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Robocall says: “Impeach Obama”

March 5, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Missouri region, Obama, Politics, Republicans One comment

The right-wing Obama hate squad called me today. A very excited roboman informed me that he was calling on behalf of the Conservative Majority.

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It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences

March 4, 2013 Susan Cunningham Budget, Congress, Economy, Foreign Policy, History, Republicans, War One comment

Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary

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Lakoff: Why extreme conservatives like the sequester

February 27, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Congress, Government, Language/Words, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

With just a few days to go before mindless spending cuts take effect under the ill-advised “sequester” plan, it’s popular, among media commentators, to

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It’s hard to criticize John McCain, but…

February 27, 2013 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Congress, Foreign Policy, International, Media, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The contrast could not have been more apparent. On Monday, February 18, 2013, MSNBC aired a program, Hubris, about how the Bush Administration used

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“Proposing gun legislation should be a felony,” says MO lawmaker

February 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Republicans, States, Violence Leave a comment

File this one under idiotic state laws. Missouri state representative Mike Leara–a Republican– has filed a bill that would make it felony for state

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Are Republicans really the “ignorance caucus?”

February 19, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democrats, Language/Words, Obama, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republicans, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections 8 comments

Recently, economist Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that many Republicans act as if they were members of “the ignorance caucus.” As

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Do Democrats look for political gain more than Republicans?

February 8, 2013 Arthur Lieber Democrats, Ethics, Immigration, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

I heard it first from “the man who is so tired of being right about everything that he thinks no one should be allowed

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Republicans have trouble connecting with a pretty good guy

February 6, 2013 Arthur Lieber Good government, Humor, Republicans Leave a comment

In his January 14, 2013 press conference, President Obama was asked whether he is too insular and does not socialize enough.  The question and

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Paul Ryan’s mistaken definition of makers and takers

February 4, 2013 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Congress, Guns, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

In his second inaugural speech, President Obama said: “The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things

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Reminiscing about the conservative movement of the 1960s

January 24, 2013 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, History, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

He was considered anathema to progressives; the most conservative member of the Republican Party. The time was the 1960s, and his name was William

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