Category Archives: 2012 Election Campaign

GOP Congressman Says: Women Give Your Money To Democrats!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dave Bradley

An unusual bit of honesty from a GOP congress critter. Read the original Huffington post article by Laura Basset. I will offer some excerpts: As the only Republican Congressman at a rally for the Equal Rights Amendment on Thursday, Rep. … Continue reading →

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Teabagger Health Care System And Shoot Your Neighbor Laws

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Beginning Monday the Supreme Court (referred to as SCOTUS) will hear arguments on the fate of the Affordable Care Act (often referred to as “Obama Care”). Well as Bill Maher noted last week “If they call it Obamacare every time … Continue reading →

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Steve King Hopes Six Debates Will Be Adequate

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Trish Nelson

King hopes six debates will be adequate to inform the voting public Below is the letter Congressman King sent to Christie Vilsack challenging her to six debates. March 16, 2012 Christie Vilsack c/o Christie Vilsack for Iowa, Inc. P.O. Box … Continue reading →

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John Archer Makes A BS Commercial

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Last week Republican John Archer unveiled a commercial in his run for the Republican nomination to oppose Congressman Dave Loebsack in this fall’s election. As I had complained here before, most of what Republicans are doing right now is feeding … Continue reading →

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Weekly Observations – Not For The Weak Edition

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Oceans Acidifying at an incredible Rate “The Earth’s oceans may be acidifying faster than at any point during the last 300 million years due to industrial emissions, endangering marine life from oysters and reefs to sea-going salmon, researchers said. The … Continue reading →

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Rushpublicans And The War On Women

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Dave Bradley

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Republican Party (my name, Rushpublicans) has decided to let their leader, Rush Limbaugh into a battle of hate for women. seems to me to be quite short sighted at best … Continue reading →

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Loebsack Telephone Town Hall Tonight!

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Dear Neighbor, I wanted to remind you that I am holding a telephone town hall tonight, Tuesday, March 6th, at 7:00 PM CST. Listening to your thoughts and concerns is my top priority. Please sign up … Continue reading →

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The Republican War on Women, Workers, Unions, On and On

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Seems like the airwaves were dominated by the Republican assault on American women’s right to control their own body. The week ended with the spiritual leader and still direction setter for the party declaring that if a woman uses birth … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t Republicans Tell The Truth?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Dave Bradley

As I watch listen to the Republican Presidential candidates, as I listen to political talk on radio, as I read stories online one question pops into my mind over and over – Why can’t Republican politicians and apologists for their … Continue reading →

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Abortion Unavailable Or Banned In Nearly 90% Of US Counties.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dave Bradley

I read the above line in a story on DailyKos Wednesday. It really got me. This is a procedure that is some cases is needed to save a woman’s life. This means that in all but only a sliver of … Continue reading →

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