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On "GOP, party b4 country everytime.

"Chomsky sure puts it together well. The political pretense (he stresses) of the GOP in throwing aside the pro-choice abortion position
of Reagan and GHWB (George W Bush's father) to go after the Democrat-tending voters of the Catholic north, and the evangelical vote.

On the other hand the stuff they actually pass, the tax bill (the only major one of the Trump/GOP period) and all
the deregulation stuff to cater to their primary constituency, those of "extreme wealth and corporate power."

That married with Trump's skillful use of emotional rhetoric to grab the working class which Democrats
have virtually abandoned all added up to top political strategy, at least for a short short term.

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Today's Republican Party is acting in a way that defies all historic norms .. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/08/yes-republicans-really-are-unprecedented-their-obstructionism . We saw it with the GOP's gun law obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/04/10/on-cue-the-press-blames-obama-for-gops-radical/193556 ,
the Violence Against Women Act obstruction .. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/republicans-violence-against-women-act ,
the sequester obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/05/sequestration-and-how-the-liberal-media-keep-bl/192907 ,
Supreme Court obstruction .. http://www.latimes.com/la-ol-opinion-newsletter-html-20160319-htmlstory.html ,
minimum wage obstruction .. http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/250382-gop-blocks-minimum-wage-sick-leave-proposals ,
9/11 first responder obstruction .. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/9-11-first-responders-sen-mcconnell-stop-blocking-bill-n473071 ,
government shutdown obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/01/how-the-press-helped-cause-the-gop-shutdown/196187 ,
immigration reform obstruction .. http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/02/on_immigration_gop_will_pay_for_obstruction_editor.html ,
Chuck Hagel's confirmation obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/13/the-press-yawns-while-partisan-republicans-shre/192643&ei=JqJ2UbOcC6SU0QGxvoHgBw&usg=AFQjCNEFwMGpaIEPRAQFsk3-makzcCT2pg&bvm=bv.45512109,d.dmQ ,
Susan Rice secretary of state obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2012/11/29/susan-rice-and-how-the-press-keeps-ignoring-rep/191568 ,
paid leave obstruction .. http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/250382-gop-blocks-minimum-wage-sick-leave-proposals ,
Hurricane Sandy emergency relief obstruction .. http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/277141-house-committee-blocks-most-gop-attempts-to-trim-sandy-relief-bill ,
the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/12/17/2014s-final-act-of-republican-obstruction-and-h/201918 ,
and the consistent obstruction .. https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/14/here-we-go-again-right-wing-media-goad-gop-to-e/192665 .. of judicial nominees.
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Neil Gorsuch And The Deconstruction Of The Administrative State
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P - The 2014 obstruction of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act was
especially galling, as a single Republican senator blocked a vote on the crucial veterans bill.
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