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How the GOP Lost Nancy Pelosi

by @tregan on May 27, 2009 · 9 comments

in GOP

They had her. They really did.
There was blood in the water and the GOP sharks were circling Nancy Pelosi, snapping at her as they edged closer and closer. It was only a matter of time, and the GOP could claim a major victory – the scalp of the Speaker of the House.
And then it [...]

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We are losing our two party voice in Washington

by @dmooney9 on May 25, 2009 · 9 comments

in Government Affairs

We have the Democrats and the Republicans but my premise is that to have two parties you need to have strong support for two parties. Otherwise we could say we are a three party system and give the greens or libertarians credibility but their numbers are too insignificant. At the current rate we are heading [...]

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Waterboarding is Torture

by @rblinne on May 16, 2009 · 5 comments

in Torture

@kylesellers in the comments has insisted that waterboarding isn’t torture. Let’s let the real experts speak, those who have been tortured. John McCain said the Japanese were tried and hung for waterboarding:
“There should be little doubt from American history that we consider that as torture otherwise we wouldn’t have tried and convicted Japanese for doing that [...]

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Pelosi and Torture: 2 for the price of 1

by @Karoli on May 15, 2009 · 3 comments

in GOP, Government Affairs, Torture

There is nothing as delicious to the GOP as selling dog dung wrapped in gold-leaf, especially if they can steal the gold-leaf from the Democrats. Politics 101: Make your enemy responsible for your own moral failures. Nowhere is this more evident than the effort to take down Nancy Pelosi while deflecting attention from the fundamental [...]

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Pelosi Favorability Takes a Hit

by @rblinne on May 15, 2009 · 2 comments

in Congress, Democratic Party, GOP, Terrorism, Torture

Speaker Pelosi’s net approval dropped seven points this week. This is what it looks like:

The drop was undoubtedly the result of the withering attack by The Bipartisan Report (and if you believe that then I have some credit default swaps to sell you). Note that Minority Leader Boehner is also losing net favorability and has [...]

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For the good of America Pelosi must resign- Part II

by @dmooney9 on May 9, 2009 · 1 comment

in Congress, Democratic Party

If this country is ever to get to a point where “bipartisan” becomes a trusted word it has to start in Congress.
Bipartisanship is not a bottom up grass roots effort, it has to start at the top so that people see our nation’s leaders already practicing it.
President Obama came to power promising to change Washington [...]

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Speaker Pelosi Must Resign

by @rblinne on May 8, 2009 · 2 comments

in Congress, Democratic Party

Update X2: Added Countdown segment on this issue. Added Glenn Greenwald comment.
In order to be completely above reproach people in positions of authority need to not only not commit impropriety but also not have the appearance of it. With respect to the issue of torture we need an honest, open, and transparent investigation not only [...]

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