Only “wussy” Republicans back the stimulus bill?

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As most of us know, your typical Republican male lives in mortal fear of being perceived as anything less than macho (hence, the rabid homophobia among GOPers).

But here’s a new twist on that theme. GOP strategist Alex Castellanos, brimming with testosterone, tells us that any Republican who votes for the stimulus bill is “wussy”:

Examining the Reagan myth

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Last week, I jokingly suggested HERE that I’d appreciate a copy of the book “Tear Down This Myth” as a Valentine gift.

Well, forget it. I’ll buy it myself. (They pay me big coin, you know, for this award-winning blog).

Before you get your own copy of the book, you might enjoy Rachel Maddow’s little interview with the author, Will Bunch:

Why can’t Repubs keep their stimulus story straight?

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Karl Rove, the “political genius” who helped guide George W. Bush’s presidential administration to historic infamy, says he knows of no Republicans who are advocating “tax cuts as the only answer” to the economic crisis.

Rove apparently hasn’t been PAYING ATTENTION.

What have we here? A guy who sympathizes, at least a little bit, with Rod Blagojevich?

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Dude SAYS Blago’s probably a crook but wonders if he’s not also the victim of a political railroading.

GOP Talking Point of the Day

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Gallup poll: 28 percent of Americans like Limbaugh, 45 percent don’t, rest undecided

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It says HERE that Rush Limbaugh, the face of Republicanism these days, motivates Democrats against the GOP and alienates independents.

Even one of every four Republicans dislikes El Rushbo.

I’m hoping that the Republican ticket in 2012 will feature Limbaugh and Sarah Palin. But, alas, that’s unlikely.

GOPers don’t want any limits on pay for execs at bailed-out banks

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How’s THIS for chutzpah?

The party that drove the economy into a ditch wants no paycheck strings attached to welfare for incompetent Wall Street bankers.

Joblessness soars and economy teeters on brink of collapse, but Repubs ask: What’s the hurry?

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Behold the party of Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and Rush Limbaugh:

UPDATE: Paul Krugman WRITES: “The American economy is on the edge of catastrophe, and much of the Republican Party is trying to push it over that edge.”

Obama on stimulus: “This is no game”

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