Andrew Sullivan

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Circular Logic Alert! Wes Clark's Critics Are Doing Exactly What He Did

RJ Eskow | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Bob Schieffer, Andrew Sullivan, Faux Outrage, General Wesley Clark, Wes Clark, Politics News

The fact is that the Swift Boat attacks on Kerry were outrageous because they were false, whereas Gen. Clark's statement is ... what's that other word? Oh, yeah. True.

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Andrew Sullivan Predicts Pawlenty As McCain Veep: 'I Think He's Already Made That Decision'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Video, Andrew Sullivan, Tim Pawlenty, Mccain Veepstakes, Veepstakes, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Politics News

Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan drew praise on this morning's Chris Matthews Show for having called the nomination races for John McCain and Barack Obama e...

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HRC's Choice: Seward or Chase?

David Quigg | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Seward and Chase shared the indignity of losing their party's nomination to a relatively inexperienced opponent. That opponent, a guy from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln.

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Blacks and self-sabotage

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Gergen, Andrew Sullivan, Sabotage, Bob Herbert, Tom McDermott, Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Joy Behar, Indiana, North Carolina, Hammond, Politics News

In an amazing turn of events, in this week's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Americans got over Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Given Senator Obama's t...

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On an Obama/Clinton Ticket: A Response to Andrew Sullivan

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Running Mate, Obama/Clinton Ticket, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Vice President, Andrew Sullivan, Clinton/Obama Ticket, Barack Obama, Politics News

Decisions about a VP need to be undertaken with an eye toward November and beyond. There was a time when Huckabee seemed a necessary choice for McCain as his running mate.

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John McCain Should Go on Vacation, Hillary Clinton is Doing His Job for Him

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Hillary Clinton Mark Penn, Mark Penn, David Axelrod, Barack Obama and David Axelrod, Obama Bitter Pennsylvanians, John McCain, Andrew Sullivan, Obama Small Town Comments, Small Town Obama, Hillary Clinton Geoff Garin, Pennsylvania Primary, Hillary Clinton, Obama Calls Small Towns Bitter, Geoff Garin, Obama Pennsylvania, Politics News

By attacking Obama in a way that confirms every right-wing demagogic caricature of her own Party, Hillary has adopted the frames, lies, stereotypes and destructive clichés long embraced by the likes of Karl Rove.

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Andrew Sullivan: Bush Administration Officials Will Be 'Indicted For War Crimes'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Torture, John Yoo, Disclosure of Yoo Memo, Andrew Sullivan, Chris Matthews, John Yoo Memo, Politics News

Media coverage of the disclosure of the "torture memo" authored by Bush Justice Department official John C. Yoo has been mostly a deafening silence. ...

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A Defense Of Jeremiah Wright

The Daily Dish | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Daily Dish, Martin Marty, Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Politics News

This is simply must-reading for any fair-minded person interested in the full Jeremiah Wright story. There are very, very few people in American relig...

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When "Oops" Isn't Enough

Mary Lyon | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Preemptive War, Troop Casualties, White House, Scott Ritter, War on Terror, Colin Powell, Impeachment, Hans Blix, Andrew Sullivan, George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Aggression, Democratic Party, Chickenhawks, War Widows, Al Qaeda, American Enterprise Institute, Jeffrey Goldberg, Slate.com, Fred Kaplan, Lying About War, Iraq War, Republican Party, Suppressing Dissent, Slate, Slate Why Did We Get It Wrong, Politics News

Will there be any consequences imposed upon the deliberate deceivers? Will there be any lessons taught, not just to the warmongers themselves, but for the benefit of all future pampered war-pushers?

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On Clinton's Tax Returns, a "Frankly Disturbing" Lack of Transparency, and Surrogate-ancholy

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

It's well past time for Hillary Clinton to be as "vetted" as she claims to already be -- and to have this vetting done now by Democratic voters rather than later by GOP hit squads. Read More Arianna Huffington: Bill O'Reilly Needs to Enroll in "Understanding the Internet 101" I find it laughable to be lectured on hate speech by O'Reilly, who spews hate as readily as he breathes. It's his lifeblood. Read More Why I Am Grateful that Rush Limbaugh Attacked Me This Week It's one thing to have the likes of Rush Limbaugh blatantly politicizing terrorism -- he is, after all, little more than a toxic curiosity. But we need to have a very different standard when it comes to members of Congress. Read More

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Hillary Clinton, 60 Minutes, and the Muslim question

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.11.2008 | Media

There simply is no other candidate, from either party, who has had their comments, their fragments, dissected so dishonestly the way Hillary Clinton's have been.

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Fear Works Quicker Than Hope

Ron Galloway | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Monster, Clinton a Monster, Andrew Sullivan, Andrew Sullivan and Horror Film Clintons, Hillary Monster, Obama Monster, Monster, Samantha Power Monster, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton Monster, Politics News

As the Clintons tactically attempt to scare the electorate, Obama should be mindful that, as in the stock market, fear works quicker than hope.

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Andrew Sullivan, What Do You Think?

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Travel Gate, Andrew Sullivan, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Kenneth Starr, Chris Matthews, Transparency, Greed, Clinton Tax Returns, Clinton Taxes, Hillary Clinton Tax Returns, 2008 Election, Politics News

Why don't the Clintons want to be transparent about their money trail? Hillary is panting for presidential power. She can just taste it. Why not be -- startling, now, for a Clinton -- open?

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Andrew Sullivan: Clintons "A Horror Film That Never Ends"

The Times Of London | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Clintons, 2008 Elections, Hillary Clinton, Andrew Sullivan and Hillary Clinton, Andrew Sullivan and Bill Clinton, Andrew Sullivan, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton 2008, Andrew Sullivan and Horror Film Clintons, Politics News

It's alive! We thought it might be over but some of us never dared fully believe it. Last week was like one of those moments in a horror movie when th...

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Hosannas Spiked With Contempt

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 03.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Barack Obama Black Voters, Pop and Politics, Andrew Sullivan, The African American Experience, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Identity Politics, Barack Obama African American Voters, Barack Obama Racial Identity, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News

Those who sing his praises repeatedly claim Barack Obama carries none of the "bad" black-American cultural baggage. But I do, and I ain't giving it up.

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Barack's Big Tent: Does the Right Miss Party Invitations?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home

Read More: James Carville, Real Time With Bill Maher, Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, Ted Nugent, Barack Obama, Jack Abramoff, Mary Matlin, Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Beck, Home News

Progressives can invite conservatives to parties again without fights breaking out over the dip. But do they want to?

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The Liberal's Ron Paul Problem

Dennis Perrin | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Sullivan, Ron Paul Supporters, Martin Peretz, Ron Paul, James Kirchik, Charles Murray, Ron Paul Racist, Libertarian, Tnr, Politics News

When it comes to seriously defending First and Fourth Amendment rights, I'll stand with libertarians like Ron Paul.

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It Seems I Should Be For John Edwards -- So Why Am I For Obama?

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Charlie Rose, Andrew Sullivan, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, Politics News

As an old-fashioned leftie I should be skeptical of a mere symbol, shouldn't I? But Obama is a very special symbol. He transcends the culture wars and identity politics.

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Obama, Clinton, and the Spectre of the Culture Wars

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Cornel West, Imus Radio Return, Andrew Sullivan, Obama Culture, Obama Hip Hop, Barack Obama Race, Racism Noose, The Bell Curve, Barack Obama, Sister Souljah, Kembrew McLeod, Clinton Sister Souljah, Dreams From My Father, Don Imus, Obama Republicans, Charles Murray, Shelby Steele, Politics News

The resentments that made it possible for Bill Clinton to scold youths of color into behaving properly towards nice middle-of-the-road voters haven't disappeared.

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'Huckabee Panic': Conservatives Threaten To Back Hillary Over Huck

Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Republican Primary, Democratic Primary, Mike Huckabee and Religion, Mike Huckabee, Andrew Sullivan, Iowa Caucuses, Religion and Politics, Huckabee Religion, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Huckabee Scandal, Politics News

Following up on the extensive discussion over the weekend about the conservative establishment's aversion to Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, An...

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Obama and the Generation Conversation

Michael Ames | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Crossfire, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Andrew Sullivan, Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, Politics News

Today's dialogue is a Groundhog Day family dinner nightmare: two sides pitted against each other night after night, forever lobbing the same rhetorical grenades about the same issues for the rest of eternity.

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Atlantic Cover Story: Andrew Sullivan On Why Obama Matters

Theatlantic.com | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 11.02.2007 | Media

Read More: The Atlantic Monthly, Andrew Sullivan, Barack Obama, Media News

The logic behind the candidacy of Barack Obama is not, in the end, about Barack Obama. It has little to do with his policy proposals, which are very c...

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Iraq and Christian Identity

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: War in Iraq, American Churches, Andrew Sullivan, Rod Dreher, Scott Garber, Foreign Policy, Politics News

The global body of Christ has no deep trust in the political motivations or geopolitical interests of the U.S., nor do they welcome American hegemony in their regions of the world.

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