Republican Myth #2: Republicans are the Party of National Security

The myth is that our national security is strong when Republicans are in control. They’ve talked very loudly about keeping us safe and about having a strong military and not backing down to terrorists. But national security is not simply bombing our enemies into oblivion. In fact, military is only one component of national security, [...]

Bulldog Politics

Some would call it presumptive. My New York friends would say, chutzpah. I might even go so far as to say, thuggish. Last night, Sarah Palin is quoted as saying, “When I ran for city council, I didn’t need focus groups and voter profiles, because I knew those voters and knew their families, [...]

My Reaction to Wednesday’s RNC

Despite the fact that I was up late last night, I purposely decided to hold my responses to the RNC last night until I had gotten a good night’s sleep. Now that I’ve done that, here it goes:
I thought that every speech towed the line of the Republican Party’s platform. They talked about Iraq, they [...]

Republican, Democrats, National Debt, and Fiscal Responsibility

I was born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma in a very conservative, Republican household. I was raised believing that Republicans are for small government and low taxes. I was raised to believe that only the Republicans shared my Christian values and they had the safety of our country well in hand. Democrats, by contrast, [...]