Showing posts with label Tea Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea Party. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Breaking News! Most Americans Want GOP to listen to Tea Party

A recent Gallup poll found that almost 71% of Americans think it is important for the GOP to listen to the Tea Party ideas when trying to confront the nation's problems.  The numbers don't just fall along party lines either.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Constitution Does Matter

Caroline Fredrickson, opinion writer at the Politico, scolded Representative Michele Bachmann for not wanting to learn a "comprehensive" view of the Constitution.  Ms. Fredrickson rejected an originalist interpretation of the Constitution as inexcusable because the changes in culture, technology, and values make the original intent irrelevant.

Would Ms. Fredrickson go to President Kennedy and say , "We've had lots of changes from your day to ours, like the internet and ipods, so we're going to ignore the whole intent of the Civil Rights act of 1964"?  (read more...)
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