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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Knife Play

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Economic Crisis, California, Budget Deal, Holmes Tuttle, Ronald Reagan, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger's Knife-Wielding, Schwarzenegger Wields Knife, California Republicans, United Republicans of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Republican Party, Nancy Reagan, Budget Standoff, George W. Bush, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

What's been playing out in California could be the stubborn last gasp of the "Republican Revolution." What began in California might have to end in California.

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Bobby Jindal, Dan Quayle and Socialist Health Care

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald McDonald, Joe the Plumber, Ronald Reagan, Bobby Jindal, Social Security, Josef Stalin, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Red Baiting, Dan Quayle, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Jimmy Carter, Socialism, Medicare, Republican Party, Politics News
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 Great Tax Con Job

Thom Hartmann | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Ronald Reagan, Thom Hartmann, Politics News
Thom Hartmann

High top marginal tax rates on rich people actually stabilize the economy, prevent economic bubbles from forming, prevent economic crashes, and lead to steady and sustained economic growth.

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Qadhafi: Once A Clown, Always A Clown?

Jason Saltoun-Ebin | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Qadaffi and Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, Augusto Pinochet, Muammar El-Qaddafi, World News
Jason Saltoun-Ebin

After President Obama shook hands with Libyan leader Qadhafi earlier this month at the G8 summit, I tried to imagine what President Reagan would have done.

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Hey Republicans, Can You Answer These Questions Truthfully About the "Obama Economy?"

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Obama Budget, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

It's abundantly clear that President Obama's stewardship of the economy has resulted in tremendous improvement from the near-abyss the nation fell into last Fall at the end of Bush's presidency.

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It's Time to Spay and Neuter the Blue Dogs on Health Care

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Blue Dog, Hmos, Ronald Reagan, Blue Dogs and Health Care Reform, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Democratic Party, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Insurance Corporations, Blue Dog Coalition, Tom Delay, Congressional Democrats, Blue Dogs, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Pharmaceutical Corporations, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The Blue Dog coalition loved spending lavishly on the Iraq war only to rediscover the evil of budget deficits as soon as Obama was elected.

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The Democrats' Selective Amnesia on Assassination: Clinton Did It and Obama Does It Too

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Billy Waugh, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, CIA Assassination, Seymour Hersh, Barack Obama, Senate Intelligence Committee, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Steve Coll, House Intelligence Committee, Cheney Assassination Ring, Cia, Cofer Black, Moammar Gadhafi, Jimmy Carter, Assassination, Slobodan Milosovic, Leon Panetta, C.I.A., Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Jeremy Scahill

The "secret" CIA assassination program that Dick Cheney allegedly concealed from Congress sounds a lot like the assassination policy implemented by President Bill Clinton.

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Sotomayor Challenge Blows Up in Sessions' Face

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Sessions, Jeff Sessions, Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Sotomayor Hearings, Politics News

Ouch! Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), seeking to discredit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial philosophy, cited her 2001 "wise Latina" speech, and contr...

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Republicans Flunk History and Economics, Pass Drama

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, John McCain, Economic Stimulus Package, Ronald Reagan, John Maynard Keynes, New Deal, Economy, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Great Depression, Politics News
Stephen Herrington

Some predecessors of current Republicans ganged together and stopped Roosevelt New deal spending, with identical arguments to now, in 1937. The result was a hiatus in the recovery until WWII.

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Obama's True History of the Cold War

Matthew Duss | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Iran Election, Barack Obama, World News
Matthew Duss

Earlier today, President Obama delivered a speech to Moscow's New Economic School, in which he outlined his vision for the future U.S.-Russia relationship.

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Jackson Media Miscoverage: Our Modern-Day "Bread and Circuses"

Bill Mann | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Neil Postman, Colosseum, Ronald Reagan, Espn, President Obama, Media News
Bill Mann

If you needed any proof that we are now officially an entertainment-driven culture, the embarrassing spectacle of fawning coverage of the popular song-and-dance man's passing provided it.

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Sarah Palin, Preparing to Run

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristol, Sweat, President Obama, Photo, Ronald Reagan, Flag, Marathon, Naughty Monkey, Grateful Dead, Obama, Mccain, Campaign, Quitter, Sarah Palin, President, Governor, Bush, Republican, 2012, Reagan, 2010, Richard Nixon, Bill Kristol, Tricky Dick, Runner's World, Long Distance Runner, Runner, John McCain, Alaska, Primary, Run, Quitting, Interview, Double Dare, Election, Barack Obama, Nomination, The Dead, Quit, Red Shoes, Draped in a Flag, Iceberg, Chris Weigant, Running, Moose, Presidential Campaign, Palin, Fire on the Mountain, Nixon, Preparing to Run, Volcano, Wading, Politics News
Chris Weigant

After reading Palin's interview in Runner's World, I doubt she'll be off the political stage anytime soon. A presidential campaign is a long race that requires a lot of endurance.

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The Love You Save: Michael and the Rear-Guard Boomers

Will Bunch | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Beatles, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, 1980s, Led Zeppelin, Woodstock, Rolling Stones, Barack Obama, 1970s, Micahel Jackson Music, Michael Jackson Dead, Entertainment News
Will Bunch

The Jackson 5 and their strings of hits like "The Love You Save" was the first pop music that truly belonged to us -- the rear-guard Baby Boomers.

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Obama 'Unjust' in his Iranian Response

Casey Sherman | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Ronald Reagan, Iran Election, Barack Obama, World News
Casey Sherman

President Obama's tepid, late-to-the-party response from the leader of the free world doesn't exactly invoke the same spirit of Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin in 1987.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign" Part 2: Diplomacy is Neither Timid Nor an Apology

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: John McCain, Twitter, Hungary, Kimberly-Krautter, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, Iranian Riots, Diplomacy, Mike Pence, Apology, Saber Rattling, Julie-Menin, Iran, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Middle East, Poland, Solidarity, Iranian Elections, Timid, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nancy Reagan, World News
Kimberly Krautter

Iranians have not asked for U.S. or other Western support other than a desire that our media continue to report their story.

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Sam Stein

Ed Meese, Far-Right Reaganite, Hired By GOP To Coordinate Sotomayor Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ed Meese Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Republican Opposition, Meese Court, Meese Sotomayor, Sotomayor Nomination, Sotomayor Republicans, Ed Meese, Politics News

In their battle against Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, Republicans in Congress have turned to an old hand. Ed Meese, the Reagan-era attorney gen...

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A 'Must Read' for the Book Czar

William Fisher | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Constitution, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Presidential Power, Founding Fathers, James Madison, George H.W. Bush, Politics News
William Fisher

Ambitious assertions of presidential power are the logical outcome of a decades-long trend that started with Reagan and culminated under the "unitary executive" doctrine embraced by the George W. Bush administration.

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Why Would Anyone Want to Be Governor of California?

Matt Littman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Gavin Newsom, Ronald Reagan, General Motors, Titanic, Jay Leno, Tom Campbell, Hugh Grant, Jerry Brown, Northrop-Grumman, Disney, Eliot Spitzer, Politics News
Matt Littman

The next leader of our state should be so lucky as to be caught picking up a prostitute -- that appears to be a better career path than the dead-end job of Governor of California.

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Republican Party Strategists Confer On Name Change

Avery Corman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Branding, Elephants, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Comedy, Satire, Republicans, Comedy News
Avery Corman

"We know we're in deep trouble with most Americans in every measurable way and some of these people believe a change of name could go a long way toward upgrading the brand," the strategist said.

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Gay Pride Reminds Us That Love Can't Be Legislated

Jason Mannino | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Army, Gay Rights, Ronald Reagan, Obama Gay Rights, Dan Choi, Don't Ask Dont Tell, Pride, Gay Pride, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Living News
Jason Mannino

Love is not something for which we can fight. Fortunately, love is not tangible. It cannot be given or taken away by government legislation.

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Newt Gingrich Angers the Zombie Reagan

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Citizen-of-the-World, Newt Gingrich Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, 23/6, Satire, President Barack Obama, Political Satire, Newt Gingrich, Humor and Satire, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Newt has done the unthinkable. He has attacked one of the Republican sacred cows. No, not the rich. But almost as bad. Newt attacked former president Ronald Reagan.

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Ultimately Arms Control Is About One-to-One Relationships

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Where's the Rest of Me?, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, War, World News
Russ Wellen

At least a couple of the world's most belligerent cold warriors shared their dreams of a world free of nuclear weapons with their counterparts across the frozen aisle.

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Conservatives: "Public Health Care Option Is The Best, But You Can't Have It"

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Ben Nelson, Mitch McConnell, Ronald Reagan, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

The Republican leader not only admits that the government can offer a better health insurance option than private industry, but that the principles of competition will go out the window.

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Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June

William Bradley | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Buchenwald, Nazi, Normandy, Tom Hanks, France, Ronald Reagan, D-Day, John Ford, Omaha Beach, Barack Obama, Cairo, Germany, Egypt, Al Qaeda, Steven Spielberg, Jihadism, Japan, Israel, Muslim, Navy, Europe, Soviet Union, Britain, Gordon Brown, Russia, World War II, World News
William Bradley

On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.

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Palin Lifts From Gingrich in Anchorage Speech

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Palin, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin Plagiarizes, Palin Veto Override, Barack Obama, Politics News, Obama Stimulus Plan, Sarah Palin Plagiarism, Economic Stimulus Package, Michael Reagan, Sarah Palin Plagiarized Speech, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Plagiarizes Newt Gingrich, Palin Stimulus, Alaska, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Geoffrey Dunn

Much of Sarah Palin's speech delivered in Anchorage on Wednesday was lifted from an article written four years ago by Newt Gingrich and Craig Shirley.

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