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Welcome To GOP Nutland!

Arnold Hamilton - August 29, 2012 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER While it’s hard to fathom right-wing nuttiness, it’s sure not hard to find these days. We saw it bloom spectacularly recently, popping right out of the head of Todd Akin, the GOP’s Senate candidate in Missouri. The learned congressman gave America a twisted tutorial on the imaginary science of “legitimate rape,” including […]

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Bush Is Not In Tampa, But His Ideas Are

Arnold Hamilton - August 28, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP The name of George W. Bush graces no chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. The 43rd president left behind monumental deficits and an economy in tatters. Republicans hold him responsible for the party’s straying from its alleged small-government ethic. They want the public to forget the man. Thing is, […]

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Who Decides?

Arnold Hamilton - August 28, 2012 1

BY SHARON MARTIN Let me say a few words in defense of Todd Akin. The Missouri Congressman may not understand the science of conception, but...

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The Assault On Women

Arnold Hamilton - August 27, 2012 1

BY VERN TURNER This media flap perpetrated by the nearly brain-dead Senatorial candidate from Missouri, Todd Akin, is the latest example of the callous and...

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The Platform Of The Party

Arnold Hamilton - August 24, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH A constitutional prohibition on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest? No federal funds for universities that allow undocumented students to pay the same tuition as other students who live in the state? A commission to study a return to the gold standard and audit the Fed? A “double layer” fence […]