Red Baiting

A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.

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The F Word: Rolling Over on Shirley Sherrod

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Vilsack, Yosi Sargent, Obama, Tea Parties, Grit Tv, Race, David Corn, Laura Flanders, Rachel Maddow, Grittv, Racism, Shirley Sherrod, Glenn Beck, Red-Baiting, Tea Party, Naacp, Politics News
Laura Flanders

How many times is the Obama administration going to roll over for Glenn Beck?

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Socialism for the Tea Parties

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Tea Parties, President Obama, Food Stamps, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Veterans Benefits, George H.W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Bloomberg, Head Start, Socialist, Medicare, Socialism, Health Care, Red-Baiting, Social Democracy, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The Tea Party movement has an intense hatred for anything they deem to be socialist, while both appreciating and wanting more government support for programs they like.

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What the Health Care Bill Might Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communism, Scott Brown, Tea Party, Joseph Stalin, Public Option, Death Panels, John Lewis, Barney Frank, Massachusetts, Democratic Party, Gulag, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Red Baiting, Civil Rights Movement, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Socialism, Bipartisanship, Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

If the Democrats can create some momentum of their own, and learn the lessons of health care, then they may be able to substantially reduce the electoral damage in November.

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The F Word: Aren't We Cheneyed Out Yet?

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Flanders

At what point do we call them the family of mass intimidation and simply stop playing into the Cheney clan's tired old terror tactics? Liz is the lat...

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The Insurance Lobby's Strategy: Class Warfare from Above

Leighton Woodhouse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Paul Broun, Ben Nelson, Class Warfare, Healthcare Reform, Red-Baiting, Politics News
Leighton Woodhouse

The insurance lobby and their proxies in the GOP are using red-baiting techniques that are as old as Communism itself to brand working Americans who support reform as "un-American."

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Bobby Jindal, Dan Quayle and Socialist Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

Fear, not surprisingly, has remained one of the key tenets of the Republican message during Obama's presidency.

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The Shovel or the Sickle

Susie Bright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Gop, Pelosi, Financial Bailout, George Stephanopoulos, Communist, Financial Crisis, Banks, Obama, Democrats, Red-Baiting, Nationalization, Politics News
Susie Bright

The most unsettling element of Obama's inauguration address wasn't Ricky Warren or Dopey Roberts -- it was the President's soft-pedal of our economic nightmare.

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A Few More Words For Studs

Jamie Kalven | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Kalven

Three days after Studs Terkel's death, the New York Times published a column by critic Edward Rothstein titled "An Appraisal: He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself." The piece is a striking instance of the low art of red-baiting disguised as high-minded criticism.

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Paint McCain a Red-Baiter

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

The "small government" Bush and Republican Congress increased spending, thus replacing the budget surplus bequeathed them with deficits.

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