William Kristol

WATCH: Bill Kristol Rips Trayvon Martin Coverage

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 04.01.2012

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Conservative pundit Bill Kristol on Sunday criticized media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case. “It was right to raise alarms at first but now i...

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Obama Sics Media On Romney

Dan Kennedy | Posted 03.26.2012

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Dan Kennedy

The media are having no problem decoding the not-so-secret message from last night. Obama wants us to know that Mitt Romney is what the president's new role model, Theodore Roosevelt, would have called a "malefactor of great wealth."

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Jewish Leaders Denounce Kristol Anti-Semitism Charge

Mark Green | Posted 01.01.2012

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Mark Green

It is disingenuous to raise the canard about Jews and Wall Street in order to denounce it.

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The Right-Wing Smears OWS With Anti-Semitism

Mark Green | Posted 12.25.2011

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Mark Green

I'm a Jewish supporter of Israel and Occupy Wall Street. Not big news, you'd think. But the right-wing noise machine needs some way to undermine this threat to the power and wealth of the 1%. So it's hit on "anti-Semitism." Oy!

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Both Sides Now: Ralph Kramden for President?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 10.02.2011

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HuffPost Radio

2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg How did Rick Perry go from toast-of-the-town to toast? Will a combination of Howard Beale, Tony Soprano and Ralph Kramden run and win? And whatever happened to Sarah Palin? Matalin and Rosen assay the GOP field.

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Anyone-But-Romney Crowd Needs Work

Craig Crawford | Posted 11.27.2011

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Craig Crawford

You have to wonder if the frenzied search for a Romney alternative has something to do with his aloofness toward pundits and operatives who are used to being major players in national GOP politics.

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Watch Cheney and Co. Respond to the Ghailani Sentence

Sharon Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharon Kelly

A fair trial led to a stiff sentence, leaving the fear-mongers dumb. The folks in the Obama Administration should keep that in mind when they decide where to try KSM.

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Are American Jews Becoming Republicans Over Israel? Don't Bet On It

David Halperin | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Halperin

Fear-mongering about President Obama's supposed lack of support for Israel just doesn't hold water. The United States' relationship with Israel has strengthened, not waned during the Obama administration.

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Bill Kristol: Barack Obama's Speech 'Commendable,' At Times 'Impressive'

The Weekly Standard | Bill Kristol | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama opposed the war in Iraq. He still thinks it was a mistake. It's therefore unrealistic for supporters of the war to expect the presiden...

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Gaffemaster Steele's Greatest Gaffe (So Far)

Michele Langevine Leiby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Langevine Leiby

William Kristol has finally said what we've all been thinking but were either too indulgent or PC to say: Michael Steele must go.

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The Flow from Michael Steele Never Stops

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

As the residue of Steele's remarks starts washing up on beaches nationwide, some top Republicans have suggested hemming Steele in from now until Election Day with miles of sound-absorbent boom.

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Shadow Elite: Neocons Blast Back, On Israel's Behalf

Linda Keenan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Keenan

Cheney and the Neocons run the risk of backfiring in terms of Israel. Despite the insistence that Israel is a security asset to the U.S., some say it's time for the U.S. to ask itself whether Israel might now be a "strategic liability."

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Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Scheer

Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.

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My Fault: Apologies to David Frum!

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

It truly is a shame that the AEI didn't realize that it could reinvent its own place and relevance in Washington with the kind of creative bridge-building and policy innovation that Frum was pushing.

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Why We Need the Guantanamo Lawyers

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jesse Larner

Without the rule of law, without fair trials even for the despised, there is nothing else that can be called civilization, nothing else that civilized people can live, fight, or die for.

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Liz Cheney Visits the Sins of the Client on the Lawyer

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

The greatest lawyers in this country have represented traitors, serial murderers, rapists, deserters, corrupt politicians and scoundrels of every sort. Why are suspected terrorists' lawyers any different?

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Bush-nesia Strikes Again in Right-Wing Media Smear Against Obama, DOJ Attorneys

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

Conservatives have been attacking President Obama and the Department of Justice for employing lawyers who previously represented terrorism suspects, even though George Bush did the same thing.

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Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark

Warren Holstein | Posted 01.14.2010

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Warren Holstein

I -- It was just a matter of time before more of that reflection of the people's uncomfortable ... ness that they feel towards this administration is manifesting in these poll numbers.

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The Rio Games -- And Those GOP Games

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?

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The Company You Keep

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Andrews

Yesterday's announcement by acclaimed musicians that they were signing onto our National Campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay generated a harsh response from Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol.

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How Does it Feel to be Praised by Bill Kristol for Critiquing Corporatism in the Democratic Party?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

In our roles as objective political analysts, Kristol and I foresee the same results from a corporatist-dominated Democratic Party. Of course as political partisans, Kristol sees it with glee and I see it with dread.

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Newsweek: Strange Bedfellows Oppose Afghanistan Escalation

newsweek.com | Katie Connolly | Posted 05.25.2011

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If President Obama decides to endorse Gen. Stanley McChrystal's plan to send tens of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, he'll find an unli...

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Frank Rich On Scozzafava Fallout: The GOP Stalinists Invade Upstate New York

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the ...

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The 3 Lost Lessons of Healthcare History: Will Obama Re-Learn Them in Time?

John Neffinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Neffinger

The New York Times recently reported that the Obama administration is heeding a list of six lessons from previous efforts to reform health care. Unfortunately, the three most crucial lessons were left off the list.

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More Orly Taitz!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Finally, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of "legitimacy" the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts.

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