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Progressive Cultural Consumers Far From Socialists

Patricia Martin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Education Reform, Capitalism, Obama Socialist, Creative Class, Progressives, Cultural Consumers, Business News
Patricia Martin

98% of people who might otherwise be characterized as progressive (shopping green, recycling, and engaging in creative pursuits) agree with the statement, "My success depends on me."

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Anti-Obama Images Circulate (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Barack Obama Image, Anti-Obama, Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Anti-Obama Racism, Obama Communist, Technology News

*See images below* Just as President Obama is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize -- drawing rebukes from critics on both left and right -- anti-Obama imag...

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Stay in School, and Other Socialist Propaganda

Kristina Brittenham | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Obama Dictator, George W. Bush, Obama School Speech, Politics News
Kristina Brittenham

Obama is the President already. Even if you disagree with what he says, it matters. Instead of refusing to allow your children to be up to date on current affairs, it's possible to tell them why you disagree with the President.

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Ignorance, American Intelligence, Gop, Stupidity, Fear, Obama Birther, Ann Coulter, President Obama, Ignorance-and-Voting, Franklin Roosevelt, Media, Obama Socialism, America, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics, Obama Birth Certificate, Polling, H.L. Mencken, Surveys, P.T. Barnum, Fox News, Republicans, Health Care, Obama Socialist, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fcc, Birthers, Mark Lloyd, Birther Movement, Health-Action, Politics News
Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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Aug. 17, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, Mitch McConnell, Death Panels, Michael Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Glen Beck, Barack Obama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Jon Corzine, General Motors, Geico, Mel Martinez, Myanmar, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Cash for Clunkers, Eli Manning, Obama Town Hall, Waterboarding, Hilary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Socialist, Town Hall Meetings, Hilary-Africa, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

Town hall meetings on health care reform....Debate or Debacle? Media make sure squeakiest wheels get the grease.

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Reading The Pictures: Grandma Must Die!

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Psychopath, Wingnuts, Obama Right Wingers, Health Care Debate, Obama Gangs, Obama, Tpm, Right Wing, Obama Socialist, Arizona, Obama White, Obama Joker, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Rachel Maddow Health Care, Joker, Obama Health Ledger, Obama Race, Obama Wingnuts, Rachel Maddow, Obama Newsbusters, Health Care Death Panel, Newsbusters, Peoria Arizona, Palin Death Panel, Shepard Fairey, Obama Violence, Obamacare, Newscom, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-08-12-shaw_obamacare.jpgHonestly, the whole "Death Panel" thing was so "out there," it didn't resonate with me until I came across this Newscom photo today.

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National Anti-Obama Group Backs Down After Lawsuit From Chicago's BGA

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Better Government Association Lawsuit, Better Government Association, Bga, Lance Davis Bga, Dave Lundy, Rev Herschel Gammill, Ed Rollins, Obama Socialist, Obama Socialism, Barack Obama, Chicago News

An activist group formed to combat the Obama administration's economic and health care agenda has agreed to change its name and forfeit its web addres...

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Great Recession: All's Well That Ends Well?

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Michael Wolff, Dow Jones, Obama Socialist, Bank Bonuses, Barack Obama, Recession, Home Sales, Business News
Michael Wolff

So it's almost official. The recession is almost over.

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The "S" Word and a Bankrupt GOP

Bennet Kelley | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Congressional Republicans, William Kristol, Obama Socialist, President Obama, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

While Republicans may think the "S" word is their magic weapon in stopping Obama's momentum, they fail to recognize that the 2008 election was a mandate for more government.

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Capitalists, Socialists, and OPM

Bob Rice | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Us Economic Crisis, Socialism, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Bonuses, Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Obama Socialism, Socialists, Business News
Bob Rice

There's nothing wrong with Wall Streets's "eat what you kill" mentality. Except the bankers must remember that, in the wild, if the Tribe doesn't survive, no one eats at all.

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Finally Seeing Clearly

Mike Papantonio | Posted 12.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Commentary, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, Mccain War Hero, President Obama, Election Overload, Political Ads, Obama Administration, Election Anxiety, Barack Obama Inauguration, Election Results, Political Polls, 2008 Presidential Election, Election Reaction, Smear Ads, Post-Election, Obama Socialist, President Elect Obama, Media News
Mike Papantonio

I was advised to take a break from political clutter and that peculiar kind of tunnel vision that develops when we focus too closely on any tiny part of the huge world around us.

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GOP Rep: Obama May Not Be Hitler, But He Is A Socialist

Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Paul Broun, the Georgia Republican who warned of a coming Obama dictatorship, is now (sort of) sorry. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: ...

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Jason Linkins

This Day In 'Center-Right' Schizophrenia

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Alan Colmes, Karl Rove, Obama Centrist, Joe Lieberman, Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Media News

Right-tilting pundits have fallen all over themselves to insist that the U.S. remains some sort of "center-right" nation -- this despite the fact that positions they once advertised as "extreme" are now, quite clearly, embraced fully.

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Pa. Gov. Rendell Holds Press Conference To Fight McCain-Palin Smears

Denise Dennis | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Pa, Obama Healthcare, Obama Penn, Obama Biden Pa, Obama Tax, Obama Pennsylvania, Obama Socialist, Obama Taxes, Home News
Denise Dennis

PHILADELPHIA -- "John McCain promised a decent and honest campaign," said Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell at a press conference in Philadelphia this ...

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Channeling "Tito the Builder" in Miami

David Paul Appell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

The media and the Democratic Party would have us believe that Dems will clean up down here at the Sunshine State's tip, and as NPR's "All Things Consi...

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Senator McCain, Regulated Capitalism is Not Socialism

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Economics, Small Business, Barack Obama Tax Plan, Obama Business, Obama Socialist, Obama Socialism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

Using the pejorative word "socialism" to describe an honorable progressive income tax is shameful in these difficult times -- and it is also just plain wrong.

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Bill Clinton and Obama Join Forces for First Time

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

The Barack and Bill show last night drew 35,000 in Kissimmee. Obama fawned all over Clinton, appearing with him for the first time ever on the trail.

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Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

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Obama Not A Socialist, McCain Admits (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dan Duray | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with Larry King that aired last night, John McCain admitted that he doesn't think Barack Obama is a socialist, which runs counter to m...

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McCain Camp Waging Ground War Under the Surface Out of Sight

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

Something strange has been going on here in North Carolina. In Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Johnstown -- and now here in Durha...

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When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saks Fifth Avenue, Republican National Committee, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Karl Rove, Poverty, Hank Paulson, Middle Class, Election ’08, Federal Reserve, Drew Griffin, $700 Billion Bailout, Valentino Garavani, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Cnn, Unemployment, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Brother’s Keeper, Health Insurance, San Francisco, Paul Krugman, Foreclosure, Ben Bernanke, Socialist, Mortgage Bankers, Stimulus Package, Costco, Wall Street Crash, Financial Crisis, Obama Socialist, Obama Convention Speech, Congressional Bailout, Deregulation, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.

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Weekly Roundup: OffTheBus Readers Engage in Social(ism) Networking

Chris Nelson | Posted 11.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Fascism, McCain Obama, Barack Obama, Obama McCain, Mccain Socialism, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Obama Socialist, John McCain, Obama Socialism, Offthebus, Home News
Chris Nelson

As scattered as the week has been now that all of the major campaign milestones have come and gone, turning the tables on John McCarthy, erm, McCain's criticism of Barack Obama this week has been the one thread in our inbox.

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My Brief Conversation with Joe The Plumber (I'm NOT Kidding)

Lee Camp | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hulk Hogan, Joe the Plumber, Barack Obama Taxes, McCain and Joe the Plumber, Lee Camp, Obama Socialist, Politics News
Lee Camp

The first thing I said was, "Is Joe aware he'd get a tax cut under Obama?" -- because, as many of us have read, Joe ACTUALLY makes $40,000 per year, not $250,000.

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Republicans Point Fingers While Enacting Socialist Policies

Brian Ross | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Gop, John McCain, Wall Street Bailout, Socialism, Obama, Obama Socialist, Barack Obama, Republican, Bush, Socialist, Bush Administration, Mccain Calls Obama Socialist, Coroporate Welfare, Corporate Bailout, Wall Street, Home News
Brian Ross

The bailout of Wall Street and buying stock in major banks to shore up their shattered credibility is the very definition of socialist policy: The state owning the means of production and exchange.

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"Obama Is a Socialist" Smear Falls Flat

R.W. Sanders | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Obama McCain, McCain Obama, Barack Obama Taxes, Mccain Obama Socialist, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Obama Socialist, Redistribute Wealth, Rovian Politics, Home News
R.W. Sanders

Karl Rove knows that if you repeat a message over and over, people will eventually believe it. For this technique to work, however, one must stick to a simple theme and be consistent. John McCain didn't get that memo.

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