NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The members of the Republican National Committee have just approved an amended version of their resolution on “The Democrats’ March Toward Socialism.” The old closing paragraph:
RESOLVED, that we the members of the Republican National Committee call on the Democratic Party to be truthful and
I just talked to Frank Llewellyn, the national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, who was understandably nonplussed by the Republican National Committee’s “Democrat Socialist Party” resolution.
“It’s objectionable,” said Llewellyn, “because they’re giving socialism a bad name by associating it with the Democrats, who are the More…
Here’s the text of the already-famous proposed resolution, below the fold. It’s courtesy of the Republican National Conservative Caucus.
Roger Simon confirms that the Republican National Committee will vote on, and probably pass, “a resolution rebranding Democrats as the ‘Democrat Socialist Party,’” even though weakened RNC Chairman Michael Steele has warned it “will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to More…
Great catch from Jonathan Martin: Republican National Committee member James Bopp Jr. wants the national committee to “rename the opposition the ‘Democrat Socialist Party’” and shame the three Republican senators who supported the stimulus bill. He has 16 co-sponsors.
Yesterday, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) claimed that there were “17 socialists” in the House of Representatives. Today, Glenn Thrush belly-dives into the steamiest corners of the right-wing blogosphere to determine whether Bachus was referring, inaccurately, to the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Conservative groups, like DiscovertheNetworks.org, have long sought
Jim Geraghty alerts us to Jim Cramer’s new promotion for his CNBC show, Mad Money — Jim will show you how to “Obama-proof” your portfolio! I’m not sure how President Obama was to blame when Cramer told viewers to buy Bear Stearns right before it collapsed, but More…
If anyone doubted that “socialism” was the hot new term in the halls of CPAC, making a big comeback from the late 1970s, here was Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) just now:
Earlier this week, we heard the world’s best salesman of socialism address the nation.
DeMint assured the audience that More…
Just in time to get out of town for a week-long President’s Day recess, the Senate on Friday afternoon all but secured passage of the Democrats’ $787 billion stimulus package, complete with $232 billion in tax rebates — including $7.70 per week for you and me.
By 6 p.m., Democrats More…
The New York Times took a stab at getting people who work on Wall Street to defend taking in more than $18 billion in bonuses — roughly the amount that was paid out in 2004, when the economy was just slightly different – and found that most aren’t owning More…
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