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Friday's topic: Have episodes such as the recent ones with Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford affected the public image of the GOP? Or is the damage more likely to be local?
Palin and Sanford are the least of the GOP's problems
The modern Republican Party comprises racist white reactionaries, rich CEOs, fat bubbas, self-hating gays and the people who stand by the side of the road with pictures of aborted fetuses -- or so you might surmise from the editorial cartoons of America's few remaining newspapers.
Related stories from top sites:
Illinois GOP Clearing Senate Field: McKenna Won't Run If Mark Kirk Does
Jul 3rd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The head of the Illinois Republican Party says he won't run for the U.S. Senate if Rep. Mark Kirk decides to run. The announcement Monday from Andrew McKenna reduces the chances of a major Republican primary battle...
Jerry Weissman: "Palin's speech is classic casuistry"
Jul 3rd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
To everyone's--including the Republican Party's--great surprise, Sarah Palin resigned as the Governor of Alaska during the July 4th weekend. To no one's great surprise...
Henry Waxman: GOP "Rooting Against" USA
Jul 3rd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has had an eventful couple of weeks to say the least, believes House Republican opposition to climate change legislation and the stimulus indicates they're cheering against the good ol' US of A.
GOP watch: Censuring Sanford
Jul 3rd, 2009 - MSNBC
Hereâ??s Politicoâ??s take on last nightâ??s censure of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: "The South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford Monday...
Gov. Palin Announces She'll Step Down at Month's End
Jul 3rd, 2009 - ABC News
A breathless Gov. Sarah Palin announced today that she will step down from her post as Alaska governor at the end of the month, giving no details about her motivation or future plans. In a news conference from her Wasilla home...
Related videos from YouTube:
- Republicans gone wild: Obama...The Republicans are growing increasingly desperate with everyday and are making up insane things to prevent reform. Newt Gingrich helped destroy healthcare reform in 1994 and he quickly jumped ...
- Schmidt: If Palin is 2012 Nominee...more at cnn.com, October 2, 2009
- Remarks by Sarah PalinRemarks by the Presumptive Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin to the 2008 Republican National Convention
- Gavin Newsom - SF Mayor On GOP...zennie2005.blogspot.com -- This presents SF Mayor Gavin Newsom at a rally for Barack Obama in Berkeley on September 4th, 2008, and an interview given just after his speech before the crowd.
Related stories from Digg:
TheCypressTimes : PALIN MAKES HEADLINES AND SCARES THE GOP S
Palin pulled no punches, and the old-guard Republican country-club set must have felt like she landed one right in the groin as she wrote, "And best of all, Doug Hoffman has not been anointed by any political machine.” (Political News)
Patriot1259Fri, Oct 23rd, 20093 Diggs, 0 CommentsIdeology over Common Sense: The GOP's Position On Sex Ed
Even though research and Bristol Palin have demonstrated that abstinence only education is not effective, Republicans continue to support it. The GOP would rather play to ideological and religious fantasies than admit that abstinence only education drives up healthcare costs while providing poor to non-existent results.(Political News)
capj71Sun, Oct 18th, 200964 Diggs, 2 CommentsRoland S. Martin: Democrats may kill health care reform
Democratic members of Congress, party strategists, and even President Obama have tried their best to portray Republicans as obstructionists to health care reform, and want us to believe that if the effort fails, it's all because of the GOP. Well, quitters shouldn't be in politics. They may as well follow Palin's lead - Get out of the kitchen!(World News)
SkepticaThu, Aug 20th, 20095 Diggs, 5 Comments
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