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The GOP "Comeback" is Really a Throwback

Nathan Daschle | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Governors Association, Josh Penry, Gop, Virginia Governors Race, Rush Limbaugh, Martin O'Malley, Haley Barbour, Joe Wilson, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Glenn Beck, Daschle, Governors, New Jersey Governor Race, Republican Governors Association, Politics News
Nathan Daschle

American voters will reward the party that optimistically puts forth a concrete plan to return prosperity. And while the jury on the new administration is still out, the case against the GOP has long been closed.

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Joe Wilson Helps 'Admonish' Win 2009 Word Of The Year

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speec...

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NYT: 22 Republicans, 20 Democrats Used Lobbying Firm's Statements In House Health Care Speeches

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Statements, Roche, Health Care Reform Speeches, Ryan Mackinnon Vasapoli Berzok, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Joe Wilson, Biotech, Democrats, House Speeches, Speeches, Michael Conaway, Outsourcing, Donald M. Payne, Yvette D. Clarke, Bill Pascrell, Genetech, Phil Are, Lee Terry, Lobbying Firms, Lynn Jenkins, Memos, Health Care Reform, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Robert A. Brady, Emails, Health Care, Republicans, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's la...

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Deriliction of Representation. Unreal Video.

Mike Stark | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darryl Issa, Sen. Jim DeMint, Media, Health Care, Virginia Foxx, Joe Wilson, Steve King, Politics News
Mike Stark

I thought it would be interesting to see how much some of the most virulent opponents of health care reform knew about the people they are supposed to be representing. I came up with two simple questions.

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Lawrence O'Donnell, Anthony Weiner Rip Joe Wilson For "Idiotic" Health Care Proposal (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Lawrence O'Donnell, Anthony Weiner, Video, Joe Wilson, Joe Wilson Luncheon, Health Care, Politics News

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) had an epiphany about health care legislation while he attended a "luncheon" at "Enchilada's Mexican restaurant" with so...

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Joe Wilson Blames Obama For H1N1 Vaccine Shortage After Voting Against Its Funding

Talking Points Memo | Evan McMorris-Santoro | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) says President Obama has endangered American lives by not doing more to alleviate the nation's short supply of H1N1 vaccine. In...

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New Jersey's Next Governor Is Unknowable

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Joe Wilson You Lie, New Jersey, 2009, New Jersey Governor Race, Joe Wilson, New Jersey Politics, New York News
John R. Bohrer

The miraculous resurrection of Governor Jon Corzine in the crucial month of October has had a lot of people thinking the Democrat is running away with the thing. Not so.

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Surviving the Media Circus, Without Becoming the Clown

Barry Levinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Barry Levinson, Joe Wilson, Poliwood, Wag the Dog, Communications, Jfk, Hollywood, You Lie, Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Media News
Barry Levinson

Communication -- the ability to connect and manipulate -- is perhaps the most interesting part of politics we can observe, and the most frightening.

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Leaked: Sneak Previews of Upcoming Valerie Plame/CIA Hollywood Film!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson, CIA Leak Case, Scooter Libby, Doug Liman, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

Like everyone who covered the Valerie Plame/CIA leak case and the Scooter Libby trial, I am anxiously awaiting the pending release of the Hollywood treatment, Fair Game.

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Roxanne Wilson, Joe Wilson's Wife, Diagnosed With Swine Flu

cnn.com | Peter Hamby | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Joe Wilson's wife Roxanne has been diagnosed with swine flu, the congressman's office confirmed to CNN on Thursday. The South Carolina Republica...

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Senate Health Committee, Senate Finance Committee, John Boehner, Progressives, Democratic Party, Bipartisan, Sarah Palin, Senate, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Senator Olympia Snowe, Bipartisanship, Socialism, Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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How Not To Be A Horse's A#$%!: 3 Tips For When You Blow A Public Fuse

Debbie Robins | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Joe Wilson Obama, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Meltdown, Serena Williams Us Open, How to Apologize, Joe Wilson, Public Anger, Kick-Ass Advice, Serena Williams, Marilynne Robinson, Peacemaking, Kick-Ass, The Inner Life, Living News
Debbie Robins

It's been a month now since American pop culture witnessed three consecutive bursts of public anger. Serena Williams, wielding her racquet as a weapon at the U.S. Open, kick-started a week in which Kanye West stole the microphone from young, doll-faced Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards, and ended with Congressman Joe Wilson shouting down the President of the United States like a British heckler.

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The "Post-Racial" Mainstream Media and the New American Racism

Jared Gardner | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Racism, Media, Tea Parties, Internet, Barack Obama, Joe Wilson, Obama Racism, Sherri Goforth, New York News
Jared Gardner

Mainstream media sits off at the sideline, discussing the birther movement with its back-to-Africa chants as if there are legitimate concerns here that have nothing to do with racism.

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Jason Linkins

Joe Wilson's Lucrative "You Lie!" -- Yelling At President Pays Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: You Lie, Joe Wilson You Lie, Barack Obama, Joe Wilson, Politics News

Were you one of those people who hoped that the spectacle of watching the sitting president heckled would be a one-time thing? Think again, because this kind of misbehavior has proven to be quite lucrative.

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Racial Healing: Conquering the "Legalized Lies" of Racism

Zahra Khan | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: The South, Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, Mutliculturalism, Joe Wilson, Asian Americans, Racism, Schools Speech, Southern Racism, Barack Obama, Living News
Zahra Khan

Like a torch that lights the way for many lifeboats seeking shore, Obama's "glow" helps bring people of color home.

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Let's Shout 'You Lie!' to the Liars (Metaphorically, Of Course)

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Joseph Welch, You Lie, Rush Limbaugh, John Ensign, John Boehner, Death Panels, Joe Wilson, Glenn Beck, David Letterman, Living News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

We're in a no-kidding crucial situation. Unless someone will stand up and (metaphorically) shout "you lie!" to those who are lying, we may find one day that there is no one left to speak for us.

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All Aboard! The Right's Fox News Gravy Train Rolls On

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Greta Van Susteren, Dick Morris, 9/12 Tea Party March, Steve Doocy, Roger Ailes, Rep. Joe Wilson, Fox Business Network, Barack Obama, Republican Governors Association, Fox Business, Mike Huckabee, Gretchen Carlson, Sean Hannity, Tax Day Tea Parties, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, James Rosen, Independence Day Tea Parties, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Republicans, Media News
Karl Frisch

Perhaps it's the rallies or the fundraising or the demonstrably false attacks that have kept Obama from appearing on Fox. Regardless, the right's gravy train rolls on undeterred, facts be damned.

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When Searching for Extremists, Don't Forget South Carolina

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Political Satire, South, Right-Wing Extremism, Terrorism, Joe Wilson, Jose Padilla, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

While overbroad and inaccurate analysis of the extremist risk is often faulty and bigoted, it can sometimes be equally humorous.

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Civil Discourse And The Intentional Conversation

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Marymount, Kanye West, Joseph Biden, Joe Wilson, Conversation, Intentional Conversation, Serena Williams, Henry Louis Gates, Partisanship, Joseph Crowley, Political Incivility, Civility, Civil Discourse, Barack Obama, Relationships, Living News
Hoyt Hilsman

What is an Intentional Conversation? Stated simply: It is a structured conversation with no purpose other than the conversation itself.

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Alan Grayson's Candor and Honesty Irks GOP Obstructionists... Again

Howie Klein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alan Grayson, GOP Hissy Fits, Elijah Cummings, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care Debate, Joe Wilson, Max Baucus, Health Care, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Howie Klein

Grayson came to Congress promising to be a tribune for working Florida families. What drives Republicans mad is that he has been exactly that.

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Healthcare and 12 Million Elephants in the Room: Undocumented Immigrants

Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Immigration Reform, Joe Wilson, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Narcotics, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

If we truly want to address the issue of high health care costs and lack of access, we must address the impact that illegal immigration has on the system.

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My Brother Loves Glenn Beck, But I Still Love My Brother

Suz Redfearn | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Rush Limbaugh, Cambridge Police Department, Right-Wing, Msm, Peter Fleckenstein, Fda, 9/12 Tea Party March, Van Jones, Cass Sunstein, New World Order, Acorn, Tea Baggers, Joe Wilson, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Ayers, Birther, Curtis Blackwood, Glenn Beck, Sec, Socialism, Tea Party, Czars, Liberty Group, Politics News
Suz Redfearn

My brother rolled into D.C. from Boston on a chartered bus, arriving in the dark outside a Marriott. I scanned the pack of fairly nondescript folks ...

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Politics, in Ebony and Ivory

Brian Palmer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Jimmy Carter, Fox, News Media, President Barack Obama, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Brian Palmer

It's a commonplace that Social Security is the third rail of politics. For the first black president, however, it's clearly race.

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Reflections on Race from the Nation's Capital

Byron Williams | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Washington DC, Racism, Joe-Wilson-Racism, Medgar Evers, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Byron Williams

We have certainly witnessed an unhinged element of the country that few would conclude were not racist. But should we make the nuts emblematic of the whole?

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Bob Inglis, South Carolina Republican, Booed For Independence

McClatchy | James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Bob Inglis is paying the price for independent thinking. Inglis, a Travelers Rest Republican, may have been the only GOP lawmaker in the count...

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