Kochtopus-3_0.png A new chapter is being added to the ongoing Kochtopus saga. On March 1 the Washington Post, in a story sure to fill the airwaves for the weeks and months to come, revealed the Kochtopus is suing the Cato Institute for control of the recently deceased and former Cato Chairman William Niskanen's ownership share in the think-tank.
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DeSmogBlog: Heartland Institute: A Manifestation of the Kochtopus Empire
Kochtopus-3.png It is nearly impossible to discuss the vast climate change denial echo chamber and not mention the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, and what some have called the Koch Empire. Perhaps unsurpisingly then, the origins of the Heartland Institute — whose internal documents were recently leaked to DeSmogBlog — have a direct historical link to the rise
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich,
If you were my father, I’d be very ashamed.
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: How the GOP candidates choose who to attack
Ron Paul: There has been a lot of buzz recently about the fact that Ron Paul, while viscously attacking his other opponents, seems to give Ron Paul a free pass. And vice versa. ThinkProgress has a count which shows that Ron Paul has, despite 20 debates and 39 attacks on other
Continue readingLeDaro: GOP Debates and the State of the Republican Party
I admit, I am a political junkie. I enjoy following elections and rarely miss any national level debates whether Canadian or American. Watching the GOP presidential debate on February 22nd in Arizona, I have to say, this is the worse group of candidates any political party has ever put forward
Continue readingRon Paul, Contraceptives & Abortion
Of the four(4) GOP primary candidates still standing, the only one I can even come close to listening to with a serious ear is libertarian Ron Paul. Now before everyone jumps all over the comments section with the “Ron Paul is no friend of progressives!!” stuff, yeah yeah, I get
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Iran and the CNN Arizona GOP Presidential Debate
CNN Arizona GOP Debate As it often has been in the past, Iran was the principle foreign policy topic discussed in what may well be the last GOP Presidential Debate that we have to suffer through. If it is possible, the hyperbolic, warmongering rhetoric reached a new low. Additional debate
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Latest Ron Paul Attack Ad
Here’s the latest negative attack ad from the Ron Paul campaign slagging Rick Santorum for not being a “fiscal conservative”… (Seems to have been done by the same agency that created the tough-talking Ford F-150 truck ads.) I suppose one could quibble about specifics of the dubious allegations made if
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Is the Mormon faith racist?
Ron Paul has come under some fire for newsletters bearing his name that contained racist remarks some 20 odd years ago. The Texas congressman and Presidential hopeful has said he didn’t write them or read them, and thankfully he disavows them. Good on him. All is fair in love and war,
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Why the media is afraid of Ron Paul
There are four candidates vying for the nomination of the Republican Party for a run at the U.S. presidency this coming November. However, based on media coverage, some might think its a race between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. Maine just conducted a straw poll. And while Mitt Romney
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Resolute Newt
Rather than staging a pointless concession “rally” after his distant second-place finish in yesterday’s Nevada caucuses, bucking convention, Newt Gringrich opted instead to hold a bizarre 20-minute press conference at his campaign headquarters. Repulsive though he may be in almost every respect, it’s a good thing that Gringrich has vowed
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Damn the Paulbots!
As much as I agree with many of Ron Paul’s principled stances on various issues, I just cannot stand the cult of over-zealous fanatics that support him… Despite all evidence, these folks simply refuse to accept the fact that Dr. Paul will NOT be the Republican nominee for president. To
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Mysteries Surrounding the GOP Race, MSM, CNN and the CBC
Something’s smelly with the GOP primaries, but as a Canadian progressive, I’m not concerned about the race. What I am concerned about is how the CBC is ignoring Ron Paul, the only candidate worth mentioning.
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Mitt Romney…Can a Mormon become President of the U.S?
The Canadian political scene is relatively quiet now that Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have finally attained majority status. For a political junkie that means looking south of the 49th for a fix, and let’s face it…no country does politics like the United States. The Republican race is heating up
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Thoughts on the GOP South Carolina Debate
Despite the GOP nomination contest being all but over, there is still some entertainment value to the sports team contests that are the seemingly never ending debates. What follows is a few miscellaneous thoughts on the most recent South Carolina debate. Attacking Romney’s Bain Record: Following a couple weeks of attacks
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Why is Ron Paul the Rodney Dangerfield of the GOP race?
For those following the Republican Party’s nomination proceedings it must be at least somewhat curious how the second place finisher in New Hampshire gets ‘no respect’. While I’ve heard the Texas congressman described by some as a ‘wacko’ for his Libertarian views, I would welcome a Presidential election in November
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Would a Romney Victory Mean the End of the Conservative Movement?
Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary with 40% of the vote and appears to be heading toward winning the Republican nomination. Unlike most of his opponents, he has not “surged” but just plodded along, attacking when he needed to attack, and standing up to the blows from his tag-teamed conservative
Continue readingNo doubt it will end up with Romney but oh lord I wish it was Santorum or Paul
Romney will no doubt win his party’s nomination to go up against Obama. That’s not necessarily bad for Democrats – Obama will win no matter who the GOP throws at him – but personally I would love a dogfight between Obama and either Paul or Santorum. Santorum is just plain
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The Left and Ron Paul
There is an ongoing debate amoung the left on how to view Ron Paul. Should we like him or hate him, support him or reject him? The fundamental distinction in my mind is between viewing Ron Paul as sometimes useful in the propagation of certain ideas in the larger political discussion, and between finding Ron
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The biggest loser in Iowa: the Tea Party
Among the Iowa winners were Mitt Romney (establishment candidate), with Rick Santorum (Evangelical candidate) trailing by 8 votes, then Ron Paul (Libertarian candidate). Trailing significantly was Newt Gingrich, an old guard brand all to himself. Where then was the Tea Party candidate? For several decades, there has been an establishment
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