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411 for the GOP

by Kafir ( 55 Comments › )
Filed under Blogmocracy, Elections 2010, Politics, Republican Party at May 23rd, 2010 - 4:00 pm

TQCincinnatus has another article published over at Pajamas Media today! He discusses three systematic areas in which conservatives and Republicans need to improve if they are to assure victory in November.

It is recommended reading for all conservatives~

The political fortunes of the Republican Party give every appearance of rising from the ashes, like the mythological phoenix of old. Aided by the unpopularity of the radical Democratic agenda and the nakedly overbearing efforts by that party to ram this agenda down the nation’s collective throats, the Republicans are poised to roar back onto the national political scene in November in a way reminiscent of 1994.
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However, we should never underestimate the power of the Republican Party leadership to ruin a good thing.

Read it all here: Why the Republicans Could Still Lose in November

Show Trials

by Kafir ( 70 Comments › )
Filed under Politics at April 4th, 2010 - 8:00 am

Our very own Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus has an article up at Pajamas Media today. Please be sure to read the whole thing.

April 4, 2010 – by Tim Dunkin
Anyone who has read about the modern history of totalitarian movements knows that one of the most useful tools in the statist’s toolbox is the show trial.

The show trial is not about the things that we, in our free society, tend to think trials should be about. This type of tribunal is not about seeing justice done or getting to the bottom of a thorny question of the law or fact. Instead, it is designed to highlight the perfidy of enemies of the state and to serve as a warning to others who might follow the same path taken by the poor unfortunates standing before a kangaroo court.

The Return of the Show Trial?

(In addition to contributing articles here at the Blogmocracy, Tim Dunkin is a pharmaceutical chemist by day and a freelance author by night, writing about a wide range of topics on religion and politics. Tim is also the author of an online book about Islam entitled Ten Myths About Islam, and is the founder and editor of Conservative Underground, a bi-weekly email newsletter focusing on foundational conservative worldview and philosophy.)

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