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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

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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20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, John Boehner, Senator Wicker, Green, League of Conservation Voters, Joel Pollack, Deniers, Mike Pence, Cbs, Cynthia Lummis, Cap and Trade, Politifact, Nrcc, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Politics News, Wonk Room, Congressional Budget Office, Washington Post, Environmental Defense, John Culberson, Senator Alexander, Oregon GOP, Fred Upton, Represenative Markey, Politics, Roy Blunt, Clean Energy, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, National Republican Congressional Committee, Blaine Leutkemeyer, Politico, Value Voters Summit, Mike Bearn, Politics News

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

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Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marx, International Workers of the World, Mitch McConnell, Mcconnell, The Spirit of Lenin, John Boehner, Leninism, Wells, Teacher, Statue, Republican, History, Pelosi, Barbara Bindley, American History, Socialist, Lies My Teacher Taught Me, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Syndicalist, Handicap, Reid, Radical, Red, Leaders, How I Became a Socialist, Socialism, Alabama, marxists.org, James W Loewen, Childhood, Lenin, Soviet Union, State Quarter, HG Wells, Chris Weigant, Revolutionary, Marxism, Harry Reid, Plutocrat, Why I Became an IWW, Republicans, Boehner, Aclu, Capitol, Brooklyn Eagle, Syndicalism, Rotunda, Loewen, Bindley, Iww, Wobblies, Wobbly, Politics News

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

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GOP Leaders Tell Steele To Back Off

Politico | Manu Raju and Jonathan Martin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, John Boehner, Republican Party, Politics News

GOP leaders, in a private meeting last month, delivered a blunt and at times heated message to RNC Chairman Michael Steele: quit meddling in policy. ...

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Boehner Can't "Find" Anyone Who Supports Public Option; Maybe He Should Check His Backyard

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, John Boehner, Public Health Insurance Option, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he's never met an American who supports the creation of a public health insurance ...

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Boehner: I Have Not Met One American Who Supports The Public Option

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boehner Health Care, Republicans Health Care, Public Option, John Boehner, Gop Health Care, Health Care Reform, Gop, Boehner Public Option, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has just more or less dared proponents of a public option to bombard his office with their expressions of ...

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GOP Cites ACORN Bill In Fundraising Pitch

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Acorn, Gop Fundraising, John Boehner, Nrcc, Politics News

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) sent out a fundraising e-mail Wednesday touting the GOP's Defund ACORN Act -- which was both deemed likely...

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U.S. Could Get Olympics in 2016, Health Care in 3016

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Health Care Reform, Iran, Andy Borowitz, Borowitz Report, John Boehner, Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago Olympics, International Olympic Committee, Obama Copenhagen, Comedy News

Obama: "I am more determined than ever to get health care done in the next thousand years."

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GOP Rushes To Defend Insurance Companies From Dem Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government Run Health Care, Insurance Companies, Congress, Health Care Debate, Dave-Camp, John Boehner, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Obama Administration, John Kyl, Senate, Health Insurance Companies, Health Care Reform, Cms, Medicare, Health Care, Humana Letter, Politics News

UPDATE: Veering right into Glenn Beck territory, House Republicans darkly hinted Wednesday that the White House was behind the nefarious plot to muzz...

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Hoyer: McChrystal Should Testify Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, More Troops Afghanistan, Troops, Steny Hoyer, John Boehner, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Politics News

In the wake of his leaked report warning of possible failure in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal should testify before Congress sooner rather than...

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Mr. President: Time to Issue a Direct 'Call to Action' to Your Grassroots Supporters

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tobacco Industry, President Obama, John Boehner, Heathcare Reform, Congress, 20 Million, Earth Day, Healthcare Premiums as Taxes, Politics News

It is time for Obama to go "all in" on health care reform. Having declared health care reform the defining mark of his presidency, he has nothing to lose but defeat.

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Eight GOP Politicians Parrot False $1,761 Talking Point on Costs of Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Treasury Department, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, Fred Upton, John Boehner, Politics, Roy Blunt, Media, Mitt Romney, League of Conservation Voters, Green, Mike Pence, Cbs, Global Warming, Cap and Trade, Politifact, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green Living, Wonk Room, Green News, Congressional Budget Office, Politico, Washington Post, Media Criticism, Environmental Defense, Value Voters Summit, Senator Alexander, Deniers, Green News

When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.

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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Slavery, Rush Limbaugh, Afghanistan, John Boehner, Adultry, Pakistan, Secession, Taliban, Race Baiting, Lindsey Graham, Civil War, Glen Beck, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Politics News

Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

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GOP Plan: If Uninsured Die Fast Enough, They Won't Need Coverage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, Uninsured, Congressional Republicans, John Boehner, Health Care Reform, Gop, Barack Obama, Republicans, Comedy News

Rep. Boehner said that the sooner the uninsured die, "the sooner they will be relieved of the stress and anxiety caused by not having health coverage."

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Why Health Care Reform May Kill the USA

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Law, John Boehner, Maturity, Health Care Reform, Treason, Democracy, U.S. Constitution, Pbs Newshour, Constitution, John Wayne, Rebellion, Health Care, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

My waking nightmare was prompted by House Minority Leader John Boehner's appearance on the PBS NewsHour Thursday night. Why is he speaking so positively of "rebellion"?

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GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nrcc, Obama Birth Certificate, Michele Bachmann, Social Networking, Death Panels, John Boehner, President Obama, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Eric Cantor, Pete Sessions, Politics News

"I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents," he said. Long before the tea parties or...

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Joseph Cao: "Future Of GOP" Voted To Rebuke Wilson

The Daily Beast | Benjamin Sarlin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, White House, John Boehner, Sonia Sotomayor, Joe Wilson, Gop, Obama Health Care Speech, Joseph Cao, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Politics News

Joseph Cao was hailed six months ago as the future of the GOP. Yesterday, he voted to rebuke Joe Wilson. Can the most endangered Republican in the Hou...

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Joe Wilson and the 9/12 March: The Week That Decency Died?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, 9/12 March on Washington, Tea Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, New York, Barack Obama, 2012, New York News, Politics News

The 9/12 protests are extensions of the 'sore loser' rallies, and they're one hundred percent partisan. That is why their attempts to wrap themselves in the tragedy of 9/11 is so wrong.

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Republicans Fear "Crackpots" Becoming Face Of Party

POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it d...

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Wilson Censure Considered By Dem Leadership

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Clyburn, Censure Resolution, Steny Hoyer, John Boehner, President Obama, Joe Wilson, Poll, Politics News

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has refused to apologize to the House of Representatives for his conduct Wednesday night, prompting Democratic leadership to ...

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The Monkey, The Organ Grinder, & the Swift Boating of Van Jones

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Van Jones, Newt Gingrich, Van Jones Resigns, John Boehner, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Politics News

We need rope, lots of it, to let the right wing shark-osphere hang themselves in their xenophobic obsessions. Because what won't deter them is shame. There is no shame to these hacks.

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Reactionary Right Lose the Night with Wilson Back-Bencher Blast

Brian Ross | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Address, George Bush, Politics, Obama Joint Congressional Speech, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Wilson, Obama Joint Congress, Hillary Clinton, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Gop, John Boehner, Republican Party, Politics News

Even in this day and age, there is an ignorant rabble that apparently cannot grasp the protocols of our government.

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Health Care Reform Debate A Boon To Focus On The Family And The Christian Right

The Washington Post | Jacqueline L. Salmon | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: James Dobson, Health Care, Christian Right, Obama, Focus on the Family, Gary Bauer, John Boehner, Denver News

The Christian right, facing questions before the presidential election about its continuing potency as a force for cultural and political change, has ...

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On Wednesday, the President Has to Move the Health Care Debate from a Marketplace of Lies to a Marketplace of Ideas

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

If outright lies end up killing health care reform, the Republicans will have won, but, more importantly, the American people will have lost.

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Republicans Demand Equal Access to Schoolchildren

Don Parker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brainwashing, Mitch McConnell, Michele Bachmann, Cult of Personality, John Boehner, Hypnosis, President Barack Obama, America's Schoolchildren, Indoctrination, Republicans, Manchurian Candidate, Slit Wrists, Politics News

Amid the uproar over President Obama's grand scheme to use subliminal brainwashing to indoctrinate America's schoolchildren into his cult of personality, Republicans today demanded equal access to young minds so they could counterbalance the president's dangerous message.

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