To illustrate how complete the slide has been for “thinking” conservatism and how completely devoid of ideas they are on the foreign affairs front (something Daniel Larison is constantly pointing out), the Republicans have come out in favor of more nuclear weapons. Presumably, because Obama signed a treaty lowering our nuclear count and also released …
Republican Stupidity
You Know Who Else Saw Pink Elephants?
If you read between the lines at the ‘Kaplan Daily’, apparently the Republicans are giving up on rational thought altogether and going full-bore “alternative reality”. From an article headlined “Two Republican stars — Palin and Bachmann — align for first time“: […] Several thousand people came to a convention center here to see Bachmann and …
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The Party Left Me
This tale of a Republican who left his party was posted at David Frum’s site the other day. I am an old Republican. I am religious, yet not a fanatic. I am a free-marketer; yet, I believe in the role of the government as a fair evenhanded referee. I am socially conservative; yet, I believe …
Real Anti-Semites
I’ve been working on my totebagger cred by listening to Fresh Air podcasts, and a recent one on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s study of hate groups was pretty interesting: Potok points to race as one of the reasons “anti-immigrant vigilante groups [have] soared by nearly 80 percent” in the past year. He also notes …
John Ensign Resignation/Indictment Countdown
Should begin soon. This guy is toast.
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Won’t Someone Please Think of David Broder?
Why do we have to keep pretending that the lack of bipartisanship is the fault of Obama and the Democrats, when the Republicans are threatening the filibuster of a SCOTUS nominee who has NOT YET BEEN NAMED?
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Brave Sir Robin
Corker, Cornyn and Mark Kirk are running away from repealing healthcare reform. Cornyn yesterday: Asked if he advises Republican Senate candidates to call for repealing the law, Cornyn said: “Candidates are going to test the winds in their own states. … In some places, the health care bill is more popular than others.” Cornyn March …