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  • JENNIFER RUBIN: Trump, Cruz and Paul emerge as Todd Akin Republicans

    06/30/2015 5:18:05 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 61 replies
    The Washington Post's Right Turn ^ | June 30, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin, Queen of the CINOs
    In 2012, then-Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) took a winnable Senate race and turned it into a debacle for the whole party. His comments on rape were front and center at the Democratic National Convention. One news cycle after another was devoted to his ignorant remarks. He lived up to the cartoon portrait of a clueless misogynist and made the party once again seem like the party of rich, old white guys who cannot relate to modern America. In the 2016 election, Donald Trump appears on the scene popping off about immigrants and spewing nasty rhetoric. It was enough to cause...
  • MEDIA vs. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

    10/12/2002 10:01:59 AM PDT · by forest · 19 replies · 190+ views
    Fiedor Report On the News #291 ^ | 10-13-02 | Doug Fiedor
    "How do you get away with writing about constitutional issues when no one else does?" a conservative patron asked at a small meeting I spoke at last week "This subject is important enough to people. Why doesn't the national media ever mention the way Congress abuses the Constitution?" Why indeed. It's not necessarily because they're mostly a bunch of socialists, either. All are not. The answer is actually much simpler than that: It would be a very poor career move. First, many members of the national press -- the political reporters, anyway -- live in Washington. And most of those...