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Liberal Elitism? No. Some People Are, Sadly, Stupid

Oliver Willis | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

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Oliver Willis

While the concerns of many white, middle-class people are worthy causes and should be addressed by liberals, it is not elitism to treat this roving band of conspiracy nuts for who they are.

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Lessons of November

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Election Reaction, Conservatives, New Jersey, Liberals, Middle Class, Wage Gap, Gay Marriage, Maine, Politics News
Max Fraad Wolff

I believe that hordes of voters went yesterday and voted for Republican candidates and discriminatory marriage platforms even though they voted for and like Obama. I also believe they are expressing an anger that liberal and conservative pundits alike do not understand.

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Neocons' Jihad against Liberal Parties in Egypt

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Neoconservatives, Obama Cairo Speech, Liberals, Barack Obama, Armageddon, World News
Wael Nawara

What does it mean to be an Egyptian Neocon? In their words, it means that they believe that the USA, has the right and the obligation to spread "democracy" and "capitalism," by force if necessary.

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Fear, Psychology, and American Voting Behavior

Dan Agin | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Authoritarian Personality, Conservatives, Liberals, Politics. Fear, Politics News
Dan Agin

Predicting American voting behavior is a game played by pollsters, politicians, and professional gamblers, and between now and the Congressional elect...

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The Payer Mayor: Has Mike Bloomberg Bought Himself Another Term?

Nelson Montana | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Part Lines, Finance, Mayor, Liberals, Thompson, 9/11, Mike Bloomberg, Candidates, Community Organizing, Election, New York, New York News
Nelson Montana

Even if there wasn't one thin dime spent in advertising, in a straight up comparison, Bloomberg is clearly the better man than Thompson.

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Obama Strikes Back -- First Year Agenda, Phase III

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

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Michael B. Laskoff

Phase III: Obama Strikes Back. The Republicans are still leaderless and teabaggers have hung up their Lipton for the winter. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans still want health care reform.

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Ryan Grim

Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Liberals, Progressives, Dick Durbin, Politics News

Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators w...

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Independent Voters Shifting Away From Obama, Democrats

RealClearPolitics | Salena Zito | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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A poll of opinion polls shows Americans' attitudes are changing rapidly. They are less and less thrilled about the country's direction and Congress, ...

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I've Changed My Mind on the Obama-Fox Showdown

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

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Michael Wolff

The Fox audience is, tops, only 2 million people, and yet, because of its flamboyance and success, it manages to convince the rest of the media that conservatism is the national mood.

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The Nobel Prize Wasn't for Obama -- It Was for the American People. Do We Deserve It?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Liberals, Afghanistan, Progressives, Guantanamo, Torture, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Dadt, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Jonathan Kim

That means it's our responsibility to force Obama and other electeds to recognize our priorities and pick up the pace. So call your representative and your senator, and let them know how you feel.

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Bad News! Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobel Prize, President Obama, Obama Nobel, Birthers, Norway, Right Wing, Nobel Peace Prize, Liberals, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The neoconservatives will trumpet this as the ultimate evidence of Obama being a socialist, embraced by notoriously socialist Norway.

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Splitsville

Steven Weber | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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Steven Weber

Avowed liberals consider themselves to be loyal to the truth while die-hard conservatives seem only to be loyal. Somewhere in the middle lies the perfect American.

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The Way It Is: Are Liberals Disgusting?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Forced-Feeding, Conservatives, Suffragettes, Liberals, Health Care, Politics News
Dan Agin

Is rapid change really repulsive? A hundred years ago, thousands of British and American women decided they had waited long enough for political justice and they joined the Suffragette Movement.

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Where are the Screaming Liberals?

Richard Zombeck | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Congress, Health Care, Michael Moore, Public Option, Liberals, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Richard Zombeck

I've always been intrigued at the left's inability to fight. That when the right gets loud and mean, the left poo-poos them as if they'll just go away or cowers in the face of adversity.

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Wonder Why Middle America Doesn't Trust Hollywood Liberals? Three Words: Weinstein and Polanski

Keli Goff | Posted 10.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Elite, Liberals, Roman Polanski, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Keli Goff

When people like Mr. Harvey Weinstein paint the former president as harmful to Americans but Roman Polanski as merely misunderstood, they are proving every anti-Hollywood conservative's point for them.

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The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute Reveals 2010 Calendar, Believes Liberal Women "Look Like Men"

Disgrasian | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

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Disgrasian

In an attempt to counter the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, HuffPost is putting together a "Great American Liberal Women" Calendar of its own. The Institute's Facebook Fan Page seems dubious about this counterpunch.

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Just Listen -- It's Not About Liberal vs. Conservative

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Liberals and Conservatives, Mark Goulston, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals, Republicans, Left vs. Right, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

The real problem is those from both sides of the political spectrum who are filled with rhetoric -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing -- who rarely take action.

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The Rare Political Party That Is a Movement

David Sirota | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Families Party, Rockefeller Drug Laws, New York, Political Parties, Openleft, Firedoglake, Liberals, Connecticut, Act Blue, Progressive Movement, Democrats, Democracy Alliance, New York News
David Sirota

Despite flying under the radar, the Working Families Party is perhaps today's most encouraging model for achieving progressive results over the long haul.

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Before Subprime There Was ACORN

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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Jerry Chautin

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, is in the news again and conservative politicians are going for the jugular vein.

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The Return Of McCarthyism: Hysteria In Action On The Right (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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***UPDATE 9/22/09*** I haven't found another embeddable version yet, but sharp-eyed reader Mark points out that you can watch the video here. ***UPDA...

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The Simple Life: A Value Liberals Share With Libertarians

Everett Sizemore | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Libertairians, Urban-Homesteading, Liberals, Urban Farming, Voluntary-Simplicity, Simple-Lving, Green News
Everett Sizemore

What many "locavores" and "foodies" don't know is that a very similar movement has been going on for decades on the other side of the party.

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Why Isn't There a Left-Wing Conspiracy?

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Right Wing Media, Right Wing, Conservatives, Liberals, Barack Obama, Progressives, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Conservatives have an advantage because they only attack; they don't propose solutions to real problems or alternatives to Democratic initiatives.

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Coming Out for DOMA Repeal

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: LGBT Rights, Liberals, African Americans, Gay Marriage, Obama Doma, Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Michael J. Wilson

The notion that marriage is threatened by legally sanctioned relationships because of sexual orientation is patently absurd.

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The False Premise That Obama Wants A Public Option

John Knefel | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Moral-Imperative, Public Option, Liberals, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Transcendence, Obama Public Option, Politics News
John Knefel

To assume that Obama wants the public option based only on rhetoric is the height of idiocy. Do we assume a husband loves his wife simply because he says he does, despite years of infidelity?

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Ask an Average Conservative Blogger

Edward Murray | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy

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Edward Murray

Average Conservative Blogger responds to readers' questions.

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