Posted on March 6th, 2010 by Scott Nance
A prominent organization of social conservatives not only aims to derail legislation aimed at curbing abuse of school-age students, it is attempting to do so by attacking the sexual orientation of a high-ranking Department of Education official.
The Family Research Council (FRC) wants the Senate to defeat the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act [...]
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Filed under: Bigotry, Church & State, Civil Liberties/Civil Rights, Congress, Conservatives, Education, Equal Rights, House of Reps, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Wingnuts
Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Michael Stickings
Here we go.
The christianist right has never liked McCain.
The christianist right wasn’t happy with McCain as the GOP nominee.
The christianist right (specifically the Council for National Policy) wanted Palin on the ticket and — surprise! — McCain picked her.
Palin, a member of the christianist right, has energized the party… and McCain’s candidacy.
But the christianist right, [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain '08, Michael Stickings
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
This quote from the third paragraph in the newest Newsweek article: An Apostle of Alaska, which really was actually ‘fair and balanced’.
[...]When the GOP held its Alaska caucus on Feb. 5, Palin didn’t bother to endorse a candidate, despite personal appeals from Huckabee and Mitt Romney, her fellow social conservatives. She had never met or [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
If you are confused by the choice of a person who has very little political experience and no national experience, join the crowd. If you said, “Sarah who? Who the hell is she?” Join the crowd. Let’s flesh out a little bit of history of Sarah Palin.
A former beauty queen ( no kidding), she is [...]
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Filed under: Conservatives, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, State Politics, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on July 22nd, 2005 by RonChusid
I’ve often discussed the differences between the pro-business and social conservatives and have noted that O’Connor appeared more moderate than current Republicans as she was a gift from Ronald Reagan to the business community as opposed to the religious right.
The Kiplinger Letter also considers John Roberts to be friendly to business:
John Roberts won’t be a [...]
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