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Maddow: Republicans beginning to purge ‘the crazy’
On her show Friday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that the Republican Party appeared to be in the process of purging some of its more kooky members. “In trying to figure out who the Republican Party is going to be next, how they are going to bounce back from…
Barbour: We’ve got to give Republicans ‘a very serious proctology exam’
Echoing calls for a thorough examination of what went wrong in Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) told an audience on Wednesday that he believes the Republican Party’s “political organizational activity” needs to undergo “a very serious proctology exam.” “The ground game is really important, and…
Herman Cain: Break up the Republican Party to ‘save the country’
Former presidential candidate Herman Cain said Wednesday that the time has come for tea party conservatives to break away from the Republican Party and form their own political organization, which he said would “save the country.” “I never thought that I would say this, and this is the first time…
Former Republican official: ‘You can’t be a Christian if you don’t own a gun’
A former Executive Committee member of San Diego’s Republican Party, who now heads the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, recently told Texas churchgoers that “you can’t be a Christian if you don’t own a gun.” Speaking to the “Deliver Us From Evil” conference at the Upper Room Church in Keller, Texas earlier…
‘You Don’t Own Me’ PSA hits back at GOP in song
A wide-ranging group of women that included actresses and rock stars united for a new PSA released this week criticizing Republican Party policy on women’s issues to the tune of Lesley Gore’s single “You Don’t Own Me.” “I recorded ‘You Don’t Own Me’ in 1964,” Gore said at one point…
Republican Party voter registration worker: ‘I don’t get credit for Democrats’
A man registering voters in Nevada may have implicated the Republican Party in a felony when was caught on video recently telling potential voters to register “non-partisan” because “I don’t get credit for Democrats.” Nevada television station KOLO obtained cell phone video of a man, who claimed he worked for…
Santorum urges entire Republican Party to support Todd Akin
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) on Saturday urged Republican Party officials to resume their support of Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri. “The entire Republican Party should stand up and say, ‘You know what? He’s our candidate, it’s too important for the future of…
Both parties call for Internet freedom in platform for first time
For the first time, the Democratic and Republican Party have both included language in their 2012 platform that advocates a free and open Internet. “This bi-partisan commitment is a huge victory for the Internet. We are thrilled that for the first time in history America’s two dominant political parties have…
Missouri Republican official: ‘God chose to bless’ women with pregnancies from rape
An official from Missouri’s Republican Party on Monday defended Senate candidate Todd Akin after he suggested abortions should not be allowed in any case because victims of “legitimate” rape victims could not get pregnant. GOP 4th Senate District Committeewoman Sharon Barnes told The New York Times “that abortion is never…
Scarborough on Akin: ‘This Republican party does not want to win’
Conservative MSNBC host Scarborough on Monday lamented that a recent assertion by Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin about “legitimate” rape showed that the Republican Party was continually “shooting themselves in the foot” by nominating the most extreme candidates. During an interview with a local TV station over the weekend, Akin…
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