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New Mexicans: Urge Governor Martinez and GOP Politicians to Return Contributions from Corrupt Koch Brothers

October 5, 2011 by Democracy for N...

Guess who received campaign "donations" from business interests that secretly sold petrochemical equipment to terrorism-sponsor Iran?

• New Mexico's right-wing Governor Susana Martinez ($10,000)
• NM-2 Congressman Steve. Pearce ($10,0000)
• NM Republicans ($5,000)

New Mexicans should start calling for politicians who have accepted contributions from Koch Industries -- and their political arm KOCHPAC -- to return the money or donate it to charity ASAP. Of course you have to wonder why these Republicans need to be urged to return the tainted money. Have they no consciences of their own? 

A Bloomberg investigation revealed Sunday that Koch businesses, owned by conservative activists David and Charles Koch, circumvented US trade embargos to sell millions of dollars worth of petrochemical equipment to Iran. Iran is one of four countries designated by the U.S. State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Republicans Have Given Up on America

October 5, 2011 by Left in Alabama

Defeatism is the new Republican flavor ... telling us about all the things we can't do instead of challenging us to reach for the stars and lead the world.

Chairman Cliff Stearns, who leads the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, told NPR that "We can't compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines."

I heard Stearns make that comment on NPR and my jaw dropped.  A while back on a telephone town hall, Rep. Mo Brooks (R, AL) told constituents we can't afford Social Security any more.  And of course, we can't afford clean air and water, either, and a whole host of other things that used to comprise the American Dream.

When I was little my Daddy always told me, "Can't never could," and it's the absolute truth.  As long as you believe in failure, you're doomed to fail.  Republicans have officially become the "Can't Do" Party.  As long as they've given up on America, America can't afford to have them in power.

Scare Tactic Backfire: No Confidence in Republicans On Deficit

September 27, 2011 by Left in Alabama

Last week my neighbor was asked to take an automated phone survey on "the deficit crisis."  Ho hum, huh?  We live in Mo Brooks' district and no matter what our Congressman is asked, he manages to work "" into his response so we hear a lot about it.  Everyone hears it since Republican rhetoric has elevated the issue to the level of "existential threat."  The twist on this particular phone survey is that my friend was offered A FREE CRUISE (absolutely FREE except for a few minor "fees") for taking the survey.  We laughed about how the Republicans have hit rock bottom with their talking point when they have to bribe folks to take their surveys.

"The State of the Union" (1948)

September 26, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

State of the UnionIn the Frank Capra film "State of the Union," Republicans hoping to unseat Harry Truman recruit wealthy industrialist Grant Matthews (played by Spencer Tracy) to run for the 1948 GOP presidential nomination. Matthews gets talked into it, but soon decides he'll be different by telling people exactly what he thinks. This horrifies his veteran campaign team. They want him, for example, to talk to a conference of business executives about the "binding shackles of government," and promise to fix that if elected. Matthews calls that doubletalk.

He thinks Americans hunger for the truth, and he aims to let voters know exactly what his views are. No, no, no, say his staff. People are too lazy to vote in the primaries, they say, so Matthews has to be mealy-mouthed, sort of like an early Mitt Romney. "We've got to bring you into that convention without any enemies," insists campaign strategist Jim Conover (Adolph Menjou).