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Sarah Palin & Carrie Prejean: The Future of the Republican Party?

How many Republicans do you suppose are looking forward to the possibility of Sarah Palin getting in bed with Carrie Prejean for the 2012 presidential race? None of the likely male Republican candidates can possibly measure up to pairing of Palin and ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Carrie Prejean,  U.S. Democratic Party,  White House

GOP Boys' Club: Blaming Women For All Ills

Patriarchal and misogynistic attitudes have been expressed in an unusually concentrated, open, and unapologetic manner in recent weeks. I don't think it's entirely coincidental that racism and neo-Nazism have also become far more public and ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Tom Price,  National Republican Congressional Committee

Rule of Law vs. Rulers Above the Law

Display Cases 9/17/09 -- 8/4/09 -- Next to baseball, perhaps the most popular sport in American is football, which means people are always looking for the best NFL betting websites. It's also worth noting that the top sports betting guide is ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: NFL

Warfare vs. Health Care: What Do Americans Value?

Actions speak louder than words, which means you can tell a lot more about what a person truly values by looking at what they do rather than merely at what they say. We can, though, also learn a lot by looking at a person's contradictions. No one is ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  1 Nov 2009

They Have to Destroy America to Save America

One disturbing feature of extremist rhetoric is how it creates such a heated environment that the only way for people to get quickly noticed is to ramp up their own extremism. This creates a vicious feedback loop in which extremism constantly fuels ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Trent Franks,  Bill Clinton

The Socialist Conspiracy of Debbie, Emmanuel, and "Deep Throat"

If there was ever any doubt that conservatives are pathologically obsessed with homosexuality, those doubts should have been put to rest in the wake of the recent "Values Voters" summit. No sane person could ever imagine that heterosexual pornography ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Tom Coburn,  Steve King

Forbidden Fruit: Obsessing Over What You Hate

Sex sells, but sex seems to sell best to those who claim to hate sex the most. In a culture that is comfortable with sexuality and doesn't try to treat sex as something forbidden, there isn't as much value in trying to associate cars, beer, or anything ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Newt Gingrich,  U.S. Republican Party

Schooling Americans in Being Looney

Given the speed at which America's looney right creates new silliness to be outraged over, the manufactured controversy over Barack Obama's speech to school children is already old news after just a few days. I think it's worth returning to, though, ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  13 Sep 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Joe Wilson (politician)

Contemporary Conservatism: Have Gun, Will Tea Bag

People bringing guns to town hall meetings and presidential events has received a fair amount of attention, but I think it deserves quite a bit more. Although the people carrying weapons to political events probably seem like little more than fringe ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  30 Aug 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate

The Boy Who Cried Fascist

Complaints from conservatives that health care reform would introduce fascism to America are curious, to say the least. The accusations of fascism against Jewish politicians and even an Israeli who spoke approvingly of her country's national health ...

From AUSTIN CLINE, Jesus' General,  23 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Rachel Maddow,  Barack Obama

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