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Where Hate Gets Us
A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
~ Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) (Who was a conservative himself.)
The wild response to health care reform becoming law has exposed the dangerous state of the Republican Party.
For today’s G.O.P. is, fully and finally, the party of Ronald Reagan — not Reagan the pragmatic politician, who could and did strike deals with Democrats, but Reagan the antigovernment fanatic, who warned that Medicare would destroy American freedom. It’s a party that sees modest efforts to improve Americans’ economic and health security not merely as unwise, but as monstrous. It’s a party in which paranoid fantasies about the other side — Obama is a socialist, Democrats have totalitarian ambitions — are mainstream. And, as a result, it’s a party that fundamentally doesn’t accept anyone else’s right to govern.
In the short run, Republican extremism may be good for Democrats, to the extent that it prompts a voter backlash. But in the long run, it’s a very bad thing for America. We need to have two reasonable, rational parties in this country. And right now we don’t.
A Conservative speaks out against the Republican bullshit.
The backlash: Reform turns personal They're receiving death threats. And let me guess, they're from people who consider themselves "pro-life".
Two New Polls Reveal Scary Beliefs Held by Conservative "Hatriots"
If you haven't already and are so inclined, you may sign a letter to Republican leaders asking them to condemn the bigotry and hate among their supporters.
Or you may tell the GOP To Stop Inciting Racism here.
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John McCain Has Amnesia and General Colin Powell Steps Up
I'm trying to remember what life was like before I wanted to kick John McCain's ass.
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Gen. Colin L. Powell, who as the nation’s top military officer in the 1990s opposed allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, switched gears today and threw his support behind efforts to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law he helped shepherd in.
Gen. Colin L. Powell in December.“In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,” General Powell said in a statement issued by his office. He added: “I fully support the new approach presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee this week by Secretary of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen.” (New York Times)
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