Category Archives: PARTY & CANDIDATE INTEGRITY

Trump litmus test —

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Designated2

So, will the RNC encourage states to adopt platform loyalty pledges? Will the RNC apologize for its disloyalty to Republican nominee Todd Akin? Consider this article from Politico  and our humble annotations and analysis: Party leaders in Virginia and North … Continue reading →

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Will George Will pledge support to any Republican nominee?

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Designated2

Disdainful of Reagan supporters in 1974, Will suggested a third-party for “them” to cleanse the Republican party. Here’s a guy whose “sell-by” date has expired some time ago As reported in The Last Refuge by Sundance: George Will Gives Middle … Continue reading →

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Regarding the Fox News debate “pledge” question

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Designated2

We said we’d have something more to say about the debate Thursday, specifically concerning the “Pledge” gimmick Brett Baier started off the Fox “Get Trump”evening with. The newspapers and pundits’ columns this weekend are filled with analysis, commentary, and wistful perhaps, … Continue reading →

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Did Karl Rove manage the Fox debate or did the panel’ s ego?

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Designated2

The self-congratulation continued at Fox News over the weekend. Everyone on the network seemed to agree that Chris and Brett and Meghan were terrific. That’s probably an accurate assessment, depending on the standards they set for themselves and the outcomes … Continue reading →

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“Mitch Petain”…way too charitable as a characterization

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Designated2

This pretty much confirms the reasons why a GOP congressional majority is a useless thing. On one hand, I am happy I do not live in Kentucky and thus have a weasel like Mitch McConnell as my Senator. On the … Continue reading →

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Practitioners of “failure theater” aptly describes Republican congressional leadership

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Designated2

“Feeble effort” too grandiose a description of Senate vote on Planned Parenthood De-funding vote latest McConnell effort designed to fail The Planned Parenthood defund action voted on yesterday as a standalone measure should have been part of last week’s “must … Continue reading →

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Iowa Ag Summit embarrasses the state in some ways

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Designated2

And so it begins: I pledge allegiance to ethanol,                                                                                              Forgetting the taxpayers of America,                                                                                          And to its assault on all those that pay the bills                                                                               Our nation, under seize, from special interests far and wide The Patriot Post had the … Continue reading →

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Republican Leadership Should Resign

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Designated2

For the good order and survival of the party as a grass roots entity the Republican leadership in Congress and at the Party’s headquarters in Washington D.C. should resign. Speaker John Boehner has advanced major bills that were opposed by … Continue reading →

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Is this the week the Republican Party died ?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Designated2

It may well be the case if conservatives cannot thwart Boehner’s latest capitulation or McConnell won’t do what is necessary. Can anyone ever again take what the current Republican leadership says seriously, other than their surrender notices? Loyalty to the … Continue reading →

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By their fruits, not by their words

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Designated2

The Iowans for Tax Relief (ITR) e-mail newsletter I received yesterday was an absolutely devastating indictment of current Republican leadership. To do so it relied entirely on the words of Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen’s opening day remarks for the … Continue reading →

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