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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.
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.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) had an epiphany about health care legislation while he attended a "luncheon" at "Enchilada's Mexican restaurant" with so...
Talking Points Memo | Evan McMorris-Santoro | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
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...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
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.
Barry Levinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media
Communication -- the ability to connect and manipulate -- is perhaps the most interesting part of politics we can observe, and the most frightening.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
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.
cnn.com | Peter Hamby | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
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...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
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.
Debbie Robins | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
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.
Jared Gardner | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York
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.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
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.
Zahra Khan | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
Like a torch that lights the way for many lifeboats seeking shore, Obama's "glow" helps bring people of color home.
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
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.
Karl Frisch | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media
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.
Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
While overbroad and inaccurate analysis of the extremist risk is often faulty and bigoted, it can sometimes be equally humorous.
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
What is an Intentional Conversation? Stated simply: It is a structured conversation with no purpose other than the conversation itself.
Howie Klein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Grayson came to Congress promising to be a tribune for working Florida families. What drives Republicans mad is that he has been exactly that.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
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.
Suz Redfearn | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics
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 ...
Brian Palmer | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
It's a commonplace that Social Security is the third rail of politics. For the first black president, however, it's clearly race.
Byron Williams | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
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?
McClatchy | James Rosen | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
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...
Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home
From Kanye West to Joe Wilson, there are all sorts of tell-tale signs that rudeness is becoming the norm in our society.
Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
This is a diverse country, and getting elected in some states is much harder than in others, but the message has to continue to be the same -- women can and must make a difference.
Irene Monroe | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
No matter what kind of shape-shifters or mask-wearers we are as African Americans leaders, even our post-racial leaders are finding out that the nagging issue of race is an unavoidable issue.
Mike Stark | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics