing among conservatives as they approached the midterm elections with bloodied claws. I was appalled by the level of visceral animus articulated by the newly risen Tea Party conservatives. There was something… Read more
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