The NRA claims 4.3 million members. The Brady Campaign might have under 29,000.

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Sunday July 22, 2012 · 4:48 PM PDT

2012/07/22 · 16:48

Although the NRA reportedly inflates its membership by giving away free or complimentary memberships, the organization claims around 4.3 million members.

A couple of years ago, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence apparently had about 50,000 donors, only 28,417 of which had given in the previous 12 months.

Let's change that: join here. I've been talking about the Aurora massacre over and over again over the past few days with friends and my husband, and after looking up the membership numbers, we both just joined.

We have to stop the NRA's work to make sure that anybody in America who feels like it can do this.

You Cannot Be A Republican And A Christian

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Saturday July 21, 2012 · 12:00 PM PDT

2012/07/21 · 12:00

No one in American life today proclaims their allegiance to Christ more conspicuously than those who have rejected most of what Christ actually taught: Republicans. The modern Republican Party’s hell-bent embodiment of nearly everything Christ warned against has become so serious that we have to call it out. You cannot be a Republican and a Christian.

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Monday January 23, 2012 · 4:18 AM PST

2012/01/23 · 04:18

conservative
an adherent or advocate of political conservatism ...
one who adheres to traditional methods or views ...
a cautious or discreet person

Progressives need stronger vocabulary for our opponents.

One feature of the lunatic talent show going on right now in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries is the struggle to be seen as the most “true conservative”. That’s absurd, because—with the possible exception of Ron Paul—the candidates clawing for that dubious designation are full of shit. They’re not conservatives.

Here is a better name for them: “the cons”. Of course, switching terms and calling “conservatives” the cons is no magic solution to the problems they present, and it’s just shorthand for a complex reality—but it’s a shorthand we need.

Here's why:

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The NRA claims 4.3 million members. The Brady Campaign might have under 29,000.

You Cannot Be A Republican And A Christian

Let's call “conservatives” the cons