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Historian: Sexual fundamentalists became ‘gatekeepers’ of GOP primaries
Historian and author Nancy L. Cohen explained to Reason TV on Monday the powerful influence of “sexual fundamentalists” on the Republican Party. “About forty years ago, everything changed in America,” she said. “Birth control actually used to be illegal, gay sex was illegal, and then you had this sexual revolution.…
Ron Paul abandons key Republican primaries
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said Monday in a surprise announcement that he will no longer be campaigning in states that have not yet held primary elections. “Our campaign will continue to work in the state convention process,” he explained in a campaign email. “Moving forward, however, we will no longer…
Maher: GOP debates are ‘the roach motel’ of the Republican primaries
On Friday night’s episode of Real Time, panelists Rachel Maddow, Touré, Thomas Friedman and Joshua Green joined host Bill Maher in trying to figure out Herman Cain’s recent surge in the polls. “I mean he’s intellectually ridiculous,” said writer and TV host Touré. “The real problem is that he’s hijacking…
Maher: ‘For a liberal crowd, you get all fired up when we kill an Arab!’
Host Bill Maher began Friday night’s episode of Real Time by ticking off a list of all the “Arabs” the Obama administration has targeted and killed in 2011. “So far this year he’s killed Somali pirates, he killed Bin Laden, he killed al-Awlaki, now he’s killed Gadaffi. Our only threat…
Idaho Republicans ‘run amok’, sue taxpayers for $100K
According to Spokane, Washington’s Spokesman-Review, Republicans in the Idaho state legislature rushed a bill through in the final days of the legislative session to pay the Idaho Republican Party $100,000 in attorney’s fees and legal costs for a primary election lawsuit that it brought against the state and won. 81% of…
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