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Today's ForecastDog whistles, scattered. Heavy denials by evening.

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Vol. XV, No. 94 Thursday, October 8, 2026 Final Edition Free

Southern Strategy

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  • Republicans are doomed: How the GOP’s cynical election strategy is imploding

    As Donald Trump enmeshed himself in a bitter fight with the parents of an American Muslim military hero -- and Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and John McCain looked to put distance between themselves and their party’s presidential nominee -- there’s actually worse news for Republicans. Several important court victories for voting rights since Friday could dramatically remake the campaign for Congress and the White House, and this time, GOP leadership may have a harder time…

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  • Why I left the GOP - An Insider Comes Clean

    This week, Salon.com published an article by Jeremiah Goulka that was an unexpectedly good read. I feel I should share this piece as it discusses a subject that I find particularly fascinating....  The refusal to admit to yourself when you've been fooled and how it relates to so many in the Republican Party. This is the story of how in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and later in Iraq, I discovered that what I believed to be…

    -- Continued on Page 6

  • Martin Dyckman: Reading the polls: The weight of race | StAugustine.com

    Over the weekend, Martin Dyckman (formerly of the St. Petersburg Times) wrote an article on StAugustine.com that won't be received well in Florida. In this article, he discusses the weight of the "race card" in the 2012 elections.  As a Florida native who spent over 30 years living in the state, I know it's bigoted underbelly (read: the Panhandle.)  Here are some snippets: Another reason is the opposition’s relentless campaign to demonize not only Obama’s record but…

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  • Rush Limbaugh Explains the "Racial Component" of Obama's Mortgage Plan

    ["From the February 9 edition of Premiere Radio Networks'"] You may have never considered that the mortgage crisis was caused by those horrible "poor minorities." Rush explains here that President Obama is using class warfare to make the "bankers" (white people is what he means) look like meanies. The poor bankers are being blamed for a problem that was actually caused by the poor minorities. The key to deciphering Rush's point? He always portrays blacks…

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