All posts tagged "Republican Politicians"

If you feel like the Sunday morning political talk shows are overrun by Republican politicians, their surrogates and other right-wing spinners, you're actually right, according to a study by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), a media watchdog group.

[rebelmouse-image 24749777 original_size="640x400" expand=1]This round-up of Republican race-baiting ads by Alex Pareene at Salon is at turns hilarious and frightening. But it also gives us an excellent glimpse of what Republican politicians think of their base---how they feel they need to speak to them to get a message across. Conservatives are always accusing liberals of stereotyping them and ascribing to them ugly motivations they don't actually have. But what do Republican politicians that conservatives vote for, give money to, and sometimes hero worship think of them? If anything, their opinion seems to be lower than liberals' opinion of conservatives.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) disagreed Sunday with a notion put forward by a fellow South Carolina Republican senator that the Tea Party would eventually "die out."

It's the question on the minds of those of us who've been alarmed watching the teabaggers give up all pretense of civility (not that they had much) in the run-up to the health care reform vote in the House. Now that it looks likely that we'll actually get health care reform, the question is what will the teabaggers do with all that anger? While the fact that the world not end cause them to run out of juice and go home to stew while listening to Rush and Glenn? Or will get they get uglier and more violent? It's clear that some Republican politicians see the latter as the preferable option, presumably because they think it improves their electoral prospects. Witness Steve King playing footsie with violence and secession: (It's the first 3 minutes of the video).