Government / Political Reform on Kerplop

DeMint and the Speech Lie - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
What is a Speech Lie ? As someone who has addressed groups thousands of times, I am uncomfortably familiar with the Speech Lie. The Speech Lie is an anecdote, or statistic invented to illustrate and support a point within the speech. A Speech Lie may also be an actual lie, but it is not... ( added 1 year 16 days ago.)

Keep Your Government Hands off my Medicare! - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
If there is one quote that sort of says it all for me regarding the health reform debate it is this one: At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." At a recent town-hall... ( added 1 year 30 days ago.)

GOP Lies About Health Care Reform - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
GOP Lie #1a: The health reform bills force Senior Citizens to submit to an end-of-life consultation every five years. SAY WHAT?: This is NOT ONLY A LIE but it is a perfect example of how the GOP is using fear and lies to kill health care reform. The best lies take something that is true and... ( added 1 year 31 days ago.)

Radical Republicans and Democrats: Whaduhyuhdew? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I have been told by angry siblings that I am the only liberal in the entire family, that I have been fooled by Clinton and Obama camps. I have recently been told that the symbol of the Democratic party is the jackass which is appropriate because all Democrats are jackasses. I have been told that... ( added 1 year 61 days ago.)

Man of Steele - Spine of Jello - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
Because I am overt and clearly pro-choice when it comes to abortion and stem cell research, I get a lot of negative feedback whenever my writing contains those views. I am used to mostly religious and mostly Republican commenter blasting me for even discussing the topic. For most religious right... ( added 1 year 179 days ago.)

Health Care Townhall Mobs: It’s AstroTurf not Grassroots - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
To be fair, officially, the Republican Party, through the elected head of their party, denies that these town hall protests are not created by the Republican Party, but are actually real, grass root, spontaneous outrage pouring out unbidden from average American’s opposed to Obama’s... ( added 1 year 31 days ago.)

Populism and AIG - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
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Earmarks and Hypocrisy - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
As the Obama proposed stimulus package (known as the (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ) was introduced to law makers, the Republicans when conservative crazy calling the proposal too costly. " And at times their verbiage was colorful and blunt, and while they seem wedded to the... ( added 1 year 185 days ago.)

Is Bipartisanism Bad? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
If the Democratic Party fails to deliver meaningful health care reform because they sacrifice everything meaningful on the altar of bipartisanism , then progressives will have to consider forming a more representative political party.. Actually Republicans could do with the creation of new... ( added 1 year 5 days ago.)

Democrats Created the KKK? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
My little brother has been saying that he couldn’t understand why blacks would vote for a Democrat when the Democrats started the KKK and Republicans freed the slaves. It sounds crazy but my little brother is right, but ONLY if you go far enough back. Around the civil war times democrats... ( added 1 year 67 days ago.)