Circular Logic Alert! Wes Clark's Critics Are Doing Exactly What He Did
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.
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics
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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.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
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...
Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
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.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
Media coverage of the disclosure of the "torture memo" authored by Bush Justice Department official John C. Yoo has been mostly a deafening silence. ...
The Daily Dish | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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...
Mary Lyon | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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?
Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
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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.
Ron Galloway | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
As the Clintons tactically attempt to scare the electorate, Obama should be mindful that, as in the stock market, fear works quicker than hope.
Beth Arnold | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
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?
The Times Of London | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
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...
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 03.06.2008 | Home
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.
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home
Progressives can invite conservatives to parties again without fights breaking out over the dip. But do they want to?
Dennis Perrin | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
When it comes to seriously defending First and Fourth Amendment rights, I'll stand with libertarians like Ron Paul.
Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics
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.
Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics
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.
Carpetbagger Report | Steve Benen | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics
Following up on the extensive discussion over the weekend about the conservative establishment's aversion to Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, An...
Michael Ames | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics
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.
Theatlantic.com | Andrew Sullivan | Posted 11.02.2007 | Media
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...
Jim Wallis | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics
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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