I didn’t become a Republican to ‘own the libs’ with…
The Republican Party has adopted Donald Trump's zero-sum approach to politics. But with fights this ugly, it turns out you can get tired of winning.
Category Archives: Hank Azaria
Kanye West and the weird press fascination with his visit to President Trump
In her disjointed and flippant Washington Post column, Kathleen Parker compares President Trump's meeting with rap superstar Kanye West to a cocktail hour, and suggests we all could use a drink after reading about it. Here's what Parker wrote : The Republican Party, the erstwhile home to the Moral Majority, is now wedded to a porn-star-linked president, who last week was made to look like a somber adult seated across from a stentorian Kanye West, who seemed to have lost his mind or emptied a bottle of Adderall into his coffee before arriving at the White House for lunch with the president.
Conservative commentator Max Boot: “The Republican Party needs to be razed to the ground”
Conservative commentator Max Boot called for the total destruction of the Republican Party to undo the damage by President Donald Trump. The author and former Wall Street Journal editor appeared Monday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to promote his new book, "The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right."
Pitts: The Republican Party has clearly lost its way Another woman…
Pitts: The Republican Party has clearly lost its way Another woman told me, "The Republican Party has clearly lost its way. Actions speak louder than words in politics.'
Letter: The Republican Party is not listening
Let me start by saying I am a life-long Republican. Mitt Romney lost the chance to get on the primary ballot in the Republican convention because the majority of delegates pouted about the fact that he had gone through the petition process to make sure his name would be on the ballot.
Morrisey Wins West Virginia GOP Primary, Saving Republicans From Six…
The Republican Party got some welcome news out of Tuesday's West Virginia Senate primary: the party's not as overtly xenophobic and racist as previously feared! While that might sound like faint praise for the primary winner, State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who is projected to defeat Rep. Evan Jenkins, it speaks to the potential damage that a victory by coal baron Don Blankenship threatened to inflict on the credibility of the party in November and beyond.
Hank Azaria Offers to Stop Doing Apu. SoThank You?
This week, Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria finally offered to stop doing the voice of Apu, the Indian caricature on The Simpsons . While Azaria is getting some kudos for his willingness to acknowledge the inherent racism of the Apu character, which was highlighted in the Hari Kondabolu documentary The Problem With Apu , the question is why it's taken so long.
An Immigration Puzzle Solved
To the surprise of some, the Republican Congress largely supports Trump's restrictionist approach to immigration. Apparently Republicans are favoring their nativist base over their traditional allies in business.
White House: Republicans to be rewarded for health care vote
" The Republican Party will be rewarded for doing "what's right" by voting to overhaul a "failing and collapsing" health care system, a top aide to President Donald Trump asserted as Democrats and at least one outside group began laying the groundwork to challenge the GOP for control of the House in the 2018 midterm election. The health advocacy group Save My Care on Monday announced the launch of a six-figure TV and digital advertising campaign beginning this week, targeting 24 Republican House members who voted last week to repeal the health care law enacted under President Barack Obama.
When It Comes To Russia, So Far Donald Trump Mostly Stands Alone
The Republican Party has embraced President-elect Donald Trump's positions on immigration, trade, the deficit and conflicts of interest, but when it comes to Russia, Trump and his party are not even close to being on the same page. Trump has repeatedly and consistently expressed admiration for Vladimir Putin and has refused to accept intelligence community findings that Russia hacked Democratic Party emails during the campaign.
Conor Sen: Actually, Democrats, you don’t need those white men
The Republican Party kept telling Donald Trump that he needed to win over demographic groups outside the conservative base, like Hispanics. He didn't.
Donald Trump is a symptom – not the disease: The GOP’s problem with women
The Republican Party will never win if it doesn't mend its relationship with women voters. Where does it go next? Though there is a chance Donald Trump could win, it appears women will be the firewall keeping him from the Oval Office.
Bush 41: Backstabber
Is Bush 41 a backstabber? The Republican Party has carried his family throughout their entire lives. Now at the age of 92, is this what he has to offer a party that has so elevated he and his sons their entire lives? However, George H.W. Bush may have just accidentally sabotaged Hillary Clinton's presidential race.
What Will Happen to the Good Guys Who Supported Trump?
The Republican Party right now is in a war with itself. It has done irreparable damage to itself by nominating and supporting Donald Trump as its nominee for President of the United States.
Why I Just Quit the Republican Party
The Republican Party nominated Donald Trump as its candidate for president of the United States - and I responded ending my 44-year GOP membership. First, Trump's boorish, selfish, puerile, and repulsive character, combined with his prideful ignorance , his off-the-cuff policy making, and his neo-fascistic tendencies make him the most divisive and scary of any serious presidential candidate in American history.
Donald Trump’s GOP Rivals Wrestle with Supporting His Nomination
The Republican Party platform is now endorsing a policy on international trade that more closely resembles comments made by their presidential nominee, Donald Trump, than what... One by one, the sixteen politicians who made up the most promising Republican presidential field in a generation, bowed out of the race for the White House, bruised and bullied by a brash New York real estate developer with no political experience. While some endorsed Trump as they exited the race, many actively opposed his insurgent White House bid and campaigned against him until the decisive May primary in Indiana.
Pro- and anti-Trump forces hold dueling rallies in Cleveland
A demonstrator takes a picture of the police line during the Shut Down Trump & the RNC protest on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. The Republican National Convention starts Monday.
Viewer Guide: Convention to show Gop’s love-hate for Trump
The Republican Party consummates its love-hate relationship with Donald Trump at its national convention this week in Cleveland. Don't expect the typical four-day love fest.
Sheriff: Deputies asked not to dine at restaurant
After the deadly attack on Dallas officers, the city's police chief issued an appeal to blacks: If you want to change law enforcement, join us. Apply to become a cop.
Before Trump, there was Wendell Willkie
The Republican Party once chose a presidential nominee who was successful in business but had never held political office.