All Blog Posts Tagged 'gop' (133)

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

President Obama’s appointment of UN Ambassador Susan Rice as his National Security Advisor was a great move for two reasons. Rice has the same superb qualifications that would have made her an exemplary Secretary of State. This is the post that GOP obstructionists worked feverishly to insure that she didn’t get. This is the second reason why Rice is the right choice for NSA. It sends the message that the Obama Administration…

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There was nothing subtle about the Washington Times recent poll question: “It asked will Attorney General Eric Holder be forced to resign in six months.” The percentage of votes for yes was lopsided. Considering the source, the conservative Washington Times, the poll may have been more wishful longing than merely an objective gauge of public opinion about Holder. At the very least, it spoke to something that has…

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The news that Apple paid zero taxes on tens of billions in income on its overseas operations, investments, and sales grabbed a momentary headline but stirred little more than a yawn among GOP leaders. There’s little surprise here for several well-known and deeply troubling reasons. The tax dodge scheme that Apple and other giant corporations and banking entities use to pay zero or minimum taxes on their sales and investments…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The mostly media driven scandal talk involving President Obama has so far stirred barely a yawn among the public. There are good reasons. The four alleged scandals, Benghazi, the IRS, the AP leaks, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius supposed shakedown of corporations to help implement the health care act don’t come close to passing the smell test for a public fogging of the president. There is absolutely…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP won’t give up on Benghazi for the simple reason that any and everything no matter how big, small, trivial, or downright nutty, that even remotely allows it to slur President Obama it will race to the stars with. Benghazi is not simply the latest in the hit plan against Obama but the longest standing and most relentless of the GOP’s ploys. The GOP sniffed administration blood on this from virtually the moment the first…

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In a week’s time the wide range of what was once considered routine GOP bigotry was on full display. Dave Agema, a former West Michigan state representative, and Republican National Committeeman called gays “filthy homosexuals. Next, Alaska Rep. Don Young blurted out the epitaph “wetbacks” in discussing the immigration issue. Then 23 members of the so-called White Student Union attended the Conservative…

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