Bad Old Republicans Should Make Us Grateful for Donald Trump

Bad Old Republicans Should Make Us Grateful for Donald Trump

Andy Card has always come across as a decent person. But the former Bush aide's prescription for American politics makes us grateful that his preferred types of candidates aren't in power anymore.

Gone, we hope, are the days when the likes of George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney could claim to be the likely and even obvious Republican nominees for president of their day.

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Arrested School Board Member Once Played ‘Fight the Power’ During Committee Meeting

Matthew McDonald

A member of a Connecticut School Board arrested during a raucous apartment complex board of directors meeting once blasted "Fight the Power" on her cell phone while protesting the agenda of a school board finance committee, according to the Connecticut Post.

Maria Pereira was arrested on charges of breaching the peace and interfering with a police officer after police were called to a contentious board of directors meeting at Success Village Apartments in Bridgeport. Pereira doesn't live there, but attended to support a board member who was later removed and replaced, according to the Connecticut Post. The incident did not concern school business.

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