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Memo to Conservatives: Republicans Aren’t Your Friends

Matthew Vadum

My article from today’s American Thinker: Memo to Conservatives: Republicans Aren’t Your Friends By Matthew Vadum One of the reasons the national Republican Party is such a mess is because Republicans are far too reluctant to criticize their own. Republicans are nice people.  Too many Republicans think it’s wrong to criticize other Republicans. This failure to be forthright has had consequences.  It has allowed the Republican Party to take up political space it has no business occupying as it embraces left-wing statist tyranny.  Much of the time, the GOP is merely Democrat-lite. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) … Continue reading Memo to Conservatives: Republicans Aren’t Your Friends

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Yes, Virginia, the GOP Establishment did stick a shiv in Ken Cuccinelli

Matthew Vadum

My article from the Nov. 7, 2013 issue of American Thinker: Yes, Virginia, the GOP Establishment did stick a shiv in Ken Cuccinelli By Matthew Vadum Reagan conservative Ken Cuccinelli lost his bid for the Virginia governorship because the patrician, turf-protecting Republican Party establishment in his state wanted him to lose. It’s really that simple.  Cuccinelli campaign strategist Chris La Civita suggested on election night Tuesday that the federal government’s partial shutdown last month may have hurt his candidate in parts of Virginia where many federal employees and contractors live. He also suggested that Cuccinelli could have won if he … Continue reading Yes, Virginia, the GOP Establishment did stick a shiv in Ken Cuccinelli