Tag: republicans
member name: Devin Barber
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April 17, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
On Monday Morning a Virginia Tech. Senior committed the worst act of gun violence in the history of our nation. Including himself, thirty three are dead and many wounded remain in area hospitals. The incident . . .
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May 21, 2007 10:51 PM EDT --
Most of you have seen the commercial on TV seeking donations for the care and treatment of children fighting cancer. The haunting look in their eyes has brought me to tears every time I see it. I see my . . .
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September 04, 2007 01:46 PM EDT --
As the Republican Party conducted a virtual firing squad style expulsion of Idaho Senator Larry Craig from their ranks for his indiscretions, I was reminded of a line from the 1998 movie Lost in Space . . .
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March 17, 2009 03:58 PM EDT --
Recently House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank received a letter from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. In that letter Mr. Cuomo had the distasteful duty of informing Congressman . . .
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February 13, 2007 11:07 AM EST --
I think it’s time to step back and take a hard look at where politics are today. Partisan divisions are at an all-time high. There are reports of Republicans and Democrats in Congress staying in . . .
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June 25, 2007 02:22 PM EDT --
What happened to the political party that can boast they were on the side of ending slavery? Can boast that Abraham Lincoln is counted among their alumni. Well, it might be interesting for you to know . . .
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July 25, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
About ten years ago when I was an associate highway engineer for the Idaho Transportation Department, my cubicle was bordered by two Republican co-workers (which in and of itself was bizarre) and the political . . .
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September 06, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
How many times have you been watching the evening news about some corporation laying off hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of workers? Usually the reporter goes on about what the corporation . . .
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October 04, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
One of the most common responses I’ve seen from Republicans any time a Democrat calls for government action is that it amounts to socialism. And there is no mystery as to why they do this. The word . . .
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November 19, 2007 06:38 PM EST --
It would be extremely difficult to find any reasonable political commentator that would disagree that the divide between the Republican and Democratic Parties has never been wider than it is today. And . . .
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December 03, 2007 06:59 PM EST --
With Sen. Trent Lott’s announcement that he will resign, there are now 23 Republican Senators and Representatives since the 2006 elections who have announced they are resigning or will not seek . . .
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January 17, 2008 02:21 PM EST --
During a speech in Michigan last Monday, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee uttered the following. "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's . . .
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April 01, 2008 12:33 PM EDT --
To be fair I'm sure George W. Bush believes in his mind that his presidency was a successful one and has said that history will one day affirm that he is right. And I'm sure there are more than . . .
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August 23, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
With President Bush’s approval ratings hovering around 30%, most agree that the Iraq war is the source of that disapproval. And many in the press espouse that it is his refusal to bring the war to . . .
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September 13, 2007 01:21 AM EDT --
As General Patreaus and Ambassador Crocker droned on about progress Iraq and the same old tired rhetoric about why we need to “stay the course” and “support the troops,” and “stabilize . . .
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September 17, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
During my 7 and a half months here at Gather as a political correspondent I’ve come to realize that many Republicans tend to think they have some kind of inside track on what Democrats REALLY think. . . .
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September 24, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
What would you say if I told you that if your town is hit by a natural disaster like a tornado, or perhaps a riot that required additional police to stop looting, that you could find that town invaded . . .
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October 02, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --
Recent news about the 3rd quarter presidential candidate fund raising numbers has been dismal for the Republicans. The top Republican, Mitt Romney ($10 million) barely out did the number three Democrat . . .
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October 15, 2007 06:25 PM EDT --
“We’re not attacking the boy; it’s his parents we want to destroy.” That was the most common response I’ve heard from Folks on the Right who have been disseminating the out . . .
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November 12, 2007 01:35 PM EST --
In the 1980’s under Ronald Reagan, the first Republican majority in congress in a very long time passed huge tax cuts and told us that there would be a trickle down effect that would boost the . . .
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