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GOP

05.13.07

Republican in a Poke. GOP | (0)
Slate.com has an excellent Illustrated Guide to GOP Scandals posted. Check it out for a Highlights Magazine style tour through twisted world of the GOP. At their rate we might be able to have a page-a-day calendar next year, there's certainly enough material.
02.15.07

GOP Debate on Iraq Strategy: "Don’t talk about Iraq." GOP, Iraq War | (0)
In a recent letter posted on House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's website, the GOP revealed their strategic angle on the Iraq escalation debate. In the letter GOP Reps. John Shadegg and Peter Hoekstra told their collegues that the best way to argue the debate with the Democrats is to NOT talk about Iraq, because they'll lose.We are writing to urge you not to debate the Democratic Iraq resolution on their terms, but rather on ours. Democrats want to force us to focus on defending the surge, making the case that it will work and explaining why ...
01.26.07

Bad Journalism. GOP | (0)
There's an AP story by Jim Kuhnhenn circling the newspapers that addresses the proposed minimum wage increase bill that passed in the house. However there is a serious problem with how Mr. Kuhnhenn wrote and framed this story. It reads:Senators Kill Minimum Wage AmendmentSenate Democrats Defeat 'Poison Pill' Minimum Wage Proposal Offered by RepublicansAn effort to increase the minimum wage in all states, even those that already have wage floors higher than the federal base, failed Thursday after Democrats labeled it a "poison pill."Democrats said the Republican proposal was designed to kill underlying minimum wage legislation.An amendment offered ...