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The Impeachment of President Obama

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Pat Buchanan, Republican Attacks, Wingnuts, Impeachment, Joe Biden, Rush Limbaugh, Jack Kingston, John Ensign, Nazis, Joseph McCarthy, Racism, Adolf Hitler, Cable News, Lee Atwater, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Southern Strategy, Republican Party, Czars, Republicans, Politics News
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.

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Inside Lee Atwater

Jake Whitney | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Lee Atwater, George W. Bush, Political Movies, Film, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Politics in Film, Politics News
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.

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

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Karl Rove, John McCain, Lee Atwater, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Far Right, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Lies of the Right, Lies About Obama, Politics News
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.

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Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Halloween, Race Politics, Fear, John McCain, Division, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Scare Tactics, Race, Joe Mccarthy, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Hatred, Joe the Plumber, Levi Johnston, Scare Tactics Republicans, Election 2008, Bristol Palin, Home News
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.

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chapel Hill, GOP Slime Machine, Jesse Helms, Obama, Mccain, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Civil Rights, Politics News, Fear Watch 2008, 2008, Gay-Baiting, Hate Speech, Voting, North Carolina, Jim Hunt, Fear, John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Obama 2008, Battleground States, Gay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Charlie Black, Gay-Bashing, Barack Obama 2008, Mccain-Palin, Swing States, Lee Atwater, John McCain 2008, McCain-Palin Ticket, John McCain 2008 Campaign, Joe Herzenberg, Mcdesperate, Southern Voters, Race-Baiting, Race, Lobbyists for McCain, Race in Politics, Glbt, Southern History, 1984 Election, Race Card, GLBT Democrats, McCain's Lobbyist Problems, GLBT History, South, Politics News
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.

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Atwater's Ghost Alive and Well in GOP

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Hate, Lee Atwater, Race, Karl Rove, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Negative Campaigning, 2008 Election, Politics News
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.

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Gop, Cypress Hill, Karl Rove, Shoutout, Ronald Reagan, Eminem, Television Correspondent's Dinner, Rap, Karl Rove Television Correspondent Dinner, Karl Rove Rap, Keith Olbermann, GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush, Hip Hop, Rachel Maddow, Bob Herbert, Mr Magic, 99 Problems, Jay-Z, Lamis, Barry Michael Cooper, Baltimore, Media News
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.

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McCain Volunteers Finally Roused In Northern Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Polls, Star Wars, Congress, Americans With Disabilities Act, John McCain, Abortion Rights, Bloggers, Palin Rallies, Barack Obama Polls, Secret Service, The Front Page, Obama Abortion, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Offthebus, John Mccain Polls, Virginia, Lee Atwater, Abortion Laws, National Security, Sarah Palin, Obama Rally, McCain Abortion, Home News
Diane Tucker

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

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Robo Rove and Willie Horton Redux

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: William Ayers, Michael Dukakis, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Smears, Election 2008, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Instead of erupting in outrage and secretly dreading that a smear campaign will undo Barack Obama's lead in the polls, I return to the basics.

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Drudge Report Incites "Kill A Mockingbird" Racial Fear Of Obama

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Self-Loathing Gay, Self-Loathing Jew, Mudslinging, Matt Drudge, Barack Obama Race, Race, Gutter Journalism, Rovian Politics, Bradley Effect Obama, Hail McCain Pass, Desperatation, Fear Watch 2008, Gutter Politics, Racism, Fear Tactics, Karl Rove, Pandering, Hail Mary Pass, Xenophobia, Subliminal Messaging, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Low-Road, Fear Mongering, Subliminal Advertising, Lee Atwater, Subliminal Messages, Last Ditch, Subtle Racism, Bradley Effect, Hail Mary, Mccain Rovian Tactics, Media News
Martin Lewis

This photo does not appear anywhere in the linked story. It is only on the Drudge Report front page.

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A Noble Loser vs. A Dirty Winner

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: William Ayers, John McCain, Barack Obama, Negative Campaigning, Sarah Palin, Politics, Lee Atwater, Gop, 2008 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Going dirty without the underlying basis to win means going down in history as a dirty loser.

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Going Beyond the Pale-in: (Character) Assassination

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Assassination, John McCain, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Sarah Palin, Dirty Politics, Negative Attacks, Palin Winking, McCain Campaign, 2008 Election, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

When does character assassination cross the line and begin to encourage physical assassination?

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Question for Gov. Palin: Who Would Jesus Smear?

David Quigg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lee Atwater, Todd Palin, Negative Attacks, Terrorism, Cindy McCain, Negative Campaigning, Smears, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, New York Times, William Ayers, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics, Media, 2008 Election, Palin Alaska Independence Party, Alaska Independence Party, Politics News
David Quigg

If Palin won't repent for us and won't repent for America, I hope she'll at least remember Lee Atwater's dying remorse and restrain herself for her own sake.

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Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Brad Listi | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Owen Glieberman, Gop, Karl Rove, John McCain, New Releases, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Howard Fineman, Tucker Eskew, George W. Bush, Stefan Forbes, Michael Dukakis, Boogie Man, Documentaries, Mary Matalin, Ed Rollins, Democrats, Entertainment Weekly, Movies, Sarah Palin, Willie Horton, Lee Atwater, Brad Listi, George H.W. Bush, Fox News, Republicans, Political Films, Director Interview, Film Directors, Political Strategy, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Home News
Brad Listi

Atwater's playbook is still winning Presidential races from his grave. He's the patron saint of political operatives and spinmeisters everywhere, and a hero to Republicans for his unrepentant vision of politics as war.

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The Stupid Campaign

James Love | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stupid, Lee Atwater, Mccain, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Politics News
James Love

Is this it? The best McCain and the GOP can muster in 2008? The low road/low IQ campaign?

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The Ludacris-Rove-McCain Axis

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics of Fear, John McCain, Ludacris, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Race Card, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

"The race card" is something that is only played by someone who can hope to use it to produce a winning hand. In this game, it is obvious that that player is John McCain.

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By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, White House, Al Gore, 3 a.M., Swiftboating, Chicago, November, John Corzine, Contributors, Bush, Willie Horton, 2008, Richard Nixon, Reverend Wright, Pat Buchanan, Joseph Welch, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Joe Mccarthy, Michael Bloomberg, Texas, 2000, Presidency, Machiavelli, Boss Tweed, Decency, Lee Atwater, Ross Perot, Campaign Funds, Skullduggery, Moralist, Realpolitik, $270 Million, Lyndon Johnson, Steve Forbes, Bring Us Together," Howard Beale, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, "Landslide Lyndon, Hypocrite, Politics News
Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.

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