election 2010

The war on ‘culture’ isn’t over

by Karen on September 21, 2010

One of the ideas surrounding the Tea Party is that it’s about economic issues, not cultural issues such as reproductive rights and LGBT rights. That’s a lie.

As this video from Rachel Maddow shows (starting at about six minutes), the Tea Party is very much about continuing the war on women and gay people. They are, if anything, far more radical than traditional Republicans:

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Stewart: Right Club

by Karen on September 21, 2010

There is no fight for the soul of the Republican Party, the Tea Partiers have won:

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O’Donnell Aide: Obama “still” a Muslim

September 20, 2010
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An aide to Christine O’Donnell seems to be a bit convinced that Obama has spent the last 20 or so years fabricating being a Christian and is, in fact, “still” a Muslim: Moseley asserted that because Obama had recited to a reporter the Muslim call to prayer (which he apparently learned as a child in [...]

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No Abortion, No Way, No How

September 17, 2010

Check out this clip from Rachel Maddow’s show about the rise of radically anti-abortion Republicans, women included, and what effect they’ll have on the votes of women:

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Dick Armey declares war on choice

September 15, 2010
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Tea Partier Dick Armey has promised that should the Republicans regain a majority they will once again make it a priority to undermine reproductive healthcare for women. After stating that social issues wouldn’t matter if the country became insolvent, he specifically referred to abortion stating (caution: there’s a video at the link that starts automatically): [...]

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Rick Perry for Creationism

September 12, 2010
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With the race with Bill White as close as it is, Rick Perry has decided to lay on the religiosity quite thick.  Not only does he think the Texas Board of Education is doing a bang up job, he supports teaching creationism in Texas schoolrooms: Explain where you stand on evolution-creationism being taught in school. [...]

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