Archive for September 30th, 2012

Sunday Open Thread [9.30.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on September 30, 2012 • 4 Comments

Courtesy of Ed Kilgore at Political Animal, here is a preview of the cases the Supreme Court has already decided to hear in the next term, which begins this coming week.

Compassionate conservatives and the crucible of fire

Filed in National by jason330 on September 30, 2012 • 16 Comments

Democrats have facetiously said that Republicans think that the rich don’t have enough money and the poor have too much. But the more I think I about modern Republicanism, the more I think that the statement it is literally true. Republicans believe that the poor are too well off. The modern Republican Party honestly yearns for a cleansing fire of misery and pain to sweep the land. They believe that the nation’s problems are largely due to the fact that the poor are living in relative comfort as a result of the overall affluence of our society. America is the victim of its own success and has become a weak and lazy country slouching toward calamity. …