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Looks like the Texas BOE wants to instill a distorted view of history and politics to children. It's really crazy. http://www.newsweek.com/id/238322

Conservative Republicans in general, and the "Tea Party" crowd as well, go on and on about "small government" being a major goal for their brand of conservatism. Just what goal do they have in mind? I know that the extreme right, the Libertarian-leaning types, would just as soon have almost...

This rather astounding statement was made recently on this thread in the politics forum. (I have italicized the weasel words.) When asked to produce a source the poster came up with this Rasmussen Report from 2007. (Rasmussen Reports is "an electronic publishing firm specializing in the...

I'll admit, I thought this far-fetched; after all, because of the 6-year cycle on Senate seats, the Republicans are defending a lot more seats than the Democrats based on the 2004 elections. But consider that the Republicans took the "people's" seat in Massachusetts. Consider that Joe Biden's...

Republicans considering ideological purity test for candidates Oh man, I see this as a really bad idea. It basically screams "moderates need not apply" and I think it will do nothing to really satisfy the Tea Party wingnuts. I see it as bad for the GOP and bad for the country as well. I...

This probably doesn't bode well for running as a fiscal conservative in 2012: Full: The Advocate

With the upcoming 40th anniversary of Woodstock, I wonder if the lsm will mention that Max Yasgar, the man who made the event possible, was a conservative? In August of 1969, my 49-year-old conservative, Republican, pro-war businessman father invited tens of thousands of his hippie friends to...

In light of all the Doomsday news about the sinking GOP, I seriously wonder if we still have some Republican Members hanging around.

The biggest, most influential, and most unpredictable of all voter blocks remains poorly understood by either party, and almost unreported in the press. No, I'm not talking about the AARP or the NRA. It's not any women's group or gay rights movement. Not African-Americans, Cubans, not even...

It seems as if many conservatives feel the Republican party is adrift. They are planning a post-election meeting to plan strategy... Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session And it seems, as I have been predicting, that win or lose Sarah Palin (not McCain) is going to factor...

Anyone know?

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1724358,00.html?cnn=yes That's an interesting take on things and, in many ways, I agree with it. Republicans have lost our way to a degree and maybe it takes a nutjob like Ron Paul to help us realize that?

To me this is not really a controversial point of view, but I suppose the Republican-leaning members of this forum, and perhaps others as well, are inclined to disagree. Here it is: Republicans want power more than Democrats. Democrats want power too, of course, but not as much, and they win it...

http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=27847 Some blog: analysis: http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/06/rejecting-evolution.html “No doubt evolutionists will argue that this is significant proof that Independents and Democrats are smarter than Republicans. Of course, it's interesting to note...

Kind of like the Republicans ignored the mistakes in Clinton's personal life? Funny how Rudy's "mistakes" are between him, God, his conscience and the people involved," whereas Clinton's "mistakes" required a soft-porn tome from Ken Starr and nightly news coverage for months.

Half parody, half looking for a little balance in the discussion. (...um, who all do you have?)

Check it out--the Republicans cheated in the 2006 election...and they still lost! http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/major_miscount_of_vote_in_2006_election

I had this argument wh some righty over free speech and Kramers rant. I always find it funny when republicans bring up free speech. Then a theory hit me. The only time righties bring up free speech is when they are defending some bigot. Am I wrong?

What I've felt for a while (I left the Republican Party in 2002), but Barry Eisler expresses it much more eloquently:

Not that this will shock the most conservative . . . The Difference Two Years Made On Tuesday, when this page runs the list of people it has endorsed for election, we will include no Republican Congressional candidates for the first time in our memory. Although Times editorials tend to agree...

I hope there's a video of this out there somewhere: Gibbons' strategist regrets leaving candidate before incident Ah, it's Nevada, no big deal, he'll probably win anyway.

There's chatter going on all over the place about an attack happening during Ramadan, which would be before the elections in the US next month. Obviously parallels would be drawn to the attacks in Spain several years ago that many say influenced the electorate to oust the conservative incumbents...

:D Hey, I'm a registered Republican and I want to be the first to say that I resemble that remark.

A serious question, really. Since most celebrities seem to lend leftwards from the evidence I have seen, why is it most of the time when a celebrity enters politics it is on the Republican side? For example, Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lynn Swan, Clint Eastwood. I can find very few...

Jimmy Carter smug alert: Next time you hear him complain about how the "religious right" has a political agenda, keep in mind that this is what Jimmy Carter teaches in Sunday school. See Matthew 23:27-28 * Poisoning the well. ** False dilemma. *** Poisoning the well. **** And so on...

House backs constitutional amendment on school prayer They did this in 2004 with the amendment banning gay marriage to great success. Note that before the marriage amendment was passed, it was against Missouri law for gay people to marry and those law never were in any danger of being tossed...

Absolute power currupts bla bla bla. I think Americans are getting fed up with the right. South Dakota abortion law, the Iraq mess, katrina/Fema, Ports for sale,.......are just some examples of Rebublican bad press. This is a good opportunity for the dems to take control of Congress. Thats...

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Ohio_lawmaker_proposes_ban_on_Republican_0224.html :) too funny.

The first vote for the new Republican leader in the House resulted in more votes cast than there were members in the room: http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/02/the_return_of_h.html Priceless.

According to a new study: :dl: No surprise there.