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He's Not One of Us!

Tom Alderman | Posted 01.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: Etch-a-Sketch, Severe Conservative, Tiddlywinks, Romney, Congress, Trillionaire, Hussein, Obama, Forward, 24/7 Media, President, Muslim, Foreigner, Mitt, Taylor Swift, John Kerry, Socialist, Candidates, Willard, Politics News
Tom Alderman

We like our presidents to be one of us, a regular person who drinks Bud Light and knows who Taylor Swift is. But the reality is, that's just the packaging. We really want a person who's NOTHING like a normal human.

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Revenge of the Pot-Smoking, Gay-Marrying, Women-Empowering, DREAMing Liberals

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.07.2013 | Politics
Read More: White House, Tea Party, Latinos, President Obama, Forward, Election Night, Marijuana, Immigration, War on Women, Gay Rights, Mitt Romney, Womens Health, War on Drugs, Barack Obama, Pot Smoking, Mandate, Geoff Nunberg, Chris Weigant, Second Term, George W Bush, Gay Marriage, War on Some Drugs, Romney 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Seriously, a man running for the most powerful office in the country didn't bother to plan for one of the two contingencies that were guaranteed to happen last night? And he wanted us to let him make crucial decisions for all of us?

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The Good Voter Larry

Riley Waggaman | Posted 01.06.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Change, Forward, Barack Obama, Hope, Mitt Romney, Prosperity, Democracy, Election 2012, Peace, Vegan Cupcakes, Comedy News
Riley Waggaman

The good voter Larry was patronizing a popular vegan cupcake boutique in Georgetown, which had been recommended to him by a Facebook friend whom he had never met. Larry stared admiringly at his cupcake, and wondered what he should do with it.

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Did Netanyahu Attempt to Score Partisan Points Against Obama in Washington?

Sigurd Neubauer | Posted 07.27.2011 | World
Read More: Egypt, France, Palestinian Authority, Turkey, Germany, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Middle East Peace Process, Britain, Israel Hamas, Intifada, Syria, Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah, Forward, Iran, Negotiations, U.S. Congress, Avigdor Lieberman, Russia, Likud, Aipac, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ahmed Davutoglu, 1967 Borders, Obama AIPAC Speech, UN General Assembly, Hosni Mubarak, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arab Spring, Yom Kippur War, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, World News
Sigurd Neubauer

Conservative republicans may feel more sympathetic towards Netanyahu's leadership style, but it would be foolish to lose liberal Americans by playing up partisan differences by publicly undercutting Obama's call for direct negotiations with Abbas.

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Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt, Tea Party, Forward, Floor, 9/11, Dc, Nevada, Deficit, Video, Swamp, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Cuts, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Reid, First Responders, Tom Vilsack, Deficit Spending, Resign, Democrat, Angle, Bush Era, Democrats, Barack Obama, Dmv, The Swamp, Mddotw, Make It in America, Harry Reid, Weiner, Senate, Social Security, Small Business, President Obama, Speech, Washington, Sharron Angle, Deficits Don't Matter, Cheney, Democratic, Obama, Patty and Selma, Charlie Rangel, Van Jones, Bush Years, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Bush, Dick Cheney, Bush Tax Cuts, Pelosi, Ethics, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Obstructionism, Vilsack, Nation's Capital, Ed Schultz, Anthony Weiner, House, Fire, Too Extreme, Rangel, Chris Weigant, Sherrod, Shirley Sherrod, Fox News, George W Bush, Netroots Nation, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn our sights back ...

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It Will Take a Mission

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: President, Forward, Children, National, Renewable Energy, Catastrophe, Clean Energy, Gulf Coast Region, Environment, Skimmers, Oil Industry, Oil Spill, Massive Oil Spill, Common Good, Fossil Fuels, Addict, Blessing, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Tragedy, Bp, Oil, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Presidential Address, Sea, Wall Street, Jon Stewart, Water, Corporate Greed, Ethics, Accountability, Ocean, Religion News
Jim Wallis

This week, in Obama's Oval Office speech on the oil spill, he used the term "mission." That's the right word. It will take a purposeful commitment to a mission of change to truly respond to the epiphany in the Gulf.

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