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Former RNC chair Ed Gillespie: Republicans are compassionate for allowing LGBT hospital visitation
The former chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) said on Sunday that the Republican Party has been “cast in the negative” by the media for opposing marriage equality, but the focus should be on how the party is compassionate for allowing LGBT people hospital visitation rights. During a Sunday…
Maddow: Republican Latino outreach going hilariously badly so far
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow looked at recent efforts by the Republican Party to broaden its appeal among Latino voters and found the efforts by the GOP to be somewhat lacking. “We begin tonight with the Republican Party,” said Maddow, “a party specifically trying to…
Republican congressman refers to Latino workers as ‘wetbacks’
Update (below): House Speaker condemns ‘wetbacks’ remark Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska on Thursday used a racial slur during an interview with a local radio station. “My father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 or 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes,” Young said in the interview with KRBD.…
Republican official: Facebook post about ‘filthy’ homosexuals was ‘worth sharing’
A Michigan committeeman with the Republican Party says that he posted an article on Facebook about the “filthy lifestyle” of LGBT people because it was “worth sharing.” Slate’s Dave Weigel on Wednesday reported that Republican National Committeeman Dave Agema had used his Facebook page to promote an article by Dr.…
Jon Stewart demolishes Republican’s superficial new messaging strategy
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into the Republican Party’s so-called “autopsy” report for advocating merely superficial changes to the party. “It is a document of idealism, principle and hope, named for the process bodies pulled from a river undergo,” Stewart remarked. The report,…
Karl Rove jokes that black Democratic strategist ‘owes me some fried chicken’
Republican strategist Karl Rove engaged in some friendly — if not tone deaf — banter with Democratic strategist Donna Brazile on Sunday, joking that she owed him some “fried chicken.” During a panel discussion on ABC, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan noted that many conflicts within the Republican Party…
Iowa GOP chairman: Accepting ‘so-called same sex marriage’ harms the party
Republican Party of Iowa chairman A.J. Spiker on Wednesday denounced members of his own party who accepted same-sex marriage. “While inclusion is important, elected Republicans (we all know the most recent example) and National/State Party leaders who embrace so-called same sex marriage are doing grave harm to our Party and…
Republican Party ‘autopsy’ report: Make sure young voters don’t see party as ‘totally intolerant’
A study ordered by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus after election losses in 2012 calls for major party reforms that would shorten the primary season and spend millions reaching out to minority voters. At the National Press Club on Monday, Priebus said that he had initiated the “most comprehensive…
RNC chair to fix GOP with ‘hackathons,’ marketing ‘year round’ — but no policy changes
The chairman of the Republican Party on Sunday explained that he had a plan to turn around his party’s recent losing streak by having less debates, earlier conventions, “hackathons” and more “marketing” — cosmetic changes that give candidates fewer chances to damage themselves without any serious policy changes. In an…
Maher: ‘Sh*t-kicker’ conservatives don’t know ‘America has moved on without them’
Friday night on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher dedicated part of his weekly “New Rules” segment to asking why such a tiny number of angry, out-of-touch conservatives can wield such a disproportionate amount of power of the Republican Party and over national policy. From the NRA to…
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