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Abortion and the US Republican Party

Heather Hastie — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:33:34 +0000

Before I start, I should note I am unapologetically pro-choice. I’ve been pro-choice for as long as I can remember. I recall thinking women should be able to have an abortion, if they want one, when I was just eight year old (1972-73). (New Zealand’s Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Bill was making its way through […]

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Guest Post: ‘Winning Elections’ by Linda Calhoun

Heather Hastie — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:24:55 +0000

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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Auē Tēnei Wiki: The Dangerousness of The Donald

Heather Hastie — Sun, 22 May 2016 01:45:37 +0000

A new national poll came out from Fox News last week. Though it’s within the margin of error (+/- 4%), for the first time it shows Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton in a head to head match up 45% to 42%. It also shows, again for the first time, that Clinton has a higher unfavourable […]

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I’m Not Dead, But Bernie’s Mortally Wounded

Heather Hastie — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 02:49:46 +0000

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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South Carolina, USA – Republican Primary Result and Analysis

Heather Hastie — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 03:16:32 +0000

Donald Trump has been way ahead in the polls in South Carolina for some time, and in reality the battle there is for second place between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. That place belonged firmly to Cruz earlier this week, but exit polls from before the polls closed showed that 30% of late deciders were […]

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Winner of the Week – 27 September 2015: Carly Fiorina

Heather Hastie — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:20:45 +0000

So far we’ve had two GOP primary debates, the first hosted by Fox News and the second by CNN. The outstanding performer in both was Carly Fiorina. Whatever you think of her positions on the issues, and I disagree with rather a lot of them, she has been clear, eloquent, displayed a deep knowledge of […]

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Second Republican Debate: My Analysis

Heather Hastie — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:42:57 +0000

The Under-Card George Pataki, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsay Graham faced off. As far as debates go, this was a pretty good one. They all got a chance to speak and make their positions clear. If George Pataki was trying to get make it out of the second group, he failed miserably. He’s actually […]

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Calling it like it is: Islamic Terrorism

Heather Hastie — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:06:36 +0000

In the United States there is a growing rift between Democrats and Republicans on how to describe the terrorism in the Middle East and northern Nigeria. (As if politics in America needed any more rifts!) The Obama administration will not use the word “Islamic” in conjunction with “terrorism”. This decision is supported by the far […]

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The GOP Wins Big but Reince Preibus Fails

Heather Hastie — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 01:49:38 +0000

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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Is the GOP’s War on Women Real?

Heather Hastie — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 01:33:02 +0000

Anyone speaking English (or American!) on Twitter will have seen tweets, especially around election time, of the US Democratic Party accusing the US Republican Party of waging a War on Women. The phrase is so common it’s become capitalized. So is it a fair accusation? The Unites States doesn’t do that well in comparison with […]

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