Tag Archives: White House

Are Republicans going to try to impeach Obama?

By zerlina | Published: May 15, 2013
TweetI’m surprised it took House Republicans three years to talk impeachment.  Certainly, when they won back the House, which is where the impeachment process begins, I imagined “impeachment” would become part of our collective lexicon again as the Republicans went after another Democratic president. The loss of the White House in 2012, allowed House Republicans [...]
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Republican Congressman attacks Sasha and Malia Obama

By zerlina | Published: March 28, 2013
TweetFirst it was the NRA, and now it’s Republican Congressman Steve King’s (R-IA) turn to attack the Obama girls.  It all started when Breitbart.com bucked traditional protocol of never revealing the location of the First Daughters who spent their spring break in the Bahamas, for obvious security reasons. I thought I made myself clear before [...]
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Are Republicans already giving up on their electoral college rigging scheme?

By zerlina | Published: January 30, 2013
TweetAfter getting their butts kicked by Democrats in 2012, Republicans huddled up to strategize how to win in the next presidential election.  Did they make any real effort to reflect on their own policy platform and rhetoric that turns off large swaths of the electorate? No, of course not. Instead, they set up a scheme to [...]
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Are there too many white men in the White House?

By zerlina | Published: January 10, 2013
TweetAfter The New York Times ran the above photo alongside the headline, “Obama’s Remade Inner Circle Has an All-Male Look, So Far,” the media jumped on the narrative that President Obama is surrounding himself with white guys to the dismay of the diverse coalition who elected him to office. While it’s certainly true his first [...]
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Obama taps gay Latino poet for 2nd inauguration

By zerlina | Published: January 10, 2013
TweetSometimes good news comes with bad news.  First the bad, which is the rather disappointing news that an anti-gay preacher will give the benediction at President Obama’s 2nd inauguration. Back in the mid-1990s Pastor Louie Giglio promoted that ex-gay therapy nonsense and railed against homosexuality in sermons.  You would think after Pastor Rick Warren, the [...]
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