Category: GOP
The Wreckless, Heavy Toll of the Iraq War
— Mar 19, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room Today is one anniversary that is definitely not cause for celebration. Ten years ago today, President George W. Bush made the fateful decision to launch the unnecessary Iraq War. The consequences of this
Yes Indeedee, It’s Confirmed: GOP ‘IS’ Out of Touch
GOP Report Shows Party is Out of Touch With Americans on Threats to Democracy: Money in Politics and Voter Suppression The Republican National Committee released a report on Monday reviewing its losses in the 2012 election cycle and laying out a roadmap
Latest GOP Budget Marks Latest Attack on Women
Budgets are statements of values and priorities. Based on the GOP’s latest budget, apparently the interests of women are not a priority. Here’s a look at how the GOP budget is bad for women and children. Here’s a link to a comparison of the numbers
Family Research Council: “Unmarried People Should Be Denied Birth Control And Punished For Having Sex”
By Tara Culp-Ressler on Mar 13, 2013 at 2:40 pm The right-wing Family Research Council — which uses its advocacy muscle to try to block comprehensive sexual health programs in public schools — is now going a step further, suggesting the young
What the American People Did NOT Choose
Mar 11, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room 6 Things Americans Did Not Vote for in 2012 Tomorrow, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will release the latest version of his infamous Republican budget plan — you know, the one that ends Medicare as we know
Kansas Bill Would Ban Abortion Clinic Employees From ‘Bringing Cupcakes’ To Their Child’s School
— by Stephen D. Foster Jr., 2013/03/08 at AddictingInfo.org Kansas Republicans are once again resuming their war against a woman’s right to choose and this time they are targeting abortion clinic employees in a very personal way. A Kansas House committee passed
GOP Senator Takes Credit For Anti-Rape Law He Voted Against
The unethical dishonesty by the GOP leadership never ceases to amaze me. Here’s a post from ThinkProgress today exposing yet another piece of flagrant dishonesty being committed by Texas’ senior senator, and the GOP’s Senate Minority Whip. Personally, I find Sen. Cornyn’s
Documents Reveal Anti-Gay Parenting Study Was Manipulated To Influence Supreme Court
By Zack Ford at ThinkProgress on Mar 11, 2013 at 9:15 am Mark Regnerus has admitted his “family structures” study didn’t actually measure gay parenting, comparing the children of separated parents who had same-sex relationships with those of married opposite-sex parents. An
The GOP’s Pitch-Perfect Platform
Holy Koch brothers, share the wealth? — by Jim Hightower Here’s some unexpected news. It comes from what purports to be an official document of the National Republican Party. And — wow — the policy positions it contains show that party leaders