Theda Skocpol has a trenchant, "telling it like it is" post up at TPMCafe.
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Says it all…..
Evidently, there was a VERY right-wing conference over the weekend that included Pat Buchanan extolling "English-only" efforts. He spoke beneath a banner on which the word "conference" was misspelled.
But it was misspelled in ENGLISH…and isn't that what counts??
More Evidence of Social/Cultural Change
From the website of Senator Chris Dodd:
“Public officials aren’t supposed to change their minds. But I firmly believe that it’s important to keep learning. Last week, while I was in Connecticut meeting with members of the gay and lesbian community from across the state, I had the opportunity to tell them what I’ve learned about marriage, and about equality.
Mike Pence–Embarrassing Indiana AGAIN
There are thoughtful and intelligent Republicans, like Dick Lugar, who know what they are talking about. (Granted, their numbers are thinning considerably, but they do exist.) Then, of course, there's Mike Pence.
Great Line
As the Obama Administration has moved to ease and ultimately reverse the current economic downturn, the right wing has gotten ever more shrill. Although virtually all economists, including those who are considered conservative, have endorsed the need for spending to stimulate the economy, the wingnuts have been throwing around words like ‘socialist’ and worse.