{"id":14218,"date":"2014-05-14T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=14218"},"modified":"2014-05-14T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T17:24:35","slug":"chalk-one-up-for-the-republican-taliban-aka-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=14218","title":{"rendered":"Chalk One Up For The Republican Taliban (aka Tea Party)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s primary election in Nebraska was won by Ben Sasse, the candidate who proudly solicited and received the support of such notables as Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Erick Erickson, and Fox News. Sasse’s campaign was bankrolled by the Koch brothers via their Americans for Prosperity front group.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

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The core of Sasse’s message was his promise to repeal every word of the Affordable Care Act, including the parts that end discrimination based on preexisting conditions, the ability for children up to 26 to be on their parent’s policies, prohibiting insurers from cancelling plans when a claim is filed, and the elimination of annual or lifetime limits on healthcare.<\/p>\n

Sasse ran a typical Tea Party campaign that pandered to conspiracy theorists and religious extremists. He boasted of his devotion to the most radical form of “religious liberty”<\/em> that would effectively condone discrimination and permit religious zealots to violate any law they deemed in conflict with their faith. On his website he says…<\/p>\n

“Ben Sasse believes that our right to the free exercise of religion is co-equal to our right to life. This is not a negotiable issue. Government cannot force citizens to violate their religious beliefs under any circumstances<\/strong>. He will fight for the right of all Americans to act in accordance with their conscience.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Under any circumstances? So Sasse will fight for the right of all Americans to stone adulterers to death; to have sex with children; to burn crosses; to refuse service (and housing and jobs) to gays, African-Americans, Jews, etc.; and to ban dancing (sorry Kevin Bacon)? At the same time, Sasse would have to support the use of illegal drugs, polygamy, and public nudity.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Nebraska is a blood red state that is almost certain to elect the Republican on the ballot. This means that, barring a calamitous misstep, Sasse will be the next senator from Nebraska. He can be relied upon to try to turn the clock back on civil rights, health care, the environment, and true religious liberty that respects human rights and the Constitution. And that’s the sort of agenda that has the American Taliban celebrating on this primary morning after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s primary election in Nebraska was won by Ben Sasse, the candidate who proudly solicited and received the support of such notables as Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Erick Erickson, and Fox News. Sasse’s campaign was bankrolled by the Koch brothers via their Americans for Prosperity front group. AT&T and Verizon users: Stop funding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Chalk One Up For The Republican Taliban (aka Tea Party)","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1],"tags":[301,534],"class_list":["post-14218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","tag-republicans","tag-tea-party"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/sasse-endorsements.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-3Hk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47150,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=47150","url_meta":{"origin":14218,"position":0},"title":"Schizo Trump Withers Under Criticism From GOP Senator","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/17\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One thing Donald Trump will never be accused of is maintaining a consistent pattern of thought on any subject. 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