Conservative Movement

What's In A Name? Defining The Modern Conservative

Tim Ellis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Tim Ellis

Is conservatism good for America? The answer depends largely on what you mean by conservatism -- and what you mean by "good for America."

We All Sink or Swim Together

Mike Lux | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

Conservatives understand that a headline the day after the Maine initiative about them succeeding at rolling back the gay marriage bill helps them build momentum, and helps deflate and discourage progressives.

Editing the Bible

Mike Lux | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

The folks at Conservapedia are re-translating the Bible to make it fit better with conservative ideology. Now there are no suggestions about what's to be done with all those inconvenient references to the poor.

Pat Buchanan, William F. Buckley Jr., and Right-Wing Anti-Semitism

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics


Ariel Gonzalez

World conquest was a pipe dream for Hitler, but Buchanan's whitewashing is an unconscionable distortion of the truth. Why did Hitler invade Poland? Easy. Because it was there.

The Contrast

Mike Lux | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

I do worry about the 9-12ers. I mean, a lot of them are older, and this anger they carry around must be terrible for the toll it takes in terms of the high blood pressure, hypertension, and heart disease.

U.S. Conservatives Riled Up But Where Do They Go?

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics


The Texas governor ponders secession from the United States, anti-tax "tea parties" are held and some states snub federal economic "stimulus" funds. ...

Ryan Grim

Conservative Movement Throws Full Weight Against Sebelius

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Several key conservative movement leaders, in an attempt to jack up pressure against Kathleen Sebelius Wednesday, sent a memo to the Senate urging mem...

Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot* -- Wants U.S. to Fail, Claims "Creator" Language in Declaration is Preamble to Constitution, Then Gets Constitution Award from CPAC

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Paul Abrams

Rush made no bones about it. He wants the President of the United States to fail -- and he was wildly cheered at CPAC. Apparently, their "team" is the Conservative Movement, not the American people.

David Brooks: Conservative Movement Has "No Leaders," "No Coherent Belief System," In A "World Of Pain"

Huffington Post via ThinkProgress | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Conservative columnist David Brooks envisions very tough times ahead for conservatives. On "Face the Nation" this morning, Brooks says the conservati...

The GOP's "Nah Nah Nah Can't Hear You!" Argument

David Sirota | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

Obviously, the Right understands what's really going on in America -- and is working to reinterpret that reality.