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Alan Simpson On GOP: ‘We Have Homophobes In Our Party’

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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On MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews today, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), co-chair of President Obama’s debt commission, railed against the social conservatives in the Republican party. He admonished male legislators for voting on abortion issues and “homophobes” like Rick Santorum who say “cruel, cruel things” about gays and lesbians: SIMPSON: Who the hell is for abortion? I don’t know anybody… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Think Progress Discovery Date : 12/04/2011 00:25 Number of articles : 2

Alan Simpson On GOP: ‘We Have Homophobes In Our Party’

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Couric Illustrates the Sad Story Victimization Which Fuels the Government Spending She, for Once, Frets

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Couric Illustrates the Sad Story Victimization Which Fuels the Government Spending She, for Once, Frets

Very unusually, CBS’s Katie Couric promised a look Thursday night at “how runaway government spending has exploded the national debt,” but between that segment and her show’s lead story, an “exclusive” interview with debt commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, Couric illustrated how she and the media are an impediment to rational spending decisions since they paint any decision to not spend more in terms of how that will hurt people. To wit, she despaired:

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