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Tax extenders legislation

…end of 2010. Back when the GOP controlled Congress passed the series of Bush tax cuts, they knew that they were creating a whopping deficit but said that deficits don’t…

"Encouraging Veterans to Commit Suicide"

by reader run “Encouraging Veterans to Commit Suicide” Appearing on Fox News “Fox and Friends” in an effort to mislead the elderly, disabled, and veterans; the GOP’s chief spin-meister Michael…

Fatah v. Hamas: An Analogy to U.S. Politics

…reason kept thinking about the GOP. As I rely three of the issues facing the voters in Palestine, see if you can figure out which party reminds you of our…

Abramoff Cuts Deal

…of Representatives 11 years ago. Now, some GOP strategists fear that the fallout from his case could affect the party’s efforts to keep control in the November midterm elections. Abramoff…

Values

Congratulations to the GOP for getting their vote out and winning what appears to be basically a clean election. Of course, now you have to govern with no excuses that…

…silly battle to define the ‘heart and soul’ of the GOP as either tax cuts or spending cuts? Why not define it as both tax cuts and spending cuts?” strikes…