Last May, on the 500th episode of Savage Lovecast, host Dan Savage took off the kid gloves and colorfully explained to a caller why a third party, specifically the Green Party, is not viable in a general election. “If you’re interested in building a third party, a viable third party, you don’t start with president. […]
This video clip recalls how Ronald Reagan – “the great communicator” – used racial tensions. In this interview with Bill Moyers, Ian Haney López discusses how Ronald Reagan used “racial tensions to sway middle-class white Americans to vote for policies not in their self-interest.” As reported by Moyers & Co., “In Dog Whistle Politics, author […]
“I think there is a mental health problem in Congress.” ~Sean Penn Actor and activist Sean Penn sat down with MSNBC’s Piers Morgan in late 2013 to discuss Congress’ “mental health problem” and his belief that some members of the Tea Party should be “committed by executive order.” Penn had recently been in Haiti as […]
The GOP has had a strategy in place for decades for winning the racist vote without appearing to be racist. In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina’s most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan‘s White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political […]
“As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.” ~from the Preamble to the Libertarian Party Platform Having grown up in Texas, most of my lifelong friends are […]