Tag Archives: Robert Reich
WHITE-WING TROGLODYTE CONSERVATISM: “The Favorite Republican Word is ‘Freedom'” / Robert Reich ☮
h/t: Occupy Democrats
WHITE-WING TROGLODYTE CONSERVATISM: “Republican Morality in Bedrooms and Boardrooms” / Robert Reich ☮
h/t: Occupy Democrats
XENOPHOBIC BIGOTRY: Robert Reich / “Excluding Outsiders or Coming Together for the Common Good: What’s the True Meaning of Patriotism?”
[R]egressives have no interest in preserving or protecting our system of government. To the contrary, they show every sign of wanting to be rid of it.
In fact, regressives in Congress have substituted partisanship for patriotism, placing party loyalty above loyalty to America.
The GOP’s highest-ranking member of Congress has said his “number one aim” is to unseat President Obama. For more than three years congressional Republicans have marched in lockstep, determined to do just that. They have brooked no compromise.
They couldn’t care less if they mangle our government in pursuit of their partisan aims. Senate Republicans have used the filibuster more frequently in this Congress than in any congress in history.
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So when regressives talk about “preserving and protecting” the nation, be warned: They mean securing our borders, not securing our society.