Rove's Permanent Republican Minority

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Friday November 09, 2012 · 8:53 AM PST

2012/11/09 · 08:53

I dunno, but if I were Karl Rove I would be very, very afraid.

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Friday August 31, 2012 · 5:49 PM PDT

2012/08/31 · 17:49

(Originally posted here.)

I live in Iowa. And I have come to dread the commercials and political spending that spew over our airways like so much raw sewage during the caucus and election seasons. And to be honest, I couldn't bring myself to watch the Republican convention and don't seem to have a lot of enthusiasm for the upcoming Democratic convention, either.

I must be suffering from election fatigue this year. The clincher that started the media blackout in my house was the commercial highlighting voters who had voted for Obama in the last election and will now be voting for Romney. The only thought that came to mind is how can people be so flipping stupid.

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Tuesday August 21, 2012 · 10:36 AM PDT

2012/08/21 · 10:36

It's been amusing to watch conservatives disavow Akin's statements on rape and pregnancy. This is first time in a long while (that I can recall) so many conservatives standing in line to so heartily and loudly disavow something one of their peers has said.

But the GOP side show caused by Akin isn't really central to my main point and I'll make my point brief. I am incensed because even though Akin was trying to defend an across-the-board prohibition on abortion, he ended talking about rape. In doing so, he tried to minimize the physical and psychological trauma of rape victims. And in the subtext of his comments, he makes rape an acceptable form of birth control.

In case you didn't catch me saying it the first time, Akin makes a case for rape as birth control. What troubles me most is the message that this could possibly send to the American public. Are we going to start see suspected rapists using this defense in court? "Your honor, I raped her so she wouldn't get pregnant." Or could we start seeing conservative family plannning clinics talking about rape as a family planning strategy?

I realize I am verging on the absurd, but I don't think I am out of line. This is just another example of the GOP trying to talk women's issues back to the Dark Ages. And I am not amused by their attempt.

I am a woman, and I am sick of politicians using my body as a political weapon against me. This is the 21st century after all, but the way some politicians act you would think that Roe v. Wade just got passed yesterday. Women will never truly be considered equal as long as there are conservatives who think that preventing access to vital reproductive services is their god-given right.

Who Is Brandon Raub and Why Maybe it Matters to the Rest of Us [Update: Raub has been released]

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Monday August 20, 2012 · 1:57 PM PDT

2012/08/20 · 13:57

Brandon Raub is a former Marine who had long been posting on Facebook his belief in a 9/11 conspiracy, chemtrails, that our government is communist, and his distrust of the Illuminati. He likes rap groups and conspiracy theories. He considers himself a Christian and expressed disgust at the TSA pat down of a child last year. Some of his posts, although violent in nature, do not target specific people or groups.

Friends,
You deserve to kow[sic] the truth. There has been an overwhelming amount of evil enacted and planned against you, your children, and your countrymen. It is great in scope. Your government evil. It is as simple as that.

And the calvary is coming.

(August 12 at 10:02am)

and

I'm starting the Revolution. I'm done waiting.
(August 10 at 12:11am)

and

Sharpen up my axe; I'm here to sever heads.
(August 13 at 10:38am)

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Saturday August 18, 2012 · 7:09 PM PDT

2012/08/18 · 19:09

In honor (or perhaps the dishonor) of Paul Ryan becoming Mitt's choice for veep, this post is devoted to a few of the comments and policies of Paul Ryan. Ryan's visibility was high before stemming from his draconian budget proposals and desire to defund access to contraception. Now, because he has been picked by Romney, he has rapidly become a lightning rod for both sides of the ideological divide.

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Sunday August 12, 2012 · 8:10 AM PDT

2012/08/12 · 08:10

Imagine a community. It is a small community with one large employer who produces widgets. The widgets aren’t a necessity to life; but are simply a convenience item to the consumers who buy them. A large portion of the adults in the community work for this employer.

The employees have a union, health insurance and pensions. Many are homeowners and some of their kids are going to college. Many of the young adults choose to go to work for the employer after high school and a few leave the community. Many in this community have savings accounts and are able to afford the widgets they help make.

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Monday August 06, 2012 · 8:38 PM PDT

2012/08/06 · 20:38

The Republicans have been waging a war against liberals for at least the last forty years. They have demonized us, they have shamed us into silence, and they have spewed their hateful rhetoric to avoid discussions about real solutions to very real and pressing problems.

It's true. I am sick of the lack of real political discourse in this country. I am tired of being called a socialist or communist for my political views. I am troubled by the claims that my support for the gay/transgender communities is to go against the will of God. I find disturbing their fears of anyone who isn't white. I am very uncomfortable with their ability to marginalize the poor. I have a real problem with their claims that unfettered capitalism is the altar on which we all should worship. And I am furious because, we as liberals, have let conservatives marginalize us and our core beliefs.

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Friday August 03, 2012 · 8:17 AM PDT

2012/08/03 · 08:17

I wrote this a while back when the Republicans had released talking points on the Occupy Movement. Given the election season, most of the points still should have resonance with us plebes....

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Thursday August 02, 2012 · 6:47 PM PDT

2012/08/02 · 18:47

I spent this summer engaged in the back breaking work of my lawn. Between leveling out pavers and planting, I become a personal friend of pain as little used muscles protested quite vociferously and frequently. And I still needed to do some ongoing general clean-up through much this summer, with temperatures in Iowa often in 90's.

But it occurred to me as I engaged in the really, really hard work of planting, that many people in this country have to work this hard every day for a paycheck. Like my neighbor, who goes to work in the wee hours and sometimes doesn't get home until after five in the afternoon.

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