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By: It’s Bennet v. Buck in Nov., plus no more McPlagiarist to kick around : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:38:04 +0000

[...] of the plagiarism story here.) The buzz here among the Republicans is how to push both Maes and Tommy “the Tank” Tancredo out of the race so that the Rs have a prayer of beating John Hickenlooper in November. [...]

By: Who ever would have predicted? : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:53:46 +0000

[...] who is running to succeed Ritter, looks like he’ll coast easily to victory because of the total meltdown in the Republican governor’s race. And as I’ve written here before, being governor of any state is going to be a whole lot [...]

By: Historiann

Historiann — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:57 +0000

Tancredo is definitely running, on the ticket of a party that supports the repeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Srsly. But the only person dumber or crazzier than Tancredo is Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams, caught lying on the radio yesterday morning by the radio program's own right-wing host. Priceless!

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:17 +0000

Hey, the N.Y. Times is finally on this story today, although buried pretty deep inside in a small boxed feature.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:12:34 +0000

cgeye–I think it’s possible that they’re both evil and stupid, but that stupid is winning this year. This is an occupational hazard for Republicans: they want to coronate a candidate rather than let a primary take its course, so this is what happens sometimes. (Plus, Bob Dole and John McCain.)

OTOH, letting a primary run its course doesn’t always guarantee the best candiate emerges in the long run, either.

By: cgeye

cgeye — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:18:44 +0000

Historiann, please to be looking on the mail ballot, and let us Color-ans know what fresh hell the GOPs are sneaking onto the ballot? I mean, they *can’t* be this incompetent without having a secretly convoluted initiative to crown Doug Bruce king or something?

And “personal seat license”? What the what????

And YWC? Someone’s got to follow the money with these brownshirts….

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:42:17 +0000

Yeah, YWC is really demented – voila their site and enjoy the rants http://www.westernyouth.org/

Their leader calls for “European-Americans” to worship Germanic gods as befits their racial background. Seriously, Tancredo might want to check out who is paying him…After all, he is the YWC honorary chairman!!!

http://www.westernyouth.org/search/newest-first/Page-1/?searchphrase=exact&searchword=Tancredo&view=search

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:47:42 +0000

Hmmm. When some Associate Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives gets wind of this it’s going to head straight to a new “affinity group” business model for keeping the curriculum stocked: “Friends of Social Psychology”; “Students for Intro to Semiotics.” Can the personal seat license be far behind? I like this not.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:33:22 +0000

Do they do their homework in Western Civ., and actually read their Hobbes, Locke, and Hume? Have they started a Renaissance or Englighenment club? Have they torn down the barricades of anything yet and started any Revolutions? Have they nailed 95 theses to anything yet?

If so, I’d be all for it. I kind of doubt that that’s what they’re about.

By: Perpetua

Perpetua — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:23:39 +0000

Holy sh*t Jeremy – the YOUTH FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION?!? This sounds to be like “Hitler Youth” very thinly veiled. I’m astonished that a group like that could get university funding for its existence. And it makes me feel ickier about teaching Western Civ.