Democratic Party Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/democratic-party/ My take on our world Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:24:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.heatherhastie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-tweetkiwi-512px-32x32.png Democratic Party Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/democratic-party/ 32 32 Guest Post: ‘Winning Elections’ by Linda Calhoun https://www.heatherhastie.com/guest-post-winning-elections-by-linda-calhoun/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/guest-post-winning-elections-by-linda-calhoun/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:24:55 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=6351 Winning Elections by Linda Calhoun A few months ago I went back and reread the GOPAC memo, written in 1993 by then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. It addressed “the way to win elections”. In a nutshell, it advised candidates and their handlers to use pejorative adjectives to describe their opponents, and soaring, “patriotic” […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/aue-tenei-wiki-the-dangerousness-of-the-donald/feed/ 12 I’m Not Dead, But Bernie’s Mortally Wounded https://www.heatherhastie.com/im-not-dead-but-bernies-mortally-wounded/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/im-not-dead-but-bernies-mortally-wounded/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2016 02:49:46 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=2343 It’s been a while, but I’m back. The main problem hasn’t been me, but my computer. It’s been in the hospital most of the last two weeks, but a lovely young man called Benjamin has sorted it for me. He’s been very reasonable with his charging too, but New Zealand’s health system doesn’t extend to […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/winner-of-the-week-25-october-2015-hillary-clinton-and-the-back-flipping-hamster/feed/ 6 Worry of the Week – 18 October 2015: The Democratic Party https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-18-october-2015-the-democratic-party/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-18-october-2015-the-democratic-party/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2015 02:45:55 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1543 My actual biggest worry this week is what’s going on between the Israelis and Palestinians and their supporters and proxies. However, I just don’t know where to start. I don’t even know how to finish this paragraph with a suitably wise comment about the situation. I guess I’ll just try thinking about it some more, […]

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]]> https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-18-october-2015-the-democratic-party/feed/ 113 The GOP Wins Big but Reince Preibus Fails https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-gop-wins-big-but-reince-preibus-fails/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/the-gop-wins-big-but-reince-preibus-fails/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 01:49:38 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=206 On Tuesday the US Republican party had several big wins in their country’s mid-term elections. As a result, they took control of the Senate and increased their majority in Congress. Thus the only branch of government in Democratic hands is the presidency. (Mostly, legislation requires approval by all three branches to become law.) In speaking […]

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