Posts tagged ‘GOP’

JoAnn Wypijewski: The GOP’s Ron Paul Problem

by , posted on Monday, September 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 pm

from The Nation

The Republican party has a problem and his name is Ron Paul. The libertarian politician’s supporters are some of the most earnest and zealous members of the GOP’s current grassroots base, but at last week’s convention in Tampa, the party did everything in its power to quiet some of their more radical small-government critiques. Watch the full video with JoAnn Wypijewski to learn more about how the politics of the Paul delegates could soon lead to a split within the Republican party.

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MoveOn.org presidential campaign ad: Romney & Ryan’s GOP: Back to the Back Alley

by , posted on Friday, August 24th, 2012 at 2:34 pm

from MoveOn.org Political Action

Only decades ago women suffered through horrifying back alley abortions, or they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse.

So when the Republican Party officially promotes forcing rape victims to bear the children of their attackers as part of its assault against a woman’s right to choose–we had to ask:

Why is Romney & Ryan’s GOP trying to send women back. . . to the back alley?

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