Category Archives: GOP

Iowa Towns Bust Budgets for Campaign Visits

Posted on September 21, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Towns Bust Budgets for Campaign Visits by Linda Thieman According to DFIA Founding Member Darrell Lewis of Clear Lake, campaign visits to Iowa towns are busting city and county budgets, and in many cases, expenses are not being reimbursed. … Continue reading →

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Iowa: The Importance of Voting

Posted on September 20, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Iowa: The Importance of Voting by Linda Thieman I find it truly amazing what the GOP will do to win an election.  I suppose my question should be, “What WON’T they do?” We’ve seen blatant evidence that the GOP intends … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Tom Douglass on Bush’s War and That Gigantic Beehive

Posted on September 19, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Iowa's Tom Douglass on Bush's War and That Gigantic Beehive by Tom Douglass, North Liberty Supporters of the war on Iraq believe that when you are attacked, the only reasonable response is to strike back, and to strike back with … Continue reading →

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PBS Panders to Right With New Programming

Posted on September 18, 2004 by bfialindathieman

PBS Panders to Right With New Programming FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting A new public television program called The Journal Editorial Report, featuring writers and editors from the arch-conservative Wall Street Journal editorial page, debuted Friday on public television … Continue reading →

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Gallup Polls Biased in Favor of GOP

Posted on September 18, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Gallup Polls Biased in Favor of GOP Steve Soto, The Left Coaster [Friday] we awoke to the startling news that despite a flurry of different polls this week all showing a tied race, the venerable Gallup Poll, as reported widely … Continue reading →

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Bush Loses His Base

Posted on September 18, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Bush Loses His Base by John B. Judis & Ruy Teixeira, The New Republic Sweat streams down Terry's face as he pushes a lawnmower up the street toward his home in Martinsburg, a small town in West Virginia's eastern panhandle. … Continue reading →

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Bush Bounce Falls Flat

Posted on September 17, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Bush Bounce Falls Flat Ruy Teixeira, The Emerging Democratic Majority Kerry Shows Strength in New ARG Poll An American Research Group poll of 20 states conducted September 7-13 shows John Kerry leading among LV's in 4 out of 5 designated … Continue reading →

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Media Bias: Flip-flopper in Chief

Posted on September 15, 2004 by bfialindathieman

Media Bias: Flip-flopper in Chief By David Brock and Jamison Foser, AlterNet.org George Bush's image as a strong and decisive leader is a creation of journalists too lazy to notice that the [pseudo-]pResident has a long history of changing his … Continue reading →

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Moderate Republicans Disgusted With GOP

Posted on September 13, 2004 by bfialindathieman

 Anti-war Republicans: A Telling Shift in Allegiance by Eileen McNamara, Boston.com NEW LONDON, N.H. — Hilary Cleveland felt a tad the traitor on Friday evening, as she prepared to toss fruit in the porcelain bowl from China that was a … Continue reading →

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Pulling The Trigger on Weapons Ban

Posted on September 13, 2004 by bfialindathieman

 Pulling The Trigger on Weapons Ban The Daily Iowan Editorial Board The 1994 federal assault-weapons ban is set to expire today, a depressing casualty of an election season in which facts and honest debate have been abandoned for shameless political … Continue reading →

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