Real America

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Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

Conservatives -- or "Real Americans" -- are easily threatened, and view those outside their tribe with suspicion. Those outside their tribe don't deserve a lot: especially not the right to vote.

Far Right Inaugurates Palin as "Their President"

Darin Murphy | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


Darin Murphy

In an unprecedented moment in history, Governor Sarah Palin was sworn in today by the far right wing of the Republican Party as the first female President of The Real America.

New Yorkers Count Too

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Hanna Ingber Win

I was so close to not voting. I live in New York, it doesn't really matter anyway. But then the guilt built up inside of me. What would I say when my grandchildren asked about this historic election?

"Real" America Ignores Real Problems

Molly Green | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Molly Green

The conception of "real" America that McCain and Palin are putting forth is baffling; it labels entire cities, states, and cross sections of the US as un-American.

Little Town, Big Town

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Marcia DeSanctis

There is no advantage in deliberately creating character divisions based on geography in a country where good and bad, and hard-worker, slacker -- and unemployed -- mean the same, everywhere.

The Plumber's Son

Tom Cosgrove | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Tom Cosgrove

My dad was a plumber. My dad was a Republican. And if my dad were alive today, he would never vote for John McCain. My father would respect McCain's ...

Ahmadinejad Is a Long Word

Michael Showalter | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy


Michael Showalter

Using big words can sometimes con an audience into thinking things make sense when in fact they don't. "Boy, that's a long word, Sarah Palin must know what she's talking about."

2008 Election Reveals What the G.O.P. Has Become

Byron Williams | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

Can someone remind me when conservatism was granted sole authority to determine who loves this country and who is un-American?

Excuse Me, But Didn't McCain and Palin Just Say That the Victims of 9/11 Weren't 'Real Americans'?

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


RJ Eskow

The wives and husbands who continue to grieve, the parents who lost sons and daughters, the children whose healing is yet to come? They're not real Americans?