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A Case for Republican Secession (From Itself)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Slavery, Rush Limbaugh, Afghanistan, John Boehner, Adultry, Pakistan, Secession, Taliban, Race Baiting, Lindsey Graham, Civil War, Glen Beck, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Sometimes the body from which a political party springs is so filled with bile and corruption that its healthiest components should seek to go their own way. A case in point is today's Republican Party.

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Why 2010 Will Not be a Replay of 1994

2morrowknight | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, 1994, Democrats, Barack Obama, 2012, Shpadoinkle, Social Media, The Tonight Show, Tea Party, Univision, Democratic National Convention, Espn, Jay Leno, Stimulus, David Letterman, 2008 Campaign, The USA Today, Yes We Can, The Economy, Cable News, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Will.I.Am, Viral Hit, Barack, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Demographics, 2010, Politics News
2morrowknight

You remember the story quite well: a young president and his party are soundly defeated in the midterm elections. It really sounds good, but it ain't gonna happen this time.

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Defending Unpatriotic Racism

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Msnbc, Hate, Bush, War, George W. Bush, Racist, President Obama, Obama, Democratic Party, Democrats, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Religion, Bush Administration, Patriotism, Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Fox News, Racism, Glenn Beck, Hate Speech, President Bush, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Republican Party, African Americans, Republicans, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.

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The GOP Is Too Crazy To Be Racist

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugde Report, Maureen Dowd, Matt Drudge, You Lie, Tea Parties, Race, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, 2010, Joe Wilson, John Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Beck, Republicans, 9/12 March on Washington, Republican Party, Tea Party, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The color of the President's skin does not matter to the lunatics dictating the direction of the Republican Party. I mean, it matters in that it's icing on the cake -- but they were baking regardless of all that.

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Rush Limbaugh's Big Fat Republican Health Care Plan

Beth Armogida | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Death Panels, Ann Coulter, Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Newt Gingrich, Health Care, Republicans, Republican Party, Comedy News
Beth Armogida

Homosexuality will be classified as a mental illness, unless of course you're a male, Christian politician. OxyContin will be free, untraceable and in donut form. All illegal aliens will be covered... with dirt.

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The Silence of the Republicans

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Birthers, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Truman, Joe Wilson, Harry Reid, Republicans, Franklin Roosevelt, Democratic Party, Democrats, Republican Party, Nazi, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

A clear line can be drawn from the red-baiting and Muslim-baiting of Obama during the campaign to the birther movement and the accusation that the president was a Nazi to Joe Wilson's behavior.

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Did Obama's Speech Set Stage For Death Of Change?

Megan Carpentier | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Public Option, Health, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News
Megan Carpentier

Why is Obama so determined to be inclusive of those people who want to take their toys and go home anyway?

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Obama Speaks to Children in Congress, Adults in High School

Don Parker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wakefield High School, Tort Reform, Public Option, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition, Joint Session of Congress, Republican Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Kindergarten, Politics News
Don Parker

At Wakefield High School in Virginia, no student yelled at him, calling him a liar. Students didn't hold up signs and papers objecting to the points he was making. And none of the students booed him.

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Wilson Is the Poster "Child" for the New Republican Party

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Wilson, Town Halls, Breaking News, Obama Health Care Speech, Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Reform, Joe Wilson Congress, Republicans, Politics News
Robert Creamer

The other night, Joe Wilson etched his political legacy into the wall of American history. He will forever be the poster child that symbolizes the new Republican Party.

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Reactionary Right Lose the Night with Wilson Back-Bencher Blast

Brian Ross | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Address, George Bush, Politics, Obama Joint Congressional Speech, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Wilson, Obama Joint Congress, Hillary Clinton, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Gop, John Boehner, Republican Party, Politics News
Brian Ross

Even in this day and age, there is an ignorant rabble that apparently cannot grasp the protocols of our government.

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A Stupid Made-for-TV Controversy

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservative, Joe Scarborough, President Obama, Controversy, Children, School Message, Education, Media, Liberal, Conservative Republicans, Indoctrination, Republicans, Outrageous Statements, Rhetoric, Saddam Hussein, Msnbc, North Korea, School Speech, Republican Party, Florida, Fox News, Iraq, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Jim Wallis

News cycles thrive on controversy and the extreme, so those elements of our country are continuing to get more and more airtime.

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Max Blumenthal vs. The Far Right "God" Of Dumb Hate

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 11.08.2009 | Media

Read More: James Dobson, Republican Gomorrah, Focus on the Family, Republican Party, Francis Schaeffer, Max Blumenthal, Media News
Frank Schaeffer

Once in a while a book comes along about which one can say: If you love our country read this! Blumenthal's Republican Gomorrah is one such book.

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How to Think

Terrance Heath | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ignorance, Far Right, President Obama, Right Wing, Conservatism, Barack Obama, Education, Critical Thinking, Intelligence, Obama Speech, Conservatives, Obama Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Republican Party, Free Market Ideology, Republicans, Politics News
Terrance Heath

One of our political parties now embraces that what one believes is more important than what one knows, and is where critical thought has been banished and"facts" are founded in belief.

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Crunch Time for the Democrats

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, 2010 Elections, Liberals, Progressives, President Obama, Congress, Right Wing, Democratic Party, Democrats, Barack Obama, Talk Radio, Protest, Health Care Reform, Republicans, Republican Party, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Tea Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Leaders of the liberal wing of the party -- not necessarily the elected leadership of the House -- must use their powers of persuasion and their skills in compromise to sway the debate in favor of change, most critically with progressive voters.

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Sanford: I'm Figuring Out My "Secret Agent Mission"

The Daily Beast | Will Cathcart | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, David Thomas, Affairs, Republican Party, President Obama, Politics News

Last week, Mark Sanford, South Carolina's beleaguered governor, sat down to lunch. A waitress walked up, and offered him comfort--a scene that, given ...

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Dining Room Table 2010

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Joe Klein, Republicans, 2010, Republican Party, 2010 Elections, Sarah Palin, Jim Greer, Arabs, Oxymoron, Democratic Party, Midterm Elections, Gop, Dyna Moe, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

Tthe Republican Party is barreling forward to the mid-term elections without an objective. If it's a "wave" they're riding, rest assured that they have absolutely no idea where it's going to crash.

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The Prince and the Wise Man

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Compromise, Glenn Beck, Obama, Bipartisanship, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Michael Gene Sullivan

That President Obama always seems surprised the right wing will do anything to destroy him reminds me of an old story.

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Military Contractors and Our Buck-Stops-Nowhere "Wars"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Draft, US Military, Republican Party, Democrats, US Marines, Private Security Contractors, Blackwatter, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

I have less and less respect for the way our civilian leaders lack the courage to tell the truth about our wars.

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Jason Linkins

WorldNetDaily Gaining Influence As Sensible Conservatives Push Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Dave Weigel, World Net Daily, Jon Henke, Jerome Corsi, Media Criticism, Conservatism, Drudge Report, Republican Party, Media News

This past Tuesday, I posted an item on a recent effort launched by the conservative bloggers at The Next Right seeking to challenge WorldNetDaily, an ...

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My Letter From My President

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Education Committee, House Republican Policy Committee, George H.W. Bush, President Barack Obama, Thaddeus McCotter, John Kline, 1992, Republican Party, Politics News
Pablo Manriquez

In second grade, I wrote a letter to my President grilling him on homeless issues and drug policy. I also asked for his autograph. As expected, he got back to me right away.

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Dem Rep: God Isn't Talking to Bachmann Anymore, She's "Hearing Other Voices"

Minnesota Independent | Chris Steller | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Michele Bachmann, Healthcare Reform, Republican Party, James Oberstar, Ron Paul, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top ...

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Max Blumenthal: President Ike's Other Message

New York Times | MAX BLUMENTHAL | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Dwight Eisenhower, Max Blumenthal, Politics News

IN this summer of town hall disruptions and birth-certificate controversies, a summer when it seemed as if the Republican Party had been captured by i...

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Half Measures and Lukewarm "Reform" Won't Save the Middle Class

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, "Ownership Society, Home Ownership Loan Corporation, Economic Crisis, President Barack Obama, Middle Class, George W. Bush, Congress, Credit Default Swaps, American Middle Class, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, " David Brooks, Upside Down Mortgages, Home Ownership, Wall Street, The New Deal, Steve Moore, Standard and Poor, Holc, Republican Party, Moody's, Barack Obama, Stephen Moore, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Let's hope that when Obama speaks Congress he outlines not only a bold program to provide health care for all Americans, but also a set of proposals to lift the middle class out of its currently dismal economic condition.

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When Will GOP Leaders Denounce the Pyromaniacs?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1960s, Faux News, Rightwing Extremists, Lady Bird Johnson, Fox News, Kennedy Assassination, Glenn Beck, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party, Barack Obama, John Birch Society, Obama Assassination Threat, Extremism, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

The parallels between the hate speech of the early 1960s and today are numerous and disturbing. But there are also important differences. So, where does the Republican leadership stand on playing with matches?

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Exclusive Video: Conservatives Endorse My New Book, "Republican Gomorrah" (Sort Of)

Max Blumenthal | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Cpac, Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Christianity, Religious Right, Ralph Reed, John Ziegler, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Max Blumenthal, Republicans, Media News
Max Blumenthal

Republican Gomorrah shows that many of the radical Right's leading figures have more in common than just the power they command within GOP ranks.

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