Republican Party

Nick Benton's Corner: Can the GOP Re-Brand

Submitted by carol white on March 24, 2009 - 15:06

Posted with permission of Nicholas Benton, owner/editor of the Falls Church News Press.

Can the GOP Re-Brand

by Nicholas Benton

A growing, concerted effort from within high-level party ranks to oust the arch conservative chairman of the Virginia GOP is evidence of what promises to be an unsavory spectacle akin to watching a snake wriggle its way out of an old, dead skin.

There's a lot of violent thrashing about when that happens, and always there's the chance it won't succeed. At least during such times, the snake is particularly helpless in the event a predator is in the neighborhood.

politics, Republican Party, Virginia politics

The GOP: A 'Rush' to Obscurity

Submitted by Wattree on March 5, 2009 - 09:17

BENEATH THE SPIN

Those of us who pointed out that Michael Steele was elevated to Chairman of the Republican National Committee as both a token, and as attack-dog-in-chief against President Obama should feel completely vindicated. No further evidence need be presented than what recently took place when Mr. Steele had the audacity to say that he was the head of the Republican Party, not Rush Limbaugh. In response Limbaugh all but literally told him to stay in his place.

GOP, corruption, America, greed, Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, President Obama, Conservative, Michael Steele, Obscurity, Dusty Foggo, Power, Entitlement

The Republican Rape of America

Submitted by Wattree on February 14, 2009 - 22:21

Promoted. Originally posted 2009-02-14 20:04:25 -0500. -- GH

BENEATH THE SPIN • ERIC L. WATTREE

The Republican Rape of America

The Republican Party has demonstrated repeatedly that they are lousy at governance but there are none better when it comes to marketing their philosophy–and they should be, because they have but one philosophy–to divide and conquer. It would be inaccurate to call them racist, however, because they don't care any more about poor and middle class White people than they do minorities, but neither do they have any qualms about using racism and division to advance their interests.

Ironically, conservative Republicans have taken the Democratic Party's primary strength and used it against both the Democratic Party, and the American people as a whole. First they took the Democratic Party's penchant for being concerned with the plight of America and coin phrases like "bleeding heart liberals" and "tax and spend Democrats." Then they played on middle class frustration by tying civil rights, welfare, and crime into one neat bundle, and then attributed all of America's problems to the Democrat Party's tendency to be compassionate, or what they call, "bleeding heart liberals."

America, Education, Barack Obama, Republican Party, scam, rape, bailout, Corporate, fat-cats

The Republican Party–a Threat to America

Submitted by Wattree on February 12, 2009 - 10:35

One of the Republican Party's most enduring talking points is that the Bush administration has kept America safe since 9-11, but what evidence do we have of that? Even as the Bush administration bragged about their security efforts, they left both our front and back doors wide open. The two primary entry points into the United States are all but short of a welcome sign.

America, Barack Obama, stimulus, Republican Party, taliban, Rush Limbaugh, rescue plan, Enemy, Pete Sessions, Obstruction

Speaking about Lobbyists,

Submitted by jimstaro on February 21, 2008 - 11:20

2008-02-21 00:34:46 -- cho

And Immigration.

Think they don't mix?

Well, GOP lobbyist had no work permit

And guess who he worked for:

A former California Republican Party official who resigned last year in a controversy over his immigration status had no valid visa or work permit during his high-profile career as a Washington lobbyist for conservative icon Grover Norquist, newly filed court records show.

immigration, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Michael Kamburowski, Grover Norquist, Lobbyist, Washington Politics, Castro

Mike Huckabee: Member of destructive Bill Gothard cult

Submitted by dogemperor on January 19, 2008 - 18:01

The more that comes out about Mike Huckabee, the more I get scared.

So far, he's admitted he's part of the "Left Behind" fandom crowd, he's gotten endorsements and help from hate groups (like a pastor linked with "Watchmen On The Walls" who also wants to kick all non-dominionists out of the country), released rapist-killers from prison, wants to change the constitution to make the US a de jure theocracy, snd rather explicitly has invoked "God's Army" in his speeches.

election 2008, Mike Huckabee, Bill Gothard, Dominionism, Religious Right, Scandals, Republican Party