Lee Atwater

More Indicators a Nasty, Say-Anything Republican Campaign Is Coming -- And See Updates

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.17.2012

Dave Johnson

Republicans have a huge "noise machine" and they know how to use it. And they really, really don't care if they are telling the truth or not, they say what they need to say to win.

Never Go Naked To A Knife Fight

Christopher Lamb | Posted 03.12.2012

Christopher Lamb

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who just won the New Hampshire primary, needs to keep in mind what happened to McCain in South Carolina or else he will find himself dazed and confused, and talking out of both sides of his mouth. Again.

Bush At War

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

What happens when a great nation -- and this is a great nation -- elects a ruler who is not up to the task of being president? The answer is to be found in George W. Bush's memoirs, Decision Points.

Face Value: Deficits as Code for Tribal Fears

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Weiler

It's what deficits represent that matters most -- a hand out to people who are worthy of nothing but hatred and contempt, who have bespoiled "our" fragile community.

George W. Bush and Thanksgiving

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness, and gratitude. I'm grateful that the "Bush Years" came to an end in January 2009, and a president took over wh...

As the Dust Settles

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

So it's over. No good crying over spilt milk. Except that we never seem to learn. It happened in 1994, and although President Clinton pulled himself ...

The Tea Party Spirit Is Corroding Public Discourse In America

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

David A. Love

The Tea Party has scored a victory this campaign season. Whether they win an election or not, they have succeeded in contaminating the waters and eating away at the public discourse.

There's No Good News for Democrats Because There's No Good News

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

The smoke signals being sent up locally going into the 2010 midterms all point to systematic failure on the part of the governing party. And yet, when has a party ever been returned to power so soon after destroying the lives of so many people?

Breitbart Award

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Dysfunctional Politics Begets Suicidal Policies

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

David A. Love

When presented with viable options to fix our problems, there is this tendency for America to take the road to ruin. why does America allow dysfunctional politics to result in horrible, even suicidal policies?

Southern Strategist Sarah Palin Denies the Southern Strategy

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Cesca

Sarah Palin is and was a Southern Strategist. So it's with considerable hilarity that I read her latest Facebook remarks in which she insisted there isn't a racial component to the various tea party groups.

Tea Partiers Battle Racism Claims -- Far Too Late

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Leonce Gaiter

Denying the long-standing link between white tribalism and conservatism may be "politically correct" within the DC bubble where press and politicians mingle, but denial is the opposite of truth.

Exposing Glenn Beck as a Dangerous Fraud, Part 2

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Cesca

Beck owes it to his audience to "step out of character" and admit, on his show, that he's staging an elaborate hoax. His hero Orson Welles did it, and so can he.

'Heel Superstar'* McMahon Should Have Been Disqualified For 'Low Blow'

Suzanne Langlois | Posted 05.25.2011

Suzanne Langlois

It appears that in politics, as well as in World Wide Wrestling ... no bad deed goes unrewarded.

Dems, Running Scared

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Horowitz

Quimbley D. Democrat is looking over his shoulder. This makes doing his job rather more difficult than it ought to be.

Boogie Man: The Parable of Lee Atwater

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Arnold

Stefan Forbes' award-winning documentary captures Lee Atwater's personae at the top of his game, as the GOP party chairman and the maker of American kings. Anyone who wonders how America became so divided should see it.

The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Cesca

Republicans will readily admit that trying to win over black voters has been a lost cause since LBJ, so why not exploit that loss by playing to white racial bias and thus locking down larger chunks of the white vote?

Why the Tea Party Movement Opposes a Man Who Cut Taxes On 95% of Tax Payers

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard M. Benjamin

Neglected in all the fevered conversation around the Tea Party movement's meteoric rise is any useful reflection on what the cause and this figurehead stand for: white racial resentment.

The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Cesca

I've been following the Republican descent into the realms of the bizarre for some time now, and I'm convinced that if they retook Congress the Republicans might try to impeach the president.

Inside Lee Atwater

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Jake Whitney

If Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story paints an accurate portrait of Atwater's psyche, it was certainly tragic for Lee as a human being.

Obama's Win and the Ten Lies The Right Is Spreading About It

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Giltz

Obama only won by six points in the popular vote, they say. Shouldn't it have been much bigger? Sure he won, but it's not like Obama got a rousing endorsement.

Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Foval

It has been a long eight years, and this past week saw the politics of division pushed to the absolute limit of absurdity. We must not allow it to go on any longer.

Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Erik Ose

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

Atwater's Ghost Alive and Well in GOP

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Papantonio

A brain tumor ended Atwater's career, but not before he developed several well-trained disciples who also mastered the art of political division.