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The Tears Were Real; Palin Was A Pawn

James Rotondi | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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James Rotondi

Maybe I'm just a sucker, or perhaps some misplaced machismo makes me want to defend damsels in distress. but watching Sarah Palin tear up, I actually felt a twinge of sympathy.

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Newsflash: More Than 60% See President-Elect Obama As "Liberal"

Bill Scher | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Bill Scher

The liberal boogeyman card could not be played, no matter how hard they tried. Perceived fear of liberals is far outweighed by the disgust of the actual damage conservatives have wrought.

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Barack Obama Is Smarter Than Us

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The Obama campaign did not leak, and they did not squabble amongst themselves in public -- right there, two astounding feats that no other candidate in the race could manage.

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Name Your Kool Aid

Sam Greenfield | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

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Sam Greenfield

All I want is for real news people to speak about the news. I want them to be like Red Barber, the great sports announcer.

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The Liberal Case for Bob Barr and the Libertarian Party

Bob Barr | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

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Bob Barr

Barack Obama is going to win the presidency. But this is no cause for complacency for anyone concerned about American liberty and America's place in the world.

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Conservatives Sowing The Seeds Of Their Own Demise

Bill Scher | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Bill Scher

Conservatives continue to be addicted to misinformation, and allergic to new ideas that recognize the failure of their past policies.

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The Fringe Right Bubble is Bursting

Caroline Presno | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Caroline Presno

Now we have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents walking away from and speaking out against extreme rhetoric and deeds. The country is ready for an Obama administration.

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Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?

Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

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Matt Mendelsohn

This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.

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The Myth of the 'Liberal' Media: A Primer for my Fellow Christians

Patrick Kampert | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media

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Patrick Kampert

I have sometimes become uncomfortable with Christian friends who are burning with indignation about some social issue or current event.

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Michele Bachmann: "Not All Cultures Are Equal" (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

The Uptake | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

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The Uptake

Rep. Michele Bachmann caught the national spotlight recently when she told MSNBC's Chris Mathews that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views....

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America is a Liberal Country

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

The Republicans are about to lose another 20 to 34 seats in the House and at least seven seats in the Senate. It will take decades -- maybe even generations -- for them to recover from that.

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Just When You Thought You Were American -- Conservatives Say Not So Fast

Burns Strider | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Burns Strider

Palin has decided that you are not a real American, maybe you are even anti-American, if you either don't have the same views as they do or you are from the wrong part of the nation, or both.

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Race Boating: Swift Boat Backer Funds Racist Mail

Open Left | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Swift Boat funder Robert Perry, a top national Republican donor, is funding overtly racist attack mail this cycle. It's not Swift Boating. It's Race B...

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Joe the Intellectual

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Ian Gurvitz

I am a college educated, white collar worker. I live in a major American city and I love my country. Not that empty-headed, flag-waving, drop a tear during the national anthem love.

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Will the Republican Party Survive -- And Does Anybody Care?

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Larry Gellman

Until eight years ago, Republicans had a deserved reputation for being more socially and fiscally conservative and responsible.

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How Small-Town America Taught Me to Be Open-Minded

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

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Jeannie Ralston

To be part of a small town, or at least my small town, I had to be more broadminded than I had been living in a big city.

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I'm Not a Liberal

Dave Winer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Dave Winer

I think people who say Obama is liberal haven't bothered to find out anything about him. It's my conservative side that's voting for him.

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Obama: "If I Were Watching Fox News, I Wouldn't Vote For Me"

Posted 11.15.2008 | Media

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In Matt Bai's long profile of Barack Obama in the upcoming New York Times magazine, he squeezes a choice quote out of Obama to get the candidate's tru...

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What the Canadian Election Might Say About November 4th

Adam Rose | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Adam Rose

Don't be surprised if election day brings a surprise or two. If Canada -- that liberal bastion -- can vote for a conservative government, so too can America.

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The Inspiration of Barack: What Does it Take?!

Qasim Basir | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Qasim Basir

Tell people your story and what Barack Obama means to you. These stories are important and they make this movement real. Whether superficial or profound, each of your stories means something. I will start by telling mine.

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Get Your War On: Debate (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

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The GYWO guys debate over the debate. ...

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Secret Memo From Bush: "Don't Throw Up Just Yet!"

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.15.2008 | Business

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Steven Denlinger

I think it's very possible the Bush administration might be willing to make bad financial decisions in the short run just to keep the Republican Party in power.

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It's Time To Stop, Look, and Listen to What Sarah Palin is Saying

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Madeleine M. Kunin

We always knew that people paid more attention to what women politicians looked like than to what they said. Hairstyles, shoes, skirts, or pants, and...

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Selling Out Sometimes? Okay. Selling Out All The Time? Not.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama dealt a bit in platitudes during the primaries so that he'd have less to disassociate himself from once he had the nomination in hand. But he held back on a few whoppers, too.

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How Barack Obama Can Frame His "Liberal" Label

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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Stephen Ducat

Obama needs to hew to what has been a largely successful strategy of branding himself as the candidate who transcends labels and shrink-wrapped ideologies.

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