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Meghan McCain Scares Blog Into Removing Parody Post

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Meghan McCain, John McCain, Meghan Mccain Rick Perry, Redstate, Mccain, Rick Perry 2012, Erick Erickson, Meghan Mccain Redstate, Redstate Meghan Mccain, Meghan Mccain Parody, Rick Perry, Video, Media News

Don't mess with Meghan. Last week, conservative site RedState posted a Meghan McCain parody, mocking her criticism of Rick Perry as "George Bush 2...

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Amanda Terkel

Rick Perry Officially Running For President

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.13.2011

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) officially jumped into the 2012 presidential race on Saturday, framing a promise to prioritize job creat...

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Amanda Terkel

Nikki Haley Chats With Rick Perry About His Presidential Announcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.13.2011

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- What do you do the morning you're set to announce you're running for president? Apparently, you call up the governor of one of the...

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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Erick Erickson Gets Book Contract, Release Spells Republican Wrong

mediabistro.com | Betsy Rothstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redstate, Erick Erickson Book, Red State Uprising, Erick Erickson, New Books, Books, Conservatives, Republican, Books News

This just in...with the word Republican misspelled in the release's headline. ...

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Fox News, Health Care, and the Right-Wing Nervous Breakdown

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redstate, Fox News, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Patterico, Hype, Fox, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Over the past few months, the right-wing media, along with self-adoring Tea Party members, made the mistake of believing their own hype.

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The Week in Punditry, According to Pundits

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Justice, Pundits, A Face in the Crowd, President Obama, Blogosophere, Matt Lewis, Interview, War on Fox, Blogtalkradio, Redstate, Bret Baier, Cnn, Jon Stewart, Erick Erickson, Glenn Beck, Politics Daily, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

In today's Wilshire & Washington, the pundits take on the punditry! With special guest Matt Lewis, conservative analyst and a writer for Politics Dail...

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Erick Erickson: GOP Does Not Want A Black Man In The Senate

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erick Erickson, Redstate, GOP Does Not Want a Black Man in the Senate, Politics News

Despite paeans to diversity, the Republican Party clearly does not want a black man -- or any minority candidate -- in the Senate, leading conservativ...

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Postcards From the Edge (And by Edge, I Mean CPAC)

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karl Frisch

Anyone who has followed The Conservative Political Action Conference over the years isn't surprised by the antics on display at its 2010 incarnation -- the crazy continues.

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Erick Erickson Endorses Ken Buck Over Jane Norton For Colorado Senate

Posted 05.25.2011

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Influential right-wing blogger Erick Erickson of Redstate.com has announced his support for underdog Senate candidate Ken Buck over Jane Norton in Col...

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Erick Erickson: Top Priority 'Beating The Republican Establishment'

St. Petersburg Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Between pecks at his laptop, Macon City Council member Erick Erickson ticked off some of his goals for the new year: [...] This die-hard Republican...

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Tea Party National Convention Blocks Press

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Skepticism about the Tea Party National Convention has been brewing over the past week, and now there's even more reason to wonder. It was reported y...

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With The New York Times Now Monitoring, Right-Wing Media Goes Bonkers

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Redstate, Clark Hoyt, Bill Keler, Erick Erickson, New York Times, Jawa Report, Jill Abramson, Michelle Malkin, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Like a proud peacock showing off its feathers, the right-wing media was in full bloom, showing the Times all the tricks that have made the movement's trade so renowned.

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Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: The Media

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Brant-Zawadzki

After Rick Santelli ranted about government spending on CNBC, coverage by FOX News, conservative talk show hosts, and right-side bloggers pushed the Tea Parties to prominence.

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Jason Linkins

RedState's Erick Erickson Defends Controversial Twitter Posts On 'Colbert Report' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night, RedState's Erick Erickson defended most of his controversial Twitter posts and explained his opposition to a GOP purity test during an app...

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Jason Linkins

Conservatives Protest Snowe's Finance Committee Vote By Sending Her... Rock Salt?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redstate, Max Baucus, Health Care Reform, Olympia Snowe, Snowe Health Care Reform, GOP Snowe, Snowe Protest, Eat the Press, Politics News

So, just in case you were sprawled under a heavy rock, yesterday, chillaxing, the exciting health care reform news is that Senator Olympia Snowe -- th...

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WashTimes and Fox News Now Unleashing Mobs On Private Citizens (Including Kids)

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erick Erickson, Redstate, Fox News, Josh Marshall, Michelle Malkin, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The conservative movement has become a mindless mob, and the right-wing media, more and more often, are sending their overeager foot soldiers out on seek-and-destroy missions involving private citizens.

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Liz Cheney Hopes We Don't Have to "Roast a Few Marsh-Mullahs" in Iran

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Kelly

Liz Cheney used to be Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Now, that job was just made up, but one of the requirements would seem to be to not come off like a cretin.

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Liz Cheney Slams Obama On Foreign Policy: "America Needs A Commander In Chief, Not A Global Community Organizer" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Cheney, who has hinted at an interest in running for office, sounded very much the candidate as she gave a speech slamming President Obama's forei...

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Jeff Muskus

Netroots Push For "No" Votes On War-Funding Bill (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redstate, Firedoglake, House of Representatives, Troop Withdrawal, War Funding, War Supplemental, Afghanistan, Troop Funding, Iraq, Video, Politics News

In anticipation of Tuesday's House vote on the war supplemental spending bill, which still includes money for the International Monetary Fund but not ...

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Jason Linkins

Levi Johnston Incest Insinuation Made By Right-Wing Blogger

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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RedState's Erick Erickson seems pretty worked up about attacks being levied at Sarah Palin through her daughter, Bristol, and Bristol's former paramou...

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Distraught Conservatives Retreating into the Realm of Fantasy

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Redstate, Joe the Plumber, Defense Mechanisms, Conservatives, Humor, Fantasy, Jack Bauer, Torture, 24 and Torture, Primetime Torture Project, 24, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

For conservative talking heads and bloggers, 24's Jack Bauer has become a surrogate -- a stand-in -- for the leaders they wish they had.

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RedState Co-Founder Can't Bring Himself To Vote McCain

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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RedState co-founder Joshua Trevino writes on his blog that he can't bring himself to vote for the Republican ticket: In the end, I couldn't do it. M...

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