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Mainstreaming The Fringe: Lou Dobbs Fuels Birther Bonfire

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Fox News, James Von Brunn, Obama, Cnn, Clinton, Birther, Obama Birth Certificate, Obama Birther, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The birther movement is about a larger, more sinister attempt to paint Obama as the Manchurian Candidate, with all the evil connotations that come with it.

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Dog Days in the White House

Gershon Hepner | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Ben Greenman, Obama, Clinton, Dogs, Fdr, Bo Obama Dog, White House, Obama Dog, Bo Obama, Living News
Gershon Hepner

Obama's dog, designed for water/that's Portuguese, enjoys its quarter/inside the White House. Known as Bo,/it, like its master, likes to go.

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Clinton In Thailand: North Korea, Burma Military Ties Concerning

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Clinton North Korea, North Korea Myanmar, Clinton, Myanmar, Hillary Clinton, Burma, North Korea Burma, North Korea, World News

BANGKOK — On her second trip to Asia as U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is carrying a no-nonsense message about American intenti...

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I'm Sick of Hearing About the Poor, Poor Millionaires

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warfare, Wealthy, Tax Rates, Al Franken, Reform, Tax the Rich, Media, Jim Webb, Republican, Reagan, Pelosi, Ultra Rich, Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Ultra Wealthy, Health Care, Robert a Heinlein, Taxes, House, Millionaires, Msm, Franken, War, Democrat, Billionaires, Rich, Webb, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Income Tax, Tax, Chris Weigant, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Class Warfare, Denmark, Healthcare, Heinlein, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.

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From JFK to Obama Without Malaise

Gershon Hepner | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Carter, Monica Lewinsky, Bush, Kennedy, Malaise, Impeachment, Clinton, Nixon, Obama, Starr, Ford, Politics News
Gershon Hepner

Since the economy has melted, like Bush, Obama will be pelted, unless he rids us of malaise, for which he may have means and ways.

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Palin-Mania: How Goldman Sachs Robbed Us While We Obsessed About Sarah Palin

Peter Daou | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Clinton, Palin, Lloyd Blankfein, Les Leopold, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Media Palin, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Peter Daou

Goldman's greed is being rewarded at our expense while the media, punditocracy, and online commentariat rail against a soon to be ex-Governor of Alaska.

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, Henry Kissinger, Liberals, Clinton, Joseph Nye, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Brent Scowcroft, Neoconservatism, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Schultz, Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy, Jim Jones, Paul Farmer, State Department, John Podesta, Francis Fukuyama, Neocons, Strobe Talbott, Robert Gates, Foreign Policy Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Clinton Chafes At White House Vetting Process: "Nightmare"

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaid, Clinton, Hillary Clinton Usaid, Hillary Clinton Vetting, Hillary Clinton Hiring Usaid, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Vetting Process, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is blaming an exhaustive White House vetting process for the fact that the Obama administ...

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Bring WAL-MART To Manhattan!

Nelson Montana | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan Shopping Neighborhood Businesses, Wal-Mart, 42nd St, Clinton, Hell's Kitchen, New York News
Nelson Montana

It's not like the one small drug store in each neighborhood offers warm and friendly personal service. Many have lousy selections, poor service and high prices. I've had it up to my eyeballs.

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Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leader, Leadership, Moderate, President Obama, Progressives, Kennedy, Legislative, Compromise, Chris Dodd, Bernie Sanders, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Seat at the Table, Charles Schumer, Legislation, Republican, Clinton, Baucus, Emanuel, Politics as Usual, Single Payer, Politician, Health Care, Reid, Trigger, Bill Clinton, Centrist, House, Public Option, Hillarycare, Republican Revolution, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Barack Obama, Sanders, Schumer, Progressive, 1994, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Weigant, Health, Bright Line in the Sand, Blue Dogs, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Line in the Sand, Healthcare, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

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Some Country for Grumpy Old Men

Chris Norwood | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baby Boomers, Clinton, New York Senate, Carter, Bloomberg, Senior Politics, Wright, Grumps, Politics News
Chris Norwood

In a media saturated nation, the more off base the pronouncements of those who are both senior and prominent are, the more they are considered "good copy."

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Bill Clinton, Haiti Envoy, Makes First Visit

AP | JONATHAN M. KATZ | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Bill Clinton Haiti, Haiti, Haiti Poverty, United Nations, World News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmenta...

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Obama Poll Watch (June 2009) -- Obama v. Clinton (Second Term)

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Obama Polls, President Obama, Monthly Polls, Honeymoon, Trendline, Poll, Obama, Disapproval, Charts, Clinton First Term, Approval Ratings, Clinton, Polling, Data, Opinion Polls, President Clinton, Obama Approval, Graph, Trend, Daily Polls, Chart, Bill Clinton, Undecided, Approval Rating, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Realclearpolitics, Obama Poll Numbers, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Poll of Polls, Clinton Second Term, Graphs, Obama Poll Watch, Pollster, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's poll numbers have dropped this month -- a whopping one-and-a-half percentage points. Reports that the sky is falling may be overblown.

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Clinton Cancels Overseas Travel Due To Arm Injury

Associated Press | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Greece, State Department, Clinton, Clinton Arm Injury, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, Clinton Injury, Italy, Europe, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is canceling plans to attend international meetings in Italy and Greece this week as she ...

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Fathers Matter "Now" More Than Ever

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Jerry Lewis, Crime, Single Mothers, Gloria Steinem, Politically Correct, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, Male Influence, Gen Robert E Lee, Bill Cosby, Father's Day, Barack Obama, Fatherless Boys, Pragmatic, Mental Illness, Charles Manson, Clinton, Child Abuse, George Washington, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pop-Psyche Culture, Fatherless Children, Billy the Kid, Jack the Ripper, Nario Cuomo, Mark Twain, Happy Father's Day, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Male influence in a child's life is invaluable, irreplaceable and necessary for most of us. There, I said it.

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Gays To Obama: "If Not Now, When?"

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Same Sex, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Honeymoon, Obama, Democratic National Committee, Campaign, Gay, Campaign Promises, Election, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, Lane Hudson, Change, Gay Rights, Clinton, Dadt, Change We Can Believe In, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Rick Warren, Defense of Marriage Act, John Aravosis, Dnc, Hudson, Doma, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Aravosis, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The political reality is that -- especially for contentious issues -- there is a very small window for presidents to get things done.

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Serbia: 10 Years Later

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Vojislav Kostunica, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Yugoslavia, Milosevic Regime, Clinton, Serbia, Monty Python, World News
Stephen Zunes

The United States deserves little credit for the positive developments in Serbia and a fair amount of blame for the country's remaining problems.

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Obama's Economic Misfits Finally Get It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: House, Government, Politics, Law, Greed, Geithner, Congress, White House, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Regulation, Banks, Obama, Campaign, Summers, Wall Street, Business News
Robert Scheer

According to Summers and Geithner, the Obama plan to be revealed today promises that all derivatives dealers will be "subject to supervision, and regulators will be empowered to enforce rules against manipulation and abuse."

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The Good Reverend Jeremiah Wright and "Them Jews"

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Von Brunn Holocaust Museum, Israeli Settlements, White House, Bush, Clinton, Civil Rights, Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Jews. Blacks, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There were two things wrong with the good Reverend Jeremiah Wrights's grouse that "them Jews are keeping me from Obama." One was that he said it. The other is that he meant it.

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Clinton Says Release Of Detainee Photos Could Endanger U.S. Diplomats

The Plum Line | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator Leahy, Obama Photos, Detainee Photos, State Department, Clinton, Terrorism, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Enhanced Interrogations, Interrogations Photos, Patrick Leahy, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

I noted here yesterday that at a press conference, Senator Lindsey Graham disclosed that Hillary Clinton had privately confided to him that she worrie...

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A Republican to Save Us

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Corruption, Law, Geithner, Fdic, Bush, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Obama, Government, Politics, Bailout, Citibank, Rubin, Sheila Bair, Business News
Robert Scheer

You probably don't know much about Sheila Bair, but she is looking out for you, and that is why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.

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The Bronx: Making News Again... This Time in Science Education with GreenFab

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Science, Majora Carter, Hands on Learning, Green Collar Jobs, Bronx, Sustainable South Bronx, Jobs, Science, High School Science Education, Innovation, Bronx Guild, Engineering, Science Education, Dick Riley, Richard Riley, National Science Foundation, Vision Education and Media, Math, Clinton, High School Science, Sustainability, High School, Nyu, Technology, Bronx Week, Green Economic Development, Greenfab, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

Today, Kenny Nava, Cathy Jones, Jorge Flores, Samantha Bonilla and about 70 other Bronx high school students will "graduate" from a new, innovative sc...

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Reagan Didn't Do It

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan, Law, Congress, Clinton, Meltdown, Economy, Derivatives, Krugman, Scheer, Obama, Summers, Democrats, Politics, White House, Brooksley Born, Treasury, Rubin, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Wall Street, Republicans, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Ronald Reagan's signing off on legislation easing mortgage requirements back in 1982 pales in comparison to the damage wrought 15 years later.

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Obama Poll Watch [May 2009] -- Obama v. Clinton (First Term)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Obama Polls, President Obama, Monthly Polls, Honeymoon, Trendline, Poll, Obama, Disapproval, Charts, Clinton First Term, Approval Ratings, Clinton, Polling, Data, Opinion Polls, President Clinton, Obama Approval, Obama Poll Watch, Graph, Trend, Daily Polls, Chart, Bill Clinton, Undecided, Approval Rating, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Realclearpolitics, Obama Poll Numbers, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Poll of Polls, Graphs, Pollster, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The stability of Obama's numbers (especially the approval rating) continued in May, which is remarkable compared to other presidents during the same time period in their terms.

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Friday Talking Points [79] -- Judicial Activism And Bias

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Nickolas, Supreme Court, White House, Autoworkers, Burris, Constitutional Crisis, Power Struggle, Founding Fathers, Detainee Deaths, Gingrich, President, War Crimes, Rnc, Courts, Princeton, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Pussy Galore, Un, Ralph Nader, Judicial Activism, Republican National Committee, Court, Twitter, Terry McAuliffe, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Constitution, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Sonia Sotomayor, Truth Commission, Youtube, Banks, Hillary Clinton, Uaw, Bonuses, Up or Down Vote, Michael Guest, Same Sex, Nader, President Obama, Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, United Nations, Blaggy, Filibuster, Bankers, Obama, Scotus, Prejudice, Auschwitz, Blago, Republican, Government, Blagojevich, Lionel Sosa, Pelosi, Clinton, Activism, Federal Government, Bias, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Defense of Marriage Act, Legislating From the Bench, Benefits, Gm, Pyne Prize, Roland Burris, Philip Alston, Gay, State Department, Checks and Balances, Mcauliffe, Chris Kelly, Secretary of State, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Spousal Benefits, Nominee, Doma, Torture, Alston, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...

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