Tag Archives: Republican party

Why does something so right feel so wrong?

How can something so right (voting) feel so wrong? It’s easy when it’s your first time to cast a vote in the Republican Party primary when all your life you’ve been a staunch Democrat (or at least a loyal one). … Continue reading

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I may be conservative… but I’m still Black

Conservative AND Black In my political journey from idealistic stalwart Democrat to die-hard conservative, I have paid little price for my convictions, chiefly because I tend to keep my political opinions to myself and don’t really feel like arguing with … Continue reading

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The Rage of the Common Man

H/T to the Black Informant for finding this bit of information… As readers may or may not know, I was in my youth, much closer in ideology to being a full on socialist (though with reservations) than a right winger.  … Continue reading

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Servility and freedom

With the Republican party leaderless and in backbiting disarray following its destruction by the ideologically incoherent George W. Bush, Democrats are apparently eager to join the hara-kiri brigade. What looked like smooth coasting to the 2010 election has now become … Continue reading

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Political parties = death of the Republic

Will Rogers famously said, “I am not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat.”   Hahaha… what a laugh, but no one’s laughing.  Would that the American political system was dominated by disorganized party coalitions, shifting and moving … Continue reading

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This is why I voted for Palin… and for that McCain guy that ran with her

Stephen Moore of the Wall Street Journal interviewed John McCain.   Reading the interview reminded me of how sad I am that Obama is the current resident of the White House and not the distinguished senator from Arizona.  For all his … Continue reading

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Dems continued history of racial politics; Republicans continue history of spineless acquiescence

Senate hearings began today for the confirmation of SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor.  Make no mistake, she will be confirmed, and quite likely with a large number of Republican votes, since Democrats control the Senate and the Republicans are, well… cowards. … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin Resigns

I’m not sure what to make of this. The punditocracy is all over this, but I’m inclined to think that Sarah is making a decision based on what she has said.  She strikes me as one of the rare politicians … Continue reading

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Not our kind of people

I’ve been puzzling a bit over the last 12 months: my de-conversion from a Democratic voting stalwart into a dyed in the wool conservative, the birth of the PUMA’s and their subsequent decline and fragmentation, misogyny in the media, the … Continue reading

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Who Says Evolution is a Myth: Arlen Specter completes his mutation from RINO to jackass

This just in… The theory of evolution which relies on assumptions about the mutation of genetic material in response to changing environmental circumstances has just been demonstrably proven to be true!  Long awaited evidence of an actual real time evolutionary … Continue reading

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