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Republicans Fall Flat In Key Fundraising Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) knows how to rile with rhetoric. He has called the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus "members of the ...

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South Carolina: An Embarrassment of Riches?

Christopher Lamb | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: South Carolina Primary, 2012 Elections, Elections 2012, South Carolina Primary 2012, offthebus2012, Charleston, Stephen Colbert, Newt Gingrich, College of Charleston, Miss Teen South Carolina, Offthebus, Jon Stewart, Gov. Mark Sanford, Rep. Joe Wilson, Politics News

During my first semester at the College of Charleston 15 years ago, I was teaching a journalism writing course where I gave weekly current-events quiz...

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Interview: Playwright Katori Hall Reaches for King's Mountaintop

Lonna Saunders | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Samuel L. Jackson, President Obama, Juilliard School, Lydia Diamond, Spike Lee, Signature Theatre Company, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Rep. Joe Wilson, Mountaintop, Halle Berry, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Denzel Washington, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Hurt Village, Lorraine Motel, Christopher Durang, Katori Hall, Porgy and Bess, Memphis, Sir Laurence Olivier, Columbia University, Harvard University, Stick Fly, Mason Temple, Broadway, Deirdre Murray, Jacobs Theater, NY Around Town, Entertainment News

Playwright Katori Hall's new play Mountaintop pays tribute to Dr. King's last public appearance at Mason Temple in Memphis where he delivered his historic "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.

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GOP Congressman Hospitalized

AP | Posted 10.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina has gone to the hospital because of an extended fever. Wilson's office said in a short state...

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Republicans Rehearsing Grouchy Facial Expressions for State of the Union

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borowitz Report, State of the Union, Twitter, Andy Borowitz, Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Los Angeles Times, Keith Olbermann, Rep. Joe Wilson, House Republicans, Civility, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Comedy News

For seven grueling days, GOP congressmen have been behind closed doors, refining their best winces, grimaces, and other sourpuss mannerisms under the tutelage of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio).

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Three Years After the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, It's Time to Do More

Rob Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Elections, Scandal, Joe Wilson, South Carolina, Ethics, Rep. Joe Wilson, Sc-02, Elections 2010, Politics News

It's time for every Washington lobbyist to disclose not just every time they speak with a member of Congress or a staffer, but for which client they were lobbying, and on what issue.

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Karl Rove Boosts Joe Wilson: South Carolina Must Re-Elect 'You Lie' Republican

Posted 05.25.2011

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Former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove spoke at a South Carolina GOP event this weekend and stressed the importance of re-electing Republican Congres...

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What's Really Behind the Health Care Hate?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Tea Party, Health Care Reform Bill, Rush Limbaugh, Rep. Harry Mitchell, Rep. John Boehner, Rep. Eric Cantor, Iraq War, Rep. Randy Neugebauer, Rep. Tom Perriello, Rep. Bart Supak, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Glen Beck, Rep. Anthony Weiner, Rep. Joe Wilson, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Have we become so politically correct as a nation as to be so afraid to call this shameful behavior exactly what it is? Not me. This blatant racism makes me sick, and I'm not afraid to call it out.

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FBI Refuses to Put Republicans on Terrorist Watch, For Now

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Will.I.Am, Tea Party, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Explosives, President Obama, Firearms, Hell No You Can't!, Senator John McCain, Hitler, Republicans, Domestic Terrorism, Democrats, Rep. Joe Wilson, Politics News

The Republican Party may have dodged a bullet when the FBI announced it had no plans, "at this time," to put the party on its Terrorist Watch List. But some members are none too happy about the slight.

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The Presidential Cigarettes

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Gibbs, Cigarettes, Harvard Law Review, Sen. John McCain, Rep. Joe Wilson, President Obama, Politics News

I find the president's failure to quit smoking fascinating. Obama's a man who's seemingly been able to accomplish in life everything he's wanted, demonstrating unwavering discipline, resolve and ambition.

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Losing the Narrative Battle: Progressives Need to Turn Pro

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Supporters will read Obama's Baltimore performance as a takedown. But don't expect to hear about it beyond YouTube. Conservatives will still appear on the Sunday talk shows to declare that the world is flat.

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Favorite Moments from the State of the Union Address

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep. Joe Wilson, Supreme Court Justices, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Town Hall Meetings, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, State of the Union Address, Eric Cantor, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Samuel Alito, Health-Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Tarp, Politics News

Obama was fantasizing about bringing civility and bipartisanship back to Washington. Poor guy probably believes in the Tooth Fairy too.

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Greta Van Susteren, Dick Morris, 9/12 Tea Party March, Steve Doocy, Roger Ailes, Rep. Joe Wilson, Fox Business Network, Barack Obama, Republican Governors Association, Fox Business, Mike Huckabee, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, James Rosen, Independence Day Tea Parties, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Republicans, Media News

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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'Admonish' Named 2009 Word Of The Year

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speec...

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The Vast Right Wing Returns

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Death Threats, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Republican Racism, Rep. Joe Wilson, Right-Wing Extremism, President Obama, Politics News

The Vast Right Wing's resistance to change that has fueled hatred of past Democratic Presidents has been turbo-charged by the nitroglycerin of American politics -- race.

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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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Joe Wilson's 'You Lie!' Online Frenzy Shows Social Media Politicians' Top Tool

cnn.com | Eric Kuhn CNN Audience Interaction Producer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Dybwad, senior editor for the social media news blog Mashable.com, said the nation has reached a point where politicians need to factor social...

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Hypocrisy in Massachusetts

Sandy Maisel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edward Kennedy, Obama's School Speech, Interim Appointments, Massachusetts, Rep. Joe Wilson, 2010 Congressional Electons, Deval Patrick, Politics News

The argument over Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat has all of the maturity of a grade school playground fight -- "You did it to me, so I can do it right back!"

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Some White People Have Simply Lost Their Minds

Earnest Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birthers, Racism, Glenn Beck, Earnest Harris, Rush Limbaugh, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Politics News

There is no other way to say this but to put it all on the table. Some white people have simply lost their minds because they are besides themselves t...

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Screaming Joe Wilson: Newt Gingrich's Frankenstein

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adam Smith, 1994 Elections, Wall Street Bailout, New Orleans, National Security, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Frankenstein, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street Bonuses, Rep. Joe Wilson, War Profiteering, Contract With America, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Capitalism: A Love Story, Politics News

If congressional politics are inside baseball, Newt Gingrich completely upended the playing field. Joe Wilson isn't an accident, he's an outcome.

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GOP On Wilson Resolution: 'Diversion' And 'Hypocrisy'

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - The uproar over Rep. Joe Wilson's shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama returns to the House floor Tuesday for what could be a con...

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Rep. Wilson's Insincere Apology - Hardball

Landon Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardball, Mainstream Media, House of Representatives, Congress, MSM Flaws, Joe Wilson, Msm, Hardball Video, Democrats, Rep. Joe Wilson, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Republicans, Media News

Why do Republicans, within the media, excel in getting away with far more egregious acts than Democrats ever would? It is one of their most impressive talents as a party.

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The Erratic Joe Wilson's Shameful Record on Troops and Veterans

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, You Lie, Public Option, President Obama, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Joe Wilson You Lie, Health Care, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Tricare, Veterans, Politics News

Thank heaven Joe Wilson voted repeatedly to cut veterans care and save us from modern day Leninism.

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Stupidity Is Your Pre-Existing Condition

Erik Sean Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Joe Wilson, Universal Health Care, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Healthcare Reform, Town Hall Meetings, Rep. Joe Wilson, Healthcare, Politics News

I think the right to stay alive is as important than the right to free speech, because you can't say many words when you die at age 20 from a pre-existing condition.

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The Bile Boils Over

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Conservatives bathed in daily lies -- from WMDs to "death panels" -- have become so comfortable spreading them that they treat it like good, clean fun for the whole family.

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